Monday, August 22, 2011

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Hearing set after DA seeks to drop case against Strauss-Kahn

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 10:43 PM PDT

A status hearing is scheduled for Tuesday in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case, a day after a New York district attorney said charges should be dropped against the former International Monetary Fund chief.

7th person dies after Indiana State Fair collapse

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 10:14 PM PDT

A 24-year-old woman who was injured in a stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair this month has died, authorities said Tuesday.

Officials hope to contain California wildfire that burns 350 acres

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 10:06 PM PDT

Officials expect to contain a wildfire in San Bernadino County, California, by Tuesday night if conditions remain favorable.

Police: Infant may have been thrown from hospital parking garage

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 09:27 PM PDT

A three-month-old baby fell from a parking garage at a children's hospital in Southern California Monday night -- and police are trying to determine if the infant was thrown.

Suspected drone strike kills 4 in northwest Pakistan, officials say

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 08:48 PM PDT

A suspected U.S. drone strike killed four suspected militants in northwestern Pakistan on Monday night, Pakistani intelligence officials told CNN.

2 Somali pirates sentenced to life in killing of U.S. citizens

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 08:17 PM PDT

Two Somali pirates involved in a botched effort to obtain ransom that ended with the murders of four U.S. citizens were sentenced to life in prison Monday.

Gadhafi will not admit defeat, says former Libyan PM

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 08:15 PM PDT

Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is unlikely to give in without a fight, despite rebels storming large areas of Tripoli in recent days, the country's ex-Prime Minister says.

Nickolas Ashford of Motown duo Ashford and Simpson dies

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 08:13 PM PDT

Nickolas Ashford, one-half of the successful Motown singer-songwriter duo of Ashford and Simpson, died Monday afternoon, his longtime former publicist said.

U.S., NATO concerned about Libya's stockpile of weapons

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 08:02 PM PDT

The U.S. and NATO have been quietly talking to National Transitional Council officials for the last several weeks about securing Libya's remaining stockpiles of mustard gas and other weapons material in the event the Gadhafi regime fell, U.S. officials confirm. Topping the list of worries is Libya's stockpile of mustard gas.

California wildfire burns 300 acres, causes interstate traffic backup

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 08:00 PM PDT

A wildfire in San Bernadino County, California, scorched some 300 acres and burned at least one home in a matter of hours Monday, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

2 rockets land in Israel despite truce

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 07:43 PM PDT

A tentative cease-fire between the different militant factions in Gaza and Israel remained in place Monday, though two rockets fired from Gaza exploded in southern Israel on Monday evening.

Transition from autocratic rule in Libya a challenge

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 06:59 PM PDT

Libya's transition from autocratic to democratic rule will be a delicate one that will not occur overnight, observers told CNN Monday as rebel forces appeared to solidify their hold on Tripoli.

Protests lead to temporary closings of Bay Area train stations

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 06:50 PM PDT

Police alternately closed and reopened commuter train stations in downtown San Francisco Monday after demonstrators gathered to protest recent shootings by the train system's police officers.

Emerging leaders in Libya

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 06:35 PM PDT

Who is Saif al-Islam Gadhafi?

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 06:31 PM PDT

Back in February, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi -- the second-oldest son of longtime Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi -- told CNN Turk his family had no intention to ever leave Libya.

3 siblings caught after chase face dozens of charges in Colorado

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 06:20 PM PDT

Three siblings caught after allegedly firing at Colorado police during a high-speed chase appeared in court Monday, facing a ballooning list of charges against them.

Lockerbie victim's brother: Finally, Gadhafi's reckoning

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 06:10 PM PDT

As we watch what could well be the fall of one of history's most murderous dictators, Moammar Gadhafi, unfolding, I am overwhelmed by a range of emotions. Like many of us, I feel like a sports fan cheering the rebels to victory. But I also feel a deep, visceral, personal (and morally suspect, I must admit) sense of revenge and schadenfreude.

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