7 Christmas Gift Bargains With Last Minute Tax Breaks

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• 7 Christmas Gift Bargains With Last Minute Tax Breaks
• Malaysia takes in shipwrecked Myanmar migrants refused by Singapore
• Venezuela's Chavez 'stable' after infection
• Several killed in Mexico attempted jailbreak
• VIDEO: 'There is no life without your parents'
• Another polio worker shot in Pakistan, six killed in attacks
• Another polio worker shot in Pakistan, six killed in attacks
• Huge crowds vote in SKorean presidential election
• Iterative Agility For Startup: Launch Fast, Learn Faster, Repeat
• Instagram Competitor Starmatic Uploaded Nearly Double The Photos Today As They Did In the Prior 3 Months
• Climate change and economics
• AP Interview: Syria rebels fear chemical weapons
• Panetta orders probe of military day care centers
• The #1 Reason Leadership Development Fails
• Shipping looks to clean up its act
• Urban farming looking up
• Clinton accepts Benghazi findings
• Insight: Once a symbol of new Afghanistan, can policewomen survive?
• VIDEO: Crocodile's flying leap at swimmer
• Insight: Once a symbol of new Afghanistan, can policewomen survive?

7 Christmas Gift Bargains With Last Minute Tax Breaks Posted: 18 Dec 2012 02:59 PM PST Don't have an estate plan? You should. Want a band aid to grab some of the expiring $5M allowance? If it's any comfort, you're not alone. The $5M tax-free gift and estate tax deal has been around since December 2010, but two long years passed with amazingly few acting on [...]

Malaysia takes in shipwrecked Myanmar migrants refused by Singapore Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:39 PM PST KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian authorities have allowed 40 migrants from Myanmar into the country two weeks after their vessel sank in the Bay of Bengal, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.

Venezuela's Chavez 'stable' after infection Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:30 PM PST Against the backdrop of the president's illness, many Venezuelans are talking about a looming transition of power.

Several killed in Mexico attempted jailbreak Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:51 PM PST Eleven prisoners and six guards killed during attempted prison break in norther city of Gomez Palacio.

VIDEO: 'There is no life without your parents' Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:32 PM PST Nearly a decade of war and sectarian violence has left Iraq with many orphans and little infrastructure to care for them.

Another polio worker shot in Pakistan, six killed in attacks Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:06 PM PST PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Another polio worker was shot and badly injured in Pakistan on Wednesday, the latest in a string of attacks that left 6 female health workers dead in 24 hours. The shooting in the northern city of Peshawar so soon after the other killings calls into question whether the U.N.-backed campaign to eradicate polio in Pakistan can continue. It's unclear who is behind the killings. The Taliban have repeatedly issued threats against the polio eradication campaign and health workers said they received calls telling them to stop working with the "infidels". ...

Another polio worker shot in Pakistan, six killed in attacks Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:06 PM PST PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Another polio worker was shot and badly injured in Pakistan on Wednesday, the latest in a string of attacks that left 6 female health workers dead in 24 hours.

Huge crowds vote in SKorean presidential election Posted: 18 Dec 2012 09:53 PM PST Huge crowds turned out Wednesday to vote in a tight presidential race pitting the son of North Korean refugees against the conservative daughter of a late dictator who both favor greater engagement with rival North Korea.

Iterative Agility For Startup: Launch Fast, Learn Faster, Repeat Posted: 18 Dec 2012 04:43 PM PST A startup is a live experiment. The startup founders are constantly testing a set of value proposition hypotheses in the marketplace. Feedback cues gathered help founders to make decisions - do nothing, scale, pivot, or abandon. Strategy creation is a continuous process, an open-ended process of strategic discovery, wrote a [...]

Instagram Competitor Starmatic Uploaded Nearly Double The Photos Today As They Did In the Prior 3 Months Posted: 18 Dec 2012 04:32 PM PST Instagram claims their change of Terms of Service meant nothing. Users seemed to disagree today. Instagram competitor Starmatic received nearly double the uploads today that they've had in the past 3 months.

Climate change and economics Posted: 18 Dec 2012 09:13 PM PST This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

AP Interview: Syria rebels fear chemical weapons Posted: 18 Dec 2012 09:35 PM PST Syrian rebels are closely monitoring the regime's chemical weapons sites, but don't have the means to seize and secure them, their newly elected military commander told The Associated Press.

Panetta orders probe of military day care centers Posted: 18 Dec 2012 09:14 PM PST Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday ordered a worldwide review of hiring practices at all U.S. military day care centers after the Army revealed that it discovered problems with security background checks of workers at a Washington-area center.

The #1 Reason Leadership Development Fails Posted: 18 Dec 2012 04:20 PM PST Over the years, I've observed just about every type of leadership development program on the planet. And the sad thing is, most of them don't even come close to accomplishing what they were designed to do – build better leaders. In today's column I'll share the #1 reason leadership development [...]

Shipping looks to clean up its act Posted: 18 Dec 2012 09:14 PM PST At nearly the length of four football pitches, the container ship Eugen Maersk takes some stopping when traveling at full speed -- around 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) before it can come to a complete halt.

Urban farming looking up Posted: 18 Dec 2012 09:14 PM PST Less than 20 miles from Singapore's skyscrapers is a completely different set of high-rise towers.

Clinton accepts Benghazi findings Posted: 18 Dec 2012 09:18 PM PST US Secretary of State agrees that security arrangements were "grossly inadequate" during the September attack in Libya.

Insight: Once a symbol of new Afghanistan, can policewomen survive? Posted: 18 Dec 2012 08:32 PM PST KABUL (Reuters) - Shortly after Friba joined the Afghan National Police, she gave herself the nickname "dragon" and vowed to bring law and order to her tormented homeland. Five years later, she is tired of rebuffing the sexual advances of male colleagues, worries the budget for the female force will shrink and fears the government will abandon them. Women in the police force were held up as a showcase for Afghan-Western efforts to promote rights in the new Afghanistan, born from the optimism that swept the country after the ouster of the Taliban in 2001. ...

VIDEO: Crocodile's flying leap at swimmer Posted: 18 Dec 2012 08:42 PM PST A man was caught on camera swimming in a national park in Australia when a crocodile lunged at him into the water from a rock. He appeared unharmed by the surprise encounter.

Insight: Once a symbol of new Afghanistan, can policewomen survive? Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:10 PM PST KABUL (Reuters) - Shortly after Friba joined the Afghan National Police, she gave herself the nickname "dragon" and vowed to bring law and order to her tormented homeland.

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No Clear Link Between Cancer and 9/11 Debris, New York Health Dept. Study Finds

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• No Clear Link Between Cancer and 9/11 Debris, New York Health Dept. Study Finds
• Berlusconi says Italy may be forced to leave the euro zone
• CAR rebels take diamond mining town, kill 15 soldiers
• Mitchell calls for 'pleb' inquiry
• Since Recession, More Young Americans Are Homeless
• "Chavez is life!" - adulation in overdrive on Venezuelan media
• Israel presses on with plan for 6,000 new settler homes
• Standard & Poor’s Upgrades Greece’s Credit Rating
• French psychiatrist sentenced after patient commits murder
• Arsenal need Walcott - Campbell
• The Lede Blog: The Lede: Latest Updates
• South Korea votes in tight race on economy and jobs
• France confident it can bridge gap with U.S. on Mali
• Chinese 'rising star' promoted
• 6 polio vaccination workers killed in Pakistan attacks
• Obama 'backs assault weapons ban'
• CAR rebels take diamond-mine town
• Gun Plans Don’t Conflict With Justices’ ’08 Ruling
• Russia Sends Warships Toward Syria for Possible Evacuation
• Four killed as Sicilian apartment buildings collapse

No Clear Link Between Cancer and 9/11 Debris, New York Health Dept. Study Finds Posted: 18 Dec 2012 01:13 PM PST The study by the New York City health department, the largest to date, was released mere months after cancer was added to the list of sicknesses covered by the World Trade Center compensation fund.

Berlusconi says Italy may be forced to leave the euro zone Posted: 18 Dec 2012 12:37 PM PST ROME (Reuters) - Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday Italy would be forced to leave the euro zone unless the European Central Bank gets more powers to ensure lower borrowing costs.

CAR rebels take diamond mining town, kill 15 soldiers Posted: 18 Dec 2012 01:09 PM PST BANGUI (Reuters) - Rebel groups killed at least 15 soldiers as they seized a diamond mining town in Central African Republic on Tuesday, witnesses said, the latest sign of an offensive that risks provoking a new spiral of violence in the mineral-rich nation.

Mitchell calls for 'pleb' inquiry Posted: 18 Dec 2012 01:12 PM PST Former Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell calls for a "full inquiry" into the row with Downing Street police officers that cost him his job.

Since Recession, More Young Americans Are Homeless Posted: 18 Dec 2012 01:08 PM PST Across the country, tens of thousands of unemployed young people, many with college credits or work histories, are struggling to house themselves in the wake of the recession.

"Chavez is life!" - adulation in overdrive on Venezuelan media Posted: 18 Dec 2012 11:53 AM PST CARACAS (Reuters) - Gathered in the yard of a small home in the Venezuelan countryside, a young man with dreadlocks asks a bearded musician clutching a guitar: "Who can Chavez rely on?"

Israel presses on with plan for 6,000 new settler homes Posted: 18 Dec 2012 11:59 AM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli officials said they would press on with plans this week to build 6,000 homes for settlers on land claimed by Palestinians, defying criticism from Western powers who fear the move will damage already faint hopes for a peace accord.

Standard & Poor’s Upgrades Greece’s Credit Rating Posted: 18 Dec 2012 11:26 AM PST Standard & Poor's ratings agency on Tuesday upgraded Greece's credit grade by 6 notches, yanking the debt-heavy country out of default but still keeping its devalued bonds in junk status.

French psychiatrist sentenced after patient commits murder Posted: 18 Dec 2012 11:34 AM PST MARSEILLES, France (Reuters) - A French psychiatrist whose patient hacked an elderly man to death was found guilty of manslaughter on Tuesday in a groundbreaking case that could affect the way patients are treated.

Arsenal need Walcott - Campbell Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:59 AM PST Arsenal cannot afford to let Theo Walcott leave the club, former Gunners defender Sol Campbell tells BBC Sport.

The Lede Blog: The Lede: Latest Updates Posted: 18 Dec 2012 01:13 PM PST Mourners gather for the funeral of James Mattioli; nearly 2 million people sign a sympathy card.

South Korea votes in tight race on economy and jobs Posted: 18 Dec 2012 12:48 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - South Koreans vote for a new president on Wednesday against a backdrop of a hostile North Korea and a slowing economy, in a battle between the daughter of a former military ruler and a man her father jailed decades ago for political activism.

France confident it can bridge gap with U.S. on Mali Posted: 18 Dec 2012 11:00 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - France will address U.S. concerns about an international military mission to retake northern Mali from Islamist rebels, in time for a U.N. Security Council vote on the issue this week, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.

Chinese 'rising star' promoted Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:43 AM PST One of the Chinese Communist Party's rising stars, Hu Chunhua, is appointed party boss in the powerhouse province of Guangdong.

6 polio vaccination workers killed in Pakistan attacks Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:56 AM PST A campaign to eradicate polio from the northwest tribal region of Pakistan is on hold after fatal attacks on health workers vaccinating children, the Balochistan government said Tuesday.

Obama 'backs assault weapons ban' Posted: 18 Dec 2012 12:22 PM PST US President Barack Obama wants to reinstate a ban on assault weapons, the White House says, following the killings at a school in Newtown, Connecticut.

CAR rebels take diamond-mine town Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:38 AM PST Rebel forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) seize the key mining hub of Bria, in an ongoing fight against the government.

Gun Plans Don’t Conflict With Justices’ ’08 Ruling Posted: 18 Dec 2012 12:30 PM PST A sweeping 2008 decision that struck down parts of the District of Columbia's strict gun-control law appears consistent with many new options being discussed after the Newtown shootings.

Russia Sends Warships Toward Syria for Possible Evacuation Posted: 18 Dec 2012 12:58 PM PST The move elooked like preparation for a potential evacuation of Russian citizens, who are scattered across Syria as a result of intermarriage and longstanding economic ties.

Four killed as Sicilian apartment buildings collapse Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:29 AM PST ROME (Reuters) - Four people were killed and at least seven were injured when an apartment block collapsed onto another overnight in Palermo's historical city center, Sicilian emergency services said on Tuesday.

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