Tuesday, June 26, 2012

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Boxing promotor offers Chris Brown, Drake $1 million each to duke it out

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:07 PM PDT

A celebrity boxing promoter is offering $1 million each to Chris Brown and Drake to duke it out in the ring

Scores rescued from water after ship capsizes off Australia

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:53 PM PDT

Rescuers pulled more than 130 people from the waters between Australia and Indonesia after a ship capsized, the authorities said.

Fury over Shanghai metro's warning on women's dress

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:27 PM PDT

A Shanghai metro official has unleashed a wave of angry social media messages in response to a post earlier this week that scantily-clad women invite sexual harassment.

India makes key arrest in Mumbai terror plot

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 09:33 PM PDT

A key suspect in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed more than 160 people has been apprehended, Indian authorities said Tuesday.

Breaking: News and hearts at the Herald

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 09:31 PM PDT

Inside the oldest continuously published newspaper in the southern hemisphere, a lone Internet terminal in the early 1990s was regarded as a novelty, not as the time bomb it turned out to be.

Queen arrives in Northern Ireland on jubilee visit

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 09:22 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Northern Ireland Tuesday for a visit during which she will shake hands with former IRA commander Martin McGuinness.

Wall art masquerades as class war

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 09:09 PM PDT

For many of Sao Paulo's pixadores, art and law breaking is part of the same recipe to get across their political message.

32,000 evacuated in fast-moving Colorado Springs wildfire

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 08:31 PM PDT

A wind-fueled wildfire breached fire lines Tuesday and entered Colorado Springs, Colorado, forcing 32,000 people from their homes.

Ephron mourned as 'brilliant' writer, humorist

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 08:09 PM PDT

A roundup of the reactions to the death of author, screenwriter and director Nora Ephron, who died Tuesday at the age of 71:

Prolific writer Nora Ephron dead at 71

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:40 PM PDT

Novelist, filmmaker and screenwriter Nora Ephron, known for creating strong female characters in her stories, has died, her publisher said.

Arizona's 'show-me-your-papers' law rolls out a day after Supreme Court ruling

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:36 PM PDT

The U.S. Supreme Court upholding of a piece of Arizona's controversial immigration law portends a "huge" increase in workload for Tucson Police Department.

Evacuation of 150 West Bank settlers begins

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:29 PM PDT

Israeli security officials on Tuesday started the process of evacuating some 150 Jewish residents from their homes at the West Bank settlement of Beit El.

Supreme Court to rule Thursday on health care

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:21 PM PDT

The U.S. Supreme Court will rule Thursday on the constitutionality of the sweeping health care law championed by President Barack Obama.

Senate deal on student loans awaits House GOP approval

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:13 PM PDT

The top Senate leaders from each party Tuesday indicated they had reached an agreement to extend a rate cut on student loans.

Egypt's new president to pick woman, Christian VPs

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:08 PM PDT

Egypt's first-ever democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, will appoint a woman as a vice president, his policy adviser says.

Queen's Northern Ireland visit marks symbolic end to conflict

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 06:32 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth visits Northern Ireland on a trip it is hoped will mark a symbolic end to the decades-long conflict there.

Syria's attack on Turkish plane could ignite conflict

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 06:30 PM PDT

Turkey and Syria are locked in a fierce struggle that has escalated greatly following Friday's downing of a Turkish Phantom F-4 jet by the Syrian authorities. The two heavily armed neighbors are inching gradually into a military confrontation, one that is unlikely to be isolated and that has the potential to turn into a region-wide conflict.

Al-Assad: 'We're in a state of war'

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 06:18 PM PDT

The United Nations Security Council was briefed on Syria Tuesday as the death toll mounted in the conflict there.

Muralist replaces Sandusky image; Penn State looks to cases ahead

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 06:05 PM PDT

The image of Jerry Sandusky, once emblazoned across a renowned bookstore mural near the Penn State campus, has been replaced

BCS panel approves college football playoff plan

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 05:55 PM PDT

For the first time in the history of NCAA Division I college football, there will be a playoff system, starting with the 2014-2015 football season.

Handshake the latest step on road to Northern Ireland peace

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 05:30 PM PDT

For Martin McGuinness, shaking the queen's hand will be the biggest step yet on his road from feared paramilitary commander to politician.

In recorded police interview, Matt Sandusky describes alleged abuse

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 05:23 PM PDT

In an interview with police, Matt Sandusky, adopted son of Jerry Sandusky, talks about sexual abuse he said he endured when a boy.

Should airport shooting scare travelers?

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:57 PM PDT

While Mexico's drug wars have ravaged some regions and claimed thousands of lives, most of the country's tourist sites have remained relatively unscathed.

Zynga launches gaming network, brings multiplayer to games

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:32 PM PDT

At a special dog-friendly press conference at its headquarters in San Francisco, Zynga announced some of its plans for the future.

Painful chapter closes with Sandusky's conviction for child sex abuse

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:29 PM PDT

Ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky will likely spend the rest of his life in jail after a jury convicted him on 45 of 48 counts related to sexual abuse of boys.

NRA and bad law block a way to catch killers

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:17 PM PDT

Amitai Etzioni: A simple method allows police to ID guns but a bad court ruling helps the gun lobby fight any progress on gun crime.

Feds sue Wyndham Hotels over repeated computer hacks

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:54 PM PDT

The federal government filed suit Tuesday against Wyndham Hotels after sensitive customer data allegedly were stolen three times in less than two years.

E-book lending: Your public library's best kept secret?

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:24 PM PDT

About three quarters of American public libraries currently lend out e-books, but patrons aren't always aware.

Facebook pulls location-tracking feature

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:12 PM PDT

Facebook appears to have pulled a controversial feature that let the social network's users get a digital list of other Facebookers nearby.

Site shows Facebook updates your boss shouldn't see

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:11 PM PDT

Anastasia R. hates her boss, Jay, and wishes he would die. Matt B. is "carrying a bucket round in my car cause im so hungover." Charlie S. wants everyone to have his new personal phone number.

What's really, truly going on with Facebook?

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:09 PM PDT

Every week, there's a new Facebook thing to gripe about. This week, there have been two -- and it's only Tuesday.

Attorney: "Whitey" Bulger plans to argue for immunity

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:06 PM PDT

James "Whitey" Bulger is planning to argue that his upcoming case should be dismissed because of an immunity agreement

Rangel could defy odds in 22nd House run

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:45 PM PDT

Rep. Charlie Rangel is fighting for the Democratic nomination in a newly redrawn New York distric.

Judge orders Catholic cleric to remain in jail for now

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:33 PM PDT

The highest-ranking Catholic church cleric convicted in the landmark child sexual abuse trial will remain in jail for now, a Philadelphia judge ruled.

Cruise worker accuses John Travolta of sex assault

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:22 PM PDT

A cruise ship attendant claimed in a federal lawsuit that John Travolta sexually assaulted him during a Caribbean cruise in 2009, according to court documents filed last week.

Don't be nosy about Fast and Furious

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:14 PM PDT

LZ Granderson says that in the political arena, there are things that should be and need to be kept quiet.

Romney, GOP struggle with immigration issues

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:04 PM PDT

Mitt Romney's conservative stance on immigration during the Republican primaries is causing him problems now.

Cher planning to write, star in autobiographical Broadway show

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:03 PM PDT

Cher has announced on Twitter that she is working on writing and starring in an autobiographical Broadway show.

Is Orbitz steering Mac users toward pricier hotels?

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:40 PM PDT

Is Orbitz trying to get Mac users to book higher-priced hotels? The travel website's CEO says that's not exactly the case.

Champion Kvitova battles to opening Wimbledon win

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:24 PM PDT

Defending champion Petra Kvitova recovered from an early wobble to win 6-4 6-4 in her Wimbledon first-round match against Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova.

Youths shot during Mali protest, witnesses say

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:02 PM PDT

Several youths were injured Tuesday in Mali when rebels opened fire on hundreds of people protesting in the town of Gao, witnesses said.

Nadal survives scare to make Wimbledon second round

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:50 PM PDT

Rafael Nadal recovered from a rusty start to power into the second round of Wimbledon with a straight-sets win over Thomaz Bellucci.

Eating disorders: Not just for the young

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:44 PM PDT

Diane Butrym doesn't fit the stereotype of an eating disorder patient. She's a 51-year-old mother of two, yet for the past decade she has struggled with bulimia.

Five ways to (subtly) change the topic of conversation

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:12 PM PDT

Five savvy experts, including a former FBI special agent and a bar manager, divulge their finest conversational exit strategies.

Senate passes massive farm bill

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:01 PM PDT

The Senate passed a farm bill Thursday that would end direct payments to farmers and replace them with taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance.
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