Wednesday, August 25, 2010

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More rains hit flood-battered Pakistan

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:08 PM PDT

More monsoon rains across upper Pakistan Thursday will add to the misery of a nation still reeling from devastating floods.

Buffalo restaurant slaying suspect to be arraigned

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:59 PM PDT

A 23-year-old man, charged with second-degree murder in connection with a deadly restaurant shooting in Buffalo, New York, is expected to be arraigned Thursday morning.

Mississippi oysters safe to eat, experts say

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:49 PM PDT

Federal and state experts have declared Mississippi oysters safe to eat after the oil spill that gushed for months in the Gulf of Mexico.

Hearing to look at the progress and challenges 5 years after Katrina

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:43 PM PDT

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu will hold a late-morning hearing Thursday about the lessons learned and the progress made in the five years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and large sections of the Gulf coast.

Fresh eggs from recall farms being pasteurized, processed

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:58 PM PDT

Fresh eggs being produced by farms at the heart of a massive recall are making their way to consumers via facilities that pasteurize the eggs, process them and rid them of any possible salmonella.

Canada to release more details on terror-related arrests

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:51 PM PDT

Canada authorities plan to release names and charges Thursday against two suspects arrested a day earlier on terror-related crimes.

Military loses control of helicopter drone near Washington

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:37 PM PDT

A military test facility in southern Maryland lost control of an unmanned helicopter for about 20 minutes this month before reestablishing its communications and returning it to the airfield it took off from, a U.S. navy spokesman said.

U.N. peacekeepers cite delay in learning of mass rape in Congo

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:42 PM PDT

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo did not know about a rebel attack and mass rape in that region until more than a week after the events took place, a U.N. peacekeeping mission official said Wednesday.

Children abused, killed as witches in Nigeria

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:58 PM PDT

Just after midnight, the pastor seized a woman's forehead with his large hand and she fell screaming and writhing on the ground. "Fire! Fire! Fire!" shouted the worshippers, raising their hands in the air.

North Korean leader reported to be in China

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:55 PM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is visiting China, the South Korean JoongAng Daily reported Thursday, citing a South Korean government official.

Who is Florida's Rick Scott?

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:35 PM PDT

Rick Scott has the money and the drive, and he can't be challenged when he calls himself an outsider in a year when anti-establishment sentiment is high.

Tom DeLay's trial will be in Travis County, Texas

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:28 PM PDT

Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, accused of money laundering, will get a fair trial in Austin, a Texas judge ruled Wednesday.

72 bodies found in Mexico were immigrants, officials say

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:04 PM PDT

Seventy-two bodies discovered at a ranch in northeast Mexico belonged to migrants who were making their way toward the United States, Mexican officials said Wednesday.

Indiana man charged in online extortion sex scheme

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:04 PM PDT

An Indiana man awaiting sentencing on a rape charge tried to blackmail his ex-girlfriend into coming back to him by threatening to spread nude photos and video of her online, police in Pennsylvania said.

Google set to compete with Skype

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:03 PM PDT

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Taxi driver stabbed after passenger asks if he's Muslim

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:59 PM PDT

A taxi driver is in stable condition Wednesday after allegedly being stabbed by a passenger who apparently asked if he was Muslim before attacking him, a taxi driver union official told CNN.

Pakistan hospital cut off by floods struggles to help survivors

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:53 PM PDT

The baby's heartbeat was failing, the mother needed medicine, and the doctors wanted clean instruments. But three weeks into Pakistan's flooding crisis, staff in one maternity ward in northern Pakistan had nothing but candles and light from a cell phone on hand to perform a high-risk emergency delivery.

Diabetes-prone people at risk for Alzheimer's plaques

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:50 PM PDT

People at risk for type 2 diabetes are also more likely to have brain abnormalities associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study from Japan. The study is the latest evidence of a diabetes-dementia link.

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