Friday, October 28, 2011

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St. Louis Cardinals defeat Texas Rangers to win World Series

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 10:21 PM PDT

The St. Louis Cardinals finished their improbable run Friday night with a convincing 6-2 win, beating the Texas Rangers and giving the franchise another World Series championship.

Sex education should be mandatory in all schools

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:17 PM PDT

There are few things more annoying than listening to ignorant, whiny parents complain about a school district teaching their children about sex.

China copes with promise and perils of one-child policy

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 08:53 PM PDT

The world's population is expected to hit 7 billion around October 31 and one Chinese demographer says that number would have come a lot sooner had it not been for China's "one-child policy."

New York police officers accused in alleged ticket-fixing operation

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 08:12 PM PDT

Sixteen members of the New York Police Department have been indicted on charges they were involved in "highly organized, systematic" misconduct that included a large-scale ticket-fixing operation, among other allegations, city and police officials announced Friday.

ATF sting leads to arrests of 2 Virginia men

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 08:00 PM PDT

Two men were arrested Friday in Virginia Beach, Virginia, for allegedly selling machine guns and improvised explosive devices to an undercover federal agent.

At least 14 shot dead in western Mexico

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 07:43 PM PDT

At least 14 people were killed in the western Mexican state of Michoacan -- including 10 slain during a shootout with soldiers, authorities said Friday.

Syrian protesters call for no-fly zone as death toll rises

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 07:33 PM PDT

Braving gunfire and security checkpoints, Syrian protesters marched Friday against the government and in support of opposition calls for an internationally enforced no-fly zone, opposition groups said.

Bangkok braces for flooding from high tides

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 06:59 PM PDT

Severe flooding in Thailand on Saturday threatened central areas of Bangkok, a bustling capital barely above sea level and facing inundation at the next high tide predicted at 13 feet.

Jailed Iranian actress is released

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 06:53 PM PDT

An Iranian actress who was sentenced to a year in jail and 90 lashes for appearing in a film critical of the country's government has been released, according to Amnesty International and the film's producers.

Fox to revive iconic 'In Living Color' sketch comedy show

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 06:39 PM PDT

The landmark sketch comedy series "In Living Color" -- which became famous in the early 1990s thanks to characters like clumsy Fire Marshal Bill and the dour Homey D. Clown -- has been revived nearly two decades after it last aired, the Fox network announced Friday.

Stearns: Congress to issue Solyndra subpoenas

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 06:22 PM PDT

A House GOP leader announced Friday that Congress will be sending subpoenas to the White House for internal documents regarding the decision to issue federal loan guarantees in 2010 to Solyndra, a solar energy company that has since filed for bankruptcy.

Autistic boy found alive after 5 days in woods

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 06:07 PM PDT

An 8-year-old autistic boy who went missing from a central Virginia park five days ago was discovered alive Friday at a nearby quarry, authorities said.

NBA cancels games through November

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:43 PM PDT

The National Basketball Association announced Friday that all games through November 30 are canceled as team owners and players continue to battle over a new collective bargaining agreement.

Army Ranger, 29, killed in Afghanistan on 14th deployment

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:35 PM PDT

Fourteen times in nine years, Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij had left his family behind and headed out on deployment as an Army Ranger, taking part in hundreds of combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, all before his 30th birthday.

Review: 'In Time' mediocre movie with great premise

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:34 PM PDT

Andrew Niccol's "In Time" is the winner of this year's "Most Obvious and Pun-Filled Allegory" competition and while it gets points for an excellent premise, some fine acting and for being, occasionally, genuinely exciting, the execution of the idea fails far more often than it succeeds.

N.C. State Fair suspected in E. coli outbreak

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:28 PM PDT

Ten cases of E. coli infection have been confirmed and another 16 cases are under investigation in what may be a growing disease outbreak that appears to be linked to the North Carolina State Fair, state public health officials said Friday.

Injured Iraq veteran is face of Occupy movement

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:15 PM PDT

The chaotic scene unfolded with flash-bang grenades, rubber bullets and clouds of smoke. Canisters whizzed through the air amid deafening booms.

After the Arab Spring: Islam, democracy, bikinis and polygamy

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:12 PM PDT

It's not often that the issue of polygamy makes it to the top of the political agenda. But in the past week it's become a litmus test for the course of the Arab spring, and part of the debate about the compatibility of Islam and democracy.

Ethnic Halloween costume ads spawn memes, fuel race debate

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 04:52 PM PDT

Ohio University student Taylor See and her friends expected some controversy to arise from a project to raise awareness of what it means to dress up as an ethnic stereotype for Halloween. But they weren't expecting the comparisons to robots or dogs.

As Lady Liberty turns 125, immigrant recalls passage

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 04:25 PM PDT

As snow fell across New York Harbor, Isabel Belarsky clutched her mother, Clara, aboard a passenger ship that puttered toward Ellis Island and wondered what their new lives would bring.
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