Noticias de Hoy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U. S. House of Representatives looked set to end the "fiscal cliff" crisis in a vote on Tuesday night on a bipartisan deal meant to prevent Washington from pushing the world’s biggest economy into recession. After a day of deliberation, there appeared to be enough Republicans in the House ready to back a Senate bill that would raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans and close a crucial chapter of the budget dispute that has consumed Washington for months. . . .

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This is your brain on sugar ? for real. Scientists have used imaging tests to show for the first time that fructose, a sugar that saturates the American diet, can trigger brain changes that may lead to overeating.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Joe Biden will meet with fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives on Tuesday to discuss the “fiscal cliff” deal that he forged with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a Democratic aide said. The meeting is to be held at the Capitol at 12:15 p. m. ET (1715 GMT). Biden needed to help sell Senate Democrats on the deal before they joined Republicans at about 2 a. m. ET (0700 GMT) in approving the measure. The Republican-led House may vote on the bill as early as later in the day. (Reporting By Thomas Ferraro; Editing by Vicki Allen)

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Gunmen ambushed and shot dead five Pakistani women aid workers and a male colleague on Tuesday, police said. Their vehicle was raked with gunfire as they returned home from work at a children’s community centre run by Pakistani charity Ujala, or Light, said district police officer Abdur Rashid Khan. Their driver was seriously wounded in the attack. The motive for the shooting in Swabi district, about 75 km (45 miles) northwest of the capital of Islamabad, was not clear and no one at Ujala was immediately available for comment. . . .

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CHICAGO (AP) ? Nearly a year after a stroke left him barely able to move the left side of his body, U. S. Sen. Mark Kirk is expected to climb the 45 steps to the Senate’s front door this week ? a walk that’s significant not just for Illinois’ junior senator, but also for medical researchers and hundreds of thousands of stroke patients.

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The kind of blood clot in the skull that doctors say Hillary Rodham Clinton has is relatively uncommon but can occur after an injury like the fall and concussion the secretary of state was diagnosed with earlier this month.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? Texas can cut off funding to Planned Parenthood’s family planning programs for poor women, a state judge ruled Monday.

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) ? A Palestinian health official says an outbreak swine flu has killed nine people.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a Johnson & Johnson tuberculosis drug that is the first new medicine to fight the deadly infection in more than four decades.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – From mud races to sweat parties to CrossFit competitions, workouts turned smarter, shorter and more social in 2012, experts say, as fitness was sweetened with a little help from smart phones and friends. “Everything is about making fitness fun,” said Jenna Autuori-Dedic, senior fitness editor at Fitness Magazine. Even those grueling indoor cycling classes were a chance to mingle. “I truly think that spinning was one of the biggest things to come out of 2012,” said Autuori-Dedic. “They (fitness studios) made it fun. . . .

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