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• 2. HOW NEWTOWN SHIFTED TALK ON TEACHERS
• Students and parents see their instructors as heroes instead of criticizing generous benefits.
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• 3. PREDICTING 'FISCAL CLIFF' TALKS WILL GO TO THE WIRE
• Senators say Congress will be in session on New Year's Eve trying to avert a budget crisis.
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• 4. US ADVISER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
• Police say an Afghan policewoman killed the adviser at police headquarters in Kabul.
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• 5. WHY HOLIDAY SHOPPING IS MUTED THIS YEAR
• Superstorm Sandy, "fiscal cliff" uncertainty, the school shooting and a delayed economic recovery hurt consumer confidence.
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• 6. WHAT'S NEXT AFTER EGYPT'S CONSTITUTION VOTE
• The AP's Hamza Hendawi says the Islamist leadership will move for legislation to create a more religious state.
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• 7. WHERE'S SANTA? ASK NORAD
• The U.S.-Canada command began taking calls about Santa Claus' whereabouts back in the 1950s, when a Colorado newspaper inadvertently printed its number.
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• 8. SENATOR CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING
• Police say Idaho Republican Michael Crapo had a blood alcohol content of .110 when he was pulled over in Alexandria, Va.
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• 9. 'SKINNYGIRL' SPLITS WITH HUSBAND
• Bethenny Frankel, the TV personality who founded the Skinnygirl line cocktail and shapewear line, is separating from husband Jason Hoppy after two years.
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• 10. 'THE HOBBIT' BESTS TOM CRUISE
• Peter Jackson's prelude to the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy took in $36.7 million in its second weekend. Cruise's "Jack Reacher" debuted a distant second with $15.6 million.
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