Friday, September 10, 2010

Deadly gas-line explosion, fire leave 'moonscape'

Deadly gas-line explosion, fire leave 'moonscape'


Deadly gas-line explosion, fire leave 'moonscape'

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 07:45 PM PDT

Firefighters in California contained a massive gas-fueled blaze that killed four people, while search efforts and attempts to determine the cause were still under way.

Living paratrooper to get Medal of Honor

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 04:40 PM PDT

A paratrooper who risked his life to save fellow soldiers will be the first living service member to get the Medal of Honor for service in Iraq or Afghanistan, officials said.

Iran calls off release of American hiker

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 05:56 PM PDT

U.S. hiker Sarah Shourd's release is called off because the judicial process is incomplete, a prosecutor said. Iran's official news agency said it was "postponed."

Castro: Misunderstood on Cuban model

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 04:52 PM PDT

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro said Friday that he was misinterpreted when he recently told an American journalist that the Cuban model no longer works.

25 die in Mexican state on single day

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 05:25 PM PDT

With 25 people killed in violent outbreaks, Thursday was one of Chihuahua state's deadliest days of the year, the state Investigations Agency said on Friday.

Canada's 'prince of pot' sentenced

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 06:38 PM PDT

The man once known as Canada's "prince of pot" is now a federal inmate in the U.S. system after a judge in Washington sentenced him Friday to five years in prison.

Opinion: 'Mosque' debate over language

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:18 PM PDT

The usual incivility and hyperbole of the internet gets magnified on hot-button issues, especially when they concern religion, politics and ethnicity.

'Virgin' actor: Stabbing was mistake

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 08:05 AM PDT

The "40-Year-Old Virgin" actor Shelley Malil testified Thursday he stabbed his girlfriend 20 times when he wrongly thought that she was somebody else going after him in the dark.

Amtrak passenger found dead by tracks

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Authorities are investigating the death of an Amtrak passenger whose body was found by railroad tracks in south Georgia hours after she was reported missing.

Massive ice island splits in two

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:02 PM PDT

A massive ice island four times the size of Manhatten that broke off the Petermann Glacier early last month has split in two.

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