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• Powerful winter storm throttles Midwest travelers
• South Africa's Mandela discharged from hospital
• Police union seeks more help for Newtown officers
• New computer bridges classical and quantum computing
• Police investigate whether NBC's Gregory violated gun law
• Police investigating incident in which TV host displayed ammunition magazine
• As winter storm bears down on Midwest, death toll climbs
• How a Taliban suicide bomber wiped a promising Afghan business empire
• Starbucks urges lawmakers to 'come together' in a retail campaign
• Residents return home after NY fatal shooting
• Russian parliament endorses anti-US adoption bill
• Head of Syrian military police defects
• Obama's 2nd inauguration to draw smaller crowds
• NY firemen's killer mapped out plan for slayings
• Shoppers disappoint retailers this holiday season
• Reformist leader says Myanmar needs transformation
• 3 Afghans dead in new blast at U.S. base in Afghan east
• Russian pipeline blast, quake strike 2014 Olympics host Sochi
• Obama to cut vacation short to deal with fiscal crisis
• Afghan bomber attacks near major U.S. base; no dead
• Former Braves player arrested on battery charge
• Ben Affleck won't run for U.S. Senate in Mass.
• Christmas Day storms blamed for 3 deaths
• Sierra Nevada ski resort avalanche victim dies
• Storm brings white Christmas, tornado threat to central U.S.

Powerful winter storm throttles Midwest travelers Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:36 PM PST At least six deaths have been been attributed to the storm, and post-holiday travelers struggle to return to their homes.

South Africa's Mandela discharged from hospital Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:19 PM PST The former president and anti-apartheid leader now will undergo treatment in his suburban Johannesburg home, the government says.

Police union seeks more help for Newtown officers Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:13 AM PST The union that represents police officers in Newtown, Conn., is pushing to make more help available for those who responded to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

New computer bridges classical and quantum computing Posted: 26 Dec 2012 10:24 AM PST The new machines rely on "boson" particles, and resemble quantum computers, which differ from traditional computers in important ways.

Police investigate whether NBC's Gregory violated gun law Posted: 26 Dec 2012 09:51 AM PST Washington police are investigating whether NBC's David Gregory broke the law by holding up what appeared to be a 30-round gun magazine on Sunday's Meet the Press despite being denied permission by police to bring the weaponry on the show. It is illegal in the...

Police investigating incident in which TV host displayed ammunition magazine Posted: 26 Dec 2012 09:03 AM PST WASHINGTON - Police in the U.S. capital say they are investigating an incident in which the host of a leading television interview program displayed what he described as a high-capacity ammunition magazine.

As winter storm bears down on Midwest, death toll climbs Posted: 26 Dec 2012 08:34 AM PST At least six people die in weather-related incidents, as post-holiday travelers struggle to get home.

How a Taliban suicide bomber wiped a promising Afghan business empire Posted: 26 Dec 2012 07:04 AM PST The global fruit juice business optimistically called "Spring Wish" provided work for thousands of farmers across the country and growing steadily before the attack.

Starbucks urges lawmakers to 'come together' in a retail campaign Posted: 26 Dec 2012 06:12 AM PST CEO Howard Schultz is urging his workers in Washington-area shops write a not-so subtle message to the nation's leaders.

Residents return home after NY fatal shooting Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:16 AM PST WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) — Residents of a suburban Rochester, N.Y., neighborhood gutted by a fire set by a man who gunned down four volunteer firefighters have been allowed to return to their homes.

Russian parliament endorses anti-US adoption bill Posted: 26 Dec 2012 03:59 AM PST MOSCOW (AP) — The upper chamber of Russia's parliament on Wednesday unanimously voted in favor of a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children. It now goes to President Vladimir Putin to sign or turn down.

Head of Syrian military police defects Posted: 26 Dec 2012 02:59 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - The head of Syria's military police has defected from the army and declared allegiance to the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, according to a video and a Syrian security source. The high-level defection, while not a strategically significant development in the 21-month-old conflict, will be a blow to morale for Assad's forces, which are hitting back at a string of rebel advances across the country. "I am General Abdelaziz Jassim al-Shalal, head of the military police. ...

Obama's 2nd inauguration to draw smaller crowds Posted: 26 Dec 2012 01:00 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Visitors coming to the nation's capital for President Barack Obama's second inauguration can't stay in the one place President Ronald Reagan's family once called an eight-star hotel. That spot is the White House, and it's booked for the next four years.

NY firemen's killer mapped out plan for slayings Posted: 25 Dec 2012 11:39 PM PST WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a 62-year-old ex-con who killed two upstate New York firefighters and then himself apparently mapped out a plan. Police say William Spengler typed a note saying he wanted to burn down his neighborhood and do what he does best, "killing people."

Shoppers disappoint retailers this holiday season Posted: 25 Dec 2012 11:22 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. shoppers spent cautiously this holiday season, a disappointment for retailers who slashed prices to lure people into stores and now must hope for a post-Christmas burst of spending.

Reformist leader says Myanmar needs transformation Posted: 25 Dec 2012 11:06 PM PST YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's president called on Wednesday for a shake-up in the running of his fast-changing country, which he said was still mired in corruption and inefficiency and lagging behind its international peers. Thein Sein, the unlikely reformer to emerge from within a military junta 19 months ago, called for big improvements across Myanmar's outdated bureaucracy to strengthen democracy and the economy, as foreign firms weigh whether to invest in the resource-rich country. ...

3 Afghans dead in new blast at U.S. base in Afghan east Posted: 25 Dec 2012 10:40 PM PST KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed three people in an attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the same base that is believed to be used by the CIA and which a suicide bomber attacked three years ago killing seven CIA employees. The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in the eastern town of Khost, saying they had sent a suicide bomber driving a van packed with explosives to the base. "The target was those who serve Americans at that base," said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. ...

Russian pipeline blast, quake strike 2014 Olympics host Sochi Posted: 25 Dec 2012 10:19 PM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - A gas pipeline blast followed by a mild earthquake has struck Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, which will host the 2014 Winter Olympics, a local government spokeswoman told Reuters on Wednesday. Irina Gogoleva of Russia's Emergencies Ministry said no one was hurt and there was no apparent damage to the city's infrastructure after a 5.2 magnitude earthquake was reported at 0242 local time on Wednesday (2242 GMT on Tuesday). ...

Obama to cut vacation short to deal with fiscal crisis Posted: 25 Dec 2012 10:03 PM PST HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is cutting short his Hawaiian holiday to leave for Washington on Wednesday to address the unfinished "fiscal cliff" negotiations with Congress, the White House said on Tuesday. As the clock ticks toward a January 1 deadline, efforts to avert a sharp rise in taxes and deep spending cuts have stalled, worrying world financial markets. Obama and congressional lawmakers left Washington on Friday for the Christmas holidays with talks to avert the fiscal disaster in limbo. ...

Afghan bomber attacks near major U.S. base; no dead Posted: 25 Dec 2012 09:46 PM PST KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A vehicle apparently driven by a suicide bomber exploded at the gate of a major U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, with initial reports indicating some Afghans were injured but no one was killed, a NATO command spokesman said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

Former Braves player arrested on battery charge Posted: 25 Dec 2012 09:14 PM PST DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Former Atlanta Braves star center fielder Andruw Jones was free on bond after being arrested in suburban Atlanta early Tuesday on a battery charge, according to jail records.

Ben Affleck won't run for U.S. Senate in Mass. Posted: 25 Dec 2012 08:57 PM PST BOSTON (AP) — Ben Affleck is taking his name off the list of possible candidates for U.S. Sen. John Kerry's seat, which would be open if the Democratic senator from Massachusetts is confirmed as secretary of state.

Christmas Day storms blamed for 3 deaths Posted: 25 Dec 2012 08:51 PM PST Twisters hopscotched across the Deep South, and, along with brutal, straight-line winds, knocked down countless trees, blew the roofs off homes and left many Christmas celebrations in the dark. Holiday ...

Sierra Nevada ski resort avalanche victim dies Posted: 25 Dec 2012 04:36 PM PST TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A member of a Sierra ski resort's patrol team who was injured after being caught in an avalanche has died — the second death connected to avalanches that occurred in the area on Monday.

Storm brings white Christmas, tornado threat to central U.S. Posted: 25 Dec 2012 04:20 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A major winter storm brought a rare white Christmas to the southern U.S. plains on Tuesday, contributing to a 21-vehicle pile-up that shut down a major highway in Oklahoma, thousands of power outages and the death of a Texas man. The storm system surging east from Kansas and the Texas Panhandle included tornados and severe thunderstorms along its southern fringe, from southeastern Texas to Alabama, the National Weather Service said. The service reported a tornado warning for the Mobile, Alabama area late Tuesday afternoon. ...

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