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Taxes rising for most people despite fiscal deal

TAXES GOING UP--President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden make a statement regarding the passage of the fiscal cliff bill in the...

Mother charged in stabbing death of daughter, 8

STABBING VICTIM--Tameria Greene who would have turned 9 years old Jan. 2 was stabbed to death in her Detroit home.   by Corey...

Watch Nights mark Emancipation Proclamation 150th

HISTORIC DOCUMENT--This Feb. 18, 2005 photo shows the original Emancipation Proclamation on display in the Rotunda of the National Archives in Washington. (AP...

Body of missing girl found in empty Las Vegas lot

BODY IDENTIFIED-- This undated photo provided by the Las Vegas Police Department shows Jade Morris, 10, who police were searching for after she...

Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN--In this April 25, 2010, photo, Whitney Houston performs in London as part of her European tour. Houston, 48, died...

Violence, gangs scar Chicago community in 2012

VALUING LIFE--In this March 9, 2011 photo, Pam Bosley stands inside the Chicago's St. Sabina Catholic Church and poses with a photograph of her...

Terry Glover, Ebony managing editor and veteran magazine executive, dies at 57

Terry Glover (Target Market News)--Terry Glover, managing editor of Ebony magazine and veteran publishing executive, died in her Chicago home on December 24....

Young children are often victims of gunfire in US

Delric Miller, 9 months WASHINGTON (AP) — Before 20 first-graders were massacred at school by a gunman in Newtown, Conn., first-grader Luke Schuster, 6,...

U.S. gun support runs far deeper than politics

by Paul J. WeberAssociated Press Writer BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Adam Lanza's mother was among the tens of millions of U.S. gun owners. She legally had a .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle and a pair of handguns, which her 20-year-old son used to kill 20 children and six adults in 10 minutes inside a Connecticut school. GUN LOVER-- In this Dec. 19 photo, gun store owner Dave Burdett talks about gun rights as he displays a hand gun in his store in College Station, Texas. Burdett, who owns an outdoors and adventure shop across the street from the sprawling Texas A&M University campus in College Station, says his affinity for guns is rooted in history, not sport. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

First Black EPA Administrator Jackson steps down

by Kevin Freking WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration's chief environmental watchdog, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, is stepping down after a nearly four-year tenure marked by high-profile brawls over global warming pollution, the Keystone XL oil pipeline, new controls on coal-fired plants and several other hot-button issues that affect the nation's economy and people's health. FIRST BLACK EPA CHIEF-- This photo April 17, 2012 photo shows Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson during an interview with The Associated Press at EPA Headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

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