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• Kansas City Chiefs take to field in wake of tragedy
• Toddler's death prompts review of 2 other deaths
• Snow traps drivers for days in giant Russia traffic jam
• Reports: Delta in talks for Virgin Atlantic stake
• Napoleon's coded Kremlin letter sold for $243,500
• Carbon pollution up to 2 million pounds a second
• Fore: Obama, Bill Clinton enjoy round of golf
• Chiefs players, coaches try to make sense of the impossible
• Rep. Cole: GOP doesn't need to present a plan yet
• 'Cliff' talks: Geithner invites GOP counteroffer
• Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach idled for fifth day
• Geithner: Social Security off the table for now
• 7 missing in collapse of highway tunnel in Japan
• Islamist protest shuts down Egypt's top court
• Palestinian president returns to hero's welcome
• Israel withholds Palestinian funds after U.N. vote
• North Korea gears up to launch long-range rocket
• U.S.-Afghan base attacked in eastern Afghanistan
• North Korea plans new rocket launch as leader asserts power
• Report: At least three dead after Japan tunnel collapse
• Egypt's top court postpones key ruling on assembly
• Contract talks adjourn amid 5th day of port strike
• Workers missing as dam collapses in Cambodia
• Baltimore blogger airs police talks, surrenders
• Police: Hero instructor fought son in arrow attack

Kansas City Chiefs take to field in wake of tragedy Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:33 PM PST KANSAS CITY, MO - DECEMBER 02: The Kansas City Chiefs pause for a moment of silence honoring domestic abuse after the incident involving Jovan Belcher #59 prior to the game at Arrowhead Stadium on December 2, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Toddler's death prompts review of 2 other deaths Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:11 PM PST A toddler's death during a visit with his father last month in Virginia is prompting police to also more closely investigate the suicide of the man's mother and the shooting death of a onetime girlfriend in the past decade.

Snow traps drivers for days in giant Russia traffic jam Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:54 AM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of trucks and cars have been stuck on a major highway, some for more than two days, in a traffic jam dozens of kilometers (miles) long caused by heavy snow northwest of Moscow, Russian media reported on Sunday. Police in the Tver region said field kitchens were operating on the road, but many drivers complained supplies never reached them and they were running out of gasoline to keep their engines running and heating on in subzero temperatures. ...

Reports: Delta in talks for Virgin Atlantic stake Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:38 AM PST Delta Air Lines Inc. is mulling the purchased of a 49 percent stake in British airline Virgin Atlantic Airways from Singapore Airlines Ltd., according to media reports.The remaining 51 percent of Virgin ...

Napoleon's coded Kremlin letter sold for $243,500 Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:05 AM PST A secret code letter sent by French emperor Napoleon boasting that his multinational forces would blow up Moscow's Kremlin has sold at auction Sunday for €187,500 ($243,500) — 10 times its estimated presale price.

Carbon pollution up to 2 million pounds a second Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:33 AM PST The amount of heat-trapping pollution the world spewed rose again last year by 3 percent. So scientists say it's now unlikely that global warming can be limited to a couple degrees, which is an international goal.

Fore: Obama, Bill Clinton enjoy round of golf Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:17 AM PST Fore — 42 and 44 are playing 18. Former President Bill Clinton — the 42nd president — is joining President Barack Obama — he's No. 44 — for a round of golf at Joint Air Base in Maryland.

Chiefs players, coaches try to make sense of the impossible Posted: 02 Dec 2012 09:44 AM PST Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Brady Quinn thought he was in for another ordinary Saturday at the Truman Complex, the Chiefs' practice facility. He was made aware of a very different series of circumstances when he arrived at the complex Saturday morning and found that police had blocked off his parking space.

Rep. Cole: GOP doesn't need to present a plan yet Posted: 02 Dec 2012 09:28 AM PST Republicans don't need to counter President Obama's proposal to avert the fiscal cliff with a formal plan of their own, according to Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., the deputy majority whip in the House of Representatives. "I don't think we need to put a formal proposal out...

'Cliff' talks: Geithner invites GOP counteroffer Posted: 02 Dec 2012 07:55 AM PST President Barack Obama is ready to entertain Republican proposals for spending cuts, but GOP lawmakers must first commit to higher tax rates on the rich and specify what additional spending cuts they want ...

Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach idled for fifth day Posted: 02 Dec 2012 07:34 AM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A strike by clerical workers at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach idled most of the busiest U.S. cargo shipping complex for a fifth day on Saturday as container-laden vessels waited to be unloaded and marathon contract talks stretched into the night. Some 10,000 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 were refusing to cross picket lines of some 500 striking clerical workers, effectively shutting down 10 of the two ports' combined 14 container terminals. ...

Geithner: Social Security off the table for now Posted: 02 Dec 2012 07:07 AM PST With just a few weeks remaining before the crucial "fiscal cliff" deadline, the White House's chief negotiator, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, said Social Security was off the table.

7 missing in collapse of highway tunnel in Japan Posted: 02 Dec 2012 06:45 AM PST At least seven people were feared missing and several dead after about 150 concrete panels fell from the roof of a tunnel on the main highway linking Tokyo with central Japan.

Islamist protest shuts down Egypt's top court Posted: 02 Dec 2012 06:30 AM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Protests by Islamists allied to President Mohamed Mursi forced Egypt's highest court to adjourn its work indefinitely on Sunday, intensifying a conflict between some of the country's top judges and the head of state. The Supreme Constitutional Court said it would not convene until its judges could operate without "psychological and material pressure", saying protesters had stopped the judges from reaching the building. ...

Palestinian president returns to hero's welcome Posted: 02 Dec 2012 05:08 AM PST The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has returned home to a hero's welcome after winning a resounding endorsement for Palestinian independence at the United Nations.

Israel withholds Palestinian funds after U.N. vote Posted: 02 Dec 2012 04:41 AM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it was withholding this month's transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority, after the United Nations' de facto recognition of a Palestinian state. Under interim peace deals, which Israel says the Palestinians violated by unilaterally seeking an upgrade of their status at the United Nations, it collects about $100 million a month in duties on behalf of the authority. But, Israeli officials said, the authority owes about $200 million to the Israel Electric Corporation, and that money will now be deducted from the tax transfers. ...

North Korea gears up to launch long-range rocket Posted: 02 Dec 2012 04:03 AM PST North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile and nuclear programs.

U.S.-Afghan base attacked in eastern Afghanistan Posted: 02 Dec 2012 03:19 AM PST Taliban suicide bombers attacked a joint U.S.-Afghan air base in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, detonating explosives at the gate and sparking a gunbattle that lasted at least two hours with American helicopters firing down at militants before the attackers were defeated.

North Korea plans new rocket launch as leader asserts power Posted: 02 Dec 2012 02:14 AM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said it would carry out its second rocket launch of 2012 as its youthful leader Kim Jong-un flexes his muscles a year after his father's death, in a move that South Korea and the United States swiftly condemned as a provocation. North Korea's state news agency announced the decision to launch another space satellite on Saturday, just a day after Kim met a senior delegation from China's Communist Party in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. ...

Report: At least three dead after Japan tunnel collapse Posted: 02 Dec 2012 01:52 AM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - A tunnel on a major highway in central Japan collapsed on Sunday, killing at least three people and starting a blaze, Japanese media reported. Attempts to rescue those still trapped inside the smashed tunnel, which began spewing smoke after concrete ceiling panels fell onto the road, have been interrupted for fear they might trigger another collapse. Three bodies have been found so far, television networks Fuji and Asahi said. The fire service earlier said at least seven people were unaccounted for in the 4.7 km (2. ...

Egypt's top court postpones key ruling on assembly Posted: 02 Dec 2012 01:20 AM PST Officials say Egypt's top court has postponed its ruling on the legitimacy of the nation's Islamist-dominated constituent assembly, citing 'administrative" reasons.

Contract talks adjourn amid 5th day of port strike Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:36 AM PST Contract talks between striking clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and shippers have adjourned for the night.

Workers missing as dam collapses in Cambodia Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:20 AM PST Four workers are missing and presumed drowned after an under-construction dam partially collapsed in western Cambodia, officials said Sunday.

Baltimore blogger airs police talks, surrenders Posted: 01 Dec 2012 11:25 PM PST A Baltimore blogger wanted on a court-issued warrant surrendered without incident to authorities late Saturday after broadcasting on Internet radio his negotiations with police who had surrounded his home.

Police: Hero instructor fought son in arrow attack Posted: 01 Dec 2012 10:36 PM PST A Wyoming community college instructor killed in a grisly classroom murder-suicide was hailed as a hero Saturday, with police saying he gave his students time to flee by distracting and fighting off his son after the younger man barged into his computer science class and shot him in the head with a high-powered bow and arrow.

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