[U.S.] Senators trade proposals into night to avoid 'fiscal cliff'

Senators trade proposals into night to avoid 'fiscal cliff'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-calls-for-stopgap-tax-deal-gop-says-democrats-need-to-work-with-them/2012/12/29/6e2f673c-51d4-11e2-950a-7863a013264b_story.html
Senate negotiators labored late into Saturday over a last-ditch plan to avert the “fiscal cliff,” struggling to resolve key differences over how many wealthy households should face higher income taxes in the new year and how to tax inherited estates.

Woman charged with murder as hate crime in man's NY subway death after tip ...
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Woman-charged-with-murder-in-NY-subway-shove-death-4153971.php
NEW YORK - A woman who told police she shoved a man to his death off a subway platform into the path of a train because she hates Muslims and thought he was one was charged Saturday with murder as a hate crime, prosecutors said.

Search continues for missing boys; vigil planned
http://abcnews.go.com/US/atlanta-brothers-missing-dec-23/story?id=18084317
Daniel Cleary is being sought by authorities for not returning his sons to their mother. View Larger · 2 missing brothers spotted at Tennessee Walmart photo.

5 children, 1 adult die in Mississippi wreck
http://kstp.com/article/stories/s2880582.shtml
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Five young siblings and one adult died early Saturday when a sport utility vehicle went off an eastern Mississippi road and plunged into a rain-swollen creek, authorities said.

Same-sex couples marry in Maine for first time
http://www.npr.org/2012/12/29/168265377/gay-couples-tie-the-knot-in-maine-as-law-takes-effect
By Daniel Lovering. PORTLAND, Maine | Sat Dec 29, 2012 11:53am EST. PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) - The first gay and lesbian couples to wed under Maine's new same-sex marriage law exchanged vows early on Saturday in a series of spare but joyous ...

Thousands line up to honor slain NY firefighters
http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/NY-woman-arrested-in-connection-with-slaying-of-2-4152268.php
Hundreds of fellow firefighters were among those who waited in the cold and snow to pay their respects. firefighters shot. Mounted police and fire trucks stand by the entrance during the calling hours for Lt.

Week's 2nd snowstorm hits Northeast, parts of Ohio
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57561238/weeks-2nd-snowstorm-hits-northeast-parts-of-ohio/
Last Updated 8:10 p.m. ET. NEW YORK A widespread winter storm dumped snow over the Northeast and parts of Ohio on Saturday, just days after the regions were hit by another storm moving from the nation's midsection.

Former President George HW Bush moved out of intensive care
http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/former-president-bush-remains-hospitalized-85581.html?hp=l11
By Deborah Quinn Hensel. HOUSTON | Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:58pm EST. HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former President George H.W. Bush's condition improved enough for him to be moved on Saturday out of the intensive care unit and into a regular room at the ...

Lawyer: $100M school shooting claim about security
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/lawyer-sue-conn-newton-survivor-psychological-trauma-article-1.1229598
A lawyer who wants to sue Connecticut for $100 million on behalf of a 6-year-old survivor of the Newtown school shooting says the potential claim is about improving school security, not money.