[U.S.] Desert Storm commander Norman Schwarzkopf dies

Desert Storm commander Norman Schwarzkopf dies
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Truth is, retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf didn't care much for his popular ''Stormin' Norman'' nickname.

Man Is Pushed to His Death Under Train in Queens
http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/289042/81/Man-pushed-to-death-in-front-of-NYC-subway-train
Man Is Pushed to His Death Under Train in Queens. By THE NEW YORK TIMES. Published: December 27, 2012. A young woman pushed a man to his death under an oncoming train at the 40th Street-Lowery Street subway station in Queens on Thursday ...

Woman set on fire in LA as she sleeps on bench
http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Woman-set-on-fire-in-LA-as-she-sleeps-on-bench-4148810.php
LOS ANGELES (AP) - For more than 10 years, the homeless woman slept on the same plastic bus stop bench at a busy intersection in the San Fernando Valley, no matter how cold it was or if it was raining.

Rep. Ed Markey running to fill John Kerry's Senate seat
http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/12/27/rep-ed-markey-running-to-fill-john-kerrys-senate-seat/
Rep. Edward Markey announced Thursday that he would seek a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File). Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.

Utah teachers get free gun training in response to Newtown shooting
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20121227_ap_gungroupofferstrainingforutahteachers.html
By Laura Zuckerman. Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:52pm EST. (Reuters) - Kasey Hansen, a special education teacher from Salt Lake City, Utah, says she would take a bullet for any of her students, but if faced with a gunman threatening her class, she would rather be ...

EPA Chief to Step Down, With Climate Still Low Priority
http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/12/27/epa-director-steps-down/
Lisa P. Jackson is stepping down as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency after a four-year tenure that began with high hopes of sweeping action to address climate change and other environmental ills but ended with a series of rear-guard ...

Smuggler Pleads Guilty and Surrenders Dinosaur Fossils
http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Fla-man-pleads-guilty-in-NY-in-dinosaur-dispute-4149524.php
The description accompanying Lot 49315 at Heritage Auctions in May was striking: a “superb Tyrannosaurus skeleton,” a remnant of a vanished animal that “ruled the food chain of the ancient flood plains that are today's Gobi Desert.

Missing Las Vegas girl, 10, linked to suspect in Bellagio casino fight
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57561000-504083/missing-las-vegas-girl-10-linked-to-suspect-in-bellagio-casino-fight/
(CBS/AP) LAS VEGAS - Police are looking for a 10-year-old girl last seen with a Las Vegas casino card dealer, who is accused of using razor blades to slash a co-worker's face at the Bellagio resort.

Bush aide: "Please put the harps back in the closet"
http://swampland.time.com/2012/12/26/bush-spokesman-says-ex-presidents-fever-rising/?iid=gs-main-mostpop2
The chief of staff to former Pres. George H.W. Bush, who is in intensive care at Houston's Methodist Hospital, told Bush family and friends in an email today that the former president "would ask me to tell you to please put the harps back in the closet," saying, ...

Clinton, still recovering, to be back at desk Monday
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WASHINGTON - Outgoing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who fell ill in early December and hasn't been seen in public since, will be back at her desk on Monday, her closest aide said.

Atty: Hobby Lobby won't offer morning-after pill
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WASHINGTON - An attorney for Hobby Lobby Stores said Thursday that the arts and crafts chain plans to defy a federal mandate requiring it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill, despite risking potential fines of up ...

Hawaii Senate President Tsutsui becoming lt. gov.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Hawaii-Senate-President-Tsutsui-becoming-lt-gov-4150292.php
HONOLULU (AP) - State Senate President Shan Tsutsui became Hawaii's new lieutenant governor Thursday, replacing newly sworn-in U.S.

Winter storm dumps snow, rain on Northeast, snarls airline flights
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More than 2,000 flights have been canceled, and more than 200,000 customers are without power in several southern states as the impact of severe winter weather was felt across the nation.

Obama invites congressional leaders to cliff talk
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Obama-invites-congressional-leaders-to-cliff-talk-4148078.php
President Barack Obama walks past a Marine honor guard as he steps off the Marine One helicopter and walks on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, as he returned early from his Hawaii vacation for meetings on the ...