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Report calls for sharply reducing juvenile incarceration
Jury selection to begin in 'underwear bomber' trial
Egyptian parties split on agreement with military council
Nobel committee to announce prize in physics
13 killed when gunmen open fire on bus in Pakistan
Is Macedonia's capital being turned into a theme park?
Hang 10 for a letter -- Hawaii likely to OK surfing as high school sport
International criminal court to probe war crimes in Ivory Coast
Hotmail wants to be hip again
NYC mayor testifies in trial of political operative
Security Council may vote on Syria resolution
Rapper Tone Loc pleads no contest to domestic violence charge
'Monday Night Football' intro pulled after Hank Williams Jr. comments
Occupying Wall Street, demanding accountability
Decrying partisanship, Panetta says U.S. military 'cannot tolerate' sweeping cuts
Investors seek protection from extremes
Eurozone problems hit U.S. bank shares
Gloom prevails in manufacturing surveys
Amanda Knox freed, but truth about student's slaying elusive

Report calls for sharply reducing juvenile incarceration

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:19 PM PDT

Locking juvenile offenders behind bars is costly and largely ineffective, according to a report released Tuesday by an advocacy group that favors alternatives to youth detention.

Jury selection to begin in 'underwear bomber' trial

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:18 PM PDT

Jury selection begins Tuesday in the trial of a Nigerian man accused of trying to detonate an explosive device in his underwear aboard a Christmas 2009 flight to Detroit.

Egyptian parties split on agreement with military council

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:15 PM PDT

The Egyptian cabinet is scheduled to meet Tuesday to discuss an agreement between political groups and the ruling military council on election policies, the status of the country's unpopular emergency law and other issues.

Nobel committee to announce prize in physics

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:02 PM PDT

The Nobel Prize in Physics will be announced Tuesday in Stockholm, Sweden -- the second of six Nobel prizes to be announced this month.

13 killed when gunmen open fire on bus in Pakistan

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:58 PM PDT

Thirteen people were killed when gunmen ambushed a passenger bus outside of Quetta, the capital of the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, local police said.

Is Macedonia's capital being turned into a theme park?

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:07 PM PDT

When Macedonia celebrated the 20th anniversary of its independence from the former Yugoslavia last month, it did so in a capital city that has been radically transformed over the past two years.

Hang 10 for a letter -- Hawaii likely to OK surfing as high school sport

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:04 PM PDT

A Hawaiian tradition is about to become recognized as a legitimate high school sport.

International criminal court to probe war crimes in Ivory Coast

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:37 PM PDT

The International Criminal Court on Monday granted the court's chief prosecutor permission to open an investigation into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ivory Coast during months of post-election turmoil last year.

Hotmail wants to be hip again

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:36 PM PDT

Remember when Hotmail was hot?

NYC mayor testifies in trial of political operative

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:18 PM PDT

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg testified Monday in the criminal trial of a political operative charged with stealing up to $1.1 million from personal donations Bloomberg made during his 2009 re-election campaign.

Security Council may vote on Syria resolution

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:14 PM PDT

The U.N. Security Council could vote as soon as Tuesday on a resolution calling on Syria to immediately halt its violent crackdown on opponents who have staged protests against the continued rule of Bashar al-Assad.

Rapper Tone Loc pleads no contest to domestic violence charge

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:08 PM PDT

Rapper Tone Loc pleaded no contest Monday to domestic violence and other charges, about three and a half months after a fight with the mother of his child, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office announced.

'Monday Night Football' intro pulled after Hank Williams Jr. comments

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:00 PM PDT

For the first time in years, "Monday Night Football" viewers did not hear Hank Williams Jr.'s intro "Are You Ready for Some Football?" after ESPN pulled the song from the broadcast following remarks Williams made about President Barack Obama.

Occupying Wall Street, demanding accountability

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:00 PM PDT

Hero Vincent has a dream: to see the titans of Wall Street trade their palatial office suites for a row of dank prison cells.

Decrying partisanship, Panetta says U.S. military 'cannot tolerate' sweeping cuts

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:54 PM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warns that excessive partisanship could well "hollow out" the military, saying "we cannot tolerate" if Congress fails to reach an accord on debt reduction and thereby triggers hundreds of billions of dollars in across-the-board cuts.

Investors seek protection from extremes

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:37 PM PDT

Investors are funnelling more assets to hedge funds that protect them against extreme events amid the European sovereign debt crisis and global economic recession.

Eurozone problems hit U.S. bank shares

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:36 PM PDT

Global equities fell sharply from Hong Kong to New York as Europe's sovereign debt crisis forced Dexia, the Franco-Belgian lender, into emergency talks on options including an effective break-up.

Gloom prevails in manufacturing surveys

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:36 PM PDT

The global manufacturing sector is in the worst shape since the summer of 2009 as slowing economic growth and the deepening eurozone crisis take their toll on the world's factories.