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• Canadian Press HeadLine Package
• Give an Hour Stands Ready to Provide No Cost Mental Health Services to Victims, Families, Teachers, and First Responders of Connecticut School Shootings
• Army general to face court-martial in sex charges
• U.S. Army general to be tried on sex charges involving subordinates
• NBC's Engel, TV crew escape abduction in Syria
• Rhode Island professor demands NRA leader’s ‘head on a stick’ after Sandy Hook
• Kurdish troops fire on Iraqi army helicopter in dispute
• Iraqi president in hospital after suffering stroke
• What Kerry, Hagel would bring to Obama diplomacy
• U.S. prosecutors say won't charge Petraeus mistress in cyberstalking case
• Iraqi President Talabani suffers a stroke
• Timeline: A look at Iraqi president Talabani
• Iraqi president Talabani in stable condition, office statement
• Baker Hughes cuts margin prediction
• Venus Jewelers Announces Winner of Dream Wedding
• Richard Engel freed, but news blackout debate remains
• Russia eyes Syria evacuation as rebels take Damascus district
• NBC correspondent escapes Syria kidnapping
• Team of Mentors: Obama's Senate Mafia
• NBC's Richard Engel released in Syria, a journalist danger zone
• Health Workers Killed Trying to Deliver Polio Vaccine in Pakistan
• Iraq's President Suffers a Stroke
• NBC correspondent released after kidnap in Syria
• Door to Door Storage Sends Care Packages, Letters and Holiday Cheer to Overseas U.S. Military Troops
• Hagel Eyed to Replace Panetta
• Iraq official says President Talabani had a stroke
• NBC's Engel released after kidnapping in Syria
• Iraqi president in hospital for unknown illness
• Iraq's President Talabani in hospital for unknown health problem
• NKorea may see few buyers despite rocket success
• Senior al Qaeda man reported arrested in Algeria
• Today in History
• American Business Owners See Economic Recovery Online with BacklinksVault

Canadian Press HeadLine Package Posted: 18 Dec 2012 04:30 PM PST NEWTOWN, Conn. - Children in a school bus pressed their faces to the windows as they watched mourners gather Tuesday for two more 6-year-olds killed in last week's Connecticut school shooting. Most students returned to school for the first time, as the toll of funerals for the 28 dead continued on a grey, wet day.

Give an Hour Stands Ready to Provide No Cost Mental Health Services to Victims, Families, Teachers, and First Responders of Connecticut School Shootings Posted: 18 Dec 2012 04:22 PM PST Nonprofit Provides Free Counseling in Aftermath of Newtown,CT TragedyWashington, DC (PRWEB) December 18, 2012 Give an Hour, a national nonprofit organization providing free mental health services to members of the military, veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, their loved ones, and their communities, is expanding its reach to include victims, families, teachers, and first responders dealing with the aftermath of the tragic shootings in Newtown, Conn."We will learn more details about this situation as things unfold in the coming days and weeks. ...

Army general to face court-martial in sex charges Posted: 18 Dec 2012 03:59 PM PST An Army general will face court-martial on a series of sexual misconduct charges, including forcible sodomy, in connection with several illicit affairs, and could receive life in prison if convicted, the Army said Tuesday.

U.S. Army general to be tried on sex charges involving subordinates Posted: 18 Dec 2012 02:43 PM PST WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - A U.S. Army general has been ordered to stand trial on allegations that he used his rank to force female subordinates into improper sexual relationships, military officials said on Tuesday. Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair was sent home from his post as a deputy commanding general in Afghanistan this year after being accused of inappropriate behavior involving four female subordinates and a civilian over the last five years. ...

NBC's Engel, TV crew escape abduction in Syria Posted: 18 Dec 2012 02:41 PM PST NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said Tuesday he and members of his network crew escaped unharmed after five days of captivity in Syria, where more than a dozen pro-regime gunmen dragged them from their car, killed one of their rebel escorts and subjected them to mock executions.

Rhode Island professor demands NRA leader’s ‘head on a stick’ after Sandy Hook Posted: 18 Dec 2012 02:04 PM PST An assistant professor of history at the University of Rhode Island unleashed a flurry of profanity-ridden tweets demanding death for National Rifle Association executive Wayne LaPierre.

Kurdish troops fire on Iraqi army helicopter in dispute Posted: 18 Dec 2012 01:12 PM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Troops from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan opened fire on an Iraqi army helicopter on Tuesday, underscoring tensions between Baghdad's Arab-led central government and the Kurdish region, officials said. Iraq's government and self-ruled Kurdistan last month both sent troops from their respective armies to reinforce positions around towns in disputed areas where they both claim control as part of a broader feud over oil and territory. ...

Iraqi president in hospital after suffering stroke Posted: 18 Dec 2012 12:04 PM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd who has mediated among Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish parties, was in hospital on Tuesday after suffering a stroke that left him in "critical but stable condition", government officials and lawmakers said. Without Talabani, Iraq would lose an influential peace-maker who often eased tensions in the fragile power-sharing government and negotiated in the growing rift over oil between Baghdad and the OPEC member country's autonomous Kurdistan region. Reports on his medical condition varied. ...

What Kerry, Hagel would bring to Obama diplomacy Posted: 18 Dec 2012 11:54 AM PST As President Obama heads into a second term, he is only beginning to hint at how he might change his leadership style in world affairs. The first big clues will be his choices for secretaries of State and Defense.

U.S. prosecutors say won't charge Petraeus mistress in cyberstalking case Posted: 18 Dec 2012 11:24 AM PST (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors said on Tuesday they would not file any charges in the Florida cyberstalking investigation of Paula Broadwell, the biographer whose affair with former CIA chief David Petraeus led to his resignation. Anonymous emails that Broadwell sent to Jill Kelley, a Tampa socialite who knew Petraeus, prompted an FBI investigation that exposed Broadwell's affair with the retired U.S. Army general known for his success in the Iraq war. Petraeus resigned from the CIA last month. ...

Iraqi President Talabani suffers a stroke Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:18 AM PST Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has suffered a stroke and was in intensive care at a Baghdad hospital Tuesday, injecting new uncertainty into the country's political future a year after the U.S. military left.

Timeline: A look at Iraqi president Talabani Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:05 AM PST (Reuters) - Here is a timeline on Iraq's Kurdish President, Jalal Talabani, 79, who suffered a stroke on Tuesday and was hospitalized in Baghdad. Talabani, who has spent most of his life fighting for the cause of the Kurds in northern Iraq, is the first non-Arab president of an Arab country. 1947-1959 - Talabani joins the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), trains as a lawyer and becomes an inner member of the party - a top lieutenant to Mullah Mustafa Barzani, the patriarch of Iraqi Kurdish nationalism and the founder of the KDP, now led by his son Masoud Barzani. ...

Iraqi president Talabani in stable condition, office statement Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:05 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's President Jalal Talabani is in a stable condition in a Baghdad hospital and is being treated for hardened arteries, according to a statement from his office on Tuesday. "Tests show that his bodily functions are normal and his excellency's condition is stable," the statement said. "He is under intensive medical supervision." (Reporting by Raheem Salman; writing Patrick Markey)

Baker Hughes cuts margin prediction Posted: 18 Dec 2012 09:56 AM PST Baker Hughes Inc. said Tuesday that it expects its North American revenue and profitability to be lower than previously it previously thought because of weaker-than-expected onshore drilling and falling ...

Venus Jewelers Announces Winner of Dream Wedding Posted: 18 Dec 2012 09:52 AM PST Somerset, New Jersey's Venus Jewelers proudly named the winning military couple of its Operation: Tie the Knot dream-wedding giveaway, valued at over $80,000.Somerset, NJ (PRWEB) December 18, 2012 Venus Jewelers proudly named the winning military couple of its Operation: Tie the Knot dream-wedding giveaway, valued at over $80,000. ...

Richard Engel freed, but news blackout debate remains Posted: 18 Dec 2012 09:33 AM PST Richard Engel, NBC's chief foreign correspondent, and at least two colleagues, were released from five days as captives in Syria yesterday in what appears to have been a rescue operation by a Syrian rebel unit. Their escape followed an extended news blackout participated in by most of the Western press.

Russia eyes Syria evacuation as rebels take Damascus district Posted: 18 Dec 2012 08:24 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia sent warships to the Mediterranean to prepare a potential evacuation of its citizens from Syria, a Russian news agency said on Tuesday, a sign President Bashar al-Assad's key ally is worried about rebel advances now threatening even the capital. Moscow acted a day after insurgents waging a 21-month-old uprising obtained a possible springboard for a thrust into Damascus by seizing the Yarmouk Palestinian camp, an urban zone just 2 miles from the heart of the city, activists said. ...

NBC correspondent escapes Syria kidnapping Posted: 18 Dec 2012 08:13 AM PST NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said he and his television crew were kidnapped for five days by pro-regime gunmen who subjected them to mock executions and kept them bound and blindfolded. They escaped during a firefight between their captors and rebels and reached Turkey on Tuesday.

Team of Mentors: Obama's Senate Mafia Posted: 18 Dec 2012 06:31 AM PST In the summer of 2008, while the two of them were on a trip to Afghanistan, then-Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., gave a bit of advice to then-presidential candidate Barack Obama. "I told Obama he should pick [Joe] Biden as his running mate," Hagel recalled in a 2010 interview. "I said, 'He understands governance better than anyone else. In particular, he understands Congress. He understands how it fits together like no one else you could get. He's got the political piece. He 's got the policy piece. There's nobody in his league.'"

NBC's Richard Engel released in Syria, a journalist danger zone Posted: 18 Dec 2012 05:33 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Health Workers Killed Trying to Deliver Polio Vaccine in Pakistan Posted: 18 Dec 2012 04:25 AM PST Gunmen in Pakistan have killed six people and wounded several others who were working on an anti-polio vaccination program, amid accusations that the campaign is part of a Western conspiracy against Muslims. The five health workers were shot in three separate attacks on Monday and Tuesday, presumably by Taliban fighters who have previously denounced their efforts to immunize millions of children across the region.

Iraq's President Suffers a Stroke Posted: 18 Dec 2012 03:47 AM PST Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is in a Baghdad hospital after apparently suffering a stroke. According to the AP, the 79-year-old Talabani collapsed on Monday night after "showing signs of fatigue" and has not regained consciousness. Though no official updates have been given on his status, Reuters quotes multiple government sources as saying that he is in "critical, but stable" condition.

NBC correspondent released after kidnap in Syria Posted: 18 Dec 2012 03:24 AM PST NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and members of his production crew have been freed unharmed following a firefight at a checkpoint after five days of captivity inside Syria, the network said Tuesday.

Door to Door Storage Sends Care Packages, Letters and Holiday Cheer to Overseas U.S. Military Troops Posted: 18 Dec 2012 03:22 AM PST To recognize and show appreciation for the sacrifices of U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq, Door to Door creates care packages and includes letters of support and encouragement.Kent, WA (PRWEB) December 18, 2012 Door to Door Storage, Inc. is sending care packages to troops this holiday season serving in our Armed Forces as part of its "Door to Door™ Cares: Supporting Our Troops" program. ...

Hagel Eyed to Replace Panetta Posted: 18 Dec 2012 03:01 AM PST Chuck Hagel is now a front-runner to become the next U.S. secretary of defense. To those who haven't followed the Senate closely in the past decade, he's probably not a household name. Hagel is a former GOP senator and Purple-Heart-decorated Vietnam veteran, but he wouldn't...

Iraq official says President Talabani had a stroke Posted: 18 Dec 2012 02:41 AM PST Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has had a stroke and his medical team in Baghdad is still trying to stabilize his condition, a spokesman for the prime minister said Tuesday.

NBC's Engel released after kidnapping in Syria Posted: 18 Dec 2012 02:36 AM PST NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and his production team were released unharmed Tuesday after being held captive for five days inside Syria by an "unknown group," the network said.

Iraqi president in hospital for unknown illness Posted: 18 Dec 2012 01:58 AM PST The office of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Tuesday he has been admitted to the hospital for treatment of an unspecified health problem.

Iraq's President Talabani in hospital for unknown health problem Posted: 18 Dec 2012 01:28 AM PST BAGHDAD - The office of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani says he has been admitted to the hospital for treatment of an unspecified health problem.

NKorea may see few buyers despite rocket success Posted: 17 Dec 2012 11:15 PM PST By successfully firing a rocket that put a satellite in space, North Korea let the far-flung buyers of its missiles know that it is still open for business. But Pyongyang will find that customers are hard to come by as old friends drift away and international sanctions lock down its sales.

Senior al Qaeda man reported arrested in Algeria Posted: 17 Dec 2012 09:32 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - The number two in the militant Islamist organisation Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has been arrested in northern Algeria, an Algerian news website reported on Monday. The website of Tout Sur l'Algerie (TSA), an electronic daily, quoted security sources as saying that Salah Gasmi had been arrested on Sunday in front of a restaurant in the town of Cheurfa, about 90 miles (150 km) southeast of Algiers. It was not possible to confirm the report immediately. ...

Today in History Posted: 17 Dec 2012 09:00 PM PST Today is Tuesday, Dec. 18, the 353rd day of 2012. There are 13 days left in the year.

American Business Owners See Economic Recovery Online with BacklinksVault Posted: 17 Dec 2012 04:52 PM PST Businesses all throughout America are succeeding and failing each day. What, then, if anything can businesses do to ensure success versus failure? The answer is a growing trend in online marketing.USA (PRWEB) December 17, 2012 "Are you better off now then you were four years ago?" was a popular question during the 2012 election. For a few thousand business owners, the answer is a definitive Yes. Business cycles and governmental policies aside, the world is becoming more global, interconnected, and challenging. ...

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