31 December 2012

Ban on demanding Facebook passwords among new 2013 state laws

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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Employers in California and Illinois will be prohibited from demanding access to workers’ password-protected social net...

Armstrong better, Green Day to resume tour in 2013

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Green Day is going back on the road. The Grammy-winning punk band announced new tour dates Monday. The band canceled t...

Clinton's blood clot an uncommon complication

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The kind of blood clot in the skull that doctors say Hillary Rodham Clinton has is relatively uncommon but can occur after an injury like ...

Fiscal cliff tumble looms despite Senate efforts

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By Richard Cowan and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States was on track to tumble over the "fiscal cl...
30 December 2012

Car bombing targeting Shiites in Pakistan kills 19

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QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A car bomb targeting a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims killed 19 people in southwest Pakistan, officials and ey...

'The Hobbit' stays atop box office for third week

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — " The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey " continues to rule them all at the box office, staying on top for a third-...

Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital , located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi , freely ...

Fiscal cliff negotiations stall; Senate to resume talks New Year's Eve

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Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks on the Senate floor. (Reuters/C-SPAN/Handout) Bottom line: Still no "fiscal cliff...
28 December 2012

Indian gang-rape victim dies in Singapore hospital

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SINGAPORE (AP) — A young Indian woman who was gang-raped and severely beaten on a bus died Saturday at a Singapore hospital , after her horr...

FBI removes many redactions in Marilyn Monroe file

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — FBI files on Marilyn Monroe that could not be located earlier this year have been found and re-issued, revealing the na...