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• NBC's Engel, TV crew escape abduction in Syria
• Stunning images of larva brains, butterfly scales
• Meet Sable, the feline crosswalk guard
• Live chat: Newtown rebuilds after shooting
• 'Take care of these guys': Newtown schools reopen
• Newtown grade school closed after threat
• Survivor's dad to NRA: Help make U.S. safe for kids
• Mandela 'much better,' but will remain hospitalized
• Wounded, starving crowd ill-equipped Syrian hospital
• Opaque Instagram ad policy change riles users
• Hasbro making boy-friendly version of Easy Bake Oven
• Gov. Perry warns against ‘knee-jerk’ reactions to Newtown
• UK names slice of Antarctica 'Queen Elizabeth Land'
• Cory Booker reportedly leaning toward Senate run
• Boehner pushes fiscal cliff ‘Plan B’ as automatic tax hikes loom
• Inouye requests Rep. Hanabusa as his Senate successor
• Private equity firm to sell stake in Bushmaster gun maker
• Obama backs off hard lines in search of compromise
• Russia sends warships to Syria for possible evacuation
• Journalist freed from captors in Syria
• Classes resume in Newtown
• Century-old fight for Budweiser name hits new snag
• NBC's Engel would 'rather forget' Syria kidnap
• Former GOP senator eyed to replace Panetta
• Tuesday in politics: ‘Fiscal cliff’ proposal, gun violence news conference, and more

NBC's Engel, TV crew escape abduction in Syria Posted: 18 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said Tuesday he and members of his network crew escaped unharmed after five days of captivity in Syria, where more than a dozen pro-regime gunmen dragged them from their car, killed one of their rebel escorts and subjected them to mock executions.

Stunning images of larva brains, butterfly scales Posted: 18 Dec 2012 12:54 PM PST Incredibly detailed scenes of larva brains, butterfly scales and mini-crustacean claws — all captured through light microscopes — took some of the top prizes in the 2012 Olympus BioScapes competition, officials announced this week.

Meet Sable, the feline crosswalk guard Posted: 18 Dec 2012 12:10 PM PST Most cats seem to go out of their way to block their owners from walking in straight lines. But one feline has taken a decidedly different path, becoming, in essence, a crosswalk guard at a middle school. "He just kept going out there and we would watch him from the window," owner Tamara Morris told KAPP [...]

Live chat: Newtown rebuilds after shooting Posted: 18 Dec 2012 11:59 AM PST Yahoo News reporters discuss efforts to help the community heal in the wake of the school shooting.

'Take care of these guys': Newtown schools reopen Posted: 18 Dec 2012 11:37 AM PST NEWTOWN, Conn.—The buses started arriving at Hawley Elementary School on Church Hill Road shortly before 10 a.m. on Tuesday, carrying children who waved to roughly two dozen camera crews camped across the street. A police officer stationed at the entrance of the K-5 school greeted the youngsters with a big smile, asking, "Are you ready [...]

Newtown grade school closed after threat Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:52 AM PST Local officials closed a Newtown, Conn., elementary school following a threat on what would have been the first day of classes since a shooting rampage at nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Survivor's dad to NRA: Help make U.S. safe for kids Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:30 AM PST A teacher saved his son from the massacre in Newtown, and now Andrei Nikitchyuk is asking for the NRA's help.

Mandela 'much better,' but will remain hospitalized Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:13 AM PST JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela, South Africa's 94-year-old former president, is "looking much better" after being treated for a lung infection and gallstones, but will remain in hospital for the time being, the government said on Tuesday. The country's first black president was admitted to a Pretoria hospital on December 8 after being flown from his home village of Qunu in a remote part of the Eastern Cape province. He was treated initially for a recurrent lung infection and then had a successful procedure to have gallstones removed. ...

Wounded, starving crowd ill-equipped Syrian hospital Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:02 AM PST As the civil war escalates around the capital, doctors are treating up to 100 injured a day have had to use local anesthetics even for complicated operations, a WHO spokesman said.

Opaque Instagram ad policy change riles users Posted: 18 Dec 2012 09:25 AM PST Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service that Facebook bought this year, is the target of a storm of outrage on Twitter and other sites after a change in its user agreement hinted that it might use shared photos in ads.

Hasbro making boy-friendly version of Easy Bake Oven Posted: 18 Dec 2012 09:14 AM PST A 4-year-old boy's big sister who went to bat for him by petitioning Hasbro to make a version of the classic Easy Bake Oven for boys got a surprise this holiday season when the company invited her to see the new, boy-friendly model of the timeless toy.

Gov. Perry warns against ‘knee-jerk’ reactions to Newtown Posted: 18 Dec 2012 08:53 AM PST Perry, a strong gun rights advocate, stated his support for carrying weapons on public property in Texas.

UK names slice of Antarctica 'Queen Elizabeth Land' Posted: 18 Dec 2012 08:33 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Britain named a vast swathe of its Antarctic territory after Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday, capping a year of Diamond Jubilee celebrations marking the queen's 60th year on the throne. Newly christened "Queen Elizabeth Land," the 169,000 square mile (437,000 sq km) slice of Antarctica is almost twice the size of Britain and populated almost exclusively by penguins, seals and various bird species. British presence is maintained via three research stations operated by the British Antarctic Survey. ...

Cory Booker reportedly leaning toward Senate run Posted: 18 Dec 2012 08:01 AM PST Political junkies hoping for a showdown between New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and the Newark mayor in next year's governor's race might not get their wish.

Boehner pushes fiscal cliff ‘Plan B’ as automatic tax hikes loom Posted: 18 Dec 2012 07:27 AM PST With less than two weeks to prevent automatic tax hikes and spending cuts, Republican House Speaker John Boehner has decided to press ahead with an alternative to "fiscal cliff" negotiations with the White House—a bill that would raise taxes on income over $1 million. The move also includes $1 trillion in spending cuts over 10 [...]

Inouye requests Rep. Hanabusa as his Senate successor Posted: 18 Dec 2012 06:54 AM PST As one of his last wishes before dying Monday night, the Democrat asked that Hawaii's Colleen Hanabusa succeed him.

Private equity firm to sell stake in Bushmaster gun maker Posted: 18 Dec 2012 06:25 AM PST Cerberus said that the shootings were a watershed event in the national debate on gun control and it will exit the Freedom Group.

Obama backs off hard lines in search of compromise Posted: 18 Dec 2012 05:46 AM PST Just two weeks before the economy-threatening "fiscal cliff" is due to kick in, both President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are making significant concessions, backing off what had once been ironclad positions on how to avoid the huge automatic spending cuts and tax increases.

Russia sends warships to Syria for possible evacuation Posted: 18 Dec 2012 05:29 AM PST Moscow reacts a day after insurgents waging a 21-month-old uprising obtain a possible springboard for a thrust into Damascus.

Journalist freed from captors in Syria Posted: 18 Dec 2012 05:13 AM PST NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and his crew are released amid gunfire at a Syria checkpoint after they were taken prisoner.

Classes resume in Newtown Posted: 18 Dec 2012 04:56 AM PST With security stepped up and families on edge, students return to school and to familiar routines.

Century-old fight for Budweiser name hits new snag Posted: 18 Dec 2012 04:44 AM PST A small brewer in the Czech Republic and the world's biggest beer maker have been fighting over the right to put the word Budweiser on their bottles.

NBC's Engel would 'rather forget' Syria kidnap Posted: 18 Dec 2012 04:22 AM PST The network's chief foreign correspondent tells Turkish media that he and his colleagues are "very happy to be out" of Syria.

Former GOP senator eyed to replace Panetta Posted: 18 Dec 2012 04:06 AM PST Chuck Hagel, a decorated Vietnam veteran, is now a front-runner to become the next U.S. secretary of defense.

Tuesday in politics: ‘Fiscal cliff’ proposal, gun violence news conference, and more Posted: 18 Dec 2012 03:50 AM PST A deal may be near on avoiding the 'fiscal cliff' — with an emphasis on may be. President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner met on Monday, and Obama put a new offer on the table. Obama's latest proposal, Yahoo News White House correspondent Olivier Knox reports, would let the payroll tax holiday [...]

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