Sunday, August 26, 2012

Emergency declared in 3 states over Isaac

Emergency declared in 3 states over Isaac


Emergency declared in 3 states over Isaac

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 06:43 PM PDT

Heavy rain and strong wind from Tropical Storm Isaac pounded parts of south Florida on Sunday as the governors of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi declared states of emergency.

Isaac hits Port-au-Prince

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 06:50 PM PDT

CNN's Gary Tuchman reports from Haiti on the hundreds who have lost their shelter and possessions to Isaac.

Photos: Cuba hit; Florida lashed by rain

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 03:42 PM PDT

Photos: Tropical Storm Isaac takes aim at Florida

Will Isaac steal Romney's thunder?

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Mitt and Ann Romney went to church Sunday, perhaps to pray that a likely hurricane threatening Florida's west coast won't derail the certain Republican presidential nominee's best chance to define himself to the American public.

Photos: The week in politics

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 05:59 AM PDT

Week in Politics: August 17-23

Hiker photographs grizzly before dying

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 03:29 PM PDT

A southern California man killed by a grizzly bear in Alaska's backcountry was shooting photos of the animal that killed him just moments before the attack, a National Park Service official said Sunday.

Victim in NYC killing shot 5X in head

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 10:56 AM PDT

The gunman who killed a former co-worker on a Manhattan sidewalk Friday was shot five times in the head by police, the New York Medical Examiner's office said Sunday.

Quake 'swarm' shakes S. California

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 03:18 PM PDT

"A swarm" of several hundred earthquakes, the strongest measuring a 5.5 magnitude, were centered east of San Diego near California's border with Mexico on Sunday afternoon, seismologists said.

Massive typhoon smacks Okinawa

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 03:20 PM PDT

Typhoon Bolaven barreled down Sunday on Okinawa, Japan, threatening to pummel the island with intense rain and winds.

Suburban 'ghost town' of mass graves

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 05:23 PM PDT

Syrian government troops have left the Damascus suburb of Daraya a "ghost town," an opposition activist said Sunday as scores of bodies were placed in mass graves.

Syrian VP resurfaces after defection

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 05:35 PM PDT

The escalating carnage in Syria came to a head Saturday when opposition activists reported more than 440 people dead -- the highest single-day death toll to date in the country's civil war.

Syrian rebel convoy under attack

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 02:02 PM PDT

A CNN team travels with rebels as they are hunted by Syrian regime jets in the Aleppo suburbs.

Libya's interior minister resigns

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 02:27 PM PDT

Libya's Interior Minister Fawzi Abdelal resigned Sunday, the official state news agency LANA reported, after his ministry came under harsh criticism following recent security incidents in the capital.

Saudi Arabia disrupts terrorist cell

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 01:36 PM PDT

Authorities in Saudi Arabia have disrupted a terrorist cell in Riyadh and arrested at least half a dozen suspected militants, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported Sunday.

Chavez visits site of refinery blast

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 04:21 PM PDT

President Hugo Chavez arrived at the Amuay oil refinery in northwestern Venezuelan on Sunday, one day after an explosion there killed at least 41 people.

Dozens killed in China bus crash

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 06:30 PM PDT

At least 36 people died when a tanker carrying methanol collided with a passenger bus early Sunday morning in northern China, state media reported.

Wives called to go on sex strike

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 01:52 PM PDT

A Togolese opposition leader is calling on women to go on a weeklong sex strike to protest the arrest of demonstrators ahead of parliamentary elections.

Snooki's new reality: Baby boy

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 12:55 PM PDT

Snooki began her new reality series -- motherhood -- early Sunday, giving birth to a healthy baby boy, according to her representative.

PSU player: I'm not leaving this team

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 06:55 AM PDT

Penn State football players talk to CNN's Jason Carroll about sticking together as a team.

Gas prices jump, but not for long

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 02:14 PM PDT

Gas prices have jumped again nationwide, according to a survey published Sunday.

Opinion: Who should set world's goals?

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 07:17 AM PDT

The UN's Millennium goals for 2015 have saved millions. Jamie Drummond says new goals for the years beyond should be set based on the views of all the world's people, including the poorest

Romney on faith, family and private life

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 02:03 PM PDT

It is a side of Mitt Romney the public often does not see -- opening up about his faith, devotion to his family and his work as an overseas missionary.

Photos: Postcards from Tampa

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 04:38 PM PDT

Unconventional: Postcards from Tampa

GOP's anti-slavery roots

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 01:16 PM PDT

Some may not realize that the modern Republican Party owes its origin to the fight over slavery nearly two centuries ago.

Cop in video punches skateboarder

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 09:10 AM PDT

Twenty-year-old Ron Weekley Jr. is claiming police brutality after LAPD officers allegedly pounced on him.

Woman living in fear of 'honor' death

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 11:13 AM PDT

A woman tells CNN she lives in fear of being killed for 'honor' after asking her husband for a divorce.

World's craziest water slides

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 01:17 PM PDT

As you speed along the ship's top-deck raft ride, waves break at the ocean's surface 150 feet below. It's an acrophobe's nightmare -- and could be the most thrilling moment of your next cruise vacation.

Who is Janna Little Ryan?

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 06:23 PM PDT

Paul Ryan's wife, Janna, comes from a political family and was already a successful Washington tax attorney and lobbyist by the time she was 30. "She's going to bloom where she's planted," her sister says.

Armstrong's quiet heroism

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 12:15 PM PDT

The first man on the moon had the golden ticket. The world was his for the taking. But that was not Armstrong, writes Gene Seymour.

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