Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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Judge to rule on WikiLeaks founder Assange's extradition

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:46 PM PST

A judge in Britain is expected to rule Thursday on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden.

Wisconsin governor: No 'trick' discussed in prank call

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:14 PM PST

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday confirmed that he had been duped by a prank call from a liberal online newspaper editor posing as a billionaire conservative activist.

India makes high-profile arrests in Commonwealth Games scandal

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:13 PM PST

India's federal police have arrested two most senior officials involved in organizing last year's troubled Commonwealth Games in New Delhi for suspected corruption.

Christchurch quake toll rises as house-to-house searches continue

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:55 PM PST

At least 98 people have been killed by the earthquake in New Zealand and the death toll could rise, Prime Minister John Key said Thursday, as hundreds remain missing -- among them, nearly 30 Japanese students.

Countries scramble to get citizens out of Libya

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:47 PM PST

Governments around the world are making a run to get their citizens out of volatile Libya. Here is a country-by-country breakdown:

Vocational school teacher shot by student in Los Angeles

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:43 PM PST

Following an argument at a California vocational school, a student returned to the classroom armed with a gun and fatally shot a teacher Wednesday, police said.

Al Qaeda's North African wing says it backs Libya uprising

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:30 PM PST

Al Qaeda's North African wing has said "it will do whatever we can to help" the uprising in Libya, according to a statement the militant group posted on jihadist websites

Obama condemns Libyan violence, calls for international response

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:00 PM PST

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States strongly condemns the use of violence on protesters in Libya and said a unified international response was forming.

South Korea trying to get almost 1,400 workers out of Libya

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:44 PM PST

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak held a special meeting Thursday morning to discuss an urgent plan to evacuate South Korean construction workers in Libya. There are 1,398 South Koreans in the country working on almost 300 building sites.

Suspects in U.S. agent's shooting arrested

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 07:54 PM PST

Mexican officials announced Wednesday that they have arrested the presumed leader of a group of killers involved in this month's shooting death -- apparently carried out by mistake -- of a U.S. immigration agent in Mexico.

Clinton: Iran crackdown has killed protesters, abused human rights

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 07:34 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday accused Iran of a repressive crackdown on protesters and political opponents in the past 10 days, including the killing of peaceful demonstrators by security forces.

Jailed polygamist retakes control of church

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 07:25 PM PST

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is once again running the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- this time from a jail cell, sources tell CNN.

Budget battles stretch across U.S.

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 07:15 PM PST

Legislatures from New Jersey to California are struggling to tackle yawning deficits, longstanding pension obligations and health benefits and some broader questions about how unionized labor will fit into America's evolving political landscape.

Anonymous vows to take leaking to the next level

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 07:01 PM PST

WikiLeaks could have one foot in the online grave.

Indiana state prosecutor fired over remarks about Wisconsin protests

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:57 PM PST

An Indiana deputy attorney general lost his job Wednesday after commenting online that authorities should use "live ammunition" to run off the throngs of protesters railing over union collective bargaining rights two states away in Wisconsin.

Top Marine official cleared of misconduct

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:56 PM PST

Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation by the Pentagon inspector general in connection with an incident involving a female officer on his staff.

Indian rally raises pressure on Singh

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:55 PM PST

Read full story for latest details.

Lions rescued in Bolivia have new home on plains of Colorado

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:53 PM PST

Two dozen lions rescued from harrowing conditions at circuses in Bolivia have a new home in Colorado, where they will live outside of cages and roar at the distant Rocky Mountains.

Baltimore police officers arrested in repair shop extortion scheme

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:51 PM PST

Seventeen Baltimore police officers are accused of receiving $300 for each vehicle they steered to a repair shop not authorized to tow vehicles from accident scenes, authorities said Wednesday.

CNN Exclusive: NASA chief looks to commercial crafts for space station

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:39 PM PST

The space shuttle program should have come to an end a long time ago, NASA administrator Charles Bolden told CNN in an exclusive interview Wednesday.
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