Friday, October 1, 2010

Rutgers chief vows outreach after student's suicide

Rutgers chief vows outreach after student's suicide


Rutgers chief vows outreach after student's suicide

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 06:02 PM PDT

The president of Rutgers vowed to meet with members of the gay community as the school grapples with a student's suicide after video of a sexual encounter was posted.

U.S.: Sorry for infecting Guatemalans

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 07:18 PM PDT

Guatemala's president says President Obama phoned him to apologize for a 1940s study that purposely infected people in Guatemala with sexually transmitted diseases.

Tuskegee, Guatemala studies overlap

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 03:08 PM PDT

The Tuskegee syphilis experiment of the 20th century is often cited as the most famous example of unethical medical research. Now, evidence has emerged that it overlapped with a shorter study, also sponsored by U.S. government health agencies, in which human subjects were unknowingly being harmed by participating in an experiment.

U.S. officials: Bin Laden urging action

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 06:56 PM PDT

While a video tape released Friday that is purported to be the voice of Osama bin Laden contains no call for terrorism, U.S. officials say that the al Qaeda leader has been urging affiliates to take action.

Shiite bloc taps al-Maliki as candidate

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 11:07 AM PDT

The National Alliance -- Iraq's main Shiite parliamentary bloc -- has tapped Nuri al-Maliki as its candidate for prime minister, an official in the political movement told CNN Friday.

Musharraf back in Pakistani politics

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 05:25 PM PDT

Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has returned to the political stage in Pakistan, which he describes as a "demoralized" nation that needs an injection of vigor and leadership.

Survival 'unlikely' for U.S. balloonists

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 01:01 PM PDT

Race organizers said a balloon carrying two Americans over the Adriatic Sea off Italy made a rapid descent in rough weather and that their survival is "unlikely."

Big labor mobilizing Tea Party alternative

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:21 AM PDT

It sounds like a political classified ad.

Opinion: No prayers for Long accusers?

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 05:28 AM PDT

Long before Focus on the Family, the 700 Club or even the Bible, there was a basic spiritual hunger: A hunger to know where we came from, a hunger to know what happens when we leave, a hunger to know if there is a God.

CNN's Sanchez out after comments

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:46 PM PDT

CNN anchor Rick Sanchez abruptly left the network Friday afternoon just one day after making controversial comments on a satellite radio program.

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