Saturday, April 30, 2011

Official: NATO strike misses Gadhafi but kills a son

Official: NATO strike misses Gadhafi but kills a son


Official: NATO strike misses Gadhafi but kills a son

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 07:23 PM PDT

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's youngest son was killed in a NATO airstrike, a government spokesman said. Moammar Gadhafi and his wife were in their son's house when it was targeted, the spokesman said.

Volunteers rush to help after tornadoes

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 07:01 PM PDT

Huddled in the hallway of his Alabama home with three friends, Tillman Merritt had a gut feeling to jump into a closet as the twister barreled into the Tuscaloosa neighborhood. He was the only survivor.

Opinion: Disaster is valuable reminder

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 11:18 AM PDT

The tornado outbreak that ravaged the southern U.S. this week, exacting a particularly harsh toll in Alabama, can seem like a freakish demonstration of nature's power. What might be more extraordinary, though, is our capacity to pretend that disaster -- and the sudden upending of ordinary life that it brings forth -- is not part of our very fabric, what poet John Keats might have called "A partner in your sorrow's mysteries."

Town ordered evacuated as river rises

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 07:01 PM PDT

A mandatory evacuation was issued Saturday for a southwestern Illinois town threatened by the rain-swollen Mississippi River, an order that was issued as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers weighed whether to blow up a levee and flood rural farm communities to save the town.

Gov. Brown has growth removed

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 07:18 PM PDT

California Gov. Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr. had a cancerous growth removed from the right side of his nose, his office said Saturday.

Endeavour decision may come Sunday

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 06:09 PM PDT

NASA may decide Sunday morning whether the delayed final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour will occur Monday afternoon, the space agency said.

Hackers group says it will target Iran

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 03:05 PM PDT

The Internet hackers group Anonymous plans to hack Iran on Sunday, according to a press release published on their website. The group wants to use International Workers' Day, which commemorates the first national general strike in the United States, as an opportunity to reignite last year's protests in Iran.

Yemen deal in jeopardy amid coup fears

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 02:12 PM PDT

Yemen's president says he won't leave the country to sign a hard-fought political deal because he fears his departure could spark a coup, a senior ruling party official told CNN on Saturday.

Germany outlines al Qaeda plot

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 07:13 AM PDT

Three men suspected of belonging to al Qaeda are expected to appear in a German court on Saturday.

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