Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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U.N. team heads to Syria to talk about monitoring cease-fire

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:41 PM PDT

A U.N. advance peacekeeping team is headed to Damascus to discuss deploying observers to monitor a cease-fire, a spokesman for special envoy Kofi Annan said.

French educator found dead in NY hotel was dynamic, controversial figure

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:33 PM PDT

A 54-year-old French educator found dead in a midtown New York hotel room with blood coming out of his mouth was a dynamic and at times controversial figure in French academia.

World Trade Center nears landmark height, reaches 100 floors

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:21 PM PDT

More than a decade after a terrorist attack brought down New York's twin towers, their replacement -- an emerging new addition to the Manhattan skyline -- has nearly reached a landmark height.

Romney wins 3 primaries as Santorum faces uphill battle

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:17 PM PDT

Rick Santorum turns his focus to his home state of Pennsylvania on Wednesday as he faces an uphill battle to convince Republicans he can stop Mitt Romney from clinching the party nomination after his three-primary sweep.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei places himself under home surveillance

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:57 PM PDT

Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei has turned the cameras on himself.

Five things we learned Tuesday

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:47 PM PDT

Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney had what could be a game-changing night Tuesday, sweeping primaries in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Wisconsin and putting more distance between himself and closest pursuer Rick Santorum in the race for delegates.

Freed Colombian hostages carry pets tamed in the jungle

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:23 PM PDT

A man wearing military fatigues walked with two bright green parrots perched on his shoulder. A peccary trotted behind a police sergeant.

Wisconsin win validates Romney's looking-ahead strategy

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:38 PM PDT

When Mitt Romney heard he had won Wisconsin's primary -- capping off a trio of victories on Tuesday -- he jumped up and said: "Let's go!"

Can Romney win over women?

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:32 PM PDT

With his victories in Maryland, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia, Mitt Romney now looks unbeatable. He has more than half the delegates necessary to clinch the nomination. Republicans are signaling boredom with the contest, and it's becoming harder and harder to justify Rick Santorum's ongoing insurgency.

'MDNA' gives Madonna biggest album debut of 2012

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:27 PM PDT

Madonna scored her eighth number-one on the Billboard Top 200 album chart with her latest release, "MDNA."

China to let in more foreign investment

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 07:39 PM PDT

China has almost tripled the amount of money foreign institutions can invest in its capital markets, in the latest move aimed at loosening strict capital controls and internationalizing the renminbi.

Cleanup starts after tornadoes tear through Dallas-Fort Worth area

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 07:37 PM PDT

Cleanup efforts began in Texas on Tuesday after tornadoes ripped through the Dallas-Fort Worth area, tossing tractor-trailers like toys, forcing airlines to cancel flights and causing widespread damage.

Palin goes rogue on 'Today' show

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 07:27 PM PDT

Sarah Palin came right out of the gate with a stab at self-deprecating humor.

Scientists hatch plan to recycle eggshells into plastic

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 07:25 PM PDT

"Go to work on an egg" was the slogan of a successful British television advert and "green chemists" from the UK are doing just that with plans to create plastics made from eggshells.

Olbermann tells Letterman he "screwed up" on Current TV deal

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 07:03 PM PDT

Days after a very public termination from the Current TV network, controversial on-air personality Keith Olbermann admitted he "screwed up," in an appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman" Tuesday evening.

Image of NYC terror threat prompts probe

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:56 PM PDT

Gotham's top cop on Tuesday said authorities are looking into the possibility that an Egyptian writer may have been responsible for an online posting that pictured a New York cityscape with the words "Al Qaeda. Coming Soon Again in New York."

Two injured in NYC crane collapse

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:42 PM PDT

Two people were injured, one critically, after a crane collapsed at a construction site in New York City Tuesday evening, according to a spokesperson for the Fire Department of New York.

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