Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Before Iowa caucuses, GOP presidential field still unsettled

Before Iowa caucuses, GOP presidential field still unsettled


Before Iowa caucuses, GOP presidential field still unsettled

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 04:32 PM PST

A week before the caucuses, Iowa Republicans say there isn't a clear leader. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul are at the top, but Rick Perry is gaining.

Rights group: Syria hiding detainees

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 05:38 PM PST

Syrian authorities have moved perhaps hundreds of detainees to military sites to hide them from Arab League monitors, Human Rights Watch said.

Source: Yemen president to visit U.S.

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 06:02 PM PST

Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will be allowed to get medical treatment in New York, a senior Obama administration official said today.

Kim Jong Il's funeral set for Wednesday

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 06:01 PM PST

Thousands of people likely will file past a glass case housing the body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during his funeral Wednesday to pay respects to the dictator, revered as a godlike "dear leader" by his people, an expert said.

Sex assaults up at military academies

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:53 PM PST

Sexual assaults at the nation's military academies increased sharply in the last academic year, according to a new report from the Department of Defense.

Gingrich rejects divorce challenge

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 05:01 PM PST

Newt Gingrich refused Tuesday to discuss in detail the court documents obtained by CNN that appear to contradict his assertion that his first wife sought their divorce in 1980.

Candidates turn negative in Iowa ad blitz

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 06:32 PM PST

Turn on the TV here in the Hawkeye State, and you'll get inundated with a barrage of Republican presidential campaign commercials, with many of them negative in nature.

Gun sales break record in December

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 05:28 PM PST

December holiday shoppers were not just interested in buying the hottest electronics and toys -- they also were purchasing record numbers of guns, according to the latest FBI figures on background checks required to buy firearms.

6 slain, Santa gunman ID'd, police say

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 05:03 PM PST

Medical examiners on Tuesday confirmed the identities of six people slain at a Christmas gathering in a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb, along with a man dressed as Santa Claus who is believed to have shot them and then himself.

Girl's killing detailed in document

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 06:07 PM PST

Aliahna Lemmon, a 9-year-old girl from Indiana who disappeared two days before Christmas, was found dead Monday night, officials said.  

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