Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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JetBlue flight diverted after captain's 'erratic' behavior

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:49 PM PDT

A JetBlue flight bound for Las Vegas made an emergency landing in Texas on Tuesday after the captain acted strangely, was locked out of the cockpit by his co-pilot and was wrestled to the ground by passengers, witnesses and authorities said.

Human rights group cites violations on U.S.-Mexico border

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:47 PM PDT

Latinos, immigrants and Native Americans experience "a pattern of human right violations" in the American Southwest under U.S. immigration policies, Amnesty International said in a new report.

Fidel Castro asks for 'modest and simple' meeting with pope

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:43 PM PDT

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he has asked for a "modest and simple" meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in Havana on Wednesday.

Pacquiao squares up to tax man

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:40 PM PDT

World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao says he intends to fight criminal charges that he failed to submit the proper tax documents for his earnings from boxing matches and his many commercial endorsements.

Day 3 of Supreme Court's health care hearings take on new urgency

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:27 PM PDT

The Supreme Court wraps up its last day of hearings Wednesday over the future of health care reform with renewed focus on an issue once dismissed by many legal and political analysts as trivial.

Obama nominates new FAA chief

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:18 PM PDT

Michael Huerta, who was thrust into the job of acting chief of the Federal Aviation Administration following the arrest of the agency's leader on drunk driving charges, has been nominated to head the agency.

Rare dolphins boosted by sea sanctuary

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:03 PM PDT

Coastal areas that ban fishing can provide havens for endangered wildlife, according to a new report.

News Corp in fresh storm

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:00 PM PDT

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp was on Tuesday facing a fresh barrage of allegations over its business practices after an Australian newspaper released 14,000 emails concerning one of the group's security subsidiaries.

Pope's Havana visit raises questions of whom he'll meet

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 08:57 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Havana on Tuesday amid speculation over whether he will meet with the island's former president, Fidel Castro, and how far he'll press the country for greater political and religious freedoms.

Oil futures spark debate on $100 level

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 08:51 PM PDT

Oil contracts for delivery in three to five years' time are trading at their biggest ever -discount to spot prices, prompting a debate about whether the era of triple-digit oil prices will be a short-term phenomenon.

Group aimed to pit blacks, Latinos against same-sex marriage

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 08:00 PM PDT

A national group opposed to same-sex marriage aimed to fight it by driving "a wedge between gays and blacks" and identifying "glamorous" Latino artists and athletes to advocate traditional marriage, according to newly released confidential memos.

Analysts: Timing, 'nothing to lose' are behind Syrian OK of Annan plan

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 07:32 PM PDT

Facing growing global pressure over rising violence in his country, Syria's embattled president had little choice but to accept a U.N. special envoy's peace proposal, analysts said Tuesday.

Clothes of missing Arkansas 4-year-old found

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:43 PM PDT

Clothing items worn by a missing 4-year-old Arkansas boy were found Tuesday afternoon along a river at the Boy Scout camp where he was last seen, the Fulton County Sheriff said.

Suicide vests found in Afghan Defense Ministry, official says

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:37 PM PDT

Several Afghan soldiers have been arrested after authorities found a number of suicide vests inside the country's Defense Ministry, a senior Afghan defense official said Tuesday.

New Orleans police officer resigns after post on Trayvon Martin

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:10 PM PDT

A New Orleans police officer who posted an offensive comment online about slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin resigned on Tuesday.

Chloe Moretz picked for 'Carrie' remake

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:05 PM PDT

"Kick-Ass" actress Chloe Moretz has been chosen for the title role in a movie remake of Stephen King's "Carrie," a horror story about a teenaged girl whose telekinetic powers turn a high school prom into an inferno.

Nations watching Syria after it accepts peace plan

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:01 PM PDT

Key diplomats, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, said Tuesday that the Syrian government's acceptance of a plan to forge peace and end violence must be more than lip service.

Two more arrests made in Mississippi State shooting

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 05:59 PM PDT

Two more arrests were made in connection with the shooting death of a Mississippi State University student on campus, bringing the total number of suspects to three, officials said Tuesday.

Cuba vows to keep its political system despite pope's comments

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 05:53 PM PDT

A top Cuban official told reporters in Havana on Tuesday that his country's political system is "sustainable" and that it will not change.

Focus in Trayvon Martin case shifts to Washington

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 05:46 PM PDT

As the prosecutor in Florida sought to sort out the facts in the killing of Trayvon Martin, attention shifted Tuesday to Washington, where Martin's parents and family attorney attended a forum on racial profiling, hate crimes and "stand your ground" deadly force laws.
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