Quán café

North Koreans weeping hysterically over the death of Kim Jong-il


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSWN6...layer_embedded

SOCK IT TO THE SEC
Federal Judge Criticizes SEC For Being Too Soft In Another Settlement


http://i.huffpost.com/gen/446912/thu...EMENT-huge.jpg

Previously: Different Judge Slams Agency, Tosses Citigroup Settlement
Matt Taibbi: SEC's Deals Are 'Logical And Legal Absurdities'

• Comments (1,098)
• | Judge Jed Rakoff

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Co...a.grid-6x2.jpg
Tatyana Makeyeva / Reuters
Huge rally increases pressure on Putin

MERRY CHRISTMAS!



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/images/loader.gif
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slides...jpg?1324845447

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/images...arrow-left.gif
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slides...jpg?1324845447http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slides...jpg?1324845447http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slides...jpg?1324845447http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slides...jpg?1324845447http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slides...jpg?1324845447http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slides...jpg?1324845447http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slides...jpg?1324845447http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slides...jpg?1324845447http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slides...jpg?1324845447
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/images...rrow-right.gif





Arianna: Thank You Bloggers, Commenters And Readers

• Comments (900)
• | Christmas

http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/C...p.grid-6x2.jpg
Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP - Getty Images file
Drug violence creeps into Mexico City

http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/MSNBC/C...p.grid-8x2.jpg
KCTV / AFP - Getty Images
North Korean heir leads funeral of Kim Jong Il

SOBBING IN STREETS AS DICTATOR KIM JONG IL'S FUNERAL BEGINS



http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Co...8.grid-8x2.jpg


http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Co...7.grid-8x2.jpg

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Co...1.grid-8x2.jpg

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Co...6.grid-8x2.jpg

Gun sales at record levels, according to FBI background checks
December holiday shoppers were not just interested in buying the hottest electronics and toys -- they also were purchasing record numbers of guns, according to the latest FBI figures on background checks required to buy firearms. With a few days left in December, the FBI reports the number of background checks has already topped the previous one-month record -- set only in November -- of 1,534,414 inquiries by gun dealers to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System also known as NICS.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/27/us...les/?hpt=us_c1


D.A. Cooley warns residents about robocall scams
An elaborate phone scam aimed at stealing credit card and ATM information is targeting Los Angeles County residents, District Attorney Steve Cooley warned Tuesday. The scam was uncovered after Cooley's own staffers received some of the calls over the last few weeks. Cooley said the scam involves robocalls that instruct recipients to call a number to review their bank information with a live operator.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_19626630


CA reduces prison population by thousands, almost meets Supreme Court target
California's prison system has been shedding an average of 933 inmates a week since the governor's realignment plan took effect this fall, and the state almost hit a court-mandated goal to reduce the population to 133,000 inmates by Dec. 27. As of today, the state's prisons held 134,804 inmates - just 1,800 short of the target and far closer to that goal than many expected.
http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election...-court-target/

http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/MSNBC/C...8.grid-2x2.jpg

Teen who died on Christmas leaves behind video on death, life

North Korea declares Kim Jong Il's
youngest son country's new 'supreme leader'

Hundreds of thousands mourn dictator despite icy weather. Full story | Hot zones to watch in 2012


http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Co...a.grid-8x2.jpg
KCNA via EPA