Friday, July 22, 2011

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Survivor: Gunman screams 'going to kill you all' during rampage

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:33 PM PDT

A young man who survived a gunman's two-hour rampage on Norway's Utoya Island that left 80 people dead says he is alive because he played dead, grabbing on to bodies around him.

FAA funding ends; almost 4,000 at FAA may be furloughed

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 09:49 PM PDT

Almost 4,000 Federal Aviation Administration workers are facing furloughs after Congress adjourned Friday without passing a measure to reauthorize the agency's funding, according to the Transportation Department. A $2.5 billion program providing grants for airport construction projects also will shut down, and thousands of construction jobs could be jeopardized.

Norwegian islander ferries children to safety

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 09:28 PM PDT

On Friday afternoon, Kasper Ilaug was inside his summer house, a cabin on Norway's Storoya Island, watching the Tour de France when the television broadcast was interrupted by a news flash -- a bomb had exploded in nearby Oslo.

Debt talks between Obama, House Speaker Boehner collapse

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 08:31 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner walked away from debt talks with President Barack Obama's administration Friday, raising the stakes in the country's ongoing effort to stave off national default.

Police: At least 87 dead in mass shooting, bombing in Norway

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 08:26 PM PDT

At least 80 people are dead as a result of a rampage Friday on a Norwegian island, police said, an attack that came shortly after an explosion killed seven others in the Scandinavian nation's capital.

NYC beachgoers told to stay out of water after raw sewage spill

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 07:56 PM PDT

Beachgoers are being warned to stay out of the water this weekend at four popular beaches around New York City after raw sewage from a Manhattan plant spilled into the Hudson River, authorities said.

3 more detained in beating of Giants fan outside Dodgers Stadium

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 07:44 PM PDT

Los Angeles authorities said Friday that they had arrested three people for an attack this spring outside Dodgers Stadium, adding that the man they'd arrested exactly two months ago and described as the "primary aggressor" was not responsible.

Bankruptcy judge rejects L.A. Dodgers' refinancing plan

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 07:23 PM PDT

The embattled Los Angeles Dodgers' ownership suffered a major setback on Friday, when a Delaware judge rejected the baseball team's $150 million refinancing plan.

Norway attack teaches lessons on terrorism

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 07:16 PM PDT

Terror came home to Norway on Friday. A bomb was detonated near the prime minister's office in Oslo and a gunman attacked a political youth camp on the island of Utoya. In the end, at least 87 people were killed, a nation was traumatized, and the world was again riveted by a terrorist attack experienced indirectly, but in real time, on television news reports and in 140 character bits via Twitter.

Shanghai's best hole-in-the-wall sushi restaurant

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 07:10 PM PDT

"I don't even know who the 'Blues Brothers' are," confesses Sheng Sushi manager Elwood Zhang. "A lot of Americans come in and ask if we like that movie. I've never seen it."

15 castaways on remote Pacific island thought safe

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 06:59 PM PDT

Fifteen castaways marooned on an uninhabited island that's but a small dot in the Pacific Ocean are believed to be safe and in good health, a U.S. Coast Guard official said Saturday.

Gorgeous Greek islands

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 06:50 PM PDT

In 60 days, gays will be allowed to serve openly in the military

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 06:48 PM PDT

A 60-day countdown to the end of the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the U.S. military has begun, President Barack Obama announced Friday.

USS Carl Vinson takes new role: basketball arena

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 06:18 PM PDT

The U.S. aircraft carrier that launched the first attacks against al Qaeda and the Taliban after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States will be the site of another first, as it hosts the opening game of the 2011 NCAA college basketball season.

Extreme heat settles over portions of East Coast

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 06:13 PM PDT

With this summer's heat already blamed for at least 22 deaths, the recent heat wave continues to claim victims as it settles over portions of the East Coast this weekend.

Double Rainbow guy running for president via Facebook

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:57 PM PDT

Paul Vasquez is better known to the Internet as the "Double Rainbow Guy." He lives in a mobile home just outside of Yosemite National Park, tinkers in organic farming and alternative energy, and is famous for his exuberant appreciation of nature's post-rain light display.

Blast witness: 'The explosion was immense'

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT

The scene after a bomb exploded in the center of Oslo on Friday reminded New Yorker Ian Dutton of what he witnessed after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States.

Anti-tax leader sides with Obama on raising debt ceiling beyond 2012

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 04:26 PM PDT

The head of a conservative group that has backed a high-profile pledge to oppose any tax increase told CNN on Friday that he would support effectively lifting the debt ceiling through the 2012 presidential election.

Ohio serial killer found guilty in kidnappings, murders of 11 women

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 03:37 PM PDT

An Ohio jury Friday found Anthony Sowell guilty in connection with the kidnapping, abuse of corpses and aggravated murder of 11 women around Cleveland between 2007 and 2009.

Defense secretary tells enemies 'we will not back down'

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 03:36 PM PDT

Three weeks into the job, new Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was like a high-tech weapons systems Friday, firing off messages in all directions.

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