Thursday, February 2, 2012

Senate OKs insider-trading bill

Senate OKs insider-trading bill


Senate OKs insider-trading bill

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:51 PM PST

The bill makes clear it's illegal for lawmakers, their staffs and many executive-branch employees to trade stocks based on inside information learned on the job.

Trump endorses Romney

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 05:12 PM PST

Real estate mogul Donald Trump says he backs Mitt Romney as the GOP presidential nominee because "he's smart, he's sharp, he's not going to allow bad things to happen."

60 charged in Canada child porn bust

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:39 AM PST

At least 60 people have been charged in connection with one of Canada's largest ever pornography busts, authorities said Thursday.

Cartels target Juarez police, officials say

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:55 PM PST

Drug gangs in the Mexican border city of Juarez are killing police officers daily in a bid to force the police chief to resign.

Group: Bombs hit Bible school in Sudan

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:19 PM PST

A Christian evangelical group said Thursday that a Bible school -- backed by American evangelist Franklin Graham -- was destroyed in the latest bombing raid to hit South Kordofan, an oil-rich Sudanese province that borders the newly created independent country of South Sudan.

Anger flares in Egypt after riot kills 79

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:23 AM PST

As Egyptians began three days of mourning Thursday for the 79 people who died in a soccer riot in the Mediterranean city of Port Said, new violence erupted in Cairo, where protesters confronted police near the Interior Ministry headquarters.

Teacher accused in beheading plot

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 05:42 PM PST

A North Carolina teacher is scheduled to appear Friday in federal court after being accused in a plot to behead witnesses who testified against a would-be terrorist. A criminal complaint alleges the woman was part of a thwarted conspiracy to kill three people who testified against Hysen Sherifi, who was convicted last year in what prosecutors called a "violent jihad" plot.

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