| Statutory rape case dismissed after alleged victim commits suicide Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:58 PM PST A statutory rape charge against an 18-year-old Michigan man who had sex with a 14-year-old girl has been dropped after the girl committed suicide, according to the Wayne County, Michigan, prosecutor's office.  |
| Blast rips police facility in Karachi; 15 dead, police say Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:56 PM PST At least 15 people died and more than 100 were injured in a suicide car bomb attack on a police facility in the Pakistani city of Karachi, police said Thursday.  |
| Ban Ki-moon: 'G-20 nations must keep their promise' Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:53 PM PST U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in his hometown of Seoul for the G-20 summit and is calling on nations to not forget about the real reasons why they have gathered in the Korean capital.  |
| Crash kills 2 South Korean pilots Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:50 PM PST Two South Korean pilots were killed Friday when their surveillance plane crashed into a mountain in central South Korea, the Ministry of National Defense said.  |
| Twin Tale: Rising China, Japan's setting sun Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:46 PM PST Genetically, Toshiko and Fukuko Kubo are identical twins. The 30-year-old sisters are physically indistinguishable, from their height to their walk -- even the way they both break into a wide smile.  |
| Sarah Palin e-mail hacker seeks probation Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:42 PM PST The man convicted of hacking former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mail account is asking a federal judge to sentence him to probation. But federal prosecutors are pushing for him to get at least 18 months in prison.  |
| Police: New evidence found in case of missing North Carolina girl Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:42 PM PST Authorities investigating the disappearance of a 10-year-old North Carolina girl have recovered "evidence that could provide valuable information" in the case, police said Thursday.  |
| Russian carmaker seals F1 deal with Virgin Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:41 PM PST Russian carmaker Marussia Motors has bought a significant shareholding in the Formula One team Virgin Racing, meaning the team will be renamed "Marussia Virgin Racing" for the 2011 season.  |
| 'Garfield' creator apologizes for ill-timed Veterans Day comic strip Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:38 PM PST Jim Davis, the creator of the widely-syndicated "Garfield" comic has issued an apology for an ill-timed strip that ran on Veterans Day.  |
| Finding harmony in South Korea Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:37 PM PST The gayageum is probably the best known of South Korea's traditional musical instruments.  |
| Chinese city weighs one-dog policy Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:34 PM PST Thirty years after Chinese officials instituted the country's controversial one-child population control policy, lawmakers in one of China's largest cities are weighing a one-dog policy for pet owners.  |
| Michael Jackson duets with Akon, 50 Cent, Lenny Kravitz on next album Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:32 PM PST A Michael Jackson duet with Akon recorded in 2007 will be released Monday morning as the first official single from the late pop star's next album, Epic Records announced Friday.  |
| 'Pedophile's Guide' pulled from Amazon.com Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:21 PM PST "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover's Code of Conduct" was pulled from Amazon.com, a spokesman confirmed Thursday, after thousands of users posted angry comments and threats to boycott the site.  |
| Will Bush reveal anything new in latest interview? Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:58 PM PST Who wouldn't take a company-paid trip to Florida in November? So I'm going but, no beach involved.  |
| Official: Myanmar to release Suu Kyi, timing is undecided Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:57 PM PST Myanmar's military junta plans to release political activist Aung San Suu Kyi, but the timing is undecided, an official with the country's ministry of information said Friday.  |
| Police: Man kills himself during live Internet broadcast Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:51 PM PST A 24-year-old man committed suicide live on the Internet, Japanese police said Friday.  |
| China at No. 1 -- already Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:50 PM PST As this interactive from CNNMoney shows, the U.S. is still by far the world's largest economy, despite the Great Recession and tepid recovery.  |
| All but 1 of 50 survive plane crash in Darfur region of Sudan Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:40 PM PST A plane crashed while attempting to land in Darfur, western Sudan, killing at least one woman though most passengers walked away with minor or no injuries, according to a local government official.  |
| Boys allegedly abducted by fathers return home to California Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:14 PM PST Three boys were reunited with their mothers Wednesday in California, more than two years after they were allegedly kidnapped by their fathers and taken into hiding in Europe, the FBI said.  |
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