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China expands travel ban ahead of Nobel ceremony
Leaked cables show U.S. concerns with Mexico's ongoing drug war
Top military brass to discuss 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
WikiLeaks cables on Afghanistan show monumental corruption
McCain presses for accountability in WikiLeaks breach
Israeli forest fire kills dozens
House censures Rangel
Leaked cables show U.S. concerns with Mexico's ongoing drug war
McCain presses for accountability in WikiLeaks breach
Upstate N.Y. digs out after big storm shuts down major highway
Cable: UK offered exceptions for U.S. cluster munitions despite treaty
Death sentence handed down in Petit home invasion case
WikiLeaks now storing files in 'James Bond' bunker
Dozens killed in northern Israel forest fire
WikiLeaks: Italian PM's partying left him 'a complete mess'
Leaked tapes put India, media in crisis
House, Senate Democrats: no tax cut extension over $250,000
New York professor installs camera in head
Original copy of 'Star Spangled Banner' up for sale

China expands travel ban ahead of Nobel ceremony

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:34 PM PST

A renowned Chinese artist and human rights advocate became the latest casualty Thursday in the government's effort to expand it's no-fly list, an effort apparently aimed at preventing prominent guests from attending this year's Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony.

Leaked cables show U.S. concerns with Mexico's ongoing drug war

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:19 PM PST

Behind the headlines of the Mexican offensive against the drug cartels, there is a Mexico-U.S. relationship that is equal measures success and skepticism, leaked state department documents show.

Top military brass to discuss 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:17 PM PST

Leaders of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and the Coast Guard are expected to speak Friday as the Senate Armed Services Committee holds its second day of hearings on the military's "don't ask don't tell" policy.

WikiLeaks cables on Afghanistan show monumental corruption

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:09 PM PST

Hundreds of U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks paint a picture of corruption in Afghanistan at every level of government and society.

McCain presses for accountability in WikiLeaks breach

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:47 PM PST

A senior Republican senator pressed Pentagon leadership Thursday as to why nobody -- other than a very junior soldier -- has been held responsible for the leak of thousands of secret national security documents to WikiLeaks.

Israeli forest fire kills dozens

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:30 PM PST

At least 40 people have been killed in a massive wildfire blazing its way through northern Israel, Israeli authorities said Friday.

House censures Rangel

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:20 PM PST

The House of Representatives censured veteran New York Rep. Charlie Rangel on Thursday -- a stunning downfall for a man once considered one of the most powerful members of Congress.

Leaked cables show U.S. concerns with Mexico's ongoing drug war

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:13 PM PST

Behind the headlines of the Mexican offensive against the drug cartels, there is a Mexico-U.S. relationship that is equal measures success and skepticism, leaked state department documents show.

McCain presses for accountability in WikiLeaks breach

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 09:54 PM PST

Upstate N.Y. digs out after big storm shuts down major highway

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:45 PM PST

As the snow finally wound down, drivers and residents in and around Buffalo, New York, continued to dig out from a storm that dumped up to three feet of snow and shut down a major highway.

Cable: UK offered exceptions for U.S. cluster munitions despite treaty

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:08 PM PST

The British government offered the United States a deal to temporarily store cluster munitions at a military base on its soil, despite having signed a treaty banning such storage, according to a State Department cable published by WikiLeaks.

Death sentence handed down in Petit home invasion case

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 07:57 PM PST

A man convicted of a brutal 2007 home invasion in which a Connecticut mother and her two daughters were killed was sentenced to die for the crime Thursday.

WikiLeaks now storing files in 'James Bond' bunker

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 07:45 PM PST

Amazon dumped the controversial site WikiLeaks from its computer servers on Wednesday.

Dozens killed in northern Israel forest fire

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 07:31 PM PST

As many as 40 people were killed Thursday in a massive wildfire that erupted Thursday near Haifa in northern Israel and showed no sign of being controlled, the Israel Defense Forces said.

WikiLeaks: Italian PM's partying left him 'a complete mess'

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 07:28 PM PST

The partying lifestyle of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had left him "a complete mess" by the fall of 2009, according to a Berlusconi confidant quoted in a U.S. diplomatic cable.

Leaked tapes put India, media in crisis

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 07:10 PM PST

While the whistleblower website WikiLeaks is shaking up the United States and its diplomatic relations with the international community, India has got its own spate of "audio leaks" which has gripped local media and the public.

House, Senate Democrats: no tax cut extension over $250,000

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 07:09 PM PST

With Republicans steadfast in supporting an indefinite extension of all Bush-era tax cuts, Democrats in the House and the Senate moved Thursday to limit the reductions, in full, only for families making $250,000 a year or less.