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• Shooter's parents: 'Shattered,' 'devastated'
• Judge's inspired ruling against NSA spying
• Obamas will make ‘Obamacare’ pitch to moms at White House event
• Photos: Life in a Berlin ice factory
• Mobile home creeps out swanky New York City neighborhood
• Senate likely to approve bipartisan budget deal this week
• Michael Jordan's 'Legend Point' estate in Chicago heads to auction
• Can this marriage be saved? GOP, hard-right groups at odds
• Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $586 million
• Do vitamins block disease? Some disappointing news
• Wave of attacks kill 65 people in Iraq
• FDA: Anti-bacterial soaps may not curb bacteria
• APNewsBreak: US fundraising mittens made in China
• Fake signer at Mandela event accused in mob attack
• 28-year sentence in Ohio in $100M charity scam
• Google deal adds to company's robotics toolbox
• Sheriff: Ohio suspect last person seen with girl
• State Dept: Businessman held in Bolivia is in US
• Autopsy: Ohio girl likely died from strangulation
• US scholars endorse academic boycott of Israel
• Heartwarming father-son text exchange during Colo. shooting
• Megafloods may have carved canyons
• Women, children among the victims of 'barrel bombs' in Aleppo
• Harvard reopens buildings after explosives threat
• Judge: NSA phone collection unconstitutional
• Russian missiles fuel tension in eastern Europe
• Harvard buildings evacuated over explosives report
• Dan Brown's 'Inferno' tops Amazon's list for 2013
• South Sudan president says coup has been repulsed
• Syrian activists: Airstrike death toll rises to 76
• 21 arrested in French raids on horse meat traffic
• Mega Millions jackpot climbs toward a new record
• Another worry about new health law

Shooter's parents: 'Shattered,' 'devastated' Posted: 16 Dec 2013 03:45 PM PST As support pours in for the girl critically wounded on Friday, the shooter's parents speak.

Judge's inspired ruling against NSA spying Posted: 16 Dec 2013 02:35 PM PST Federal judge Richard Leon invokes Orwell, Madison, Beatles, says info-gathering likely unconstitutional.

Obamas will make ‘Obamacare’ pitch to moms at White House event Posted: 16 Dec 2013 02:08 PM PST Always listen to your mother! President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will be highlighting that message Wednesday as they host a group of moms in the Oval Office to promote Obamacare.

Photos: Life in a Berlin ice factory Posted: 16 Dec 2013 08:00 AM PST Dimitar "Mitko" Todorov, a Roma from the Bulgarian city of Plevna, walks past a graffiti at a former ice factory that serves as his home in Berlin, December 5, 2013. (REUTERS/Thomas Peter)

Mobile home creeps out swanky New York City neighborhood Posted: 16 Dec 2013 08:27 AM PST Is Manhattan turning into a trailer park? That's what at least a few Upper West Side residents are wondering after an apparent influx of motor homes and RVs occupying parking spots in the wealthy New York City neighborhood.

Senate likely to approve bipartisan budget deal this week Posted: 16 Dec 2013 02:37 PM PST By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservatives in the U.S. Senate are unlikely to stop passage of a two-year budget bill this week, with some Republicans expected to join Democrats in the Senate in voting for the measure. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and a number Tea Party-backed members, including Senators Ted Cruz of Texas, Marco Rubio of Florida and Rand Paul of Kentucky, are all likely to fight the deal, which was approved in a bipartisan vote of the U.S. House of Representatives last week. But with other Senate Republicans declining to join them, for fear of sparking another government shutdown and distracting attention from the battle to discredit President Barack Obama's health care law, the opponents appear unlikely to have enough votes to erect procedural hurdles to the measure.

Michael Jordan's 'Legend Point' estate in Chicago heads to auction Posted: 16 Dec 2013 10:14 AM PST By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago-area mansion belonging to American basketball star and NBA franchise owner Michael Jordan goes up for auction on Monday, according to a real estate auction house. The 56,000-square-foot (5,200 square-meter) home on more than seven acres in the northern Chicago suburb of Highland Park has a regulation-size basketball court, a putting green, tennis court, nine bedrooms and 15 full and four half bathrooms. The estate is scheduled to be auctioned Monday night live for in-person bidding and by phone, said Lauren Hovey, a spokeswoman for the auctioneer, Concierge Auctions. The Jordan home, known as Legend Point, was previously offered for $29 million, according to New York-based Concierge.

Can this marriage be saved? GOP, hard-right groups at odds Posted: 16 Dec 2013 03:56 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders and several hard-right groups are displaying the classic signs of a political divorce, including bitter name-calling and reprisals against one another.

Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $586 million Posted: 16 Dec 2013 04:35 PM PST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Mega Millions jackpot inched toward a U.S. lottery record Monday as it soared to $586 million amid a frenzy of ticket purchases, raising the possibility that the prize could pass the once-unthinkable $1 billion mark by Christmas Eve should nobody win before then.

Do vitamins block disease? Some disappointing news Posted: 16 Dec 2013 04:44 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — There's more disappointing news about multivitamins: Two major studies found popping the pills didn't protect aging men's brains or help heart attack survivors.

Wave of attacks kill 65 people in Iraq Posted: 16 Dec 2013 01:19 PM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — A double car bombing and a shooting killed 34 Shiite Muslims on pilgrimage in Iraq on Monday, the deadliest in a wave of attacks across the country that left at least 65 dead. It was the bloodiest day of violence in nearly two months.

FDA: Anti-bacterial soaps may not curb bacteria Posted: 16 Dec 2013 03:07 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than 40 years of study, the U.S. government says it has found no evidence that common anti-bacterial soaps prevent the spread of germs, and regulators want the makers of Dawn, Dial and other household staples to prove that their products do not pose health risks to consumers.

APNewsBreak: US fundraising mittens made in China Posted: 16 Dec 2013 03:45 PM PST The outside of the mittens say "Go USA." The insides say "Made in China."

Fake signer at Mandela event accused in mob attack Posted: 16 Dec 2013 12:05 PM PST JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Just when it seemed the scandal over the bogus sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial had run its course, a cousin and three friends say he was part of a mob that accosted two men found with a stolen television and burned them to death by setting fire to tires placed around their necks.

28-year sentence in Ohio in $100M charity scam Posted: 16 Dec 2013 01:18 PM PST CLEVELAND (AP) — A man convicted of masterminding a $100 million, cross-country Navy veterans charity fraud was sentenced to 28 years in prison Monday.

Google deal adds to company's robotics toolbox Posted: 16 Dec 2013 02:34 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google may be gearing up to build robots that resemble props in science-fiction movies as the ambitious Internet company expands into yet another technological frontier.

Sheriff: Ohio suspect last person seen with girl Posted: 16 Dec 2013 03:15 PM PST WOOSTER, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor and hiding her body in a trash bin had been building a snowman with her just hours before she was reported missing, investigators said Monday.

State Dept: Businessman held in Bolivia is in US Posted: 16 Dec 2013 04:19 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. State Department said a New York businessman detained in Bolivia on suspicion of money laundering arrived in the United States on Monday, the latest twist in a more than two-year saga that has unearthed high-level Bolivian government corruption.

Autopsy: Ohio girl likely died from strangulation Posted: 16 Dec 2013 02:51 PM PST WOOSTER, Ohio (AP) — A coroner says a 9-year-old girl found dead over the weekend in an Ohio trash bin likely died of strangulation.

US scholars endorse academic boycott of Israel Posted: 16 Dec 2013 02:02 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — The American Studies Association on Monday endorsed a boycott of Israeli universities, the largest group of U.S. scholars to do so.

Heartwarming father-son text exchange during Colo. shooting Posted: 16 Dec 2013 08:27 AM PST In the moments after the Arapahoe High School shooting began, a father corresponded with his son through text messages. The exchange is heart-rending.

Megafloods may have carved canyons Posted: 16 Dec 2013 12:16 PM PST Nearly 50,000 years ago, a megaflood may have washed across the area that is now Idaho, carving a gorge — a discovery that could explain similar canyons on Mars, a new study finds. "Landforms on Earth and Mars record information about past environments and events that predate the historical record," said study lead author Michael Lamb, a geologist at the California Institute of Technology. The heads of canyons — the parts of gorges created by the downstream waters of a river — can have a variety of shapes. At times, canyon heads can resemble amphitheaters — the heads are curved when seen from above (think Niagara Falls), and the walls of the canyon heads rise straight up vertically.

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Harvard reopens buildings after explosives threat Posted: 16 Dec 2013 12:14 PM PST CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Four buildings on Harvard University's campus near Boston were evacuated for hours Monday, interrupting final exams, after police received a report that explosives may have been placed inside. The buildings were reopened after hours of searches.

Judge: NSA phone collection unconstitutional Posted: 16 Dec 2013 11:28 AM PST The agency's gathering of data violates the Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches.

Russian missiles fuel tension in eastern Europe Posted: 16 Dec 2013 10:32 AM PST The Iskander missiles, deployed near the Polish border, have a range of hundreds of miles

Harvard buildings evacuated over explosives report Posted: 16 Dec 2013 08:56 AM PST CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Four buildings on Harvard University's campus near Boston were evacuated Monday after campus police received an unconfirmed report that explosives may have been placed inside, interrupting final exams.

Dan Brown's 'Inferno' tops Amazon's list for 2013 Posted: 16 Dec 2013 08:09 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — A year after "Fifty Shades of Grey" overwhelmed best-seller lists, book buyers were seeking different kinds of thrills.

South Sudan president says coup has been repulsed Posted: 16 Dec 2013 06:56 AM PST JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's president on Monday ordered a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the capital after soldiers loyal to the former deputy attempted to seize power by force, leading to clashes between military factions that highlight the growing instability of the world's youngest nation.

Syrian activists: Airstrike death toll rises to 76 Posted: 16 Dec 2013 06:09 AM PST Government aircraft pounded opposition areas near the southern border.

21 arrested in French raids on horse meat traffic Posted: 16 Dec 2013 04:25 AM PST French law enforcement officials say 21 people have been arrested in raids across the south of France targeting the trafficking of horse meat that was used in laboratory procedures and wasn't fit for human ...

Mega Millions jackpot climbs toward a new record Posted: 16 Dec 2013 05:37 AM PST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Strong weekend Mega Millions ticket sales easily could push Tuesday's jackpot above last year's record $656 million prize, a lottery official said.

Another worry about new health law Posted: 16 Dec 2013 12:06 AM PST 3 in 4 say the rollout of coverage for the uninsured has gone poorly.

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