Sunday, May 1, 2011

U.S. special forces kill bin Laden, Obama tells nation

U.S. special forces kill bin Laden, Obama tells nation


U.S. special forces kill bin Laden, Obama tells nation

Posted: 01 May 2011 08:31 PM PDT

The most prominent face of terror in America and beyond, Osama Bin Laden, has been killed in Pakistan, U.S. officials said Sunday night. President Barack Obama has addressed the nation. FULL STORY | LAUNCH LIVE PLAYER • Death affects the world

Alabama surgeon: 'I was just in shock'

Posted: 01 May 2011 09:59 AM PDT

Along with the city's power and phone service, the hospital's pager network went down when the tornado hit.

Feds promise aid in 'tough recovery'

Posted: 01 May 2011 04:41 PM PDT

Three members of President Barack Obama's administration and the heads of two federal agencies that deal with disasters and small business development are scheduled on Sunday to tour parts of Alabama and Mississippi decimated last week by one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in American history.

Crucial clue found in Air France crash

Posted: 01 May 2011 01:40 PM PDT

The flight recorder memory unit from the 2009 Air France crash has been recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic. Experts hope it may provide answers as to why the jet plunged into the ocean nearly two years ago.

Levee battle heads to Supreme Court

Posted: 01 May 2011 07:06 PM PDT

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from intentionally breaching the Birds Point-New Madrid levee.

Giffords to return for shuttle launch

Posted: 01 May 2011 01:45 PM PDT

A plan to launch the space shuttle Endeavour on Monday has been scrubbed, officials said Sunday.

Obama pokes fun at Trump

Posted: 01 May 2011 02:30 AM PDT

President Barack Obama poked fun at everyone -- from his wife to Donald Trump -- during the annual White House Correspondents dinner, before ending his speech with a tribute to journalists who brave deadly conditions to get a story.

Report: Anti-Semitic incidents down

Posted: 01 May 2011 08:12 AM PDT

Anti-Semitic incidents worldwide dropped sharply in 2010 from their peak in 2009, according to an annual report issued by an Israeli university on the eve of the nation's Holocaust Memorial Day.

Cuban May Day brings uncertainty

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:26 PM PDT

The wide avenues of Havana became a colorful mosaic of the faces and flags of throngs of Cuban people -- 600,000 of them, according to state media -- as people gathered to commemorate International Workers' Day, or May Day, on Sunday.

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