Los Angeles wind storm disrupts flights, cuts power (Reuters)

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• Los Angeles wind storm disrupts flights, cuts power (Reuters)
• Obama raises U.S. goal on fighting AIDS (Reuters)
• As recession took hold, families sought cash help (Reuters)
• What's Missing for 2012: The Anger Gene (Time.com)
• Holiday Shopping: Will Cyber Monday Outshine Black Friday? (Time.com)
• Police set up barricades at Occupy San Francisco site (Reuters)
• It's on: The new National Christmas Tree lights up (AP)
• Penn State pledges $1.5M for sex-crimes groups (AP)
• Police: Father fatally shoots 4 kids, wounds wife (AP)
• Jackson legacy expected to thrive after trial (AP)
• Clinton meets Suu Kyi, lays down reform markers (AP)
• Strong winds down trees and power lines in West (AP)
• Honda worker's immigration charges dropped in Ala. (AP)
• Railroad strike averted with agreements, extension (AP)
• Senate rejects, for now, extending payroll tax cut (AP)
• Senate approves $662 billion defense bill (AP)
• Wife: US official accused in Chile has Alzheimer's (AP)
• Ex-Officer gets 5 years for shootings cover-up (AP)
• TSA probes profiling allegations in Honolulu (AP)
• Job creation tax credits falling short in states (AP)

Los Angeles wind storm disrupts flights, cuts power (Reuters) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 06:38 PM PST Reuters - A powerful wind storm with gale-force gusts left much of the Los Angeles area strewn with toppled trees and downed power lines on Thursday, slowing traffic, damaging homes and knocking out electricity to over 350,000 customers.

Obama raises U.S. goal on fighting AIDS (Reuters) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:55 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama vowed to boost U.S. efforts to fight AIDS with a new target of providing treatment to 6 million people worldwide by 2013, up from an earlier goal of 4 million.

As recession took hold, families sought cash help (Reuters) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 03:48 PM PST Reuters - The number of families collecting cash welfare benefits rose during the longest and deepest economic downturn in the United States since the Great Depression, the U.S. Census said on Thursday.

What's Missing for 2012: The Anger Gene (Time.com) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 05:50 PM PST Time.com - Let's face it, Americans are angry

Holiday Shopping: Will Cyber Monday Outshine Black Friday? (Time.com) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 05:50 PM PST Time.com - Nearly every retailer with an online presence will host special promotions or discounts, and the rise in sales is expected to surpass even that of Black Friday

Police set up barricades at Occupy San Francisco site (Reuters) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 07:29 PM PST Reuters - Police erected barricades on Thursday around a San Francisco park where hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters braced for eviction two days after failing to agree to a city plan for relocating their camp.

It's on: The new National Christmas Tree lights up (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 06:01 PM PST AP - The new National Christmas Tree is settling into its new digs just south of the White House.

Penn State pledges $1.5M for sex-crimes groups (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 04:36 PM PST AP - Penn State will donate $1.5 million in bowl proceeds to a pair of groups that work with sex-crime victims, a gesture aimed at healing the school's battered image in the wake of child sex charges against a former assistant football coach.

Police: Father fatally shoots 4 kids, wounds wife (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 06:40 PM PST AP - Laura Gonzalez was happy to be back at work after three weeks away that included a stay at a battered women's shelter. She saw it as the beginning of a new life. One without her husband and the father of her four children, she told co-workers. She wasn't going back to him this time, she said, and left for home.

Jackson legacy expected to thrive after trial (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 03:28 PM PST AP - The private world of Michael Jackson, fiercely shielded by the superstar in life, was exposed in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. But rather than suffering harm from revelations of drug use, experts say Jackson's legacy and posthumous earning power will survive any damage done and could actually grow after he was portrayed as a victim of a money-hungry doctor.

Clinton meets Suu Kyi, lays down reform markers (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 07:30 PM PST AP - Wrapping up a historic three-day visit to Myanmar on Friday, Hillary Rodham Clinton met for a second time in as many days with former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, this time for a more formal meeting at the lakeside residence where the Nobel laureate was kept under house arrest for much of the last two decades.

Strong winds down trees and power lines in West (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 07:10 PM PST AP - The most powerful winds to tear across California in years kept 9-year-old Dalen Guyton up late into the night. Then, around midnight, came the boom.

Honda worker's immigration charges dropped in Ala. (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 05:46 PM PST AP - A judge has dropped immigration and driving charges against a Japanese employee at a Honda car plant in Alabama, the second foreign auto worker who had been charged under a new state law against illegal immigration.

Railroad strike averted with agreements, extension (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 06:06 PM PST AP - The nation's freight railroad industry averted a potentially costly strike on Thursday after resolving differences with two of its unions and agreeing to extend talks with a third.

Senate rejects, for now, extending payroll tax cut (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 07:17 PM PST AP - The Senate on Thursday sidetracked rival plans to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut, in dueling votes that pave the way for negotiations on a compromise on a core component of President Barack Obama's jobs program.

Senate approves $662 billion defense bill (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 06:33 PM PST AP - Ignoring a presidential veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a massive, $662 billion defense bill that would require the military to hold suspected terrorists linked to al-Qaida or its affiliates, even those captured on U.S. soil, and detain some indefinitely.

Wife: US official accused in Chile has Alzheimer's (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 06:14 PM PST AP - An ex-U.S. Navy officer named in a Chilean extradition request tied to the 1973 execution of two Americans during the Pinochet dictatorship has Alzheimer's and is living in a U.S. nursing home, his wife said Thursday.

Ex-Officer gets 5 years for shootings cover-up (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 02:36 PM PST AP - A former police officer has been sentenced to the maximum of five years in prison for helping cover up deadly shootings of unarmed residents on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina.

TSA probes profiling allegations in Honolulu (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 05:39 PM PST AP - The Transportation Security Administration said Thursday that it is investigating allegations that screeners at Honolulu International Airport have targeted Mexican travelers for extra screening.

Job creation tax credits falling short in states (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 04:25 PM PST AP - For residents in the rural Midwest, the governor's announcement was golden: A global company with Chinese ownership planned to hire 612 people at a new factory making artificial sweetener.

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