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NRA Wants Armed Guards in Every School in the Nation

New York Times - ‎7 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - After a weeklong silence, the National Rifle Association announced Friday that it wants to arm security officers at every school in the country, implicating violent video games, the news media and lax law enforcement as being far more to ...
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Obama calls on Congress to craft at least a minimal 'fiscal cliff' deal

Washington Post
32 minutes ago
Written by
Dylan Matthews
President Obama sharply curtailed his ambitions for legislation to avert the year-end “fiscal cliff” on Friday, urging Congress to adopt a stopgap measure to keep benefits flowing to unemployed workers and prevent taxes from rising on income under $250,000 ...
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Obama nominates John Kerry as next secretary of state

Reuters - ‎2 hours ago‎
By Matt Spetalnick and Tabassum Zakaria. WASHINGTON | Fri Dec 21, 2012 7:29pm EST. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday nominated John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, calling the veteran U.S.
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Instagram Reversal Doesn't Appease Everyone

New York Times - ‎42 minutes ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook may have quelled a full-scale rebellion by quickly dumping the contentious new terms of use for Instagram, its photo-sharing service.
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Jobless rate falls below 10% in California

Los Angeles Times
51 minutes ago
Written by
Ricardo Lopez
California's unemployment fell below 10% in November for the first time in almost four years, thanks in part to a holiday hiring surge by retailers.
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Italy's Monti Quits, Setting Up Volatile Race

Wall Street Journal - ‎22 minutes ago‎
ROME—Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti resigned Friday, ending an emergency administration that helped loosen Italy from the grips of Europe's debt crisis through deft international moves, but leaves the euro-zone's third-largest economy still struggling.
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Russia-EU Tensions Surface

Wall Street Journal - ‎2 hours ago‎
BRUSSELS—Russian President Vladimir Putin and his European Union counterparts sparred on energy issues during a summit that made little progress on economic ties or trade conflicts.
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Egypt's Islamists clash with opponents on eve of divisive constitution vote

CTV News - ‎1 hour ago‎
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt -- Violence erupted between Egypt's divided camps on Friday, the eve of the final round of a referendum on a constitution that has polarized the nation, as Islamists and their opponents pelted each other with stones while police fired tear ...
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Judge Approves Settlement in BP Class Action...

ABC News - ‎40 minutes ago‎
A federal judge has given final approval to BP's settlement with businesses and individuals who lost money because of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Hagel, under fire as possible nominee, says remarks on gays “do not reflect my ...

Washington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
President Obama's leading choice to head the Pentagon, former senator Chuck Hagel, issued an apology Friday for “insensitive” comments he had made about gays, moving to shield his potential nomination from a growing chorus of criticism.
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Authorities: 3 set deadly Ind. blast for insurance

USA TODAY - ‎30 minutes ago‎
Authorities: 3 set deadly Ind. blast for insurance. 9:14p.m. EST December 21, 2012. CommentsShare. ind. A home in the Richmond Hills neighborhood that was damaged by an explosion on Nov. 1, is seen.
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Gun Shop Owners Report Rise in Sales as Enthusiasts Fear Possible New Laws

New York Times - ‎46 minutes ago‎
Rainier Arms, a gun dealer in Auburn, Wash., receives great Yelp reviews for its responsiveness. But a call to the dealer on Friday led to a full voice mail box, and an e-mail to its sales team drew this automatic response: “Thank you for contacting Rainier Arms ...
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4 dead, including shooter, in central Pennsylvania

CNN - ‎1 hour ago‎
(CNN) -- A man killed two men and one woman Friday in central Pennsylvania, then died in a gunfight with state troopers, authorities said.
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Consumer spending on the rebound

Boston Globe - ‎1 hour ago‎
Consumers are not so worried about the fiscal cliff and political uncertainty in Washington that they are staying away from stores.
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Wall Street ends lower after "fiscal cliff" setback

Reuters - ‎2 hours ago‎
By Gabriel Debenedetti. NEW YORK | Fri Dec 21, 2012 7:37pm EST. NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks finished lower on Friday after a Republican plan to avoid the "fiscal cliff" failed to gain sufficient support on Thursday night, draining hopes that a deal ...
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US East and Gulf Coast Dock Strike May Threaten Islanders

Hawaii Reporter - ‎3 hours ago‎
BY MICHAEL HANSEN - A major dock strike could shutdown work on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts when the current longshore contract covering container cargoes on those coasts expires at midnight Saturday, December 29, 2012.
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Google Designing 'X Phone' to Rival Apple, Samsung

Wall Street Journal
2 hours ago
Written by
Amir Efrati
Engineers at Motorola are hard at work on a sophisticated handset—known internally as the "X phone"—but the Google Inc. unit is running into some obstacles in its effort to provide more potent competition for Apple Inc., said people familiar with the matter.
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Steve Jobs' yacht impounded over pay dispute

My Fox 8 - ‎33 minutes ago‎
Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' yacht was unveiled in a Dutch shipyard in October and christened "Venus." (CNN) - The megayacht that Steve Jobs commissioned in the final years of his life has been impounded in Amsterdam after a payment dispute ...
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Five things Windows 8 must do in 2013

CNET
3 hours ago
Written by
Seth Rosenblatt
Reactions to Windows 8's launch mirrored the operating system's own split personality. Here's what Microsoft needs to do to keep it from getting left on the floor.
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New RIM Fears Cut Stock by 23%

Wall Street Journal - ‎2 hours ago‎
Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. dropped nearly 25% Friday as investors fled the company over worries about a new service-fee structure that threatens one of the BlackBerry maker's biggest cash generators.
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Actor Ashton Kutcher files for divorce from Demi Moore

Reuters - ‎3 hours ago‎
LOS ANGELES | Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:14pm EST. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Two and a Half Men" star Ashton Kutcher filed for divorce from actress wife Demi Moore on Friday in Los Angeles, following more than a year of separation, according to court ...
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'Jack Reacher' Is in Cruise Control

Patch.com - ‎29 minutes ago‎
Tom Cruise delves out the punishment as an ex-miltary guy roped into a murder investigation. He's got to take out the bad guys, save the girl and find the real killer in "Jack Reacher.
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VIDEO: New Trailer - Quentin Tarantino's DJANGO UNCHAINED

Broadway World - ‎43 minutes ago‎
Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Quenin Tarantino's DJANGO UNCHAINED stars Academy Award-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr.
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NHL Players' Association moves toward disbanding

MiamiHerald.com (registration)
22 minutes ago
Written by
Al Diaz
The NHLPA voted to let its board take action that would break up the union, which would then permit individual players to file lawsuits.
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NCAA suspends Texas' Kabongo 23 games

SI.com - ‎34 minutes ago‎
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NCAA has suspended Texas basketball player Myck Kabongo for 23 games for accepting impermissible benefits and providing false statements during an investigation into the infractions.
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Study: Hawaiian island slowly dissolving

UPI.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
PROVO, Utah, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The mountains on Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands are dissolving from within under the slow but inexorable onslaught of groundwater, researchers say.
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Who Wore It Better: Spacesuits From NASA vs. the Movies

Wired - ‎5 hours ago‎
NASA recently unveiled a prototype spacesuit, the Z-1, to be used by astronauts on deep-space missions. Everyone with eyeballs immediately noticed the similarity between the agency's idea and the character of Buzz Lightyear from Pixar's Toy Story movies.
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Deal reached to reopen NM peanut butter plant

Businessweek - ‎4 hours ago‎
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Federal officials and the eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant that was shuttered after a salmonella outbreak have reached an agreement that will allow the plant to reopen.
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