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Officials: 6 shot, 1 fatally, on South Side

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 05:48 PM PST

A total of six people were shot, one fatally, in two shootings on the South Side, officials said.

More than 100 rifles stolen from Atlanta train car

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:08 PM PST

Federal authorities were hunting Friday for more than 100 rifles stolen from a boxcar parked in an Atlanta train yard.

Portions of Texas move back into severe drought

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:54 PM PST

A dry fall that is on track to making the record books has sent portions of Texas, including Houston and Fort Worth, back into severe drought, raising concerns about wildfires and the health of wheat crops and tree farms, climatologists said Thursday.

Missouri couple wins half of $587 million Powerball lottery

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:30 PM PST

Hill family talks about winning record lottery ticket in Dearborn, MissouriA Missouri couple who won half of a record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot said on Friday they plan to stay put in their rural community, but know their lives will be changed. "I think we'll have a good Christmas," Cindy Hill said at a news conference where she and her husband, Mark Hill, were presented as winners of the jackpot by the Missouri Lottery. Cindy Hill, 51, is a former office manager who got laid off in 2010. Mark Hill, 52, was a mechanic for Hillshire Brands, a food company, but has now quit his job. ...

Deadly, destructive 2012 hurricane season ends

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:51 AM PST

One month after SandyThe season that spawned the destruction of Sandy and Isaac has come to an end as one for the record books.

Egypt draft constitution sparks mass protest

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 02:27 PM PST

Egyptians attend a demonstration in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Liberal and secular parties held major protests against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's latest decrees granting himself almost complete powers. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)Protesters flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in the second giant rally this week, angrily vowing to bring down a draft constitution approved by allies of President Mohammed Morsi, as Egypt appeared headed toward a volatile confrontation between the opposition and ruling Islamists.

Saving face: Ind. man removing Romney-Ryan tattoo

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:46 PM PST

Eric Hartsburg, 30, poses for a photo showing his Romney-Ryan election logo tattoo Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 in Michigan City, Ind. Hartsburg, a professional wrestler, said he hoped the 5-by-2-inch tattoo would make politics more fun and had initially resigned himself to keeping it, but he is now planning to have it removed. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)A northern Indiana man who had the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan campaign logo tattooed onto his face "to make politics fun" says it's time for it to come off.

Calif. storm brings intense rain, flood warnings

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:40 PM PST

Women walk under an umbrella in front of the Golden Gate Bridge at the Marin Headlands in Marin County, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The National Weather Service says that by late morning Thursday 1 inch of rain had fallen in several hours across the western side of the county. Much of Northern California is under a variety of warnings and advisories for rain, snow and high winds. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)The second in a series of storms slammed Northern California on Friday as heavy rain and strong winds knocked out power, tied up traffic and caused flooding along some stretches.

Could the fiscal cliff kill the economy?

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 03:49 PM PST

Fiscal CliffAs the country continues to head toward the fiscal cliff, this Just Explain It helps to make sense of what it is.

Police: Wyo. murder-suicide happened during class

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:11 PM PST

Casper Police Chief Chris Walsh speaks during a newsconference Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 at Casper College in Casper, Wyo. Police say a male suspect killed two people with an edged weapon before killing himself in a classroom at the college where students were present. Police found two of those killed at a science building on the Casper College campus and the third at another location about 2 miles away. Authorities didn't identify the suspect or victims but said two were male and one was female. The suspect wasn't believed to be a student, but it appeared there was a relationship between the suspect and victims killed, Walsh said. (AP Photo/The Casper Star-Tribune, Alan Rogers) MANDATORY CREDIT TRIB.COMA man wielding a sharp-edged weapon killed one person in a Casper neighborhood Friday before killing a male teacher and himself in front of students in a community college classroom, causing a campus-wide lockdown as authorities tried to piece together what happened.

In the word world, coding is the new black

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 01:18 PM PST

A computer keyboard is seen in BucharestLiterary work—editorial work—is now computer work. We've known it, on some level, for years. But now it's right there in the job descriptions. And Thompson's might not have been such a striking tweet if it didn't come two weeks after Wired magazine announced a new editor in chief. An eloquent TED talker from MIT with three bestsellers about digital literacy and neuroplasticity?

Cutler fined $10K for flipping ball

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 01:57 PM PST

Jay Cutler was fined $10,000 for taunting, according to a league source. He flipped the ball at Vikings cornerback A.J. Jefferson and was flagged late in the first quarter.

Pelosi vows to force tax rate vote

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 01:28 PM PST

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flanked by Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., left, and Rep. Steve Israel, D-NY, right, speaks to reporters just after meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the fiscal cliff negotiations, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The The House minority leader plans to file a "discharge petition" that would force a vote if 218 House members sign it.

Iranian Navy unveils unusually blue submarine

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 01:17 PM PST

It looks like the Iranian Navy really wanted people to see its new submarine. In a live broadcast on state TV on Wednesday, the Islamic Republic showed off a new Sina 7 submarine that is painted in an unusually bright turquoise blue hue. So, why exactly would any military want to design its ship in [...]

Cutler fined $10,000 for flipping ball at Viking

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 01:37 PM PST

Jay Cutler was fined $10,000 for taunting, according to a league source. He flipped the ball at Vikings cornerback A.J. Jefferson and was flagged late in the first quarter.

Three dead after attack at Wyo. community college

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:56 PM PST

A Natrona County Sheriff's deputy stands watch at the scene of a reported homicide at Casper College on Friday morning, Nov. 30, 2012, in Casper, Wyo. At least one person was killed and another was wounded Friday in an attack at Casper College, a community college in central Wyoming. It happened around 9 a.m., said school spokesman Rich Fujita. (AP Photo/Casper Star-Tribune, Alan Rogers) MANDATORY CREDIT TRIB.COMPolice found two of those killed at a science building on the Casper College campus and the third at another location about 2 miles away.

DNA directly photographed for first time

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:31 AM PST

DNA Directly Photographed for First TimeFifty-nine years after Watson and Crick deduced the double-helix structure, a scientist has captured the first direct photograph of the ladder that props up life.

Twitter typo calls for ’1-state solution’ to Mideast conflict

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:37 AM PST

Social media's greatest asset is also its greatest liability: the ability to reach millions of people around the world with the click of a button. Such was the case on Thursday, when the United Nations accidentally published a tweet calling for a "1-state solution" to the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. At 2 [...]

Principal punishes boys with public hand-holding

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:59 PM PST

An Arizona school district has condemned the in-school discipline at one of its high schools after two boys were forced to hold hands in front of their classmates as a punishment for fighting.

Missouri couple claims half of record Powerball jackpot

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:33 PM PST

Powerball winnersThe lucky winners of half of the $587.5 million jackpot have been identified as Mark and Cindy Hill of Dearborn, Mo., their working-class lives suddenly taking a turn to the financial stratosphere.