Saturday, October 29, 2011

Snowstorm kills 3, leaves 2 million without power

Snowstorm kills 3, leaves 2 million without power


Snowstorm kills 3, leaves 2 million without power

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:42 PM PDT

A fall snowstorm slammed the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, leaving three people dead, more than 2 million households without power and thousands of travelers stranded.

Demonstrators battle wind, cold

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:32 PM PDT

Demonstrators encamped in a Lower Manhattan park faced New York's first snow storm of the season Saturday without the benefit of propane tanks and generators that they had been using to cook food and keep warm.

Americans among 17 killed in Kabul

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:09 PM PDT

Five troops and eight civilians were killed in Kabul when a suicide bomber struck a vehicle in a military convoy, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said.

Flood-hit Bangkok braces for high tide

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 03:10 AM PDT

The central business district of Bangkok dodged severe flooding Saturday afternoon, but surrounding areas of the bustling capital faced further inundation at the next high tide.

Rebel attack in South Sudan kills 39

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:41 AM PDT

South Sudanese rebels launched an attack in oil-rich Unity state that killed 39 people, a spokesman for that fledgling government said Saturday.

Report: Chinese mine blast kills 28

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 06:16 PM PDT

One miner is trapped and 28 others are dead following a gas explosion at a central Chinese coal mine, state-run media reported Sunday, citing rescuers.

Islamic Jihad: Israel hits training camp

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:25 PM PDT

At least 10 people are dead in Gaza and southern Israel, in a wave of back-and-forth attacks between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants, according to medical and military officials.

Syrian jets, tanks pound city of Homs

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:57 PM PDT

Syrian forces pounded the western city of Homs Saturday with jets and tanks, sustaining fire with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, activists told CNN.

Cop accused of 120 mph reckless drive

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:30 PM PDT

A Miami police officer in a marked squad car has been charged with reckless driving, accused of zigzagging through Florida Turnpike traffic at more than 120 miles an hour so that he could be on time for his off-duty job, the Florida Highway Patrol said Saturday.

Dracula author's journal found

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:04 PM PDT

Full of notes that would inform his legendary novel, Bram Stoker's journal was with family for more than a century.

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