10 Things to Know for Today
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In this Nov. 28, 2012 file photo, U.S. soldiers with stand guard as they watch the transfer ceremony of security responsibilities from NATO troops to Afghan security forces in Qalat, Zabul province south of Kabul, Afghanistan. The debate over how many U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan after 2014 comes down to risk. Leaving too few troops in place could stall progress for Afghan security forces. But keeping too many troops there might prolong Afghanistan’s dependence on the U.S. military and NATO.
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:
1. THE RISKS OF TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN
Analysts warn that pulling back too much could slow the Afghan army’s development, while keeping too many would prolong its dependence on the U.S.
2. HOW A SERIAL KILLER’S BLOOD COULD CRACK COLD CASES
The AP’s Don Babwin reports Illinois police are creating DNA profiles of executed serial killer John Wayne Gacy and others to see if the killers had more victims.
3. JAPAN’S AGING TUNNELS
The country orders new inspections after nine people are killed in the collapse of a 1970s-era tunnel.
4. WHERE THE SCHOOL YEAR IS GETTING LONGER
Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee are adding at least 300 hours to the calendar.
5. TRACING A KILLER’S CONFESSION
Israel Keyes implicates himself in as many as eight killings in four states before killing himself in jail.
6. FOLLOW THE POPE (at)PONTIFEX
The Vatican announces the pontiff will begin Tweeting from a new personal handle.
7. A NEW STAB AT AVOIDING WASHINGTON’S ‘FISCAL CLIFF’
Pelosi says she will try to force a House vote on a Senate-passed bill favored by Democrats to break the deadlock.
8. KC CHIEF AND SLAIN GIRLFRIEND SEEMED ‘FINE’ BEFORE MURDER-SUICIDE
A friend says linebacker Jovan Belcher and Kasandra M. Perkins had argued about “normal couple stuff.”
9. WHAT ‘STUPID HUMAN TRICKS’ CAN GET YOU
David Letterman receives Kennedy Center honors, along with rockers Led Zeppelin, actor Dustin Hoffman, bluesman Buddy Guy and ballerina Natalia Makarova.
10. A MAGIC ACT GOES UP IN FLAMES
Magician Wayne Houchin recuperates after a Dominican Republic TV host set his hair on fire with cologne.
Dec 3, 2012 at 2:14 p.m.
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I love this; conservatives complaining about paying for having someone else setting up their health insurance exchange instead of doing it themselves. We've seen this all too often recently; conservatives can't lead, they expect everyone else to do their work for them and don't want to pay a dime for it.
The Grand Old Party has become the Grand Entitlement Party.
Dec 3, 2012 at 12:59 p.m.
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truth1, if you don't mind may I edit your statement to "....insisting on declaring financial war on over half the working population."
Dec 3, 2012 at 12:47 p.m.
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Midnight- WOW, forcing people into the "insurance" racket any way they can.....This "administration" keeps insisting on declaring financial war on over half the population.
Dec 3, 2012 at 11:19 a.m.
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#11. White house and HHS blackmail and bully Governors
Residents of states that refuse to set up health insurance exchanges under Obamacare are set to be hit with higher premiums under new rules announced by the Health and Human Services Department.
Insurance companies will be charged 3.5 percent of any premiums they sell through the federal exchanges, the department announced Friday
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Obamaca...
Comply or your people will pay. It's the Chicago way!
Dec 3, 2012 at 9:48 a.m.
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