New York, New York (NBC/KETK) - The lighting of the Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City is a tradition that has been around for over 80 years. |
Almost five billion mobile phone location records are logged by the NSA every day, reports the Washington Post. The data is said to help the NSA track individuals, and map who they know, to aid the agency's anti-terror work. |
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona commission imposes fine of nearly $560K in deaths of 19 firefighters. Printable Version. Email This. Tweet. |
In this photo taken Nov. 22, 2013, Herb Weatherwax, seated, poses for a photo with Hauula Elementary School sixth graders from left Dawson Langinbelik, Rachel Cheney, Frank Kojima, La'a Beatty, Chase Colleado, Makoa Ahquin-Soren and Keola Baily in ... |
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday unveiled details of a plan to save at least $1 billion in personnel costs over five years through a 20 percent reduction in the number of Pentagon staff members who report to him. |
Attendees photograph U.S. President Barack Obama with their mobile phones at a Women's History Month reception at the White House in Washington, March 18. |
1 Obama's uncle: President Obama's Kenyan-born uncle, who ignored a deportation order more than two decades ago, was granted permission in Boston to stay in the U.S. |
WESTON, Fla. - A South Florida man used a crossbow to kill his wife and teenage son in their townhouse, tried to kill a second son who is a student at Florida State University and wound up dead in a motel bathroom, authorities said Wednesday. |
WASHINGTON - If you were expecting 70,000 visitors to your home for the holidays you might do this, too: Bake a 300-pound gingerbread house, decorate 24 Christmas trees, and create life-size replicas of the family's Portuguese water dogs. |
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren pledged Wednesday to serve out her full six-year term and not run for president in 2016. Warren has repeatedly denied she's interested in campaigning for the White House, but liberal Democratic activists have continued to ... |
Less than one-third of uninsured young Americans say they are likely to sign up for health insurance in the Obamacare exchanges, according to a Harvard University Institute of Polling survey Wednesday that signals President Obama's sales pitch to a key ... |
A Florida woman who was mauled by a bear as she was walking her dogs on Monday night in Longwood is expected to survive the attack. |
People shovel the walkways in Belmar shopping center in Lakewood, Colorado on Dec. 04, 2013. Photographer: RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images. |
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland officials are reacting to the publicity generated after an 11-year-old girl was told she could beg for money to help pay for her braces but couldn't sell mistletoe at the Saturday Market without a permit. |
Afternoon Update, sent weekday afternoons, keeps you up to date with breaking news and updates from later in the day. Sign Up. From wire reports Thursday December 5, 2013 5:26 AM. |
With a ruling by a federal judge on Tuesday that Detroit is eligible to enter bankruptcy, the fate of the city's art collection - one of the finest in the country - now moves front and center in the legal battle over the city's future. |
House and Senate negotiators are pushing to finalize a small-scale deal to set spending levels and replace sequester cuts for the next two years, a potential respite in the bitter budget wars consuming Congress. |
LONDON: Britain will clear Chinese telecoms equipment firm Huawei to run a UK-based cyber security centre if it agrees to tighter rules to allay spying and hacking fears, a person familiar with the matter said. |
This has been quite a year for captive chimpanzees in the United States, with one federal agency taking steps to retire most chimps owned by the government and another proposing to classify all chimps as endangered, an action that would throw up new ... |
(CNN) -- A lifetime may be too short to recover from the loss of a child, let alone just a year. Nicole Hockley knows this. Adam Lanza shot dead her 6-year-old son, Dylan.
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Winter Storm Cleon, the third named winter storm of the 2013-14 season, has already dumped a swath of locally heavy snow from the Rockies to the Upper Midwest. In both of those regions, some locations have received over 2 feet of snow.
Now, Cleon is poised to deliver its next wintry punch – a significant snow and ice storm that will stretch from the Southern Plains to the Ohio Valley as we close out the workweek. First, let's mop up the last bits of Cleon's impacts on the Rockies and Midwest.
By Thursday night, precipitation becomes heavier in parts of the Southern Plains, leading to a threat of significant icing in north Texas, southeastern Oklahoma and parts of western and northern Arkansas. North of those areas, a transition to snow can be expected along much of the I-44 corridor in Oklahoma and Missouri. East of the Mississippi, some of the rain will start changing over to freezing rain along the northern fringe of the precipitation over the Ohio Valley. The potential will exist for severe disruptions to travel and electric power.
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| Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 01:32:14 PM CST U.S., Stepping Up Role, Will Present West Bank Security Proposal to Israel | Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 01:27:17 PM CST Palestinians say Iran deal sets peace precedent | Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 12:46:51 AM CST Forget Trade Talks, Biden Is in East Asia to Stop a Potential War |
| Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 12:13:51 AM CST Nasrallah: Israel would not bomb Iran without green light from US | Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 06:37:05 AM CST Kerry: With global anti-Semitism on the rise, Israel's voice must be heard everywhere | Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 12:24:10 AM CST 'Suffering index': Which country suffers most? |
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Arizona commission OKs fine in firefighter deaths
The safety agency said forestry officials managing the Yarnell Hill Fire northwest of Phoenix failed to promptly remove downwind crews when suppression became ineffective, placing firefighters at risk.
Google's mystery barge in SF Bay under investigation
The probe will examine what permits are needed to build the barge and whether the owners of the Treasure Island pier where the vessel is moored have the proper permits.
Driving on the decline in US cities, study says
The main drivers of the change are more people working at home, fewer people commuting to work by private car and many young professionals opting not to own a car at all.
Nearly week of frigid temperatures for West
A powerful Arctic cold front blanketed the western and central United States on Wednesday, dropping heavy snows on the Colorado Rockies across to the Great Lakes.
Growing wealth gap in US hurting economic mobility
The disparity signals potentially dimmer prospects for some urban areas in a nation where cities have long been seen as beacons for jobs and opportunity, a new study said.
Report: NSA tracks billions of cellphones daily
The NSA inadvertently gathers the location records of "tens of millions of Americans who travel abroad" annually, along with the billions of other records it collects by tapping into worldwide mobile network cables.
What most millennials think of Obama
The Harvard survey respondents spread out the blame for Washington's shortcomings beyond President Obama and the Democratic Party.
US will no longer report Guantanamo hunger strikes
The military will not further hunger strike protests by reporting the numbers to the public, a military spokesman said in an e-mail.
2 skydivers dead after colliding during Ariz. jump
Witnesses reported the skydivers were descending with their parachutes open when the collision occurred, the canopies collapsed, and the pair fell.
Lawyer: Engineer in 'daze' before NYC train crash
The driver of a train that derailed on Sunday, killing four people, told federal investigators he "zoned out" shortly before the crash.
Body still buried at collapsed Washington silo
A worker is presumed dead after the silo collapsed Monday and spilled tons of corn.
Scott Walker aide fired over racist tweets
Scott Walker campaign aide Taylor Palmisano tweeted in 2011 about an "illegal mex" custodian and bus passengers who "don't know how 2 control their kids."
US court: Negligence not cause of 3rd WTC collapse
Energy company Con Ed had claimed negligence resulted in part because World Trade Center 7's tenants were allowed to install diesel backup generators.
In which US state do people swear the most?
Phone-call data were used to track the distribution of courtesy (and the lack of it) over recorded conversations.
Delta bumps passengers for UF basketball team
Passengers on a Delta flight were placed on other planes or got vouchers when a plane chartered by the University of Florida men's basketball team was grounded.
Edward Heffron, of WWII's Band of Brothers, dies
Edward J. "Babe" Heffron and the rest of his Band of Brothers fought through some of World War II's fiercest European battles. He died Sunday.
Construction worker dies at Texas A&M stadium
Angel Garcia, a 25-year-old demolition worker at Texas A&M's under-renovation Kyle Field, fell four stories and died from his injuries.
Detroit bankruptcy decision puts pensions at risk
A ruling allowing Detroit to cut pensions as a way out of its massive bankruptcy leaves thousands of retirees facing the prospect of smaller checks.
10 whales dead, dozens stranded in Everglades
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spokeswoman says four of the pilot whales were euthanized, while six others had already died.
Notre Dame challenges US contraceptive mandate
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in South Bend, Indiana, followed university discussions with the Obama Administration that sought an expanded exception for schools and universities from the requirement, Notre Dame said.
Wisc. lawmakers consider delay in Medicaid changes
Gov. Scott Walker backs a proposal to consider delaying a plan to shift people from a state Medicaid program to the federal health insurance marketplace.
Obama opens health plan sales campaign
President Barack Obama is launching a campaign urging Americans to give his health-care overhaul and its troubled web sign-up portal a fresh try.
NYC's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree to be lit
A 75-year-old Norway Spruce from Conn. will be lit as New York City's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree on Wednesday.
US House votes to extend ban on plastic guns
The Republican-led House sent the measure to the Democratic-led Senate, which is expected to consider a tougher alternative before likely approving it.
Ill. legislature OKs fix for $100B pension crisis
Labor unions oppose the measure and say they plan to file a lawsuit arguing it's unconstitutional.
Judge grants Obama's uncle residency in US
Obama is the half brother of the president's late father. He has lived in the U.S. since the 1960s. He was ordered to leave the country in 1992, but remained.
High court casts doubt on fussy frequent flyer
The justices voiced skepticism about whether an airline customer could sue after being thrown out of a frequent flyer program.
NJ boy who died of cancer getting police funeral
Michael Feeney was named honorary police chief for Ridgewood for 2013 before he succumbed to cancer last week.
Obama declares health care law is working
Despite Obama's sunny presentation at a health care event, officials are furiously working behind the scenes to rectify an unresolved issue with enrollment data.
Shark attack off Maui leaves fisherman dead
Patrick Briney, 57, of Stevenson, Wash., died Monday after he was attacked by a shark while fishing in a kayak between Maui and Molokini.
Woman walking dogs attacked by bear in Florida
A Florida woman is being treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries after being attacked by a bear while walking her dogs.
Woman sues bishops over miscarriage treatment
The suit alleges the bishops were negligent because their religious directives prevented a woman from being told that continuing her pregnancy posed grave risks.
Obamacare site clogged by surge of users
Visitors to the HealthCare.gov website were encountering fewer errors and the system now works most of the time, according to a progress report.
Fast-food strikes aim at 100 US cities
The actions are intended to call attention to the difficulties of living on the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
Lawsuit seeks to turn chimps into legal persons
"The focus here is whether a chimpanzee is a 'person'" that has access to fundamental human rights, said one expert on animal law.
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