Monday, August 27, 2012

After Empire State Building shooting, a gunman's mother asks why

After Empire State Building shooting, a gunman's mother asks why

After Empire State Building shooting, a gunman's mother asks why

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 10:39 PM PDT

From the moment she learned that her son had coldly and calculatingly shot and killed a former co-worker in Midtown, the mother of Jeffrey T. Johnson has replayed every reel of his life from birth to ...

Pentagon checking SEAL raid book for secrets

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 10:27 PM PDT

The Pentagon is reviewing a copy of a soon-to-be-published account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, checking for leaks of classified information.

News copter makes emergency landing in Hollywood

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 10:19 PM PDT

A Southern California news helicopter with a smoking engine had to make an emergency landing in an empty Hollywood parking lot.

Mitt Romney's storm-delayed Republican convention limps into motion

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 09:11 PM PDT

Forget the loud music, cheering crowds and funny hats. Instead of opening with a bang as originally planned, Mitt Romney's Republican convention started with a whimper on Monday as party leaders stage...

Mitt Romney's rocky road to Tampa

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 09:06 PM PDT

The credentials are impeccable. He is the son of former auto executive turned Michigan Governor. He has a law degree and an MBA from Harvard. In 1984, he founded a private equity firm Bain Capital,...

Bomb in Kabul kills 2, wounds police chief

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 08:12 PM PDT

An Afghan government spokesman says a truck bomb in the south's largest city has killed two civilians and wounded the provincial police chief.

Maryland school shooting: Student shot at random, suspect in custody

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 11:33 AM PDT

Authorities say a student who was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes at a Baltimore County high school was shot at random.

US troops face punishment over Quran burning, urination video

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 09:42 AM PDT

The US military is expected to announce disciplinary action on Monday in response to two incidents that provoked outrage in Afghanistan early this year, one over a video depicting Marines urinating on...

When a lion was on the loose in London suburbs

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 07:50 AM PDT

So, were the locals lying about the lion? Police said Monday that they have found no evidence to support locals' claims that they had spotted a big cat prowling the countryside near the idyllic vil...

Riots in Kenya after killing of Muslim cleric

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 07:18 AM PDT

Gunmen in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa shot dead a Muslim cleric accused by Washington and the United Nations of supporting al-Qaida-linked militants in Somalia, sparking rioting by youths who burn...

Iran says it may open military site may to visit

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 07:05 AM PDT

Iran may allow representatives from nonaligned nations to visit a military site that the United Nations nuclear watchdog suspects has housed nuclear experiments, a website quoted Tehran's deputy forei...

Relaxed and loose, candidate Obama hits his mark

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 05:33 AM PDT

During his three-minute chat on Tuesday with the man introducing him to 3,300 supporters at a campaign rally here, President Obama achieved four must-dos in every politician's instruction manual.

British woman fined 5,500 pounds for noisy pets

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 05:15 AM PDT

A woman in Britain has been fined 5,500 pounds ($8,700) for turning a nuisance for neighbours with her 17 pet dogs. Karen Sanderson, a doctor by profession, has been fined for letting her 17 pets make...

British police deploy force to trace a lion on the loose

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 04:23 AM PDT

Outside the idyllic English village of St Osyth, police are hunting a lion. A small army of officers and tranquilizer-toting zoo experts, along with a pair of heat-seeking helicopters, are spending...

Rebels down Syrian helicopter over Damascus

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:57 AM PDT

Rebels shot down a Syrian army helicopter on Monday while it was bombarding the Damascus neighbourhood of Jobar, as heavy fighting broke out in the district between rebels and troops loyal to Presiden...

Fight for women's vote defines US Presidential race

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:54 AM PDT

A nation at war, crippling joblessness and a looming budget standoff that could wreck the economy have been overshadowed in recent days by an issue that polls show doesn't even crack voters' lists of ...

Burger boom as fast food finds fans in Baghdad

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 12:41 AM PDT

Baghdad's embattled residents can finally get their milkshakes, chili-cheese dogs and buckets of crispy fried chicken. Original recipe or extra spicy, of course.

17 party-goers 'found beheaded' in Afghanistan

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 12:08 AM PDT

Fifteen men and two women were found beheaded in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Monday, punishment meted out by Taliban insurgents for a mixed-sex party with music and dancing, officials s...

Australian PM Julia Gillard loses shoe on stage

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 11:16 PM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard had a "Cinderella moment" after losing her shoe on a stage in Sydney.
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