GOP Senators Attack Obama, Praise Egyptian President In Statement On Gaza Ceasefire  —  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Egyptian Prime Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr today announced a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, ending eight days of violence that resulted in nearly 150 dead and more wounded.

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Susan Rice defends Benghazi remarks  —  U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said Wednesday that her early account of the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in Benghazi was based on the initial intelligence community assessments and was always subject to review and updates.

Petraeus, Suddenly With Plenty of Free Time, Ponders His Next Move  —  ARLINGTON, Va. — Here on an expensive but otherwise unremarkable street in the suburbs of Washington, David H. Petraeus is managing a new life in the doghouse.  —  He is seeking forgiveness from his furious wife …

Robertson Admits he Blew Election Prediction he Received from God  —  In January, televangelist Pat Robertson told 700 Club viewers that in his annual New Year's “conversation” with God, the Almighty had revealed to him who the next president would be.  Up through Election Day …

Clothes and Other Storm Aid, From Rikers Jail  —  There are plenty of unsung heroes in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, but the story of how those at New York's least desirable address lent their muscle and might is perhaps among the most compelling.  —  On the night that the storm roared …

Complaints About Turkey Attacks On The Rise In Brookline  —  BROOKLINE (CBS) - Neighbors are on the offensive in Brookline after what some residents are describing as aggressive turkeys.  —  “They were attacking the vehicle,” Karen Halvorson said outside her home in the Aspinwall Hill neighborhood.

Jenkins: Twinkies—A Defense  —  The real battle at the snack maker is union vs. union.  —  A corporate bankruptcy is a paper death.  The underlying assets live on.  Killers of paper structures, in this light, are devalued villains, but a cry has gone up to identify the villain behind …

Obama Mocks Romney In Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon, Won't Comment On Gaza Ceasefire  —  Jokes about re-election.  —  Image by Jacquelyn Martin / AP  —  WASHINGTON — Fresh off a four-day trip to Asia, President Barack Obama pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkey Wednesday …

Commentary Editor John Podhoretz Has Awkward Postelection Epiphany  —  The first few weeks after a losing presidential election are an awkward period for the most devoted ideological polemicist.  Months of optimistic spin about your candidate must be cast aside for an entirely different sort of spin …

Crisis in Church of England After Rejection of Female Bishops  —  LONDON — In a sign of deepening crisis in the Church of England after it rejected the appointment of female bishops, its spiritual leader said on Wednesday that the church had “undoubtedly lost a measure of credibility” …

Jesus was born years earlier than thought, claims Pope  —  The entire Christian calendar is based on a miscalculation, the Pope has declared, as he claims in a new book that Jesus was born several years earlier than commonly believed.  —  The Pope also weighs in on the debate over Christ's birthplace