Monday, April 2, 2012

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Kentucky beats Kansas to win NCAA title

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:46 PM PDT

The Kentucky Wildcats beat the Kansas Jayhawks 67-59 Monday night to clinch their eighth NCAA men's basketball championship.

Service planned for 7 college students killed in California shooting spree

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:36 PM PDT

A grieving community will hold a memorial service Tuesday night for seven people who were killed at a small religious college in Oakland, California, when a former student went on a shooting spree.

Amnesty International warns of risks to civilians in northern Mali

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 09:30 PM PDT

Amnesty International has raised concerns about the safety of civilians in areas of northern Mali now controlled by Tuareg and Islamist rebels, citing reports of violence and looting.

Wisconsin primary looms large for Romney, larger for Santorum

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 09:26 PM PDT

Forty-two delegates are up for grabs when Wisconsin holds its Republican presidential primary Tuesday. But for Rick Santorum, much more appears to be at stake.

Obama was too timid on health care

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 08:20 PM PDT

The individual mandate might prove to be the death knell for President Barack Obama's health care reform.

5 dead, thousands displaced in Fiji floods

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 07:57 PM PDT

Severe flooding in the Pacific island nation of Fiji has killed five people and left about 8,000 others seeking shelter in evacuation centers, a government official said Tuesday.

Former student arrested in California college shooting that killed 7

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 07:54 PM PDT

Police in Oakland, California, took a 43-year-old former student at a small religious college into custody Monday after a shooting spree at the school that left seven dead and three wounded, the city's police chief said.

Japan's 'green renaissance' gets business boost

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 07:51 PM PDT

Bulldozers clearing mountains of wreckage and rubble have been a common sight in Japan's Tohoku region.

GSA head resigns over 'wasteful' Las Vegas seminar

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 07:41 PM PDT

The head of the General Services Administration resigned Monday after a scathing report that called government spending on a training seminar in Las Vegas "excessive, wasteful, and in some cases impermissible."

Romney, Santorum focus on Wisconsin ahead of Tuesday primaries

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 07:37 PM PDT

Mitt Romney and his top challenger for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday focused their campaign efforts on Wisconsin, the main prize of three contests Tuesday before a three-week break in the primaries.

Wisconsin primary looms large for Romney, larger for Santorum

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 07:35 PM PDT

Forty-two delegates are up for grabs when Wisconsin holds its Republican presidential primary Tuesday, but for Rick Santorum, much more appears to be at stake.

Irish Catholic Church looks into claims that priest showed gay porn to parents

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 07:34 PM PDT

The Catholic Church in Ireland has launched an investigation into claims that a priest accidentally showed gay pornography pictures during a presentation to parents.

North Korea to hold special party conference ahead of satellite launch

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 07:25 PM PDT

North Korea said Monday that a special conference of its ruling Workers' Party would take place next week, an event expected to solidify the authority of its new leader ahead of a controversial rocket launch.

6.3 earthquake hits southern Mexico

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 07:18 PM PDT

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck southern Mexico on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Barnier hits out at lobbying 'rearguard'

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 07:08 PM PDT

Europe's most senior financial regulator has hit back at "rearguard lobbying" by the hedge fund and private equity industries, saying he "will not be intimidated" by an attempt to undermine a deal to regulate the industry for the first time.

Small plane crashes into Florida Publix store

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 06:48 PM PDT

"Multiple people" were injured after a small plane crashed into an Orlando area Publix supermarket Monday evening, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.

Fort Bliss soldiers among 3 missing on New Mexico kayak trip

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 06:42 PM PDT

Three people, two of them Fort Bliss soldiers, were reported missing after going on a weekend kayaking trip in New Mexico and not coming back, the New Mexico State Police said on Monday.

After the mandate, government-run health care would grow

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 06:42 PM PDT

Suppose the Supreme Court does rule that the health care mandate is unconstitutional? What happens then?

Colombian rebels free 10 hostages

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 06:36 PM PDT

Ten hostages held by a leftist rebel group in Colombia for more than a decade were freed on Monday in a move that might help push peace talks forward, but was also met with some skepticism in a country home to Latin American's oldest insurgency.

China targets Mongolia in SouthGobi move

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 06:22 PM PDT

China's largest aluminium producer intends to acquire SouthGobi Resources, a Mongolia-focused coal company listed in Toronto, for up to C$925m -- the biggest investment yet by a Chinese mining company in Mongolia as China seeks to tap the vast resources of its neighbour.
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