Dec
30

Dick Clark New Year's Eve Love Story - Same Couple Dancing Since 1972

By Dahvi Shira 12/30/2012 at 02:45 PM EST This New Year's Eve will be just like any other for Kathy and Louie Novoa, except without their dear friend Dick Clark, who passed away in April.The pair met on American Bandstand and have since taken part in every one of his New Year's Rockin' Eves since they began...
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Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges what he's accused of: detaining mothers who can't pay their bills. Lazarus Omondi says it's the only way he can keep his medical center running.Two mothers who live in a mud-wall and tin-roof slum a short walk from the maternity hospital, which is affiliated...
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Fiscal deal stalls as clock ticks to deadline

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Efforts to prevent the economy from tumbling over a "fiscal cliff" stalled on Sunday as Democrats and Republicans remained at loggerheads over a deal that would prevent taxes for all Americans from rising on New Year's Day. One hour before they had hoped to present a plan, Democratic and Republican leaders said were still unable to reach a compromise that would...
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Dec
28

E.U. May ‘Unravel’ if U.K. Quits, Official Says

LONDON — Almost 40 years after Britain joined the forerunner of today’s European Union, the debate over the country’s future in the Union has quickened with a warning from a top E.U. official that any moves to renegotiate the terms of British membership could wreck the bloc. Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, the body that groups the 27 E.U. member states, said that the...
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Phaedra Parks Is Pregnant with Baby No. 2

TV Watch By Jennifer Garcia 12/28/2012 at 03:00 PM EST It's a very special holiday season for The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks and her husband Apollo Nida! The reality star couple tell PEOPLE exclusively they're expecting a second child together next year. Parks showed off her growing baby bump...
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Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges what he's accused of: detaining mothers who can't pay their bills. Lazarus Omondi says it's the only way he can keep his medical center running.Two mothers who live in a mud-wall and tin-roof slum a short walk from the maternity hospital, which is affiliated...
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Wall Street extends losses, Dow slides 1 percent

When Mommy is away, Dad and son will play. And if your dad works in the video production business, that playtime gets filmed, turned into a time-lapse video and instantly goes viral. Emio Tomeoni, 30, of Kansas City, Mo., works odd hours and often finds...
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Dec
27

Iran’s Only Female Cabinet Minister Dismissed

Iran’s president on Thursday dismissed his health minister, the only woman to serve in the cabinet since the 1979 Islamic revolution, after she publicly criticized the government’s response to acute shortages of medicine imports, an indirect consequence of the Western sanctions imposed on the country. Accounts in the state-run news media of the dismissal of the minister, Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi,...
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Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone Adopt a Dog Together

People Pets By Amy Jamieson 12/27/2012 at 03:45 PM EST Andrew Garfield and his new dog Ren X17online It's true love for Emma Stone and her beau Andrew Garfield!The pair have fallen hard for a 2-year-old golden retriever they met just before Christmas at an L.A....
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Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges what he's accused of: detaining mothers who can't pay their bills. Lazarus Omondi says it's the only way he can keep his medical center running.Two mothers who live in a mud-wall and tin-roof slum a short walk from the maternity hospital, which is affiliated...
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