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• GOP moves on fiscal cliff, WH dismisses it
• Zimmerman defense reveals new photo
• Heffernan: Microsoft is back — Why the dorky Apple rival is suddenly cool
• CDC: Flu season starts early, could be a bad one
• L.A. port strike, Day 7: Estimated to cost $1 billion per day
• Cuomo makes first foray to D.C. as New York governor
• Egypt's crisis widens with planned march, strikes
• Voyager 1 discovers new layer of solar system
• Clinton: U.S. will 'take action' if Syria uses chemical weapons
• Duchess of Cambridge hospitalized for acute morning sickness
• New details of HMS Bounty's battle against Sandy
• Store employee fired after ‘booting’ ambulance
• College offering puppy room for stressed out students
• Insurance company informs man that he's 'dead'
• Video: Dog helps firefighters remove damaged tree
• Dear text message: Happy 20th birthday!
• Photos: Rare Napoleon letter fetches $244,400
• Government promises world won’t end on Dec. 21
• 'Three Cups of Tea' co-author commits suicide
• Santorum joins World Net Daily as ‘exclusive’ columnist

GOP moves on fiscal cliff, WH dismisses it Posted: 03 Dec 2012 02:01 PM PST Republicans offer a new proposal to avoid the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts, but the White House turns it down.

Zimmerman defense reveals new photo Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:08 PM PST ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A color photograph of George Zimmerman with a bloody, swollen nose taken on the night he shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin last February was posted on the Internet on Monday by Zimmerman's legal defense team. As the photo began to be circulated widely by the news media, lawyers on both sides disagreed about its significance to the second-degree murder case against Zimmerman. "It's not a game changer," Zimmerman lawyer Mark O'Mara told Reuters. ...

Heffernan: Microsoft is back — Why the dorky Apple rival is suddenly cool Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:51 PM PST Oh man that new commercial for Internet Explorer 10 has me dorkily cackling at every pixel in it, and then replaying the ad to laugh again, and harder. OK, maybe you're too cool for it. But I am not.

CDC: Flu season starts early, could be a bad one Posted: 03 Dec 2012 03:05 PM PST Flu season in the U.S. is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade — and it could be a bad one.

L.A. port strike, Day 7: Estimated to cost $1 billion per day Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:52 PM PST Shippers and striking clerks resumed talks to end a labor dispute that has idled most of America's biggest container port complex.

Cuomo makes first foray to D.C. as New York governor Posted: 03 Dec 2012 04:05 PM PST In a whirlwind trip to the nation's capital he takes a bipartisan tour across the city, seeking to finalize a deal that will provide federal relief to victims of Superstorm Sandy.

Egypt's crisis widens with planned march, strikes Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:14 PM PST The nation's political crisis is widening in the wake of the hurried drafting of a new constitution and decrees by President Morsi that gave him nearly unrestricted power.

Voyager 1 discovers new layer of solar system Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:18 PM PST Voyager 1 and its sister probe Voyager 2 have been traveling through space since 1977, and are close to becoming the first manmade objects to leave the solar system.

Clinton: U.S. will 'take action' if Syria uses chemical weapons Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:01 PM PST U.S. and allied intelligence have detected Syrian movement of chemical weapons components in recent days, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday, as the Obama administration strongly warned the Assad regime against using them.

Duchess of Cambridge hospitalized for acute morning sickness Posted: 03 Dec 2012 09:15 AM PST The duchess was admitted to the hospital today with acute morning sickness, the palace said.

New details of HMS Bounty's battle against Sandy Posted: 03 Dec 2012 11:07 AM PST Captain Robin Walbridge chose to ride out the storm at sea instead of keeping the ship docked, where it would most likely have sustained major damage, but without any loss of life.

Store employee fired after ‘booting’ ambulance Posted: 03 Dec 2012 03:08 PM PST One generally assumes that an ambulance with its lights flashing can park wherever it pleases. This past weekend in New Orleans, a parked ambulance was "booted" by a convenience store employee, who was apparently annoyed that the ambulance had parked in his store's lot. Never mind that the paramedics were treating a man inside the [...]

College offering puppy room for stressed out students Posted: 03 Dec 2012 02:50 PM PST University students are well versed in coming up with ways to cope with the stress of college life. But some students at a college in Canada have started a new trend that is family-friendly, opening a puppy room for students during finals week. The National Post reports that for three days during finals week (Dec. [...]

Insurance company informs man that he's 'dead' Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST George Johannesen is dead to Manitoba Public Insurance. Sure, he's still technically alive. But the insurance company recently sent the 59-year-old Canadian a letter declaring that he had died in October. In a letter addressed to "The Estate of George Johannesen," Manitoba Public Insurance wrote that the 59-year-old Canadian died sometime in October. "I can't [...]

Video: Dog helps firefighters remove damaged tree Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:01 PM PST Dogs are some of the most loyal nonhuman companions there are. They're known for their unconditional love and affection, and their ability to fetch and follow commands, but what about a dog who can help pull a rope? A dog in the Netherlands decided to volunteer his strength when he and his walker were passing [...]

Dear text message: Happy 20th birthday! Posted: 03 Dec 2012 11:40 AM PST It was 20 years ago today that the first text message was sent. It was Dec. 3, 1992, and Neil Papworth, an engineer working in the UK, sent the world's first short message service or SMS. It read "Merry Christmas."

Photos: Rare Napoleon letter fetches $244,400 Posted: 29 Nov 2012 09:04 PM PST In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, auction house associate Jean-Christophe Chataigniera holds up a letter dictated and signed by Napoleon in secret code that declares his intentions "to blow up the Kremlin" during his ill-fated Russian campaign is displayed in Fontainebleau, outside Paris. The rare letter, written in unusually emotive language, sees Napoleon complain of harsh conditions and the shortcomings of his grand army. The letter goes on auction Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Government promises world won’t end on Dec. 21 Posted: 03 Dec 2012 11:28 AM PST The U.S. government wrote a helpful blog post on Monday titled, "Scary Rumors About the World Ending in 2012 Are Just Rumors." The post on USA.gov says NASA scientists have received thousands of letters from people convinced that the world will end on Dec. 21, based on a misunderstanding of the ancient Mayan calendar that's [...]

'Three Cups of Tea' co-author commits suicide Posted: 03 Dec 2012 11:43 AM PST David Oliver Relin, co-author of the bestselling book "Three Cups of Tea," said in legal filings more than a year before his suicide that his career had been hurt by allegations of fabrications in the book recounting how Greg Mortenson started building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Santorum joins World Net Daily as ‘exclusive’ columnist Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:30 AM PST Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has joined the website World Net Daily as a columnist, the outlet reported on Sunday. "Rick Santorum—the former U.S. senator who ignited grass-roots conservatives as a Republican candidate for president this year—today joins WND as an exclusive columnist," an unsigned announcement on the site reads. "His commentaries will be [...]

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