Monday, August 2, 2010

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U.S. reopens consulate in Ciudad Juarez

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:51 PM PDT

The U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez will reopen Tuesday after a security review that lasted two business days, the State Department said.

Survey: Cadillac Escalade SUV is the car thieves love to steal

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:50 PM PDT

Once again, the high-profile Cadillac Escalade SUV is the car that thieves love to steal, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute.

Survey: Cadillac Escalade SUV is the car thieves love to steal

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:48 PM PDT

Once again, the high-profile Cadillac Escalade SUV is the car that thieves love to steal, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute.

BP test for 'static kill' in Gulf could take place Tuesday

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:01 PM PDT

A crucial test -- meant to determine whether an effort to seal the ruptured BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico could proceed -- will likely take place Tuesday, according to the company.

Tropical depression may strengthen in the Atlantic Ocean

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:40 PM PDT

Tropical Depression Four is expected to strengthen slightly Tuesday as it churns in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Lesser Antilles, the National Hurricane Center said.

Six teens drown in Louisiana river

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:29 PM PDT

Six teens drowned after they waded into unfamiliar waters and fell into a deeper part of the Red River in Shreveport, Louisiana, officials said.

Deadly blast traps seven miners in China

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:31 PM PDT

Nine miners are dead, and seven others are believed trapped after a gas explosion at a coal mine in central China, state-run media reported Tuesday.

11 dead, 4 survivors in Siberian plane crash

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:13 PM PDT

A passenger-plane crashed Monday night near the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia in north-central Russia, killing 11 of the 15 people aboard, a spokeswoman for the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said, citing preliminary information.

China indicates greater currency flexibility

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:06 PM PDT

China appears increasingly set to allow its currency, the yuan, to float more freely against the U.S. dollar, if a recent string of statements from one of its central bankers is any indication.

Lawyer petitions Supreme Court about youngest Gitmo detainee

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:36 PM PDT

The youngest detainee at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility is to be tried next week by a military commission -- with a life sentence as one possible outcome -- and now his lawyer has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to stop it.

UAE defends BlackBerry suspension

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:28 PM PDT

The United Arab Emirates defended its decision to suspend BlackBerry internet service on Monday, with its ambassador in Washington arguing the United States requires the same "regulatory compliance" for national security reasons.

John Lewis, the man who defied Tiananmen officials

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:26 PM PDT

It was February, 1986. In Manila, President Ferdinand Marcos had just rigged an election that almost all independent observers believed had been won by opposition candidate Corazon Aquino. Protests were spreading. The country was in crisis.

Missing 2-year-old boy presumed dead, authorities say

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:17 PM PDT

The case of a missing 2-year-old boy who disappeared from an Arizona campground more than a week ago has turned into a criminal investigation, the Yavapai County sheriff announced Monday.

Mexico says it will sue BP over oil spill in the Gulf

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:08 PM PDT

The Mexican government is planning to make BP and the United States pay for damages and for costs associated with the company's ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, the state news agency Notimex reported Monday.

U.S. drawdown in Iraq proceeding as planned, Obama says

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:54 PM PDT

The Obama administration's planned drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq is proceeding "as promised" and should lead to an end of America's combat mission there by the end of August, President Barack Obama said Monday.

FBI highlights similarities between al Qaeda, cartels

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:40 PM PDT

An FBI webpage quoted an agent calling Mexico's drug cartels more violent than al Qaeda -- a comment sure to grab attention, but which doesn't tell the whole story, the agency said.

UAE to suspend internet-based BlackBerry services in October

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:30 PM PDT

The United Arab Emirates has decided to ban the web operations of more than half a million BlackBerry users until security issues can be hashed out, the state news agency reported.

Arpaio's office investigating alleged threat

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:22 PM PDT

The office of a controversial Arizona sheriff is investigating an alleged threat against the lawman it says came in the form of a text message from a throwaway cell phone in Mexico, a spokeswoman said Monday.

Charlie Sheen to serve Aspen 'jail' term in Malibu rehab

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:20 PM PDT

Charlie Sheen's plea deal to resolve felony domestic violence charges in Aspen, Colorado, will allow the actor to serve his jail term at a Malibu, California, rehab center, his lawyer said Monday.

BP delays test for 'static kill' maneuver in Gulf

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:04 PM PDT

A crucial test -- meant to determine whether an effort to seal the ruptured BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico could proceed -- has been delayed because of a small leak, the company said Monday.
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