December 19, 2012 -- (San Diego’s East County) – ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:
U.S.
Mass shooting at Connecticut elementary school:
- Fear of being committed may have caused Connecticut gunman to snap (Fox)
- After a 1996 mass shooting, Australia enacted strict gun laws. It hasn’t had a similar massacre since. (Slate)
- Feinstein says bills to ban assault weapons will be a priority (La Mesa Patch)
- Newtown tragedy could put mental health in spotlight (USA Today)
- 'I Am Adam Lanza's Mother' (Huffington Post)
- How many more Mondays? Changing a culture of glorified violence (San Diego Free Press)
- Sandy Hook: Police say shooter forced his way into school (Christian Science Monitor)
- School adviser: Gunman a loner who felt no pain (U-T San Diego)
Other national news:
- Kerry favorite to become Secretary of State (CBS)
- Deficit deal offers chance for salvation for 112th Congress (The Hill)
- Boehmer offers debt ceiling increase in cliff compromise (Washington Post)
- Obama’s new offer on fiscal cliff could lead to deal (New York Times)
- Flight of hypocrisy: Feds fine oil companies, give pass to wind farms killing birds (Fox)
- Cyberattacks on US banks resume, aiming to block their websites
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-tied to Hamas (Christian Science Monitor) - Good Tidings Of Great Joy: Google Maps App Released For iPhone (NPR)
- Turn that down: FCC orders TV ads to lower volume (RawStory)
- Government PR surges amid media cuts (UT-San Diego)
- Illegal immigration drops after decade-long rise (U-T San Diego)
- 'We've Got Bigger Fish To Fry' Than Going After Pot Smokers, Obama Says (NPR)
- Mormon Women Dare To Wear Pants To Church (NPR)
-tied to Hamas (Christian Science Monitor)WORLD
- Death toll from Typhoon tops 1,000 in Philippines (CNN)
- 'Syrian jets bomb Palestinian camp in Damascus' (Jerusalem Post)
- Codex committee: you can’t tell people that nutrients prevent disease! (Alliance for Natural Health)
- U.S. Officials: Syria Has Prepared Several Dozen Chemical Bombs (NPR)
- Police in Facebook global arrests (BBC)
- Egyptian women claim judge barred them from voting (U-T San Diego)
- Why Africa's lions are rapidly disappearing (Christian Science Monitor)
- Lack of food stunts Chad children, damages minds (U-T San Diego)
- New Palestinian group declares 3rd Intifada (Jerusalem Post)
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Russia raids activists in 'revolution' probe (Jewish World Review)- Egypt court gives Christian 3 years for blasphemy (U-T San Diego)
- The Israeli Periphery (Jewish World Review)
- Israeli expansion threatens West Bank Bedouin (Al Jazeera)
- E.U. Votes To Have A Single Regulator For Its Banks (NPR)
- Japan’s ABE sees difficult road ahead (Al Jazeera)
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