Saturday, September 24, 2011

CNN.com Recently Published/Updated

CNN.com Recently Published/Updated


Official: Diana Nyad may still qualify for record books in her Cuba to Florida swim

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:43 PM PDT

Undeterred by stings, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad returned to the water early Sunday morning in her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida.

Dozens arrested in 8th day of 'Occupy Wall Street' protests

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:00 PM PDT

About 80 people were arrested on the eighth day of protests in New York on Saturday, the greatest number since demonstrations started near Wall Street.

Controversy erupts over Campus Republicans bake sale plans

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 09:42 PM PDT

Campus Republicans at the University of California Berkeley have cooked up a storm of controversy with their plans for a bake sale.

Police: Man opens fire near school east of Seattle, dies in gunfight

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 09:21 PM PDT

Officials in a town east of Seattle will try to piece together Sunday why a 51-year-old man went on a shooting spree near a high school athletic field before he was shot dead by police.

Dozens dead as clashes, protests simmer in Yemen

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 09:09 PM PDT

Nearly 40 people were killed in Yemen's capital on Saturday as protesters took to the streets and government Republican Guards clashed with Yemeni soldiers who support the opposition.

Police: At least 17 killed as small plane crashes in Nepal

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 09:07 PM PDT

At least 17 people were killed when a small plane crashed as it approached Kathmandu airport for a landing Sunday, police in Nepal said.

Discharged gay sailor re-enlists in Navy Reserves

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 08:12 PM PDT

On a cloudy Saturday morning in Baltimore, the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" became a reality for one of the hundreds of discharged military personnel planning to re-enlist.

Obama urges black community to 'march with me'

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 08:02 PM PDT

While acknowledging the hard-hit black community and budding criticisms in its ranks, President Barack Obama said in a speech Saturday night to the Congressional Black Caucus that he wouldn't give up -- and urged members of the black community to join him to jump-start the still-sluggish economy.

Police: Man who opened fire near school field dies in gunfight

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 07:53 PM PDT

A 51-year-old man started firing several rifles as he approached a Washington high school athletic field, before being killed in a subsequent gunfight with police, authorities said.

Post-revolution delegates from Egypt and Libya address U.N.

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 07:16 PM PDT

A pair of north African delegates addressed the U.N. General Assembly for the first time Saturday, each representing a new government formed after revolution and civil war ousted their respective long-time leaders.

Mexico's 1930 census revealed, a mine of data for 32 million Americans

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 07:06 PM PDT

Actor Edward James Olmos wishes he could trace his family's Mexican history back 100,000 years, but he'll have to settle for 1930 for now.

'Hognappers' take hundreds of porkers in Minnesota, Iowa

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 07:04 PM PDT

These little piggies went to market, but the people who raised them aren't getting the dividends.

1 dead in shooting as motorcycle club members brawl inside Nevada casino

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 06:26 PM PDT

A brawl between motorcycle club members at a western Nevada casino devolved into a gunfight that left one person dead and two wounded, police said Saturday.

USDA recalls beef headed for Georgia school lunches

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 05:45 PM PDT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a Class I recall for 40,000 pounds of ground beef products intended for Georgia school lunches, due to possible E. coli contamination.

Study: Power without status can lead to to rudeness, even abuse

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT

A new study by three universities shows that people holding positions of power with low status tend to demean others, one of the authors said.

Suspect in bomb scare extradited to Australia

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 04:49 PM PDT

A businessman was returned Saturday to Australia, where he is accused of strapping a fake bomb around an 18-year-old girl's neck in an attempt to extort money from her family, authorities said.

Tropical Storm Philippe forms in eastern Atlantic Ocean

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 04:37 PM PDT

A new named tropical storm, Philippe, formed Saturday in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center reported.

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