Thursday, December 30, 2010

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CNN.com Recently Published/Updated


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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