Obama Invokes Newtown on 'Cliff' Deal

Invoking the somber aftermath of the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., President Obama today appealed to congressional Republicans to embrace a standing "fair deal" on taxes and spending that would avert the fiscal cliff in 13 days."If there's one thing we should have after this week, it should be a sense of perspective about what's important," Obama said at a midday news conference."I...

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Virginia Tech mom: Ignore gun lobby

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HK probes Jackie Chan "guns and grenades" claim

HONG KONG: Hong Kong police said they will investigate comments made by action star Jackie Chan that he had used guns and grenades to confront triad gang members.The Rush Hour star told the Guangzhou-based Southern People Weekly magazine that he had been "bullied" by triads, or the Chinese organised crime societies, that were once powerful and thrived in the Asian financial hub."In the...

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Sandy Hook students won't return to class until January

STORY HIGHLIGHTS6-year-olds Jessica Rekos and James Mattioli are laid to restSchool won't start for Sandy Hook children until January The NRA says it is "prepared to offer meaningful contributions"Investigators are so far unable to retrieve data from a computer taken from the gunman's homeWatch CNN's LIVE TV coverage of the Connecticut elementary school shooting as the story continues to unfold. People...

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Texas school district encourages armed teachers for protection

HARROLD, Texas -- There's at least one school that welcome firearms to class. It believes nothing makes a school safer than teachers who are armed, The Harrold Independent School District is one building with 103 students. It's 20 minutes away from the nearest sheriff's station. Superintendent David Thweatt created what he calls a "guardian plan" after the attack at Virginia Tech. "These people...

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Honor the victims -- with action

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S. Korea presidential rivals in final push for votes

SEOUL: The two rivals for South Korea's presidency made a final pitch to voters Tuesday -- the eve of an election that looks set to go down to the wire and could produce the country's first female leader.The eventual winner of Wednesday's ballot will face numerous foreign and domestic challenges, including a pugnacious North Korea, a slowing economy and soaring welfare costs in one of...

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Watch Dallas Mavericks try to sing

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Obama moves on taxes in latest "cliff" counter-proposal

President Obama gave up Monday on his demand for higher taxes on households earning $250,000 and upped it to $400,000 while embracing smaller cost-of-living Social Security raises in a counter-proposal to House Speaker John Boehner meant to narrow differences and forge a pre-Christmas "fiscal cliff" deal. Mr. Obama and Boehner met for nearly an hour in the Oval Office on Monday and sources familiar...

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Gun control: Change is possible

Parishioners pay their respects to the victims of the elementary school shooting in Connecticut.STORY HIGHLIGHTSIn Australia, one massacre turned the tide in favor of gun controlJust 12 days after the shootings nationwide gun law reform announcedAlpers: Risk of dying by gunshot in Australia fell by more than 50% -- and stayed thereEditor's note: Philip Alpers is Adjunct Associate Professor at the...

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