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• U.S. backs Israel on Gaza, including use of ground forces
• Report: Rep. DesJarlais admitted to affairs with patients
• Farthest known galaxy in the universe discovered
• Is it OK to borrow my 401(k) before retirement?
• Fifty shades of email: How electronic love notes seduced Petraeus
• BP employees charged with manslaughter, lying
• Who’s hiring? Inside a key industry hurting for help
• Man charged in murder of Etan Patz to plead not guilty
• Fieri responds to scathing New York Times review
• A father's anguish in Gaza
• Small-town official pockets big money: $53M
• Girl paralyzed by drunk driver leaves jury in tears
• McAfee says he's innocent of murder, fears 'corrupt government'
• Watch Live: Congressional testimony in the Benghazi attack
• China's new leader: The 'compromise' Communist with the popstar wife
• Scores isolated after new Ebola outbreak in Uganda
• Utah school district sued over access to lesbian family book
• Knuckleballer Dickey caps unforgettable year with Cy Young
• Eurozone back in recession in Q3
• 5-Hour Energy linked to heart attacks, 'spontaneous abortion'
• Magnitude 6 quake hits Mexico, no damage reported
• Police: Texas A&M football player missing
• Hamas rocket kills three in Israel, wider war looms
• Sources: BP to pay record fine for 2010 spill
• FBI terrorism expert started Petraeus email probe

U.S. backs Israel on Gaza, including use of ground forces Posted: 15 Nov 2012 01:57 PM PST The White House on Thursday threw its full support behind Israel's military response to a barrage of rockets fired by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip.  Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes said it would be "up to the Israeli government" whether to follow up punishing air strikes [...]

Report: Rep. DesJarlais admitted to affairs with patients Posted: 15 Nov 2012 01:25 PM PST The Tennessee Republican tea partier was dogged by stories of his past affairs during this year's re-election campaign.

Farthest known galaxy in the universe discovered Posted: 15 Nov 2012 01:07 PM PST A new celestial wonder has stolen the title of most distant object ever seen in the universe, astronomers report.

Is it OK to borrow my 401(k) before retirement? Posted: 15 Nov 2012 12:51 PM PST Taking money out of your 401(k) account before retirement is an act of fiscal insanity, advisors say. Let me tell you why.

Fifty shades of email: How electronic love notes seduced Petraeus Posted: 15 Nov 2012 12:35 PM PST Once again, the tabloids are ablaze with the story of intemperate love affairs conducted over email. None of the players involved grew up on the Internet.

BP employees charged with manslaughter, lying Posted: 15 Nov 2012 11:45 AM PST Two men who worked for BP during the 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster have been charged with manslaughter and a third with lying to federal investigators, according to indictments made public Thursday, hours after BP announced it was paying $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the disaster.

Who’s hiring? Inside a key industry hurting for help Posted: 15 Nov 2012 10:41 AM PST As divisive as Obamacare is, rarely are its merits held up as an engine of job creation within the healthcare sector.

Man charged in murder of Etan Patz to plead not guilty Posted: 15 Nov 2012 10:24 AM PST Pedro Hernandez's admission to suffocating the 6-year-old in 1979 was a stunning turn in one of the most notorious and vexing cases in New York City history, prompting the first arrest ever in the case.

Fieri responds to scathing New York Times review Posted: 15 Nov 2012 10:08 AM PST Guy Fieri fired back at New York Times food critic Pete Wells on Thursday, a day after the paper published a hilariously scathing review of Fieri's new restaurant in Times Square. "I wholeheartedly disagree with The New York Times' review of Guy's American Kitchen & Bar," Fieri said in a statement provided to Yahoo News. [...]

A father's anguish in Gaza Posted: 15 Nov 2012 09:35 AM PST Jihad Misharawi, a BBC correspondent in the city, became part of the story when an Israeli strike killed his baby son.

Small-town official pockets big money: $53M Posted: 15 Nov 2012 08:46 AM PST Rita Crundwell pleaded guilty to embezzlement from city accounts to spend on a fancy lifestyle and her horse-breeding business.

Girl paralyzed by drunk driver leaves jury in tears Posted: 15 Nov 2012 08:13 AM PST The life of Xitclalli "Chilli"Vasquez, 9, took a tragic turn in the summer of 2011 when a drunk driver's car collided head-on with the car the Fort Worth, Texas, girl was riding in, leaving her paralyzed from chest down.

McAfee says he's innocent of murder, fears 'corrupt government' Posted: 15 Nov 2012 07:56 AM PST "I am a very nice guy and certainly innocent of the charges leveled against me," McAfee told ABC News by phone on Wednesday.

Watch Live: Congressional testimony in the Benghazi attack Posted: 15 Nov 2012 07:40 AM PST Intelligence officials are testifying before congressional panels investigating the Sept. 11 attack.

China's new leader: The 'compromise' Communist with the popstar wife Posted: 15 Nov 2012 07:07 AM PST The 59-year-old military chief, officially unveiled as China's new president today, has pledged to make the country "stronger and more powerful."

Scores isolated after new Ebola outbreak in Uganda Posted: 15 Nov 2012 06:34 AM PST Uganda has experienced increasingly regular outbreaks of deadly hemorrhagic fevers that have left health officials grappling for answers.

Utah school district sued over access to lesbian family book Posted: 15 Nov 2012 06:18 AM PST SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A Utah parent has sued her school district in federal court challenging the constitutionality of restrictions imposed on student access to a library book about a lesbian couple raising a family. "In Our Mothers' House" by author Patricia Polacco was removed from Davis School District library shelves and placed behind the counter last spring after complaints from some parents that a lifestyle they viewed as aberrant was favorably depicted in the book. ...

Knuckleballer Dickey caps unforgettable year with Cy Young Posted: 15 Nov 2012 05:29 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - R.A. Dickey began 2012 with a climb to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro and ended his greatest baseball season by reaching the top of his profession by winning the National League Cy Young Award on Wednesday. Dickey, in the 10th year of a Major League Baseball career that has produced a 41-50 record, used his baffling knuckleball to post a 20-6 mark with a 2.73 earned run average for the New York Mets, leading the league with 233.2 innings and 230 strikeouts. ...

Eurozone back in recession in Q3 Posted: 15 Nov 2012 04:39 AM PST The 17-country eurozone has bowed to the inevitable and fallen back into recession for the first time in three years as a sprawling debt crisis took its toll on the region's stronger economies.

5-Hour Energy linked to heart attacks, 'spontaneous abortion' Posted: 15 Nov 2012 04:07 AM PST The flavored energy shot "has been mentioned in some 90 filings with the F.D.A., including more than 30 that involved serious or life-threatening injuries like heart attacks, convulsions and, in one case, a spontaneous abortion," according to a New York Times investigation.

Magnitude 6 quake hits Mexico, no damage reported Posted: 15 Nov 2012 03:34 AM PST MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A magnitude 6 earthquake hit southwestern Mexico on Thursday, 173 km (107 miles) southwest of the capital Mexico City, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The earthquake struck at a depth of 38 miles, revised up from an original estimate of 6.2 miles, 10 miles northwest of Arcelia, in the state of Guerrero. The quake struck at 3:20 a.m. (0920 GMT) and could be felt in Mexico City, where some people ran out of their apartments, a Reuters reporter said. ...

Police: Texas A&M football player missing Posted: 15 Nov 2012 02:45 AM PST Texas A&M police say freshman wide receiver Thomas Johnson is missing.

Hamas rocket kills three in Israel, wider war looms Posted: 15 Nov 2012 01:39 AM PST Hamas fired dozens of rockets into southern Israel on Thursday, killing three people, and Israel launched numerous air strikes across the Gaza Strip, threatening a wider offensive to halt repeated Palestinian salvoes.

Sources: BP to pay record fine for 2010 spill Posted: 14 Nov 2012 11:29 PM PST BP Plc is expected to pay a record criminal penalty and plead guilty to criminal misconduct in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster through a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, according to sources.

FBI terrorism expert started Petraeus email probe Posted: 14 Nov 2012 08:31 PM PST The FBI agent who investigated harassing emails to a Florida socialite, a probe that set off a chain of events leading to the resignation of CIA director David Petraeus over an extramarital affair, was a veteran investigator who has worked on high-profile terrorism cases.

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