Friday, December 2, 2011

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Mindy McCready's son found in Arkansas

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 10:32 PM PST

Country music singer Mindy McCready was hiding in the closet with her son when authorities took the 5-year-old boy into their custody in Arkansas, officials said early Saturday.

Iran's diplomats arrive home after tiff with Britain

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:44 PM PST

Twenty-five diplomats and embassy employees arrived in Tehran Saturday morning after Iran was ordered to close its embassy in London, according to IRNA, the country's official news agency.

U.S. Defense Secretary urges Israel to get back to the table

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:42 PM PST

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta urged Israel to get to the "damn table" in peace talks with the Palestinians, an unusually blunt comment that inserts him into the Middle East peace process.

Dr. Conrad Murray files appeal notice

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:13 PM PST

Dr. Conrad Murray filed notice Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court that he will appeal his conviction last month of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson.

Zander McCready found safe in Arkansas

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:13 PM PST

The 5-year-old son of country music singer Mindy McCready has been recovered and is in good health in the custody of officials in Arkansas, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Children and Families told CNN Friday.

George McGovern taken to South Dakota hospital after fall

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:13 PM PST

Liberal Democratic icon George McGovern was taken to a South Dakota hospital after falling Friday night at a nearby university, a library staff member told CNN.

Penn State finalizes dismissals of Paterno and Spanier

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:02 PM PST

Penn State University officially dismissed longtime football coach Joe Paterno and President Graham Spanier on Friday, reaffirming a decision made after a child sex abuse scandal surfaced involving a former assistant football coach.

Student with HIV sues private residential school for denied admission

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:02 PM PST

A 13-year-old Pennsylvania boy is suing a private residential school for discrimination after it refused to admit him because he has HIV, his attorneys said.

Justice Department sends Congress 1,400 pages on 'Fast and Furious'

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 07:59 PM PST

An intense struggle among several senior Justice Department officials was revealed Friday as internal documents on the gun-running Operation Fast and Furious were released by the department.

Activist: Blood can run, but Syrian people won't back down

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 07:33 PM PST

When Catherine al-Talli was 13 years old, a group of strangers came knocking at her family's home in Syria. It was 1992.

Pew study: Not many would benefit from Gingrich's 'path to legality'

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:56 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich recently declared his support for a "path to legality" for undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S. for longer terms, have paid taxes and have strong family and community ties.

Lawyer: FAMU administrators turned 'blind eye' to hazing reports

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:52 PM PST

An attorney for the family of a Florida A&M University drum major who died suddenly last month accused the school of "turning a blind eye" to reports of hazing.

'Deliverance' actor Bill McKinney dies at 80

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:47 PM PST

Character actor Bill McKinney, who appeared in the brutal "squeal like a pig" rape scene in the 1972 movie "Deliverance," has died of cancer at age 80, his family announced.

Egypt's election results expected Saturday

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:43 PM PST

Results from this week's election in Egypt are expected Saturday, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said.

Biden to meet with top Greek, Turkish officials

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:34 PM PST

On the second day of his planned four-day visit to Turkey and Greece, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden traveled Friday from Ankara to Istanbul, where he is to participate in the Second Global Entrepreneurship Summit, convoked by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

San Francisco Occupiers offered new site after clash with police

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:18 PM PST

San Francisco authorities offered Friday to move Occupy campers to another site, a day after the most recent round of violent clashes left a police officer injured, officials said.

Bishop Eddie Long's wife files for divorce

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:09 PM PST

Vanessa Long, the wife of Georgia televangelist Bishop Eddie Long, is not withdrawing the divorce petition filed Thursday, despite a statement issued through her husband's church indicating that she had reconsidered, her lawyer said Friday.

Tim Cook's first 100 days as Apple CEO

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 04:33 PM PST

World leaders are often measured by what they do in their first 100 days in office. But what about business leaders?

House GOP leaders outline plan for extending payroll tax cut, jobless aid

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 03:50 PM PST

After competing Republican and Democratic proposals to extend the payroll tax cut failed in the Senate on Thursday night, House Republican leaders assembled their own proposal to extend that tax cut aimed at the middle class and wrap other year-end policy proposals into one bill paid for with a series of spending cuts. But they faced opposition from conservative Republicans.

Fighting Ferrer gives Spain commanding lead in Davis Cup final

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 03:26 PM PST

David Ferrer came from behind to win an epic clash with Juan Martin del Potro and give Spain a commanding 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup final against Argentina on Friday.
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