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UPCOMING

Connecticut School Shooting

The final three funerals of victims who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary were held Saturday.

Egypt-Election (will update)

Across the river from Cairo, in its twin city of Giza, voters stood in line for blocks Saturday in the second round of balloting on the country's controversial draft constitution. At one women-only polling station, lines snaked for about a kilometer. Victory appears likely for Egypt's controversial document once the referendum is complete.

Egypt-VP (will update)

Egyptian Vice President Mahmoud Mekki is stepping down from his post, state-run Nile TV announced Saturday, amid a second round of voting on the country's Islamist-backed draft constitution.

Syria-Civil-War (will update)

Syria has consolidated its chemical weapons into one of two locations from its usual places scattered across the country, Russia's foreign minister said Saturday.

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INTERNATIONAL

Egypt-Election

Egypt-VP

Egyptian Vice President Mahmoud Mekki is stepping down from his post, state-run Nile TV announced Saturday, amid a second round of voting on the country's Islamist-backed draft constitution.

Syria-Civil-War

Syria has consolidated its chemical weapons into one of two locations from its usual places scattered across the country, Russia's foreign minister said Saturday.

India-Rape-Protest

Police in India blasted protesters with water cannon Saturday as clashes broke out at a rally in New Delhi against rape, leaving hundreds of people drenched and angry.

Russia-South-Sudan-Helicopter

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday called on South Sudan to punish those responsible for shooting down a U.N. helicopter and taking the lives of four Russian crew members.

Vatican-Pope-Butler-Pardon

Pope Benedict XVI has pardoned his former butler, Paolo Gabriele, weeks after he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for leaking the pope's private papers, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said,

Italy-Parliament-Dissolved

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Saturday dissolved the country's parliament, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Monti.

Ukraine-Cold-Deaths

A cold snap in Ukraine has killed 83 people, while hundreds more have sought treatment for hypothermia and frostbite, according to state media reports.

Pakistan-Violence

A Pakistani provincial government official openly targeted by the Pakistani Taliban was killed Saturday in a suicide bomb attack, officials said.

Spain-El-Gordo

In Spain's deep economic crisis, the lucky ones could hardly believe their good fortune on Saturday --- holding a $26 share of a winning lottery ticket pays out a return of $528,000.

U.S.A.

US-BP-Spill-Settlement

A federal judge signed off on BP's settlement with businesses and people hard hit by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

New-York-Portuguese-Model-Journalist-Sentencing

He was a 20-year-old male model. His lover was a 65-year-old man who was a television journalist. They were from Portugal, visiting New York City. The older partner broke off the relationship and ended up mutilated and dead. Now, almost two years later, a New York judge has sentenced model Renato Seabra to 25 years to life in prison -- the maximum sentence -- for the grisly second-degree murder of Carlos Antonio De Castro in their InterContinental Hotel room in Times Square.

California-Gay-Therapy-Ban

An appeals court slapped an injunction on a new California state law that bans conversion therapy for minors-- a method some say can help turn a gay person straight.

Iowa-Irresistible-Worker

Can a boss fire an employee he finds attractive because he and his wife, fairly or not, see her as a threat to their marriage? Yes, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.

POLITICS

POL-Republicans-Weekly-Address-

It was clear from House Speaker John Boehner's weekly address on Saturday that the fiscal cliff negotiations with President Barack Obama weren't going anywhere soon.

POL-Obama-weekly-address

President Barack Obama continued on Saturday a four-year Christmas tradition of thanking the U.S. military servicemen and women in his weekly address.

POL-Hagel-Controversy

Calls of concern and support over President Obama's possible pick to be the next secretary of defense are piling up as former colleagues and special interest organizations take aim at and defend the independent-thinking former senator.

FEATURES

US-Dave-Brubeck-Appreciation

Dave Brubeck was taking a horse ride with his father one day when he saw something that would haunt him for the rest of his life. He was along on a cattle-buying trip with his father, Pete, a rancher in Northern California. Pete Brubeck asked an African-American cowboy who everyone called "Shine" to come over and greet his son. Pete Brubeck then asked Shine to open his shirt. Brubeck, then only 6, watched as Shine unbuttoned his shirt to reveal a brand on his chest: He had been marked like cattle. Shine was the first black person Brubeck had ever seen. A furious Pete Brubeck told his son that "something like this never should happen again." Brubeck, the pioneering jazz pianist who died this month at 91, did more to help people like Shine than most people realize. The tributes that poured in after his death tended to focus on the same themes: He was the jazz legend whose "Dave Brubeck Quartet" gave the world the jazz standard "Take Five," he stretched the boundaries of jazz and was a champion for civil rights.

FEA-New-York-Unmarked-Grave

Family's journey to honor relative traces American history.

ENT-Movies-For-Adults

Every year around this time, the multiplexes start filling with so-called "serious" movies -- the Oscar bait, the festival winners, the indie fan favorites. But for the last few years, those films have had a problem: They haven't attracted much of an audience at the box office.

ENT-Mr--Magoo's-Christmas-Carol-50

Animated television specials are among the most cherished holiday traditions of yuletide revelers young and old. Mention "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (1965), "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (1964) or "Frosty the Snowman" (1969) and people light up like Charlie Brown's tree (after the kids gave it a little love), Rudolph's nose, or the hot sun that melted poor Frosty. You can thank "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" -- the first animated Christmas special -- for that holiday gooeyness. It premiered 50 years ago this month.

MED-Santa-Claus-Weight

Roy Pickler lay on the floor, dripping with sweat, as trainer Bob Harper quipped, "You look like you got run over by a reindeer." Pickler's job as a professional Santa was a constant joke on the latest season of "The Biggest Loser." With his long white beard and protruding stomach, the 63-year-old looked every bit the part he played. By the time he was voted off the show, Pickler had lost 88 pounds. During his elimination interview, he donned a Santa hat and told viewers his toned physique wouldn't stop him from bringing Christmas joy to children.

COMMENTARY-martin-newtown-carnage

America should be forced to see one of the young Newtown victims, says Roland Martin, a syndicated columnist and author of "The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House."

COMMENTARY-galloway-reindeer

How Santa got his reindeer, explains Laura Galloway, a communications entrepreneur and journalist studying Sami culture.