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• Would-be adoptive parents look beyond Russia
• Experts: Schools need trained police, not just guard with a gun
• Deal reached to avert East coast port strike ... for now
• Nadal to miss Australian Open due to illness
• Couple loses adoptive daughter after Russia signs ban
• Is Pac-Man the same as a Picasso?
• Vigil marks 2 weeks since Conn. school massacre
• White House urges longshoremen, port officials to resolve dispute
• Chicago reaches 500 homicides with fatal shooting
• FBI removes many redactions in Marilyn Monroe file
• Three New Jersey police officers shot at station
• In wake of winter storm, thousands still without power in Arkansas
• A make-or-break moment for 'fiscal cliff' negotiations
• Video shows woman pushing man in front of NYC subway train
• Russia reaches out to Syrian coalition
• Putin signs anti-U.S. adoptions bill
• Little time left to head off longshoremen's strike
• Man pushed to death in front of NYC subway
• Satellite photos show North Korea nuclear readiness
• After Jackson, EPA faces big decisions on U.S. fracking boom
• Storm blows through Northeast; 135K without power in Arkansas
• Man pushed to death in front of NYC subway train
• Terry Glover, Ebony managing editor, dies at 57
• Secret files lift lid on Thatcher-Reagan Falklands contacts
• Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies

Would-be adoptive parents look beyond Russia Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:10 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russia's new ban on U.S. adoptions is the latest setback for hopeful American parents as countries increasingly impose restrictions. Other countries, including China and Guatemala, have erected hurdles for adoptive families as they create their own domestic adoption programs. The signing of the Hague Convention on adoption in 2008 drastically improved regulation of the process, which had been rife with corruption. But it has also led to a slowdown in adoptions or shutdowns in some countries. ...

Experts: Schools need trained police, not just guard with a gun Posted: 28 Dec 2012 11:32 AM PST The National Rifle Association's response to a Connecticut school massacre envisions, in part, having trained, armed volunteers in every school in America.

Deal reached to avert East coast port strike ... for now Posted: 28 Dec 2012 10:24 AM PST Shippers and a dockworkers' union reached a labor agreement that will avert a strike that threatened to wreak havoc on the U.S. economy.

Nadal to miss Australian Open due to illness Posted: 28 Dec 2012 10:09 AM PST MADRID (Reuters) - French Open champion Rafa Nadal has been forced to withdraw from next month's Australian Open because of a stomach virus that has disrupted his recovery from a long-term knee injury, the world number four said on Friday.

Couple loses adoptive daughter after Russia signs ban Posted: 28 Dec 2012 09:53 AM PST The new law goes into effect on Jan. 1, but Russian officials have said even cases of 52 children who are within weeks of traveling to the United States are now frozen.

Is Pac-Man the same as a Picasso? Posted: 28 Dec 2012 09:36 AM PST NEW YORK—The hallways of the Museum of Modern Art have always been packed with visitors looking to catch a glimpse of some of the most famous artwork in the world. Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is on display here, as are Andy Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Cans" and Monet's "Water Lilies"—three celebrated images that have been replicated [...]

Vigil marks 2 weeks since Conn. school massacre Posted: 28 Dec 2012 09:20 AM PST Religious leaders gathered with a few dozen others at a wind-swept soccer field Friday morning to offer words of support for the community.

White House urges longshoremen, port officials to resolve dispute Posted: 28 Dec 2012 08:29 AM PST Ports along the Atlantic coast could be impacted unless the dock workers' union and a group of shippers and port operators agree to an employment contract.

Chicago reaches 500 homicides with fatal shooting Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:24 AM PST CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago has logged its 500th homicide of 2012.

FBI removes many redactions in Marilyn Monroe file Posted: 28 Dec 2012 06:56 AM PST The files show the extent the agency was monitoring the actress for ties to communism in the years before her death in August 1962.

Three New Jersey police officers shot at station Posted: 28 Dec 2012 06:24 AM PST One officer required surgery for his wounds, while two other suffered minor wounds, a hospital official says.

In wake of winter storm, thousands still without power in Arkansas Posted: 28 Dec 2012 05:44 AM PST A Christmas Day blizzard dumped more than 15 inches of snow on the state, causing massive damage to power lines that have affected more than 200,000 customers.

A make-or-break moment for 'fiscal cliff' negotiations Posted: 28 Dec 2012 05:38 AM PST Congressional leaders will convene for an 11th-hour meeting on the budget, but there were no signs that legislation palatable to both sides was taking shape.

Video shows woman pushing man in front of NYC subway train Posted: 28 Dec 2012 05:10 AM PST Witnesses tell police that she had been following the man closely and mumbling to herself before shoving the man to his death.

Russia reaches out to Syrian coalition Posted: 28 Dec 2012 03:18 AM PST Russia's foreign minister says Moscow has proposed talks with the main Syrian opposition coalition, despite Russia's previous criticism of Western countries for recognizing the group.

Putin signs anti-U.S. adoptions bill Posted: 28 Dec 2012 02:41 AM PST President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children. It is retaliation for an American law that calls for sanctions against Russian officials deemed human rights violators.

Little time left to head off longshoremen's strike Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:46 AM PST Commerce could be brought to a near standstill at every major port from Boston to Houston if a walkout by thousands of dock workers takes place.

Man pushed to death in front of NYC subway Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:13 AM PST Detectives are searching for a female suspect who fled a Queens, N.Y., subway station after a man was pushed in front of a train and died.

Satellite photos show North Korea nuclear readiness Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:46 PM PST North Korea has repaired flood damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a quick atomic explosion if it chose, though water streaming out of a test tunnel may cause problems, analysis of recent satellite photos indicates.

After Jackson, EPA faces big decisions on U.S. fracking boom Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:29 PM PST The past four years of U.S. environmental regulation was marked by a crackdown on emissions that angered coal miners and power companies. Over the next four, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency will have to decide whether to take on an even larger industry: Big Oil. Following Lisa Jackson's resignation on Wednesday, her successor will inherit the tricky task of regulating a drilling boom that has revolutionized the energy industry but raised fears over the possible contamination of water supplies. ...

Storm blows through Northeast; 135K without power in Arkansas Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:57 PM PST A muted version of a winter storm that has killed more than a dozen people across the eastern half of the country plodded across the Northeast on Thursday, trapping airliners in snow or mud and frustrating travelers still trying to return home after Christmas.

Man pushed to death in front of NYC subway train Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:08 PM PST A mumbling woman pushed a man to his death in front of a subway train on Thursday night, the second time this month someone has been killed in such nightmarish fashion, police said.

Terry Glover, Ebony managing editor, dies at 57 Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:52 PM PST Terry Glover, the managing editor of Ebony magazine, has died of colon cancer at her Chicago home. She was 57.

Secret files lift lid on Thatcher-Reagan Falklands contacts Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:36 PM PST Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wrote an emotional letter to U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1982 Falklands War calling him the "only person" who could understand her position, formerly secret documents showed on Friday. Newly declassified files from 1982 lift the lid on contacts between the two leaders over the crisis and reveal the extent of the pressure Thatcher felt she was under when Argentina invaded the remote South Atlantic archipelago to reclaim what it said was its sovereign territory, triggering a 10-week war. ...

Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:19 PM PST H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the retired general credited with leading U.S.-allied forces to a victory in the first Gulf War, has died at age 78, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News.

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