Sunday, March 27, 2011

Rebels gain ground as airstrikes continue in Libya

Rebels gain ground as airstrikes continue in Libya


Rebels gain ground as airstrikes continue in Libya

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:55 PM PDT

Libyan opposition fighters marched west, seizing control of two key cities, CNN observed, and gaining ground as coalition airstrikes continued to pound the North African nation.

6.5-magnitude quake spawns ripples

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 05:58 PM PDT

Authorities issued a tsunami advisory Monday morning for coastal areas of Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan after a 6.5-magnitude quake struck the region, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Expert warned TEPCO of tsunami threat

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 03:01 PM PDT

Traces of radioactive iodine were detected Saturday in China's Heilongjiang province, a Chinese government agency told state-run media.

Utility retests reactor water after spike

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:51 AM PDT

Radiation levels tested in a building at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are 10 million times normal, a power company official said.

Status report on nuclear reactors

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:07 AM PDT

Since March 11, the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been in various states of disrepair after being battered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

Bomb inside Sunday paper wounds man

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:40 PM PDT

An explosive device hidden inside a newspaper exploded when a Vacaville, California, man picked it up near his doorstep Sunday morning, a city official said.

2 Reuters journalists missing in Syria

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 01:38 PM PDT

Two Reuters television journalists have been missing in Syria since Saturday night, when they were supposed to return to Lebanon, the news agency said Sunday.

Pilot killed in Florida air show crash

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:42 PM PDT

A pilot performing stunts in an east Florida air show died in a fiery crash Saturday when the Russian fighter plane he was flying broke from formation and plummeted to the ground, according to a local government spokesman.

Deadly cobra missing from Bronx Zoo

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:26 AM PDT

A venomous Egyptian cobra went missing from New York's Bronx Zoo, prompting the closure of the zoo's reptile house until further notice.

NYC to dispute census numbers

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:16 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.

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