[U.S.] Reid: 'Significant distance' between sides as fiscal talks stall, carry into Monday

Reid: 'Significant distance' between sides as fiscal talks stall, carry into Monday
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-pn-fiscal-cliff-20121230,0,5362515.story
Capitol Hill negotiations to avert a fiscal crisis before the New Year's deadline appeared to falter Sunday in the Senate, as lawmakers struggled to find common ground while bringing the country ever-closer to a 2013 shockwave of tax hikes and spending cuts.

Psychiatric exam for suspect in NYC subway death
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57561067/another-nyc-subway-push-death/
NEW YORK (AP) - A woman accused of pushing a man to his death in front of a subway train told police she did so because she blamed Muslims for the Sept.

Remains of Conn. Gunman Claimed for Burial
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hs-SjNZsBGs5nKkLa6DdG60It_xg?docId=d865b27615cd447da47df77d13e64982
The body of the man who killed 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school has been claimed for burial. Connecticut Medical Examiner Wayne H. Carver II tells the Hartford Courant (http://cour.

Greenbelt fire victim identified as former nurse
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/12/29/woman-dead-after-fire-in-greenbelt-row-house/
The woman killed in the fire in Greenbelt on Friday has been identified and described as a former nurse. Betty M. Starry, 86, was killed in the blaze where she lived on Laurel Hill Road, said Mark E. Brady, the chief spokesman for the department.