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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

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12/4/2013
Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between
How about a little George W. Bush for the Christmas tree?
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The George W. Bush Presidential Center has joined the holiday festivities, offering for sale a Christmas tree ornament that features a painting by the former U.S. head of state.
Ho, ho, holy cow - Santa gets fighter escort on U.S. military site
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military website showing Santa Claus delivering his presents while guarded by warplanes has some children's advocates worried.
U.S. vice president urges Chinese to challenge their leaders
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden encouraged Chinese visa applicants to "challenge their government" during a brief meeting at the U.S. embassy in Beijing on Wednesday.
U.S. football celebrations register as minor earthquakes
(Reuters) - Celebrations by Seattle football fans in a Monday night game against the New Orleans Saints were so thunderous that they registered as minor earthquakes on a nearby seismometer, a state university professor said.
World War Two era Japanese submarine found off Hawaii coast
HONOLULU (Reuters) - Scientists plumbing the Pacific Ocean off the Hawaii coast have discovered a World War Two era Japanese submarine, a technological marvel that had been preparing to attack the Panama Canal before being scuttled by U.S. forces.
New York lawsuit seeks 'legal personhood' for chimpanzees
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. animal rights group on Monday filed what it said is the first lawsuit seeking to establish the "legal personhood" of chimpanzees.
Cost of "Twelve Days of Christmas" gifts leaps in 2013
(Reuters) - Buying a set of the gifts named in the classic holiday carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" will cost a true love $27,393 this year, up 7.7 percent from the 2012 price tag, according to an annual tongue-in-cheek analysis released on Monday.
Author Suri wins Britain's bad sex award for 'quarks' and 'superheroes' scene
LONDON (Reuters) - Manil Suri has won the annual Bad Sex in Fiction award for a scene in his novel "The City of Devi" describing a sexual encounter in terms of exploding supernovas and streaking superheroes, Britain's Literary Review said on Tuesday.
Man who rained cash on Minnesota mall wants to give away more
(Reuters) - A Minnesota man ticketed for disorderly conduct after he flung $1,000 in mostly small bills over a balcony at the nation's largest mall during a heavy holiday shopping day wants to give away more money, he said on Monday.
'World's Ugliest Dog' Elwood dies in New Jersey
(Reuters) - Elwood, the Chihuahua and Chinese Crested mix whose unusual appearance won him the 2007 title of World's Ugliest Dog, has died unexpectedly at the age of 8, his owner said on Saturday.
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