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Foreign investors major force behind deal

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:45 PM PST

Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., left, walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell from Kentucky, to the Senate floor for a vote on the fiscal cliff, on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 in Washington. The Senate passed legislation early New Year's Day to neutralize a fiscal cliff combination of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that kicked in at midnight. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Investors worldwide now demand the U.S. government display more stability and trust after the fiscal cliff drama.


House to vote on Sandy storm aid on Friday

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 02:01 PM PST

Men survey the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in the Ortley Beach area of Toms River, New JerseyAfter a late-night decision from House Republicans to delay a vote to provide billions of dollars in relief to states hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy, House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday attempted to tamp down a backlash, telling colleagues he would bring up one part of the aid package to a vote at the end [...]


Al-Jazeera buys Current TV from Al Gore

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:28 PM PST

File photo of Al Gore speaking at Current TV's "Politically Direct" at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in PasadenaAl-Jazeera, the Pan-Arab news channel that has struggled to win space on American cable television, has acquired Current TV, Al Gore confirmed Wednesday.


Hillary Clinton released from the hospital

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 03:40 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves New York Presbyterian Hospital with husband, Bill, and daughter, Chelsea, in New YorkSecretary of State Hillary Clinton has been released from a New York hospital after being treated for a blood clot, the State Department announced Wednesday.


Familiar face to welcome Sandy Hook students back to school

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:36 AM PST

Sandy Hook's 'New Old Principal' Out of Retirement After Shooting (ABC News)When the students at Sandy Hook Elementary School arrive at their new building Thursday, a familiar face will be there to greet them — their "new old principal."


Families call Colo. movie theater invite 'disgusting'

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 02:23 PM PST

The Century 16 movie theater where 12 were killed and dozens injured on July 20, 2012 is pictured in AuroraThe families of people killed in the Aurora shooting were asked to attend an "evening of remembrance" followed by a movie at the theater's Jan. 17 reopening.


Dysfunctional origins of the fiscal cliff fiasco

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:47 PM PST

The Dysfunctional Origins Of The Fiscal Cliff FiascoThe saga was a microcosm of the two years that preceded it. And appropriately, it was a direct consequence of the dysfunctional plot points that defined Congress.


Yoga studio launches Adopt a Cop campaign Sandy Hook first responders

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:20 PM PST

Police officers who were traumatized by the horrific scene at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last month and are now running out of paid sick and vacation time may soon get some financial help from an unlikely source: a yoga studio. Linda Antignani, founder of Mother's Embrace Yoga in nearby Shelton, Conn., contacted [...]

NY Times loses bid to uncover details on drone strikes

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 02:18 PM PST

The facade of the New York Times building is seen in New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday rejected The New York Times' bid to force the U.S. government to disclose more information about its targeted killing of people it believes have ties to terrorism, including American citizens. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan said the Obama administration did not violate the law by refusing the Times' request for the legal justifications for targeted killings, a strategy the Times said was first contemplated by the Bush administration soon after the attacks of September 11, 2001. ...


Egypt panel implicates Mubarak, military in deaths

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:07 PM PST

FILE - In this June 2, 2012 file photo, Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak lays on a gurney inside a barred cage in the police academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt. Ousted President Hosni Mubarak watched the uprising against him unfold through a live TV feed, despite his earlier denial that he knew the extent of the protests and violence, according to a fact-finding mission member said Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, which could lead to the retrial of the 84-old ousted leader already serving a life sentence.(AP Photo/File)A fact-finding mission says the deposed leader watched the uprising against him unfold on a live TV feed at his palace, despite his later denial that he knew the extent of the protests and crackdown.


New pacemaker could be powered by the heart

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:12 PM PST

Researchers step closer to heart-powered pacemakerThe same material that sparks barbecue lighters to flame may soon be used to power pacemakers with the beat of the human heart instead of batteries, say researchers at the University of Michigan.


Dramatic video of helicopter rescue gone awry

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:48 AM PST

A swimmer stranded in open water at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro got more than he bargained for when he was being rescued via helicopter. Of course the last thing the first responders and the person being rescued wanted was for something to go wrong---particularly with the chopper itself. But that's exactly what happened. [...]

Nightmare for American jailed in Bolivia for 580 days

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:51 PM PST

Locked Away in Bolivia for 580 DaysJacob Ostreicher, an American businessman, was arrested in Bolivia and detained for 580 days in Santa Cruz's Palmasola Prision, one of the toughest and strangest prisons in the world.


Photos: Science lab operates inside Norway glacier

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:00 PM PST

Photos: Science lab operates inside Norway glacier

Act of kindness turns into hours of free coffee

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:59 PM PST

One coffeehouse customer's random act of kindness went viral—resulting in hours of free beverages for hundreds of fellow patrons who couldn't resist the urge to pass along the generosity. On the morning of Dec. 21, a customer at a Tim Hortons in Winnipeg Canada decided to pay for the order of the person behind them [...]

Photos: Eerie landscape of 'pyramids' in New York City

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:00 AM PST

Photos: Eerie landscape of 'pyramids' in New York City

Good gourd! Blood of Louis XVI found in souvenir squash

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 09:10 AM PST

It's been more than 200 years since King Louis XVI was beheaded by French revolutionaries, but a team of scientists believes a recently discovered gourd contains traces of his blood. According to the BBC, the scientists say a dried, hollowed-out squash that had been kept by an Italian family as a souvenir contains a handkerchief [...]

Newborns recognize their native tongue, study finds

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 09:47 AM PST

Newborns Know Their Native Tongue, Study FindsJust hours after they're born, babies seem to be able to tell the difference between sounds in their native tongue and a foreign one, according to a new study that suggests language learning begins in utero.


Can anti-press blackout save journalist James Foley?

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 07:51 AM PST

Can an Anti-Blackout Save Journalist James Foley in Syria?The family of freelance reporter Jamey Foley has broken a six-week blackout, launching a public awareness campaign that appeals for his release from an unknown Syrian group.


Navy launches disturbing 'bath salts' PSA

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:39 AM PST

Navy Launches Disturbing Anti-Bath Salts PSAA new, disturbing dramatization of a sailor ingesting "bath salts" and then having violent hallucinations is the latest salvo in the Navy's ongoing fight against synthetic drugs. The public service announcement, published online in December, puts the viewer in the shoes of a young sailor...


New estimate of deaths in Syria shocks U.N.

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 07:08 AM PST

This citizen journalism image taken from video provided by Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a wounded man being pulled from the site of a Syrian government airstrike on a gas station in the eastern Damascus suburb of Mleiha, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Activists say dozens of people have been killed or wounded in an air raid on a gas station near the capital Damascus. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)New United Nations figures suggest at least 60,000 people have died in Syria's 22-month conflict.


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