Sunday, July 22, 2012

Movie massacre suspect mum; Batman mask found

Movie massacre suspect mum; Batman mask found

Movie massacre suspect mum; Batman mask found

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:58 PM PDT

University of Colorado officials were looking on Sunday into whether James Holmes used his position in a graduate programme to collect hazardous materials, but school officials weren't saying whether ...

11 dead after truck crashes in Texas

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:22 PM PDT

Authorities say an 11th person has died in a pickup truck crash in South Texas that also injured 12 others. Gerald Bryant, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, upgraded the deat...

Suspect bought large stockpile of rounds online

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:24 PM PDT

Unhindered by federal background checks or government oversight, the 24-year-old man accused of killing a dozen people inside a Colorado movie theater was able to build what the police called a 6,000-...

Rain storms kill at least 37 in Beijing

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 07:28 PM PDT

Officials have raised the death toll to at least 37 in the heaviest rainstorm to hit Beijing in six decades, and dozens of other storm deaths have been reported elsewhere in China.

'Batman' shooting: An emotional Obama pays tribute to victims, recites tales of heroism

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 07:12 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama on Sunday held up a tale of heroism from the horrific Colorado cinema shooting as evidence for the stricken town of Aurora that brighter days are ahead.

Baghdad car bomb blasts kill 20, at least 80 injured

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:20 AM PDT

Car bombs in two towns south of Baghdad and in the Iraqi city of Najaf killed a total of 20 people on Sunday and wounded 80, police and hospital sources said, in one of the most violent days of the pa...

Super rich hold $32 trillion in offshore havens

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:57 AM PDT

Rich individuals and their families have as much as $32 trillion of hidden financial assets in offshore tax havens, representing up to $280 billion in lost income tax revenues, according to research p...

Michael Jackson's mother Katherine goes missing

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:45 AM PDT

Katherine Jackson, mother of popstar Michael Jackson and the guardian of his three minor children, has been reported missing, but the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says she is with family me...

Israel prime minister says country on alert for more attacks

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:37 AM PDT

Israel's prime minister says his country is on alert for plots to kill more Israelis overseas. Last week's deadly attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria came just before this week's opening of the ...

Libya Olympic chief freed after kidnapping: office

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:09 AM PDT

Libya's Olympic committee chief Nabil al-Alam was released on Sunday, a week after gunmen abducted him in broad daylight in Tripoli, his office and family said.

Al Qaeda says is returning to old Iraq strongholds

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:58 AM PDT

A man identifying himself as the leader of Al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq says his fighters are planning new operations to free imprisoned members and claims they're returning to areas of the country fr...

Russia arrests three officials after deadly floods

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 05:02 AM PDT

Russian investigators on Sunday announced the arrest of three top local officials for alleged neglect of duty after the country's deadliest flood in post-Soviet times claimed 172 lives. The Investi...

Norway massacre: Nation remembers victims of bomb, shooting attacks on first anniversary

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 04:31 AM PDT

Norway paused to commemorate the 77 victims of a bomb and gun massacre that shocked the peaceful nation one year ago, a tragedy that the prime minister said had brought Norwegians together in defense ...

Stephen Hawking launches supercomputer

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 03:10 AM PDT

Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has launched the most powerful shared-memory supercomputer in Europe.

No ban on women shopping alone in Pakistan during Ramzan

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 02:47 AM PDT

Officials in Pakistan's northwest tribal region have refuted media reports that said women have been banned from going out for shopping alone during the holy month of Ramzan.

US man arrested for seeking rapist for wife

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 01:40 AM PDT

A 32-year-old man from the US state of Idaho has been arrested after he posted an advertisement on a website seeking a man to enter his home and rape his wife.

Briton jailed for tricking women to strip naked

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 01:38 AM PDT

A 49-year-old British psychic has been jailed for two years after he tricked women into stripping naked "to get in touch with the spirit world". Karl Lang "brainwashed" two victims, aged 26 and 27,...

Women who flirt at work more likeable, but less trusted

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:28 AM PDT

So you thought indulging in a bit of flirting at work was harmless? Think again! According to a new study, flirting at work can help women get ahead, but colleagues distrust them and see them as "l...

For executive women, is maternity leave necessary?

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:59 PM PDT

Like many women, Mrs. Stern has followed the news that Marissa Mayer, the new chief of Yahoo, is pregnant with her first child, due in October. Ms. Mayer, 37, told Fortune that her maternity leave wou...

'Come over to interview me' tops outrageous resume list

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:33 PM PDT

What could be the most outrageous thing to write in a job application? As per a latest survey, it is a candidate calling himself a 'genius' and inviting the hiring manager to his apartment for intervi...
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