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Liberal icon Frank eyes high-profile retirement

Liberal icon Frank eyes high-profile retirement
By By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Even in retirement, Barney Frank promises to antagonize the right wing. The 72-year-old Massachusetts representative ends a storied congressional career in less than three weeks. In a tenure that spanned more than three decades, Frank has

Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons

Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons
By By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic lawmakers and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass shootings in the United States. The proposals were

Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons

Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons
By By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic lawmakers and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass shootings in the United States. The proposals were

Syrian vice president: both sides losing in war

Syrian vice president: both sides losing in war
By By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's longtime vice president said Sunday that his regime and the rebels are both going down a losing path after 21 months of civil war, a rare admission by a top government official that President Bashar Assad's victory is unlikely.

Conn. victims: Lively youngsters, devoted adults

Conn. victims: Lively youngsters, devoted adults
By By The Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - At the very start of their lives, the schoolchildren are remembered for their love of horses, or for the games they couldn't get enough of, or for always saying grace at dinner. The adult victims found their life's work in sheltering

Obama grieves, promises to use power to help

Obama grieves, promises to use power to help
By By JIM KUHNHENN and BEN FELLERAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - He spoke for a nation in sorrow, but the slaughter of all those little boys and girls turned the commander in chief into another parent in grief, searching for answers. Alone on a spare stage after the worst day of his

Obama grieves, promises to use power to help

Obama grieves, promises to use power to help
By By JIM KUHNHENN and BEN FELLERAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - He spoke for a nation in sorrow, but the slaughter of all those little boys and girls turned the commander in chief into another parent in grief, searching for answers. Alone on a spare stage after the worst day of his

A children's choir opens 'SNL' with 'Silent Night'

A children's choir opens 'SNL' with 'Silent Night'
By By FRAZIER MOOREAP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) - "Saturday Night Live" made a rare departure from its comedic opening to pay tribute to the children and adults killed at a Connecticut elementary school. Not known for treating anything seriously or tenderly, the show made a fitting

Ala. officer improving after shooting, chase

Ala. officer improving after shooting, chase
By By JAY REEVESAssociated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Authorities said an east Alabama police officer shot and seriously wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a homicide suspect was improving Sunday as investigators tried to verify the identities of three people whose slayings sparked a two

'Always smiling': Portraits of Conn. victims

'Always smiling': Portraits of Conn. victims
By By MATT SEDENSKYAssociated Press Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit for anyone regardless of age. Others found their life's work in sheltering little ones, teaching them, caring for them, treating them as their own. After the gunfire