[U.S.] US judge refuses to order anti-Muslim film off YouTube

US judge refuses to order anti-Muslim film off YouTube
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/us-judge-refuses-to-order-anti-muslim-film-off-youtube_789445.html
By Steve Gorman. LOS ANGELES | Sat Dec 1, 2012 1:12am EST. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests against the United States across the Muslim world lost on Friday ...

Another 'Incompetent' Black Woman
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/01/susan-rice-just-another-incompetent-black-woman.html
You can disagree with Susan Rice, but our U.N. ambassador is not an incompetent liar, as conservatives have implied. Sophia Nelson on the old stereotypes at play in the GOP's attacks.

Wyoming students witness killings
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Wyoming-students-witness-killings-4082499.php
Casper, --. Wyo. - A man wielding a sharp-edged weapon killed a woman in a Casper neighborhood Friday before slaying a male teacher and taking his own life in front of students in a community college classroom, causing a campuswide lockdown as ...

Calif. storm brings intense rain, flood warnings
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/30/3941839/calif-storm-brings-intense-rain.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The second in a series of storms slammed Northern California on Friday as heavy rain and strong winds knocked out power, tied up traffic and caused flooding along some stretches.

Dearborn, Missouri couple identified as Powerball jackpot winners
http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Missouri-couple-wins-588-million-Powerball-prize-4075748.php
The Missouri couple who won half of the second largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history has been identified. Cindy Hill, 51, and her husband, Mark, will share their portion of the $587.5 million Powerball jackpot.

US House votes to expand visas for high-tech workers
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/careers/job-trends/US-House-votes-to-expand-visas-for-high-tech-workers/articleshow/17438387.cms
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives voted Friday to make green cards accessible to foreign students graduating with advanced science and math degrees from US universities, setting up what is expected to be a turbulent battle over immigration ...

Gay couples, and wedding industry, await Supreme Court ruling on Prop. 8
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/supreme-court-takes-action-gay-marriage/story?id=17815437
They met and fell in love two months after California voters approved Proposition 8, the referendum banning same-sex marriage, so Megan Sainsbury and Katie Kinder knew from the beginning that their shared dream of a big wedding -- brides in gorgeous ...

WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning made nooses in jail, says prosecution
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/30/wikileaks-suspect-bradley-manning-noose-jail
The military court hearing the court martial of the WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning was on Friday shown a noose that the soldier made from a sheet in his cell just days after his arrest for having allegedly committed the largest leak of state secrets in US ...