12/15/2011 7:54:19 PM
AP - Congressional negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a compromise spending bill to avert a weekend federal shutdown. They also worked toward a deal renewing the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for another year but prepared a shorter version as a fallback.
12/15/2011 10:13:13 PM
AP - Republican presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich clashed sharply with one rival, took pains to compliment another and said it was laughable for any of them to challenge his conservative credentials Thursday night in the last campaign debate before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses kick off the 2012 primary season.
12/15/2011 10:28:51 PM
AP - Cancer weakened, but did not soften Christopher Hitchens. He did not repent or forgive or ask for pity. As if granted diplomatic immunity, his mind's eye looked plainly upon the attack and counterattack of disease and treatments that robbed him of his hair, his stamina, his speaking voice and eventually his life.
12/15/2011 8:24:59 PM
AP - A Russian fishing vessel with 32 crew members was taking on water near Antarctica on Friday. Heavy sea ice was hampering rescue efforts, and officials said it could be four or five days before anybody reaches the ship to try to rescue the crew.
12/15/2011 8:08:55 PM
AP - The young father stood in line at the Kmart layaway counter, wearing dirty clothes and worn-out boots. With him were three small children.
12/15/2011 9:05:26 PM
AP - A scathing U.S. Justice Department report released Thursday found that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office carried out a blatant pattern of discrimination against Latinos and held a "systematic disregard" for the Constitution amid a series of immigration crackdowns that have turned the lawman into a prominent national political figure.
12/15/2011 9:57:13 PM
AP - A driver in the next lane is moving his lips. Is he on a hands-free cellphone? Talking to someone in the car? To himself? Singing along to the radio?
12/15/2011 9:25:10 PM
AP - "Batman" star Christian Bale, in the midst of promoting a film he made in China that some critics have called propaganda, was stopped trying to visit a blind activist living under house arrest — with a CNN crew in tow.
12/15/2011 9:49:39 PM
AP - Ho hum, another winning season for the Atlanta Falcons.
12/15/2011 10:32:52 PM
Reuters - Republican presidential candidates pounced on front-runner Newt Gingrich on Thursday to try to blunt his surge at the last debate before Iowa launches the 2012 U.S. election season.
12/15/2011 6:48:14 PM
Reuters - Lawmakers on Thursday reached a tentative deal to fund an array of government agencies through September 30 and avert shutting down many of Washington's operations starting this weekend.
12/15/2011 7:14:31 PM
Reuters - Janet Robinson will step down as chief executive of the New York Times Co at the end of the month, as the company continues to struggle with advertising declines and a years-long slump in its share price.
12/15/2011 8:48:03 PM
Reuters - Online games maker Zynga Inc is expected to make a strong debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange on Friday after it priced its initial public offering at the top end of a preliminary range but did not increase the size of the $1 billion deal.
12/15/2011 9:09:07 PM
Reuters - An Army intelligence analyst suspected in the biggest leak of classified U.S. documents in history makes his first court appearance on Friday accused of multiple charges including aiding the enemy, which could bring life imprisonment.
12/15/2011 9:05:57 PM
Reuters - Apple Inc is famous for relying on low-cost Asian manufacturers to both source and assemble its popular gadgets, but the consumer device giant recently started receiving a critical component in its iPad and iPhones from closer to home - Texas.
12/15/2011 8:56:01 PM
Reuters - Japan has signaled plans to strengthen disclosure rules on mergers and acquisitions after a $1.7 billion accounting fraud at Olympus Corp, one of the nation's worst corporate scandals, which involved a series of shady deals.
12/15/2011 9:27:00 PM
Mitt Romney returned to form in the final Republican presidential debate before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses. Romney, who had perhaps his shakiest debate performance in Des Moines over the weekend, appeared to regain his composure in Thursday night's debate in Sioux City, Iowa.
12/15/2011 9:00:00 PM
The influential writer and cultural critic died on Thursday at the age of 62 from complications of cancer of the esophagus. Hitchens confronted his disease in part by writing, bringing the same unsparing insight to his mortality that he had directed at so many other subjects.
12/15/2011 6:30:00 PM
The former speaker compared himself to Ronald Reagan and insisted in a campaign debate Thursday night he can defeat President Obama in 2012. He said it was laughable for his Republican rivals to challenge his conservative credentials.
12/15/2011 6:01:00 PM
Congressional negotiators also worked toward a deal renewing the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for another year but prepared a shorter version as a fallback in case talks fell short. The House is expected to approve the spending measure Friday, and the Senate could follow suit, possibly the same day.
12/15/2011 5:48:50 PM
Russia circulates a UN Security Council resolution aimed at resolving the crisis in Syria, in a move that surprised the Western nations.
12/15/2011 9:30:44 PM
Republican front-runners Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney save their fire for President Obama, in their last TV debate before Iowa's caucus.
12/15/2011 10:21:38 PM
British author, literary critic and journalist Christopher Hitchens dies in a Texas hospital, aged 62, after suffering cancer.
12/15/2011 8:05:25 PM
Japan is set to announce that the Fukushima nuclear plant is now in a "cold shut-down condition", nine months after the earthquake and tsunami.
12/15/2011 5:25:08 PM
Legalising same-sex marriage may create a healthier environment for gay men, say US researchers.
12/15/2011 9:00:30 PM
Former Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's killing may have been a war crime, says the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor.
12/15/2011 9:16:45 PM
US Army analyst Bradley Manning, accused of leaking government secrets to the website Wikileaks, is to make his first military court appearance.
12/15/2011 10:11:26 PM
The government of Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti faces a confidence vote in parliament as it seeks to pass crucial austerity measures.
12/15/2011 4:06:58 PM
Police in Bahrain detain prominent blogger and rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja during a protest near the capital Manama, reports say.
12/15/2011 2:37:49 PM
Ratings agency Fitch downgrades six of the world's largest banks, including Goldman Sachs and Barclays, citing the challenging financial markets.
12/15/2011 5:19:09 PM
Penicillin doses for children - which have stayed the same for 50 years - need to be reviewed because youngsters are getting heavier, experts have said.
12/15/2011 2:17:10 PM
Ships in the Antarctic are racing to rescue a Russian fishing vessel taking on water next to an ice shelf, but sea ice is hampering their progress.
12/15/2011 9:38:23 AM
A state of emergency has been declared in New Zealand's south island following the worst floods in a decade.
12/15/2011 2:41:10 PM
More Santas than you can probably handle, some fake sheep, and the tale of the girl and the balloon - the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
12/15/2011 9:41:59 AM
At least 143 people are now known to have died in the Indian state of West Bengal after drinking contaminated, illegally brewed alcohol
12/15/2011 10:36:36 AM
An Afghan woman who was sent to prison for adultery because she was raped has said she may marry her attacker
12/15/2011 9:47:53 PM
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12/15/2011 9:06:45 AM
An official in the south-east Chinese province of Guangdong has promised to freeze and investigate local government land acquisitions that have left the village of Wukan in open revolt against the authorities
12/15/2011 9:01:08 PM
CL from the South Korean pop band 2NE1, who are receiving global attention after being voted "New Band of the Year" by MTV viewers in New York, speaks to the BBC.
12/15/2011 2:04:17 PM
Youth entrepreneurship in the US is at an all-time low, according to the think tank Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.
12/15/2011 1:08:15 PM
IMF head Christine Lagarde says the world economic outlook is gloomy and no country is immune from rising risks.
12/15/2011 3:38:10 PM
Research in Motion, which makes Blackberry phones, announces a delay to the launch of its new Blackberry 10 phones.
12/15/2011 10:35:24 AM
The search giant is awarded a US patent for a system that tells driverless cars when to take control of the wheel.
12/15/2011 5:30:11 AM
Statistics reveal a widening gulf between net use in the online-friendly north of Europe and the more web-averse south and east.
12/15/2011 7:18:32 AM
Silent film homage The Artist leads the field at the 2012 Golden Globes, scoring six nominations in all.
12/15/2011 9:26:34 AM
Artist Banksy installs his latest work, a vandalised sculpture of a priest that refers to child abuse in the Catholic church.
12/14/2011 4:29:13 PM
The erosion of traditional cultural taboos in Madagascar has led to an unsustainable number of lemurs being killed for bushmeat, a study suggests.
12/14/2011 10:37:03 AM
Years of astronomical observations show an enormous gas cloud spiralling in toward the supermassive black hole at our galaxy's centre.
12/14/2011 12:35:52 AM
Hairier skin may be the key to avoiding being bitten by bed bugs, claim Sheffield academics.
12/15/2011 10:16:02 AM
People harmed by US-funded research should be compensated in future, a bioethics panel says, in its final report into STD abuses in Guatemala.
12/15/2011 2:08:26 PM
Celtic fail to reach the last 32 of the Europa League despite a spirited draw away to Serie A front-runners Udinese.
12/15/2011 12:06:24 PM
Tottenham are knocked out of the Europa League despite hammering Shamrock Rovers in Dublin.
12/15/2011 4:39:58 PM
The first 600 visitors prebooked to view the giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo are to see them later as they go on public display.
12/15/2011 9:11:23 AM
China chooses the character "kong" meaning "control" as word of the year for 2011 in state-backed poll.
12/15/2011 11:15:08 AM
DR Congo opposition lawyers challenging presidential election results walk out of a hearing, saying the Supreme Court is a "parody of justice".
12/15/2011 9:08:20 PM
Three Australian Muslims are jailed for 18 years each for plotting a suicide attack on a Sydney army base that was described as evil but amateurish.
12/15/2011 2:42:33 PM
Former French President Jacques Chirac says he has no plans to appeal againt a sentence for diverting public funds, but denies the charges.
12/15/2011 3:22:27 PM
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom issues an official apology for a massacre committed by soldiers during the country's civil conflict.
12/15/2011 5:48:32 AM
The flag of American forces in Iraq has been lowered in Baghdad bringing nearly nine years of US military operations in Iraq to a formal end.
12/15/2011 7:42:37 PM
Democrats and Republicans in the US Congress agree a compromise spending bill, averting the threat of a US government shutdown.
12/15/2011 4:46:08 PM
Hospitals in England and Wales are falling short in the care given to dementia patients, a review says.
12/15/2011 8:53:57 PM
Labour holds the Feltham and Heston seat in a by-election, with an increased majority over the Conservatives.
12/15/2011 2:30:09 PM
The UK is asked to play a role in "technical discussions" over a proposed new EU fiscal pact despite refusing to sign up to the agreement.
12/15/2011 4:32:22 PM
Siemens' superior credit rating helped it beat Derby trainmaker Bombardier to the £1.4bn Thameslink contract, a Transport Select Committee report says.
12/15/2011 1:50:35 AM
A hospital in West Bengal treats hundreds
12/12/2011 3:22:03 PM
Rare images by celebrated Felice Beato
12/15/2011 4:02:13 PM
The newspaper article that changed world history
12/15/2011 4:01:37 PM
'Jailbreakers' use crash reports to target iPhone software
12/15/2011 4:02:07 PM
A legal battle for the Gaddafis' $15m London mansion begins
12/15/2011 6:08:02 AM
Why are so many Indians dying from toxic alcohol?
12/15/2011 10:58:30 AM
Hollywood and France fall for each other at the Golden Globes
12/15/2011 2:01:11 AM
Iraq can look forward to a brighter future, says John Simpson
12/15/2011 8:44:29 PM
For more than two decades, the Florida A&M marching band has been dogged by a persistent culture of hazing. 
12/15/2011 10:01:41 PM
Congress is nearing agreements on two legislative packages to fund the federal government through Sept. 30 and to extend a pay roll tax cut. 
12/15/2011 5:15:51 PM
The war in Iraq ended officially Thursday with a flag-lowering ceremony. 
12/15/2011 8:23:38 PM
A national animal rights group wants a North Carolina man to abandon his famous New Year's Eve Opossum Drop. 
12/15/2011 10:26:23 PM
Newt Gingrich was hammered by TV ads, in interviews and on the debate stage Thursday as his GOP rivals sought to slow his momentum. 
12/15/2011 6:14:00 PM
A question about rape on a fraternity survey at the University of Vermont has sparked a rally, a chapter suspension and an investigation. 
12/15/2011 9:59:40 PM
President Obama has not met with Republican leaders in Congress for 145 days. 
12/15/2011 5:25:00 PM
Newt Gingrich defended himself against attacks on his record and his temperament during the final GOP debate before the Iowa caucuses. 
12/15/2011 5:50:22 PM
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said there are "serious suspicions" that the death of Gadhafi was a war crime. 
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12/15/2011 4:01:00 PM
The parent company says it's investigating the Bloomberg Markets Magazine report about child labor in Burkina Faso, Africa. 
12/15/2011 9:58:20 PM
The military must stop paying hundreds of millions in late fees to shipping companies, three U.S. senators said in a letter to the Pentagon. 
12/15/2011 9:55:57 PM
Adults who are legally required to report suspected abuse have little reason to fear punishment if they don't, a USA TODAY analysis shows. 
12/15/2011 2:48:00 PM
The notorious Marxist revolutionary was given a second life sentence. He was captured in 1994 for killing 2 French agents in 1975. 
12/15/2011 2:47:00 PM
President Obama tells Barbara Walters that Republicans' "extremes" have made governing and compromise nearly impossible. 
12/15/2011 4:37:01 PM
At Kmart stores across the country, Santa seems to be getting some help. 
12/15/2011 10:08:24 PM
GOP presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich defended himself late Thursday against questions about his electability and conservative record. 
12/15/2011 6:54:25 PM
Congressional negotiators have come to an agreement they believe will prevent a government shutdown before a Friday midnight deadline, according to Democratic sources. 
12/15/2011 2:22:03 PM
The Senate gave approval Thursday to a giant $662 billion defense authorization bill, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature. 
12/15/2011 5:18:13 PM
Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer and defense contractor BAE announced Thursday an "amicable" end to their dispute. 
12/15/2011 6:22:44 PM
The ratings firm Fitch downgraded a cluster of the world's largest banks Thursday, pointing to trading challenges facing international markets. 
12/15/2011 3:18:49 PM
NFL player Samuel Hurd has been arrested and charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Thursday. 
12/15/2011 4:11:39 PM
Two Georgia deputies made a mistake during their search for a missing 7-year-old girl earlier this month, the Cherokee County Sheriff said Thursday. 
12/15/2011 6:41:26 PM
An attorney for a former Penn State football coach accused of sexually abusing young boys on Thursday accused media of having "somewhat exaggerated" and taken "out of context" his comments about adults who "teach" children to shower. 
12/15/2011 3:25:40 PM
Forty-six transportation projects will share $511 million in federal funding, the Transportation Department announced Thursday. DOT received 848 applications, requesting $14.3 billion. 
12/15/2011 2:44:14 PM
The Galaxy Nexus, a smartphone that arrived in Verizon Wireless stores on Thursday, is huge -- and not just because of its unusually large size. 
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