Independent.ie - 12/21/12

Former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive and chairman Sean FitzPatrick is facing fresh charges over financial irregularities at the nationalised bank.

The 64-year-old bankrupt was brought before Dublin District Court charged with 12 counts of giving auditors false or misleading information on directors' loans over a five-year period.

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Source: The Watchers - 12/28/12, By Chillymanjaro

• Watch Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mars as they make appearances next to the moon this month, making them easy and fun to spot in the sky in January 2013. Jane Houston Jones from JPL provides a video preview of the January events.

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December 29

Huffington Post - 12/28/12, Lee Speigel

The world didn't end in 2012, nor did our fascination with UFOs.

Did a UFO hover over the summer Olympic games? Can we believe an ex-CIA agent who claimed that extraterrestrials caused the 1947 Roswell incident? Will DNA tests prove the existence of Bigfoot?

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Huffington Post - 12/27/12, Keving Freking/AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the Obama administration's chief environmental watchdog, is stepping down after nearly four years marked by high-profile brawls over global warming pollution, the Keystone XL oil pipeline, new controls on coal-fired plants and several other hot-button issues that affect the nation's economy and people's health.

Jackson constantly found herself caught between administration pledges to solve thorny environmental problems and steady resistance from Republicans and industrial groups who complained that the agency's rules destroyed jobs and made it harder for American companies to compete internationally.

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