Thursday, March 1, 2012

She gave birth to third consecutive Leap Day baby!

She gave birth to third consecutive Leap Day baby!


She gave birth to third consecutive Leap Day baby!

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 10:45 PM PST

In one of the rarest feats in the annals of family planning, an Utah woman has given birth on a third consecutive Leap Day, tying a record set in the 1960s.


China to unveil military budget after US Asia 'pivot'

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 10:36 PM PST

China is likely to unveil its military spending for 2012 on the weekend, flagging the direction that Beijing will take after President Barack Obama launched a new "pivot" to reinforce U.S. influence a...


Ohio man accused of prostituting adopted boy

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 07:36 PM PST

A 10-year-old boy shook when asked about being prostituted to two other men by an adoptive father who regularly had sex with him, according to police, who said the boy was fearful of talking because h...


UN rights body slams Syria, calls for aid access

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 07:30 PM PST

The United Nation's top human rights body voted Thursday to condemn Syria for its "widespread and systematic violations" against civilians in a violent crackdown on opposition groups, as more western ...


French President Nicolas Sarkozy holes up in bar to escape protesters

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 07:29 PM PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy took refuge from a crowd of several hundred angry protesters in a cafe, as riot police swarmed in to protect him while he campaigned in the country's southwest Basque ...


US tornado toll rises to 13

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 07:12 PM PST

Residents of stricken towns across six Midwestern and southern US states picked through the debris Thursday in the aftermath of a string of destructive tornadoes that left 13 people dead.


Ohio teen charged over US school shooting

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 07:10 PM PST

The 17-year-old boy accused of the latest US school shooting in Ohio was charged Thursday with three counts of aggravated murder and two counts of attempted aggravated murder, a prosecutor said.


Iran religious, political hardliners face off in vote

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 07:07 PM PST

Iran's ruling political and religious hardliners will face off in a parliamentary election on Friday, echoing a deepening rift in a conservative establishment grappling with economic sanctions over th...


Frenchman sues over Google Views urination photo

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 07:04 PM PST

A Frenchman took Google to court on Thursday over a photo published online by its Street View application showing him urinating in his front yard which he believes has made him the laughing stock of h...


Protests block Maldives' president from parliament

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:09 PM PST

Protesters in the Maldives blocked the new president from entering parliament on Thursday, the latest salvo in a political crisis that has begun to hurt the Indian Ocean archipelago's reputation as a ...


UK media inquiry preparing to call Rupert Murdoch

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:20 AM PST

The judicial inquiry into alleged media abuses is preparing to summon British newspaper owners, including Rupert Murdoch, to give public testimony in late April or early May, according to sources clos...


Russia accuses US of meddling in vote

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:12 AM PST

Russia on Thursday accused the United States of trying to influence its election process by funding opposition groups in advance of Vladimir Putin's expected return to the Kremlin in weekend polls.


For Sale: Deserted French village, pool included

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 09:37 AM PST

The village of Courbefy has rustic buildings with fireplaces and exposed beams, a horse stable, a tennis court and a swimming pool.


Woman to be sentenced for taking boy from womb

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 09:25 AM PST

A southern Kentucky woman who pleaded guilty but mentally ill to cutting a baby boy from his mother's womb then leaving the woman to die is scheduled for sentencing in Bowling Green.


Crews begin raising crashed helicopter to surface

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 07:03 AM PST

US Coast Guard officials say they've begun the process of lifting a submerged helicopter from the floor of Alabama's Mobile Bay to the surface as they continue searching for three missing crew members...


Chinese police may have power to disappear people

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 05:42 AM PST

China is preparing to overhaul a key criminal law amid public confusion - and some dread - over whether the government is about to give police the legal authority to disappear people. At issue is an a...


Illegal Indian immigrants desperate to escape United Kingdom

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:49 AM PST

For many Indian citizens who braved hazardous journeys across continents and wily human traffickers with hopes of a better life, their 'London dream' has turned into a veritable nightmare, and they ar...


Student kills American teacher in northern Iraq

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:54 AM PST

An Iraqi student shot dead his American teacher and then shot himself in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Thursday, the provincial governor said.


Japan may shutdown all nuclear reactors this summer

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:42 AM PST

It is possible none of Japan's nuclear reactors, all but two of which were shut down after last year's Fukushima disaster, will be up and running this summer when electricity demand peaks, the trade m...


Pakistan moves Interpol for Red Corner Notice against Musharraf

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:49 AM PST

Pakistani authorities have sent a formal request to Interpol to issue a Red Corner Notice for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, currently living outside the country in self-exile.


Bruce Springsteen joins search for missing student, posts on Facebook, Twitter

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:18 PM PST

Singer Bruce Springsteen has taken to Facebook and Twitter to help find a missing Boston College student. On both networks, Springsteen posted a missing person poster Wednesday of 21-year-old Franco G...


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