Year at helm, Kim Jong Un asserts will

STORY HIGHLIGHTSKim Jong Un has ruled North Korea for one yearHis father, Kim Jong Il died of heart attack on December 17, 2011Younger Kim departs from his father's style, but repression, malnutrition remainSeoul, South Korea (CNN) -- Kim Jong Un cut a somber figure Monday, marking the first anniversary of his father's death. North Korea said Kim Jong Il died of a heart attack from overwork on December...

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6.1-magnitude quake hits off central Indonesia

JAKARTA: A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of central Indonesia Monday, the US Geological Survey said, sending panicked people rushing into the streets but there was no tsunami alert.The quake struck at 0916 GMT more than 160 kilometres south-southeast of Gorontalo in central Indonesia's Sulawesi island at a depth of 18 kilometres.The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology...

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NFL Week 15: The best photos

The Jacksonville Jaguars observe a moment of silence to honor the victims of the Connecticut school shooting before their game against the Miami Dolphins at Sun Life Stadium on Sunday, December 16. Check out the action from Week 15 of the NFL and then look back at the best photos from Week ...

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First funerals set for Conn. shooting victims

Nov. 13, 2012 photo provided by the family via The Washington Post shows Noah Pozner, 6 / AP/Family Photo NEWTOWN, Conn. The Connecticut Funeral Directors Association has announced that funerals have been scheduled for seven of the Connecticut school shooting victims. Services for 6-year-olds Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto are being planned for Monday. The funeral for 6-year-old Jessica Rekos...

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'We Can't Tolerate This Anymore,' Obama Says

President Barack Obama said at an interfaith prayer service in this mourning community this evening that the country is "left with some hard questions" if it is to curb a rising trend in gun violence, such as the shooting spree Friday at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School.After consoling victims' families in classrooms at Newtown High School, the president said he would...

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Time to mourn, and take action on guns

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Pakistan police battle militants after deadly airport raid

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Six people were killed on Sunday as police and troops battled militants armed with automatic weapons, grenades and mortars in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar, a day after a deadly Taliban raid on the city's airport.Fierce firing broke out after police acting on an intelligence report stormed a building near the airport, where a suicide and rocket attack on Saturday killed...

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Pearlman: I think Bobby Petrino is slime

Bobby Petrino was named head coach at Western Kentucky, months after being embroiled in scandal at University of ArkansasSTORY HIGHLIGHTSBobby Petrino was named the new football coach at Western Kentucky this weekHiring came just months after he was fired from Arkansas amid scandalJeff Pearlman says, sadly, this is no surprise in big-time college sportsHe says the vast majority of players are ultimately...

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Conn. dad recalls loving, creative 6-year-old

NEWTOWN, Conn. Fighting back tears and struggling to catch his breath, the father of a 6-year-old gunned down in Friday's school shooting in Connecticut told the world about a little girl who loved to draw and was always smiling, and he also reserved surprising words of sympathy for the gunman. Robbie Parker's daughter Emilie was among the 20 children who died in the one of the worst attacks on...

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School Safety Questioned After Conn. Shooting

Along with fire drills, schools have been conducting lockdown drills -- often known as active shooter drills -- since the Columbine massacre in 1999.But safety officials do not agree yet on what teachers and students should do when a homicidal gunman invades their school.At Sandy Hook Elementary School, teachers, staff and students had been drilled on how to handle such a situation."We...

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