November 30, 2012 - Morning Headlines

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- After 21 hours of negotiating, the assembly in charge of drafting Egypt's new constitution gave its final approval. The new supreme law of the land needs to be approved by the citizens of Egypt (CNN): http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/30/world/meast/egypt-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

- Recent satellite images show that North Korea could be ready to test launch a new rocket (Fox News): http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/29/north-korea-readies-rocket-launch-that-would-alarm-china/

- In a much anticipated move, the Supreme Court is meeting today to decide if it should take up the issue of gay marriage sooner rather than later (CBS News): http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57556295/supreme-court-to-decide-fri-when-and-how-to-hear-gay-marriage-case/

- Suspected US whistle blower and Wikileaks information supplier Bradley Manning speaks at a hearing for the first time (ABC News): http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/accused-wikileaker-bradley-mannings-speaks-publicly-time/story?id=17841436#.ULidIuT7Jqw

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November 29, 2012 - Morning Headlines

- Two winning Powerball tickets were sold yesterday, one in Arizona and one in Missouri. The winners have not yet stepped forward to claim their prizes, and the Powerball winning numbers were 5-23-16-22-29 with a Powerball number of 6 (CNN): http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/29/us/powerball-winners/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

- California Senator and chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Diane Feinstein commissioned a report that claims the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba can be closed down and its inmates, most of whom are terror suspects, can be transferred safely to prisons on American soil (Fox News): http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/28/exclusive-feinstein-commissioned-report-on-housing-gitmo-detainees-in-us/

- Speaker of the House, John Boehner has rejected a recent call by representative Tom Cole (R-OK) to simply extend the Bush Era Tax Cuts for those making < $250,000 per year while letting higher income earners' tax cuts to expire (NBC News): http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/28/15515300-boehner-rejects-call-to-pass-tax-cuts-now-for-those-making-less-than-250000?lite

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