Thursday, July 28, 2011

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Video shows horror of Oslo bombing's aftermath

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:04 PM PDT

The numbers tell a small part of the story: Eight dead in a bomb blast.

Navy drops former astronaut Lisa Nowak

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:01 PM PDT

Former astronaut Lisa Nowak, who was accused of assaulting a romantic rival in the parking lot of the airport in Orlando, was forced Thursday to retire from the Navy with an "other than honorable" discharge.

Suspect in Norway attacks to face second interrogation

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Police are preparing to interview Anders Behring Breivik, the suspect in last week's terrorist attacks, for a second time Friday, Oslo police chief Johan Fredriksen said Thursday.

Vote delayed on GOP debt plan

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Speaker John Boehner's plan that would raise the nation's debt ceiling and enact sweeping cuts in government spending could come up for a vote on Friday after House Republicans called off a vote late Thursday.

Norway police face questions over attacks response

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 10:59 PM PDT

Norway's police are facing tough questions over their response to last Friday's terror attacks, in which 76 people died.

5-year-old Libyan amputee arrives in the U.S. for treatment

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 10:52 PM PDT

Five year-old Malaak Al-Shami arrived in the U.S. on Thursday evening to get fitted with a prosthetic leg after suffering injuries in Libya's raging civil war.

Don nears Texas coast, could deliver much-needed rain

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 09:56 PM PDT

Tropical Storm Don picked up steam early Friday as it moved "briskly" toward the Texas Gulf coast, the National Hurricane Center said.

Alleged Libyan rape victim comes to U.S. to stay

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 09:55 PM PDT

Eman al-Obeidy, who caught the world's attention in March when she publicly accused members of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces of gang-raping her, has relocated to the United States.

Can 'Attack the Block' conquer the U.S.?

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 09:32 PM PDT

Little did Joe Cornish know that the night he was mugged would turn out to be a turning point in his career.

Libyan rebel chief found dead in Benghazi

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 09:30 PM PDT

The commander of Libya's rebel army was found dead in Benghazi along with two senior officers on Thursday, rebel leaders announced just hours after claiming big successes on the battlefield.

Anti-pedophile campaigner says hackers targeted her

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 09:22 PM PDT

The mother of a British girl whose murder spurred legislation to protect children says her phone was targeted by a private investigator working for the now-defunct tabloid that led the campaign for the new law.

Why Karachi's violence shouldn't define city

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 08:59 PM PDT

Karachi has long been the face Pakistan wished to show to the world. The port city, one of the largest cities in the world -- placed sixth or seventh, depending on whom you ask, with a population of more than 18 million -- once represented the ideal of what Pakistan ought to have been.

Suleman says she was drugged when she consented to 12 embryos

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 08:19 PM PDT

Nadya Suleman on Thursday blamed the creation of the "Octomom character" that she has become synonymous with in part on a California fertility specialist who, she said, had her sign a consent form while she was drugged.

U.N. camp vandalized, private resort burned down in Gaza

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 08:10 PM PDT

A U.N.-sponsored summer camp in Gaza was vandalized Thursday morning, the U.N. Relief and Works Agency said.

Larry Flynt says he's offered Casey Anthony $500,000 to pose in Hustler

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 07:06 PM PDT

If Larry Flynt has his way, Casey Anthony could reintroduce herself -- nude -- to America on the pages of Hustler magazine, and make well over $500,000 in the process.

Do you obsessively check your smartphone?

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 06:44 PM PDT

There I was at a long-awaited dinner with friends Saturday night, when in the midst of our chatting, I watched my right hand sneaking away from my side to grab my phone sitting on the table to check my e-mail.

Earth to hit 7 billion mark this year, straining developing regions

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 06:28 PM PDT

Earth will become home to 7 billion people later this year, and most of the planet's growth will affect the developing countries the most, straining those regions' limited resources, a Harvard University professor said Thursday.

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