Tuesday, October 25, 2011

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Character witnesses to speak on Murray's behalf

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:11 PM PDT

After 17 days of hearing about how Michael Jackson died under Dr. Conrad Murray's care, jurors will hear Wednesday from people who will say the doctor saved lives.

Floods shut one Bangkok airport, amid warnings to capital

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:04 PM PDT

Floodwaters have forced the closure of Bangkok's Don Muang airport and the evacuation of flood victims who have taken refuge there, but the flood relief operation will continue to be based there, the Thai government said Wednesday.

Hurricane Rina could strengthen before landfall

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:03 PM PDT

Rina could strengthen to a major Category 3 hurricane as it careens near Honduras and Belize on Wednesday before heading toward Cancun.

Occupy protesters arrested in two cities

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:49 PM PDT

Authorities made a series of arrests Tuesday at Occupy Wall Street protests in California and Atlanta.

Libyan leader's embrace of Sharia raises eyebrows

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:47 PM PDT

Officials with Libya's interim government are reassuring the West that their religious views are moderate, after the country's interim leader called for the country's new laws to be based on Sharia, or Islamic law.

Obama talks politics, life with Leno

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:16 PM PDT

President Barack Obama addressed a broad range of political topics during an appearance on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Tuesday, insisting among other things that he's not spending too much time yet focused on next year's potential GOP campaign rivals.

Officials: Four dismembered bodies found in Mexican city of Juarez

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:12 PM PDT

Mexican officials found four dismembered bodies scattered in two neighborhoods in Ciudad Juarez on Tuesday, with a message by a "new" drug cartel at one of the scenes.

CDC committee recommends boys receive HPV vaccine

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:56 PM PDT

A federal government advisory committee voted Tuesday to recommend that males ages 11 to 21 be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus, which is blamed for thousands of cases of cancer among women and men.

Source: Former Goldman Sachs director to surrender

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:02 PM PDT

Former Goldman Sachs Director Rajat Gupta is expected to turn himself in to the FBI Wednesday morning to face federal charges, a source familiar with the case told CNN.

Thai flood causes dike breakage, threatening area village

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:52 PM PDT

Residents of Thailand's Muang Ake village are being urged to evacuate the area early Tuesday morning, according to Thailand's Flood Relief Operations Center.

Gupta to face charges over Goldman data

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:22 PM PDT

Rajat Gupta, the former head of McKinsey, will face criminal charges as soon as Wednesday for allegedly passing Goldman Sachs earnings data to Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund manager, while serving on the bank's board, people familiar with the matter say.

Shipwreck may be part of Kublai Khan's lost fleet

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:21 PM PDT

In Japanese legend they are known as The Kamikaze -- the divine winds -- a reference to two mighty typhoons placed providentially seven years apart which, in the 13th century, destroyed two separate Mongol invasion fleets so large they were not eclipsed until the D-Day landings of World War II.

U.S. mission in Africa will be short-term, administration official says

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:18 PM PDT

The current mission deploying approximately 100, mainly U.S. special forces to Africa will be "short term" and not open-ended in nature, Obama administration officials told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Tuesday.

U.N. again calls for end of U.S. embargo on Cuba

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:11 PM PDT

The U.N. General Assembly voted Tuesday in favor of a resolution calling for an end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba.

Israel approves prisoner swap with Egypt

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:05 PM PDT

Israel's security cabinet Tuesday approved a prisoner exchange with Egypt that will result in freedom for an Israeli-American man accused of spying.

Wall Street protesters agree to curb drumming

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:53 PM PDT

In response to residents' repeated complaints about noise, Wall Street protesters in New York have agreed to limit drumming to just four hours a day.

Official: May be 'weeks and months' before North Korea responds on talks

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:36 PM PDT

A senior State Department official is tempering expectations on how quickly North Korea could respond to just-concluded discussions with the United States in Geneva, Switzerland.

Longtime CBS newsman Andy Rooney hospitalized

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:27 PM PDT

Longtime CBS News commentator Andy Rooney has been hospitalized in stable condition after suffering "serious complications" following minor surgery last week, the network said Tuesday.
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