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• Missing moon rocks found in Minnesota storage site
• Major quakes can trigger faraway 'slow' quakes
• W.H. blasts GOP 'obsession' with Rice
• Photo album of human history launched into space
• South Korea to strip Jill Kelley of honorary consul title
• Scientist claims to have sequenced ‘Bigfoot’ DNA
• GOP senators 'troubled' after Rice meeting
• Family offering $1,000 reward for lost kangaroo
• 24 Tenn. courthouses receive bomb threats
• Romney, first lady make GQ’s 'Least Influential People' list
• GOP senators 'significantly troubled' after Rice meeting
• Insurgent attacks kill 21, wound dozens in Iraq
• Obama, GOP take fiscal cliff sales pitch on the road
• Obama, GOP launch fiscal cliff campaign blitz
• Consumer confidence hits four-year high
• Down but not out: ‘Looking for a job has been my full-time job’
• Australian beach turns blood red, forcing swimmers to flee
• Chinese paper celebrates Kim Jong Un on being named ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ by The Onion
• November consumer confidence hits more than four-year high
• Wikileaks GI to argue his detention merits release
• Sex tape used to bribe Chinese official goes viral
• UN to vote Thursday on raising Palestinian status
• On sale: All things Romney 2012
• British adventurer visits all 201 countries without flying
• Online sales jump on Cyber Monday, eBay shines

Missing moon rocks found in Minnesota storage site Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:29 PM PST Several rocks taken from humankind's first lunar landing have been unearthed once again, with the moon rocks this time turning up in a Minnesota storage area. The Star Tribune reports that the pebble sized rock samples collected by the Apollo II voyage in 1969 and somehow ended up in a government storage area in St. [...]

Major quakes can trigger faraway 'slow' quakes Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:12 PM PST Major earthquakes might set off incredibly slow earthquakes thousands of miles away, new research suggests.

W.H. blasts GOP 'obsession' with Rice Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:23 PM PST The U.N. ambassador failed to assuage her top Republican critics in a closed-door meeting with them today.

Photo album of human history launched into space Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:06 PM PST A disc containing 100 photographs representing modern human history was affixed to the exterior of the newly lofted EchoStar XVI satellite.

South Korea to strip Jill Kelley of honorary consul title Posted: 27 Nov 2012 11:50 AM PST Kelley, the woman who helped bring down David Petraeus, allegedly tried to "peddle influence" and profit off business deals, a top South Korean official says.

Scientist claims to have sequenced ‘Bigfoot’ DNA Posted: 27 Nov 2012 11:33 AM PST A Texas scientist claims to have sequenced the DNA of the Sasquatch, a creature whose very existence is mysterious to many and purely mythological to most. "Our study has sequenced 20 whole mitochondrial genomes and utilized next generation sequencing to obtain 3 whole nuclear genomes from purported Sasquatch samples," Dr. Melba S. Ketchum of Nacogdoches, [...]

GOP senators 'troubled' after Rice meeting Posted: 27 Nov 2012 11:17 AM PST The U.N ambassador's attempt to make nice today with her harshest critics seems to have backfired.

Family offering $1,000 reward for lost kangaroo Posted: 27 Nov 2012 11:00 AM PST An Oklahoma family has lost its pet kangaroo and they're hoping a $1,000 reward will ensure the safe return of their beloved Lucy Sparkles.

24 Tenn. courthouses receive bomb threats Posted: 27 Nov 2012 10:43 AM PST Authorities in Tennessee are investigating bomb threats that forced the evacuation of 24 courthouses across the state, including the federal building in downtown Memphis.

Romney, first lady make GQ’s 'Least Influential People' list Posted: 27 Nov 2012 10:28 AM PST Congratulations, Mitt Romney. After a stunning election loss, millions of dollars spent and an exhaustive campaign, GQ Magazine has named you one of the Least Influential People of 2012. From the magazine: Was anyone inspired by Mitt Romney? Did anyone vote enthusiastically for Mitt Romney? Of course not. Voting for Romney is like hooking up [...]

GOP senators 'significantly troubled' after Rice meeting Posted: 27 Nov 2012 10:12 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice on Tuesday failed to win over her harshest Republican critics in the U.S. Senate who are threatening to block her nomination if President Barack Obama chooses her for Secretary of State or another top post in his second-term Cabinet. Rice met for about an hour behind closed doors at the U.S. Capitol with Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte. They have openly criticized her for initial comments after the September 11 attack on the U.S. ...

Insurgent attacks kill 21, wound dozens in Iraq Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:38 AM PST Shiite mosques in Baghdad were main targets, along with a city claimed by squabbling ethnic groups in a disputed northern region.

Obama, GOP take fiscal cliff sales pitch on the road Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:20 AM PST President Barack Obama is ramping up efforts to win over Americans — and pressure Congress — on the fiscal cliff, with events at the White House and on the road to argue for the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts chiefly benefiting the rich. The response from his chief Republican foes? On Tuesday morning, Republican Senate [...]

Obama, GOP launch fiscal cliff campaign blitz Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:04 AM PST Policymakers Plan Campaign-Style Ads, Events on Tax Cuts

Consumer confidence hits four-year high Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:46 AM PST Americans are growing more optimistic because they see the job market getting improving, the Conference Board said.

Down but not out: ‘Looking for a job has been my full-time job’ Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:12 AM PST 12.3 million Americans are jobless, and 5 million are long-term unemployed. Yahoo! talked to several people about what unemployment is truly like.

Australian beach turns blood red, forcing swimmers to flee Posted: 27 Nov 2012 07:56 AM PST Blood red water has stained several Australian beaches, making the popular surf spots resemble something out of a horror movie.

Chinese paper celebrates Kim Jong Un on being named ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ by The Onion Posted: 27 Nov 2012 07:39 AM PST The accompanying 55-page slideshow includes images of Kim in varying degrees of sexiness--riding a horse, posing with military leaders, aiming a rifle, riding a horse and, uh, riding a horse.

November consumer confidence hits more than four-year high Posted: 27 Nov 2012 07:23 AM PST Consumer confidence rose to a four-and-a-half-year high in November as consumers became more optimistic about the outlook for the economy, according to a private sector report released on Tuesday.

Wikileaks GI to argue his detention merits release Posted: 27 Nov 2012 07:06 AM PST An Army private charged in the biggest security breach in U.S. history is trying to avoid trial by claiming he was already punished enough when he was locked up alone in a small cell and forced to sleep naked for several nights.

Sex tape used to bribe Chinese official goes viral Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:49 AM PST A 5-year-old sex tape of an 18-year-old woman allegedly hired by developers to sleep with a city official is causing yet another scandal for China's ruling Communists in the city formerly led by fallen politician Bo Xilai.

UN to vote Thursday on raising Palestinian status Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:33 AM PST The Palestinians said the U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday afternoon on a resolution raising their status at the United Nations from an observer to a nonmember observer state, a move they believe is an important step toward a two-state solution with Israel.

On sale: All things Romney 2012 Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:16 AM PST What's a retailer to do with merchandise branded to support a failed presidential candidate? Put it on clearance.

British adventurer visits all 201 countries without flying Posted: 27 Nov 2012 05:43 AM PST Graham Hughes as used buses, boats, taxis, trains, and his own two feet – but never an airplane – to travel 160,000 miles in exactly 1,426 days, spending an average of less than $100 a week.

Online sales jump on Cyber Monday, eBay shines Posted: 27 Nov 2012 05:22 AM PST E-commerce retailers' shares went higher and the good numbers suggest strong growth in the holiday shopping season is continuing for now.

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