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• Wild winter weather mix includes record warmth
• Fears of civil war in South Sudan grow
• Government airstrikes kill at least 32 in Syria
• Rebels hold key oil capital in South Sudan
• Apple reaches deal to bring iPhone to China Mobile
• Weak US card security made Target a juicy target
• NYPD: Man, 3-year-old son dead in building fall
• Folks in Louisiana town stand by reality TV family
• Romo throws late TD; Cowboys beat Redskins 24-23
• Khodorkovsky will work to free political inmates
• Lt Gov: Duck Dynasty important to La. tourism
• Recession-hit Spain holds huge Christmas lottery
• Iceland's hidden elves delay road projects
• Icons of Egypt's protest movement imprisoned
• 'The Hobbit' holds off 'Anchorman 2' with $31.5M
• Venezuela car owners unfazed by planned fuel hike

Wild winter weather mix includes record warmth Posted: 22 Dec 2013 10:59 AM PST The first full day of winter is delivering a wild mix of weather across the U.S., from ice and power outages in Michigan, New York and parts of northern New England, to snow in sections of the Midwest, to fatal flooding in southern states and even record-setting warm temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic.

Fears of civil war in South Sudan grow Posted: 22 Dec 2013 12:32 PM PST South Sudan's government said on Sunday rebels had seized the capital of a key oil-producing region and fears grew of all-out ethnic civil war in the world's newest country.

Government airstrikes kill at least 32 in Syria Posted: 22 Dec 2013 11:14 AM PST Syrian aircraft pummeled an opposition neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least 32 people and extending the government's furious aerial bombardment of the rebel-held half of the divided city to an eighth consecutive day.

Rebels hold key oil capital in South Sudan Posted: 22 Dec 2013 02:47 PM PST KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — South Sudan's central government lost control of the capital of a key oil-producing state Sunday, the military said, as renegade forces loyal to a former deputy president seized more territory in fighting that has raised fears of full-blown civil war in the world's newest country.

Apple reaches deal to bring iPhone to China Mobile Posted: 22 Dec 2013 04:42 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Apple says it has reached a deal to bring the iPhone to China Mobile, the world's biggest phone carrier.

Weak US card security made Target a juicy target Posted: 22 Dec 2013 12:16 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. is the juiciest target for hackers hunting credit card information. And experts say incidents like the recent data theft at Target's stores will get worse before they get better.

NYPD: Man, 3-year-old son dead in building fall Posted: 22 Dec 2013 04:11 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — A man and his 3-year-old son plummeted to their deaths from a Manhattan apartment building, police said Sunday as they investigated what led to the tragedy.

Folks in Louisiana town stand by reality TV family Posted: 22 Dec 2013 04:13 PM PST WEST MONROE, La. (AP) — "Faith. Family. Ducks." It's the unofficial motto for the family featured in the TV reality show Duck Dynasty and that homespun philosophy permeates nearly everything in this small north Louisiana town.

Romo throws late TD; Cowboys beat Redskins 24-23 Posted: 22 Dec 2013 03:33 PM PST LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — On fourth down, feeling the season was on the line, Tony Romo dropped back, scrambled forward and found the correct color uniform. DeMarco Murray made the catch, his momentum taking him into the end zone for the winning score.

Khodorkovsky will work to free political inmates Posted: 22 Dec 2013 10:39 AM PST BERLIN (AP) — Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian oligarch who crossed President Vladimir Putin and ended up in jail for a decade, says he plans to devote his life to securing the freedom of the country's political prisoners.

Lt Gov: Duck Dynasty important to La. tourism Posted: 22 Dec 2013 03:45 PM PST NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's lieutenant governor says the "Duck Dynasty" reality TV show is important to state tourism — and he could help connect the Robertson family with new producers if they cannot reach agreement with the A&E network.

Recession-hit Spain holds huge Christmas lottery Posted: 22 Dec 2013 09:36 AM PST MADRID (AP) — Champagne corks popped around Spain on Sunday as jubilant winners celebrated scooping up prizes in the country's famed Christmas lottery, the world's richest.

Iceland's hidden elves delay road projects Posted: 22 Dec 2013 10:18 AM PST REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories abound of the "hidden folk" — thousands of elves, making their homes in Iceland's wilderness.

Icons of Egypt's protest movement imprisoned Posted: 22 Dec 2013 12:53 PM PST CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court handed down prison sentences to three of the country's most prominent youth activists Sunday in the first use of a controversial new protest law, a harsh warning to the secular groups that supported the military's ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi but have since grown critical of the army-backed government that replaced him.

'The Hobbit' holds off 'Anchorman 2' with $31.5M Posted: 22 Dec 2013 12:16 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — On a busy pre-Christmas weekend at the box office, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" held off a very different sequel, "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues."

Venezuela car owners unfazed by planned fuel hike Posted: 22 Dec 2013 10:29 AM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Owners of the 1970s-era gas guzzling trucks and sedans that have long reigned over Caracas' smog-filled roadways will soon have to pay a bit more to keep flaunting their energy-inefficient monsters.

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