| Boehner scraps his fiscal cliff plan after failing to get votes Posted: 20 Dec 2012 05:39 PM PST House Speaker John Boehner's Plan B proposal to avert the looming fiscal cliff's automatic tax increases has failed to get enough Republican support, he said Thursday night  |
| Blizzard pounds upper Midwest Posted: 20 Dec 2012 05:40 PM PST Blinding snow is blamed for a deadly 30-car pileup on I-35 near Fort Dodge, Iowa. Much of I-80 is closed in Nebraska and Wisconsin has declared a state of emergency.  |
| Photos Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:55 AM PST Photos: Blizzard strikes the midwest  |
| Chinese ships near disputed islands Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:29 PM PST Three Chinese ships entered into Japanese territorial water near the disputed Senkaku Islands on Friday morning and were staying despite a warning from a Japanese Coast Guard ship, the coast guard said.  |
| Disabled man pepper-sprayed, cuffed Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:53 PM PST His eyes stinging with pepper spray, a developmentally disabled 21-year-old man was hit and forced to the ground before being taken into custody by California sheriff's deputies in an incident that left his family Thursday demanding justice.  |
| NTSB: Crashed copter was overloaded Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:45 PM PST A helicopter that crashed into the East River, killing two of the five people aboard, was over its weight capacity when it went down in October 2011, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released Thursday.  |
| Facebook tests paid messages Posted: 20 Dec 2012 03:41 PM PST How much would you pay to contact a stranger? Facebook is sprucing up its messaging system, and the most interesting change is a move to charge people to send a message to someone outside their network.  |
| Avlon: Goodbye, Postal Service? Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:09 PM PST It's the time of year for dashing through the snow to the crowded post office, with arms full of holiday gifts for family and friends.  |
| Missing reporter's parents' holiday plea Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:51 PM PST The parents of an American journalist missing in Syria have a new message for his captors: "Let us be a whole family again."  |
| Bergen: Bin Laden film stretches truth Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:49 PM PST Peter Bergen says the film is attracting growing criticism for exaggerating the role of coercive interrogations in finding bin Laden.  |
| WikiLeaks to post 1 million documents Posted: 20 Dec 2012 03:42 PM PST WikiLeaks is preparing to release more than a million documents next year, the controversial website's founder said Thursday.  |
| Opinion: Reproduction without sex Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:34 PM PST Last year on the 50th anniversary of the creation of the contraceptive pill its inventor Carl Djerassi spoke of the coming dramatic changes to reproductive options -- of the technologies that will have just as big an impact on society in the 50 years to come.  |
| NYC marathoners can get fee refund Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:36 PM PST They never got to run their race because of Superstorm Sandy, but ING New York City Marathon entrants can now at least recoup their entry fee, organizers of the marquee 26-mile test of human endurance said Thursday.  |
| Is the pay phone making a comeback? Posted: 20 Dec 2012 11:23 AM PST As a symbol of communication, refuge or romantic longing, the pay phone is an enduring cultural icon.  |
| Inmates flee high-rise using floss Posted: 20 Dec 2012 01:29 PM PST Convicted bank robbers made a daring escape from a high-rise federal jail in Chicago using sheets and dental floss.  |
| Transgender, 51, plays college ball Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:49 PM PST Northern California junior college player is 6'7" and her teammates say, "Who doesn't want that." KOVR reports.  |
| Kids turn old grease into fuel Posted: 20 Dec 2012 03:52 AM PST Cassandra Lin's group collects used cooking oil, refines it and donates it to help people heat their homes.  |
| Conan's 'least viral' videos of 2012 Posted: 20 Dec 2012 03:43 AM PST Wake up your dad, grab your shoe polish and watch Conan's top 5 least viral videos of 2012.  |
| Shooter's mom buried in private Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:29 PM PST Trying to move at warp speed in a city accustomed to a more glacial pace, President Barack Obama's administration began its effort to change U.S. gun laws on Thursday, less than a week after the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting that shocked the nation.  |
| Parents defend guns in the home Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:55 PM PST Growing up in Louisiana and Texas in the home of a part-time deputy sheriff, guns were a constant presence in Robin's childhood.  |
| Reporter: Military fascinated Lanza Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:20 PM PST Erin Burnett talks with reporter Marian Gail Brown who says Adam Lanza was interested in joining the military.  |
| Websites to go dark in remembrance Posted: 20 Dec 2012 01:52 PM PST Some major websites will go dark for one minute Friday at 9:30 a.m. ET as part of a national moment of silence for the victims of last week's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.  |
| Bullet-proof backpack sales surge Posted: 20 Dec 2012 05:56 PM PST Since the shooting at Newtown, sales of bullet-resistant products are surging. CNN's Miguel Marquez reports.  |
| Scam uses young victim's name Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:44 AM PST CNN's Drew Griffin exposes a woman's scam collecting money in victims' names from the Newtown school shooting.  |
| Your tributes to the bravery of Aesha Posted: 20 Dec 2012 01:53 PM PST The evolving story of Aesha, disfigured by the Taliban and featured on a Time magazine cover, has captivated people worldwide. CNN showcases your tributes to her courage.  |
| Dying boy becomes honorary soldier Posted: 20 Dec 2012 05:33 PM PST A boy with terminal cancer always wanted to be a soldier so the 200th Military Police Command granted his wish.  |
| Rare mystery illness made her psychotic Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:30 AM PST Susannah Cahalan was living a normal life until one day she became psychotic and violent. HLN's Dr. Drew talks with her.  |
| In the dog house: Bizarre kennels Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:25 AM PST It may be tough to teach old dogs new tricks, but perhaps they can learn to live in new houses. Japanese graphic designer and curator Kenya Hara has made it his mission to find out.  |
| Bad job -- or joke Christmas trees? Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:31 PM PST CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on several bizarre Christmas tree displays.  |
| Mayan apocalypse now? Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:50 PM PST Tick tock. Some believe the world is coming to an end Friday based on the Mayan calendar. But real Mayans aren't buying it. Here's why.  |
| Parents defend guns in the home Posted: 20 Dec 2012 05:48 PM PST We've learned Adam Lanza grew up with guns and went target shooting with his mother. Now the school shooting in Newtown has renewed debate over the wisdom of keeping guns in homes with children.  |
| Blizzard blasts upper Midwest Posted: 20 Dec 2012 03:32 PM PST A blizzard in the upper Midwest is proving potent enough to cut power to tens of thousands of homes and force schools to call it quits from Nebraska to southern Wisconsin.  |
| Father: My son was my best friend Posted: 20 Dec 2012 07:58 PM PST Piers Morgan talks with Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son Jesse was killed in the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting.  |
| Living under a shroud of grief Posted: 20 Dec 2012 11:01 AM PST Those in Newtown, Connecticut, speak of how their lives, and their town, have been scarred forever by the school massacre. There is little comfort. There is much disbelief.  |
| Somber final journey for Newtown victims Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:51 AM PST Funeral processions continue in Newtown, Connecticut, for shooting victims. CNN's Sandra Endo reports.  |
| Opinion: Not man enough? Buy a gun Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:47 AM PST Marketers have long told potential customers that if you used their product, it would do more than satisfy your consumer desires, it would make you into the kind of person you want to be.  |
| Gun legislation Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:18 AM PST Days after the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, demands from the public and lawmakers for tougher gun control legislation were met by President Barack Obama's call for a re-examination of the country's gun laws.  |
| Blizzard Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:16 AM PST Does the end of the world start with a snowstorm?  |
| Benghazi report Posted: 20 Dec 2012 11:48 AM PST The year 2012 was supposed to herald Hillary Clinton's swan song, a golden departure amid speculation that she might consider another run at the presidency in 2016.  |
| Fiscal cliff Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:23 AM PST A scheduled showdown vote Thursday evening in the U.S. House will determine how Congress and the White House proceed on fiscal cliff negotiations.  |
| Doomsday Posted: 20 Dec 2012 05:40 AM PST There may be no one left on earth to say TGIF this week.  |
| Miss Universe Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:19 AM PST For the first time in 15 years, an American has won the Miss Universe pageant.  |
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