Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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Yemen calls emergency meeting ahead of protests

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 10:51 PM PST

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has called for an emergency parliamentary meeting Wednesday ahead of the "day of rage" protests scheduled for the following day, according to the country's official news agency, SABA.

The domino effect of Arab unrest

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 10:50 PM PST

Bowing to the massive pressure of demonstrators, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak said Tuesday he will step down in September after 30 years in power. King Abdullah II dismissed his government in Jordan as calls for reform swept across North Africa and the Middle East. Analysts offer their views on what this wave of unrest means for the region and the world.

Winter storm snowballs airlines

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 10:48 PM PST

Airlines canceled thousands of flights for a second day and began to regroup as a historic winter storm pushed through the upper Midwest and into the Northeast on Wednesday.

Protests continue in Egypt after Mubarak vows not to seek office again

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 10:46 PM PST

Egypt woke up to a day of uncertainty Wednesday as opposition groups and protesters dismissed President Hosni Mubarak's pledge to not seek office again after his current term -- and continued their demand for him to step down immediately.

Japan's 'James Bond' volcano erupts again

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 10:13 PM PST

Japan's Mount Shinmoe erupted again on Wednesday, spewing more lava, smoke and ash through the area, the country's meteorological agency said.

Arnold Schwarzenegger eulogizes Jack LaLanne

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 10:06 PM PST

Legendary fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne saved millions of lives by teaching people to eat right and exercise regularly, Arnold Schwarzenegger said in his eulogy for LaLanne on Tuesday.

Forecasters: Cyclone poses 'serious threat to life' in Queensland

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 09:45 PM PST

A huge tropical cyclone taking aim at Australia's Queensland state has strengthened to a Category 5 -- the highest designation on Australia's cyclone classification system -- and its landfall is "likely to be more life threatening than any experienced during recent generations," forecasters said.

Blast kills 9, injures 21 in northwest Pakistan

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 09:32 PM PST

A powerful bomb planted in a car killed nine people and injured 21 others in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, a senior police official said.

Swiss authorities: social worker admits to 114 sexual assaults

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 09:31 PM PST

A social worker in Switzerland has confessed to sexually assaulting more than 100 disabled children and adults, authorities said Tuesday.

Report says not every student needs four years of college

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 09:01 PM PST

Every one of the 3,000 students at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia, has met with a guidance counselor and come up with individual goals that include plans for graduating high school and beyond.

Search warrant details scene where bodies of Florida teens found

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 08:32 PM PST

A search warrant filed in Tampa, Florida, Tuesday says a mother was unconscious and wearing a bloody robe and her two deceased children were covered in blankets when police arrived.

Massive winter storm blitzes U.S. from Southwest eastward

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 08:01 PM PST

A vast winter storm on Tuesday blasted much of the nation with nearly horizontal blowing snow, cloaking trees and power lines with ice up to an inch thick, forcing airports to close and complicating the travel plans of fans headed to this weekend's Super Bowl in Texas.

'Terror planning' by Muslim cleric al-Awlaki described in UK trial

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:52 PM PST

A court in London has heard detailed information about the alleged terrorist activities of Anwar al-Awlaki, a Muslim cleric associated with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a Yemen-based off-shoot of the group founded by Osama bin Laden.

Authorities believe body found in California canal is abducted boy

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:28 PM PST

California authorities extended their condolences Tuesday to the family of Juliani Cardenas, 4, after a body was found that they say matches his physical description.

WikiLeaks suspect is deteriorating mentally, physically, friend says

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:25 PM PST

After more than six months in maximum confinement in the U.S. Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia, the prime suspect in the WikiLeaks case "seems frazzled," says one of the few people to visit Army Pfc. Bradley Manning.

Man claims PTSD after allegedly killing 100 sled dogs

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:20 PM PST

An employee of Canada's Outdoor Adventures company admitted to slaughtering 100 sled dogs, according to a workers compensation report he later filed.

Mubarak's statement didn't go far enough

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:40 PM PST

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's announcement Tuesday that he will turn over power to an elected successor in September doesn't go nearly far enough, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.

Long a seat of power, the Egyptian military may speed Mubarak's exit

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:39 PM PST

If street protesters escalate their demands this week that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak must surrender power now rather than in September, it may be up to the Egyptian military to nudge him out the door immediately, analysts say.

Friend couldn't determine if Charlie Sheen was inebriated

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:24 PM PST

Dr. Paul Nassif couldn't tell if his friend Charlie Sheen was drunk last Thursday when the actor made the phone call that eventually led to a hospital visit and the latest controversy about Sheen's rehab.
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