Two single-engine planes collide over Alaska Posted: 02 Sep 2011 11:07 PM PDT A pilot is missing after two single-engine planes collided over western Alaska, the Federal Aviation Administration said. |
Libya's real challenge may lie ahead Posted: 02 Sep 2011 11:04 PM PDT Like impatient theater-goers watching a predictable and maddeningly slow-moving plot, everyone involved in today's Libyan drama is awaiting the death, exile or capture of Moammar Gadhafi. |
Police assisted Apple in search of man's home Posted: 02 Sep 2011 10:36 PM PDT Police officials said they helped Apple investigators, who searched a man's home here recently. |
Bay Area explosion kills 1 Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:23 PM PDT An explosion at an office and industrial complex in Menlo Park, California, killed one person late Friday afternoon, officials said. |
Proposed legal changes in China cause jitters Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:06 PM PDT Obsessed with keeping social order, China is now pushing to revise its laws in ways that will broaden police powers. |
Navy is changing the way it prepares for storms Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:19 PM PDT Even before Hurricane Irene started thrashing the U.S. East Coast, the Navy prepared for what it could do if the disaster was even more catastrophic than it proved to be. |
What we learn from doodles Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:16 PM PDT Humans have been doodling in snow, in sand and on cave walls for more than 30,000 years. |
Military plane goes missing in Chile with 21 aboard Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:31 PM PDT A military plane with 21 people aboard went missing off Chile's Pacific coast near the Juan Fernandez islands, authorities said on Friday. |
Fire prompts evacuations, slams traffic on California freeway Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:21 PM PDT A brush fire Friday near San Bernardino, California, prompted evacuations and caused backups of nearly 30 miles each way on Interstate 15, the vital freeway that connects Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Nevada, officials said. |
Sheriff: 2 deaths at California mansion not crimes Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:11 PM PDT Police announced Friday that there is no indication of foul play in the deaths, within days of one another, of a 6-year-old boy and his father's girlfriend at the same southern California mansion. |
Report: IAEA 'increasingly concerned' about possible Iran nuclear arms Posted: 02 Sep 2011 06:43 PM PDT An International Atomic Energy Agency report, dated and leaked Friday, said Iran continues to defy U.N. resolutions aimed at curbing its nuclear program and cited "increasing" concerns it may be developing nuclear weapons |
Gulf coast states prepare as Tropical Storm Lee looms Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:54 PM PDT People in states along the U.S. Gulf coast braced Friday for strong winds and up to 20 inches of rain as Tropical Storm Lee slowly churned towards land. |
Yemen opposition considers using military to oust President Saleh Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:49 PM PDT More than 2 million anti-government protesters gathered on Friday in Changes Squares across Yemen calling on revolutionary forces to take decisive action against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime and at any costs. |
White House diverts Marine One, raises questions Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:34 PM PDT President Barack Obama left for Camp David on Marine One Friday but, in a twist that has left some White House reporters scratching their heads, he apparently arrived at the presidential retreat by car. |
Pennetta sends Sharapova crashing out Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:06 PM PDT Italy's Flavia Pennetta dumped former champion and third seed Maria Sharapova out of the U.S. Open in a dramatic third round match at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday. |
Murray fights back to beat Hasse Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT Britain's Andy Murray battled back from two sets down to beat Robin Hasse at the U.S. Open in their second round match at Flushing Meadows on Friday. |
Germany qualify for Euro 2012; Netherlands embarrass San Marino Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT Germany have become the first team to qualify for next year's European Football Championships after thrashing Austria 6-2 in Gelsenkirchen. |
United Nations team arrives in Libya Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:53 PM PDT A U.N. team was on the ground in Libya to re-establish the organization's presence there amid dire water, food and fuel shortages, the United Nations said Friday. |
Berlusconi under fire for controversial comments about Italy Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:58 PM PDT Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has stirred controversy in Italy after investigators said they recorded him describing Italy as a "sh--ty" country that "sickened" him. |
Turkey kicking out top Israeli diplomats over Gaza blockade Posted: 02 Sep 2011 02:58 PM PDT Turkey ordered the expulsion of Israel's ambassador and other senior diplomats stationed there on Friday, a dramatic slap against its one-time close ally over its failure to apologize for a deadly raid last year on a Gaza-bound ship in a flotilla loaded with humanitarian aid. |
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