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U.N. Votes To Give Palestinians 'Non-Member Observer State' Status

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Palestinians in Ramallah celebrated in advance of the U.N. vote.

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas after he spoke to the United Nations General Assembly.

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Israel's UN Ambassador Ron Prosor addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.

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Originally published on Thu December 13, 2012 7:40 am

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a resolution upgrading Palestine to a "non-member observer state," from a "non-member observer entity."

Before the vote and in front of the assembly, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said this was the body's "last chance to save the two-state solution."

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Thu November 29, 2012

Would Raising Taxes On Investment Income Hurt The Economy?

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A screen grab from an ad by the Defend My Dividend campaign, which is funded by utilities and other companies. They don't support a proposed increase in taxes from investment income.

By Tamara Keith

Originally published on Thu November 29, 2012 8:53 pm

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Thu November 29, 2012

Obama And Romney Have Lunch, Agree To 'Stay In Touch'

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President Obama and former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney shake hands in the Oval Office after their lunch Thursday at the White House.

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Originally published on Thu November 29, 2012 4:57 pm

It was an off-the-record lunch and a photo op for the official White House photographer only. But it was a start.

President Obama hosted his recently ousted rival, Mitt Romney, for their first post-election meeting Thursday at the White House, a lunch of turkey chili and Southwestern grilled chicken salad.

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Thu November 29, 2012

Clinton Reveals Blueprint For An 'AIDS-Free Generation'

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United Nations Aids Executive Director Michel Sibide hugs Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after they they presented the a road map for stopping HIV around the world.

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On Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announces the U.S.'s plans to curb new HIV infections around the world.

By Richard Knox

Originally published on Fri November 30, 2012 7:52 am

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Before Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton passes the reins to her successor, she's got a few loose ends to tie up. One of them is mapping out the U.S.'s continuing efforts to combat AIDS around the world.

So today she unveiled a "blueprint" for what she called an "AIDS-free generation."

Now Clinton isn't talking about ending the HIV pandemic altogether. Rather, she hopes to prevent most new infections from occurring in the first place and to stop HIV-positive people from developing AIDS.

2:44 pm

Thu November 29, 2012

Tastier Winter Tomatoes, Thanks to A Boom in Greenhouse Growing

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The taste of Mock's tomatoes starts with the seed. He uses only organic varieties, including cherry and several heirloom varieties.

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There's a greenhouse boom around the country, thanks in part to the "buy local" movement. Paul Mock grows tomatoes, herbs and other veggies year-round in his Berkeley Springs, W.Va., greenhouse and sells to groceries and restaurants in the Mid-Atlantic.

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"This is unprecedented, the level of opportunity," says Mock, whose business is booming.

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Originally published on Wed December 5, 2012 7:36 am

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It may sound like an oxymoron: a delicious local, winter tomato — especially if you happen to live in a cold climate.

But increasingly, farmers from West Virginia to Maine and through the Midwest are going indoors to produce tomatoes and other veggies in demand during the winter months. "There's a huge increase in greenhouse operations," Harry Klee of the University of Florida tells us.

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Thu November 29, 2012

Turning Up The Volume On The Electric Blues

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Joe Hill Louis, B.B. King and Rufus Thomas appear on a new multi-disc compilation of electric blues, Plug It In! Turn It Up!

By Ed Ward

Originally published on Fri November 30, 2012 6:12 am

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Blues is so much a part of the fabric of American music and American culture — not only as a defined musical form, but also as a springboard for all kinds of creativity — that it seems crazy to try to encapsulate it in any way. Bear Family Records, though, has just released a 12-disc survey of electric blues called Plug It In! Turn It Up! that does a great job of illuminating one particular aspect of the blues.

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Thu November 29, 2012

Former NBC Chief Jeff Zucker Taking Over At CNN

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Jeff Zucker, who's going to CNN.

By Mark Memmott

Originally published on Thu November 29, 2012 3:56 pm

"Veteran news producer and former NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker will become the president of CNN Worldwide in January," CNN confirmed earlier today.

The Associated Press writes that:

"Zucker will be based in New York and report to Phil Kent, who runs all of the Turner networks for parent company Time Warner.