Thursday, May 3, 2012

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20 killed in suicide attack in Pakistan

Posted: 03 May 2012 11:16 PM PDT

An explosion killed 20 and injured dozens in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Friday, a government official told CNN.

Drew Peterson hearing set for Friday

Posted: 03 May 2012 10:59 PM PDT

Drew Peterson will be in an Illinois courtroom Friday for a hearing for his upcoming murder trial, court officials said.

1 taken to hospital, 2 detained after explosion at Memphis high school

Posted: 03 May 2012 10:58 PM PDT

A pair of makeshift bombs blew up Thursday inside a Memphis, Tennessee, high school, sending one person to a hospital and two into police custody, officials said.

Police officer cleared in shooting death of ailing veteran in New York

Posted: 03 May 2012 10:44 PM PDT

A New York grand jury has declined to indict a white police officer who shot and killed an ailing 68-year-old black veteran in his own apartment, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office said Thursday.

U.S. officials to visit Chinese activist in Beijing hospital

Posted: 03 May 2012 10:26 PM PDT

U.S. diplomats are scheduled to visit a Chinese activist at the center of an international crisis Friday after he told U.S. lawmakers that he wants to leave China for the United States.

Feds: Alabama immigration law caused spike in Hispanic student absences

Posted: 03 May 2012 10:17 PM PDT

A top U.S. Justice Department official warned Alabama's education department that the state's controversial immigration law has had "lasting" and possibly illegal consequences for Hispanic school children, according to a letter released Thursday.

China, U.S. searching for 'face-saving' solution to Chen saga

Posted: 03 May 2012 09:04 PM PDT

"Very busy lately, huh?" Lao Liu greets me one morning on my way to work. "What's going on with this Chen Guangcheng guy?"

Aide recalls bizarre conversation with Edwards mistress

Posted: 03 May 2012 08:49 PM PDT

A former aide to John Edwards testified Thursday about an unexpected pronouncement from a campaign videographer: She and the presidential candidate were in love.

U.S. officials to visit Chinese activist in Beijing hospital

Posted: 03 May 2012 08:27 PM PDT

U.S. diplomats are scheduled to visit the Chinese activist at the center of an international crisis Friday after he told U.S. lawmakers that he wants to leave China for the United States.

Widow of man who freed exotic animals to survivors back Friday

Posted: 03 May 2012 07:40 PM PDT

Five exotic animals once owned by a Zanesville, Ohio, man who let loose dozens of animals last year before committing suicide will be returned to the man's widow Friday, the Ohio Department of Agriculture said.

U.S. exploring activist's apparent 'change of heart,' envoy says

Posted: 03 May 2012 07:28 PM PDT

The United States took "extraordinary" measures to bring Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng to its embassy and plans to help him "every step of the way," the U.S. ambassador to China told CNN on Thursday.

FAMU hazing suspects turning themselves in

Posted: 03 May 2012 07:28 PM PDT

Eight of the 13 people facing hazing charges after the death of a Florida A&M University band member had turned themselves in by Thursday afternoon, a state police spokeswoman said.

Family says Massachusetts toddler was abducted; police have no proof

Posted: 03 May 2012 07:23 PM PDT

The sister of a missing 2-year-old Massachusetts girl saw "a mean guy" kidnap the toddler from the beach, her father says, though police insist they have no evidence of any "mysterious man" or an abduction.

Dismembered bodies of 2 journalists found in Mexico

Posted: 03 May 2012 06:37 PM PDT

At least two of four dismembered bodies found Thursday morning in the eastern state of Veracruz and bearing signs of torture were journalists, Mexican authorities said.

Samsung unveils Galaxy S III smartphone with face, voice recognition

Posted: 03 May 2012 06:07 PM PDT

Samsung has launched its Galaxy S III smartphone, which it hopes will help solidify the company as the leading challenger to Apple and its iPhone 4S.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor seeks to reverse America's decline in civics

Posted: 03 May 2012 06:05 PM PDT

Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court after 191 years, is crusading to reverse what she says is an alarming decline in America's knowledge of democracy and announced an initiative Wednesday to educate children across the country.

Chen case is another human rights issue for Obama

Posted: 03 May 2012 05:29 PM PDT

Iran, Syria and now China. President Barack Obama faces a third front of vulnerability on his administration's record of defending human rights with the muddled situation involving activist Chen Guangcheng.

Judge postpones liability trial in BP Gulf oil spill

Posted: 03 May 2012 05:21 PM PDT

A federal judge in Louisiana on Thursday rescheduled the liability trial in the BP oil spill in Gulf of Mexico and postponed it to early next year from later this year.

7 dead as Syrian troops storm Aleppo University

Posted: 03 May 2012 05:12 PM PDT

Syrian security forces unleashed a deadly push on a prominent university to clamp down Thursday on student dissent, the opposition said.

Rules 'holdup' puzzles food industry and food-safety advocates

Posted: 03 May 2012 04:42 PM PDT

Most of the provisions in a landmark food safety law which passed 16 months ago still haven't gone into effect and are stuck in a rule-making process at the White House, four months overdue.
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