Obama Offers Fiscal Plan Close to GOP's, but Hurdles Remain

Obama Offers Fiscal Plan Close to GOP's, but Hurdles Remain
New York Times
WASHINGTON - President Obama delivered to Speaker John A. Boehner a new offer on Monday to resolve the pending fiscal crisis, a deal that would raise revenues by $1.2 trillion over the next decade but keep in place the Bush-era tax rates for any ...

Highly Cited:Boehner's offer heats up fiscal cliff talks

Rapper Tyga Crashes Lamborghini Aventador

Rapper crashes his Lamborghini: Tyga posts Lamborghini crash ...
Rapper Tyga has crashed his Lamborghini, and he’s letting everyone know about it online. Posting the pictures to Instagram, Tyga’s crash showed his ...

Rapper Tyga Crashes Lamborghini Aventador - autoevolution
Rapping about women, alcohol and substances must be the most lucrative business in the world, because Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson aka Tyga has more of them than he ...

HBO, Martin Scorsese Partner on Bill Clinton Documentary

Bill Clinton Documentary: Martin Scorsese To Make HBO Movie ...
Bill Clinton and Martin Scorsese will team for a new documentary about the 42nd President of the United States. The film, which will air on HBO, was ...

HBO, Martin Scorsese Partner on Bill Clinton Documentary ...
HBO and Martin Scorsese are partnering on a documentary about Bill Clinton, with the full cooperation of the 42nd president, the network announced Monday.

NRA Facebook page goes dark, Twitter quiet

MSN CA
The National Rifle Association's main Facebook page isn't accessible, and its Twitter account is quiet three days after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary ...

#RIP Breaking News: Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, dies of respiratory complications

#RIP Besse Cooper, World's oldest person dies at age 116

World's oldest person dies at age 116 - CNN.com
Besse Cooper of Monroe, Georgia, celebrates her 116th birthday. She was certified as the world's oldest person by Guinness World Records in 2011.

Nancy Lanza loved guns

Adam Lanza’s Mother Was a Gun Enthusiast, Friends Say ...
NEWTOWN, Conn. — Nancy Lanza loved guns, and often took her sons to one of the shooting ranges here in the suburbs northeast of New York City, where ...

Nancy, Adam Lanza financially comfortable after her divorce
- The Journal News
Stamford Superior Court, where Peter and Nancy Lanza's divorce was granted.

NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel missing in Syria ...

NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel is missing in Syria, according to Turkish news reports. A Turkish journalist working with Engel, Aziz Akyavaş, is ...

Report: NBC reporter Richard Engel, producer missing in Syria ...
NBC's Middle East bureau chief reporter Richard Engel and his producer have reportedly been out of contact with the network since Thursday. Turkey’s NTV ...

Shares of gun maker Smith & Wesson tumble after Connecticut shooting

Shares of gun maker Smith & Wesson tumble after Connecticut shooting
Los Angeles Times
Stock prices of gun makers have tumbled on Wall Street amid a surge in discussion about gun control in the aftermath of the devastating shooting at a Connecticut elementary school last week.

Highly Cited:Smith & Wesson Declines Amid Talks Over Gun Control

The five best tech toys of 2012

The five best tech toys of 2012
San Jose Mercury News
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Every year I try to keep an eye out for innovative toys. That's partly because I like techie things, but mostly because I love toys.

Cowboys' Dez Bryant faces possible bone graft surgery after season

Playoffs delay Dez's surgery - Dallas Cowboys' Dez Bryant ...
IRVING, Texas -- If the Dallas Cowboys didn't have legitimate playoff hopes, wide receiver Dez Bryant said he would have undergone season-ending surgery on ...

Dez Bryant putting off surgery for chance at playoffs - NFL.com
Dez Bryant said a chance to help lead the Dallas Cowboys to the playoffs has kept him from having surgery on his broken finger.

Cowboys' Bryant faces possible bone graft surgery after season
- The SportsXchange
Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant likely will undergo surgery that requires a bone graft after the season to repair his broken left finger.

Wreck of Soviet Submarine S-8 found

Submarine US Navy News Military / Sunken submarines - ships ...
Using information obtained from outside sources Russian divers found the wreck of ... Flier is the fifth sunken World War II U.S. submarine to be found since ...

Wreck of Soviet Submarine S-8 found - The Omega Connection ...
Soviet Submarine S 8 is found . According to a Swedish TV news broadcast of August 20th, 19999, it is now believed that the wreck of Soviet Submarine first identified ...

#UP Michael Douglas' son Cameron suffers broken leg and fingers after being beaten-up in prison for 'ratting' on his drug dealers

Douglas son beaten in prison: Cameron has broken leg, fingers ...
Michael Douglas' son was beaten in prison. Cameron Douglas was left with a broken leg and a few broken fingers following a jail brawl.

Seahawks Run Fake Punt Against Bills With 30-Point Lead

Seahawks Run Fake Punt Against Bills With 30-Point Lead
For the second week in a row, the Seahawks put up 50 points -- this time in a blowout win over the Bills. And, not coincidentally, they faced accusations ...

December 21, 2012 'Doomsday' #funny

December 21, 2012 'Doomsday': US Hotel and Restaurant Marketers Promote ...
Latinos Post
Visitors look at a detailed copy of a Mayan hieroglyphic text known as the Dresden codex in Guatemala City October 22, 2007. The original document, which dates from the 13th century, turned up in Dresden, Germany in 1739 where it is ...

The End of the World Is (not) Nigh
Wall Street Journal
Have you heard the doomsday theory about how a rogue planet is going to crash into Earth on Friday and kill us all? Amateur astronomer Bill Hudson says that it simply isn't true, and he can prove it—scientifically. The prediction is supposedly based on the ...

Mayan prophecy sparks dread, celebration worldwide
Businessweek
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The clock is ticking down to Dec. 21, the supposed end of the Mayan calendar, and from China to California to Mexico, thousands are getting ready for what they think is going to be a fateful day. The Maya didn't say much about what ...

#UP Silvio Berlusoni, Former Italy Prime Minister, Gets Engaged

Huffington Post
MILAN - A Milan court fined a Moroccan woman at the center of Silvio Berlusconi's sex-for-hire scandal (EURO)500 ($650) on Monday for failing to appear as a witness twice at the former premier's trial.

Silvio Berlusconi is accused of having sex with Karima El Mahroug

In Depth:Former Italian prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, 76, announces engagement to Francesca Pascale...

Universe exists within a computer simulation from the future?

Are We Living Inside a Computer Simulation?
Discovery News
In 2003, British philosopher Nick Bostrom published a paper that proposed the universe we live in might in fact really be a numerical computer simulation. To give this a bizarre Twilight Zone twist, he suggested that our far-evolved distant descendants ...

Universe exists within a computer simulation from the future?
Zee News
Melbourne: Scientists are conducting experiments to discover whether the universe exists within a Matrix-style computer simulation created by super computers of the future. ...

Red Pill, Blue Pill: Is the Universe Just a Giant Computer Simulation?
TIME
I've started making my way (skeptically) through Ray Kurzweil's How to Create a Mind, and at the recommendation of a friend, I've also started keeping tabs on KurzweilAI, a Kurzweil-blessed site devoted to futurism coverage ...

#UP AJ double cross caps TLC, WWE's best pay-per-view in months

AJ double cross caps TLC, WWE's best pay-per-view in months Baltimore Sun
WWE pretty much saved the best for last, in terms of pay-per-view offerings. Even with WWE champion CM Punk off the card because of injury, WWE TLC was a terrific pay-per-view event with several great things to write home about. First and foremost ...

WWE Raw: TLC 2012 Results, Potential Spoilers, Slammy Predictions for Dec. 17 Bleacher Report
With the wild 2012 edition of WWE's TLC pay-per-view out of the way, the official road to WrestleMania 29 begins in Philadelphia Monday night when Raw rolls into town.

Kelly Osbourne Weight Loss Secret: ‘Eat Sensibly And Exercise’

Kelly Osbourne on Weight Loss: "I Never Thought I'd Be" an Exercise Advocate
- TV Guide
After struggling with her weight her entire life, Kelly Osbourne says she's finally found the secret to shedding pounds and keeping them off. The daughter of Sharon...

Kelly Osbourne: Weight Loss Is Not About Deprivation
- WebProNews
Kelly Osbourne Dishes Weight Loss Tips
- Reality TV Magazine
Kelly Osbourne Weight Loss Secret: ‘Eat Sensibly And Exercise’
- The Inquisitr

#RIP Child actor Jack Hanlon dies at 96 Appeared in 'Our Gang' comedies, Keaton's 'The General'

Jack Hanlon, actor in Our Gang films, dies in Nev. - Yahoo ...
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Jack Hanlon, who had roles in the 1926 silent classic "The General" and in two 1927 "Our Gang" comedies, died Thursday in Las Vegas, family ...

Child actor Jack Hanlon dies at 96 Appeared in 'Our Gang' comedies, Keaton's 'The General'

#UP Bette Midler Rumor: Ryan Murphy Wants Her on “Glee”

Bette Midler Rumor: Glee Guesting Offered by Ryan Murphy at ...
Rumor has it that veteran singer-actress Bette Midler will appear soon on Fox's hit series Glee. But just recently, Midler confirmed that she has yet to receive a ...

Bette Midler Rumor: Ryan Murphy Wants Her on “Glee,” She ...
Bette Midler could be the latest celebrity to make a cameo on the hit television series “Glee.” Series creator Ryan Murphy has already expressed his interest in a ...