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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, UN Arab League deputy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)

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China Requires Internet Users To Register Names

In this photo taken Wednesday, July 14, 2010, a Chinese man uses a computer at an internet cafe in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) China’s government tightened Internet controls Friday with approval of a law that requires users to register their names after a flood of online complaints about official abuses rattled Communist Party […]

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In this photo taken a Chinese man uses a computer at an internet cafe in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China's government tightened Internet controls Friday with approval of a law that requires users to register their names after a flood of online complaints about official abuses rattled Communist Party leaders. Authorities say the law will strengthen protections for personal information. But it also is likely to curtail the Internet's status as

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Little Time Left To Head Off Longshoremen’s Strike

In this Dec. 18, 2012 file photo, a truck driver watches as a freight container, right, is lowered onto a tractor trailer by a container crane at the Port of Boston in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) Shipments of products as varied as flat-screen TVs, sneakers and snow shovels could sit idle at sea or […]

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In this Dec. 18, 2012 file photo, a truck driver watches as a freight container, right, is lowered onto a tractor trailer by a container crane at the Port of Boston in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Shipments of products as varied as flat-screen TVs, sneakers and snow shovels could sit idle at sea or get rerouted, at great time and expense, if more than 14,000 longshoremen go on strike as threatened — a wide-ranging work stoppage that would immediately close cargo ports on the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico to container ships. Commerce

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Over The Fiscal Cliff: Soft Or Hard Landing?

House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer of Md., pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, where he urged House Republicans to end the pro forma session and call the House back into legislative session to negotiate a solution to the fiscal cliff. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) Efforts to […]

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House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer of Md., pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, where he urged House Republicans to end the pro forma session and call the House back into legislative session to negotiate a solution to the fiscal cliff. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. "God only knows" how a deal can be reached now, House Speaker John Boehner declared. President Barack Obama, on his way out of town himself, insisted a bargain could still be struck before Dec. 31. "Call

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Program Helps Veterans Reintegrate Through Music

In this Oct. 10, 2012, photo, musician Julio Fernandez holds a guitar during a class session at Montclair State University in Montclair, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) During stressful times as a combat medic in Afghanistan, Mason Sullivan found solace in Vivaldi. New Jersey native Nairobi Cruz was comforted by country music, a genre she had […]

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In this Oct. 10, 2012, photo, musician Julio Fernandez holds a guitar during a class session at Montclair State University in Montclair, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

During stressful times as a combat medic in Afghanistan, Mason Sullivan found solace in Vivaldi. New Jersey native Nairobi Cruz was comforted by country music, a genre she had never heard before joining the Army. For Jose Mercedes, it was an eclectic iPod mix that helped him cope with losing an arm during a tour of duty in Iraq. These three

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A Look At Military-Style Semiautomatic Rifles

In this Thursday, July 26, 2012 file photo an AR-15 style rifle is displayed at the Firing-Line indoor range and gun shop, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) Military-style semiautomatic rifles have been used in at least four high-profile shootings in the past year. Bushmaster variations of the weapon have been used in two […]

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In this Thursday, July 26, 2012 file photo an AR-15 style rifle is displayed at the Firing-Line indoor range and gun shop, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Military-style semiautomatic rifles have been used in at least four high-profile shootings in the past year. Bushmaster variations of the weapon have been used in two recent attacks, including the Newtown, Conn., school shootings and the Christmas Eve ambush slayings of two New York firefighters. While commonly called the AR-15, Colt and Armalite

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Police Offer ‘Virtual Ridealongs’ Via Twitter

In this Nov. 21, 2012 photo provided by the Rapid City Police Department Officer Ron Terviel, left, and Officer Carmen Visian wait while paramedics check a hit-and-run suspect during a Tweetalong in Rapid City, S.D. On a virtual ridealongs on Twitter, or Tweetalongs, officers post regular updates to Twitter about what they are seeing as […]

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In this Nov. 21, 2012 photo provided by the Rapid City Police Department Officer Ron Terviel, left, and Officer Carmen Visian wait while paramedics check a hit-and-run suspect during a Tweetalong in Rapid City, S.D. On a virtual ridealongs on Twitter, or Tweetalongs, officers post regular updates to Twitter about what they are seeing as they perform their normal on-duty routine. (AP Photo/Rapid City Police, Tarah Heupel)

Riding side by side as a police officer answers a call for help or investigates a brutal crime during a ridealong gives citizens an up close look at the gritty and sometimes dangerous situations officers can experience on the job. But a new social media approach to informing the public about what officers do is taking hold at police departments

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