| 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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