Helicopter crashes in New York's East River

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• Helicopter crashes in New York's East River
• South Africa denies visa to Dalai Lama; worse than Aparthied says Desmond Tutu
• Apple iPhone 4S officially announced
• Truck bomb in Somalia kills 70 including children and parents
• After bear entered his home, he needed 70 stitches
• Perlmutter, Schmidt, Riess win Nobel physics prize
• Pak judge who convicts Taseer's killer goes on leave
• Obama believes he is underdog for 2012 presidential elections

Helicopter crashes in New York's East River Posted: 05 Oct 2011 02:39 AM PDT A helicopter crashed into the East River off Manhattan on Tuesday, New York police said, with one person still missing. A police officer at the scene told AFP that three passengers and the pilot had been rescued after the crash into the swirling river. One more person was still unaccounted for.

South Africa denies visa to Dalai Lama; worse than Aparthied says Desmond Tutu Posted: 05 Oct 2011 01:14 AM PDT Calling it "worse than the apartheid" regime, an angry Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Tuesday lambasted the South African government over its failure to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama, and warned it to "watch out". Tutu's outburst came after the Tibetan spiritual leader cancelled his visit to South Africa to receive an international award named after Mahatma Gandhi.

Apple iPhone 4S officially announced Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:42 PM PDT Apple has finally announced the highly anticipated successor to their iPhone 4. The latest iteration of the smartphone will be called the iPhone 4S.

Truck bomb in Somalia kills 70 including children and parents Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:54 AM PDT Islamist militants detonated a truck bomb on Tuesday in front of the education ministry in Somalia's capital, killing at least 70 people and wounding dozens, a rescue official said. Among the dead were students and parents.

After bear entered his home, he needed 70 stitches Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:41 AM PDT A man attacked by a bear inside his central Pennsylvania home says it took 70 stitches and staples to close the gaping wound on the back of his head.

Perlmutter, Schmidt, Riess win Nobel physics prize Posted: 04 Oct 2011 08:49 AM PDT Three U.S.-born scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for a study of exploding stars that discovered that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said American Saul Perlmutter would share the 10 million kronor ($1.5 million) award with U.S.-Australian Brian Schmidt and U.S. scientist Adam Riess "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae."

Pak judge who convicts Taseer's killer goes on leave Posted: 04 Oct 2011 08:06 AM PDT The Pakistani judge who passed the death sentence on the assassin of Governor Salmaan Taseer today went on an indefinite leave, a day after his courtroom was attacked by lawyers and hardline Islamic groups warned the government against implementing the verdict.

Obama believes he is underdog for 2012 presidential elections Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:04 AM PDT President Barack Obama said Monday that Americans aren't better off than they were four years ago as the struggling economy and high unemployment have taken a toll. Looking ahead to next year's election, the incumbent called himself the underdog in the 2012 presidential campaign though he said he doesn't mind the label. The Democrat said it's a role that he is used to.

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