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• Heffernan: Put phone on New Year's diet
• Detective: Holmes bought movie ticket weeks before shooting
• Feds spent more on immigration enforcement than other crime agencies
• Twitter feeds does the opposite of cyberbullying
• Tanker strikes San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
• Hagel's nomination unnerves some in Israel
• Sandy-battered N.J. residents allowed to return home
• Millionaire works as sanitation worker to set good example for kids
• Bloomberg advising White House on gun legislation
• Former President George H.W. Bush still hospitalized
• Casey Anthony appeals four convictions for lying
• Staffers get Clinton a helmet as welcome-back gift
• Chicago lottery winner's death ruled a homicide
• Armed guards sent to patrol schools in L.A., Phoenix
• Smart dumbphone: Cellphone runs on a AA battery
• Blind mice able to see after cell transplant
• Photos: A roundup of the day's best images
• Photos: Big cities captured in long-exposure images
• Child porn suspects arrested after Feds post photos
• 'Dating Game' killer sentenced for 1970s murders
• Photos: Gadgets galore unveiled at CES 2013

Heffernan: Put phone on New Year's diet Posted: 07 Jan 2013 02:03 PM PST Now is not the time to get a new app. Decluttering your mobile phone is a good way to start 2013.

Detective: Holmes bought movie ticket weeks before shooting Posted: 07 Jan 2013 01:30 PM PST Suspected mass murderer James Holmes purchased this movie tickets to the premier of "The Dark Knight Rises" on July 8, 2012, almost two weeks before his alleged shooting rampage in the movie theater in Aurora, Colo. That fact came from Det. Matthew Ingui, who was the [...]

Feds spent more on immigration enforcement than other crime agencies Posted: 07 Jan 2013 03:04 PM PST The federal government spent $18 billion last year on immigration enforcement, more than the combined spending of the rest of the federal government's law enforcement agencies over the same period. The $18 billion immigration price tag is larger than spending on the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Secret Service, U.S. Marshals Service and Bureau of Alcohol, [...]

Twitter feeds does the opposite of cyberbullying Posted: 07 Jan 2013 02:21 PM PST According to a study we just made up, 999 out of 1,000 adults wouldn't go back to high school if you paid them a million bucks. But a student in Iowa City, Iowa, apparently in the minority, has been working to change the perception that high school = horrible. Jeremiah Anthony, a student from West [...]

Tanker strikes San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Posted: 07 Jan 2013 04:25 PM PST An empty oil tanker caused minor damage Monday when it struck a tower in the middle of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while navigating beneath the hulking span, officials said.

Hagel's nomination unnerves some in Israel Posted: 07 Jan 2013 01:56 PM PST President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel as the next U.S. secretary of defense is causing jitters in Israel, where some circles view the former Nebraska senator as unsympathetic or even hostile.

Sandy-battered N.J. residents allowed to return home Posted: 07 Jan 2013 12:30 PM PST Very few residents of Seaside Heights or the rest of the barrier island that was devastated during the storm are back in their own homes.

Millionaire works as sanitation worker to set good example for kids Posted: 07 Jan 2013 11:56 AM PST She may be a millionaire, but Yu Youzhen, a woman from China's Wuchang District who works six days a week as a sanitation worker, believes being humble is integral to being wealthy. China SMACK reports that Yu Youzhen and her husband had been vegetable farmers who, over the course of many years, rented out spare [...]

Bloomberg advising White House on gun legislation Posted: 07 Jan 2013 11:06 AM PST NEW YORK—New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg confirmed that his office has been advising Vice President Joe Biden as the White House considers new gun control legislation in the wake of last month's deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn. "We sent some of our people down to Washington, and we had some people on the [...]

Former President George H.W. Bush still hospitalized Posted: 07 Jan 2013 01:39 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former President George H. W. Bush is continuing to recover at a Houston hospital six weeks after being admitted for a bronchial infection, and it was not clear when he would go home, his spokesman said on Monday. "In recent days he has taken great pride watching big football wins by Texas A&M and the Houston Texans," said the spokesman, Jim McGrath, in a statement. "While no immediate timeline has been set for the President's discharge, the Bushes wish to thank everyone for their many kind messages. ...

Casey Anthony appeals four convictions for lying Posted: 07 Jan 2013 03:56 PM PST Lawyers for Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2011, will be back in a Florida court on Tuesday to appeal her four convictions for lying to the authorities. The convictions stemmed from claims Anthony made after her toddler disappeared in 2008, triggering a nationwide search that drew widespread media attention. Caylee Anthony's body was eventually found dumped in the woods near the Anthony home. ...

Staffers get Clinton a helmet as welcome-back gift Posted: 07 Jan 2013 01:06 PM PST Clinton's staff celebrated her return by presenting her with a white football helmet decorated with the State Department seal, and a blue football jersey marked "Clinton."

Chicago lottery winner's death ruled a homicide Posted: 07 Jan 2013 12:33 PM PST CHICAGO (AP) — With no signs of trauma and nothing to raise suspicions, the sudden death of a Chicago man a day after he collected a large pile of lottery winnings was initially ruled a result of natural causes.

Armed guards sent to patrol schools in L.A., Phoenix Posted: 07 Jan 2013 09:13 AM PST Police and Armed Volunteers to Patrol Los Angeles and Phoenix Area Schools

Smart dumbphone: Cellphone runs on a AA battery Posted: 07 Jan 2013 10:56 AM PST Sure, CES 2013 is full of groundbreaking smartphone technology — the newest screens, processors and connectivity for our powerful phones — but sometimes all those fancy features can fail you, especially if they drain your batteries. That's why SpareOne decided it was time to make...

Blind mice able to see after cell transplant Posted: 07 Jan 2013 11:54 AM PST In a scientific feat that borrows from fiction, once-blind mice can see (and run — keep reading to see how) after receiving a retinal injection of light-sensitive cells — an approach that could one day help humans with disabling eye diseases. "If we transplant cells...

Photos: A roundup of the day's best images Posted: 07 Jan 2013 10:00 AM PST In this photo taken on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, Plosky Tolbachnik volcano erupts in Russiaís Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. A Russian volcano which started erupting last week has continued to spew ash and smoke into the air. The Plosky Tolbachik volcano, in the Kamchatka Peninsula, last erupted in 1976. (AP Photo/Alexander Petrov)

Photos: Big cities captured in long-exposure images Posted: 04 Jan 2013 11:00 AM PST

Child porn suspects arrested after Feds post photos Posted: 07 Jan 2013 11:43 AM PST Feds Identify, Bust Letha Mae Montemayor, Lance Robert Fries

'Dating Game' killer sentenced for 1970s murders Posted: 07 Jan 2013 03:23 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Convicted California serial killer Rodney Alcala, a contestant on "The Dating Game" television show more than 30 years ago, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Monday for murdering two New York women in the 1970s. Alcala, 69, already on death row in California for killing four women and a 12-year-old girl in that state, was extradited to New York in June to face charges in the slayings of flight attendant Cornelia Crilley, 23, and Ellen Hover, 23, the daughter of a nightclub owner. ...

Photos: Gadgets galore unveiled at CES 2013 Posted: 07 Jan 2013 11:31 AM PST A model holds a Sharp IGZO Tablet Aquos Pad at their news conference during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 7, 2013. Sharp introduced new television technology and devices made with IGZO technology (Indium gallium zinc oxide) which promises ultra-high screen resolution with very low power usage. REUTERS/Steve Marcus (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

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