Anderson Cooper Is Temporarily Blinded

TV Watch By Julia Haskins 12/04/2012 at 02:30 PM EST Anderson Cooper can see once again after a temporary – and painful – bout of blindness.Cooper posted a picture of himself on Instagram Tuesday sporting a white gauze patch over his right eye. "Temporarily blinded last week while on assignment," he said. "UV...

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Wall Street flat on lack of "fiscal cliff" progress

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fluctuated between small gains and losses on Tuesday after remarks by President Barack Obama on budget talks dented optimism a solution could be found to prevent the economy from falling into recession. Obama rejected a Republican proposal to resolve a looming fiscal crisis as "still out of balance" and said any deal must include a rise in income tax rates...

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CDC says US flu season starts early, could be bad

NEW YORK (AP) — Flu season in the U.S. is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade — and it could be a bad one.Health officials on Monday said suspected flu cases have jumped in five Southern states, and the primary strain circulating tends to make people sicker than other types. It is particularly hard on the elderly."It looks like it's shaping up to be a bad flu season, but only time will tell,"...

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Royal Baby a ‘Delight,’ Especially to Britain’s Tabloids

LONDON — The speculation began virtually the moment Kate Middleton said “I will” to Prince William in April 2011, saddling an industry full of tabloid newspapers and gossip magazines with a big black hole where the wedding coverage used to be. Why, they asked, was the former Ms. Middleton, now the duchess of Cambridge, drinking water instead of wine at an official dinner, in what appeared...

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Congressman Joseph Kennedy III Marries Lauren Birchfield

12/03/2012 at 02:15 PM EST Joseph Kennedy III and Lauren Anne Birchfield Victor Sizemore Photography Happy news for the Kennedy family: Congressman-elect Joe Kennedy III is a married man.The newly-elected politician wed fiancée Lauren Birchfield on Saturday at...

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Fossil fuel subsidies in focus at climate talks

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Hassan al-Kubaisi considers it a gift from above that drivers in oil- and gas-rich Qatar only have to pay $1 per gallon at the pump."Thank God that our country is an oil producer and the price of gasoline is one of the lowest," al-Kubaisi said, filling up his Toyota Land Cruiser at a gas station in Doha. "God has given us a blessing."To those looking for a global response to climate...

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Wall Street slips after weak factory data

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Monday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq erasing early gains as disappointing U.S. factory numbers curbed optimism spurred by positive data on China's economy. Manufacturing in the United States surprisingly contracted in November, according to the Institute for Supply Management, dropping to its lowest level in more than three years. Economic data has...

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Tunnel Collapses Outside Tokyo, Trapping Motorists

Kyodo News, via Associated PressA surveillance camera within the Sasago tunnel showed rescue workers at the scene of a collapse on Sunday. TOKYO — At least seven people were feared dead after a highway tunnel collapsed on Sunday in eastern Japan, trapping them in their vehicles and starting a fire that filled the passage with thick, black smoke. Franck Robichon/European Pressphoto AgencyFire...

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Apple to sell new iPads, iPhone 5 in China in Dec.

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple Inc. on Friday said its latest iPad models will go on sale in China on Dec. 7, followed by the iPhone 5 a week later.China is one of Apple‘s largest and fastest-growing markets. Analyst Brian White at Topeka Capital Markets said iPhone 5 is launching roughly when he expected it, but he hadn’t expected the iPad mini and the fourth-generation, full-size iPad to go on sale...

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Shania Twain Kicks Off Vegas Show

By Mark Gray 12/02/2012 at 02:30 PM EST Shania Twain in Las Vegas Dec. 1 Jeff Bottari/Getty Shania Twain still feels like a woman. And now she feels like a Las Vegas headliner.The Canadian singer kicked off her two-year residency Saturday at Vegas's Caesars Palace...

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