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• Why Rice took her name off the list
• Obama, Boehner have ‘frank’ talks as fiscal cliff looms
• Year's best meteor shower happens tonight
• NYC teachers’ fund pledges $1B to post-Sandy rebuilding
• Fiscal cliff drives wedge between GOP allies
• Senate takes step toward banning stalking software
• Two-inch feather emerges from baby's neck
• Whoa: Physicists testing to see if universe is a computer simulation
• A 'tiny Christmas’ for cash-strapped families this year
• Nearly four in 10 Americans blame weather on 'end times'
• Just Explain It: Retirement vs. college savings
• ‘Best Funeral Ever’ TV show in the works
• The year in review: Top tweets of 2012

Why Rice took her name off the list Posted: 13 Dec 2012 02:47 PM PST The U.N. ambassador stunned Washington by withdrawing her name for consideration as secretary of state.

Obama, Boehner have ‘frank’ talks as fiscal cliff looms Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:52 PM PST With talks on avoiding the "fiscal cliff" locked in a pattern of public battling and private negotiating, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner met behind closed doors for 50 minutes at the White House on Thursday. Both sides agreed the discussion in the Oval Office was "frank" and insisted that the "lines [...]

Year's best meteor shower happens tonight Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:14 AM PST Earth is passing through the orbit of an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon, and astronomers think we're seeing its debris -- shooting stars, more than 50 per hour, many of them no larger than grains of sand, burning up as they plow into the atmosphere.

NYC teachers’ fund pledges $1B to post-Sandy rebuilding Posted: 13 Dec 2012 02:19 PM PST A pension fund for New York City teachers will contribute $1 billion to rebuild infrastructure damaged by Superstorm Sandy.

Fiscal cliff drives wedge between GOP allies Posted: 13 Dec 2012 03:53 PM PST Corporate leaders are helping strengthen Obama's bargaining position while small business advocates are bristling over the prospect of higher taxes.

Senate takes step toward banning stalking software Posted: 13 Dec 2012 04:54 PM PST A loophole that permits software companies to sell cyberstalking apps that operate secretly on cellphones could soon be closed by Congress.

Two-inch feather emerges from baby's neck Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:27 PM PST No one knew what was bothering 7-month-old Mya Whittington. Her discomfort stumped her parents and doctors.

Whoa: Physicists testing to see if universe is a computer simulation Posted: 13 Dec 2012 02:45 PM PST Will you take the red pill or the blue pill? Some physicists and university researchers say it's possible to test the theory that our entire universe exists inside a computer simulation, like in the 1999 film "The Matrix." In 2003, University of Oxford philosophy professor Nick Bostrom published a paper, "The Simulation Argument," which argued [...]

A 'tiny Christmas’ for cash-strapped families this year Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:34 PM PST In s still-down economy, several families share with Yahoo News how they plan on celebrating Christmas with creativity and togetherness.

Nearly four in 10 Americans blame weather on 'end times' Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:06 PM PST A poll also found that 15 percent believe that the end of the world, as predicted by the Book of Revelation, will occur in their lifetime.

Just Explain It: Retirement vs. college savings Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:43 PM PST With the cost of education rising, many parents have to decide how to pay for college. Earlier this year, a report found that the average tuition at four-year public universities increased by 15% between 2008 and 2010. Significant price increases were also found at private universities.

‘Best Funeral Ever’ TV show in the works Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:58 PM PST "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" may be about to lose its crown as most-ridiculed show on television. That's because The Learning Channel (TLC), the same network behind Honey Boo Boo and other cultural landmarks such as "Cake Boss" and "Extreme Couponing," is launching a new show based on a funeral home. EW reports that "Best [...]

The year in review: Top tweets of 2012 Posted: 13 Dec 2012 07:00 AM PST

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