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• Evidence hints at deadlier plan in Conn. massacre
• Analysis: Boehner opens door to tax hikes, shifts U.S. fiscal cliff talks
• On foreign policy, Kerry is Obama's good soldier
• Syrian jets rocket Palestinian camp in Damascus
• Hillary Clinton recovers after concussion
• Gunman’s computers may be key in Connecticut school shooting investigation
• Connecticut town seeks solace in church; Obama due
• Sandy Hook survivors struggle to pick up the pieces
• Venezuelan elections a test for Chavez's movement
• Supreme Court fight looms over right to carry a gun
• Saber-toothed cat fossils found near Las Vegas
• Springsteen, Gaga join Stones; Newtown noted
• Staffers hailed as heroes after Conn. shooting
• Agents visit Conn. gun shops after school massacre
• Absent Chavez dominates Venezuelan state elections
• A children's choir opens 'SNL' with 'Silent Night'
• Ala. police kill suspects after separate shootings
• 'Always smiling': Portraits of Connecticut victims
• Man fires some 50 shots in California mall parking lot
• White House won't accept new tax offer from Republican leader
• Sources: Kerry to be nominated for secretary of state
• Obama to travel to Newtown, Conn. on Sunday
• Medical examiner: all Sandy Hook victims died of multiple gunshot wounds
• Shooter a mystery to neighbors and former classmates

Evidence hints at deadlier plan in Conn. massacre Posted: 16 Dec 2012 12:58 PM PST The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage shot his mother four times in the head before going to the school and gunning down 26, authorities said Sunday as details emerged suggesting that Adam Lanza had planned an even more gruesome massacre but was stopped short.

Analysis: Boehner opens door to tax hikes, shifts U.S. fiscal cliff talks Posted: 16 Dec 2012 12:41 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's offer to accept a tax rate increase for the wealthiest Americans knocks down a key Republican road block to a deal resolving the year-end "fiscal cliff." The question now boils down to price - which income levels, what rates and what's offered in return. Such major questions, still unanswered so close to the end of the year suggest, however, that no surge toward an agreement is immminent. ...

On foreign policy, Kerry is Obama's good soldier Posted: 16 Dec 2012 11:47 AM PST Democratic Sen. John Kerry stands tall as President Barack Obama's good soldier.

Syrian jets rocket Palestinian camp in Damascus Posted: 16 Dec 2012 11:31 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian fighter jets bombed the Palestinian Yarmouk camp in Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 25 people sheltering in a mosque in an area where Syrian rebels have been trying to advance into the capital, opposition activists said. The attack was part of a month-old campaign by President Bashar al-Assad's forces to eject rebels fighting to overthrow him from positions hemming in Damascus. ...

Hillary Clinton recovers after concussion Posted: 16 Dec 2012 11:15 AM PST Top US diplomat sustained head injury after fainting at home due to severe dehydration brought on by stomach virus.

Gunman’s computers may be key in Connecticut school shooting investigation Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:09 AM PST For a young man who has been described as withdrawn from the outside world, Adam Lanza's computer room is likely a gold mine for detectives.

Connecticut town seeks solace in church; Obama due Posted: 16 Dec 2012 09:36 AM PST NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Twelve girls and eight boys. One had celebrated her seventh birthday just four days before her death. They were Charlotte and Jack, Noah and Grace. Dressed in "cute kid stuff," all 20 died when a heavily armed 20-year-old gunman forced his way into their school, Sandy Hook Elementary, and shot them and six women in an act of violence that has shattered their once-tranquil suburban town. "They were first-graders," said Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, before releasing the names of all the victims of the school shootings on Saturday. ...

Sandy Hook survivors struggle to pick up the pieces Posted: 16 Dec 2012 06:20 AM PST As residents here learned the names Saturday of the 20 children and six adults killed at Sandy Hook School in one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, kids and their parents began a long mourning process. Roxanne Mader, the mother of 7-year old Bianca, a student at Sandy Hook, said two of [...]

Venezuelan elections a test for Chavez's movement Posted: 16 Dec 2012 05:27 AM PST Venezuelans are choosing governors and state lawmakers on Sunday in elections that have become a key test of whether President Hugo Chavez's movement can endure if the cancer he is battling proves terminal.

Supreme Court fight looms over right to carry a gun Posted: 16 Dec 2012 04:03 AM PST Right to carry a loaded gun in public could be next big Supreme Court battle over guns

Saber-toothed cat fossils found near Las Vegas Posted: 16 Dec 2012 03:30 AM PST Researchers say a pair of fossils unearthed in the hills north of Las Vegas belonged to a saber-toothed cat.

Springsteen, Gaga join Stones; Newtown noted Posted: 16 Dec 2012 02:17 AM PST Only at a Rolling Stones concert could appearances by Bruce Springsteen and Lady Gaga seem almost like afterthoughts.

Staffers hailed as heroes after Conn. shooting Posted: 16 Dec 2012 01:48 AM PST A worker who turned on the intercom, alerting others in the building that something was very wrong. A custodian who risked his life by running through the halls warning of danger. A clerk who led 18 children on their hands and knees to safety, then gave them paper and crayons to keep them calm and quiet.

Agents visit Conn. gun shops after school massacre Posted: 16 Dec 2012 01:30 AM PST While white-steepled churches and President Barack Obama prepared to comfort a grieving town Sunday, federal agents planned to fan out to dozens of gun stores and shooting ranges across Connecticut, chasing leads they hoped would cast light on the life of school shooter Adam Lanza.

Absent Chavez dominates Venezuelan state elections Posted: 16 Dec 2012 01:03 AM PST CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelans vote on Sunday in state elections that will define the future of opposition leader Henrique Capriles and test political forces ahead of a possible new presidential vote if Hugo Chavez is incapacitated by cancer. The vote for 23 state governorships, of which the opposition controls seven, has been overshadowed by the president's battle to recover from cancer surgery in Cuba. Yet it will have major implications for the unfolding political drama in the South American OPEC nation with the world's largest oil reserves. ...

A children's choir opens 'SNL' with 'Silent Night' Posted: 16 Dec 2012 12:07 AM PST "Saturday Night Live" made a rare departure from its comedic opening to pay tribute to the children and adults killed at a Connecticut elementary school.

Ala. police kill suspects after separate shootings Posted: 15 Dec 2012 09:59 PM PST Police in Alabama killed two suspects Saturday following separate shooting incidents 75 miles apart that left three other people dead and several injured, including two officers.

'Always smiling': Portraits of Connecticut victims Posted: 15 Dec 2012 09:00 PM PST Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit for anyone regardless of age. Others found their life's work in sheltering little ones, teaching them, caring for them, treating them as their own. After the gunfire ended Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the trail of loss was more than many could bear: 20 children and six adults at the school, the gunman's mother at home, and the gunman himself.

Man fires some 50 shots in California mall parking lot Posted: 15 Dec 2012 08:44 PM PST A man was arrested Saturday after firing about 50 shots in the parking lot of a Southern California shopping mall, forcing a lockdown of stores crowded with holiday shoppers.

White House won't accept new tax offer from Republican leader Posted: 15 Dec 2012 08:32 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is not ready to accept a new offer from the Republican leader of the U.S. the House of Representatives to raise taxes on top earners in exchange for major cuts in entitlement programs, a source said late Saturday. The shape and details of Boehner's offer were uncertain Saturday night, as was the exact reason the president was prepared to reject it. The source said Obama sees the offer made on Friday by U.S. ...

Sources: Kerry to be nominated for secretary of state Posted: 15 Dec 2012 08:05 PM PST Sources tell ABC News that President Obama has decided that he will nominate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to be secretary of state. For a variety of reasons including the finalization of the process, other pending Cabinet decisions, and — more immediately — the national reaction...

Obama to travel to Newtown, Conn. on Sunday Posted: 15 Dec 2012 05:22 PM PST President Barack Obama will travel to Newtown, Conn. and meet with families of those killed in the shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School and thank emergency workers who responded to the tragedy.

Medical examiner: all Sandy Hook victims died of multiple gunshot wounds Posted: 15 Dec 2012 05:06 PM PST The medical examiner investigating the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, said autopsies showed the on 20 children and six adults showed they were killed with multiple bullets fired by rifle at close range.

Shooter a mystery to neighbors and former classmates Posted: 15 Dec 2012 03:44 PM PST NEWTOWN, CT -- Even to his neighbors, the gunman who massacred 26 kids and educators at an elementary school here still remains somewhat of a mystery. "I want to know more," said Len Strocchia, who lives less than half mile away from the shooter's house. Authorities say Adam Lanza, 20, killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, [...]

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