Monday, July 23, 2012

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Fury after 37 killed in Beijing floods

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:45 PM PDT

What has been described as the "heaviest rain in six decades" left at least 37 people dead and raised criticism about Beijing's infrastructure and the government's response to disasters.

Hong Kong cleans up in aftermath of Typhoon Vicente

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:22 PM PDT

Hong Kong is cleaning up Tuesday after a severe typhoon struck the city with gale-force winds and rain, shuttering much of the city and injuring at least 129 people.

Pakistan spy agency chief to tell CIA: End drone strikes; ID targets for us to attack

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:18 PM PDT

The new chief of Pakistan's spy agency will urge the United States to end drone strikes on Pakistani soil, an intelligence official said.

Tinted prejudice in China

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 09:48 PM PDT

A Caucasian American businessman gets into a cab in Beijing. At first he's relieved-- the last few taxis passed straight by him, which is not unusual-- it can be difficult for non-Chinese nationals to get a cab. But then comes an uncomfortable question from the driver: "Isn't it difficult living in a country with so many black people?"

Sentencing set in Pennsylvania priest abuse case

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 09:30 PM PDT

The highest-ranking Catholic Church cleric charged and convicted in the landmark Philadelphia child sexual abuse trial is scheduled for sentencing Tuesday.

A Syrian town's 'Street of Death'

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:32 PM PDT

After months of fighting, the regime's men finally abandoned this strategic crossroads.

Syria says it has weapons of mass destruction in case of foreign attack

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:03 PM PDT

The Syrian Foreign Ministry said Monday that the country has chemical or biological weapons, but would use them only against foreign attackers.

Paterno loyalists call NCAA sanctions excessive

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:52 PM PDT

Joe Paterno's family and fans criticize penalties assessed against Penn State University in the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal.

Colorado theater shooting suspect makes first court appearance

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:28 PM PDT

The man accused of opening fire in a movie theater in Colorado made his first court appearance Monday.

Sally Ride, first American woman in space, dies

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:16 PM PDT

Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her company said. She was 61.

The Jackson strife: Family bickers over whereabouts of Michael's mom

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:11 PM PDT

Feuding among Michael Jackson's family reaches a new level as a "scuffle" erupts at Katherine Jackson's home, a sheriff's spokesman says

Grief counselors offer solace amid tragedy

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:00 PM PDT

Picture the monumental task of counseling strangers affected by a horror worse than they've ever imagined.

Attacks in Iraq kill at least 82 people, officials say

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 06:46 PM PDT

The death toll from several attacks across Iraq on Monday rose to 82, Interior Ministry officials said.

Sentencing Tuesday in priest abuse case

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:56 PM PDT

The highest-ranking Catholic Church cleric charged and convicted in the landmark Philadelphia child sexual abuse trial is scheduled for sentencing Tuesday.

TSA to speed flight attendants through security

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:36 PM PDT

Flight attendants in coming months will get the same expedited screening at airport checkpoints available to airline pilots, the TSA says.

U.S. traffic fatalities soar 13.5 percent in first quarter of 2012

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:28 PM PDT

Ttraffic fatalities for the first three months of 2012 show a "significant increase" compared with statistics from a year earlier.

Justice Department investigating Pennsylvania voter ID law

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:28 PM PDT

The Justice Department Monday launched a formal investigation into whether Pennsylvania's voter law requiring a photo ID discriminates against minorities, and demanded state elections officials produce detailed documents within 30 days.

The rebirth of turn-based strategy games

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:27 PM PDT

One video game genre (including the "Civilization" series) slows things down while still maintaining a high degree of action and planning.

Condemned Georgia inmate gets reprieve

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:18 PM PDT

Georgia's Supreme Court halted Monday's scheduled execution of a convicted murderer to review changes to state death penalty procedure.

Was the NCAA too quick to punish Penn State?

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 03:58 PM PDT

Michael McMann says the NCAA penalities will devastate Penn State football for years. But the college has a case for challenging the NCAA's authority.

Victim: 'You could feel the anger in the room'

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 03:29 PM PDT

McKayla Hicks sat in the courtroom Monday and stared at the man accused of a shooting spree that left her with a bullet in her jaw, killed a dozen people.

Hero or villain? Ben Johnson and the dirtiest race in history

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 02:40 PM PDT

Ben Johnson was the last man to settle into his blocks at the Seoul Olympic Stadium.

Analysis: Why gun controls are off the agenda in America

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 02:06 PM PDT

Jonathan Mann analyzes the aftermath of the Colorado movie theater shooting and the lack of cross-party political debate on the issue of gun control.

Little to gain, lots to lose for Obama and Romney on guns

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 01:59 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney will likely avoid talking about gun control in the wake of shooting

Fear drives opposition to gun control

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 01:33 PM PDT

There will be no new gun laws after the Aurora shooting for the basic reason that the American people do not want them.

Cops see hate crime in woman's mutilation

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Three masked men allegedly bound a woman and carved words into her skin, police in Lincoln, Nebraska say. The incident is being investigated as a hate crime.

Snoop Dogg to release reggae album as Snoop Lion

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 01:08 PM PDT

Snoop Dogg will be making a foray into reggae on his next LP, Pitchfork reports.

Suspected drone attack kills 12 in Pakistan

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 12:52 PM PDT

A suspected U.S. drone strike killed 6 militants in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Monday evening, two Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Made in America: The short list

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 12:52 PM PDT

The slow death of American manufacturing has made it hard to find American-made goods -- but not impossible.

Why did Colorado shooting suspect avoid social media?

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT

It's a truth of the digital age. When a person is plucked from obscurity, for good reasons or bad, the first thing curiosity-seekers do is turn to the Web.

Google stops taking orders for 16GB Nexus 7

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 12:09 PM PDT

Demand for Google's 7-inch Nexus 7 tablet seems to have well exceeded the tech giant's expectations.

Heavy rains kill 21 in Nigeria

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:50 AM PDT

Heavy rains in central Nigeria triggered a flood that washed away houses and killed at least 21 people, government officials said Monday.

14 die when packed pickup truck crashes in Texas

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:44 AM PDT

A Ford pickup truck crammed with nearly two dozen people crashed in southeastern Texas on Sunday evening, killing at least 14 people and injuring 9 others.

Why the time for a China-India water treaty is now

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:36 AM PDT

China and India need to reach agreement on water management from one of the world's great rivers -- the Yarlung-Zangbo-Brahmaputra.

Steyn finishes off England after Amla's batting heroics

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:06 AM PDT

It was first blood to South Africa in their battle for cricket supremacy with No.1 ranked England as they won the first Test at The Oval.

Talk of 'cure' at historic AIDS conference

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:01 AM PDT

This week, the world's largest gathering of AIDS doctors and experts is converging on Washington for the 19th International AIDS Conference.

President shares story of hero who tended to friend in theater shooting

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:45 AM PDT

President Obama shares the story of a hero who tended to a wounded friend as a gunman attacked theater patrons in Aurora, Colorado.

Details of crash that killed Cuban dissident disputed

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:14 AM PDT

Leading Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya Sardinas was mourned Monday amid conflicting accounts of the car crash Sunday that took his life.

Travel Photo of the Day

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 09:19 AM PDT

Each day, CNN producers select a user-submitted photo to be our Travel Photo of the Day. Click through the gallery above to see stunning shots from around the world, and be sure to come back every day for a new image. Have a gorgeous travel photo of your own to share? Submit it for the gallery at CNN iReport!

Peres: Iran in 'open war' with Israel

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 09:16 AM PDT

Israel is in an "open war" with Iran, President Shimon Peres said Monday, accusing it of a bombing that killed five Israelis.

Confessions of a hotel mystery shopper

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 09:09 AM PDT

The legions of hotel mystery shoppers around the world are just that: a mystery. And, they'd like to keep it that way, thank you.

Iran arrests suspects in 2011 killing of nuclear scientist

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:30 AM PDT

Iran has arrested suspects in connection with the July 2011 killing of a nuclear scientist, semiofficial media reported.

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