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General News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

  • U.S. President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown during a press briefing at the White House in Washington
    Obama to travel to Newtown, Conn. on Sunday The Ticket - 13 hrs ago

    President Barack Obama will travel to Newtown, Conn. and meet with families of those killed in the shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School and thank emergency workers who responded to the tragedy. More »Obama to travel to Newtown, Conn. on Sunday

    U.S. President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown during a press briefing at the White House in Washington

    President Barack Obama will travel to Newtown, Conn. and meet with families of those killed in the shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School and thank emergency workers who responded to the tragedy.

  • Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner speaks to reporters in the Capitol in Washington
    White House won't accept new tax offer from Republican leader Reuters - 9 hrs ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is not ready to accept a new offer from the Republican leader of the U.S. the House of Representatives to raise taxes on top earners in exchange for major cuts in entitlement … More »White House won't accept new tax offer from Republican leader

    Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner speaks to reporters in the Capitol in Washington

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is not ready to accept a new offer from the Republican leader of the U.S. the House of Representatives to raise taxes on top earners in exchange for major cuts in entitlement programs, a source said late Saturday. The shape and details of Boehner's offer were uncertain Saturday …

  • This 2005 photo provided by neighbor Barbara Frey and verified by Richard Novia, shows Adam Lanza. Authorities have identified Lanza as the gunman who killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, inside an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. Novia was the school district's former head of security and he advised the school technology club that Adam and his older brother belonged to. (AP Photo/Barbara Frey)
    Agents visit Conn. gun shops after school massacre AP - 37 mins ago

    While white-steepled churches and President Barack Obama prepared to comfort a grieving town Sunday, federal agents planned to fan out to dozens of gun stores and shooting ranges across Connecticut, chasing leads they hoped … More »Agents visit Conn. gun shops after school massacre

    This 2005 photo provided by neighbor Barbara Frey and verified by Richard Novia, shows Adam Lanza. Authorities have identified Lanza as the gunman who killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, inside an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. Novia was the school district's former head of security and he advised the school technology club that Adam and his older brother belonged to. (AP Photo/Barbara Frey)

    While white-steepled churches and President Barack Obama prepared to comfort a grieving town Sunday, federal agents planned to fan out to dozens of gun stores and shooting ranges across Connecticut, chasing leads they hoped would cast light on the life of school shooter Adam Lanza.

  • Lt. J. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police conducts a news briefing, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. The massacre of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary school elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised more basic questions about why the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, would have been driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
    Rifle in Connecticut massacre similar to DC sniper newschannel6now.com - 11 hrs ago

    The gunman in the Newton school shooting was prepared for a massacre: An official with knowledge of the investigation tells The Associated Press three weapons were found inside Sandy Hook Elementary School and a... More »Rifle in Connecticut massacre similar to DC sniper

    Lt. J. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police conducts a news briefing, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. The massacre of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary school elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised more basic questions about why the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, would have been driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

    The gunman in the Newton school shooting was prepared for a massacre: An official with knowledge of the investigation tells The Associated Press three weapons were found inside Sandy Hook Elementary School and a...

  • Sandy Hook shooter a mystery to neighbors and former classmates The Lookout - 15 hrs ago
    Police tape blocks a road near the Lanza residnece

    "I want to know more," said Len Strocchia, who lives less than half mile away from the shooter's house.

  • Medical examiner: all Sandy Hook victims died of multiple gunshot wounds The Lookout - 16 hrs ago
    Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner H. Wayne Carver II, M.D. speaks to reporters during a news conference, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 in Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn. The victims of the shooting were shot multiple times by semiautomatic rifle, the medical examiner said Saturday, and he called the injuries "devastating" and the worst he and colleagues had ever seen. Police began releasing the identities of the dead. All of the 20 children killed were 6 or 7 years old. Carver, said he examined seven of the children killed, and two had been shot at close range. When asked how many bullets were fired, he said, "I'm lucky if I can tell you how many I found." (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

    The medical examiner investigating the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, said autopsies showed the on 20 children and six adults showed they were killed with multiple bullets fired by rifle at close range.

  • A children's choir opens 'SNL' with 'Silent Night' AP - 6 hrs ago

    "Saturday Night Live" made a rare departure from its comedic opening to pay tribute to the children and adults killed at a Connecticut elementary school.

  • Supreme Court fight looms over right to carry a gun ABC OTUS News - 3 hrs ago

    Right to carry a loaded gun in public could be next big Supreme Court battle over guns

  • Egyptians narrowly back constitution, say rival camps Reuters - 23 mins ago
    View of Tahrir Square where protesters opposing Egyptian President Mursi are camping, in Cairo

    CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians voted narrowly in favor of a constitution shaped by Islamists but opposed by other groups who fear it will divide the Arab world's biggest nation, officials in rival camps said on Sunday after the first round of a two-stage referendum. Next week's second round is likely to give another "yes" …

  • Man fires some 50 shots in California mall parking lot AP - 8 hrs ago

    A man was arrested Saturday after firing about 50 shots in the parking lot of a Southern California shopping mall, forcing a lockdown of stores crowded with holiday shoppers.

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Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 16, 2012
Either the United States will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.
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W.E.B. Du Bois, Speech at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, August 1906  
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Estimated amount of glucose used by an adult human brain each day, expressed in M&Ms: 250
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Harper's Index, October 1989  
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All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
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James Thurber (1894 - 1961)  
We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.
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Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Canterville Ghost, 1882  
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