Monday, May 7, 2012

FBI studying device after thwarted airliner bomb plot

FBI studying device after thwarted airliner bomb plot

FBI studying device after thwarted airliner bomb plot

Posted: 07 May 2012 07:27 PM PDT

A nonmetallic explosive -- meant for a suicide bombing -- was recovered; it had similarities to one used in a failed attempt on a Detroit-bound jet in 2009, a U.S. official said.

Early foreign policy tests await France

Posted: 07 May 2012 05:03 PM PDT

The U.S. economy is currently on autopilot: A sharply polarized Congress and a tapped out Federal Reserve can't do much more to stimulate it this year.

Opinion: Hollande's 3 big challenges

Posted: 07 May 2012 09:44 AM PDT

François Hollande did not thank his opponent, Nicolas Sarkozy, during his acceptance speech Sunday night, after defeating the incumbent with 51.6% of the vote in the French presidential runoff. But he should have, as he ran an anti-Sarkozy campaign, promising to behave like a "normal president" in contrast to the impulsive, unpredictable and sometimes ostentatious Sarkozy. And it worked: Fifty-five percent of the voters who cast a ballot for him did it to defeat Sarkozy rather than to elect Hollande.

Opinion: Sarkozy's personality did it

Posted: 07 May 2012 08:22 AM PDT

Two hours before the official results of the French presidential elections, no Paris visitor could ignore that a historical political change was about to happen. Down Paris' Left Bank boulevards, throngs of flag-waving young and not-so-young people were flocking towards the Socialist headquarters near the National Assembly. Cyclists were ringing their bells, cars blowing their horns and François Hollande's sympathizers chanting "Victoire!" Nicolas Sarkozy had just canceled a planned celebration at Concorde and the place, where the guillotine once stood, was alarmingly quiet and deserted.

Post-election Greek coalition bid fails

Posted: 07 May 2012 11:13 AM PDT

Greece's center-right New Democracy party looks set to get the first chance to form a new government Monday, but party leader Antonis Samaras will have a complicated task after an election where angry voters punished politicians for backing harsh government budget cuts.

FBI: Mom, teen dead; suspect still has 2

Posted: 07 May 2012 08:02 PM PDT

Local, state and federal authorities hunted across multiple states Monday for signs of a 35-year-old man who they consider "armed and dangerous" after he allegedly abducted a Tennessee mother and her three daughters.

Drug misbranding leads to $1.5B fine

Posted: 07 May 2012 03:29 PM PDT

Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company's unlawful promotion of the prescription drug Depakote, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday.

U.S. hikers once held in Iran marry

Posted: 07 May 2012 03:30 PM PDT

Two American hikers held in Iran and accused of spying after straying across the unmarked border there have been married in California, an attorney said.

Seau family, elders discuss brain study

Posted: 07 May 2012 01:40 PM PDT

A decision on if researchers can study Junior Seau's brain for clues to the NFL veteran's suicide will wait until his family meets with elders from their Samoan culture, his family said Monday.

Prince Harry salutes wounded vets

Posted: 07 May 2012 05:58 PM PDT

A Washington think tank celebrated Prince Harry on Monday night for his humanitarian efforts, with the British royal set to deflect the praise by offering his own salute to wounded war veterans.
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