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• Will anyone else join the 'compromise club'?
• Egypt's president offers nothing to defuse crisis
• Gypsies take curious route through U.S. to asylum
• Zimmerman suing NBC for defamation
• Just Explain It: Making sense of the unemployment rate
• Apple to produce line of Macs in the U.S. next year
• Detained software guru McAfee hospitalized in Guatemala
• NATO moving missiles, troops to Syria-Turkey border
• DeMint jokes about firing Boehner after he quits Senate
• Michigan Capitol on lockdown over union protests
• Ex-worker poisons supervisor's oatmeal over evaluation
• Pearl Harbor survivor helps identify unknown dead
• Ticketed drivers sue NYC over brief yellow lights
• Man returns to Jersey shore to find home missing
• Photos: Pit bull puppy recovering from horrific ordeal
• Pelosi slams House GOP for taking break amid debt talks
• Rebuilding tips from Republicans, for Republicans
• Greek jobless rate hits record 26 percent
• Guardian of Golden Gate Bridge saves hundred of lives
• Fit for a king: Giant Egyptian sarcophagus identified
• Salvation Army's secret weapon: Tinker, the mini-horse
• Artist's painting of Bo chosen as Obama holiday card
• Colo. movie theater shooting site reopening in January
• Washington state's marijuana law goes into effect
• 'Sex addiction' fails to make the cut as official disorder

Will anyone else join the 'compromise club'? Posted: 06 Dec 2012 01:41 PM PST Both parties are pushing hard lines as the fiscal cliff nears, but some are willing to put everything on the table.

Egypt's president offers nothing to defuse crisis Posted: 06 Dec 2012 04:40 PM PST An angry Mohammed Morsi refused Thursday to call off a referendum on a disputed constitution that has sparked Egypt's worst political crisis in two years, drawing chants of "topple the regime!" from protesters who waved their shoes in contempt.

Gypsies take curious route through U.S. to asylum Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:31 PM PST A minivan with a dozen passengers zipped across the border between Vermont and Quebec heading north in a southbound lane unblocked by traffic.

Zimmerman suing NBC for defamation Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:22 PM PST George Zimmerman is suing NBC, claiming he was defamed when the network edited his 911 call.

Just Explain It: Making sense of the unemployment rate Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:15 PM PST What does the rate measure and how does the government calculate it? Matt Nesto reveals how it all comes together on the latest episode of Just Explain It.

Apple to produce line of Macs in the U.S. next year Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:38 PM PST Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company will move production of one of its existing lines of Mac computers to the United States next year.

Detained software guru McAfee hospitalized in Guatemala Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:23 PM PST Software guru John McAfee, who is fighting deportation to Belize, was rushed to the hospital in Guatemala on Thursday.

NATO moving missiles, troops to Syria-Turkey border Posted: 06 Dec 2012 11:05 AM PST Syria blasted the move as "psychological warfare," saying it would not deter it from fighting rebels it views as terrorists.

DeMint jokes about firing Boehner after he quits Senate Posted: 06 Dec 2012 01:14 PM PST Sen. DeMint went on Rush Limbaugh's radio show on Thursday afternoon, to explain his decision and take another shot at Boehner.

Michigan Capitol on lockdown over union protests Posted: 06 Dec 2012 12:33 PM PST Police arrested several protesters who tried to rush the Senate floor. Police also sprayed mace into the protesting crowd at one point.

Ex-worker poisons supervisor's oatmeal over evaluation Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:32 PM PST WATERBURY, Connecticut (Reuters) - A former Waterbury parks department employee was free on bail on Thursday after being charged with poisoning his supervisor's oatmeal after a disagreement about the worker's job performance. William Lampron, 43, of Naugatuck was accused of sprinkling his manager's breakfast with a chemical substance called SpeedyDry, which is used for soaking up spills on roadways, said Waterbury Police Captain Chris Corbett. "It's a granular substance that looks like sand or brown sugar," Corbett said. ...

Pearl Harbor survivor helps identify unknown dead Posted: 06 Dec 2012 01:43 PM PST Ray Emory could not accept that more than one quarter of the 2,400 Americans who died at Pearl Harbor were buried, unidentified, in a volcanic crater.

Ticketed drivers sue NYC over brief yellow lights Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:32 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three drivers nabbed by New York City cameras monitoring traffic violations have filed suit challenging their tickets, claiming the city's yellow traffic signals are rigged to turn red too quickly. The putative class action, filed Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, asserts the yellow lights lasted less than three seconds, the minimum time permitted under federal guidelines. The lawsuit seeks class action status for the "thousands, if not hundreds of thousands" of drivers who have received citations after being caught running red lights on camera. ...

Man returns to Jersey shore to find home missing Posted: 06 Dec 2012 12:58 PM PST Before superstorm Sandy hit the New Jersey shore, Ortley Beach resident Nick Maria left for safer ground. When he returned, he found that his summer home wasn't damaged. Rather, it was completely missing. It was as if David Copperfield had pulled a fast one. If only. Perplexed, Maria called his township, which proved to be [...]

Photos: Pit bull puppy recovering from horrific ordeal Posted: 06 Dec 2012 12:00 PM PST Trooper was taken to the Humane Society of Missouri's Maryland Heights facility, where he was in critical condition after the incident on Nov. 21. Trooper was placed in the care of Dr. Mark Wright, according to a blog detailing his recovery . (Courtesy of the Humane Society of Missouri)

Pelosi slams House GOP for taking break amid debt talks Posted: 06 Dec 2012 11:27 AM PST "I can't even explain to my constituents why Congress isn't in session," the House minority leader said today.

Rebuilding tips from Republicans, for Republicans Posted: 06 Dec 2012 01:40 PM PST It's been a month now since President Obama defeated Mitt Romney and the Great Republican Rebuild is well under way.

Greek jobless rate hits record 26 percent Posted: 06 Dec 2012 12:24 PM PST Unemployment has surged to the highest since the 1960s as a result of harsh austerity measures imposed in return for vital international rescue loans.

Guardian of Golden Gate Bridge saves hundred of lives Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:53 AM PST Kevin Briggs of the California Highway Patrol has saved hundreds of people from jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.

Fit for a king: Giant Egyptian sarcophagus identified Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:47 AM PST The largest ancient Egyptian sarcophagus has been identified in a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, say archaeologists who are re-assembling the giant box that was reduced to fragments more than 3,000 years ago.

Salvation Army's secret weapon: Tinker, the mini-horse Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:37 AM PST Tinker the mini-horse knows many tricks. But the one he's most successful at is raising money for the Salvation Army.

Artist's painting of Bo chosen as Obama holiday card Posted: 06 Dec 2012 10:56 AM PST Larassa Kabel never expected to be chosen when she submitted her painting to be considered for the White House holiday card this September.

Colo. movie theater shooting site reopening in January Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:29 AM PST The Aurora, Colo., movie theater where James Holmes allegedly opened fire this summer, killing 12 people and wounding 58, now has an official reopening date. In a letter dated Dec. 5 sent to Aurora mayor Steve Hogan, Cinemark president and CEO Tim Warner announced the...

Washington state's marijuana law goes into effect Posted: 06 Dec 2012 10:09 AM PST Dozens celebrated by lighting up in public places at midnight, defying one of its rules: that people only use pot in their own homes.

'Sex addiction' fails to make the cut as official disorder Posted: 06 Dec 2012 11:26 AM PST Despite recent strides in "sex addiction" research, the condition does not make the cut as an official psychiatric disorder, according to the American Psychiatric Association.

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