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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

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Today: Egyptian Protesters Camp Out , John Boehner’s Holiday Party Snub , Philippines Typhoon Kills 200
Cheat Sheet: Morning

December 05, 2012
‘BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD’?

The Senate made the right choice Tuesday in rejecting the United Nations disabilities treaty, which would have caused bureaucrats to unseat parents, writes former senator and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum.

CRISIS

Hundreds camped out outside Egypt’s presidential palace near Cairo on Wednesday, hours after police fired tear gas into the crowd as protesters tried to break through the gates. President Mohamed Morsi returned Wednesday, with a source saying Morsi was already back to work at the palace. The Health Ministry said 18 people had been wounded in clashes on Tuesday, when up to 1,000 protested at the gates of the palace. Also on Tuesday, at least eight influential newspapers suspended publication in a day of protest against the snap referendum on the draft constitution. Thousands have been protesting for nearly two weeks after Morsi banned all legal opposition to his power, a move he said was to curb a power grab by former president Hosni Mubarak’s allies, who are still in the Cabinet.  

NO PHOTO OP

Speaker Boehner declines to be photographed with President Obama at a holiday party. Michelle Cottle on the roots of political pettiness—and what Boehner should do next year.

TRAGIC

At least 200 people have been killed so far in a deadly typhoon in the Philippines as the storm continued to tear through the island nation on Wednesday. Typhoon Bopha caused landslides and flash flooding on the coast and in farming and mining towns in the southern Mindanao region. “The waters came so suddenly and unexpectedly, and the winds were so fierce, that compounded the loss of lives and livelihood,” said Arthur Uy, the governor of Compostela Valley in Mindanao. Damage to the area is expected to reach $98 million, as the typhoon destroyed 70–80 percent of plantations, Uy said. The storm weakened on Wednesday as it battered resort towns in northern Palawan.

BACK TO WORK

It’s back to work on the Los Angeles and Long Beach docks on Wednesday after leaders of the 800-member clerical union agreed to end a weeklong strike that had crippled the region’s docks. A tentative deal was made late Tuesday night between International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office Clerical Union and the Harbor Employers’ Association after a marathon round of negotiations backed by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who was a union leader prior to holding elected office. Although the local chapter of the ILWU is relatively tiny, the strike was backed by 10,000 regional members of the ILWU—and the strike had caused 20 ships to be diverted to rival ports in Oakland, Calif.; Ensenada, Mexico; and Panama. The strike began Nov. 27, when the clerical workers’ union had expressed frustration over jobs being shipped overseas.


BENCHED
Fox News Pushing Rove Off Air
Producers must get permission to book him.
WHOLE NEW WORLD
Netflix Buys Rights to Disney Movies
Puts them in direct competition with TV pay channels.
OBIT
Longtime Texas Rep. Jack Brooks Dies
Was in the Dallas motorcade with JFK.
REMORSE
Costas: ‘Mistake’ to Talk Gun Control
On ‘Sunday Night Football’ after Jovan Belcher’s death.
RUMORS
Fleetwood Mac to Reunite
Will release new album, go on tour.
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