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► Case of 'Food Poisoning' Passed from Mother to Child - Dec 14, 2012 | 10:12 AM ET | Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Writer 

► Global warming belief growing among U.S. science doubters -Nearly 4 out of 5 Americans say temperatures are rising, global warming a serious problem | The Associated Press- Posted: Dec 14, 2012 

► Vision Problems Rise with Diabetes Rates - By Catherine Winters. MyHealthNewsDaily Staff | LiveScience.com – Tue, Dec 11, 2012 

► Vodka Saves Elephants from Death in Siberian Frost  || YAHOONEWS - Vodka helps stranded elephants survive in Russia: RIA / Reuters – Sat, Dec 15, 2012 

► Saber-toothed cat fossils found near Las Vegas - Associated Press – Sun, Dec 16, 2012 








► Conn. Mass Shooting Sparks Gun Control Debate.  Published on Dec 17, 2012 :: As the first of the littlest victims from Sandy Hook Elementary School start to be buried, the nation starts a painful debate on gun control and mental health issues. (Dec. 17) (VIDEO)

■ The Great Debate :: Will the NRA kill a global arms trade treaty? - By William Hartung | July 13, 2012
■ Gun control movement tries to shed election losing reputation
■ Newtown massacre: US braced for change - but gun lobby stays silent. National Rifle Association keeps out of the debate that is central to its raison d’être | Monday 17 December 2012 

► Psychologist: No 'Normal Reaction' to Shooting.  Published on Dec 17, 2012 :: Friday's deadly mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school can be a difficult event for children to process. Clinical psychologist Dr. Richard Fleitas says 'there's going to be no one, normal reaction,' but he says 'communication is key.' (Dec. 17) (VIDEO) 

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Raw: Is N. Korea's First Lady Pregnant? Published on Dec 17, 2012 :: The wife of North Korea's young leader might be pregnant, judging by video that shows her with what appears to be a baby bump. In the video aired on state TV, Ri Sol Ju is shown walking slowly next to her husband, Kim Jong Un. (Dec. 17) 

■ Now, though, the leader's wife has been named by North Korean media to be "comrade Ri Sol Ju." Of course, that doesn't rule out the possibility that Ri Sol Ju and Hyon Song-wol are the same person.  ( Nay / Newstories: Astrid Adrienne (27) )

► Foxx Still Haunted by 'Django' Role. Published on Dec 17, 2012 ::  Actors Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington discuss their new Spaghetti Western, "Django Unchained." (Dec. 17) (VIDEO) 

► Hugh Jackman Gets Two Honors in One Day. Published on Dec 13, 2012 :: Hugh Jackman gets nominated for a Golden Globe on the same day as he receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Dec. 13) (VIDEO)



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► White House highlights 'obstacles' to taking action on guns 

► Deciding fate of massacre site can help healing -By THOMAS PEIPERT and DAN ELLIOTT | Associated Press 

► Newtown Shooter's Computer Badly Damaged - By CHRISTINA NG and RUSSELL GOLDMAN | Good Morning America

► Newtown mourns victims ( PHOTOS)  - Mourners in Newtown, Connecticut, headed for the first two of 20 funerals of schoolchildren massacred in their classroom as the rest of the nation anxiously sent children back to school on Dec. 17 with tightened security. 

► Herding Cats for Hollywood - By MICHAEL CIEPLY | New York Times



► Dinner Tonight: Linguine with Kale + Pomegranate Roasted Carrots 



► Why Matt Damon never denied rumors about a gay relationship with Ben Affleck 

► Notable deaths 2012   ||  Russell Means, an American-Indian activist, died on October 22nd, aged 72 -Nov 10th 2012

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► In the eye of the beholder - In the series, "Your Beautiful Eyes, " Armenian photographer Suren Manvelyan captures what the eye can't see--an incredible look inside the human cornea--which, in these striking images, appears to be a vast, crater-like surface of an uninhabitable planet. For more of his popular series of macro close-ups of the human eye, together with a similar series on "Animal eyes", go to Suren Manvelyan

► 18 December 2012 - School killings spark gun debate

Two senators backed by the US gun lobby call for changes to firearms laws, as the first victims of the Connecticut shootings are laid to rest.
* In statistics: Guns in the US
* Jonny Dymond: Media blitz
*  Gun lobby silent over Newtown 
* Mark Mardell: Twenty trees 
* Bloomberg: 'Act now on gun crime' - VIDEO 
* Family's tribute to 'angel' Dylan 
* Silent tribute for victims - VIDEO 

► 18 December 2012 -  17 December 2012  - Grail gravity satellites slam into Moon |  By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News

Nasa's Ebb and Flow gravity mapping satellites end their highly successful mission to the Moon by crashing into a mountain.
* Grail mission shows battered Moon -  5 December 2012 Grail satellites show Moon's violent history  By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, San Francisco 
* First US woman into space dies - 24 July 2012 Sally Ride, the first US woman in space, dies aged 61

► 18 December 2012 - Indian art, Venice style | By Rajini Vaidyanathan BBC News, Kochi

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Venice Architecture Biennale 2012.  Published on Aug 27, 2012 :: The 13th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale 2012 is directed by the architect David Chipperfield. The show is titled Common Ground and takes place from August 28 until November 25, 2012 in Venice, Italy. 119 architects, photographers, artists, critics and scholars present 69 projects in the biennial's Central Pavilion at the Giardini and in the Arsenale. Many of the projects have been specifically created for this exhibition. The title Common Ground expresses that David Chipperfield wanted to put the emphasize on what we have in common.

This video provides you with a tour of the exhibition on the professional day. Coverage of the national pavilions will follow soon. Among the participants are architects such as Zaha Hadid Architects, Norman Foster, Märkli Architekt, Herzog &  de Meuron, SANAA, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, and OMA, as well as artists such as Thomas Demand, Thomas Struth, and Olafur Eliasson. The show runs until November 25, 2012.

Venice Architecture Biennale 2012: Common Ground. 13th International Architecture Exhibition -- La Biennale di Venezia. Arsenale and Central Pavilion at the Giardini, August 27, 2012.

► Police arrest two men for threatening elementary schools
► Notoriously pro-gun Senator says Newtown tragedy should start gun control debate 

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► Hacktivists strike Westboro Baptist Church over Newtown tragedy
► Medvedev upholds Russian arms ban after US school massacre
► Italian technician, two Russian workers kidnapped in Syria
► New wiper virus targets Iranian computers
► Russian Nationalists attack plans to build more mosques in Moscow
► Israel steps closer to 1,500 new settlements in East Jerusalem
► Bulgaria asks for permanent US troops presence – report 
► US Navy pulls two aircraft carriers from Syria shores
► Russia to ban US adoptions in retaliation to Magnitsky Act 
► Moscow fires warning shot across bow of US naval-based ABM
► Best of Russian ballet captured by French lens 

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Gun control debate heats up in US. Published on Dec 17, 2012 :: An increasing number of US congressmen have called for a national dialogue about measures to curb gun violence following the shooting last week at a an elementary school in Connecticut that killed 26 people, including 20 children and six adults. White House officials have said that President Barack Obama would make preventing gun-related violence a priority in his second term in office and stricter laws would be part of the effort. Obama met US Vice President Joe Biden and a handful of cabinet members to begin discussions on ways the country should respond to the shootings in Newton, Connecticut.



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US declares Lebanese politician "global terrorist". Published on Dec 17, 2012 :: The US government has placed sanctions on a former Lebanese politician with strong ties to Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. Rosiland Jordan has more on the case of Michel Samaha. || ► Syrian refugees brace for harsh winter. Published on Dec 17, 2012 :: Syrian refugees fleeing violence have suffered from harsh living conditions in numerous neighbouring countries. In Lebanon, where there are more than 150,000 Syrians officially registered as refugees, winter is bringing more challenges. Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall reports from the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.



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Berlusconi engaged to 27-year-old woman. Published on Dec 17, 2012 :: Less than a fortnight after revealing plans to run again for Italy's top job, Silvio Berlusconi has made another surprise announcement. In a TV interview, the billionaire media mogul revealed he's newly engaged - to a woman 49 years his junior. Al Jazeera's Simon McGregor-Wood reports.


■ Berlusconi announces engagement to 28-year-old as 'bunga bunga' partier tied to former PM hit with court fine Associated Press | Dec 17, 2012 

■ Bird Flu Kills 4-Year-Old Boy in Indonesia
■ Syrian Vice President Says Army Can't Win
■ Argentina Launches Process to Break Up Media Group 
■ Hollywood Hacker Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
■ Israel Pushes on With East Jerusalem Building Plan 
■ Census to Offer Internet Response Option 
■ Police: Man Held After LA Schools Threatened 
■ Obama, Boehner Meet at the White House on Fiscal Cliff 
■ Italian Technician, 2 Others Abducted in Syria 
■ School Nurse Hid for 4 Hours After Conn. Shooting
■ Movement Seen in Fiscal Cliff Talks
■ Students Nervously Return to School After Shooting
■ 2 Kansas Officers Fatally Shot Outside Market 
■ CNN: Source: Obama to Nominate John Kerry
■ CNN: Syrian VP Calls for 'Historic Settlement' 

► Sandy Hook Victims: A Tribute to the Lives We Lost

By Samantha Grossman, Terri Pous, Ishaan Tharoor and Audrey Yoo
* Newtown Starts Over: How Will Tragedy Change the Community?
* Grief and Support After Connecticut School Shooting

► 'I Am Adam Lanza's Mother': When Parents Fear Their Kids 
        * Mom Behind Viral Essay Sparks Backlash 

► Longtime Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye Dies at 88 
► When Massacres Force Change: Lessons from the U.K. and Australia 
► Betting on Hunger: Is Financial Speculation to Blame for High Food Prices?
► Tunisia's Struggle Remains, Two Years After Martyr's Death 
► Culture Wars: Philippines Finally Passes Reproductive Health Bill 
► Tiny Beauties: Visions From Under the Microscope

► White House weighs action after shootings 

By Kathleen Hennessey and Richard Simon - Efforts to tighten gun show sales or reinstate a ban on assault weapons carry political pitfalls, even after the Connecticut school rampage. Opposition is expected in the Republican-led House.
* Shooter's family had kept a watchful eye on him 
* Connecticut governor calls for ban on assault weapons
* Public opinion on guns shifting after massacre

► LAPD to step up presence at schools

By Los Angeles Times Staff  - Chief Charlie Beck sets a goal of having uniformed officers visit campuses every day, saying the depatment must address a "new reality" after the Connecticut shootings.
* Sandy Banks: The need to find a lasting good
* Nine guns seized in alleged threat to L.A. schools 
* PHOTOS
* FULL COVERAGE 
* Connecticut school shooting victims

► 'Fiscal cliff' deal closer as Obama-Boehner talks accelerate 
► Hawaii's nine-term senator, Daniel Inouye, dies at 88
► Advocates: Newtown killings giving new momentum to gun control 
► Senate Democrats defend $60.4-billion Sandy aid package 
► By catering to 'elite' fliers, American Airlines misleads others
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