Thursday, April 21, 2011

17 states: Stop making 'binge-in-a-can'

17 states: Stop making 'binge-in-a-can'


17 states: Stop making 'binge-in-a-can'

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 07:24 PM PDT

Seventeen state attorneys general are urging Pabst Brewing Co. to stop marketing to young drinkers and halt production of a new malt beverage promoted by rapper Snoop Dog.

Ensign says he'll quit Senate

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 05:04 PM PDT

Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, who is under an ethics investigation by the Senate, announced Thursday that he will resign his seat on May 3.

Gates: U.S. to use armed drones in Libya

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 04:17 PM PDT

President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed Predator drones in Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.

Explosions, planes heard in Tripoli

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 06:19 PM PDT

Libyan rebels have seized control of a key border crossing into Tunisia, a spokesman for an opposition group says.

Gas price outcry gets government's ear

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 03:16 PM PDT

Prodded by growing public frustration over rising gasoline prices, the Justice Department has created a fraud unit to ensure consumers are not victims of price gouging.

Honor student's body found, dad says

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 06:30 PM PDT

The body of a 17-year-old honor student from North Carolina -- missing since December -- has been found in a Maryland river, her father said Thursday.

Casey Anthony jury can consider stain

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 05:42 PM PDT

A Florida judge ruled Thursday that the jury in the upcoming trial of Casey Anthony can consider a stain found in the trunk of the woman's car -- where, prosecutors allege, she stashed her dead 2-year-old daughter.

'Baby Joseph' home, breathing on own

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 12:37 PM PDT

Joseph Maraachli, the infant whose family refused to accept a recommendation by a Canadian hospital to remove the boy's breathing tube and allow him to die, is now breathing on his own without the aid of a mechanical ventilator.

Borger: Is Trump bankrupting GOP?

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 01:28 PM PDT

At this stage in a presidential campaign, there's always someone (and sometimes it's more than one) who flirts with running and thinks a few things, as in: Why not me? (I'm smarter than the rest of those clowns!) What's the worst that could happen? (I'll be in demand on the lecture circuit!) My fill in the blank (book, TV show) will be assured of take your pick (readers, ratings) and I will be rich.

NY Times: 100,000 digital subscribers

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 04:42 PM PDT

Internet activists, perhaps today's new generation of hippies, often chant the mantra that "information wants to be free."

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