Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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Maldives tense after day of street violence

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:50 PM PST

A tense calm reigned Thursday morning in the streets of Male, the capital of the Maldives, a day after the country's former president and his supporters clashed with the police.

Testimony continues in Virginia lacrosse player's murder trial

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:40 PM PST

Testimony continues Thursday in the trial of George Huguely, a University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of fatally beating his ex-girlfriend.

Official: Suspect in 'South Park' threats to plead guilty

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:38 PM PST

A New York man charged with posting online threats against creators of the television show "South Park" is expected to plead guilty Thursday in a Virginia federal court, a senior U.S. counter-terrorism official said.

Rockefeller impersonator to be arraigned for murder

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:22 PM PST

A German-born man known for masquerading as a Rockefeller will be arraigned Thursday after a judge ruled he should stand trial for murder in a two-decade-old case.

Florida bomb plot suspect pleads not guilty

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 09:13 PM PST

A Florida man accused of planning to use explosives and weapons "to create mayhem'" in Tampa pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.

Sex abuse scandal at L.A. school forces parents to have difficult talks with kids

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 09:07 PM PST

Sergio Blanco faced the most painstaking moment of parenthood the past week when he had to ask two of his young sons whether they were sexually molested at Miramonte Elementary School.

Officials: Drone strike in Pakistan kills 4

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 08:40 PM PST

A suspected U.S. drone strike killed four people in Pakistan's tribal region Thursday morning, Pakistani officials told CNN.

Greek leaders ready to back austerity deal

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 08:23 PM PST

A dispute over pension cuts stalled talks last night between leaders of Greece's fractious national unity government on tough new austerity measures, one of the last hurdles to be cleared before eurozone officials can sign off on a ?130B ($172B) bailout and save Athens from a messy default. However, officials said they were still confident of reaching a deal by the morning.

Vending machine dispenses emergency contraception

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 08:15 PM PST

Vending machine offerings at a Pennsylvania university are expanding beyond the world of junk food and into the world of contraception.

Rutgers student's suicide shouldn't define him, brother says

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 08:14 PM PST

Almost 15 months since Tyler Clementi committed suicide, his older brother James wants people to know that "he's much more than the way that he died."

Penalties levied in Indiana stage collapse that killed 7

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 08:06 PM PST

The Indiana Department of Labor on Wednesday announced penalties totaling $80,800 following a worker-safety investigation into a stage collapse last summer that fatally injured seven people and injured dozens of others before a scheduled concert at the Indiana State Fair.

'Cyber cannibals' spreading fear in China

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:44 PM PST

Do you ever get the feeling you are being watched? Closed circuit cameras recording your movements, strange noises on the phone line, phone calls that suddenly stop, emails being monitored, and private computer files and Facebook being hacked into. Oh yes, secrecy is no secret in China. Privacy is anything but private.

'No negotiations' on Falklands, Britain vows

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:21 PM PST

Britain on Wednesday dismissed a complaint from Argentina about the "militarization of the South Atlantic" as tensions rise regarding the Falkland Islands, over which the two countries fought a war 30 years ago.

Powell boys' grandfather: How could son-in-law do that?

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:19 PM PST

Three days after his young grandsons died in a fire police said was set by their father, Chuck Cox on Wednesday still was coming to grips with what happened.

Activist: Infants, medical staff among dead in Homs crackdown

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:00 PM PST

Four consecutive days of shelling and bombing by Syrian government forces into the besieged city of Homs have left residents cowering, afraid to escape and fearing for their lives.

Russia says drillers reach long-buried Antarctic lake

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 06:48 PM PST

Russian scientists briefly pierced the two-mile-thick veil over a freshwater lake hidden beneath Antarctica's ice sheet for millions of years, polar researchers announced Wednesday.

Q&A: The Maldives - Trouble in paradise

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 06:47 PM PST

The island nation of the Maldives -- which markets itself as one of the world's top luxury destinations -- faces uncertainty as the nation's president resigns amid the threat of violence and a rising tide of Islamic rhetoric.

Safety checks ordered for all Airbus A380 airplanes

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 06:40 PM PST

All Airbus A380 airplanes must be checked for cracks in the wings, the European Aviation Safety Agency ordered Wednesday.

Washington state legislature votes to approve same-sex marriage

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 06:37 PM PST

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Washington State voted Wednesday in favor of a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage, putting Washington on the path toward becoming the seventh state in the nation to legalize marriage for gay and lesbian couples.
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