Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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U.S. Coast Guard to sink Japanese boat washed away by tsunami

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 11:05 PM PDT

The U.S. Coast Guard has deployed a ship to sink a fishing trawler that was swept away more than a year ago by the tsunami off the coast of Japan and is now adrift near Alaska.

Mali postpones convention addressing nation's political woes

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 10:52 PM PDT

Military leaders who overthrew Mali's president postponed plans to hold a national convention Thursday aimed at addressing political woes and determining the direction of the country.

Upper Big Branch mine to be permanently sealed

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 10:39 PM PDT

The Upper Big Branch coal mine, where 91 people were killed in a blast two years ago Thursday, will be permanently sealed by the summer.

E-books spur reading among Americans, survey shows

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 10:30 PM PDT

E-books aren't just becoming increasingly popular. They also appear to be promoting reading habits among American adults.

South Sudan says it shot down Sudanese fighter jet as tensions escalate

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 10:20 PM PDT

In a dangerous escalation of border violence, South Sudan accused rival Sudan of war mongering Wednesday and said it had shot down a fighter jet sent to bomb the oil-rich Pan Akuac region.

Chavez returns to Venezuela after radiation treatment

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 10:09 PM PDT

President Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela early Thursday morning, after a second round of radiation treatment in Cuba.

Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout faces long prison sentence

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 10:07 PM PDT

Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout faces the possibility of life in prison at his sentencing in a federal court in New York on Thursday.

Detroit avoids state takeover threat, agrees to financial consent agreement

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 09:55 PM PDT

The Detroit City Council passed a financial consent agreement Wednesday evening with a 5-4 vote, which grants the city the power to void contracts and slash costs but not provide state funding or loans to bail the city out of its financial problems.

U.S. to ease Myanmar sanctions, open relations

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 08:58 PM PDT

Responding to Myanmar's parliamentary elections, which Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called a "dramatic demonstration of popular will," the Obama administration is taking several significant steps to normalize relations with the country.

California man ordered held without bail in Oakland college mass killings

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 08:39 PM PDT

One L. Goh was ordered held without bail Wednesday on charges of seven counts of murder with special circumstances and three counts of attempted murder in the mass shooting this week at Oikos University in Oakland.Goh made his initial court appearance Wednesday before Judge Sandra Bean in Oakland.

Hong Kong's border war over 'green buffer'

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 08:24 PM PDT

Sandwiched between Hong Kong and Shenzhen -- two of the world's busiest metropolises -- lies a Cold War-era anomaly: a 26 square kilometer green zone that is home to isolated villages, fishponds and flocks of migratory birds.

China's Ai Weiwei blacked out after self-surveillance experiment

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 08:06 PM PDT

It was intended as a nod to the constant surveillance he finds himself under since being released by Chinese authorities last year.

Whitney Houston drowned in a foot of hot water, autopsy says

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 07:33 PM PDT

Whitney Houston drowned face down in a tub of "extremely hot water" about 12 inches deep, the final autopsy report on the singer's death said.

Chavez says he's heading for Venezuela

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 07:22 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said in a Twitter post Wednesday night that he was heading back to his country after a round of radiation treatment in Cuba.

Mississippi legislature tightens restrictions on abortion providers

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 07:03 PM PDT

Mississippi lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would require any physician performing abortions in the state to be a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and to have admitting privileges at an area hospital.

Court's Obama order a 'hissy fit'

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 06:48 PM PDT

The Fifth Circuit's homework assignment to the Department of Justice is a disgrace -- an embarrassment to the federal judiciary. Still, it's a useful window on the contemporary merger of law and politics.

Father of firefighter awaits trial of alleged 9/11 plotters

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 06:36 PM PDT

Jim Riches, who lost his son Jimmy -- a New York firefighter -- on September 11, 2001, seems cautiously optimistic that the men again charged in the deadly attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people will finally go to trial.

U.S. extradites suspected drug lord from Mexico

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 06:26 PM PDT

The United States has extradited a suspected leader of the Sinaloa cartel to the United States, Mexico's attorney general's office said Wednesday.

Witness says Philadelphia priest raped him at age 14

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 06:25 PM PDT

A tearful former altar boy testified Wednesday that one of two Philadelphia priests on trial in a clergy abuse case molested him during an overnight visit at the priest's apartment.
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