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Panel: Olympus management 'rotten to the core'
Blagojevich to address court in 2nd day of sentencing phase
Nation pauses to remember Pearl Harbor
Chilean Communists call for Neruda's exhumation
Attack on shrine signals new nexus of Afghan strife
Karzai cancels UK trip after attacks
Vote may mark beginning of the end for Putin
250 Putin protesters, Russian opposition leader arrested at rallies
Clinton cites 'serious concerns' about Russian election
China's police join the microblogging masses
1-year-old among dead in apparent murder-suicide in N.J.
Michigan mayor apologizes for anti-gay Facebook post
Hinckley's sister testifies in support of allowing him expanded outpatient time
Georgia girl, 7, died of head trauma, stabbing, investigators say
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Take Back the Capitol protests at lawmakers' offices
World's longest recycled bridge spans Scottish river
Police search for missing 2-year-old girl in Detroit
Facing up to 20 years, Blagojevich asks for mercy
Why Obama is listening to Teddy Roosevelt for 2012

Panel: Olympus management 'rotten to the core'

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:14 PM PST

The scandal-hit Olympus Corp. will appoint a board to decide whether the Japanese company should take legal action against executives who helped hide $1.7 billion in losses, the company president said Wednesday.

Blagojevich to address court in 2nd day of sentencing phase

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:10 PM PST

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected to address the court Wednesday in the second day of his sentencing phase.

Nation pauses to remember Pearl Harbor

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:42 PM PST

Survivors of the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will remember the 2,400 people who lost their lives 70 years ago Wednesday.

Chilean Communists call for Neruda's exhumation

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:20 PM PST

Chile's Communist Party said it wants authorities to exhume poet Pablo Neruda's body as part of an investigation into his 1973 death.

Attack on shrine signals new nexus of Afghan strife

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 09:39 PM PST

The deadly attack in Kabul on Shi'ite worshippers celebrating the feast of Ashura adds one more layer to the country's overlapping security crises. And they evoke violent sectarian rivalries in Iraq and Pakistan, where animosity between Sunni and Shia runs deep. Afghanistan has its own cultural rifts -- between ethnic Pashtun and Tajik, for example -- but it's rare to see such an explosion of religiously motivated violence.

Karzai cancels UK trip after attacks

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 09:24 PM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has canceled a visit to the UK to return home following Tuesday's deadly blasts in the capital, Kabul, and in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif.

Vote may mark beginning of the end for Putin

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 08:54 PM PST

Identifying the moment when a political regime begins to decompose is as difficult as dating the onset of a recession. But in histories of the decline of the order built by Vladimir Putin in Russia, last Sunday's parliamentary election is bound to feature prominently.

250 Putin protesters, Russian opposition leader arrested at rallies

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 08:54 PM PST

Police arrested at least 250 protesters and an opposition leader in Russia's capital Tuesday in a second day of demonstrations against parliamentary election results.

Clinton cites 'serious concerns' about Russian election

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 08:44 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for a "full investigation" of irregularities in Sunday's parliamentary elections in which the party of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appears to have suffered a serious setback.

China's police join the microblogging masses

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 08:00 PM PST

China's police have long played a game of cat and mouse with China's millions of microbloggers, plowing through terabytes of celebrity gossip and other electronic drivel to drill down to anything that may constitute an anti-state opinion.

1-year-old among dead in apparent murder-suicide in N.J.

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 07:44 PM PST

Authorities in Bayonne, New Jersey, are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that left four people dead, including a 1-year-old boy, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Michigan mayor apologizes for anti-gay Facebook post

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 07:15 PM PST

A Michigan mayor has apologized for anti-gay comments she apparently posted on Facebook over the summer.

Hinckley's sister testifies in support of allowing him expanded outpatient time

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 07:00 PM PST

The sister of presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. testified Tuesday that she has seen no sign that her brother represents a danger to himself or others.

Georgia girl, 7, died of head trauma, stabbing, investigators say

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 06:58 PM PST

A 7-year-old girl whose body was found in a trash bin outside her Georgia apartment building died of blunt force trauma to the head, was stabbed and had been sexually assaulted, authorities said Tuesday.

Daily Snapshot

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 06:56 PM PST

Take Back the Capitol protests at lawmakers' offices

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 06:53 PM PST

Dozens of protesters staged sit-ins in front of lawmakers' offices Tuesday and several hundred more camped out on the National Mall as part of a new movement calling itself Take Back the Capitol.

World's longest recycled bridge spans Scottish river

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 06:51 PM PST

Stretching out across the peaceful waters of the River Tweed in Peeblesshire, Scotland, the Dawyck Estate river crossing is an unlikely record breaker.

Police search for missing 2-year-old girl in Detroit

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 06:30 PM PST

Police on Tuesday scoured the area in Detroit where Bianca Jones was last reported seen, searching for any signs of the missing 2-year-old girl.

Facing up to 20 years, Blagojevich asks for mercy

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 06:21 PM PST

Attorneys for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who faces up to 20 years in prison for corruption, said Tuesday the possible penalty is excessive and asked the judge to show mercy.