28-Dec-2012 04:16

Russia's Plan to Bar American Adoptions Upends Families - New York Times :: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/world/europe/putin-to-sign-ban-on-us-adoptions-of-russian-children.html

Sandy Hook funeral-fund scam outrages, feds charge Nouel Alba - New York Daily News :: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/sandy-hook-funeral-fund-scam-outrages-feds-charge-nouel-alba-article-1.1228607

Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Mongolian Dinosaur Skeleton - Voice of America (blog) :: http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/12/27/florida-man-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-mongolian-dinosaur-skeleton/

Northeast Snow, Record Christmas Tornado Outbreak and More Severe Storm ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog) :: http://www.startribune.com/blogs/184962061.html

UPDATE 4-CAR appeals for French help against rebels, Paris balks - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/28/car-rebels-france-idUSL5E8NR4BZ20121228

Cliff Talks Down to the Wire - Wall Street Journal :: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324669104578205421234901266.html

Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, known to many as 'Stormin' Norman,' dead ... - Washington Post :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ap-source-retired-gen-norman-schwarzkopf-who-led-1991-operation-desert-storm-dead-at-78/2012/12/27/c474b6fc-5084-11e2-835b-02f92c0daa43_story.html

EPA Chief to Step Down, With Climate Still Low Priority - New York Times :: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/science/earth/lisa-p-jackson-of-epa-to-step-down.html?pagewanted%3Dall

Markey to run for Kerry's Senate seat - Boston Herald :: http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2012/12/markey_run_kerry%25E2%2580%2599s_senate_seat

Utah Teachers Flock to Gun Training - ABC News :: http://abcnews.go.com/US/utah-teachers-flock-gun-training/story?id%3D18075985