Monday, January 31, 2011

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Internet cut as Egypt braces for 'march of millions'

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:48 PM PST

Egypt's government has posted troops at key locations and cut internet service as anti-government protesters planned a "march of millions" Tuesday.

Trial date set for Alabama man accused of killing wife on honeymoon

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:45 PM PST

A trial date has been set for May for an Alabama man accused of killing his new bride during their honeymoon in Australia.

'Star Trek' translators reach for the final frontier

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:24 PM PST

Last month, Google unveiled its latest innovation, an app for phones that can near-simultaneously translate speech from one language to another.

Lawyer: Woman called 'Jihad Jane' to plead guilty

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:23 PM PST

Colleen LaRose, the woman who authorities say called herself "Jihad Jane" on YouTube, has changed her mind about fighting government charges that she was plotting to wage violent jihad overseas. She planned to plead guilty at a hearing Tuesday.

Shark catching drives species to extinction

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:10 PM PST

Last year six people were killed by sharks worldwide. Multiply that number by more than 12 million and you get close to the number of sharks killed for human consumption each year.

Airlines ground planes as monster snow storm approaches

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 09:57 PM PST

Airlines canceled flights by the hundreds for Tuesday as a massive snow storm of historic proportions began to coat the nation's heartland with a thick blanket of snow.

Report: Torture in Egypt rampant amid impunity for security forces

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 09:27 PM PST

"The guys would say they'd be tortured so bad, they'd be screaming, 'Tell me what you want me to say! Tell us what to say and we'll say it!' They'd agree to confirm anything State Security wanted."

Volcano in Japan erupts again

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 09:21 PM PST

The Mt. Shinmoe volcano in southern Japan erupted again Tuesday morning, with the country's Meteorological Agency calling it the fourth and most powerful eruption in recent days.

Iranian leaders, opposition both embrace Egyptian protesters

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:54 PM PST

While some governments are trying to walk a fine line between supporting Egypt's president and supporting protesters in that tumultuous nation, Iranian officials are taking the side of the protesters.

Philippines' evolving terrorism threat

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:47 PM PST

Last week's bus bombing in the Philippines highlights how bomb-making techniques brought into the country by al Qaeda and its associate groups can be harnessed by multiple interests.

Massive winter system spans 2,000 miles, threatens Midwest cities

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 07:26 PM PST

Several major Midwest metropolitan areas are bracing for a massive winter storm system that threatened to dump a foot or more of snow and bring potentially debilitating winds.

As Mubarak cuts communications, major demonstrations expected

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 07:17 PM PST

Egypt braced for a "march of millions" in anti-government protests Tuesday as embattled President Hosni Mubarak tried to throw up literal and figurative roadblocks in the way of demonstrators calling for his ouster.

Guggenheim family imposters arrested on charges of attempt to defraud

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:24 PM PST

A trio of Guggenheim family impersonators were charged Monday after allegedly trying to defraud investors by soliciting money and promoting bogus investment opportunities by posing as family members or representatives of the prominent American family, the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York said Monday.

Egyptian government tightens grip ahead of protests

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:22 PM PST

The embattled Egyptian government early Tuesday restricted communications and travel ahead of what protesters are calling a "march of millions." Here's what the government has done so far:

N.Y. state senator's video shows parents how to snoop on their kids

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:20 PM PST

A New York state senator defended an "informational video" he posted Monday, which teaches parents how best to snoop on their children -- a message that the head of a leading youth rights group criticized as dangerous.

Long a stable bulwark, military now a bellwether of Egypt's future

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:16 PM PST

As military and security veterans take top roles in President Hosni Mubarak's new government, it's unclear in the tumult whether their allegiance ultimately sides with the embattled Mubarak or with demonstrators demanding a regime change, experts said Monday.

Police investigated abuse case weeks before mom allegedly killed kids

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:09 PM PST

Police opened, and then dropped, an investigation of physical abuse involving a Florida mother against her teen daughter, closing the case weeks before the woman admitted killing the girl and her brother because they were "mouthy."

U.S. navigates carefully between supporting Mubarak, democratic ideals

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:06 PM PST

Egypt's roiling political unrest is causing the United States to fine-tune a foreign policy equation that for 30 years has valued strategic partnership with President Hosni Mubarak over democratic ideals, experts said Monday.

Police chief's son gets six years in fatal hit-and-run

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 05:56 PM PST

A Chinese man who killed a college student while driving drunk and then tried to use his father's name as a police official to escape punishment was sentenced to six years' in jail on Sunday, sparking a furious reaction on the internet where the verdict was condemned by many bloggers as too lenient.

1 dead as sheriff's department helicopter crashes in Arizona

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 05:41 PM PST

The civilian pilot of an Arizona sheriff's department helicopter died Monday afternoon when the aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain, a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokesman said.
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