Friday, April 20, 2012

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120 bodies recovered after plane crash in Pakistani capital

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 11:17 PM PDT

The grisly search for remains at the scene of a commercial plane crash in Pakistan continued Saturday, with officials doubting anyone on board survived.

N.C. man no longer faces death after judge invokes 'Racial Justice Act'

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 10:53 PM PDT

A North Carolina judge set aside the death sentence of a convicted killer after concluding Friday that race played a role in the case, a landmark ruling that may call into question a number of death row cases in the state.

Suspect shoots at police, carjacks two cars and shuts down highway

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 10:43 PM PDT

The intense search for an armed carjacking suspect, which involved the closure of a busy California interstate highway, ended Friday night with authorities shooting and killing the suspect.

Pitcher hopes stem cell procedure will get him one last season

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 09:53 PM PDT

At 39 years old, Christopher John Nitkowski really has no business trying to pitch in the major leagues. In the harsh reality of professional sports, he's a has-been.

China enters internet 'battlefield' over Bo

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 09:10 PM PDT

China is now gripped by one of the most sensational political scandals in decades.

U.N. Security Council to vote on Syria observer mission

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 07:59 PM PDT

The U.N. Security Council is expected to meet Saturday and vote on a resolution that would expand the size of a U.N. monitoring mission in Syria, Western diplomats said.

No survivors from Pakistan plane crash, official says

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 06:36 PM PDT

A commercial airplane carrying 127 people crashed Friday in Islamabad just before it was to land at a nearby airport, according to Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, which cited poor weather as a possible factor.

Ahead of elections, Egyptians protest military rule

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 06:08 PM PDT

The scene Friday in Cairo's Tahrir Square felt familiar. Only this time, the protest came ahead of critical elections.

Carpenter says he's not involved in Etan Patz disappearance

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 06:01 PM PDT

A carpenter whose former Manhattan basement is the scene of an exhaustive search for clues about Etan Patz said Friday through his lawyer that he had no involvement in the 6-year-old boy's disappearance more than three decades ago.

As protests continue, Bahrain prince says Grand Prix 'builds bridges'

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 05:49 PM PDT

The Bahrain Grand Prix will act as a unifying force amid the nation's unrest, the Bahraini government said Friday, while opposition activists accused the Gulf kingdom's rulers of cracking down on demonstrations.

Colorado public pot-smoking event snuffed out

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 05:39 PM PDT

Steps taken to thwart a public marijuana smoking event Friday at the University of Colorado appear to have worked. Protesters who gathered at a quad on the campus for the customary 4:20 light-up time dispersed without an apparent toke.

Bahrain's Formula 1 is an insult to country's democratic reformers

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 05:31 PM PDT

"Unified: One nation in celebration" is the jubilant slogan of this year's Formula 1 Grand Prix in Bahrain. The irony could not be harsher: while sports fans look forward to this glamorous race, one of the country's most prominent human rights activists is close to death in protest of his ongoing unlawful detention.

Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart died of heart failure

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 05:18 PM PDT

Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger whose posting of a sexually explicit photo of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner led to the congressman's downfall, died of heart failure, the Los Angeles County Coroner said in an autopsy report released Friday.

NRC chairman denies he mistreats women

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 04:40 PM PDT

Hoping to fight off a firestorm that erupted this week on Capitol Hill over the renomination of the only woman appointed to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko on Friday denied allegations he targeted women and created a hostile work environment.

More details about Zimmerman emerge during bond hearing

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 04:22 PM PDT

For nearly two months, George Zimmerman has been largely a cipher, a riddle whose voice has been heard only in 911 calls reporting a young man acting "real suspicious."

Woman held on $3 million bond, charged with murdering Marine's wife

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 03:58 PM PDT

A 25-year-old woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the California death of a deployed Marine's wife, San Diego County authorities said Friday.

Justice Department: Walgreens settles amid probe into illegal prescription deals

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 02:59 PM PDT

Walgreens will pay governments $7.9 million in a settlement reached amid allegations the drugstore chain illegally paid kickbacks so that prescriptions would be transferred to its pharmacies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday.

Ennis: I won't visit Olympic Stadium until it's time to win gold

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 02:42 PM PDT

She's one of Great Britain's brightest medal hopes ahead of the London Olympics but Jessica Ennis isn't relying on home comforts to help land her a maiden Games gold.

Norway's Breivik gives chilling account of gun massacre

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 02:42 PM PDT

Anders Behring Breivik, who admits killing 77 people in Norway last summer, gave chilling details at his trial Friday of the gun rampage in which he systematically shot dead scores of young people.
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