Saturday, September 22, 2012

Sunni leader urges Muslims to have 'patience and wisdom'

Sunni leader urges Muslims to have 'patience and wisdom'


Sunni leader urges Muslims to have 'patience and wisdom'

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 08:03 PM PDT

A leading figure in the Sunni Islam world called for fellow believers to respond to portrayals of Mohammed -- which he said "spread hatred" -- just like the prophet himself would, "through patience and wisdom."

Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 03:48 PM PDT

Photos: Anti-U.S. demonstrations worldwide

Two Islamist militias close Libyan bases

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 05:23 PM PDT

Two Islamist militias have agreed to close their bases in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, state news and a source said Saturday.

Syrian rebel leader eyes Damascus

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 03:46 PM PDT

The Free Syrian Army is moving into Syrian territories its fighters seized. The head of the FSA said the next step is to "start the plan to liberate Damascus soon."

Egyptian court: OK to oust parliament

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 03:48 PM PDT

Egypt's high administrative court on Saturday upheld a controversial decision to dissolve parliament -- a move the nation's president emphatically opposes -- state news reported.

Somali lawmaker gunned down

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 07:57 PM PDT

A member of Somalia's newly formed parliament was gunned down Saturday in front of his house, later succumbing to his injuries at a nearby hospital, according to government and U.N. reports.

7 bodies found in western Mexico

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:48 PM PDT

Seven bodies that had been dismembered and burned were found in the western Mexican state of Michoacan on Saturday, authorities said.

Wife wants Iran to find missing spouse

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 07:29 PM PDT

The family of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson can't help but count the days since he vanished during a business trip to Iran's Kish Island on March 8, 2007.

3 hurt in Colo. shooting sue theater

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 06:37 AM PDT

Three people wounded in the July mass shooting at a Colorado multiplex are suing the theater owner, claiming that security was lax the night a gunman opened fire and killed 12 people.

Body of missing Amtrak rider found

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:26 AM PDT

The body of a retired firefighter, who was missing after apparently falling off a moving Amtrak train, was found Friday in Nebraska, the man's family said.

Police: Man wanted 'to be one' with tiger

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 03:04 PM PDT

A 25-year-old man will be charged with criminal trespassing for jumping out of a monorail car into the Bronx Zoo's tiger den because he wanted "to be one" with the animal, police said Saturday.

Nancy Grace: 'Take that, ACLU!'

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 07:45 PM PDT

HLN's Nancy Grace talks about 'Dancing with the Stars' and the cases that still make her cry.

Facebook invite leads to mayhem

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 04:40 PM PDT

Hundreds of police confronted rioters in a small Dutch town where a 16-year-old girl's birthday party invitation on Facebook spawned a large gathering that turned destructive, authorities said Saturday.

Opinion: Don't destroy this ancient site

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 05:31 PM PDT

One man is battling to save Afghan Buddhist site Mes Aynak from the plans of a mining company -- a plan he says is akin to destroying Machu Picchu.

Should you upgrade to the iPhone 5?

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:48 PM PDT

Deciding to when to upgrade is a funny, sometimes expensive thing. Carrier contracts that subsidize the cost of a new iPhone are usually for two years, so it's traditional to upgrade every other model or less. You also want to time it just right, during the iPhone development cycle, so you don't buy a phone months before it's outdated.

Brazile: A turning point for freedom

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:16 PM PDT

Donna Brazile says we are marking the anniversaries of Emancipation, which began in April, 1862 with the freeing of slaves in Washington, D.C.

Toy truck helps boy yank tooth

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 05:51 AM PDT

One family uses a toy car to help their son with a loose tooth.

Jewel pens first children's book

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 07:29 PM PDT

Singer-songwriter Jewel tells CNN's Fredricka Whitfield what inspired her to write her first children's story.

Kardashian pulls out own baby

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 05:50 AM PDT

The season finale of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" shocks us once again! Showbiz Tonight has more!

Meet the new 'X Factor' sensation

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 05:50 AM PDT

HLN's Showbiz Tonight goes one-on-one with 13-year-old 'X Factor' singing sensation Carly Rose Sonenclar.

Conan: New NFL refs are terrible

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 06:08 AM PDT

As the lockout continues, the amateur replacements just aren't cutting it, says Conan O'Brien.

Obama disrupts wedding

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 05:50 AM PDT

An Iowa couple thought they had picked the perfect spot for their wedding ceremony, but found out the president had too.

Recapturing history, 'messiness' and all

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 04:08 PM PDT

Singapore is using crowdsourcing to compile its brief history.

Jill Biden gets laughs for innuendo

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:29 PM PDT

Jill Biden gets laughs at a college for an unintentionally sexual innuendo about Vice President Joe Biden.

Distraction: Dog hates his new shoes

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:20 PM PDT

Barkley can't seem to figure out how to walk in his fancy new kicks.

Not your average bluegrass

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Punch Brothers' goal is "to play strange things" and be "sonically daring" with their bluegrass instruments.

Photos: Cheers to Oktoberfest

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 04:26 PM PDT

Photos: Oktoberfest 2012 beer festival

Orphan heads to college at 14

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 06:04 PM PDT

She grew up in grinding poverty, losing both her parents at a tender age, but 14-year-old whizz-kid Maud Chifamba has defied adversity and hardship to break academic records.

Photos: Zimbabwe's whizz-kid

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 05:33 PM PDT

Maud Chifamba: Zimbabwe's whizz-kid

My arrest at Occupy Wall Street

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 04:03 PM PDT

As a local, Molly Crabapple said she was supposed to deplore those "dirty hippies." But instead, she joined them.

Led Zeppelin reunion in the works?

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:19 AM PDT

Millions sought tickets to Led Zeppelin's first gig in 27 years. CNN's Neil Curry asks the band the big question.

Opinion: Don't destroy ancient site

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:02 AM PDT

Architects are racing against the clock to excavate a 2,600-year-old Buddhist site in Afghanistan before the end of the year, when it will be destroyed and a Chinese firm will begin a mining operation.

Campaign trail

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 11:42 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan on Friday traded sharp criticism over health care reforms and Medicare, with each telling a leading advocacy group for senior citizens that the other was being untruthful.

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