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• IMF Director Lagarde is worried about the fiscal cliff
• Syria's civil war spills into Lebanon, 4 dead
• Plane of singer Jenni Rivera missing in Mexico
• 3 dead in Calif. Indian reservation shooting
• Manny Pacquiao met Mitt Romney before getting knocked out
• Will: 'Quite literally, the opposition to gay marriage is dying'
• Lavrov: Russia, US, Brahimi hold new Syria talks
• Sex offender Sandusky limited in prison due to safety concerns
• Syrian rebels elect new military commander
• Same-sex couples in WA start taking wedding vows
• Egypt president scraps decree that sparked protests
• LAPD apologizes to Notorious B.I.G.'s family
• Hugo Chavez says he needs cancer surgery again
• Juan Manuel Marquez knocks out Manny Pacquiao
• North Korea considers delaying rocket launch
• Boustany defeats Landry for La. congressional seat
• Unions prepare for protest at Michigan Capitol
• Texas A&M freshman quarterback Manziel makes Heisman history
• Raid rescues U.S. citizen kidnapped by Afghan Taliban
• Calif. man accused of stealing same Bentley twice
• Elf on the Shelf gives hospital patients holiday treat
• Egyptian president Morsi cancels his all-powerful decree
• Dallas Cowboys player charged with intoxication manslaughter
• Egyptian military says only dialogue can avert disaster

IMF Director Lagarde is worried about the fiscal cliff Posted: 09 Dec 2012 12:57 PM PST International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christin Lagarde advocated a solution that, "takes into account both increasing revenue... and cutting spending, as well."

Syria's civil war spills into Lebanon, 4 dead Posted: 09 Dec 2012 12:08 PM PST Syria's civil war spilled over into neighboring Lebanon once again on Sunday, with gun battles in the northern city of Tripoli between supporters and opponents of President Bashar Assad's regime that left four dead.

Plane of singer Jenni Rivera missing in Mexico Posted: 09 Dec 2012 11:46 AM PST Authorities in northern Mexico are confirming that a small plane carrying Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera has gone missing after taking off from the city of Monterrey.

3 dead in Calif. Indian reservation shooting Posted: 09 Dec 2012 10:57 AM PST Three people died and four others, including two young girls, were wounded after a shooting on an Indian reservation in Central California, authorities said.

Manny Pacquiao met Mitt Romney before getting knocked out Posted: 09 Dec 2012 10:41 AM PST Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, were ringside in Las Vegas on Saturday night to watch as Manny Pacquiao was knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez in the sixth round of their welterweight bout.

Will: 'Quite literally, the opposition to gay marriage is dying' Posted: 09 Dec 2012 09:35 AM PST While Supreme Court watchers ponder how justices will come down in the debate over gay marriage, ABC News's George Will said Sunday on "This Week" it's clear where public opinion is headed. "There is something like an emerging consensus," Will said, noting voters in three...

Lavrov: Russia, US, Brahimi hold new Syria talks Posted: 09 Dec 2012 04:46 AM PST Russian and U.S. diplomats are meeting Sunday with U.N. peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi for more talks on the civil war in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, adding that the Americans were wrong to see Moscow as softening its position.

Sex offender Sandusky limited in prison due to safety concerns Posted: 09 Dec 2012 03:51 AM PST PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Imprisoned serial child sex offender Jerry Sandusky lives under tight restrictions for his own safety, a corrections official said on Saturday, after the former Penn State football coach asked for more prison privileges. "He is being housed in the appropriate facility in order to assure his safety," said Susan McNaughton, press secretary for the Pennsylvania state Department of Corrections. She responded to questions from Reuters after one of Sandusky's lawyers complained that his client was confined to his cell 23 hours a day. ...

Syrian rebels elect new military commander Posted: 09 Dec 2012 02:45 AM PST AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebel groups have chosen a former officer to head a new Islamist-dominated command, in a Western-backed effort to put the opposition's house in order as President Bashar al-Assad's army takes hits that could usher his downfall. In Turkey, a newly formed joint command of Syrian rebel groups has chosen Brigadier Selim Idris, one of hundreds of officers who have defected from Assad's army, as its head, opposition sources said on Saturday. ...

Same-sex couples in WA start taking wedding vows Posted: 09 Dec 2012 02:34 AM PST Same-sex couples in Washington state started saying wedding vows early Sunday morning, just minutes into the first day they could marry after the state's gay marriage law took effect.

Egypt president scraps decree that sparked protests Posted: 09 Dec 2012 01:24 AM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has cancelled a decree that gave him sweeping powers and sparked deadly violence, but did not delay this month's referendum on a new constitution as his opponents had demanded. The announcement that Mursi had scrapped his November 22 decree followed hours of talks on Saturday at his presidential palace, billed as a "national dialogue" but which was boycotted by his main opponents and had little credibility among protesters. One opposition group dismissed Mursi's efforts at appeasement as the "continuation of deception. ...

LAPD apologizes to Notorious B.I.G.'s family Posted: 09 Dec 2012 12:35 AM PST LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Police detectives apologized to the family of Notorious B.I.G. for failing to warn them about the planned release of his autopsy report more than 15 years after he died in a drive-by shooting, the Los Angeles Police Department said Saturday.

Hugo Chavez says he needs cancer surgery again Posted: 09 Dec 2012 12:18 AM PST Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is heading back to Cuba on Sunday for more surgery for cancer, announcing on television that the illness has returned after two previous operations, chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

Juan Manuel Marquez knocks out Manny Pacquiao Posted: 08 Dec 2012 11:46 PM PST LAS VEGAS – On a night when a star-studded crowd that included Republican presidential nominee Gov. Mitt Romney, Dodgers owner Magic Johnson and hip hop star 50 Cent were seated at ringside at the sold-out MGM Grand Garden, Juan Manuel Marquez delivered the best performance of his career.

North Korea considers delaying rocket launch Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:52 PM PST North Korea may postpone the controversial launch of a long-range rocket that had been slated for liftoff as early as this week, state media said Sunday, as international pressure on Pyongyang to cancel the provocative move intensified.

Boustany defeats Landry for La. congressional seat Posted: 08 Dec 2012 08:46 PM PST Louisiana congressman Charles Boustany won a fifth term on Saturday by handily defeating his fellow Republican incumbent, Jeff Landry, in a runoff election.

Unions prepare for protest at Michigan Capitol Posted: 08 Dec 2012 08:14 PM PST More than 200 activists attended training Saturday in preparation for a protest at the Michigan Capitol, where lawmakers are putting the final touches on legislation that would allow workers to stop paying union dues.

Texas A&M freshman quarterback Manziel makes Heisman history Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:53 PM PST Johnny Football just got himself a way cooler nickname: Johnny Heisman. Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, taking college football's top individual prize Saturday night after a record-breaking debut.

Raid rescues U.S. citizen kidnapped by Afghan Taliban Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:36 PM PST A U.S. citizen who was abducted by Taliban insurgents was rescued by U.S. forces in an operation in eastern Afghanistan early on Sunday, NATO-led forces said in a statement. The statement said the American, identified as Dr. Dilip Joseph, had been abducted on Wednesday in the Sarobi district of Kabul province. It gave few other details. U.S. General John Allen, commander of NATO-led foreign forces in Afghanistan, said he ordered the mission when intelligence showed that Joseph was "in imminent danger of injury or death. ...

Calif. man accused of stealing same Bentley twice Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:04 PM PST A California man apparently loved a Bentley so much that he allegedly stole it twice in the span of four days, police said. Robert Ponti, 46, was first busted on Tuesday when deputies ran a registration check on a 2005 Bentley Coupe parked outside of...

Elf on the Shelf gives hospital patients holiday treat Posted: 08 Dec 2012 05:53 PM PST There are no Dancers or Prancers or Comets or Vixens, no partridges in a pear tree or even nutcrackers dancing when you're sick in the hospital at Christmastime. For the young patients at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., however, there is a Betsy...

Egyptian president Morsi cancels his all-powerful decree Posted: 08 Dec 2012 05:32 PM PST So, it looks like Mohamed Morsi finally listened to his critics. Egypt's President has canceled his executive decree giving him power over the courts.

Dallas Cowboys player charged with intoxication manslaughter Posted: 08 Dec 2012 05:15 PM PST According to the Dallas Morning News, Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Joshua Brent has been arrested and charged with intoxicated vehicular manslaughter by the Irving Police Department following an accident on East State Highway 114 early Saturday morning that claimed the … Continue reading →

Egyptian military says only dialogue can avert disaster Posted: 08 Dec 2012 01:32 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military, stepping into a crisis pitting Islamist President Mohamed Mursi against opponents who accuse him of grabbing excessive power, said on Saturday only dialogue could avert "catastrophe". State broadcasters interrupted their programmes to read out an army statement telling feuding factions that a solution to the upheaval in the most populous Arab nation should not contradict "legitimacy and the rules of democracy". ...

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