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• Secy. Clinton likely to testify on Benghazi Jan. 22
• Gov. Christie vows to make Sandy recovery top priority
• Armstrong offered donation to anti-doping agency in 2004
• NRA to attend Biden’s gun meeting on Thursday
• Report: Clinton to testify on Benghazi on Jan. 22
• Moderate GOP group to remove ‘Republican’ from name
• Casey Anthony appealing convictions for lying
• FBI agent: Holmes' booby traps meant for first responders
• In second incident, Boeing 787 at Boston airport suffers fuel leak
• Congress more popular than Ebola and the Kardashians
• McChrystal: 'serious action’ needed on gun control
• Why your next laptop won’t be just a laptop
• Official: New boss of meningitis-linked firm 'hopelessly conflicted'
• Evidence expected on Holmes' booby-trapped apartment
• Ancient shipwreck reveals 2,000-year-old eye medicine
• Court: Judges cannot indefinitely delay appeals
• Sheriff: Alabama bomb plot student may have been influenced by Newtown
• Trouble for high-tech airline after plane fire?
• Man behind ‘Deport Piers Morgan’ petition has meltdown on Morgan’s show
• California Boy Scout group challenges ban on gays
• NJ Dem: GOP's Christie may have 'prayed' for storm
• Georgia official's mysterious death rattles quiet island
• Elusive giant squid finally captured on film
• He won the lottery, but before he could collect, he was poisoned
• Tuesday in politics: Karzai arrives in Washington, and more

Secy. Clinton likely to testify on Benghazi Jan. 22 Posted: 08 Jan 2013 01:42 PM PST Clinton returned to work Monday following a brief hospital stay after falling ill, suffering a concussion and undergoing treatment for a blood clot in her head.

Gov. Christie vows to make Sandy recovery top priority Posted: 08 Jan 2013 01:21 PM PST New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, speaking in his annual State of the State address against the backdrop of a potentially divisive election year, vowed he will rise "above politics" and make storm recovery his biggest priority. The governor, who predicted it will take "years" to rebuild homes and infrastructure damaged by Superstorm Sandy, praised officials who [...]

Armstrong offered donation to anti-doping agency in 2004 Posted: 08 Jan 2013 01:05 PM PST (Reuters) - Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong once offered to donate nearly $250,000 (155,685.64 pounds) to anti-doping efforts, the head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) tells 60 Minutes Sports in an interview to be aired on Wednesday. Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles last year after an investigation by USADA found evidence of wide-spread doping, had a representative offer the agency a large sum of money in 2004, USADA chief Travis Tygart says in the wide-ranging interview. ...

NRA to attend Biden’s gun meeting on Thursday Posted: 08 Jan 2013 12:31 PM PST Vice President Joe Biden, set to unveil his post-Newtown recommendations on gun violence later this month, will host a meeting Thursday that will include a representative from the National Rifle Association, White House officials said Tuesday. The White House said that Biden will first meet Wednesday with groups that represent victims of gun violence, as [...]

Report: Clinton to testify on Benghazi on Jan. 22 Posted: 08 Jan 2013 12:03 PM PST Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify on the State Department's involvement — and failures — in the September attacks in Benghazi, Libya, on January 22, one day after President Obama's inauguration on the Washington Mall. Senator Bob Corker, who serves on the Senate's Foreign Service Committee, revealed the date during an on-air interview Tuesday afternoon with NBC's Andrea Mitchell :

Moderate GOP group to remove ‘Republican’ from name Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:25 AM PST The Republican Main Street Partnership, a group that promotes moderate GOP lawmakers and policies, will remove the word "Republican" from its title and welcome Democrats.

Casey Anthony appealing convictions for lying Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:09 AM PST Anthony was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter in 2011, but she was convicted on four counts of providing false information to law enforcement.

FBI agent: Holmes' booby traps meant for first responders Posted: 08 Jan 2013 10:52 AM PST The bombs at the accused Colo. shooter's home were set to be detonated by a remote for a toy car, said an FBI bomb tech.

In second incident, Boeing 787 at Boston airport suffers fuel leak Posted: 08 Jan 2013 10:36 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fuel leak forced a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner operated by Japan Airlines to return to the gate at Boston's Logan International Airport Tuesday, canceling its scheduled takeoff, in the second incident in as many days with the new jet, a fire official said. The leak occurred on a different plane than the one that experienced an electrical fire Monday at Logan, said Richard Walsh, a Massport spokesman. That plane also was operated by Japan Airlines. ...

Congress more popular than Ebola and the Kardashians Posted: 08 Jan 2013 10:19 AM PST Bad news? Americans still have a higher opinion of lice, cockroaches, NFL replacement refs, and Donald Trump.

McChrystal: 'serious action’ needed on gun control Posted: 08 Jan 2013 10:02 AM PST Speaking on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," the former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said some weapons should only be carried by soldiers, not civilians.

Why your next laptop won’t be just a laptop Posted: 08 Jan 2013 09:46 AM PST Your next laptop is probably going to be a lot more than just a laptop. Touch screens are spurring wild new designs in a category called convertibles. So will your next notebook flip, rip, double or roll? Let's think of this historically; your old laptop opens and closes. Or maybe you have a tablet with [...]

Official: New boss of meningitis-linked firm 'hopelessly conflicted' Posted: 08 Jan 2013 09:35 AM PST The person hired to run the bankrupt pharmacy linked to a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak should be removed from the job, a Justice Dept. official said on Tuesday.

Evidence expected on Holmes' booby-trapped apartment Posted: 08 Jan 2013 09:13 AM PST The accused Colo. movie theater gunman told police that there were 'improvised explosive devices' at his home.

Ancient shipwreck reveals 2,000-year-old eye medicine Posted: 08 Jan 2013 08:41 AM PST Ancient gray disks loaded with zinc and beeswax found aboard a shipwreck more than 2,000 years old may have been used as medicine for the eyes, researchers say.

Court: Judges cannot indefinitely delay appeals Posted: 08 Jan 2013 08:24 AM PST High Court: judges cannot indefinitely delay death row appeal to wait for convict's competency

Sheriff: Alabama bomb plot student may have been influenced by Newtown Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:51 AM PST A 17-year-old Alabama high-school student started a journal detailing a possible attack just three days after the shooting in Newtown.

Trouble for high-tech airline after plane fire? Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:34 AM PST The Fire Began 30 Minutes After Passengers Excited the Plane

Man behind ‘Deport Piers Morgan’ petition has meltdown on Morgan’s show Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:17 AM PST Alex Jones, the conservative talk radio host who launched a petition to deport CNN primetime host Piers Morgan over the British citizen's views on gun control, had what you might conservatively call a wee bit of a meltdown.

California Boy Scout group challenges ban on gays Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:01 AM PST A California chapter of the Boy Scouts of America is directly challenging the national organization's ban on gays by formally recommending that an openly gay former Scout be awarded the top rank of Eagle.

NJ Dem: GOP's Christie may have 'prayed' for storm Posted: 08 Jan 2013 06:45 AM PST TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie may have "prayed" for Superstorm Sandy because it has provided political cover for his failed economic policies, the Democratic leader of the state Senate said Monday.

Georgia official's mysterious death rattles quiet island Posted: 08 Jan 2013 06:12 AM PST Tom Sublett Was in His Last Month as County Commissioner When He Was Found Dead

Elusive giant squid finally captured on film Posted: 08 Jan 2013 06:01 AM PST A Japanese-led team of scientists has captured on film the world's first live images of a giant squid, journeying to the depths of the ocean in search of the mysterious creature thought to have inspired the myth of the "kraken", a tentacled monster.

He won the lottery, but before he could collect, he was poisoned Posted: 08 Jan 2013 05:39 AM PST Urooj Khan had returned to Chicago from the hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia inspired to lead a better life and had sworn off buying lottery tickets — except just this once.

Tuesday in politics: Karzai arrives in Washington, and more Posted: 08 Jan 2013 04:33 AM PST Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai arrives in the United States on Tuesday. His schedule includes a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and he'll meet with President Barack Obama on Friday. The primary topics for the meetings: How quickly to draw down U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and what the role of the U.S. will be [...]

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