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    Boehner 'flabbergasted' at 'fiscal cliff' talks

    President Obama and his team appear to have drawn a line in the sand in talks with House Republicans on the "fiscal cliff."

    This image taken from the monitoring camera of Central Nippon Expressway's Hachioji branch, Tokyo, shows the rescuers looking for the injured among fallen roof panels in the Sasago Tunnel, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. At least seven people were feared missing after parts of the tunnel collapsed Sunday on the highway west of Tokyo, trapping vehicles as smoke from a fire inside initially prevented rescuers from approaching. The words at bottom read: Sasago Tunnel (To Tokyo). (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA

    Tunnel collapse in Japan kills 9; rescue suspended

    Concrete ceiling panels fell onto moving vehi…

    FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, Kansas City Chiefs inside linebacker Jovan Belcher (59) gestures at the line of scrimmage during an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers in Kansas City, Mo. Police say Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend early Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Kansas City, Mo., then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)

    Friend: Chiefs player, slain girlfriend 'seemed fine'

    Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlf…

    • President Barack Obama, right, and first lady Michelle Obama, second from right, with the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors recipients, ballerina Natalia Makarova, left, and actor and director Dustin Hoffman, stand as the National Anthem is played during the Kennedy Center Honors Gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
      Letterman, Hoffman, Zeppelin honored by Obama AP - 3 hrs ago

      David Letterman's "stupid human tricks" vaulted into the ranks of cultural acclaim Sunday as the funnyman received this year's Kennedy Center Honors with rock band Led Zeppelin, an actor, a ballerina and a bluesman. More »Letterman, Hoffman, Zeppelin honored by Obama

      President Barack Obama, right, and first lady Michelle Obama, second from right, with the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors recipients, ballerina Natalia Makarova, left, and actor and director Dustin Hoffman, stand as the National Anthem is played during the Kennedy Center Honors Gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

      David Letterman's "stupid human tricks" vaulted into the ranks of cultural acclaim Sunday as the funnyman received this year's Kennedy Center Honors with rock band Led Zeppelin, an actor, a ballerina and a bluesman.

    • FILE - This undated handout photo provided by the Anchorage Police Department shows Israel Keyes. Keyes, charged in the death of an Alaska barista, has killed himself, and authorities say he was linked to at least seven other possible slayings in three other states. Keyes was found dead in his Anchorage jail cell Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Officials say it was a suicide. (AP Photo/Anchorage Police, file)
      Alaska murder suspect linked to 7 other killings AP - 34 mins ago

      Investigators say a man found dead of an apparent suicide in an Alaska jail was not only suspected of killing an Anchorage barista but may be linked to seven other possible slayings around the country. More »Alaska murder suspect linked to 7 other killings

      FILE - This undated handout photo provided by the Anchorage Police Department shows Israel Keyes. Keyes, charged in the death of an Alaska barista, has killed himself, and authorities say he was linked to at least seven other possible slayings in three other states. Keyes was found dead in his Anchorage jail cell Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Officials say it was a suicide. (AP Photo/Anchorage Police, file)

      Investigators say a man found dead of an apparent suicide in an Alaska jail was not only suspected of killing an Anchorage barista but may be linked to seven other possible slayings around the country.

    • FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks at Lincoln High School in Gahanna, Ohio. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. Five states announced Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, they will add at least 300 hours of learning time to the calendar in some schools starting in 2013. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)
      5 states to increase class time in some schools AP - 36 mins ago

      Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. More »5 states to increase class time in some schools

      FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks at Lincoln High School in Gahanna, Ohio. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. Five states announced Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, they will add at least 300 hours of learning time to the calendar in some schools starting in 2013. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

      Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer.

    • A supporter of Egypt's President Mursi gestures during a rally in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court in Maadi, south of Cairo
      Egypt's top court shuts down, blames protesters Reuters - 4 hrs ago

      Protests by Islamists allied to President Mohamed Mursi forced Egypt's highest court to adjourn its work indefinitely on Sunday, intensifying a conflict between some of the country's top judges and the head of state. More »Egypt's top court shuts down, blames protesters

      A supporter of Egypt's President Mursi gestures during a rally in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court in Maadi, south of Cairo

      Protests by Islamists allied to President Mohamed Mursi forced Egypt's highest court to adjourn its work indefinitely on Sunday, intensifying a conflict between some of the country's top judges and the head of state.

    • Britain considers recalling Israel envoy: source Reuters - 32 mins ago

      JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Britain is considering recalling its ambassador to Israel to protest at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to expand settlement building, a diplomatic source said on Monday. Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported that France was also considering withdrawing its envoy. Both embassies declined …

    • Third strong storm in week drenches N. Calif. AP - 39 mins ago
      A traffic control vehicle transits a flooded underpass in San Rafael, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Days of heavy rains have left the region saturated and several rivers are expected to flood their banks Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

      The third powerful storm in a week drenched an already saturated Northern California, but concerns of serious flooding eased as the system moved through faster than expected.

    • APNewsBreak: Gacy's blood may solve old murders AP - 1 hr 16 mins ago
      FILE - This 1978 file photo shows serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Three vials of Gacy's blood were recently discovered by Cook County Sheriff's detective Jason Moran. The sheriff’s office is creating DNA profiles from the blood of Gacy and other executed killers and putting them in a national DNA database of profiles created from blood, semen, or strands of hair found at crime scenes and on the bodies of victims. What they hope to find is evidence that links the long-dead killers to the coldest of cold cases and prompt authorities in other states to submit the DNA of their own executed inmates and maybe evidence from decades-old crime scenes to help them solve their own cases. (AP Photo)

      Detectives have long wondered what secrets serial killer John Wayne Gacy and other condemned murderers took to the grave when they were executed — mostly whether they had other unknown victims.

    • Bangladesh fire victims want old jobs back AP - 1 hr 10 mins ago
      FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012 file photo, a firefighter douses the inside of a burned out garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. A week after a blaze at the factory killed 112 workers, a glaring question remains unanswered: How, exactly, did brands worth fortunes end up in such a place? Retailers like Wal-Mart and Sears, whose merchandise was found in the embers, are loathe to explain. But piecing together their limited answers with records and the insight of industry experts reveals a complex and ever-morphing supply chain, in which Tazreen Fashions Ltd. was but a single, completely interchangeable link. (AP Photo/Khurshed Rinku)

      As 112 of her co-workers died in a garment-factory fire, Dipa Akter got out by jumping from the third floor through a hole made by breaking apart an exhaust fan. Her left leg is wrapped in bandages and she has trouble walking, but now she wants back in.

    • Palestinian president returns triumphantly from UN AP - 5 hrs ago
      Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, is surrounded by children during celebrations for the successful bid to win U.N. statehood recognition for Palestine in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Abbas has returned home to a hero's welcome after winning a resounding endorsement for Palestinian independence at the United Nations. Israel on Sunday roundly rejected the United Nations' endorsement of an independent state of Palestine, announcing it would withhold more than $100 million collected for the Palestinian government to pay debts to Israeli companies and earlier said it would start drawing up plans to build thousands of settlement homes. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

      President Mahmoud Abbas returned triumphantly to the West Bank on Sunday, receiving a boisterous welcome from thousands of cheering supporters at a rally celebrating his people's new acceptance to the United Nations.

    • L.A. port strike triggers fears, lobbying by businesses Reuters - 6 hrs ago
      A general view of the Port of Los Angeles, California

      A national coalition of U.S. business groups is urging an end to a strike at the twin California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach amid fears that a prolonged stand-off will cost the American economy many billions of dollars, and could even spread to the east coast.

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