Saturday, January 28, 2012

More than 100 Occupy activists arrested in Oakland

More than 100 Occupy activists arrested in Oakland


More than 100 Occupy activists arrested in Oakland

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 08:36 PM PST

Occupy activists tossed pipes, bottles, burning flares and other objects Saturday at Oakland police, who responded by using tear gas and smoke grenades and arresting dozens of demonstrators, police said.

Martin: Only Ron Paul gets Cuba

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 07:46 AM PST

Roland Martin says the GOP candidates' pandering discussion of the embargo brings its failure into sharp relief. Only Ron Paul gets it.

Blood found in missing child's home

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 07:11 PM PST

Maine police revealed Saturday that blood was found in missing toddler Ayla Reynolds' basement and, for the first time, cast doubt on the accounts of adults who were in the home when she was last seen -- saying they don't "pass the 'straight-face' test in Maine."

At least 98 killed in Syria, group says

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 08:15 PM PST

The Arab League has suspended its monitoring mission in Syria because of a sharp spike in violence, the group said Saturday, the same day opposition activists reported at least 98 deaths.

Biden tries to defuse tensions in Iraq

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 03:24 PM PST

As recent bloodshed raises fears of renewed sectarian violence in Iraq, U.S. Vice President Biden has been calling Iraqi leaders in an apparent attempt to soothe political tensions, the White House said Saturday.

Iraq veterans honored with parade

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 02:22 PM PST

Sunny skies, a large billowing U.S. flag and an appreciative crowd greeted hundreds of Iraq war veterans who marched Saturday in St. Louis in a first-of-its kind "welcome home" ceremony.

U.S. concerned for bin Laden informant

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 03:43 PM PST

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says Pakistan should release the physician who provided intelligence to the U.S. ahead of the strike that killed Osama bin Laden.

Yemeni president arrives in U.S.

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 04:01 PM PST

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived in the United States on Saturday, marking the latest phase in a series of political moves surrounding his transition from power in violence-wracked Yemen.

26 die in fire at rehab center in Peru

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 01:56 PM PST

The cause of the fire is under investigation, but witnesses say a mattress was set on fire during a melee. The area of the building where many victims were found lacked proper escape routes, Peru's fire chief said.

N.J. may vote on same-sex marriage

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 07:21 PM PST

A political battle is shaping up in the Garden State about whether to give gay and lesbian couples the right to wed -- a move that, if approved, would make New Jersey the seventh state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage.

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