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• Photos: Science lab operates inside Norway glacier
• Egypt panel implicates Mubarak, military in deaths
• Hillary Clinton leaves hospital after blood clot treatment
• Navy launches disturbing 'bath salts' PSA
• Science on ice: Lab operates inside Norway glacier
• New pacemaker could be powered by the heart
• Clinton speaking to staff on phone, receiving memos
• Familiar face to welcome Sandy Hook students back to school
• Families call Colo. movie theater invite 'disgusting'
• Governor: NCAA sanctioned Penn St. to weaken it
• NCAA calls Pa. suit an affront to Sandusky's victims
• Cliff battle's winners and losers
• FBI reports record gun sales in December
• Good gourd! Blood of Louis XVI found in souvenir squash
• Backlash follows House delay on Sandy relief vote
• Ivory Coast stampede survivors blame barricades
• Despite deal, taxes to rise for most Americans
• The Earth is at its closest to the sun today
• Ariz. woman faces death over boyfriend's gruesome murder
• U.N. makes shocking estimate of deaths in Syria
• Poll: Obama begins second term facing pessimistic public
• Tempers flare: Boehner swears at Reid outside the Oval Office
• Avis buying Zipcar in deal worth nearly $500M
• World markets celebrate certainty after deal
• What to watch Wednesday: Quiet after ‘fiscal cliff’ and New Year’s

Photos: Science lab operates inside Norway glacier Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:41 PM PST

Egypt panel implicates Mubarak, military in deaths Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:30 PM PST A fact-finding mission says the deposed leader watched the uprising against him unfold on a live TV feed at his palace, despite his later denial that he knew the extent of the protests and crackdown.

Hillary Clinton leaves hospital after blood clot treatment Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:09 PM PST Earlier, a State Dept. spokeswoman said that Clinton had been up and taking emails and phone calls and day-to-day office work from bed.

Navy launches disturbing 'bath salts' PSA Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:03 PM PST A new, disturbing dramatization of a sailor ingesting "bath salts" and then having violent hallucinations is the latest salvo in the Navy's ongoing fight against synthetic drugs. The public service announcement, published online in December, puts the viewer in the shoes of a young sailor...

Science on ice: Lab operates inside Norway glacier Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:35 PM PST Nearly 700 feet (more than 200 meters) under the Svartisen glacier in northern Norway, researchers are huddled together underground. In the world's only lab located inside one of these giant hunks of ice, they are carrying out some of the best experiments on the movement and composition of glaciers ever done.

New pacemaker could be powered by the heart Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:35 PM PST Next generation of devices could keep heart in rhythm without the need for batteries

Clinton speaking to staff on phone, receiving memos Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:35 PM PST The secretary of state, who has not been seen in public since December 7, was revealed on Sunday to be in a New York hospital for a blood clot that stemmed from a concussion she suffered in mid-December.

Familiar face to welcome Sandy Hook students back to school Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:53 AM PST When the students at Sandy Hook Elementary School arrive at their new building Thursday, a familiar face will be there to greet them — their "new old principal."

Families call Colo. movie theater invite 'disgusting' Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:31 AM PST The families of people killed in the Aurora shooting were asked to attend an "evening of remembrance" followed by a movie at the theater's Jan. 17 reopening.

Governor: NCAA sanctioned Penn St. to weaken it Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:06 AM PST The NCAA overstepped its authority by imposing sanctions on Penn State in the wake of the Sandusky scandal, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said Wednesday as he filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the college athletics governing body.

NCAA calls Pa. suit an affront to Sandusky's victims Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:40 AM PST Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said he would sue the NCAA in federal court to challenge the sanctions it levied against Penn State over the Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal.

Cliff battle's winners and losers Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:24 AM PST The bill to avoid the "fiscal cliff" is finally passed and signed by President Barack Obama, and the culmination of intense negotiations between Republicans and Democrats seems to have left nearly everyone unhappy—or ,at least, begrudgingly grateful that some kind of deal was reached. Unlike elections, the legislative process doesn't always offer a clean winner [...]

FBI reports record gun sales in December Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:08 AM PST For 2012, more background checks were conducted than any year since 1998.

Good gourd! Blood of Louis XVI found in souvenir squash Posted: 02 Jan 2013 09:51 AM PST It's been more than 200 years since King Louis XVI was beheaded by French revolutionaries, but a team of scientists believes a recently discovered gourd contains traces of his blood. According to the BBC, the scientists say a dried, hollowed-out squash that had been kept by an Italian family as a souvenir contains a handkerchief [...]

Backlash follows House delay on Sandy relief vote Posted: 02 Jan 2013 09:19 AM PST If a vote isn't held Wednesday, the bill will have to be redrafted when a new Congress convenes, punting the weeks-old relief bill even further down the road.

Ivory Coast stampede survivors blame barricades Posted: 02 Jan 2013 08:50 AM PST Police said unknown people put tree trunks across the Boulevard de la Republic where the deadly trampling took place.

Despite deal, taxes to rise for most Americans Posted: 02 Jan 2013 08:11 AM PST While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013.

The Earth is at its closest to the sun today Posted: 02 Jan 2013 07:55 AM PST If the sun looks a little larger than usual today, you're not seeing things. Today (Jan. 2) marks the time when the Earth is at perihelion, the point in its orbit at which it is closest to the sun.

Ariz. woman faces death over boyfriend's gruesome murder Posted: 02 Jan 2013 07:39 AM PST Investigators say Jodi Arias stabbed her ex-boyfriend 27 times, slit his throat and shot him in the head at his Mesa, Ariz., home in June of 2008.

U.N. makes shocking estimate of deaths in Syria Posted: 02 Jan 2013 07:10 AM PST New United Nations figures suggest at least 60,000 people have died in Syria's 22-month conflict.

Poll: Obama begins second term facing pessimistic public Posted: 02 Jan 2013 06:15 AM PST As President Barack Obama heads into his second term, he faces a pessimistic and weary public, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll released late Tuesday. The percentage of Americans satisfied with the direction of the country stands at a paltry 23 percent in a poll of Americans surveyed Dec. 14-17. By a margin of 50 [...]

Tempers flare: Boehner swears at Reid outside the Oval Office Posted: 02 Jan 2013 05:58 AM PST The fiscal austerity crisis has been temporarily averted, but given the apparent animosity between the current leaders of Congress its a miracle that any deal was made at all.

Avis buying Zipcar in deal worth nearly $500M Posted: 02 Jan 2013 05:47 AM PST PARSIPPANY, N.J. (AP) — Avis is buying Zipcar for $491.2 million, expanding its offerings from traditional car rentals to car sharing services.

World markets celebrate certainty after deal Posted: 02 Jan 2013 05:08 AM PST The President won, the Republicans lost and the rich got hammered, albeit with plenty of loopholes, writes Jeff Macke.

What to watch Wednesday: Quiet after ‘fiscal cliff’ and New Year’s Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:19 AM PST It's quiet in Washington after a rip-roaring New Year's holiday. In case you had your own celebration going and missed it, here's how Capitol Hill welcomed 2013: Just after midnight Tuesday, the Senate voted 89-8 to pass a "fiscal cliff" deal struck by Vice President Joe Biden and GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell. Late Tuesday night, [...]

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