Sunday, December 30, 2012

Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot

Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot


Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:15 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was hospitalized Sunday after doctors discovered a blood clot during a follow-up exam related to a concussion she suffered this month, her spokesman said.

'New complications' for Chavez's health

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 05:39 PM PST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is recovering from cancer surgery, has suffered "new complications," Vice President Nicolas Maduro said Sunday.

Boys missing for 10 days found in Texas

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 04:15 AM PST

Two Georgia boys were found Saturday at an Austin, Texas, hotel, ten days after authorities say their father took them on a roadtrip without telling anyone -- setting off a nationwide search.

Smell of burnt bodies in Syrian town

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 07:52 AM PST

The odor could be detected a mile away, says Abu Jafar, a day after what may be the deadliest day in Syria's 21-month civil war.

Donors fund Connecticut gun buyback

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 06:14 AM PST

Tables filled with handguns, shotguns and rifles packed a police building in Connecticut's most populous city, where a gun buyback program drew scores of gun owners -- many of whom said they were motivated to get rid of their weapons in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Columbine survivor: Choose hope

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 08:35 AM PST

Liz Carlston says that having lived through the Columbine shooting, it's important to push out the anger and keep a positive outlook.

Charter bus skids on ice, kills nine

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 05:07 PM PST

A bus in northern Oregon skidded on ice, crashed through a guardrail and tumbled a couple hundred feet down an embankment on Sunday morning, killing five people and injuring around 20.

Jet overshoots Moscow runway

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 01:20 AM PST

An airliner overshot the runway at a Moscow airport, killing four of the eight people on board. See video of the crash.

Opinion: In India, all guilty of misogyny

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 05:29 AM PST

Misogyny is so deeply rooted in India's collective psychology that even the president's son -- in this case, Congress Parliament member Abhijit Mukherjee -- could entangle himself with a remark against women protesting gang rape, Leeza Mangaldas writes.

Will Egypt's Jon Stewart be stifled?

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 03:32 PM PST

A legal complaint against Bassem Youssef, Egypt's satirical TV sensation, may have grave free-speech repercussions, says H.A. Hellyer

Massive shark tank explodes at mall

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 07:43 AM PST

Early investigations suggest low temperatures outside and warm water inside the tank caused this aquarium glass to crack.

TED Talk: Why failing is a good thing

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 12:11 PM PST

Eddie Obeng says executives and organizations live in a world where doing more of the same is no longer acceptable.

Kicker goes from YouTube to NFL?

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 08:34 AM PST

Norwegian Havard Rugland's viral video got him a tryout with the New York Jets. CNN's David Ariosto reports.

Ex-con expands 'Killer' bread biz

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 12:26 PM PST

A man in Oregon who has served four stints in prison is taking his bread-making business national.

Fiscal cliff talks stall in final hours

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 07:07 PM PST

Republicans and Democrats remain a "significant distance" apart in talks to avert a year-end combination of spending cuts and tax increases that could trigger a new recession, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday.

Obama on 'worst day of my presidency'

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:56 AM PST

President Barack Obama appeared on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday, talking about the "fiscal cliff" negotiations and priorities for his administration in his second term.

Greene: In 2013, be a first responder

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 06:48 AM PST

We don't have the courage of firefighters or emergency squads, but we can emulate them by being attuned to those in need, says Bob Greene.

Opinion: The novel U.S. needs in 2013

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 07:40 AM PST

Today's 20-somethings want to prolong their adolescence; we need a comic novel that expose their habits as ludicrous, Mark Bauerlein.

Nuns filling gaps in health care system

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 12:55 PM PST

While modernization of the Catholic Church left fewer nuns in the pipeline to carry out work in the health care and education fields, the ones who stayed -- this baby boomer generation of religious sisters -- undertook a kind of grass-roots, social justice-oriented health care.

Defying the KGB to free a people

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 12:59 PM PST

It was a decades-long movement that freed 1.5 million Soviet Jews and helped bring down the Iron Curtain. It was marked by risks, helped by outsiders -- and then largely forgotten. Now new activists want the campaign to find its way into history books and be a model for change in the face of fresh human rights abuses.

Opinion: The novel U.S. needs in 2013

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 07:40 AM PST

Today's 20-somethings want to prolong their adolescence; we need a comic novel that expose their habits as ludicrous, Mark Bauerlein.

82-year-old gets to point: Wife wanted

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 01:29 PM PST

An 82-year-old man in Oregon is asking for a wife with a "wanted" sign around his neck.

Cooper to Griffin: No nudity

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:53 AM PST

Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin get ready for their New Year's Eve show and tell how it will differ from last year.

Congress' watchdog could be silenced

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 04:36 PM PST

Its job is to flag possible conflicts of interest and even the legality of some lawmakers' actions. Now, the Office of Congressional Ethics could disappear.

Nuns filling gaps in health care system

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 04:43 PM PST

While modernization of the Catholic Church left fewer nuns in the pipeline to carry out work in the health care and education fields, the ones who stayed -- this baby boomer generation of religious sisters -- undertook a kind of grass-roots, social justice-oriented health care.

Defying the KGB to free a people

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 12:59 PM PST

It was a decades-long movement that freed 1.5 million Soviet Jews and helped bring down the Iron Curtain. It was marked by risks, helped by outsiders -- and then largely forgotten. Now new activists want the campaign to find its way into history books and be a model for change in the face of fresh human rights abuses.

Drive-thru patrons pay it forward

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 04:20 PM PST

Many customers at a Tim Horton's drive-through paid for the people behind them in line. The chain lasted three hours.

82-year-old gets to point: Wife wanted

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 01:29 PM PST

An 82-year-old man in Oregon is asking for a wife with a "wanted" sign around his neck.

Cooper to Griffin: No nudity

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:53 AM PST

Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin get ready for their New Year's Eve show and tell how it will differ from last year.

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