Friday, May 25, 2012

US woman charged with killing her 18-month-old twins

US woman charged with killing her 18-month-old twins

US woman charged with killing her 18-month-old twins

Posted: 25 May 2012 09:08 PM PDT

A woman was charged Friday with killing her 18-month-old twins, named Adam and Eve, in the family home. Police said she also attempted suicide by cutting her wrists.

US eases airport screening for elderly travelers

Posted: 25 May 2012 08:36 PM PDT

The US government is easing the airport screening process for travelers 75 and older, beginning to roll out new rules just in time for the long Memorial Day holiday weekend, an official said Friday.

Astronomers seize last chance in lifetime for Venus Transit

Posted: 25 May 2012 08:29 PM PDT

Astronomers are gearing for one the rarest events in the Solar System: an alignment of Earth, Venus and the Sun that will not be seen for another 105 years.

SpaceX capsule docks at space station, opens new era

Posted: 25 May 2012 08:17 PM PDT

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship and guided the privately owned craft into a docking berth on Friday, opening a new chapter in the U.S. space pro...

Everest climber skips summit, rescues friend

Posted: 25 May 2012 09:56 AM PDT

Nadav Ben-Yehuda, who was climbing with a Sherpa guide, came across Aydin Irmak near the summit last weekend. In that chaotic period, four climbers died on their way down from the summit amid a traffi...

Pope's butler arrested in Vatican leaks scandal: Reports

Posted: 25 May 2012 09:33 AM PDT

According to Il Foglio newspaper and ANSA news agency, the detained man is none other than the pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele, a member of the small team which works daily in Pope Benedict XVI's apartm...

Astronauts snare Spacex Dragon Capsule - NASA

Posted: 25 May 2012 07:59 AM PDT

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon cargo ship on Friday, the first privately owned vehicle to reach the orbital outpost. Using the statio...

Priest apologises for unholy language on Facebook

Posted: 25 May 2012 07:08 AM PDT

A British priest has apologised for some unholy language on his Facebook page, his bishop says.Canon Paul Shackerley, Vicar of the Minster Church of St. George in Doncaster in northern England, raised...

Capsule set for historic space station arrival

Posted: 25 May 2012 07:06 AM PDT

The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule approached the International Space Station for a historic docking today after sailing through a practice rendezvous the day before. The unmanned SpaceX Dragon ...

California's sparkling beach named America's best

Posted: 25 May 2012 06:29 AM PDT

Like a Hollywood star, Coronado's 1.5 mile-long beach literally sparkles, thanks to the mineral mica glinting in its sand. That's one of the reasons why Coronado - flanked by the iconic hotel featured...

Hollande defends French exit from Afghanistan

Posted: 25 May 2012 05:37 AM PDT

President Francois Hollande visited Afghanistan on Friday to defend France's imminent departure from the war, telling troops that it would be coordinated closely with Afghan and NATO allies.

Asia's richest man says, his son will eventually head business empire

Posted: 25 May 2012 05:36 AM PDT

Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing on Friday confirmed that his eldest son will eventually control his business empire, but the 83-year-old tycoon dismissed suggestions that he is about to retire.Eldes...

Police bravery award for NRI builder

Posted: 25 May 2012 04:29 AM PDT

Sukhwinder Singh, a London-based NRI builder who was stabbed to death while he was confronting two muggers who had snatched a woman's bag in London in 2010, has been given a police public bravery awar...

Seven killed in gun attack on bus in Pakistan's Sindh district

Posted: 25 May 2012 04:05 AM PDT

At least seven people were shot dead and three others injured when unidentified gunmen attacked a packed passenger bus in Pakistan's southern Sindh province today. The gunmen fired indiscriminately at...

Pakistani interrogator says Osama's wives gave little away

Posted: 25 May 2012 03:03 AM PDT

Osama bin Laden's three wives were fiercely loyal to him and gave little away when they were interrogated after the al Qaeda chief was killed in a US raid over a year ago, a Pakistani intelligence age...

Car bomb in Central Turkey kills two: Reports

Posted: 25 May 2012 02:08 AM PDT

A suspected suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a car outside a police station in the central Turkish province of Kayseri on Friday, killing himself and a police officer and wounding some 20 ot...

Lawyers want Obama, Bush to testify in 9/11 case

Posted: 25 May 2012 12:55 AM PDT

Lawyers for accused plotters of the September 11 attacks want President Barack Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush to testify at a military tribunal for "inflammatory statements" they argue have ...

Brawl in Ukraine parliament over use of Russian language

Posted: 25 May 2012 12:26 AM PDT

A violent scuffle erupted in Ukraine's parliament on Thursday evening over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the Russian-speaking r...

On day 4 of Rajat Gupta trial, jurors hear wiretapped conversations

Posted: 25 May 2012 12:01 AM PDT

Prosecutors played a series of FBI wiretapped phone conversations in a bid to show that Goldman Sachs' former Indian-American director Rajat Gupta shared confidential information with convicted hedge-...
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