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{"Stamford, Connecticut"=>["Stamford firefighter Nick Tamburro pays his respects outside the home of Madonna Badger in Stamford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011.", "(JTA) - The nephew of Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy was arrested for trespassing in a yeshiva high school in Stamford. Kerry Mallory, an actor who appears in the new movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” was arrested Monday on the property of Yeshiva Bais ...", "Jennifer Oxer of DeYulio Sausage holds eviction notice on Friday December 20, 2013 in the Stamford, Conn. office. The business is getting evicted on Monday forcing the furlough of 20 employees right before Christmas as the city looks to move ahead with ...", "Reporter Christina Chiarelli takes a look back at who made news in Culture in Stamford in 2013. A nine year veteran with the Stamford Police Department and leader of its K-9 unit -- Officer Seth O'Brien was named Officer of the Year.", "Four candidates stepped up for the city's top job after Republican Michael Pavia decided not to run for reelection. The ballot included Democrat and Board of Finance member David Martin, Republican and former Lt.", "Diego Musilli poses next to the Christmas nativity he built in his home in Stamford, Conn., on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. This is Diego's 35th consecutive year he has created the model for his family.", "This house displays their Christmas lights along Ridgewood Avenue in the Springdale section of Stamford, Conn. Photographed on Monday, Dec. 23, 2013.", "STAMFORD -- A Stamford Academy student was arrested after forcing his way onto the Norwalk High School basketball team's bus last Wednesday and threatening the coach and players after Stamford High School's upset win over the Bears, according to a ...", "STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Stamford Academy student has been arrested after police say he forced his way onto the Norwalk High School basketball team's bus and threatened the coach and players.", "Donna Angelucci, manager at Arthur's Famous Pizza meets De Yulio Sausage employees Julio Poveda and Clay Williams as they deliver sausage to the restaurant in Bridgeport, Conn.", "Capt. Victor Rella stands with a smoke and carbon monoxide alarm installation kit at Springdale Fire Company on Friday, December 20, 2013.", "On Thursday, Dec. 19, sixth- and seventh-grade children in the Starfish Connection held a Christmas cookie-making activity and donated some of the yummy and artistically decorated baked goods to the charity Kids in Crisis.", "STAMFORD -- A 17-year-old Westhill High School student and a 20-year-old city man were arrested after a resident identified them as the duo involved in a beat-down robbery on Wright Street on Saturday night.", "Jennifer Oxer of DeYulio Sausage holds eviction notice on Friday December 20, 2013 in the Stamford, Conn. office. The business is getting evicted on Monday forcing the furlough of 20 employees right before Christmas.", "STAMFORD -- Their delays and legal appeals nearly exhausted, DeYulio Sausage Co. is poised to close Monday after more than 100 years in business, leaving nearly two dozen employees out of work two days before Christmas.", "Harding's Kanard Codrington, center, and teammate T.J. Killings, right, block a shot attempt by Stamford's Kenny Wright, during boys basketball action in Bridgeport, Conn.", "Angela Losquadro retouches a poster at Poster Conservation in Stamford, Conn. on Monday December 9, 2013. The shop mounts vintage posters on linen backing and restores them for galleries and individuals.", "TRUMBULL -- Trumbull boys basketball coach Buddy Bray wouldn't say these words to his young players during the game but he had to be thinking it Friday night: What you don't know can't hurt you.", "STAMFORD -- A Stamford judge has rejected a constitutional challenge against the creation of a single Stamford fire department that consolidates both paid and volunteer firefighters, but told the city that their authority over the volunteers did not go ...", "Branford's Adolph Brink guards the goal as Stamford's Tim Walsh competes for control of the puck during Saturday's hockey game against Branford at Terry Connors Rink in Stamford, Conn."], "World"=>["Chinese President Xi Jinping's reaction to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to a shrine that honors wartime leaders will determine whether Asia's top two economies come closer to a hostile incident.", "From the new year a handful of Romans will be invited to celebrate morning mass with the pope inside the Vatican. The 77-year-old pontiff is well-known for embracing the young, old and disabled when they gather in St Peter's Square, or picking up the phone ...", "A school of carnivorous fish related to the piranha has attacked bathers in an Argentine river, injuring about 70. Thousands of bathers were cooling off in the Parana River in Rosario, 300km (186 miles) north of Buenos Aires, on Christmas Day when the attack ...", "MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian probe into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has found that his death wasn't caused by radiation - a finding that comes after a French probe found traces of the radioactive isotope polonium and a Swiss investigation ...", "BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that the Communist Party of China (CPC) will hold high the banner of Mao Zedong Thought \"forever\" in pursuing the Chinese nation's rejuvenation.", "A Thai anti government protester throws tear gas from riot policemen during a rally at a stadium to register party-list candidates in Bangkok on Dec. 26, 2013.", "An American contractor kidnapped by Al Qaeda in Pakistan two years ago appears in a video that surfaced Thursday pleading with President Obama to negotiate for his release and saying he feels \"totally abandoned.", "Rescue workers are racing to the group of explorers whose ship is stuck in ice off the coast of Antarctica. The crew's ocean research vessel, Akademik Shokalski, is stranded in a desolate area about 1,500 nautical miles from Tasmania, Australia, according to ...", "Turkey's government slipped into deeper turmoil Thursday as more ministers in Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government resigned and Mr. Erdogan and his allies stepped up rhetoric complaining of a foreign conspiracy.", "DHAKA, Bangladesh - Authorities in Bangladesh began deploying military soldiers on Thursday to help civil administrators hold national elections on Jan. 5 that the opposition is boycotting.", "The weaponry, including 75 Hellfire missiles, and surveillance drones will help Iraq combat a growing al-Qaeda-backed insurgency. By Noah Rayman Dec. 26, 20130.", "Dec. 26 (Bloomberg) –- Chertoff Group Principal Richard Falkenrath and Adam Johnson discuss Edward Snowden's Christmas message broadcast on Britain's Channel 4 on Bloomberg Television's “Lunch Money.", "The mother of one of two Canadian Greenpeace activists detained in Russia says she's getting a wonderful late Christmas present.", "Egypt increased pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday, detaining at least 38 of its supporters on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization the day after it was declared one by the government, security officials said.", "GARDINER, Maine (AP) - Snow fell Thursday in places still hustling to get power back on after a weekend ice storm that turned out the lights from Michigan to Maine and into Canada.", "The Centre decided on Thursday to set up a judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate charges of spying by the Gujarat government on a young woman in 2009, dismissing the BJP's objections that this was an “act of political vindictiveness” against its prime ...", "An Italian man was arrested in Paris after he allegedly drove a vehicle into the gates of the French president's Elysee Palace on Thursday, officials said to the media.", "A Russian cargo plane has crashed in Siberia, killing nine people according to local reports. The Antonov An-12 turboprop aircraft was on its way from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk when it fell on warehouses at a military unit outside the town.", "COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Santa was apparently right on target for Christmas for South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley posted on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram on Thursday a picture of the Beretta PX4 Storm she got as a present, saying she must have ..."], "U.S."=>["LOS ANGELES, Dec 26 (Reuters) - The man accused of opening fire at Los Angeles International Airport and killing a federal. security screener and wounding three other people is expected to plead not guilty on Thursday to charges of murder and attempted", "HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of cards, letters, stuffed animals and children's artwork from around the world flooded into Newtown in the days and weeks after the shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.", "PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Thursday that a Roman Catholic church official had been wrongly convicted of child endangerment over his handling of sexual-abuse complaints against priests.", "The parents of a young leukemia patient who inspired a town to serenade her with Christmas carols are struggling today to cope with her Christmas Day death and her unopened holiday presents.", "Authorities arrested a man in Phoenix after he scaled a fence at the city's main airport and ran out toward a plane that had just landed, according to The Arizona Republic.", "Three years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Americans see it as President Barack Obama's greatest achievement and his biggest failure, according to a new poll released Monday.", "A burned trailer where three children died Christmas morning sits charred in Whispering Oaks Trailer Park in Houma. / Dee Dee Thurstom / The Houma Daily Courier.", "Republican leaders and their corporate allies have launched an array of efforts aimed at diminishing the clout of the party's most conservative activists and promoting legislation instead of confrontation next year.", "SAN FRANCISCO - With a law that spells out the rights of transgender students in grades K-12 set to take effect in California, school districts are reviewing locker room layouts, scheduling sensitivity training for coaches, assessing who will sleep where ...", "That's according to a new CNN poll out Thursday, which found two-thirds of Americans survey agreeing that the current congress is the worst in their lifetime.", "GULF BREEZE - A woman was found stabbed and beaten to death in her home on Christmas Eve and her 17-year-old son has been charged with the crime.", "KATY, TX (KTRK) -- A Katy man has been charged with a federal hate crime for allegedly assaulting a 79-year-old African-American man in a knockout game-style attack, according to the U.S.", "An Ohio man on Thursday pleaded not guilty to raping and strangling a neighbor's 9-year-old daughter whose body was found in a trash bin at their trailer park.", "Five people were shot and killed in two separate shootings in and around Newark on Wednesday, an outbreak of violence that led to renewed questions about public safety in New Jersey's largest city.", "AP10ThingsToSee - Firefighters battle a wind-driven brush fire in Simi Valley, Calif. on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013. Strong Santa Ana winds spread the fire quickly, however, firefighters gained the upper hand in several hours after an all out assault using water ...", "Neither speed nor alcohol played a role in the Brookline, N.H., crash, that killed the daughter of a Brookline firefighter who, in a tragic twist, was among the first responders at the scene, according to the town's police chief.", "The Lake County Sheriff's Office is looking for the Grinch who stole Christmas. Well, sort of. This guy is worse because he's real.", "Today, Dec. 26 is the first day of the Kwanzaa celebration, the relatively new African American holiday heritage tradition. Each of the seven day's in the week-long holiday is dedicated to a specific philosophical principle, with the first day being known as ...", "Full shutdown will start after midnight Friday for five hours, but crews will start closing onramps in the affect area starting at 7 p.m.", "The disposable cut Christmas tree of yesteryear is today a valuable addition as organic material used for mulch, compost and soil improvement."], "Business"=>["(Adds data from IBM Digital Analytics, NRF, details, share prices). Dec 26 (Reuters) - Sales during the 2013 U.S. holiday season grew from a year earlier as retailers used higher discounts and promotions to attract customers in a season with fewer shopping ...", "Stocks opened higher on Wall Street as traders return from the Christmas holiday. Good news about the U.S. job market encouraged investors to bid up stock prices.", "People without power and packages on Christmas could only gripe through cyberspace, but companies are trying to make amends for disrupted service.", "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in nearly a month, a hopeful sign for the labor market.", "Speculation is building that electric car maker Tesla Motors could become an acquisition for a major Detroit automaker -- not just a tech company like Apple.", "JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - Sen. Robert Menendez wants the federal government to hold companies accountable when their customers' financial information is stolen.", "U.S. Treasury bonds fell Thursday, pushing the yield on 10-year notes to 3%, a threshold that may signal a new baseline for higher interest rates that could send ripples through the U.S.", "It's the financial-market equivalent of a lump of coal. Interest rates are steadily inching up, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note brushing up against 3% on Thursday morning.", "The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on Thursday said it fined Barclays Capital Inc. almost $4 million for what it called \"systemic failures\" in records retention.", "Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are managing the sale. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg. Aptalis Holdings Inc., the pharmaceutical company focused on gastrointestinal diseases and cystic fibrosis, filed to raise $500 million in an ...", "FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German airline Lufthansa cancelled four flights to and from Paris after most of its workers there called in sick on Thursday morning, a spokesman for the company said.", "After a-one day break for the holiday, stores are once again trying to entice shoppers. Some have been open since five o'clock this morning.", "Several retailers are opening up early again for shoppers to return any unwanted Christmas gifts, but consumer groups say if you want to get your money back, you'd better hurry.", "PITTSBURGH (AP) - Shell Chemical LP has extended its option to buy Pennsylvania land that could become a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant and recently bought an adjacent property.", "Just like last year, Amazon is reporting that the 2013 shopping season was its biggest yet, not just in terms of its sales, but also with its services.", "RALEIGH, N.C.—President Barack Obama's announcement that people could keep insurance policies slated for cancellation under the federal health overhaul has gotten a mixed response from insurers, state regulators and consumers."], "Technology"=>["Google has punished a provocative music-lyrics website after learning it had unscrupulously tried to improve its search rankings. Add to Portfolio.", "How will Amazon top online groceries and delivery drones in 2014? The online retail giant might just focus on getting your attention via some new devices.", "A bevy of current-gen video games were released on Xbox One and PS4 at the launch of those consoles, from Call of Duty: Ghosts to Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.", "Taiwanese officials have fined Apple almost $670,000 for interfering with iPhone pricing by local mobile service providers and handset distributors.", "Computerworld - A leaked email from Apple CEO Tim Cook that teased \"big plans\" for 2014 renewed speculation that the company would finally make good on expectations by launching new product lines, including wearables and a smart television, next year ...", "NVIDIA's Tegra Note 7 tablet is a bit of a tech demo, showing off what amazing things can be done with the Tegra 4 processor. It's NVIDIA's compelling argument for manufacturers to use the Tegra 4 chipset, or so I assume.", "IDG News Service - The evad3rs hacking team has released a long-awaited jailbreak for Apple devices running iOS 7, but the release generated a backlash over its bundling of a Chinese app store instead of the more popular Cydia app directory.", "Samsung's Knox mobile security solution for smartphones like the best-selling Galaxy S4 has a \"critical vulnerability\" which could enable \"easy interception of data communications,\" according to researchers at Israel's Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the ...", "Question: I'm worried about the photos I'm posting on Facebook. How can I make sure only my friends and family can see them?", "There are beer cans, and then there are Humvees. Ford Motor Co. (F) will take pains to show its new, aluminum F-150 pickup has more in common with combat vehicles.", "Valve is getting into the holiday spirit by making its zombie shooter, Left 4 Dead 2, completely free to download on Steam. Merry Christmas everyone!", "Online gaming services are experiencing conflicts due to an influx of players after Christmas Day. By Abigail Elise. on December 26 2013 12:24 PM.", "Panasonic CEO Kazuhiro Tsuga, left, and the company's North America chief Joe Taylor showed an ultrathin OLED TV in Las Vegas last January.", "If you think Google is the 'good guy' in their new lawsuit with the Rockstar consortium, Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents would like you to reconsider.", "An Xbox One console is pictured at the Microsoft Games exhibition stand during the Gamescom 2013 fair in Cologne August 23, 2013. (Photo : Reuters).", "T-Mobile MVNO GoSmart will soon offer subscribers, even those without data plans, unlimited access to Facebook. Facebook, doing all it can to keep users signing in and staying put, has teamed with GoSmart Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator ...", "Apple iPhone Good news: You've emerged from the holiday season with a brand-new Mac, iPhone or iPad! If this is your first Apple product, welcome to the fold.", "Zelda, of The Legend of Zelda fame, is returning to Super Smash Bros. with the upcoming Wii U and 3DS releases of the series. Nintendo confirmed the princess' addition to the roster earlier today, a late Christmas gift for fans of Hyrule's royalty.", "Apple has been on an acquisition spree this year. The Cupertino-based giant acquired 15 companies in 2013, out of which only 10 were officially confirmed.", "These are the first photos of a new AMG styling pack for the 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class which we expect to be available when the svelte luxury sedan hits showrooms in the second half of next year."], "Entertainment"=>["(CNN) -- Miley Cyrus' Christmas gift to fans? More of the same. The controversial singer's video for her song \"Adore You\" leaked online Christmas Day and it's filled with Miley, well, being Miley.", "(EW.com ) -- JWoww is going to be a mom! Former \"Jersey Shore\" star Jenni 'JWoww' Farley wrote on her blog that she and her fiance Roger Matthews are expecting their first child together.", "If Tori Spelling's marriage is facing a cold, harsh reality, the \"Tori & Dean Home Sweet Hollywood\" star wasn't showing any panic on Christmas.", "Evelyn Lozada, who was engaged to ex-Celtic Antoine Walker and married to ex-Patriot Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson is now engaged and having a baby with ex-Red Sox whiner Carl Crawford!", "Spears takes fans inside her life and Sin City show during 'I Am Britney Jean.' By Jocelyn Vena (@jocelyn1212). With only four days until Britney Spears takes the stage for the first night of her two-year Las Vegas residency \"Piece of Me,\" the 32-year-old ...", "US Magazine is reporting that yesterday's tweet from pop superstar Justin Biber announcing his retirement from the music industry was just a joke to point out how gullible the news media was.", "Sam Shepard kicks off the screen adaptation of “August: Osage County” with a foggy reference to T. S. Eliot and a succinct account of some of the family pathology that will occupy his kin (and the audience) for the next couple of hours.", "A now-deleted Facebook account claiming to be the A-list actress posted this pic with a message about how her niece was diagnosed with cancer last year and that she shaved her head in solidarity.", "Need a good cry? Over a week after the surprise, internet-breaking release of her titular fifth album, Beyonce wrapped up her epic Mrs. Carter Show world tour in Brooklyn just before Christmas.", "Robertson has gotten flack from LGBT groups over anti-gay remarks he made in the profile, but Jackson's issue is with Robertson's statement that blacks were perfectly happy before the Civil Rights movement.", "NEW YORK (AP) - Since navigating a tablet generally doesn't require the ability to type or read, children as young as toddlers can quickly learn how to stream movies, scroll through family photos or play simple games.", "Christmas Eve a good chunk of the world gathered in front of their television sets to say goodbye to Matt Smith, who played The Doctor for the past four years on \"Doctor Who.", "'Matching Christmas onesies is a thing that's happening right now,' the I Knew You Were Trouble singer, 24, wrote in a caption to an Instagram photo on Tuesday.", "Hugh Jackman is the latest high-profile name to escape from the Broadway production of \"Houdini.\" Citing scheduling issues, the 45-year-old Tony Award winner announced late Monday that he's exiting the production, which is being developed for the ...", "Sitting in a chilly hotel ballroom for a press conference, he wears his overcoat draped over his shoulders, Fellini-style; later, sitting for another interview in his room, he'll sip gingerly at a soda, his asthma inhaler by his hand.", "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty There is a lot to like about actor/director Ben Stiller's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. It has a warm and positive message about the importance of breaking out of one's shell."], "Sports"=>["On the heels of a 1-11 season, UMass announced the dismissal of head coach Charley Molnar. Molnar was hired in Dec. 2011, taking over a program that was joining the Football Bowl Subdivision and Mid-American Conference in 2012.", "Is Max Bullough's suspension a game-changer for the Spartans in their first Rose Bowl appearance since 1988? Tell us what you think in the comments below.", "LOS ANGELES -- LeBron James didn't like having his defending champion Miami Heat playing on the road for Christmas, and he wasn't thrilled about facing the depleted and struggling Los Angeles Lakers.", "This edition of the Patriots News Blitz focuses on coach Bill Belichick's theory that less offseason practice time has led to more injuries across the NFL.", "SAN ANTONIO -- Uncorking a 40-point first quarter on the road, especially against the famously stingy home team, is the sort of rare and gleaming gift that should always set you up for a pretty good night.", "Serena Williams is The Associated Press' 2013 Female Athlete of the Year, easily winning a vote by news organizations. Subscription Required.", "GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida is turning to Duke's Kurt Roper to improve the Southeastern Conference's worst offense. Coach Will Muschamp is counting on Roper's previous success in the league and his experience with an up-tempo scheme to get it done.", "As the 2013 calendar year in the UFC draws to a close this week with UFC 168, the folks at FOX Spots 1's “UFC Tonight” put together their list of the definitive moments of the year.", "(Adds late games). * Walcott propels Arsenal to top. * Rooney fires 150th league goal. * Hazard seals Chelsea win. By Martyn Herman.", "NEW YORK -- Not only was there no Kevin Durant-Carmelo Anthony showdown, there wasn't much of a game, either. The Oklahoma City Thunder made sure of it with the most dominant performance ever by a road team on Christmas.", "Little Caesars Pizza Bowl in Detroit. Bowling Green (10-3) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6). Time/TV: 6 p.m. ET/ESPN. Surface: Artificial. Glantz-Culver line: Bowling Green by 4½.", "The Chicago Bulls assigned guard Marquis Teague to the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League, the team announced Thursday. The 29th pick of the 2012 draft, Teague has appeared in 19 games this season and made two starts.", "The verdict is in from commissioner Gary Bettman on Shawn Thornton's appeal of his 15-game suspension, the punishment has been upheld by the man in charge.", "EAST LANSING - Harlon Barnett has a black leather jacket he normally wears on recruiting trips, but he made a wardrobe adjustment for a recent jaunt through Ohio.", "TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have placed defensive end Da'Quan Bowers on injured reserve and filled the roster opening by signing defensive lineman Scott Solomon.", "Jimmy Butler (ankle) had his knee give out as he drove to the rim during Wednesday's win over the Nets, but says he is fine. \"It hurt for a second,\" Butler said of his knee.", "For all those who woke up to GoPro cameras under the tree this year, Shaun White has a little inspiration for you. GoPro released a new video Thursday of White, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in men's halfpipe, training in a custom halfpipe built for him in ...", "British number one Andy Murray lost on his return to action after undergoing back surgery in September. The 26-year-old, who was recently named BBC Sports Personality of the Year, lost 7-5 6-3 to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Mubadala World ...", "Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego. No. 23 Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Utah State (8-5). Time/TV: 9:30 p.m. ET/ESPN. Surface: Grass. Glantz-Culver line: Northern Illinois by 1. Sagarin difference: Utah State by 0.45.", "Things got heated on Christmas between the Warriors and Clippers, which resulted in a player from each side being ejected. For the Warriors, it was Draymond Green for a high elbow to Blake Griffin."], "Science"=>["It was nearly 50 years ago that Star Trek first dubbed space as “the final frontier.” Today, it's still a frontier, but it's a busy one.", "Rocky Mars Ground Where Curiosity Has Been Driving NASA's Mars rover Curiosity captured this 360-degree view using its Navigation Camera (Navcam) after a 17-foot (5.3 meter) drive on 477th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (Dec. 8, 2013).", "In what was the second spacewalk in four days for U.S. astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Michael Hopkins, and only the second Christmas Eve spacewalk ever, a critical cooling loop at the station was revived.", "When Comet ISON was discovered and a preliminary orbit for it was worked out, it was initially announced that it could be the \"comet of the century.", "onservative organizations spend as much as a billion dollars a year trying to convince Americans that climate change isn't real, or if it is real, that it isn't caused by humans.", "Nearly all of the modern world is constructed on Turing's accomplishments. He helped crack Germany's “Enigma” code in World War II, contributed two important proofs to mathematics, and established foundational concepts in computer science and artificial ...", "NASA celebrated one of the most important events in the agency's space exploration history Monday, reliving the 1968 Apollo 8 mission.", "SEARCH AND ADVERTISING FIRM Google has a robot-dominating-robot called Schaft in its roster. The firm offered Schaft as its entry to a DARPA robot Olympics, a video of which is embedded below, and it has dominated the early stages of the event.", "Tony Stark's suit might still be science fiction fantasy, but developing the awesome strength of the Hulk is now a distinct possibility.", "The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued the season's 17th Winter Spare the Air Alert for Tuesday, officials announced.", "BANDON - Back in 1900, what became known as Audubon magazine suggested a new Yuletide recreation: Who could count the most birds in their native habitat.", "Google's 1.48-meter tall Shaft robot lived up to the expectations. It won 27 out of the total 32 points, beating the No.2 IHMC Robotics by 7 points.", "The restoration of the bald eagle population in the lower 48 states is one of the most prominent successes of the ESA. Flickr via Creative Commons/Pen Waggener.", "The Deep Space Network (DSN), NASA's most powerful communications system for corresponding with distant spacecraft, celebrated its 50th anniversary Dec. 24.", "After spotting a dark object at the top of the snowy ridge, Brad Barth brings out his spotting scope to determine that the large bird was in fact a golden eagle.", "A record number of manatee's died this year and state scientists are trying to figure out why. According to wildlife officials, for the first time since record-keeping began in the 1970s, our state's manatee death toll reached 800 in a single year.", "JAKARTA, Indonesia - A cave discovered near the source of Indonesia's massive earthquake-spawned tsunami contains the footprints of past gigantic waves dating up to 7,500 years ago, a rare natural record that suggests the next disaster could be ...", "In the northernmost reaches of the Canadian Arctic, 500 miles (800 kilometers) away from the nearest human settlement, researchers discovered a literal message in a bottle, Halifax's Herald News reports.", "Although there's nothing definitive -- yet -- there's growing evidence that marijuana is effective in treating post-traumatic stress disorder.", "The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully launched its Gaia spacecraft. Its mission is to study and capture images of 1 per cent of the Milky Way's estimated 100 billion stars, in order to create the \"most detailed 3D map\" of the galaxy ever made."], "Health"=>["For the second time this week, the White House pushed back the cut off date for consumers to purchase a health plan through federal exchanges in order to get coverage by the first of next month.", "A new study suggests that pregnant women who eat peanuts or tree nuts are less likely than others to have a child with a nut allergy.", "OAKLAND -- Their Christmas celebration over, the family of Jahi McMath next must struggle with perhaps the most excruciating decision they've faced since the 13-year-old developed complications from tonsil surgery.", "After yet another PR headache, McDonald's has taken down its employee resources website following what it deemed \"unwarranted scrutiny and inappropriate commentary.", "A year has passed since the Newtown massacre, and Americans this month marked the somber moment. The most fitting tribute Congress could pay the 26 victims would be to return in January to take up Pennsylvania Representative Tim Murphy's thoughtful ...", "Acupuncture has proven to be as effective in a small study, though it isn't actually being done. When it comes to hot flashes due to breast cancer treatment, even skin pricks used to simulate acupuncture needle sticks might be enough to generate natural ...", "There might actually be some good news about women's health: research shows that flu shots may be more effective in women than in men.", "Patients from the knee surgery group and the sham knee surgery group reported the same level of improvement from their respective surgeries.", "Marlise Munoz may be brain dead and on life support against her family's wishes, but her family will still visit her in the hospital on Christmas, her mother said.", "Researchers believe that antibiotic use on livestock could be reduced by adding a user fee for farmers. (Photo : Wiki Commons). The safety behind the use of antibiotics on farm animals has been questioned recently.", "A gene variant that seems to increase the risk of diabetes in Latin Americans appears to have been inherited from Neanderthals, a study suggests.", "Lydia McGinn was one of four people who gave a special blood donation to the Red Cross in Nashville on Christmas Day. McGinn donated her blood platelets, which are in high-demand.", "More strain at work might mean more illness in old age, according to a new study from Finland. The study found both physical and mental job strain were tied to hospital stays later in life.", "AUSTIN - With flu activity on the rise across the state, doctors are urging Texans to protect themselves by getting vaccinated. Chris Van Deusen, press officer for the Texas Department of State Health Services, sad the primary strain doctors are seeing now is ...", "Teen Girls with PTSD Benefit from Exposure Therapy A form of exposure therapy - a specific type of psychotherapy used to treat certain anxiety disorders - has also been found to work for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in teenage girls who've been ...", "AMES, Iowa - Iowa State University says an assistant professor has resigned after admitting he faked research to make it appear an AIDS vaccine under development was working better than expected.", "The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed payment rules for the Basic Health Insurance Program, which would provide affordable coverage to individuals earning between 133 percent and 200 percent of the federal poverty level.", "The season's festivities in Denmark have been overshadowed by the prospect that it could be the last Danish Christmas before a European Union ban on their beloved kanelsnegler or cinnamon rolls.", "ATLANTA -- Most Republicans agree the unwieldy health care overhaul offers a golden opportunity for the GOP in the 2014 midterm elections.", "The state Department of Natural Resources says the season began Monday. Hunters are required to wear blaze orange, and party hunting is prohibited."], "Spotlight"=>["India has one of the world's largest economies, but growth for the advancing country has slowed to less than 5 percent a year since 2011.", "A blue BMW crossed the cracked parking lot and rolled to a stop outside a tired-looking Macy's. More in the Magazine » · Enlarge This Image.", "What now? The off-air Duck Dynasty saga this week has been far more fascinating than any episode of the hit cable series. Unbridled offensive comments.", "NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson reports on the surprising disparity in pricing for generic drugs. Generics, generally thought to be less expensive, can actually vary widely in price from pharmacy to pharmacy, causing some to skip medications ...", "It may be the most memorable sex scene of the season. Related. Movie Review | 'Her': Disembodied, but, Oh, What a Voice (December 18, 2013).", "Australian and US researchers hope an anti-ageing compound could be trialled on humans as early as next year, following a key breakthrough that saw the ageing process reversed in mice.", "Recommendations by an advisory panel to review U.S. spying practices were released last week. The report, commissioned by President Obama, raised questions about the NSA's phone metadata collection program and surveillance on foreign leaders.", "Ars talks to an ex-NSA pro who filed unlawful sharing complaints—only to be shunned. by Sean Gallagher - Dec 19, 2013 10:30 pm UTC.", "The old U.S. ruling class had plenty of problems. But are we really better off with a country run by the self-involved, over-schooled products of modern meritocracy?", "Bertha, the world's largest tunneling machine, churning through the rock and mud beneath Seattle, has hit a mysterious roadblock—so mysterious, it is only known for now as \"the object.", "Foursquare just raised a bunch of money, again. This time it's a Series D round of $35M, back in April of this year it was $41M in debt financing.", "As a new year approaches, we decided to ask some of our top analysts for their favorite stock idea for 2014. Here are nine companies that look compelling right now.", "On the flat lava plain of Reykjanesbaer, Iceland, near the Arctic Circle, you can find the mines of Bitcoin. To get there, you pass through a fortified gate and enter a featureless yellow building.", "Paul Solman spoke with University of Minnesota's Joel Waldfogel and Avner Ben-Ner about the economics of Christmas gift-giving on Dec. 23's broadcast.", "Today the Supreme Court upheld the 2010 health care law in a dramatic victory for President Barack Obama. The lead up to today's decision has prompted debate between opponents and supporters of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act two years ...", "Let's get a few things straight about what Phil Robertson said that got him in trouble. Defenses of Robertson, the star of \"Duck Dynasty\" suspended for his remarks in an interview with GQ, have focused on the idea that he was just crudely expressing the ...", "YOU arrive for Christmas dinner. Your mother has left your father for a woman and you are meeting her for the first time. Opinion Twitter Logo.", "The poorly thought-out tech product for women hardly needs an introduction. Rare is the week that goes by without a company (or a Kickstarter) deciding that there just aren't enough products for women amid the macho-dominated technology landscape and ...", "President Barack Obama and members of Congress aren't the only government leaders hitting pause on Washington during the holidays.", "(CNN) -- It has been a thrilling year of discovery in many areas of science, but also a sobering time -- federal funding cuts threaten the future of innovation, and rising carbon dioxide levels foreshadow environmental and health challenges linked to climate ..."]}