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• Rolling Stone apologizes for its reporting in UVA rape story
• Why the White House torpedoed Harry Reid's tax deal: The competing claims
• Ukraine tests ground for lasting cease-fire
• House leaders move to avoid immigration showdown
• Angry families of MH17 crash victims seek U.N. investigation
• U.S. monthly job gains largest in three years; wages rise
• Ferguson marchers arrive at Missouri Capitol
• German man punished for joining Islamic State
• Obama nominates Ashton Carter as defense secretary
• NASA: 'There's your new spacecraft, America!"
• Philippines braces for powerful, erratic typhoon
• Missouri march seeks justice for black teen killed by police
• Oil magnate's ex-wife slams $1 billion divorce ruling in appeal
• After 2 reports, no Christie link to bridge plot
• Phoenix police shooting is latest to ignite outcry
• Orion flight marks 'milestone' for US space program: NASA
• Cosby counter-sues alleged sex abuse victim

Rolling Stone apologizes for its reporting in UVA rape story Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:06 PM PST An article about an alleged gang rape has led to an apology from the magazine.

Why the White House torpedoed Harry Reid's tax deal: The competing claims Posted: 05 Dec 2014 05:21 AM PST President Obama blew up a tax deal between the majority leader and the House GOP.

Ukraine tests ground for lasting cease-fire Posted: 05 Dec 2014 09:30 AM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A one-day truce announced by Ukraine's president will serve as a test to see if the fighting in eastern Ukraine against Russian-backed separatists can truly be halted, a military spokesman said Friday.

House leaders move to avoid immigration showdown Posted: 05 Dec 2014 09:29 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to avoid a showdown over immigration, House Republican leaders are moving to make a deal with Democrats to pass a spending bill that would keep the government running past next week.

Angry families of MH17 crash victims seek U.N. investigation Posted: 05 Dec 2014 08:09 AM PST By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Relatives of MH17 crash victims, angered by what they see as Dutch mishandling of inquiries into the disaster, want a special U.N. envoy to launch an international investigation. A letter sent to Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday, a copy of which was seen by Reuters, said Dutch officials had failed to build a case. They asked that inquiries by the Safety Board and prosecution service be handed over to the United Nations. Rutte should "request the U.N. to appoint a special envoy to take over," said the letter written by Van der Goen Attorneys. ...

U.S. monthly job gains largest in three years; wages rise Posted: U.S. monthly job gains largest in three years; wages rise

Ferguson marchers arrive at Missouri Capitol Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:06 PM PST JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chants of "Hands Up. Don't Shoot!" echoed through the Missouri Capitol on Friday as hundreds of people protesting Michael Brown's death rallied after the culmination of a weeklong, 130-mile march from the site of the police shooting in Ferguson.

German man punished for joining Islamic State Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:59 AM PST By Maria Sheahan FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A 20-year-old German man was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison on Friday after he admitted joining Islamic State militants in Syria, in the first trial in Germany of a home-grown jihadi accused of membership of the insurgent group. Judges decided to treat the man, known as Kreshnik B., who was born in Germany to Kosovan parents and spent six months in Syria last year, as a juvenile because of his lack of maturity. They said there was no evidence he had fought directly. ...

Obama nominates Ashton Carter as defense secretary Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:00 AM PST President Barack Obama nominated former senior Pentagon official Ashton Carter on Friday to replace Chuck Hagel as defense secretary. Carter is expected to win Senate confirmation easily in 2015.

NASA: 'There's your new spacecraft, America!" Posted: 05 Dec 2014 11:58 AM PST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's new Orion spacecraft made a "bull's-eye" Pacific splashdown Friday following a dramatic journey 3,604 miles beyond Earth. The achievement opens a new era of human exploration aimed at putting people on Mars.

Philippines braces for powerful, erratic typhoon Posted: 04 Dec 2014 08:04 PM PST MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A wide swath of the Philippines, including the capital Manila, braced Friday for a dangerously erratic and powerful typhoon approaching from the Pacific, about a year after the country was lashed by Typhoon Haiyan that left more than 7,300 people dead.

Missouri march seeks justice for black teen killed by police Posted: 05 Dec 2014 01:26 PM PST By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - Activists protesting police treatment of black Americans concluded a 120-mile (190-km) march from Ferguson, Missouri to the Missouri governor's mansion on Friday, ending a 'journey for justice' tied to the police killing of an unarmed black teenager. More than 100 protesters shouted "hands up, don't shoot" and other slogans as they rallied in the rotunda of the state Capitol in Jefferson City. The demonstrators walked through a cold rain as they concluded a march that began Nov. ...

Oil magnate's ex-wife slams $1 billion divorce ruling in appeal Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:17 PM PST By Joshua Schneyer (Reuters) - The ex-wife of Oklahoma oil magnate Harold Hamm has appealed a November divorce ruling that awarded her $1 billion, citing 78 alleged errors and missteps that caused a judge to grossly undervalue her stake in one of America's greatest oil fortunes. Sue Ann Arnall's appeal assails as "inappropriate" Judge Howard Haralson's decision to allow lawyers for both her ex-husband and his oil company, Continental Resources, to "double team" her during an epic divorce trial. ...

After 2 reports, no Christie link to bridge plot Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:48 PM PST TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — One report has been derided by critics of Gov. Chris Christie as a whitewash; his defenders see the other as a partisan smear-job against the governor.

Phoenix police shooting is latest to ignite outcry Posted: 04 Dec 2014 11:30 PM PST PHOENIX (AP) — The deadly shooting of a black, unarmed drug suspect by a white Phoenix police officer who mistook a pill bottle for a gun demonstrates the challenges law enforcement agencies face at a time of unrest over police tactics.

Orion flight marks 'milestone' for US space program: NASA Posted: 05 Dec 2014 10:35 AM PST The US space agency's Orion capsule circled the Earth twice before plunging into the ocean Friday in a flawless test flight that NASA called a "significant milestone" in the journey to Mars. Then, a second stage engine burn propelled the spacecraft higher than any vessel meant to carry people since the Apollo 17 moon mission in 1972.

Cosby counter-sues alleged sex abuse victim Posted: 04 Dec 2014 07:00 PM PST Veteran comic Bill Cosby counter-sued a woman who says he sexually abused her, accusing her of trying to extort up to $250,000 from him. Judy Huth, 55, filed a lawsuit against Cosby in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, claiming sexual battery and infliction of emotional distress in an alleged assault at the Playboy Mansion in 1974.

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