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Ashley Judd: Senate race for real?Ashley Judd hints at Senate run in Kentucky. If Ashley Judd ran for Senate in 2014, she'd be up against Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell.
- Jets collide in Miami (on the ground) with no injuries
Jets collide in Miami: Two commercial airline jets collided while taxing on the ground at Miami International Airport. Each jet sustained damage to the fuselage due to the collision.
Winter storm buries parts of the SoutheastOfficials hoped rising temperatures would thaw the snow and ice and get traffic moving sometime Friday.
Lance Armstrong admits to lying for years about dopingLance Armstrong was direct, matter of fact, and unemotional in his confession about drug use during an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Armstrong, a former cycling champion, said he lied repeatedly for years and verbally and legal attacked his accusers.
Escaped grizzly cub: How did "Booboo" escape?An escaped grizzly cub was spotted roaming a wooded area near Naples, Fla. yesterday. The 125-pound grizzly cub "Booboo" escaped from a facility Tuesday afternoon.
How a 'hopelessly out of date' law makes you a computer criminalA 26-year-old law says that any unauthorized access into a protected network or computer — like your access to this website — is a federal crime with longer prison sentences than most violent crimes.
Manti Te'o at Notre Dame: Who knew the girlfriend was a hoax?Manti Te'o was Notre Dame's star linebacker. But was he also a liar? Notre Dame says Manti Te'o was duped by an online hoax about a fictional girlfriend, and her death, during the football season. Who knew about the hoax?
Obama, NRA clash over gun controlFlanked by schoolchildren and reading from their letters, President Obama announced measures he plans to take to prevent gun violence on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, the NRA began an ad campaign against gun control.
Mark Sanford: Will South Carolina residents vote for him again?Former Gov. Mark Sanford says he will run for his old congressional seat in South Carolina. A conservative, Sanford had a secret affair with an Argentine woman in 2009.
More than 8,000 NYC school bus drivers on strikeAbout 200 bus drivers and busmatrons, who help kids on and off buses, were assembled on picket lines in Queens.
Lance Armstrong may not be done confessing to Anti-Doping AgencyHis interview with Oprah Winfrey hasn't aired yet, but already some people want to hear more — under oath — before Armstrong is allowed to compete in elite triathlons.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar: Fifth member to exit Obama CabinetInterior Secretary Ken Salazar will step down in March. Ken Salazar pushed solar and wind, but gained the most attention for his role in the offshore drilling ban after the BP Gulf oil spill.
- 2 killed in college shooting in Kentucky: Domestic dispute blamed
2 killed in college shooting and one teenage girl was wounded in the parking lot of the Hazard Community and Technical College in Kentucky. Police have arrested the suspected shooter. The shooting, say police, was a domestic dispute unrelated to the college.
Wal-Mart hires vets: Cure for vet unemployment or PR stunt?Wal-Mart, America's biggest private employer, announces plans to hire any honorably discharged vet who wants a job. Veteran unemployment is 50 percent higher than civilian unemployment.
House approves $50.5 billion in Sandy aidCongress has voted over $50 billion in aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy. 192 Democrats joined 49 Republicans in support of the bill, while 179 Republicans and one Democrat voted against it.
Gay marriage: A big debate in the smallest stateGay marriage could be legalized in Rhode Island before the end of January. Hundreds of supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage testified before the state legislature today.
College shooting: 2 killed, 1 injured in KentuckyInitial reports say 2 were killed at a Kentucky college. A teenager was also wounded. The shootings took place on the main campus of Hazard Community & Technical College in Hazard, Ky.
After Newtown shooting, New York to pass toughest gun controls in the USThe new New York gun-control laws would tighten the restrictions on ownership of assault rifles. Ammunition magazines would be restricted to seven bullets. The proposed law also increases sentences for gun-related crimes.
NASA unveils last moon video by doomed spacecraftNASA scientists shot a two-minute video of a lunar flyby from a height of only 6 miles above the moon's surface, 3 days before crashing the spacecraft near the moon's north pole.
Cop knowingly left his child in a hot car to die, say prosecutorsA cop is accused of leaving his baby girl in a hot car to die after killing the child's mother. "He was either going to talk her out of that paternity suit or he was going to kill her," said the prosecutor.
