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  • BREAKING NEWS: 19 DEAD! Shia pilgrims KILLED in SUICIDE bus BOMBING in Pakistan!...1:06
  • Racist Blacks are targeting Asian women for hate crimes in New York...1:54
  • How is President Obama Handling the Fiscal Cliff Negotiations? 'This Week' Roundtable...19:02
  • UN envoy: 'Syria at risk of descending into hell'...2:22
  • Japan's Shinzo Abe gets second chance as PM...1:52
  • Indian Rape Victim Dies In Singapore Hospital - Delhi Bus Gang Rape Victim Dies of Organ Failure...3:54
  • President Obama on Fiscal Cliff Negotiations: 'Let's Not Miss This Deadline'...10:33
  • Rebels advance in Central African Republic...1:38
  • Afghanistan War - US Army Ambushed by Taliban - Combat Footage From Panjwa'i District...3:22
  • Deadly! SNOWSTORM ravage NORTHEAST US 17 Dead, Dectruction Dec.27,2012...1:30
  • Benazir Bhutto's death 5th anniversary Pakistan People's Party JAPAN...18:27
  • Vox Populi: Egyptians to vote on Morsi's constitution...3:05
  • Rising sectarian tide in Iraq: Sunni protests erupt over Shia-dominated Iraq government...1:38
A suicide bomber driving a vehicle packed with explosives rammed into a bus carrying Shia Muslim pilgrims in south-west Pakistan on Sunday, killing 19 people, a government official and witnesses said. Earlier on Sunday, 21 tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistan's troubled north-west tribal region, government officials said. Pakistan has experienced a spike in killings over the past year by radical Sunni Muslims targeting Shias who they consider heretics. The violence has been especially pronounced in Baluchistan province, where the latest attack occurred. In addition to the 19 people killed in the bombing in Baluchistan's Mastung district, 25 others were wounded, many of them critically, said Tufail Ahmed, a local political official. The blast completely destroyed the bus that was hit and damaged a second bus carrying Shias that was close by. A witness who was travelling in the second bus told Pakistan's Geo TV the first bus contained over 40 pilgrims heading to neighbouring Iran, a popular religious tourism destination for Shias. A second witness said the bomber rushed by in a truck, swerved in front of the first bus and braked suddenly. The bus slammed into the truck and then a big explosion occurred. Shias make up around 15% of Pakistan's 190 million people. They are scattered around the country but the province of Baluchistan has the largest community, mainly made up of ethnic Hazaras, easily identified by ...
BREAK­ING NEWS: 19 DEAD! Shia pil­grims KILLED in SUI­CIDE bus BOMB­ING in Pak­istan!
1:06
Racist Blacks are tar­get­ing Asian women for hate crimes in New York
1:54
How is Pres­i­dent Obama Han­dling the Fis­cal Cliff Ne­go­ti­a­tions? 'This Week' Roundtable
19:02
UN envoy: 'Syria at risk of de­scend­ing into hell'
2:22
Japan's Shin­zo Abe gets sec­ond chance as PM
1:52
In­di­an Rape Vic­tim Dies In Sin­ga­pore Hos­pi­tal - Delhi Bus Gang Rape Vic­tim Dies of Organ Fail­ure
3:54
Pres­i­dent Obama on Fis­cal Cliff Ne­go­ti­a­tions: 'Let's Not Miss This Dead­line'
10:33
Rebels ad­vance in Cen­tral African Re­pub­lic
1:38
Afghanistan War - US Army Am­bushed by Tal­iban - Com­bat Footage From Pan­jwa'i Dis­trict
3:22
Dead­ly! SNOW­STORM rav­age NORTH­EAST US 17 Dead, Dec­truc­tion Dec.27,2012
1:30
Be­nazir Bhut­to's death 5th an­niver­sary Pak­istan Peo­ple's Party JAPAN
18:27
Pres­i­dent Obama on Fis­cal Cliff Ne­go­ti­a­tions: 'Let's Not Miss This Dead­line'
10:33
Vox Pop­uli: Egyp­tians to vote on Morsi's con­sti­tu­tion
3:05
Ris­ing sec­tar­i­an tide in Iraq: Sunni protests erupt over Shia-dom­i­nat­ed Iraq gov­ern­ment
1:38
George HW Bush re­mains in in­ten­sive care
2:41




Car bombing leaves at least 19 dead, 25 injured in Pakistan
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
30 Dec 2012

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – At least 19 people were killed by a car bomb in Pakistan on Sunday, the latest in a pattern of escalating attacks by militants in recent weeks. An explosives-laden car was detonated next to a convoy of three buses carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims from Pakistan’s western Baluchistan province to Iran. The blast also...
Security men gather at the site of a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.
photo: AP / Arshad Butt

US woman charged with hate crime in subway death
Full Article Taipei Times
30 Dec 2012

A woman who told police she shoved a man to his death off a subway platform because she has hated Muslims since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the US and thought he was one was charged on Saturday with murder as a hate crime, prosecutors said. Erika Menendez was charged in the death of Sunando Sen, who was crushed by a 7 train in Queens, New York,...
In this image provided by the New York City Police Department, a composite sketch showing the woman believed to have pushed a man to his death in front of a subway train on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 is shown.
photo: AP / New York City Police Department

Obama Accuses Republicans of Blocking Tax Compromise
Full Article The New York Times
30 Dec 2012

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Sunday implored Congress to act within the next 48 hours to avert the sharpest tax increases and benefit cuts scheduled to take effect on Tuesday. Enlarge This Image Luke Sharrett for The New York Times If a deal is reached, votes in the Senate could begin Sunday. Multimedia Graphic Fiscal Cliff: Changes Set to...
President Barack Obama waves to reporters 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 returns early from his Hawaii vacation for meetings on the fiscal cliff.
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak

Syria risks becoming ‘new Somalia’: UN envoy
Full Article Zeenews
30 Dec 2012

London: UN-Arab League envoy to Damascus, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said that a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Syria seemed far away, adding that the country risked being slithering into ‘hell’. Following talks in Moscow with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei...
In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from buildings from heavy shelling in Homs, Syria, on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012.
photo: AP / Shaam News Network

Japan: The More Things Change, The More They Remain the Same
Full Article WorldNews.com
29 Dec 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling A millennium before the English statesmen Edmund Burke, regarded as the father of Western Conservatism and who wrote, "good order is the foundation of all things," Japan's Seventeen-Article Constitution began with this conservative principle: "Harmony is to be cherished, and opposition for opposition's...
Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) employees at the emergency operation center in the building used as crisis management headquarters at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye

India appeal for calm after Delhi gang-rape victim dies
Full Article BBC News
29 Dec 2012

Police in India have sealed off much of the capital, Delhi, and issued an appeal for calm after the death of a woman who was gang-raped in the city. The 23-year old woman, who has not been identified, died early on Saturday at a hospital in Singapore, where she had been taken for specialist treatment. Her body is to be flown back to India for...
Indian anti-riot personnel stand guard at a check point after security was beefed up following the death of a young woman who was recently gang-raped in a moving bus in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Altaf Qadri

Fiscal cliff: Obama 'optimistic' on Senate-led deal
Full Article BBC News
28 Dec 2012

US President Barack Obama says he is "modestly optimistic" that a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" is possible, after a last-ditch White House...
File - President Barack Obama greets the children of U.S. embassy staff at a meet and greet reception at the Chulalongkorn University Sports Center in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 18, 2012.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

CAR seeks foreign help against rebels
Full Article Al Jazeera
28 Dec 2012

The president of Central African Republic (CAR) has urgently called on France and other foreign powers to help his government fend off rebels who are quickly seizing territory and approaching the capital. Speaking to crowds in Bangui, a city of some 600,000, Francois Bozize on Thursday pleaded with foreign powers to do what they could. He pointed...
In this Sunday, April 29, 2012 file photo, troops from the Central African Republic stand guard at a building used for joint meetings between them and U.S. Army special forces, in Obo, Central African Republic, where U.S. special forces have paired up with local troops and Ugandan soldiers to seek out Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
photo: AP / Ben Curtis

Imperial Lockstep
Full Article CounterPunch
27 Dec 2012

Imperial adventures are nothing new in the Middle East. Neither is their glorification, as Peter O’Toole’s pained Lawrence of Arabia eternally reminds us. But for a decade or so now, things have been heating up, as if to coincide with climate change and fears of declining petroleum reserves. Fuelled by 9/11 and inspired by material avarice, the...
U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Bobbe, security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, maintains security on the street during a key leader engagement in the Lash-e Juwayn district of Farah province, Afghanistan, Dec. 11 2012.
photo: US Navy / HMC Josh Ives

Six dead as winter snowstorms pound US
Full Article Zeenews
27 Dec 2012

Washington: Six people, including two young children, were left dead in weather-related accidents, as winter snowstorms complicated travel for many Americans in the Midwest and Northeast on Wednesday. Snow totals in parts of Indiana ranged from 6 to 12 inches, CNN reported. About 350 snowploughs were clearing roads throughout the city....
Winter snowstorms pound US
photo: WN / Janice Sabnal

Pakistan marks fifth anniversary of Benazir Bhutto murder
Full Article BBC News
27 Dec 2012

Large crowds of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) supporters are gathering to mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Ms Bhutto died in a gun and bomb attack during her 2007 election campaign. Hundreds of thousands of people have set up camp near the Bhutto family's ancestral home in Sindh province. The...
Supporters of Pakistan's slain leader Benazir Bhutto, stand beside her portrait after lighting earth lamps at a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of her death
photo: AP / K.M.Chaudary

Washington stirs for ‘fiscal cliff’ talks as Obama heads home
Full Article Khaleej Times
27 Dec 2012

Efforts to prevent the US economy from going over a ‘fiscal cliff’ stirred back to life on Wednesday with less than a week to go before potentially disastrous tax hikes and spending cuts kick in at the New Year. In a sign that there may be a way through deadlock in Congress, Republican House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner urged the...
File - President Barack Obama returns to the White House following the Tribal Nations Conference at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., Dec. 5, 2012.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

Morsi Admits ‘Mistakes’ in Drafting Egypt’s Constitution
Full Article The New York Times
27 Dec 2012

CAIRO — President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt took responsibility on Wednesday for “mistakes” during the run-up to ratification of the new Constitution and urged Egyptians to appreciate the fierce disagreements about it as a “healthy phenomenon” of their new democracy. Times Topic: Egypt NewsRevolution and Aftermath...
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to reporters during a joint news conference with Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, unseen, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt.
photo: AP / Maya Alleruzzo

Iraq: Sunnis Continue Protests Against Prime Minister
Full Article The New York Times
27 Dec 2012

Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims blocked Iraq’s main trade route to neighboring Syria and Jordan in a demonstration on Wednesday against Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, a Shiite. The size of the protests in the Sunni stronghold of Anbar Province was an escalation in protests that erupted last week after troops detained the bodyguards...
Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims blocked Iraq’s main trade route
photo: AP / Karim Kadim

Nene: PSG will let me go back to Brazil
Full Article Goal
30 Dec 2012

The Parisien attacker has fallen out of favour under Carlo Ancelotti and although Besiktas were strongly linked with the player, it seems South America is his ideal destination By Miles Chambers More On : Paris Saint-Germain, Nenê...
Left to right, Paris Saint-Germai's midfielder Jeremy Clement, midfielder Luis de Carvalho Nene of Brazil and forward Mevlut Erding react after scoring during their Europa League soccer match against F.C Karpaty Lvovat the Parc Des Princes Stadium in Paris, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010.
photo: AP / Michel Spingler

'He's a magician' - Liverpool skipper Gerrard hails Suarez after QPR rout
Full Article Goal
30 Dec 2012

The Uruguayan scored twice for the Reds as they secured an easy 3-0 win at Loftus Road on Sunday, while the captain dedicated the victory to absent manager Brendan...
Liverpool's Steven Gerrard, left, celebrates scoring against Manchester United during their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield in Liverpool, England, Sunday Sept. 23, 2012.
photo: AP / Clint Hughes

Maradona: It is great that Mourinho dropped Casillas
Full Article Goal
30 Dec 2012

The Argentine legend believes that the Portuguese trainer had every right to bench the club captain, and stated that he foresaw los Blancos' slump in form By Miles Chambers More On : Real Madrid CF, José Mourinho, Iker Casillas, Diego Armando Maradona...
Argentina's Diego Maradona, right, head coach of Al Wasl Football Club, gestures as Assistant referee Saeed Yammahi, left, and fourth referee Abdulla Al Harthi, center, laugh during the Etisalat Pro-League soccer match between Al Wasal and Sharjah in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.
photo: AP / Hassan Ammar

Wins for Chelsea and Liverpool
Full Article Sporting Life
30 Dec 2012

Frank Lampard scored twice as Chelsea rallied from conceding an early goal to beat Everton 2-1 at Goodison Park. Steven Pienaar fired the home side into the lead inside two minutes as he fired a rebound home after Victor Anichebe had headed against the post. The Toffees nearly doubled their lead shortly...
Chelsea's John Terry celebrates after scoring against Liverpool, during their English Premier League soccer match at the Stamford Bridge Stadium, London, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012.
photo: AP / Bogdan Maran

Player Ratings: QPR 0-3 Liverpool
Full Article Goal
30 Dec 2012

An insipid first-half display from the hosts ensured all three points went to the absent Brendan Rodgers' side, with Luis Suarez in particular impressing in the first 45 minutes By Joe Doyle at Loftus Road...
Liverpool's Luis Suarez, second right, celebrates his goal against Everton with teammates during their English FA Cup semifinal soccer match at Wembley Stadium in London, Saturday, April 14, 2012.
photo: AP / Tom Hevezi

Robson, Hsieh easily advance to second round at Shenzhen
Full Article TSN Canada
30 Dec 2012

SHENZHEN, China -- Seventh-seeded Laura Robson of Britain cruised into the second round of the Shenzhen Open on Sunday,...
Day 7 - Samantha Stosur (AUS) v Laura Robson (GBR) - US Open 2012 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York City, USA - September 2, 2012
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Everton manager David Moyes frustrated by 2-1 defeat to Chelsea
Full Article Sky Sports
30 Dec 2012

Everton manager David Moyes was frustrated his side got no reward from the 2-1 defeat by Chelsea....
Everton manager David Moyes
photo: AP / Tim Hales

Spanish golfer Miguel Angel Jimenez breaks leg
Full Article Philadelphia Daily News
30 Dec 2012

The Associated Press Posted: Sunday, December 30, 2012, 12:10 PM MADRID - Spanish golfer Miguel Angel Jimenez has broken his right shinbone and will be sidelined for up to five months. Jimenez said in a statement Sunday that he had surgery on his leg after injuring it while skiing Saturday. Jimenez says "I was playing well, but you have to take...
 Spain´s Miguel Angel Jimenez  (rks2)
photo: AP

Lady Gaga Bringing Teen Counseling Service on the Road
Full Article Rollingstone
30 Dec 2012

Lady Gaga is taking another big step in her effort to help troubled teens. The pop star announced Saturday she will be offering free counseling before shows on her Born This Way Ball tour in 2013....
A picture I took of Lady Gaga at The Monster Ball in Toronto on March 3rd 2011
photo: Creative Commons / RetroDanceFreak2011

Bruno Mars proud of old tracks
Full Article Music News
30 Dec 2012

Bruno Mars has vowed to sing his older songs until the day he dies. The Hawaiian-born star enjoyed worldwide success with his 2010 album Doo-Wops & Hooligans, which boasted hit singles including Just the Way You Are and The Lazy Song....
Bruno Mars performs during the Revlon Concert for the Rainforest Fund at Carnegie Hall, Tuesday, April 3, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
photo: AP / Jason DeCrow

Nicole Scherzinger: I'm a loner
Full Article Music News
30 Dec 2012

Nicole Scherzinger has always been "a loner". The singer and X Factor judge prefers her own company to spending time with others....
Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms Hotel and Casino on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, in Las Vegas.
photo: AP / Matt Sayles

'Gangnam Style' to Obamamania: 12 reasons to be cheerful about 2012
Full Article The Independent
30 Dec 2012

No. 1 Psy of the times By John Walsh Essentially, it's a comic dance in which the participants ride an invisible horse and twirl an invisible lasso. The music is the worst kind of electro-synth pop. The singer is a chubby little geezer in 1950s sunglasses. The hook-line is meaningless to anyone outside Korea. The collective dancing it encourages is...
Supporters wave flags during President Barack Obama's election night party Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
photo: AP / M. Spencer Green

Azealia Banks to quit "tacky", "unladylike" rapping?
Full Article Digital Spy
29 Dec 2012

Azealia Banks has suggested that she may give up rapping to conentrate on other types of music. Banks burst onto the scene with well-received mixtapes in 2011 before releasing the single '212', which made it to number 12 in the UK charts. Speaking to HypeTrak TV, Banks claimed she is looking to move her sound into different areas, saying: "I'd...
Rapper Azealia Banks performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Saturday, April 14, 2012, in Indio, Calif.
photo: AP / Chris Pizzello

Yoko Ono Talks About Other Beatles’ Resentment Of Becoming ‘Paul’s Band’
Full Article Yahoo Music
28 Dec 2012

Was the Beatles’ breakup partly due to the fact that the semi-democratic band was on the verge of turning into “Paul McCartney and the Beatles”? “John, in fact, was not the first one who wanted to leave the Beatles,” says Yoko Ono in a newly released interview. “Ringo one night with Maureen (Starkey, his first wife) came to John and me and said,...
 Yoko Ono stands next to some of her work at the start of her exhibition in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday, Nov. 12, 1998. The exhibition, which surveys her work from the Sixties to the present, reveals the complexity of her work across a period of t
photo: AP Photo

Did Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth secretly get married?
Full Article MuchMusic
28 Dec 2012

Miley Cyrus has sparked rumours she has married Liam Hemsworth. Speculation is mounting that the couple, who got engaged last summer, tied the knot in recent days after they posted festive photographs of themselves on Instagram in which they are both wearing what appear to be wedding bands. According to gossip website TMZ.com, 22-year-old Hemsworth...
Actor Liam Hemsworth, left, an honoree at the Australians in Film 8th Annual Breakthrough Awards, poses with his fiance Miley Cyrus on the red carpet on Wednesday June 27, 2012, in Los Angeles.
photo: AP / Chris Pizzello

Nicole Scherzinger unveils new single 'Boomerang' artwork
Full Article Digital Spy
28 Dec 2012

Nicole Scherzinger has unveiled the artwork for her new single 'Boomerang'. The X Factor judge will release the track, the first from her second solo studio album, on January 7. Scherzinger filmed the music video for 'Boomerang' last month, inviting her X Factor contestants James Arthur and Jahmene Douglas along to the shoot. Arthur went on to win...
Nicole Scherzinger performs during the iHeartRadio music festival on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
photo: AP / Chris Pizzello

Kevin Sorbo: Hercules actor and author's brush with deadly aneurysms
Full Article The Washington Times
30 Dec 2012

David Eugene Andrews Ask me a question. Follow @David_E_Andrews LOS ANGELES, December 30, 2012Kevin Sorbo, the immortal Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, reveals his brush with mortality in his book ‘True Strength’. In the late 1990s, Hercules had surpassed Baywatch as the most viewed television show in...
Kevin Sorbo
photo: Creative Commons / ricardo-pereira

Playing Bijlee was mentally draining: Anushka Sharma
Full Article Headlines India
30 Dec 2012

Mumbai, Dec 30: For Anushka Sharma, playing the role of Bijlee in "Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola" was far too complex than the roles she has done till now, and even left her mentally drained. "So far the characters which I have played have been very strong girls so I cannot play them in a relaxed way. I played them the way they...
Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma arrives to promote her upcoming movie " Band Baaja Baaraat" in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. The film is scheduled to be released on Dec.10.
photo: AP / Ajit Solanki

Movie review: Jack Reacher
Full Article NZ Herald
29 Dec 2012

Tom Cruise joins forces with Valkyrie and The Usual Suspects screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie, who takes on directing duties for this adaptation of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novel One Shot. Reacher is an ex-army military police major turned drifter, and the casting of Cruise as the imposing 114kg, 1.96m character of the page was a controversial...
Tom Cruise on MTV Live in December 2008
photo: Creative Commons / MTV Live at http://www.mtv.ca/live

McCartney, 'God particle' scientist get honors
Full Article Denver Post
29 Dec 2012

LONDONStella McCartney, who designed the uniforms worn by Britain's record-smashing Olympic team, and Scottish physicist Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the so-called "God particle," are among the hundreds being honored by Queen Elizabeth II this New Year. The list is particularly heavy with Britain's Olympic heroes, but it also includes...
The Stella McCartney (Beatle star Paul McCartney's daughter) range at H&M. The women went crazy when it was launched days ago.
photo: Creative Commons / jaimelondonboy

Cast of The Avengers at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International featuring Robert Downey Jr., Clark Gregg, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Joss Whedon and Kevin Feige 24 July 2010
photo: Creative Commons / rwoan

Marion Cotillard to be nominated for “Best Actress” for her performance in “Rust and Bone”
Full Article IMDb
27 Dec 2012

Our friend and one of our favorite actress, Marion Cotillard, is on her way to be nominated for “Best Actress” for her performance in “Rust and Bone.”...
Marion Cotillard
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DiCaprio regrets not working more after Titanic
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
27 Dec 2012

Leonardo DiCaprio regrets taking a break from acting after the success of Titanic. The 38-year-old Oscar winner began starring in commercials as a child and by the mid-Nineties was the toast of...
Leonardo DiCaprio arrives for the British Academy Film Awards in London, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005.
photo: AP / John D McHugh

David Hasselhoff just wants to perform for us
Full Article Kansas City Star
27 Dec 2012

David Hasselhoff still feels a connection with the younger generation, even though his popular TV seriesBaywatch” has been off the air for more than a decade. “When Justin Bieber comes up and goes, ‘Hoff!’ and then Selena Gomez says, ‘It’s so weird he loves you,’ it’s great. It just...
David Hasselhoff
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Troubled star opens own bar in Mexico
Full Article Hong Kong Standard
30 Dec 2012

Actor Charlie Sheen, who has a long history of hard partying and scandal, has a new nightspot in Mexico. //--> Monday, December 31, 2012 Actor Charlie Sheen, who has a long history of hard partying and scandal, has a new nightspot in Mexico. The...
 **FILE** Charlie Sheen attends a benefit at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Oct. 14, 2006 in Beverly Hills, Calif. His bride-to-be is Brooke Mueller, a real estate investor, Sheen´s spokesman, Stan Rosenfield, said Thursday, July 12, 2007. (AP Photo/Ph
photo: APphoto

2013 Nissan Altima SL (Photos)
Full Article The Examiner
30 Dec 2012

Rating for 2013 Nissan Altima SL 4 With a 2.5 Liter DOHC 16 Valve 4 Cylinder engine this FWD is equipped with above average features for less than average pricing. With Pure Drive technology and luxury car features, this large midsized sedan is outshining some of its competitors in many aspects. Although the Altima is not the complete caliber of...
2013 Nissan Altima
photo: Public Domain / IFCAR

GOP governors walk balance beam on health law
Full Article Knox News
30 Dec 2012

ATLANTA (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who made a fortune as a health care executive, long opposed President Barack Obama's remake of the health insurance market. After the Democratic president won re-election, the Republican governor softened his tone. He said he wanted to "have a conversation" with the administration about implementing the 2010...
Governor Rick Scott speaking at CPAC FL in Orlando, Florida.
photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore

Gov. Deval Patrick looks ahead to final 2 years in office
Full Article Boston Herald
30 Dec 2012

As Deval Patrick embarks on the final two years of his second - and he says his last - term as governor, the Democrat is grappling with recent failures of government oversight, a lackluster economy, a cabinet shake-up and increasing speculation about who might take his place on Beacon Hill. Still, Patrick has remained upbeat, dismissing chatter...
 Massachusetts Gov., Deval Patrick listens to a television reporter´s question after a meeting of his development cabinet at the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, Wednesday morning, April 4, 2007 in North Dartmouth., Mass. Patrick announced a
photo: (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Monti's reform path faces test beyond Italy elections
Full Article Reuters
30 Dec 2012

* February elections will test voter appetite for Monti reforms * Financial crisis averted but recession deepens voter discontent * Next government faces severe test to revive stagnant economy By James Mackenzie ROME, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Mario Monti declared "mission accomplished" when he resigned as Italy's prime minister, having seen off the debt...
Italy's new premier-designate economist Mario Monti meets with journalists at the Quirinale Presidential Palace after talks with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in Rome, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011.
photo: AP / Pier Paolo Cito

Nikkei's 23% Gain Is First Yearly Rise in Three Years
Full Article Wall Street Journal
30 Dec 2012

By BRAD FRISCHKORN TOKYOJapan's stock market closed out 2012 with its seventh gain in nine sessions and the Nikkei Stock Average logged a 23% climb for the year, its first annual gain in three years and its biggest percentage rise since 2005. Prospects for Cliff Deal Dim Japan's Call for Weaker Yen Spurs Talk of Copycat Moves...
2008–2010 Honda Jazz (GE) VTi-S hatchback, photographed in Ramsgate, New South Wales, Australia.
photo: Creative Commons / OSX

US fiscal cliff talks to keep stock markets volatile: experts
Full Article Indian Express
30 Dec 2012

Domestic stock market investors will be closely tracking US fiscal cliff talks as lawmakers are expected to come out with a budget to prevent at least a portion of over USD 600 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts from taking effect in January....
A vehicle key and two US dollar
photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba

Egypt to resume IMF loan talks as reserves dwindle
Full Article BBC News
30 Dec 2012

Egypt will soon resume talks with the International Monetary Fund over a crucial $4.8bn (£3bn) loan to shore up the economy, the prime minister says. Talks were suspended because of political turmoil over a new constitution. PM Hisham Kandil was speaking as the Egyptian pound reportedly fell to a record low against the US...
Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil, arrived through the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip on November 16, 2012. Egyptian Prime Minister Kandil arrived Friday to show solidarity with the Palestinian people following a two-day Israeli military offensive in the enclave, an Egyptian official said.Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

BREAKING NEWS: 19 DEAD! Shia pilgrims KILLED in SUICIDE bus BOMBING in Pakistan!
BREAKING NEWS: 19 DEAD! Shia pilgrims KILLED in SUICIDE bus BOMBING in Pakistan!
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A suicide bomber driving a vehicle packed with explosives rammed into a bus carrying Shia Muslim pilgrims in south-west Pakistan on Sunday, killing 19 people, a government official and witnesses said. Earlier on Sunday, 21 tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistan's troubled north-west tribal region, government officials said. Pakistan has experienced a spike in killings over the past year by radical Sunni Muslims targeting Shias who they consider heretics. The violence has been especially pronounced in Baluchistan province, where the latest attack occurred. In addition to the 19 people killed in the bombing in Baluchistan's Mastung district, 25 others were wounded, many of them critically, said Tufail Ahmed, a local political official. The blast completely destroyed the bus that was hit and damaged a second bus carrying Shias that was close by. A witness who was travelling in the second bus told Pakistan's Geo TV the first bus contained over 40 pilgrims heading to neighbouring Iran, a popular religious tourism destination for Shias. A second witness said the bomber rushed by in a truck, swerved in front of the first bus and braked suddenly. The bus slammed into the truck and then a big explosion occurred. Shias make up around 15% of Pakistan's 190 million people. They are scattered around the country but the province of Baluchistan has the largest community, mainly made up of ethnic Hazaras, easily identified by ...
  • published: 30 Dec 2012
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Racist Blacks are targeting Asian women for hate crimes in New York
Racist Blacks are targeting Asian women for hate crimes in New York
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At least five Asian women have been the victims of assaults in what the New York City Police Department is calling a hate crime spree. All of the victims were attacked in lower Manhattan in and around the Baruch Houses. Surveillance video shows five teens entering the scene of one attack that happened on March 31 at the Gompers Houses at 90 Pitt Street. Two of the teens are female; three are male. In the most recent incident, a 68-year-old woman was assaulted on Tuesday in front of 247 East Broadway at about 11 pm Police say all of the victims have been Asian and between 50-71 years old. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is looking for the attackers. Robbery does not appear to be a motive in the assaults. If you have any information on the attackers, you are urged to contact police:
http://wn.com/Racist_Blacks_are_targeting_Asian_women_for_hate_crimes_in_New_York

How is President Obama Handling the Fiscal Cliff Negotiations? 'This Week' Roundtable
How is President Obama Handling the Fiscal Cliff Negotiations? 'This Week' Roundtable
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  • Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Howard Dean, Tim Pawlenty, Maggie Haberman, Todd Purdum.
  • published: 30 Dec 2012
  • views: 228
  • author: ABCNews
http://wn.com/How_is_President_Obama_Handling_the_Fiscal_Cliff_Negotiations?_'This_Week'_Roundtable

UN envoy: 'Syria at risk of descending into hell'
UN envoy: 'Syria at risk of descending into hell'
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  • Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN envoy, has warned that without political negotiation, Syria risks descending into "hell" and becoming a failed state. Chief correspondent Alex Thomson reports on the latest from Syria. You can follow Alex Thomson on Twitter here: twitter.com
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Japan's Shinzo Abe gets second chance as PM
Japan's Shinzo Abe gets second chance as PM
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Japan's parliament has formally appointed Shinzo Abe as the new prime minister. He had previously served in the same job from 2006 to 2007. His administration will have to win over a public weary of revolving door politics and will need to convince his people that the best of times are still ahead. Al Jazeera's Gerald Tan reports.
http://wn.com/Japan's_Shinzo_Abe_gets_second_chance_as_PM

Indian Rape Victim Dies In Singapore Hospital - Delhi Bus Gang Rape Victim Dies of Organ Failure
Indian Rape Victim Dies In Singapore Hospital - Delhi Bus Gang Rape Victim Dies of Organ Failure
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crazyThe 23-year-old paramedical student, who was allegedly gangraped and brutally assaulted by six men inside a private bus in Delhi on December 16, has died. The student, who was airlifted from New Delhi to Singapore on December 26 as her condition showed no signs of improvement even after 10 days of treatment at Safdarjung Hospital, breathed her last on Saturday (December 29, 2012) due to severe organ failure following serious injuries to her body and brain.
http://wn.com/Indian_Rape_Victim_Dies_In_Singapore_Hospital__Delhi_Bus_Gang_Rape_Victim_Dies_of_Organ_Failure

President Obama on Fiscal Cliff Negotiations: 'Let's Not Miss This Deadline'
President Obama on Fiscal Cliff Negotiations: 'Let's Not Miss This Deadline'
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  • Updated: 30 Dec 2012
The president calls congressional leaders to come to an agreement before new year.
  • published: 28 Dec 2012
  • views: 2115
  • author: ABCNews
http://wn.com/President_Obama_on_Fiscal_Cliff_Negotiations_'Let's_Not_Miss_This_Deadline'

Rebels advance in Central African Republic
Rebels advance in Central African Republic
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Embattled Central African Republic president Francois Bozize, urged the United States and France to help push back rebel forces who have advanced towards the capital Bangui. The rebel coalition - known as Seleka - accuse the government of not compensating them according to the terms of a 2007 peace deal. Al Jazeera's Gerald Tan reports.
http://wn.com/Rebels_advance_in_Central_African_Republic

Afghanistan War - US Army Ambushed by Taliban - Combat Footage From Panjwa'i District
Afghanistan War - US Army Ambushed by Taliban - Combat Footage From Panjwa'i District
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  • Updated: 29 Dec 2012
YouTube video courtesy: US Army This video features B-Roll from helmet mounted video cameras of various 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment Soldiers. This contains footage of Soldiers returning fire during Insurgent attacks in Panjwa'i District. The location varies from rooftops, village street, and crop field. It also contains footage of Soldiers launching Mortar's and using the M72 Light Anti-Armor Weapon (LAW). Footage was shot in various locations in the Panjwa'i District, Kandahar Province. KABUL Afghanistan August 16, 2012 NATO Helicopter Crash Kills 11 in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan—The NATO-led international military coalition says a helicopter crash in Afghanistan has killed 11 people, including seven international service members. The military alliance said in a statement that at least three of those killed were American troops. The nationalities of the other four coalition service members were not immediately identified. The statement says four Afghans were also killed—three members of the security forces and one Afghan civilian interpreter. The coalition says it is investigating the cause of the crash. US Soldier Survives Taliban Machine Gun Fire During Firefight
http://wn.com/Afghanistan_War__US_Army_Ambushed_by_Taliban__Combat_Footage_From_Panjwa'i_District

Deadly! SNOWSTORM ravage NORTHEAST US 17 Dead, Dectruction Dec.27,2012
Deadly! SNOWSTORM ravage NORTHEAST US 17 Dead, Dectruction Dec.27,2012
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- - SUBSCRIBE FOR PREDICTIONS THAT MAY AFFECT YOU - - Dec.27,2012 Very Detructive Snowstorm strike Northeast USA UPDATES - 12 Dead - Thousands of flights cancelled - Many Buildings Destroyed - Many Trees Uprooted - Many Traffic Accidents - Heaviest in Norther New York - Jet Skidded Runway - 700 Car Crashes in Virginia - 200000 without power PREDICTION: www.youtube.com (embedded date) REVELATION Nov. 26, 2012 A very destructive snow storm is seen coming to the Northeast USA, with a lot of wind. The wind picks up materials off the Ground. There is what appears to be sand blowing. The appearance of desolation thereafter is evident. SOME PAST FULFILLLED PREDICTIONS # 10.16.12 New Zealand Strong 5.7 Earthquake fulfilled in 24 hrs www.youtube.com # 9.26.12 Scientists Discovery Confirm Weird Mega-quake www.youtube.com # 9.7.12 China Apocalyptic Earthquake 500000 Bldgs damaged www.youtube.com # 9.7.12 Clock Time of China Apocalyptic Earthquake www.youtube.com # 8.29.12 Louisiana US Hurricane Katrina Revisit by Isaac www.youtube.com # 8.12.12 London Massive Olympic Fire; Worst in 7 years www.youtube.com # 7.13.12 Christian Camp Attack; Rapes, Pillage: Predicted 5 dys before www.youtube.com # 3.11.11 Japan 9.0 Mega-quake: Predicted 12 days bfr www.youtube.com # 3.20.12 Earthquake Magnitude of 7.8 Predicted 2 days bfr: www.youtube.com # 4.11.12 Mega-quake 8.6 Magnitude & death toll: Predicted 2 wks bfr: www.youtube.com # 5.29.12 Italy Deadly Earthquake Date Depicted: 6 dys bfr www ...
  • published: 27 Dec 2012
  • views: 464
  • author: HarvestArmy
http://wn.com/Deadly!_SNOWSTORM_ravage_NORTHEAST_US_17_Dead,_Dectruction_Dec27,2012

Benazir Bhutto's death 5th anniversary Pakistan People's Party JAPAN
Benazir Bhutto's death 5th anniversary Pakistan People's Party JAPAN
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Benazir Bhutto's death anniversary Pakistan People's Party JAPAN 5th anniversary of Bhutto murder
  • published: 28 Dec 2012
  • views: 100
  • author: Nomi Shah
http://wn.com/Benazir_Bhutto's_death_5th_anniversary_Pakistan_People's_Party_JAPAN

President Obama on Fiscal Cliff Negotiations: 'Let's Not Miss This Deadline'
President Obama on Fiscal Cliff Negotiations: 'Let's Not Miss This Deadline'
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  • Duration: 10:33
  • Updated: 30 Dec 2012
The president calls congressional leaders to come to an agreement before new year.
  • published: 28 Dec 2012
  • views: 2115
  • author: ABCNews
http://wn.com/President_Obama_on_Fiscal_Cliff_Negotiations_'Let's_Not_Miss_This_Deadline'

Vox Populi: Egyptians to vote on Morsi's constitution
Vox Populi: Egyptians to vote on Morsi's constitution
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Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi has announced the referendum on the new constitution will be held on December the 15th. That's as the country is gripped by unrelenting protests, with thousands coming out both for and against Morsi. Middle East expert, Doctor Omar Ashour, says Morsi is not doing enough to pacify his opponents RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
  • published: 02 Dec 2012
  • views: 4555
  • author: RussiaToday
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Rising sectarian tide in Iraq: Sunni protests erupt over Shia-dominated Iraq government
Rising sectarian tide in Iraq: Sunni protests erupt over Shia-dominated Iraq government
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Thousands of Sunni demonstrators have gathered in Ramadi, 115 kilometres west of Iraq's capital Baghdad to protest against the country's Shiite-led government. It was the third protest against the government in less than a week.
http://wn.com/Rising_sectarian_tide_in_Iraq_Sunni_protests_erupt_over_Shia-dominated_Iraq_government

George HW Bush remains in intensive care
George HW Bush remains in intensive care
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Former President George HW Bush remains in an intensive care unit at a Houston hospital. Sanjay Gupta reports. Check out more videos from CNN at www.youtube.com Or visit our site at www.cnn.com
  • published: 27 Dec 2012
  • views: 2267
  • author: CNN
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Washington Governor Chris Gregoire, left, and North Dakota Governor John Hoeven, testify during a Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy joint hearing on “Clean Energy Jobs, Climate-Related Policies and Economic Growth - State and Local Views" on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 21, 2009, in Washington. Mother Lode of Nuggets  New York Knicks vs. Denver Nuggets 1.21.12; Madison Square Garden, New York, NY Flat-property-real estate-India. Young children playing on the ground - youth

A Bangladeshi security vehicle patrols during a half day strike called by Islamic political parties in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Li Na of China plays a shot during her final match against Kim Clijsters of Belgium at the Sydney International tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. A huge tree in the forest - environment cow milk bags - healthy food

Press Briefing - Rio +20 Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Ministro de Relações Exteriores do Brasil entrevistado por Mônica Villela Grayley, chefe da Rádio ONU em Português Fussball, UEFA Champions League, Vorrunde, Gruppenphase, Gruppe B, 4. Spieltag, FC Schalke 04 - Arsenal London, Dienstag (06.11.12), Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen: Arsenals Theo Walcott (v.r.), Torschuetze Olivier Giroud und Lukas Podolski jubeln ueber den Treffer zum 0:2. Bolivia's President Evo Morales speaks at an anniversary event for Military College in La Paz, Monday, April 20, 2009. Apple iPhone 3GS - Smartphone

HIV/AIDS Afflicts Migrants Living in Wealthy Countries Asian Football Confederation President Mohamed Bin Hammam, left, speaks as Chung Mong-joon, an outgoing FIFA vice president and an honorary chairman of the Korea Football Association, looks on during their press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Chung expressed support for Hammam, who has announced his candidacy for the FIFA presidency. Lt. Col. David G. Rabel, the Logistics Readiness Squadron Commander, with the 130th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, directs a semi-truck at Yeager Airbase in Charleston, West Virginia. The 130th Airlift Wing is the staging ground for transporting supplies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in support of relief efforts from the effects of Hurricane Sandy. The West Virginia National Guard has over 200 members aiding in recovery efforts from Hurricane Sandy.  The storm blanketed the state with heavy snow and rains and also had severe winds that left homes and properties damaged. Guardsmen are involved in numerous aspects of the operations from search and rescue missions to debris removal. (U.S. Air Force Photo by TSgt Bryan G. Stevens) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) addresses the conference’s High-Level Ministerial Roundtable, flanked by Christiana Figueres (left), Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah (left), Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar and President of COP 18/CMP 8, 5 December, 2012.

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 file photo, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks during a luncheon in Sydney. Gillard has denied Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 she personally benefited from a union fund she helped set up for a legal client and her then-boyfriend in 1995. Serena Williams speak during a news conference with her sister Venus, not visible, after leading a workshop at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre in Soweto, South Africa Shoppers test the iPhone 5 at an Apple store in San Francisco, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. The Great Barrier Reef is clearly visible from jet planes flying over it

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Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits one of the Tokyo Electric Power Co.(TEPCO) facilities at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012.
TOKYO — As Japan's newly installed prime minister toured the crippled Fukushima power plant Saturday, he made it clear he is set to review the previous government's plan to phase out nuclear power. Japanese officials say Prime Minister...
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BREAK­ING NEWS: 19 DEAD! Shia pil­grims KILLED in SUI­CIDE bus BOMB­ING in Pak­istan!
The Los Angeles Times 30 Dec 2012, ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – At least 19 people were killed by a car bomb in Pakistan on Sunday, the latest in a pattern of escalating attacks by militants in recent weeks. An explosives-laden car was detonated next to a convoy of three buses carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims from Pakistan’s western Baluchistan province to Iran. The blast also...

updated 21 Dec 2012; published 09 Apr 2010
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Racist Blacks are tar­get­ing Asian women for hate crimes in New York
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updated 30 Dec 2012; published 30 Dec 2012
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updated 30 Dec 2012; published 30 Dec 2012
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Zeenews 30 Dec 2012, London: UN-Arab League envoy to Damascus, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said that a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Syria seemed far away, adding that the country risked being slithering into ‘hell’. Following talks in Moscow with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei...

updated 29 Dec 2012; published 26 Dec 2012
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updated 30 Dec 2012; published 28 Dec 2012
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In­di­an Rape Vic­tim Dies In Sin­ga­pore Hos­pi­tal - Delhi Bus Gang Rape Vic­tim Dies of Organ Fail­ure
BBC News 29 Dec 2012, Police in India have sealed off much of the capital, Delhi, and issued an appeal for calm after the death of a woman who was gang-raped in the city. The 23-year old woman, who has not been identified, died early on Saturday at a hospital in Singapore, where she had been taken for specialist treatment. Her body is to be flown back to India for...

updated 30 Dec 2012; published 28 Dec 2012
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updated 29 Dec 2012; published 27 Dec 2012
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updated 29 Dec 2012; published 16 Aug 2012
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updated 28 Dec 2012; published 27 Dec 2012
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Dead­ly! SNOW­STORM rav­age NORTH­EAST US 17 Dead, Dec­truc­tion Dec.27,2012
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updated 28 Dec 2012; published 28 Dec 2012
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updated 30 Dec 2012; published 28 Dec 2012
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