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FILE - In this June 12, 2012 file photo, Penn State University assistant football coach Mike McQueary arrives at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., to testify in the child sexual abuse trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 denied Penn State's request to put on hold McQueary's whistleblower and defamation lawsuit until related criminal cases are resolved. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

PSU’s request to delay McQueary lawsuit is denied

Mark Scolforo · December 20, 2012 5:52 pm

A tractor-trailer still smolders hours after a chain-reaction crash on the Long Island Expressway on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 in Shirley, N.Y. At least one person was killed and 32 others were injured in the pileup, which involved about two dozen vehicles. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)

All lanes reopen on NY road after auto crashes

Frank Eltman · December 20, 2012 5:07 pm

US ‘aware’ of report of jailed pastor in Iran

Washington Examiner · December 20, 2012 4:30 pm

Good luck charms for unlucky 2013 in Times Square

Washington Examiner · December 20, 2012 1:59 pm

GM recalls pickup trucks to fix problem with hoods

The Associated Press · December 20, 2012 1:48 pm

Super Mario man arrested in Times Square groping

Washington Examiner · December 20, 2012 12:12 pm

This undated photo provided by the FBI shows , Kenneth Conley, left and Jose Banks two inmates who escaped from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. Chicago Police Sgt. Michael Lazarro says their disappearance was discovered at about 8:45 Tuesday morning. Lazarro says the pair used a rope or bed sheets to climb from the building. (AP Photo/FBI,HOPD)

Chicago jail escape resembles 1985 breakout

DON BABWINMICHAEL TARM · December 20, 2012 12:06 pm

A police cruiser sits in the driveway as crime scene tape surrounds the home of Nancy Lanza, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Nancy Lanza was killed by her son Adam Lanza before he forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing many others, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Out-of-state family to claim body of shooter’s mom

Washington Examiner · December 20, 2012 11:52 am

Firefighters salute as a hearse passes for the funeral procession to the burial of 7-year-old Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Daniel Gerard Barden, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Barden was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Funerals become a sad routine in Newtown

David Klepper · December 20, 2012 11:24 am

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2011 file photo provided by Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, 1st platoon sergeant, Blackhorse Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, participates in an exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. The Army says it will seek the death penalty against Bales, accused of massacring 16 Afghan villagers during pre-dawn raids in March. The announcement Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 followed a pretrial hearing last month for Bales, who faces premeditated murder and other charges in the attack on two villages in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/DVIDS, Spc. Ryan Hallock, File)

US Army seeks death sentence in Afghan rampage

Gene Johnson · December 20, 2012 10:33 am

This undated photo provided on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia shows is a bonneted Martha Washington on a nonsense test piece. The Mint has been testing different materials to find less expensive ways to make coins. (AP Photo/U.S. Mint)

US Mint testing new metals to make coins cheaper

Joann Loviglio · December 20, 2012 8:01 am

This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 02:00 PM EST shows a few clouds in the Rockies where low pressure continues to develop. This low will intensify through the week, eventually bringing a strong winter storm to the Northeast. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

Snowstorm causing problems from Rockies to Midwest

Colleen Slevin · December 20, 2012 5:31 am