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• Susan Rice withdraws from Secretary of State consideration
• Just Explain It: Retirement vs. college savings
• Nearly four in 10 Americans blame weather on 'end times'
• Former Fla. Republican Governor Crist joins Democratic Party
• Mysteries swirl around North Korea's satellite launch
• Former Sen. Chuck Hagel 'likely' to be named Defense Secretary
• ‘Build a Death Star’ petition clears threshold for Obama response
• Lawmaker: Syria ready to use chemical weapons
• A perplexing path from big dreamer to mall shooter
• Kim Jong Un voted Time’s Person of the Year by readers
• Woman tasered for trying to buy too many iPhones
• Boehner: ‘Not concerned about my job’ in fiscal cliff fight
• 'Devastating irony': We live longer, but with more pain, illness
• Google Maps make triumphant return to iPhones
• Best friends paralyzed just 2 years apart
• GOP advisor: 'Let the fiscal cliff happen'
• Google Maps return to iPhone with new mobile app
• 'Lincoln,' gets a leading 7 Globe nominations
• Royal hoax nurse hanged herself
• Outgoing husband and wife reps at odds on fiscal cliff deal
• Any mention of torture is classified, military judge rules
• Russia admits that Syrian rebels may win
• Thursday in politics: ‘Fiscal cliff’ looms but all quiet on Washington front, and more
• Inquest: Nurse in British royal hoax found hanging
• Coroner: Nurse in British royal hoax found hanging

Susan Rice withdraws from Secretary of State consideration Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:20 PM PST Susan Rice, the embattled U.S. Ambassador for the U. N., withdrew her name from consideration Thursday to be Secretary of State. President Barack Obama confirmed the news in a statement Thursday afternoon, saying "While I deeply regret the unfair and misleading attacks on Susan Rice in recent weeks, her decision demonstrates the strength of her [...]

Just Explain It: Retirement vs. college savings Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:04 PM PST With the cost of education rising, many parents have to decide how to pay for college. Earlier this year, a report found that the average tuition at four-year public universities increased by 15% between 2008 and 2010. Significant price increases were also found at private universities.

Nearly four in 10 Americans blame weather on 'end times' Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:42 PM PST A poll also found that 15 percent believe that the end of the world, as predicted by the Book of Revelation, will occur in their lifetime.

Former Fla. Republican Governor Crist joins Democratic Party Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:15 PM PST ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist made his latest political party switch official on Thursday: He's now a registered Democrat. Crist filed his party paperwork in his hometown of St. Petersburg, Florida, where in 2010 he announced he was leaving the Republican Party after polls showed he likely would lose its nomination for U.S. Senate to Marco Rubio. Crist, who was governor from 2007 to 2011, ran as an independent, and Rubio won a three-way race handily. ...

Mysteries swirl around North Korea's satellite launch Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:57 AM PST US and South Korean officials appear to disagree on one detail of the North Korean satellite that has nothing to do with any difference over what to do about it.

Former Sen. Chuck Hagel 'likely' to be named Defense Secretary Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:41 AM PST The two-term Republican is known for criticizing his own party during the Iraq war. Hagel served as an infantryman in Vietnam, where among other awards, he got two Purple Hearts.

‘Build a Death Star’ petition clears threshold for Obama response Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:23 AM PST It is a period of civil war. Rebel pranksters, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the forces of Taking White House Petitions Too Seriously. Specifically: They have secured the 25,000 signatures necessary to get a formal response from the White House to their call for America to build a DEATH [...]

Lawmaker: Syria ready to use chemical weapons Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:07 AM PST House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers says the international community should not accept any assurances from Syrian officials that they will not use them.

A perplexing path from big dreamer to mall shooter Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:51 AM PST Something apparently happened to Jacob Tyler Roberts, a big-dreaming, fun-loving 22-year-old, before he pulled a semiautomatic rifle out of a guitar case and opened fire inside a packed Portland, Ore., mall in the middle of the Christmas rush – but what?

Kim Jong Un voted Time’s Person of the Year by readers Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:33 AM PST Kim Jong Un is Time's 2012 Person of the Year. That is, according to the magazine's online readers, who chose the North Korean dictator over the likes of President Barack Obama, Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart in an online vote. It doesn't mean Kim [...]

Woman tasered for trying to buy too many iPhones Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:18 AM PST The iPhone is a hot commodity this holiday season. But is it worth the risk of being stunned with a Taser? As surfaced by CNET, a 44-year-old Chinese woman from Newton, Mass., experienced just such an action after she tried to buy more iPhones than the Apple Store limit of two at the Pheasant Lane [...]

Boehner: ‘Not concerned about my job’ in fiscal cliff fight Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:00 AM PST Republican House Speaker John Boehner denied Democratic suggestions that he may be stalling a "fiscal cliff" deal with President Barack Obama in order to stave off a potential conservative revolt that could cost him the top job in Congress. "I'm not concerned about my job as Speaker. What I'm concerned about is doing the right [...]

'Devastating irony': We live longer, but with more pain, illness Posted: 13 Dec 2012 09:26 AM PST The world has made huge progress fighting killer infectious diseases, but as a result we now lead longer and sicker lives, with health problems that cause us years of pain, disability and mental distress.

Google Maps make triumphant return to iPhones Posted: 13 Dec 2012 09:10 AM PST Our long global nightmare is over. Three months after launching a new operating system that stripped the popular Google Maps application from its iPhones in favor of one its own--then publicly apologizing for it--Apple formally approved the search giant's app, allowing frustrated Apple Maps users to download Google Maps from the Apple app store. "People [...]

Best friends paralyzed just 2 years apart Posted: 13 Dec 2012 08:53 AM PST Alan Brown had just wrapped up a fundraiser for his high school best friend, Danny Heumann, who had been paralyzed after he broke his back in a car accident.

GOP advisor: 'Let the fiscal cliff happen' Posted: 13 Dec 2012 08:36 AM PST Bruce Bartlett, a former advisor to Reagan and George H.W., explains why the GOP tax pledge will harm the economy.

Google Maps return to iPhone with new mobile app Posted: 13 Dec 2012 08:20 AM PST Apple's maps proved to be far inferior to Google's. The product's shoddiness prompted Apple CEO Tim Cook to issue a rare public apology.

'Lincoln,' gets a leading 7 Globe nominations Posted: 13 Dec 2012 06:29 AM PST Steven Spielberg is bringing new glory to Abraham Lincoln.

Royal hoax nurse hanged herself Posted: 13 Dec 2012 05:50 AM PST Jacintha Saldanha was discovered hanging by a scarf from a wardrobe in her bedroom.

Outgoing husband and wife reps at odds on fiscal cliff deal Posted: 13 Dec 2012 05:34 AM PST Husband-and-wife team Reps. Connie Mack, R-Fla., and Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif., are both leaving Congress, and they're on opposite sides of the tax deal.

Any mention of torture is classified, military judge rules Posted: 13 Dec 2012 04:45 AM PST In a significant victory for government prosecutors, the military judge presiding over the trial of accused 911 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has granted a government request to treat as classified any testimony or discussion about the alleged torture of Mr. Mohammed and others during CIA interrogations.

Russia admits that Syrian rebels may win Posted: 13 Dec 2012 04:28 AM PST Syria's most powerful ally, Russia, said for the first time Thursday that President Bashar Assad is losing control of his country and the rebels might win the civil war, dramatically shifting the diplomatic landscape at a time of enormous momentum for the opposition.

Thursday in politics: ‘Fiscal cliff’ looms but all quiet on Washington front, and more Posted: 13 Dec 2012 03:39 AM PST And now it's 19 days before Washington drops off the "fiscal cliff," and, as many economists predict, takes the economy with it. The White House and congressional calendars are very quiet Thursday in terms of scheduled, public talk about the fiscal cliff, which could mean things are getting done behind the scene. Or it could [...]

Inquest: Nurse in British royal hoax found hanging Posted: 13 Dec 2012 03:23 AM PST A coroner's officer says the nurse who took a hoax call from Australian DJs about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was found hanging by the neck, and a detective says she left three notes.

Coroner: Nurse in British royal hoax found hanging Posted: 13 Dec 2012 03:07 AM PST A nurse who passed a hoax call into the hospital room of the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge apparently killed herself three days later, with a coroner's officer saying Tuesday she was found hanging by the neck.

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