Sunday, October 24, 2010

Hurricane Richard makes landfall in Belize

Hurricane Richard makes landfall in Belize


Hurricane Richard makes landfall in Belize

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 06:31 PM PDT

Hurricane Richard, a Category 1 storm, made landfall in Belize Sunday night, according to CNN Meteorologist Jacqui Jeras. The storm could produce life-threatening flash floods and mudslides.

Tornadoes reported in Texas

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 07:57 PM PDT

Possible tornadoes in northeast Texas damaged homes, blew over cars and knocked down trees Sunday night, the National Weather Service reported.

Haitian hospital inundated by sick

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 01:16 PM PDT

Patients arrive at the front gates of St. Nicholas Hospital in Saint-Marc, Haiti, hunched over and groaning, only to be greeted by chaos and confusion. But Haiti's health minister says the cholera outbreak is stabilizing.

Fired NPR analyst slams company

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Fired NPR news analyst Juan Williams slammed his former employer Sunday, saying it had engaged in "character assassination" against him and calling comments from the company's president about him "despicable."

Fatigue cited in swimmer's death

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 04:37 PM PDT

Preliminary tests indicate that Fran Crippen of the U.S. swimming team had a fatal heart attack during an open-water race in the United Arab Emirates, an official says.

Security thwarts bomb attack Yemen

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 03:24 PM PDT

Yemeni security forces have thwarted a plan to bomb a sports stadium in the southern city of Aden, scheduled to host the Gulf Cup soccer tournament next month, officials said Sunday.

Protests over Italian landfill injure 6

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 01:42 PM PDT

The Italian government said it would halt the construction of a controversial landfill near Naples, but the assurance was not enough for protesters who clashed with police Saturday night, injuring six police officers.

14 dead in Mexican border shooting

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 04:31 AM PDT

The death toll from a shooting at a house party in the violence-plagued Mexican border city of Juarez has climbed to 14, state media reported Sunday.

YouTube asked to pull militant's videos

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:10 PM PDT

A New York congressman sent a letter to the chief executive of YouTube Sunday, asking that the company remove all videos featuring Anwar al-Awlaki -- a man the congressman called the "bin-Laden of the Internet."

Man electrocuted in botched wire theft

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:45 AM PDT

One man was electrocuted and his female partner was severely burned after the couple attempted to steal copper wire from a vacant property in southern California, police said.

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