Monday, October 24, 2011

Rina becomes hurricane; 27 missing in Nicaragua

Rina becomes hurricane; 27 missing in Nicaragua


Rina becomes hurricane; 27 missing in Nicaragua

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 06:10 PM PDT

Rina strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane off the coast of Central America, as officials in Nicaragua searched for more than two dozen missing storm evacuees.

NTC: Gadhafi burial likely, display ending

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 05:43 PM PDT

As questions linger about his death and those of many others, Moammar Gadhafi is likely to be buried Tuesday, an official said. His body has been on display at a meat market.

Crews search Turkey quake rubble

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 05:44 PM PDT

Search crews scoured eastern Turkey early Monday in search of survivors of a massive earthquake that shook the country Sunday and left as many as 264 dead.

Historic elections in Tunisia lauded

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 01:23 PM PDT

Tunisia was the first Arab country this year to overthrow its long-ruling dictator. And it now is the first country of the Arab Spring to hold an election, one that international observers are calling remarkably free and fair.

Murray defense calls first witnesses

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 06:03 PM PDT

Dr. Conrad Murray's lawyers began presenting the defense case Monday, calling a doctor who testified that Jackson asked him for an intravenous anesthetic to help him sleep two months before his death.

Student shot outside her N.C. school

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 03:18 PM PDT

A high school student in North Carolina was shot in the neck Monday outside her school, a spokeswoman for the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said.

Opinion: Why the immigration uproar?

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 04:57 PM PDT

Alabama now has the toughest immigration law in the nation. The law went into effect on September 29, prompting hundreds of families to pull their children from school and workers to disappear from Alabama farms. A federal appeals court has blocked some provisions, including the one requiring state officials to check the legal status of students in public schools. No doubt, the issue is far from being settled.

More officers gunned down in 2010

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:49 PM PDT

Fifty-six law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2010, the FBI reported Monday. That's up from 48 shot and killed the previous year.

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