All Stories from December 23, 2012 (Change date)
-
Telepresence robots let employees ‘beam’ into workDec 23, 2012 1:23 pm - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Engineer Dallas Goecker attends meetings, jokes with colleagues and roams the office building just like other employees at his company in Silicon Val...
-
Former President Bush still hospitalizedDec 23, 2012 1:22 pm - HOUSTON — President George H.W. Bush, who has been in a Houston hospital with a lingering cough since November, needs to “build up his energy” before he can be released,...
-
Lawmakers: Time running out for ‘fiscal cliff’ dealDec 23, 2012 1:20 pm - Time is running out for U.S. lawmakers and President Barack Obama to agree on a budget deal by year end to avoid triggering more than $600 billion in tax increases and s...
-
Few tests done at toxic sites after superstormDec 23, 2012 1:20 pm - OLD BRIDGE, N.J. — For more than a month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said that the recent superstorm didn’t cause significant problems at any of the 24...
-
Seahawks rack up another huge winDec 23, 2012 1:20 pm - SEATTLE — Fueled by its deafening home crowd, the Seattle Seahawks locked up their spot in the postseason Sunday night. They also reinforced the notion no one in the NFC...
-
Audits of businesses to find illegal immigrants risingDec 23, 2012 1:19 pm - Associated Press SEATTLE — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reached its highest number yet of companies audited for illegal immigrants on their payrolls this pas...
-
Kline Creek Farm looks at Christmas of yesteryearDec 23, 2012 1:19 pm - While many of us are getting ready to celebrate Christmas 2012, the Kline Creek Farm living history museum in West Chicago is giving visitors a sense of what Christmas w...
-
Airports trade layover horror for 'terminal bliss'Dec 23, 2012 1:00 pm - Getting stranded at an airport once meant enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. These days, it can seem more like pa...
-
Connecticut town grapples with Christmas after school shootingsDec 23, 2012 1:00 pm - NEWTOWN, Conn. — Bells and lights and gifts: These have always shown us it's Christmastime. But this year, in this town, the bells toll in mourning. The brightest lights...
-
Report: Indians, Swisher OK $56 million dealDec 23, 2012 11:49 am - CLEVELAND — The Indians’ pitch to bring Nick Swisher “home” worked. Two people familiar with the negotiations said Swisher has agreed to a $56 million, four-year contrac...