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• Hugh Grant wins 'substantial' payout for phone-hacking
• Woman's attack could be turning point for India's rape laws
• 'IKEA monkey' to spend Christmas at sanctuary
• Obama nominates Kerry for secretary of state
• Report: Four dead, three police wounded in Pa. shooting
• Ex-Marine jailed in Mexico to be released
• NRA calls for armed personnel in all schools
• New NASA spacesuit looks alot like Buzz Lightyear's
• NRA calls for armed police officer in every school
• Emotional moment for Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims
• Obama picks John Kerry as secretary of state
• Obama nominating Kerry for secretary of state
• Bells toll for victims one week after shooting
• Gun control debate heating up in statehouses across the nation
• Steve Jobs' superyacht caught up in payment spat
• Boehner has few 'fiscal cliff' options after Plan B failure
• Russian lawmakers back adoption ban in row with U.S.
• Weekend in politics: ‘Fiscal cliff’ uncertainty and NRA press conference, and more
• North Korea detains a U.S. citizen for unspecified 'crimes'
• Facebook experiments with Timeline redesign
• U.S. Marine convicted of urinating on corpses of Taliban insurgents
• Travelers hope to be on their way after snowstorm
• NRA returns to public debate, to meet with media
• FBI: 1 of 2 escaped Chicago inmates arrested
• Maya "end of days" fever reaches climax in Mexico

Hugh Grant wins 'substantial' payout for phone-hacking Posted: 21 Dec 2012 12:50 PM PST The actor, a strident critic of Britain's tabloid newspaper culture, will donate the money to 'Hacked Off', a pressure group that helped bring about a public inquiry into press practices.

Woman's attack could be turning point for India's rape laws Posted: 21 Dec 2012 11:59 AM PST The gang-rape and beating of a 23-year-old woman on a private bus as it cruised around Delhi Sunday could be the turning point for improvements in the country's rape laws.

'IKEA monkey' to spend Christmas at sanctuary Posted: 21 Dec 2012 11:43 AM PST OSHAWA (Reuters) - Canada's most famous monkey will not be donning his tiny Santa suit with his adoptive family this year, after a judge ruled on Friday that the primate should stay at an animal sanctuary until at least mid-January. The animal's owner, Yasmin Nakhuda, tearfully navigated through a throng of reporters and cameras after being told she would not be allowed to take the 7-month-old monkey home for the holidays. Another hearing is set for January. ...

Obama nominates Kerry for secretary of state Posted: 21 Dec 2012 11:31 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Sen. John Kerry as his next secretary of state, elevating the longtime lawmaker and foreign policy expert to the top diplomatic job he had coveted.

Report: Four dead, three police wounded in Pa. shooting Posted: 21 Dec 2012 10:20 AM PST Four people including the shooter were killed and three Pennsylvania state troopers were wounded on Friday during a shooting in Frankstown Township, Pennsylvania, the Altoona Mirror reported, citing the county prosecutor.

Ex-Marine jailed in Mexico to be released Posted: 21 Dec 2012 10:14 AM PST Jon Hammar, who was jailed in a dangerous area in Mexico for carrying a shotgun across the border, is expected to be released Friday, officials and his lawyer said.

NRA calls for armed personnel in all schools Posted: 21 Dec 2012 09:13 AM PST The National Rifle Association on Friday announced a nationwide program to place armed security in every school desiring protection in response to last week's shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn. "I call on Congress today to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every single school in this nation," [...]

New NASA spacesuit looks alot like Buzz Lightyear's Posted: 21 Dec 2012 08:57 AM PST It might make the astronaut wearing it look like a real-life Buzz Lightyear, but a new prototype spacesuit that NASA just finished testing represents the first major overhaul in spacesuit technology since 1998.

NRA calls for armed police officer in every school Posted: 21 Dec 2012 08:39 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's largest gun-rights lobby is calling for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings."

Emotional moment for Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims Posted: 21 Dec 2012 08:23 AM PST Bells ring out in Newtown, Conn., and across the country following a moment of silence one week after a gunman opened fire at the school.

Obama picks John Kerry as secretary of state Posted: 21 Dec 2012 08:06 AM PST President Barack Obama will formally nominate Democratic Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry on Friday to succeed Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, a choice expected to win easy approval by the Senate. The move came after Obama's Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, withdrew from consideration rather than face a painful confirmation [...]

Obama nominating Kerry for secretary of state Posted: 21 Dec 2012 07:55 AM PST President Barack Obama on Friday will nominate Sen. John Kerry as his next secretary of state, a senior administration official said, making the first move in a sweeping overhaul of his national security team heading into a second term.

Bells toll for victims one week after shooting Posted: 21 Dec 2012 07:15 AM PST A church bell rang 26 times — once for each victim — as a somber memorial to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

Gun control debate heating up in statehouses across the nation Posted: 21 Dec 2012 05:38 AM PST As President Obama urges tighter federal gun laws, individual states have responded to the Connecticut school shooting with a flurry of their own ideas.

Steve Jobs' superyacht caught up in payment spat Posted: 21 Dec 2012 05:21 AM PST The sleek, white superyacht of the Apple founder commissioned before his death cannot leave the Netherlands just yet due to a payment dispute

Boehner has few 'fiscal cliff' options after Plan B failure Posted: 21 Dec 2012 05:10 AM PST Now that the House speaker's plan to address the budget crisis has crashed and burned, the top U.S. Republican appears to have two remaining options - wash his hands of the entire matter or negotiate a compromise.

Russian lawmakers back adoption ban in row with U.S. Posted: 21 Dec 2012 04:48 AM PST The nation's lower house of parliament approved the law, retaliating against U.S. moves to punish officials linked to the death of an anti-corruption lawyer.

Weekend in politics: ‘Fiscal cliff’ uncertainty and NRA press conference, and more Posted: 21 Dec 2012 04:31 AM PST The House has left town after Speaker John Boehner failed to rally support Thursday evening for his "Plan B" backup plan, which would have allowed tax increases for incomes of $1 million and up. "Plan B" was Boehner's proposal for what should happen if Republicans and the White House fail to reach a deal for [...]

North Korea detains a U.S. citizen for unspecified 'crimes' Posted: 21 Dec 2012 04:15 AM PST PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea said Friday that it has detained an American citizen who has confessed to unspecified crimes.

Facebook experiments with Timeline redesign Posted: 21 Dec 2012 03:59 AM PST Facebook may have given us a peek at the future of Timeline after a new design rolled out for one of ABC News' producers Wednesday. Apparently Facebook is experimenting with new ways of laying out user's pages. Facebook confirmed today that it's trying some new...

U.S. Marine convicted of urinating on corpses of Taliban insurgents Posted: 21 Dec 2012 02:37 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine staff sergeant who urinated on dead Taliban insurgents and posed for photographs with the bodies has pleaded guilty to two charges in a military court, the Marine Corps said on Thursday. His sentence was a reduction in rank and forfeiture of $500 in pay. Staff Sergeant Joseph Chamblin pleaded guilty at a special court martial at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to dereliction of duty for failing to properly supervise junior Marines. He also pleaded guilty to wrongfully urinating on a deceased enemy combatant. ...

Travelers hope to be on their way after snowstorm Posted: 21 Dec 2012 02:21 AM PST Travelers facing canceled flights and closed roads were hoping to finally head to their holiday destinations after a snowstorm that dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest moved toward Canada.

NRA returns to public debate, to meet with media Posted: 21 Dec 2012 12:42 AM PST One week after the mass shootings that killed 26 people at a Conn. school, the nation's largest gun-rights lobby is returning to the spotlight as Congress prepares to consider tighter restrictions on firearms.

FBI: 1 of 2 escaped Chicago inmates arrested Posted: 21 Dec 2012 12:25 AM PST One of two bank robbers was arrested late Thursday after a manhunt following the pair's daring escape from a high-rise federal jail in Chicago, the FBI said.

Maya "end of days" fever reaches climax in Mexico Posted: 20 Dec 2012 11:30 PM PST Thousands of mystics, hippies and spiritual wanderers will descend on the ruins of Maya cities Friday to celebrate a new cycle in the Maya calendar, ignoring fears that it might instead herald the end of the world.

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