Source: Layoffs hit 'Tonight Show' and Leno's pay is cut

Source: Layoffs hit 'Tonight Show' and Leno's pay is cut
Leno talks 'kiss cam' with first lady
N. Korea leader: Prepare for 'sacred war'
Flight returns: witnesses saw flames
GM recalls 250,000 SUVs for fire hazard
Nyad begins 4th Cuba-Florida swim try
Rebels: Al-Assad's long-loyal VP defects
Mystery surrounds vice president
Mars rover set to zap rock with laser
Prince William helps rescue girl in water
Teen at center of abortion debate dies
Miner: Police shot me as I surrendered
Man with kids in van flees cops
Coffee good for you; OK to hold back
Spate of attacks trouble U.S. Muslims
Opinion: Obama, come to Oak Creek
Muslims mark last days of Ramadan
Wineries reap benefits in drought
Body parts found near Canada river
Ryan mocks Biden over flub
Mobile showers bring cash for college
Mom hears dead son's heart beat
Photos: New Miss World crowned
A Cosmo girl's complicated legacy
'Dirty Dancing' stars: Where are they now?
Man floats with dog to ease its pain
What cats do when you're not looking
Diana Nyad to try Cuba swim at 62
Mars
North Korea

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 08:17 PM PDT

Between 20 and 25 employees of NBC's "The Tonight Show" have been laid off and host Jay Leno has taken a substantial pay cut, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told CNN on Saturday.

Leno talks 'kiss cam' with first lady

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:55 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama explains the 'kiss cam' to Jay Leno during her appearance on "The Tonight Show."

N. Korea leader: Prepare for 'sacred war'

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 04:41 PM PDT

Kim Jong Un has ordered his troops "not to miss their gold chance to deal at once deadly counter blows" if even one shell lands in North Korean territory during upcoming U.S.-South Korea military exercises.

Flight returns: witnesses saw flames

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 08:38 PM PDT

A Berlin-bound United Airlines flight landed safely Saturday night at Newark airport after an engine problem developed on takeoff, officials said. Eyewitnesses reported seeing flames spewing from an engine.

GM recalls 250,000 SUVs for fire hazard

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:01 PM PDT

General Motors is recalling nearly 250,000 sport utility vehicles because of an electrical problem that can cause fires.

Nyad begins 4th Cuba-Florida swim try

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 06:16 PM PDT

Diana Nyad is back at it again -- once more in the water off Havana and heading, she hopes, to Key West. The 62-year-old endurance athlete jumped in waters off Cuba at 3:42 p.m. Saturday, one day earlier then she and her Xtreme Dream team had originally planned, according to her Twitter page. If all goes well, she will swim some 103 miles and for perhaps 60 hours before arriving in the Florida Keys.

Rebels: Al-Assad's long-loyal VP defects

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:08 PM PDT

The rebel Free Syrian Army says Farouq al-Sharaa has left the regime, but the claim is denied. He has served in various posts under al-Assad and his late father, Hafez, for more than 20 years

Mystery surrounds vice president

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 08:14 AM PDT

Did the Syrian vice president defect? CNN's Nic Robertson has the latest.

Mars rover set to zap rock with laser

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:58 PM PDT

Martian rock #N165, it's your time to shine, or glow, or whatever occurs when a hard substance gets zapped by a laser beam.

Prince William helps rescue girl in water

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 09:16 AM PDT

Britain's Prince William has helped save a teenage girl who was in danger of drowning off the coast of Wales in his role as Royal Air Force search and rescue pilot.

Teen at center of abortion debate dies

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 08:08 AM PDT

The leukemia patient's treatment was delayed out of concern for her fetus. Her mother, above, accuses doctors in the Dominican Republic of not putting her daughter's health first.

Miner: Police shot me as I surrendered

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 08:07 PM PDT

Sibongile Sikhuze pointed to his bandaged right knee, showing where a bullet entered and exited. He then raised his right palm, struck by a rubber bullet when he tried to surrender.

Man with kids in van flees cops

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:47 PM PDT

Suspected drunk driver reaches 115 mph during a police chase with 4 kids and their mother in the van.

Coffee good for you; OK to hold back

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 04:07 AM PDT

If you can't get through your day without a coffee break or two, here's good news for you: What scientists know so far suggests coffee may help you stay healthy.

Spate of attacks trouble U.S. Muslims

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 03:07 PM PDT

To mark the end of Islam's holiest month, Iftikhar Ali will head not to a mosque but to a convention center guarded by law enforcement officers.

Opinion: Obama, come to Oak Creek

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 06:28 AM PDT

Last Saturday morning, when media crews outside the Sikh gurdwara (house of worship) in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, packed up their trucks to chase the news of Mitt Romney's choice for vice president, Sikh Americans were left reflecting on six days of unprecedented national attention. After the shooting of six people in a Sikh gurdwara, a stream of national leaders, from the Rev. Jesse Jackson to Gov. Scott Walker, came to offer condolences and support. But there was one person missing.

Muslims mark last days of Ramadan

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:37 AM PDT

Muslims worldwide protest, pray at end of Ramadan

Wineries reap benefits in drought

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 04:58 PM PDT

The drought is ruining crops nationwide, but it's helping at least one industry: wine makers. CNN's Athena Jones reports.

Body parts found near Canada river

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:44 PM PDT

Police discovered two severed hands in their search near a Toronto river, after a head and foot were previously found.

Ryan mocks Biden over flub

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:33 PM PDT

Paul Ryan mocks Joe Biden's mistake while Mitt Romney makes his own gaffe and Michelle laments Barack's eating habits.

Mobile showers bring cash for college

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 07:34 PM PDT

It's hard to find a lot of things in Williston, North Dakota, where thousands of workers have flocked for high-paying oil jobs. And that's led to some creative side businesses, including one started by a teenager looking to pay for school.

Mom hears dead son's heart beat

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:51 PM PDT

A man who received a teenagers heart meets the donor's family for the very first time. WLOX reports.

Photos: New Miss World crowned

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:10 PM PDT

Photos: Yu Wenxia crowned Miss World 2012

A Cosmo girl's complicated legacy

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:13 PM PDT

Longtime Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown was a self-described "devout feminist" who paradoxically preached that "if you're not a sex object, you're in trouble."