Honor the victims -- with action

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Indonesia blames pilot error for plane crash that killed 45

JAKARTA: Indonesian investigators blamed pilot error on Tuesday for a Sukhoi Superjet crash that killed all 45 onboard an exhibition flight that slammed into a Javanese volcano in May.The National Transport Safety Committee (KNKT) found that the terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS) was functioning and that the pilot had switched it off before the crash."The TAWS had sent a 'terrain...

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Watch Dallas Mavericks try to sing

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Obama moves on taxes in latest "cliff" counter-proposal

President Obama gave up Monday on his demand for higher taxes on households earning $250,000 and upped it to $400,000 while embracing smaller cost-of-living Social Security raises in a counter-proposal to House Speaker John Boehner meant to narrow differences and forge a pre-Christmas "fiscal cliff" deal. Mr. Obama and Boehner met for nearly an hour in the Oval Office on Monday and sources familiar...

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Conn. Kids Laid to Rest: 'Our Hearts Are With You'

Visibly shaken attendees exiting the funeral today for 6-year-old Noah Pozner, one of 20 children killed in the Connecticut school massacre last week, said they were touched by a story that summed up the first-grader best.His mother, Veronique, would often tell him how much she loved him and he'd respond: "Not as much as I [love] you," said a New York man who attended the funeral...

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Gun control: Change is possible

Parishioners pay their respects to the victims of the elementary school shooting in Connecticut.STORY HIGHLIGHTSIn Australia, one massacre turned the tide in favor of gun controlJust 12 days after the shootings nationwide gun law reform announcedAlpers: Risk of dying by gunshot in Australia fell by more than 50% -- and stayed thereEditor's note: Philip Alpers is Adjunct Associate Professor at the...

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Testing time for China's migrant millions

BEIJING: Dozens of frustrated parents crowded into a Beijing office, surrounding an education official and brandishing copies of the constitution to demand their children be allowed to take an exam.Mothers and fathers around the world fight to send their children to the best schools they can, in the hopes of drastically improving their futures.But China's migrant families are victims of...

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NFL Week 15: The best photos

The Jacksonville Jaguars take a moment of silence in honor of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting before their game against the Miami Dolphins at Sun Life Stadium on Sunday, December 16, in Miami Gardens, Florida. Check out the action from Week 15 of the NFL and then look back at the best photos from Week ...

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Two Topeka, Kan., police officers killed in shootout

Officials stand outside a Topeka, Kan., grocery store, where two police officers where killed in a shootout on Dec. 16, 2012. / WIBW-TV Updated 11:48 p.m. ETTOPEKA, Kan. Authorities say two Kansas police officers shot outside a grocery store have died at a hospital. Police say the 22-year-old male suspect in Sunday evening's shooting in Topeka remains at large and is believed to still be...

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Obama: Nation Faces 'Hard Questions' After Shooting

President Barack Obama said at an interfaith prayer service in this mourning community this evening that the country is "left with some hard questions" if it is to curb a rising trend in gun violence, such as the shooting spree Friday at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School.After consoling victims' families in classrooms at Newtown High School, the president said he would...

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