Carter coming back to Cuba, raising expectations Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:00 PM PDT When Jimmy Carter arrived on his last visit to Cuba in 2002, Fidel Castro himself was on the tarmac to greet the former U.S. president. |
Japan officials: No place to put tainted water from nuclear plant Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:53 PM PDT Japanese officials on Monday worked to determine what to do with highly radioactive water collected at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant as they tackled other problems, including rising temperatures in one of the nuclear reactors. |
Amnesty International: Executions worldwide drop 25% Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:28 PM PDT Thirty one countries have abolished the death penalty but China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United States and Yemen remain amongst the most frequent executioners, according to a new report from Amnesty International released Monday. |
The secret life of kids online: What you need to know Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:17 PM PDT A new report from the AAP clues parents into what their kids are really doing online. Good news: It's not all bad! |
A ragtag rebel army emerges in Libya Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:23 PM PDT Just a month ago, members of the Libyan opposition army were civilians of all ages and from all walks of life. |
Harry Coover, Super Glue inventor, dies at 94 Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:11 PM PDT Harry Wesley Coover, best-known as the inventor of Super Glue, has died at his home in Kingsport, Tennessee, a funeral home there said Sunday. |
Boat capsizes in San Diego, killing two and injuring seven Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:00 PM PDT Two men died and seven people were injured Sunday when a sailboat capsized off the west end of Shelter Island in San Diego, officials told CNN. |
New York City to dispute census numbers Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:20 PM PDT City officials will formally challenge the Census Bureau's data for New York City, which Mayor Michael Bloomberg said understated the number of residents in Brooklyn and Queens and overstated the number of vacant housing units in the city. |
Funeral services held for slain officer Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:06 PM PDT Funeral services were held Sunday in the college town of Athens, Georgia, for Senior Police Officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian, shot point-blank Tuesday during a carjacking investigation that spiraled into a SWAT-led manhunt and a hostage standoff. |
Big losses for Merkel in German state elections Posted: 27 Mar 2011 07:48 PM PDT A political shift of historic proportions is unfolding in Germany as preliminary state election results indicate big losses for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Party, CDU. |
N.Y. governor, legislature agree on state budget Posted: 27 Mar 2011 07:37 PM PDT Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York state legislature have reached an agreement on a $132.5 billion budget that would reduce spending by more than 2% and eliminate a $10 billion deficit without raising taxes. |
Disney cruise worker still missing as voyage ends Posted: 27 Mar 2011 07:25 PM PDT The parents of a British woman who went missing while working on a Disney cruise last Tuesday were waiting at the dock Sunday morning when the ship returned to the Port of Los Angeles. |
New York DJ 'Megatron' fatally shot Posted: 27 Mar 2011 07:16 PM PDT A popular television and radio DJ was shot to death in Staten Island early Sunday morning, according to New York City police. |
CNN cameraman faces gun, has camera smashed in Libya hotel Posted: 27 Mar 2011 06:42 PM PDT CNN photojournalist Khalil Abdallah was having breakfast Saturday in a Tripoli hotel that houses foreign press when a woman burst into the restaurant, screaming that she had been raped and beaten for days by Moammar Gadhafi's brigades. |
Japan calls off tsunami advisory Posted: 27 Mar 2011 05:58 PM PDT Japanese authorities on Monday called off a tsunami advisory after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake off the country's northeast coast produced little more than ripples. |
Unilever in China yuan bond move Posted: 27 Mar 2011 05:10 PM PDT Read full story for latest details. |
Government: Libyan woman who alleged rape to journalists released Posted: 27 Mar 2011 05:09 PM PDT A Libyan woman who stormed into a Tripoli hotel Saturday, telling foreign reporters that she had been raped by government troops, has been released, and her case is being investigated, government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said Sunday. |
Ireland seeks deal to secure banks Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:58 PM PDT Read full story for latest details. |
Lesson for Libya fight: You go to war to win Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:54 PM PDT From July 2002 to May 2003, I was in charge of a CIA base in the mountains of Kurdistan, running intelligence collection operations and covert action directed at the regime of Saddam Hussein. |
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