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Will Midwest storm delay shipment of on-line purchases?NEWS YOU CAN USE(WKTV) - A record number of Americans ordered holiday gifts online after retailers flooded their in-boxes with offers of extra discounts, free shipping and easy returns. 
House GOP puts off vote on 'Plan B'WASHINGTON (AP) - Unable to round up enough support, House Republicans abruptly put off a vote Thursday night on legislation allowing tax rates to rise for households earning $1 million and up, complicating attempts to avoid a year-end fiscal cliff that threatens to send the economy into recession. 
Richard Engel and NBC News team freed from captors in SyriaNBC News’ Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and members of his network production team were freed from captors in Syria after a firefight at a checkpoint on Monday, five days after they were taken prisoner, NBC News said early Tuesday. 
Classes resuming in Newtown, minus Sandy HookNEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - With security stepped up and families still on edge in Newtown, students began returning to school Tuesday for the first time since last week's massacre, bringing a return of familiar routines - at least, for some - to a grief-stricken town as it buries 20 of its children. 
What can travel, what can't: Plus holiday wrapping ideasNEWS YOU CAN USE - If you haven't gotten your Christmas cards out yet, you might want to think about sending a holiday or New Year's card! 
Newtown plans burials as school's future debatedNEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - A grieving Connecticut town braced itself Monday to bury the first two of the 20 small victims of an elementary school gunman and debated when classes could resume - and where, given the carnage in the building and the children's associations with it. 
AP source: Suspect drove to mother's schoolWASHINGTON (AP) - A law enforcement official says the suspect in the Connecticut school shootings is 20-year-old Adam Lanza, the son of a teacher at the school where the shootings occurred. A second law enforcement official says the boy's mother, Nancy Lanza, is presumed dead. 
Man kills 26 at Conn. school, including 20 kidsNEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -A man opened fire Friday inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked as a teacher, killing 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in their classrooms and trembled helplessly to the sound of gunfire reverberating through the building. 
Pentagon to send missiles, 400 troops to TurkeyINCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (AP) - The Pentagon is sending Patriot air defense missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from a possible Syrian missile attack. 
Golden Globes mostly dwell on cable, jilt broadcast fareNEW YORK (AP) - The Golden Globe nominations for television largely hail cable programming again this year. 
Police: Ore. mall shooter used stolen riflePORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The gunman who killed two people and himself in a shooting rampage at an Oregon mall was 22 years old and used a stolen rifle from someone he knew, authorities said Wednesday. 
3 dead, including gunman, in Oregon mall shootingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police says three people are dead, including the gunman, after a shooting at a shooting mall in the Portland, Ore., area. 
Cowboy charged after player dies in auto accidentIRVING, Texas (AP) - Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent is facing an intoxication manslaughter charge after a one-vehicle accident that killed linebacker Jerry Brown, a member of the team's practice squad. 
Pearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversaryPEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - More than 2,000 people are gathering at Pearl Harbor on Friday to mark the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people and launched the United States into World War II. 
Manager: Jazz composer, pianist Dave Brubeck diesHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91.
GOP issues new 'fiscal cliff' offer to ObamaWASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans on Monday proposed a new 10-year, $2.2 trillion blueprint to President Barack Obama that calls for increasing the eligibility age for Medicare and lowering cost-of-living hikes for Social Security benefits. 
Palace says Duchess of Cambridge expecting a babyLONDON (AP) - Palace officials say Prince William and his wife are expecting their first child. St. James Palace said Monday that the Duchess of Cambridge has a severe form of morning sickness and is currently in a London hospital. 
Egypt draft constitution sparks mass protestCAIRO (AP) - More than 100,000 protesters took the streets in Egypt vowing to stop a draft constitution that Islamist allies of President Mohammed Morsi approved early Friday in a rushed, all-night session without the participation of liberals and Christians. 
Wanted war criminal arrested in UticaUTICA, N.Y. - A Utica man was arrested early Wednesday morning by federal law enforcement pursuant to an extradition request from the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Authorities say the man is wanted in his home country for crimes that he committed while commanding a platoon in the Army of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia. 
Bloomberg: DuPont sends in former cops to enforce seed patentsDuPont Co. (DD), the world's second- biggest seed company, is sending dozens of former police officers across North America to prevent a practice generations of farmers once took for granted. |
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