[U.S.] Not solved yet: GOP wants more cliff spending cuts

Not solved yet: GOP wants more cliff spending cuts
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/fiscal-cliff-deal-reached-raise-taxes/story?id=18099848
WASHINGTON (AP) - Maneuvered into a political corner, House Republicans sorted glumly through unsavory fiscal cliff choices in a New Year's Day struggle that wore into the night, casting doubt on emergency legislation to prevent widespread tax ...

Colorful costumes abound at Philly Mummers Parade
http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Colorful-costumes-abound-at-Philly-Mummers-Parade-4160024.php
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Mardi Gras-like New Year's Day parade believed to be the nation's oldest folk festival has been held in Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania governor to sue NCAA over Penn State sanctions
http://www.kansascity.com/2013/01/01/3989919/governor-to-sue-ncaa-over-penn.html
By Dave Warner. PHILADELPHIA | Tue Jan 1, 2013 7:38pm EST. PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said on Tuesday he will file a federal lawsuit against the NCAA over sanctions it levied against Pennsylvania State University in ...

Survivors of Oregon bus crash prepare to go home
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20130101_Federal_agency_to_investigate_Ore__crash.html
PENDLETON, Ore. - Some of the survivors of a fatal bus crash on a rural Oregon highway retrieved their passports and other belongings Tuesday so they can finish their journey to Canada.

SEEN: Polar Plunge 2013
http://www.kansascity.com/2013/01/01/3989944/hundreds-ring-in-2013-with-icy.html
Were you Seen kicking off the new year at the annual Polar Plunge in Lake George on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013? (Kiley Stevens). Were you Seen kicking off the new year at the annual Polar Plunge... Were you Seen kicking off the new year at the annual Polar ...

Ten states raise minimum wage, rates up 10 to 35 cents/hour
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gOFe4Xf6aQxP5FnmmVVyvWr0WbLg?docId=fbd6da490f2f4e5681d437d2537ba082
By Tim Gaynor. PHOENIX | Tue Jan 1, 2013 5:13pm EST. PHOENIX (Reuters) - Ten states kicked off the new year with a minimum wage rise of between 10 and 35 cents, modestly boosting the incomes of nearly 1 million low-paid workers.

Same-sex couples marry in Maryland
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/weddings-gay-marriage-legal-md-18108947
Nora Clouse, left, and Michelle Miller of Stevensville, Md., high-five each other after being married at Black Walnut Point Inn on Tilghman Island, Md.

Conn. Classes Recreated in New Home
http://abcnews.go.com/US/sandy-hook-school-recreated-crayons-desk-building/story?id=18107267
The students and staff of Sandy Hook Elementary School will return to school on Thursday for the first time since the shooting rampage that left 20 young students and six adults dead.

Cardinal George asks Catholics to oppose gay marriage bill
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cardinal-francis-george-illinois-same-sex-marriage-185370302.html
Cardinal Francis George issued a letter Tuesday calling laws permitting same-sex marriage a “legal fiction” and directing the local Catholic faithful to contact state legislators about a proposed Illinois gay marriage bill.

Did you catch unexpected fireworks over Sacramento?
http://www.kcra.com/news/Did-you-catch-unexpected-fireworks-over-Sacramento/-/11797728/17978812/-/dmi6a8z/-/index.html
Police have taken a man into custody after he was involved in a deadly shooting at an Old Sacramento bar on New Year's Eve, officers said Tuesday.

Gov. Perdue signs pardon for Wilmington 10
http://myfox8.com/2012/12/31/gov-perdue-sign-pardons-for-wilmington-10/
(CNN) - Forty years after they were convicted by a jury of firebombing a grocery store in Wilmington, North Carolina, civil rights activists who became known as the “Wilmington 10″ were pardoned Monday by the state's outgoing governor.

Developer who wants to build world's biggest Ferris wheel not slowed by Sandy
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/01/16287033-developer-who-wants-to-build-worlds-biggest-ferris-wheel-not-slowed-by-sandy
By Tracy Connor, NBC News. The man who wants to build the world's biggest Ferris wheel in a flood zone of Staten Island says he wasn't scared off by the damage and death caused by superstorm Sandy.

officials remind public to be cautious on Michigan lakes this winter
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/oakland_county/fisherman-body-found-under-ice-of-groveland-township-lake
GROVELAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Authorities on Tuesday issued a public warning to remind people that frigid temperatures don't guarantee that the ice on Michigan lakes is safe.

Prince William motorcycle officer dies in collision
http://potomaclocal.com/2013/01/01/officer-yung-remembered-for-warm-smile-bringing-other-family-members-to-prince-william-police/
A Prince William County police officer was killed Monday afternoon in a crash while responding to a call. About 2 p.m., Officer Chris Yung, 35, crossed the intersection at Nokesville Road and Piper Lane in Manassas while responding to a crash, according to a ...

Body Found Encased in Cement at California Plumber's Shop
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255606/Juan-Alberto-Galviz-arrest-Horror-police-body-encased-concrete-LA-county.html
The body of a man who police believe was murdered was found encased in freshly-poured concrete inside a California plumbing business.

Wardens suspend Rangeley Lake recovery of missing snowmobilers
http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/winddelayssearch_2013-01-01.html
RANGELEY -- A recovery effort for three missing snowmobilers has been suspended because of poor weather, and it might not resume until Thursday, according to the Maine Warden Service.

After a 'fiscal cliff' deal, what next?
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/more-battles-and-new-cliffs-await-washington/articleshow/17823652.cms
The “fiscal cliff” was designed by Washington for Washington - it was intended to set up a scenario so severe that the president and Congress would, at last, have to take on the nation's major tax and spending problems.