| Police investigate NBC News anchor for showing gun clip Dec 26th 2012, 20:30  (Reuters) - NBC News anchor David Gregory is being investigated by police after displaying what he said was a high-capacity gun clip on Sunday's broadcast of "Meet the Press," Washington's Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday. Gregory held up what appeared to be a 30-round gun magazine - which would be barred under Washington municipal code - while hosting the nationally broadcast interview with National Rifle Association Chief Executive Officer Wayne LaPierre. ...
|  | Factbox: Biggest U.S. news events of 2012 Dec 26th 2012, 19:29  (Reuters) - The following were some of the top news stories in the United States during 2012. FEBRUARY Trayvon Martin shooting. Martin, an unarmed black teenager was shot dead in Florida by neighborhood watch patrol volunteer George Zimmerman. Zimmerman said he shot Martin in self defense during a struggle, but will stand trial next June for murder. Whitney Houston, among the top singers of the 1980s and 1990s, died at age 48. MARCH Deadly Midwest tornadoes. A spate of tornadoes and thunderstorms tore across the South and Midwest, killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds of others. ...
| | Factbox: Less than 200,000 lack power after Christmas Day storm Dec 26th 2012, 18:24 HOUSTON (Reuters) - Fewer than 200,000 homes and businesses in the U.S. Southeast remained without electricity on Wednesday following a Christmas Day winter storm packing snow, high winds and tornadoes. The storm dumped record snowfalls in North Texas and Arkansas and left two people dead in weather-related traffic accidents. Tornadoes touched down in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy Corp's Arkansas utility took the brunt of the storm's fury. Dangerous road conditions and the continued threat of falling trees slowed power-restoration work, Entergy Arkansas said on its website. ... | | For Obama's second inauguration, a subdued, less crowded Washington Dec 26th 2012, 18:23  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It is one of those occasions that is quintessential Washington: the inauguration of a president, a multi-day festival of patriotism, politics, optimism and self-congratulation. All of that will be on display on January 21, when President Barack Obama is publicly sworn in for his second four-year term. But this inauguration will be far less grand than Obama's first in 2009, when a record 1.8 million visitors flooded the city to see the nation's first black president take office. ...
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