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Dozens Killed in Conn. School Shooting

Wall Street Journal - ‎44 minutes ago‎
How do Americans handle their grief in the days following the deadly Connecticut school shooting? Lauren Kenney, bereavement services manager at Hospice By The Bay, offers some insights.
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President slow to draw on guns

Chicago Sun-Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
WASHINGTON - There is no way that I am going to predict that outrage over the horrific shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School will lead to more gun control - even as President Barack Obama on Friday pledged “meaningful action” in the wake of ...
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Egyptians vote in referendum on constitution

BBC News - ‎58 minutes ago‎
Egyptians are voting in a referendum on a draft constitution that has divided the country and sparked deadly unrest. President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood have campaigned heavily in favour of the constitution.
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NBA: Brooklyn Nets pull out double OT win over Pistons - latimes.com

Los Angeles Times - ‎53 minutes ago‎
Joe Johnson made a shot from just inside the arc as time expired in the second overtime, giving the Brooklyn Nets a 107-105 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night at New York.
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Apple Loop: Google Maps Returns, The iPhone 5 Debuts In China, Mac Chime ...

Forbes - ‎3 hours ago‎
Keeping you in the loop on just a few of the things happening around Apple this past week. The return of Google maps. While Apple works away on fixing its flawed Maps app, Google released its new Maps app for iOS this week (after lots of speculation that it ...
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As Syrian rebels close in to capital, Assad has cards to play

Fox News - ‎10 hours ago‎
With rebels trying to penetrate Syria's capital, Damascus, President Bashar Assad may appear to be heading for a last stand as his weakened regime crumbles around him.
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NATO says Syrian Scuds hit "near" Turkey

Reuters - ‎7 hours ago‎
By Oliver Holmes. BEIRUT | Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:26pm EST. BEIRUT (Reuters) - NATO accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces of firing Scud missiles that landed near to the Turkish border, in explaining why it was sending anti-missile batteries and ...
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Venezuela hits out at Barack Obama's remarks on 'authoritarian' Hugo Chávez

The Guardian - ‎5 hours ago‎
Venezuela's government reacted with fury on Friday to criticism by the US president, Barack Obama, of Hugo Chávez's "authoritarian" government at a time of national anxiety over his battle to recover from cancer surgery.
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Iran, IAEA express progress in talks

Xinhua - ‎4 hours ago‎
.... • Another round of talks was decided to be held between both sides in Tehran on Jan. 16, 2013. • Iran and the IAEA experts have held several rounds of talks since the beginning of this year.
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Murder-suicide shooting at Las Vegas hotel-casino leaves two dead

Fox News - ‎10 minutes ago‎
Police say a man and woman are dead after a murder-suicide shooting at a hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas Police Lt. Ray Steiber says a man shot a woman at about 8:30 p.m.
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Obama: Pot prosecutions are not a priority

The Durango Herald - ‎13 minutes ago‎
DENVER - President Barack Obama said his administration will not make a high priority of prosecuting marijuana users in Colorado and Washington state, where voters legalized the drug in November.
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Can Ben Bernanke save the job market if 'fiscal cliff' talks fail?

Christian Science Monitor - ‎7 hours ago‎
The Federal Reserve sent its clearest signal to date Wednesday that it will keep interest rates super-low to boost the US economy even after the job market has improved significantly.
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U.S. Faces Big Insurance-Exchange Burden - WSJ.com

Wall Street Journal - ‎2 hours ago‎
When millions of uninsured Americans go online next fall to buy health plans, far more of them will use marketplaces run by the federal government than was envisioned when the health overhaul passed in March 2010, raising the stakes for the Obama ...
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Lower gas prices give consumers a pre-holiday break

CNN (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎
A November drop in gas prices drove down a key measure of inflation for U.S. consumers, the Labor Department said Friday. The Consumer Price Index fell 0.3% during the month, thanks to 7.4% drop in gas prices last month alone, CNNMoney's Chris Isidore ...
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Treasuries Fall for Second Week Amid Inflation Concern After Fed

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎
Treasuries fell for a second week, the first back-to-back losses in three months, as the Federal Reserve's expansion of a bond-buying program spurred speculation inflation will increase.
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US manufacturing rebounds, output rises 1.1 per cent in November

NDTV - ‎52 minutes ago‎
Washington: US factories rebounded in November from Superstorm Sandy, boosting production of cars, equipment and appliances. But after factoring out the impact from the storm, the broader trend in manufacturing remained weak.
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Beer wars: Craft beer brewers take up arms in battle with 'Big ... - National Monitor

natmonitor.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
The D.C.-based New America Foundation has put forth a proposal that could force the beer industry to rethink its strategy. The foundation has called on lawmakers to pressure the U.S.
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Google hires renowned futurist Ray Kurzweil

SlashGear - ‎41 minutes ago‎
Google has hired Ray Kurzweil, according to an announcement on his website Kurzweilai.net. Kurzweil is a renowned futurist who waxes eloquent about his fondness for Google.
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Top 3 Android phones on Verizon Wireless [December 2012]

Computerworld (blog)
Dec 13, 2012
Written by
JR Raphael
Top Android Phones: December 2012 You may not be able to get Google's new Nexus 4 on Verizon this holiday season, but fear not: Big Red has plenty of hot phones just waiting to lure you in.
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Finding God in 'The Hobbit'

NewsOK.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
Scholars explore religious themes found in J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved tale “The Hobbit.” By Carla Hinton | Published: December 15, 2012 Oklahoman Comment on this article Leave a comment.
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Hugh Grant apologizes for Daily Show behavior: 'Jon Stewart correct to give me ...

New York Daily News - ‎6 hours ago‎
One week after funnyman Jon Stewart slammed Hugh Grant as a "big pain in the a--," the snarky British actor took full responsibility for his 2009 Daily Show transgressions, admitting he deserved the public spanking from Stewart.
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Strip club offers to pay Lindsay Lohan's debts: Most indecent celebrity proposal?

Fox News - ‎10 hours ago‎
Lindsay Lohan's spiraling debt troubles are going from bad to terrible. According to TMZ, her storage locker will be auctioned off if she doesn't cough up the $16,000 she owes for payments.
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NBA: Oklahoma City defeats Sacramento Kings for 10th consecutive victory

San Jose Mercury News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Kevin Durant scored 31 points, Serge Ibaka added 18 points and 11 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the visiting Sacramento Kings 113-103 on Friday for their 10th consecutive victory.
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R.A. Dickey's days as a Met could be over soon

NorthJersey.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
R.A. Dickey could end up being traded for a catcher or prospects and end up in Toronto. Like his signature knuckleball - here one moment, there the next - Mets pitcher R.A.
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Trying times for McHale

Boston Herald - ‎16 minutes ago‎
HOUSTON - The moment spoke for itself. Last night's 101-89 Celtics loss to the Rockets had just concluded, when Kevin Garnett made his way to Kevin McHale.
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Nuggets defeat Grizzlies 99-94 to get back to .500

Denver Post
38 minutes ago
Written by
Adrian Dater
Nuggets center JaVale McGee blocks a shot by Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol on Friday at the Pepsi Center. (Rick Wilking, Reuters).
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Primate species: new slow loris found in Borneo

BBC News
Dec 13, 2012
Written by
Matt Walker
The primate is a type of slow loris, a small cute-looking animal that is more closely related to bushbabies and lemurs than to monkeys or apes.
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Olympians Live 2.8 Years Longer than the Average Person

Latinos Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
Olympians in low-impact sports live 2.8 years longer than the average person, according to a study published in the journal BMJ. The study, which looked at a total of 15,174 medalists from eight countries over the span of 30 years, supplements other recent ...
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New Burden of Disease study shows world's people living longer but with more ...

Washington Post - ‎Dec 13, 2012‎
The health of most of the planet's population is rapidly coming to resemble that of the United States, where death in childhood is rare, too much food is a bigger problem than too little, and life is long and often darkened by disability.
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