Thursday, October 28, 2010

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Arkansas school board member to resign over anti-gay post

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT

A school board district member in Arkansas who came under fire for an anti-gay post on a social networking site regrets the comments and will resign his seat, he told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Thursday.

Meek still in Florida Senate race; Crist sought deal

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:59 PM PDT

Questions linger over whether former President Bill Clinton asked Democrat Rep. Kendrick Meek to end his Senate bid in Florida and what role the White House may have had in the discussions.

Death toll climbs to 394 from Indonesia quake

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:41 PM PDT

The toll climbed to 394 dead and 312 missing four days after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck off Indonesia's coast, triggering a tsunami, officials said Friday.

Man charged in D.C.-area bomb plot to appear in court

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:36 PM PDT

A detention hearing is scheduled Friday for Farooque Ahmed, who is accused of attempting to help men he believed to be militants plot bombings at subway systems in the Washington-area.

TSA to phase in new pat-down procedures at airports nationwide

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:25 PM PDT

Airline passengers can expect to see as well as feel new pat-down procedures at U.S. airports over the coming weeks in an effort to provide another layer of security for travelers, the Transportation Security Administration said Thursday.

Trial set for ex-baseball star accused of drunken driving, killing woman

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:14 PM PDT

His past largely defined by his World Series heroics, Jim Leyritz's future is now in the hands of a Florida jury that could send him to prison for up to 15 years for hitting and killing a woman while allegedly driving drunk.

Foreclosure wave costs some federal workers their jobs

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:14 PM PDT

For federal workers with security clearances, losing a house to foreclosure can cost them their jobs as well, because financial distress can be a security vulnerability, a recent study says.

Japan investigates possible insider trading

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:10 PM PDT

Japanese authorities are investigating possible insider trading, a Tokyo Stock Exchange spokesman said Friday.

Abbas, Netanyahu still in standoff over settlements, peace talks

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:59 PM PDT

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday renewed his call for an end to Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank as a prerequisite to resume stalled peace talks, and said appealing to the United States or United Nations was among the Palestinian options to end the standoff.

EU leaders back limited treaty change

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:58 PM PDT

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Mount Everest gets 3G mobile network

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:38 PM PDT

The world's highest third generation (3G) mobile network services base station was set up at the bottom of Mount Everest on Thursday.

Official: China won't use 'rare earths' as a bargaining chip

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:26 PM PDT

China bid to defuse a percolating crisis Thursday, vowing not to use "rare earth" minerals as a bargaining chip in world trade discussions and not to cut exports any more next year, state-run media reported.

Organization says tsunami warning system worked after Indonesia quake

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:26 PM PDT

A German organization involved in establishing and maintaining the Indonesian tsunami warning system denies widespread reports that the system failed to detect the tsunami that devastated parts of the Mentawai Islands on Monday.

Tokyo hit by insider trading claims

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:09 PM PDT

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Tokyo hit by insider trading claims

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:56 PM PDT

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Dalai Lama talks of retirement

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:54 PM PDT

The Dalai Lama would like to retire.

Man who led 'ninjas' into Florida home guilty of first-degree murder

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:38 PM PDT

The man who prosecutors said captained a team of masked men dressed as ninjas as they ambushed a Florida home has been found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder.

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