Saturday, September 25, 2010

Memoir destroyed to protect state secrets, Pentagon says

Memoir destroyed to protect state secrets, Pentagon says


Memoir destroyed to protect state secrets, Pentagon says

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 03:27 PM PDT

The Department of Defense recently purchased and destroyed thousands of copies of an Army Reserve officer's memoir in an effort to safeguard state secrets, a spokeswoman said Saturday.

Rescue capsule arrives at Chile mine

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 03:25 PM PDT

Rescuers are dubbing the cage that will be used to haul 33 trapped miners back to the surface the "Phoenix Capsule" and say they will take delivery of the first one Saturday afternoon.

Knives, guns drawn at LA party; 1 dead

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 06:58 PM PDT

Knives, guns and bottles were drawn during a fight after a party early Saturday east of downtown Los Angeles, California, resulting in one death and 10 injuries, police said. No one is in custody, police said.

5 shot at off-campus party in N.J.

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:02 PM PDT

Five people at an off-campus party in New Jersey were wounded in a shooting early Saturday, police said.

State secrets cited in bid to halt lawsuit

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 10:13 AM PDT

The Obama administration has invoked the state secret privilege in seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed to prevent the U.S. from targeting a Yemeni-American cleric and militant for assassination.

Yemen distorting battle with al Qaeda?

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:27 PM PDT

Yemeni security forces have driven out al Qaeda elements who infiltrated the town of Hawta in southern Shabwa province, the state-run news agency reported.

Airliner forced to land after bomb call

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 01:43 PM PDT

A plane carrying 273 people was flying from Canada to Pakistan when it was forced to land. A caller told authorities a passenger had explosives with him.

Lohan out of jail after posting bail

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 02:55 AM PDT

Actress Lindsay Lohan posted $300,000 bail and was released from jail late Friday, authorities said. Earlier, a judge ordered the actress back to jail following a failed drug test, but that decision was later overturned.

Air Force ordered to reinstate gay nurse

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:46 PM PDT

A federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of an openly lesbian former Air Force major who was dismissed from the military under the government's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

Sudden storm kills 5 in Haiti

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:29 PM PDT

An short but severe storm with high winds and heavy rain has killed five people in Haiti's earthquake devastated capital, the United Nations said.

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