Will 'Billy the Kid' get a pardon 130 years later? Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:58 PM PST The New Mexico governor will announce Friday whether he will pardon the Wild West's legendary outlaw Billy the Kid in the death of a sheriff more than a century ago.  |
Ban 'deeply alarmed' over call for violence Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:55 PM PST U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, distressed over a call to attack the hotel where Ivory Coast's president-elect and U.N. security forces are based, said Thursday that the forces are "authorized to use all necessary means to protect its personnel" and any others at the location.  |
Homeland security chief arrives in Afghanistan Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:48 PM PST Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano arrived in Afghanistan Friday and planned to spend New Year's Eve with U.S. troops in the region.  |
Well-known governors prepare to leave office Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:41 PM PST Beginning Saturday and continuing over the next few weeks, some of the nation's most prominent governors will be leaving office as a new crop of state chief executives are sworn in.  |
New York to welcome 2011 with traditional ball-drop, big crowds Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:26 PM PST Just as it has happened for more than a century as the old year ticks toward history, a large crowd will gather Friday night in New York's Times Square to mark the old and the new with the descent of an iconic ball.  |
Ivory Coast stalemate rooted in years of conflict Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:17 PM PST Edwige Tonete rarely steps out of her house in Abidjan these days. Something bad is looming in her beloved Ivory Coast.  |
South Korea works to contain foot-and-mouth, bird flu Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:50 PM PST South Korea confirmed an outbreak of bird flu Friday as it struggles to contain foot-and-mouth disease, which has rapidly spread across the country.  |
2 dead in strikes on Christian homes in Iraq Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:45 PM PST At least two people were killed, and 14 others were wounded Thursday in a wave of bombings targeting Christian homes in Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said.  |
2011 will be a turning point for U.S. military in Iraq Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:35 PM PST Next year at this time, the United States is to withdraw all of its troops from Iraq, the scheduled end of a turbulent chapter in U.S. and Iraqi military history.  |
John Mellencamp splits with wife Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:32 PM PST John Mellencamp, known for his nostalgic songs about heartland America, is parting ways with wife Elaine, the couple said in a statement Thursday.  |
Ending fuel subsidies cuts Bolivia's losses, president says Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:47 PM PST Bolivian President Evo Morales on Thursday defended his decision to end fuel subsidies, a move that caused gasoline and diesel prices to spike and has led to protests in major cities since it was announced over the weekend.  |
100 vehicles in chain-reaction wreck during North Dakota storm Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:26 PM PST A strong storm system made driving dangerous in the Rockies and the upper Plains and contributed to a pileup involving about 100 vehicles Thursday near Fargo, North Dakota, officials said.  |
Olympic champion Wanjiru charged with death threats Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:25 PM PST Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru has been charged in his native Kenya with death threats to his wife and the illegal possession of an AK47 rifle.  |
UConn streak ends at 90 Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:22 PM PST The University of Connecticut women's team lost to Stanford 71 to 59 on Thursday night, ending its record-setting run for consecutive college basketball wins at 90.  |
Russia's Mikhail Khodorkovsky faces another 6 years in prison Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:46 PM PST A judge in Moscow sentenced Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of Russia's Yukos oil company, and his business partner to 14 years in prison on corruption charges Thursday.  |
Yemen freeing insurgents under peace deal Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:15 PM PST Yemen is releasing hundreds of jailed insurgents after the president's directive to free 500 detainees, the country's embassy in Washington announced Thursday.  |
Ford, Chrysler recalling thousands of vehicles Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:06 PM PST Ford Motor Co. is recalling 19,600 2011 model year trucks and crossover SUVs over concerns that an electrical short could cause a fire, the manufacturer said Thursday.  |
Feeling blue within China's red-hot economy Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:43 PM PST Can money buy happiness? Apparently, not for millions of Chinese, including those who have prospered economically during the past three decades.  |
Police vow to beef up security after attacks in northern Mexico Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:26 PM PST A day after attacks on two police stations that resulted in the deaths of four police officers in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, a police spokesman vowed Thursday that security will be beefed up in the municipalities and strategies to fight organized crime will be reconsidered.  |
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