Hurricane Earl strengthens to Category 2 Posted: 29 Aug 2010 06:22 PM PDT Hurricane Earl strengthened this evening and sustained winds are now 100 mph, making it a Category 2 hurricane. Earl is located 130 miles east of St. Martin and is forecast to become a "major" or Category 3 hurricane. |
Canada aids stranded cruise ship Posted: 29 Aug 2010 07:39 PM PDT The Canadian coast guard began ferrying passengers on Sunday from a cruise ship that ran aground an unmapped rock. |
Trapped miners talk to loved ones Posted: 29 Aug 2010 07:12 PM PDT The 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for more than three weeks talked directly with family members for the first time. |
Man kills 5, self over custody battle Posted: 29 Aug 2010 06:16 PM PDT A man suspected in the shooting deaths of five people at a Lake Havasu City, Arizona, residence on Saturday night was found dead early Sunday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police. |
Stabbed cabbie worries about bills Posted: 29 Aug 2010 12:24 PM PDT New York cab driver Ahmed Sharif cannot bring himself to talk about the young man who cut his throat and nearly killed him last week, a taxi union representative said Sunday. |
A time to mourn in Pakistan Posted: 29 Aug 2010 07:17 PM PDT Dargahi Mirani is typically a fisherman by trade, but in the midst of devastating floods in Pakistan, local villagers have been turning to him not for his daily catch, but for help in retrieving their loved ones' bodies from the floodwaters. |
Korean prime minister-to-be resigns Posted: 29 Aug 2010 06:41 AM PDT South Korean prime minister-designate Kim Tae-ho and two other nominees announced their resignations Sunday, amid corruption allegations that surfaced during their confirmation hearings, the state-run Yonhap news agency reported. |
Over 30 Afghan insurgents killed Posted: 29 Aug 2010 02:59 PM PDT Afghan and coalition soldiers killed more than 30 insurgents, including 13 would-be suicide bombers, as they fought off assaults on two military bases and government buildings in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Sunday. |
Israel, Palestinians stake positions Posted: 29 Aug 2010 05:59 PM PDT Israel's goal is to "responsibly and seriously promote a peace agreement" in the upcoming direct talks with Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday. |
Beck: Rally meant to reclaim civil rights Posted: 29 Aug 2010 10:41 AM PDT Conservative commentator Glenn Beck says his weekend revival-style rally at the Lincoln Memorial was meant to reclaim the U.S. civil rights movement "from politics," arguing that the movement was about "people of faith." |
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