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First responder: 'Worst tragedy that I've ever seen'

USA TODAY - ‎40 minutes ago‎
Firefighters were expected to attend a debriefing Saturday where counselors, clergy and police are expected to be on hand to talk about the incident and answer questions.
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Thin lead for Egypt draft constitution backers - FT.com

Financial Times - ‎31 minutes ago‎
Early results in Saturday's first stage of Egypt's referendum on a draft constitution showed supporters of the charter with a narrow but significant lead.
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Full-Court Press: Butler's little 'Dogs bite back against big brother IU

SportingNews.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
Facing each other in the Crossroads Classic at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, the neighborhood rivals looked to be a teensy bit mismatched as they took the court at the start Saturday.
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Pop star Kelly Clarkson announces engagement

Reuters - ‎3 hours ago‎
LOS ANGELES | Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:25pm EST. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kelly Clarkson, who became the first contestant to win "American Idol" a decade ago and went on to several chart-topping successes, has gotten engaged to her boyfriend, the ...
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Griffin will not start

Tampabay.com - ‎21 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III will not start today against the Browns, the team said Saturday. Fellow rookie Kirk Cousins, who has appeared in two previous games, gets the call.
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Japan votes in election seen returning LDP to power

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Linda Sieg. TOKYO | Sun Dec 16, 2012 1:42am EST. TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese voters streamed into polls across the country on Sunday in an election expected to return the conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to power after a three-year hiatus ...
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Nigerian governor killed in helicopter crash: official

Xinhua - ‎6 hours ago‎
.... • The helicopter was carrying top government officials to Port Harcourt before it crashed in Nembe. LAGOS, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- The central north Nigeria's Kaduna State government on Saturday announced the death of the state governor, Patrick Ibrahim ...
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Peshawar Attack: Five terrorists killed

The News International - ‎19 minutes ago‎
PESHAWAR: A suicide and rocket attack targeting jet fighters and gunship helicopters at the Air Force Base located within the compound of the airport here killed five terrorists, four civilians and wounded forty more.
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Thousands protest against Putin, but opposition momentum has slowed

Washington Post - ‎10 hours ago‎
MOSCOW - Thousands of opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday crowded into a Moscow square infamous as the location of the state security forces, vowing not to let up pressure on their government after a year of protests that started ...
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AFP: N.Korea marks 1st anniversary of late ruler's death

AFP - ‎41 minutes ago‎
SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un led thousands of officials Sunday in a memorial ceremony for his late father and ex-ruler Kim Jong-Il, days after a successful long-range rocket launch.
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Video captures rapid gunfire at Fashion Island mall - latimes.com

Los Angeles Times - ‎56 minutes ago‎
Video captured the sounds of gunfire Saturday in the parking lot of Fashion Island in Newport Beach, where police say a man fired at least 50 rounds.
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Analysis: Kerry would bring experience, deep personal resources to State Dept.

CNN International - ‎2 hours ago‎
Washington (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry, who sources say has been tapped by President Barack Obama to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, will come to the post with a full plate of foreign policy crises, from the civil war in Syria, to the nuclear antics of ...
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Obama to Visit Newtown Families, First Responders Sunday Night - Berlin, CT ...

Patch.com - ‎20 minutes ago‎
Update 7:19 p.m.. President Barack Obama is scheduled to travel to Newtown to meet the families of victims killed in Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and to thank first responders, according to a press release issued by the White House.
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3 people wounded at Brimingham hospital; gunman killed

Anniston Star - ‎14 hours ago‎
BIRMINGHAM (AP) - A Birmingham police officer shot and killed a gun-wielding assailant who opened fire when confronted by police. The shooting happened early Saturday morning on the fifth floor of St. Vincent's Hospital.
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Heroism no surprise to those who knew slain principal

USA TODAY - ‎12 hours ago‎
Sandy Hook Elementary School principal Dawn Hochsprung was a people person, and passionate about education. hochsprung. Dawn Hochsprung had worked at Sandy Hook Elementary for two years, and immediately became a beloved figure.
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Consumer Prices Fall for First Time Since May

Fox Business - ‎Dec 14, 2012‎
U.S. consumer prices fell in November for the first time in six months, pointing to muted inflation pressures that should allow the Federal Reserve to stay on its ultra-easy monetary policy path as it nurses the economy back to health.
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Craft Beer Makers Talk Success, Hopes For The Future

Cinema Blend
3 hours ago
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Jessica Rawden
There's a war in the beer world between the big fish and the little fish. Smaller craft beer brands have spent the last several years making headway in the beer market share, with 2012 marking 13% in gains by volume and 15% by dollar, proving craft breweries ...
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Apple, Samsung battle for tablet market while Microsoft, Google, Amazon lag

Newsday - ‎5 hours ago‎
Apple's stock may be sliding as investors fret about growing competition, but store visits and interviews with smartphone and tablet shoppers in 10 cities around the world suggest consumers share little of that negativity.
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Analyst: iPad, iPhone, Apple to feel squeeze in 2013

CNET
Dec 14, 2012
Written by
Lance Whitney
Prospects aren't as rosy as expected, UBS says, for lots of reasons, from rising competition and a supply chain squeeze to the iPad Mini going cannibal.
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Box office update: 'The Hobbit' walks away with $37.5 million on Friday

Entertainment Weekly
13 hours ago
Written by
Grady Smith
We already knew that The Hobbit earned a whopping $13.0 million during midnight showings, but over the course of its first full day in theaters the film took in an estimated $37.5 million, the highest gross ever for a December opening day.
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Lindsay Lohan -- Dear Charlie Sheen, Sorry I Never Said Thanks for the $100k

TMZ.com - ‎15 hours ago‎
1215_charlie_sheen_lindsay_tmzcomposite2 Lindsay Lohan sent a belated "thank you" card and flowers to casa de Charlie Sheen for that $100k check he gave her -- this just days after he called her out for being ungrateful.
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Nelson makes quick work of Mitrione in TUF 16 - MMA - Jeff Wagenheim - SI.com

SI.com - ‎46 minutes ago‎
The fighter who lost his protective device -- and then the fight -- was Matt Mitrione, and it was Roy Nelson who knocked the plastic from his grill on the way to scoring a first-round TKO in the main event of the Season 16 finale of The Ultimate Fighter on ...
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Chandler clutch vs. Cavs after fighting cold - Knicks Blog - ESPN New York

ESPN (blog) - ‎58 minutes ago‎
With no Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks only up 48-45 at halftime against the Cavaliers (5-20), Tyson Chandler knew he was needed in the third and fourth quarters.
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Arizona stuns Nevada in NM Bowl

NBCNews.com - ‎49 minutes ago‎
Headlines. Rodriguez. Eric Draper / AP. Arizona stuns Nevada in NM Bowl. Arizona scored 2 TDs in the final 2 minutes to defeat Nevada 49-48 in the New Mexico Bowl in a stunning start to the bowl season.
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Researchers Date 'Tech' of Cheese-Making to More Than 7000 Years Ago

PC Magazine
10 hours ago
Written by
David Murphy
If questions about the "technology of cheese-making" have been keeping you up at night, worry not: Scientists have allegedly discovered bits of pottery that more strongly suggest that cheese-making stretches back more than 7,000 years.
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Preparing for the end of the world

Washington Post - ‎10 hours ago‎
As the Mayan “long count” calendar moves toward the end of a 5,125-year cycle, some people believe that the Dec. 21 event will coincide with a global catastrophe.
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Apollo 40 years on: how the moon missions changed the world for ever

The Guardian
7 hours ago
Written by
Chris Riley
On 19 December 1972, a final sonic boom above the south Pacific signalled the end of the Apollo programme, as a tiny space capsule burst back through the blue sky.
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Nearly 1 million in Mass. exposed to secondhand smoke from neighbors

Boston Globe - ‎Dec 14, 2012‎
Nearly 1 million Massachusetts residents who don't smoke and live in apartments or attached houses are exposed regularly to cigarette smoke from their neighbors' homes, according to a report released Friday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and ...
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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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