Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Greek Cabinet backs call for referendum on bailout

Greek Cabinet backs call for referendum on bailout


Greek Cabinet backs call for referendum on bailout

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 07:39 PM PDT

The Cabinet vote came after the Greek prime minister's call for a referendum sent stock markets tumbling and hours before a G-20 meeting with European leaders.

St. Paul's halts Occupy legal action

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:41 PM PDT

London's landmark St. Paul's Cathedral will suspend its legal action against Occupy London protesters camped outside, it said Tuesday.

N.J. flight makes belly landing in Poland

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:25 PM PDT

A Boeing 767 on a flight from Newark, New Jersey, made a dramatic emergency landing at Warsaw, Poland's Frederic Chopin International airport Tuesday after problems with its landing gear, an airport spokeswoman said.

Arrest made in flight attendant slaying

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 05:17 PM PDT

Police in Mexico City have arrested a suspect in the slaying of a U.S. Airways flight attendant, the city's attorney general said.

Militia members accused of ricin plot

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 07:31 PM PDT

Federal agents charged four Georgia men they say are part of a fringe militia group with plotting to attack government officials with explosives and the biotoxin ricin, prosecutors in Atlanta announced Tuesday.

City official sues for $11K/month salary

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:10 PM PDT

The former city administrator of Bell, California -- who's at the center of corruption allegations that he and seven other city officials misappropriated $5.5 million in salaries and personal loans -- is suing the city for breach of contract and labor code violations.

Casey Anthony takes Fifth 60 times

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Attorneys representing Casey Anthony invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 60 times during a deposition given in a civil suit against her, according to a transcript of the proceedings.

Doctor: PSA test more harm than good

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 06:05 AM PDT

The recent news that a group of highly respected medical experts, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, is considering advising against routine prostate cancer screening shouldn't have come as too much of a surprise to anybody.

Users gripe about iPhone 4S battery life

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:19 PM PDT

It all sounds eerily familiar. A new iPhone. Massive sales. Then, an apparent glitch that, while it doesn't affect everyone, is prevalent enough to irk customers and catch the eyes of tech journalists everywhere.

Opinion: Silicon Valley no meritocracy

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 03:26 PM PDT

Last Wednesday, a Twitter fight erupted between technology experts Michael Arrington, founder and former editor of TechCrunch, and Vivek Wadhwa, a technology researcher and writer, after a screening of CNN's documentary, "The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley."

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