Thursday, December 8, 2011

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Jury deliberations enter fifth day in deadly home invasion case

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 11:13 PM PST

Jurors will continue deliberations on Friday on whether Joshua Komisarjevsky will be put to death for his role in a deadly Connecticut home invasion in 2007.

Prosecutors want prison time for Barry Bonds

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 10:56 PM PST

Federal prosecutors want baseball legend Barry Bonds to serve 15 months in prison for his obstruction of justice conviction, according to a sentencing memo filed in court Thursday.

Eurozone leaders reach new deal without backing of Britain

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 10:33 PM PST

A majority of European leaders agreed early Friday on a new deal to try to resolve the continent's debt crisis, but some countries including Britain refused to back a broader treaty change.

Peru finds new solution to an old problem

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 10:17 PM PST

In the unforgiving dry lands outside Lima a war against the desert is being waged with an unusual weapon. Where for years and years only parched land could be seen, patches of green have now appeared and roses are replacing some of the thorny desert plants.

35 killed in fire in India

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 10:04 PM PST

Thirty-five people were killed after a fire scorched a hospital in eastern India Friday, authorities said.

Samsung wins fight against Apple in Australia

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 09:26 PM PST

Samsung Electronics' tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab, will be available to consumers in Australia in the coming days, after the South Korean electronics giant scored a victory against Apple in a legal battle that had blocked the product from going on sale.

3 killed in Pakistan bomb attack

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 09:19 PM PST

Three soldiers were killed in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Friday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle, police said.

Video from slain Virginia Tech officer's car shows man with gun

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 08:58 PM PST

A video camera mounted inside the police car of a Virginia Tech police officer slain Thursday showed a man with a weapon who appears to be same person as a man who was later found shot dead about a quarter of a mile away, a Virginia state police official said Thursday night.

Euro zone leaders reach new deal without backing of Britain

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 08:53 PM PST

The European Union failed to secure backing from all 27 members for a deal to resolve the continent's debt crisis, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said Friday in Brussels, Belgium, but the 17 members of the euro zone have reached agreement on a new intergovernmental treaty.

Next for Nintendo's creative leader: 'Something really new'

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 08:00 PM PST

Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of beloved Nintendo game franchises including "Super Mario," "Donkey Kong" and the "Legend of Zelda," wants to make something new.

Chinese inflation cools to 4.2%

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 07:52 PM PST

Chinese consumer inflation fell in November to 4.2 per cent from a year earlier, a steep decline from 5.5 per cent in October and well below the three year peak recorded in July.

Police: 14 killed in Juarez attacks

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 07:49 PM PST

Authorities in this violence-plagued border city Thursday were investigating a series of attacks the day before that left 14 people dead, including four people who were slain aboard an ambulance.

Oil pipeline struck in Syria

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 07:47 PM PST

Thick black smoke and darting flames enveloped the turbulent Syrian region of Homs Thursday after what the government and activists say was an attack on an oil pipeline.

E-mails questioned huge contract for firm with ties to Obama administration

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 07:46 PM PST

A series of e-mail exchanges between officials at the Department of Health and Human Services shows growing alarm at the amount of projected profit from a government contract for a drug company whose controlling shareholder is a longtime Democratic Party activist.

Batman cartoonist Jerry Robinson dies

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 07:39 PM PST

Cartoonist Jerry Robinson, who worked on the earliest Batman comics and claimed credit for creating the super-villain The Joker, died Thursday at the age of 89, his family confirmed.

U.S. officials, analysts differ on whether drone in Iran TV video is real

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:59 PM PST

Iranian TV aired images Thursday of what it says is a U.S. stealth drone that went down in Iran last week, an apparently intact RQ-170 drone propped on a pedestal and triumphantly displayed.

Tensions rise between Egyptian military and Muslim Brotherhood

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:35 PM PST

The military council that runs Egypt and an Islamist party that has done well in parliamentary elections accused each other Thursday of plotting a dictatorship.

U.S.: Pakistan border closures haven't hurt resupply

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:18 PM PST

The Pentagon continued to say the closure of two border points by Pakistan has had no impact on the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan.

IndyCar won't return to Las Vegas track where Wheldon was killed

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:08 PM PST

IndyCar racers won't return next year to the Las Vegas track where two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died in a fiery, 15-vehicle crash, the racing series said on Thursday.
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