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Consistent hiring points to stronger economy aheadTexans fire coach Gary Kubiak

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Thomas Gipson, of Atlanta, right, has his resume looked over by Ralph Brown, a management and program analyst with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a job fair for veterans at the VFW Post 2681,Marietta, Ga. The U.S. job market is proving sturdier than many had thought. Solid job growth in November cut the U.S. unemployment rate to 7 percent, a five-year low. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The job market is showing signs of the consistent gains the nation has awaited in the 4½ years since the Great Recession.


FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak speaks to the media in Houston. The Texans have fired coach Kubiak. The team announced the decision Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, one day after the Texans lost their 11th straight game, 27-20 at Jacksonville. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, FIle)HOUSTON (AP) — Gary Kubiak pulled the Texans out of the NFL basement and remains the only coach to take them to the playoffs.


Thousands seek refuge at Central African airportPetersen leaving Boise State for Washington

Internally displaced people gathered at Bangui's airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Friday Dec. 6 2013, cheer at the sight of landing French military helicopters, a day after gun battle between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias left over 100 dead and scores wounded. To try to put an end to sectarian violence, the UN security council passed a motion allowing French troops to deploy in the country in order to protect civilians and insure security by all necessary means. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Thousands of Christian civilians sought refuge at an airport guarded by French soldiers Friday, fleeing from the mostly Muslim ex-rebels with machetes and guns who rule the country a day after the worst violence to hit the chaotic capital in nine months.


FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2013 file photo, Boise State coach Chris Peterson talks to his team during a timeout against San Diego State in the first half of an NCAA college football game in San Diego. A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that Petersen has agreed to leave Boise State and be the football coach at Washington. The person told spoke on the condition of anonymity Friday morning, Dec. 6, 2013, because the hiring had not been announced by Washington. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)SEATTLE (AP) — After all the other schools that called over the years and were sent away, it was Washington that finally hooked Chris Petersen.


Icy storm slams Southwest, shuts down North TexasDefending champion Spain gets repeat of 2010 final

Icy conditions make for light traffic on the highways in Dallas, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. As snow and freezing rain blanketed normally sun-swept North Texas, residents accustomed to warmer temperatures appeared to heed warnings on what one hardware store manager called "Ice Friday," staying off nearly impassable roadways and out of a skin-stinging cold. (AP Photo/LM Otero)DALLAS (AP) — Freezing rain and stinging winds slammed the Southwest Friday and made a strangely blank landscape out of normally sun-drenched North Texas: mostly empty highways covered in a sometimes impassable frost, closed schools and businesses, and millions of residents hunkered down for icy conditions expected to last through the weekend.


FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke holds the ticket of the Netherlands during the draw ceremony for the 2014 soccer World Cup in Costa do Sauipe near Salvador, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (AP) — One of the worst finals in World Cup history — Spain vs. the Netherlands — will be reprised in one of the first games of the 2014 edition.


6 detained in Mexico theft of radioactive materialUS to play Ghana, Portugal, Germany at World Cup

A cameraman films the radiation head that was part of a radiation therapy machine, in the patio of the family who found the stolen equipment abandoned in a nearby field, in the village of Hueypoxtla, Mexico, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. The truck that was hauling the equipment was found abandoned Wednesday about 40 kilometers (24 miles) from where it was stolen, and the container for the radioactive material was found opened. Authorities continued to work on Friday at the site where the material was found to extract it safely. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Six people tested for possible radiation exposure have been released from hospital but remain under detention as suspects in the theft of a truck carrying highly radioactive cobalt-60, officials said Friday.


Cameroon head coach Volker Finke from Germany, United States head coach Juergen Klinsmann from Germany and Germany head coach Joachim Loew, from left, chat after the draw ceremony for the 2014 soccer World Cup in Costa do Sauipe near Salvador, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)The U.S. drew a daunting task for next year's World Cup: difficult opponents, tropical venues and a wearying 9,000-mile zigzag journey across Brazil.


New consumer tips for Obama's fixer-upper websiteAP Source: Robinson Cano, Mariners reach agreement

This Nov. 29, 2013 file photo shows part of the HealthCare.gov website, photographed in Washington. President Barack Obama’s fickle health insurance website is finally starting to put up some respectable signup numbers, but its job only seems to have gotten harder. Two months in and out of the repair shop have left significantly less time to fulfill the White House goal of enrolling 7 million people for 2014 by the end of open enrollment March 31. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)WASHINGTON (AP) — It doesn't rival Amazon and Travelocity, but President Barack Obama's much-maligned health insurance website finally seems to be working reasonably well most of the time.


FILE - In this May 18, 2013 file photo, Toronto Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia and New York Yankees Robinson Cano watch Cano's two-run home run off of starting pitcher Brandon Morrow in the fifth inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Seattle Mariners say that cannot confirm any details of a potential deal with free agent second baseman Robinson Cano. The team said Friday morning, Dec. 6, 2013, they will announce if an agreement is "completed and finalized" with the Yankees star. The statement came in response to an ESPN report Friday morning that Cano and the Mariners had reached agreement on a $240 million, 10-year contract pending a physical. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, File)SEATTLE (AP) — A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that free-agent second baseman Robinson Cano and the Seattle Mariners have reached agreement on a deal.




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The Nuclear Option

The Democrats in the United States Senate put an end to Republican obstruction last week when they voted 52 to 48 to end the filibuster. Called the nuclear option, the change to Senate rules allows for executive and judicial nominees to be approved with a simple majority vote. The minority party can no longer filibuster these nominees and require a majority of 60 votes.

North Carolina's New Voting Law Defies Logic and Fairness

Recently Governor Pat McCrory signed into law new voting regulations passed by the Republican supermajority legislature in North Carolina. The laws, according to the governor, are "common sense" and ensure there's no voter fraud in the state. Within hours of the bill becoming law, civil rights groups filed lawsuits against the new regulations. This law was passed even though there had been few instances of voter fraud in the state.

Coup Or Civil War In Egypt

The day after new protests erupted in Egypt the military in a show of support presented an ultimatum to Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood-led government. Morsi was to step down from power and meet all of the demands of the Egyptian people, or face being removed by the military on Wednesday. As the ultimatum deadline draws closer in Egypt, Morsi refuses to leave, insisting that parliamentary elections are needed before he should be removed, and that he doesn't have permission from the United States to remove himself from power. Most recently he stated he will pay with his life to preserve the sanctity of the ballot box.

The Legacy of Citizens United and the IRS

Recently acting IRS commissioner Lerner resigned from office after the discovery that it appears the Cincinnati office had been targeting certain groups applying for 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) status. The news erupted into scandal in the wake of a week of apparent scandals piling on top of President Obama. At first the problem looked as if the IRS was targeting only tea party groups for audits, while no other social welfare group received the same scrutiny. Was this really the case?

Will South Carolina Ever Learn ?

This week the state house of South Carolina voted to nullify Obamacare, making it a criminal act if anyone in the state tried to use any part of it. Do states have the power to nullify federal laws? This question has been asked before, and South Carolina is best known attempting to subvert the federal government with this method.

The Defense of Marriage Act and the Supreme Court

On Tuesday and Wednesday last week, the United States Supreme Court began hearing arguments for Hollingsworth v. Perry, the case that will decide the fate of Proposition 8 and United States v. Windsor, the Defense of Marriage Act. Both laws being challenged prohibit same sex couples from getting married.

 
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