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• 13-year-old son of slain NYPD officer mourns father on Facebook
• Popess role in Cuba deal fractures Cuban-American flock
• Obama, de Blasio blasted over NYPD cop slayings
• Pakistan makes arrests in Taliban school carnage
• 2 cops ambushed, fatally shot in car; gunman kills himself
• Florida police officer killed; suspect in custody
• U.S. mulls putting N. Korea on terrorism sponsor list
• U.S. dismisses N. Korea hacking probe offer, seeks China's help
• Raul Castro: Don't expect detente to change Cuban system
• Muhammad Ali hospitalized with pneumonia
• Protesters shut down part of Mall of America in Minnesota
• Shooter of 2 NYPD officers identified
• Two New York police officers killed, gunman dead: NYT
• Protesters shut down part of Mall of America in Minnesota
• Police: 1 NYC cop dead in shooting, 2nd critical

13-year-old son of slain NYPD officer mourns father on Facebook Posted: 21 Dec 2014 01:10 PM PST In a pair of a heart-wrenching Facebook posts, the son of one of the two NYPD officers killed in Saturday's apparent ambush paid tribute to his slain father.

Popess role in Cuba deal fractures Cuban-American flock Posted: 21 Dec 2014 12:19 PM PST The key role Pope Francis played encouraging talks between Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro left fractures among his flock in South Florida, where many older Roman Catholics equate the Castro brothers with the devil.

Obama, de Blasio blasted over NYPD cop slayings Posted: 21 Dec 2014 11:15 AM PST Lawmakers, civil rights leaders and other officials took to Sunday morning talk shows to condemn Saturday's slayings of two NYPD police officers.

Pakistan makes arrests in Taliban school carnage Posted: 21 Dec 2014 10:26 AM PST Authorities made several arrests in the case of the Taliban school attack that killed 148 in the northwestern city of Peshawar, on Sunday, officials said.

2 cops ambushed, fatally shot in car; gunman kills himself Posted: 21 Dec 2014 08:29 AM PST The warning came just moments too late: A man who had shot his ex-girlfriend a few hours earlier had traveled to New York City and vowed online to shoot two "pigs" in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner.

Florida police officer killed; suspect in custody Posted: 21 Dec 2014 08:11 AM PST TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - A Florida police officer was killed in a shooting early on Sunday, and a suspect was in custody, according to a sheriff's office and local media reports. The shooting occurred in Tarpon Springs, about 30 miles northwest of Tampa, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. The sheriff's office did not immediately identify the slain officer or suspect, and did not give a motive. The Tampa Bay Times newspaper said the victim in the 3 a.m. EST shooting was a Tarpon Springs police officer. ...

U.S. mulls putting N. Korea on terrorism sponsor list Posted: 21 Dec 2014 05:29 AM PST HONOLULU (AP) — The United States is reviewing whether to put North Korea back onto its list of state sponsors of terrorism, President Barack Obama said as the U.S. decides how to respond to the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment that law enforcement has blamed on the communist nation.

U.S. dismisses N. Korea hacking probe offer, seeks China's help Posted: 21 Dec 2014 04:09 AM PST The United States has dismissed a call by North Korea for a joint investigation into the hacking of Sony Pictures and wants China to help block cyber attacks from Pyongyang. Washington blames North Korea for a breach of cyber security at Sony which led to the release of embarrassing emails and prompted executives to halt the release of "The Interview". Pyongyang has repeatedly denied that it was behind last month's crippling attack, which also led to the leaking of scripts, and called Saturday for a joint probe with the US.

Raul Castro: Don't expect detente to change Cuban system Posted: 20 Dec 2014 10:55 PM PST HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Raul Castro sent a blunt message to Washington Saturday as the White House works to reverse a half-century of hostility between the U.S. and Cuba: Don't expect detente to do away with the communist system.

Muhammad Ali hospitalized with pneumonia Posted: 20 Dec 2014 09:49 PM PST LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Boxing great Muhammad Ali was hospitalized with a mild case of pneumonia that was caught early and should result in a short hospital stay, an Ali spokesman said Saturday night.

Protesters shut down part of Mall of America in Minnesota Posted: 20 Dec 2014 07:24 PM PST By Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters) - More than 1,500 protesters against police violence shut down part of the Mall of America in Minnesota on Saturday, resulting in about 25 arrests during the final weekend before Christmas as shoppers scrambled to buy gifts at one of the nation's largest shopping centers, officials said. The protest and a smaller action at the King of Prussia Mall in Pennsylvania were the latest in a series of U.S. ...

Shooter of 2 NYPD officers identified Posted: 20 Dec 2014 05:45 PM PST The officers were shot inside their patrol car in a Brooklyn neighborhood.

Two New York police officers killed, gunman dead: NYT Posted: 20 Dec 2014 04:25 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gunman fatally shot two New York police officers as they sat in their squad car on Saturday and then killed himself, the New York Times reported, in the first deaths of police officers by gunfire in the city in three years. Quoting a law enforcement source, NBC's New York affiliate reported that the gunman may have been seeking retribution against police after posting a threatening message on a social media account. ...

Protesters shut down part of Mall of America in Minnesota Posted: 20 Dec 2014 03:54 PM PST (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters against police violence shut down part of the Mall of America in Minnesota on Saturday, during the final weekend before Christmas as shoppers scrambled to buy gifts at one of the nation's largest shopping centers, a community group member said. The protest was the latest in a series of demonstrations across the United States in recent weeks over grand jury decisions not to charge white police officers in the killings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City. ...

Police: 1 NYC cop dead in shooting, 2nd critical Posted: 20 Dec 2014 02:14 PM PST An armed man walked up to two New York Police Department officers sitting inside a patrol car and opened fire Saturday afternoon, striking them both before running into a nearby subway station and apparently committing suicide, police said.

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