Wednesday, January 5, 2011

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Police: Lone suspect behind 2 Arizona shootings

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:11 PM PST

Authorities in Chandler, Arizona, said they believe the gunman who held hostages at a restaurant is the same man who fled into a mall after opening fire on members of a crime task force.

Microsoft tries to redefine the couch potato

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:57 PM PST

Microsoft on Wednesday announced plans to redefine television as a medium that viewers can control by waving their hands and talking rather than clicking on remotes.

Wife of Gen. Petraeus to be appointed consumer advocate, source says

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:25 PM PST

Holly Petraeus, the wife of the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, is getting a high profile role of her own. Thursday she will be named to a key position in the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to a source who would not speak for attribution because the announcement has yet to be made.

Prosecutor: Anna Nicole Smith defendants should not go to prison

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:24 PM PST

The psychiatrist and the lawyer-boyfriend of model Anna Nicole Smith are expected to be sentenced Thursday.

Dead birds in Sweden killed by 'external blows'

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:20 PM PST

A large number of dead birds were found in the city of Falkoping, Sweden, Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, according to a press release on the website of the Swedish National Veterinary Institute.

1 killed in small plane crash in Alabama

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:16 PM PST

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board are expected to arrive Thursday morning to investigate a small plane crash that killed one person in Birmingham, Alabama.

New York City replaces emergency medical service chief after snowstorm

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:06 PM PST

The New York City fire commissioner on Wednesday replaced the man who led the Emergency Medical Service for six years following sharp criticism of the department for its response to a blizzard that blanketed the city after Christmas.

Elizabeth Edwards' will leaves everything to her children

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:54 PM PST

Elizabeth Edwards left everything to her children, with no mention of her estranged husband, John Edwards, in her will.

Official: Warning signs missed ahead of governor's assassination

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:44 PM PST

A security guard accused of assassinating the governor of Pakistan's Punjab province was banned five months ago by a provincial police official from providing security to VIP personnel, authorities said Wednesday.

Commission spreads the blame for Gulf oil disaster in report

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:32 PM PST

"Systemic" problems caused the Deepwater Horizon blowout and subsequent oil spill and only "significant reform" will prevent another, President Barack Obama's commission studying the disaster says in its soon-to-be-released report.

Hijack attempt foiled aboard Turkish Air flight

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:25 PM PST

A man claiming to have a bomb tried to enter the cockpit of a Turkish Airlines plane about to land in Istanbul, Turkey, but was tackled by passengers and taken into custody, Turkish media reported Wednesday.

Polygamist leader promptly fires new attorney

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:42 PM PST

Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs got a Texas-based attorney Wednesday during a pretrial hearing in San Angelo, Texas, but the lawyer was fired within hours.

FAA to investigate coffee spill that diverted flight

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:40 PM PST

Federal aviation authorities say they are investigating a string of events that began Monday when a pilot spilled coffee on a cockpit panel, leading to a false hijack warning and culminating in the plane's emergency landing in Canada.

Teenager dies during border incident

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:36 PM PST

Federal authorities are investigating the events surrounding the death of a teenager during an altercation between Border Patrol agents trying to arrest alleged drug smugglers and rock-throwing bystanders, an FBI spokesman said Wednesday.

Victim, suspect dead after Omaha school shooting

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:33 PM PST

A Nebraska assistant high school principal died Wednesday night after she was shot by a student who also shot the school's principal, a police spokesman said.

Former deputy accused of raping and abducting wife, killing mother

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:30 PM PST

A former detention deputy with an Idaho sheriff's office has been charged with raping his wife, placing her in a car trunk and driving to his mother's residence, where he allegedly killed his mother, authorities said Wednesday.

Arrest made in Christmas attack on Arizona state lawmaker

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:12 PM PST

Police in Arizona have arrested a suspect in the beating of a state representative last month.

Paramedic on Michael Jackson call: Doctor's story 'didn't add up'

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:06 PM PST

Michael Jackson appeared to be dead when an ambulance arrived at his home at 12:26 p.m. June 25, 2009, according to a paramedic and a security guard who testified Wednesday.

Shah's eldest son said brother had depression

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:04 PM PST

The oldest son of the deposed shah of Iran on Wednesday talked about depression's toll on his family and mourned his younger brother, who committed suicide at his Boston home.

Legislators set sights on 'anchor babies'

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:03 PM PST

A group of state legislators opposed to illegal immigration proposed a legislative "fix" Wednesday that would prevent children of illegal immigrants born in the United States from being citizens.
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