Friday, October 19, 2012

Beirut car bomb killed anti-Syrian intelligence official

Beirut car bomb killed anti-Syrian intelligence official


Beirut car bomb killed anti-Syrian intelligence official

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:37 PM PDT

Tensions were high around Lebanon after a top intelligence official and at least two others were killed in a massive explosion in normally peaceful neighborhood.

Photos

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:40 PM PDT

Photos: Car bomb in Beirut

Diplomatic cables show Libya anxiety

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 08:21 PM PDT

A diplomatic cable sent by Ambassador Chris Stevens from Benghazi hours before the attack on the U.S. Consulate that killed him was largely devoted to the rising security threats in and around the city.

Steroid indictment for Steelers ex-doc

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:44 PM PDT

A former team doctor for the Pittsburgh Steelers was arrested Friday on charges of conspiracy to illegally distribute anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and painkillers to his patients, though authorities declined to comment on whether the drugs were ever prescribed to players.

Zimmerman OK'd to see Martin records

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:42 PM PDT

A Florida judge has ruled that Trayvon Martin's school and social media records can be handed over to the defense team of his alleged killer, George Zimmerman, despite the efforts of the slain 17-year-old's family to keep the information private.

Meteor lights up sky in California

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:40 AM PDT

This video of a meteor looking like a fireball was captured over northern California.

Reddit troll: 'Jailbait' a mistake

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 08:32 AM PDT

Drew Griffin sits down with one of the biggest trolls on the Internet to explain why he posted the things he did.

Elephant pins Australian zookeeper

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 05:06 PM PDT

A female zookeeper was seriously injured Friday after being "pinned" to a post by a young male Asian elephant during a routine training session at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.

Google debuts $250 laptop

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 04:19 PM PDT

Google laid out the next step of its Chromebook effort on Thursday by introducing a thin, light, Samsung-built laptop attached to a killer number — $250.

Egg freezing no longer 'experimental'

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:09 PM PDT

Freezing a woman's eggs should no longer be considered "experimental," according to the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, a move that signals the technique is now standard for infertility treatment.

When man weekend goes terribly right

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 06:03 PM PDT

Even though Facebook makes it easy to ridicule our friends and ourselves, there's just something about a group of guys getting together year after year and memorializing their crazy times in photos that makes us nostalgic and perhaps a bit envious.

Rules for life after 35

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 09:23 AM PDT

At a certain point, everybody needs a guidebook. Columnist Leigh Newman reveals her most helpful no-nos and yes-yeses.

Honey Boo Boo reads 'Pulp Fiction'

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 04:36 PM PDT

Reality star Honey Boo Boo reads lines from Christopher Walken's movie "Pulp Fiction". HLN's "Showbiz Tonight" has more.

Tori Spelling's pregnancy trauma

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 05:20 PM PDT

Tori Spelling is upset by medical rumors, Chuck Lorre discusses Charlie Sheen, and Tom Hanks hypes his new film.

Photos: Works of Frank Lloyd Wright

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 01:52 PM PDT

Photos: Works of architect Frank Lloyd Wright

Stewart presses Obama on Libya

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 05:58 AM PDT

President Obama discusses the government's response to the Libya consulate attack on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."

Opinion: Mitt clueless on women, work

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 04:40 PM PDT

When Mitt Romney asked his staff why all the applicants for cabinet positions seemed to be men, as he recounted in the presidential debate Tuesday night, he was apparently told that only men had "the qualifications." That is obviously not true.

A voter portrait: Maria Lopez Reeves

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:22 PM PDT

Six types of voters. Six swing states. Why their choices are prized - and personal. Meet Maria, the Latina from Florida.

Scandal casts pall over cycling

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:33 AM PDT

The doping scandal that now surrounds Lance Armstrong, the man who came to epitomize cycling and the fight against cancer, has plunged the sport into disarray.

When fashion becomes art

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:32 PM PDT

The women's spring 2013 runway shows have wrapped up in New York, London and Milan and Paris, previewing what's newest and next in ready-to-wear. But a handful of fashion museums — from the Big Apple to Amsterdam to Kobe, Japan — offer year-round peeks into the history of high style.

Opinion: Libya defies worst predictions

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:43 PM PDT

A year ago, Libyans celebrated the death of dictator Moammar Gadhafi. I wrote then that despite enormous challenges, the country's prospects were actually pretty good. Its small, relatively well-educated population and abundant oil wealth certainly gave it a leg up on neighboring Egypt, which has to make its transition under dire economic circumstances.

Curing disease with dancing bugs

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:16 PM PDT

Greg Gage of Backyard Brains shows how he is trying to inspire the next generation of neuroscientists.

Inside the orchestra: The other lockout

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:16 PM PDT

Rifts show the changing role of orchestras.

Artist turns trash into Halloween wonder

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:41 AM PDT

A Texas artist uses neighborhood trash to create an elaborate Halloween spectacle that turns heads.

Outspoken athletes out of bounds?

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:38 PM PDT

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo and Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe aren't the first athletes to let their voices be heard beyond the post-game press conference.

Why cannonball, frozen pool don't mix

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:27 AM PDT

A German man found out the hard way that the cold cannonball may not be the greatest idea anyone's ever had.

The other lockout

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:36 AM PDT

Rifts show the changing role of orchestras.

From 'Obamaloney' to 'Romnesia'

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:41 PM PDT

"Binders full of women." "You didn't build that." Out of the mouths of politicians this presidential election year has come a new lingo, delighting wisecracks and politicos.

Year after Gadhafi, militias threaten

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:43 PM PDT

OPINION: It's been a year since dictator Moammar Gadhafi died, and Libyan civil society is blooming. But last month's killing of the U.S. ambassador is just one sign militias pose serious problems there, Isobel Coleman says.

'Berliners have much to thank U.S. for'

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:14 AM PDT

CNN's Fred Pleitgen says Berlin has much to thank the U.S. for -- but it doesn't mean Germans have to like American policies or the current state of American politics.

Backlash for Disney's first Latina princess

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 06:20 PM PDT

Move over Pocahontas and Mulan, Sofia está aquí.

Why cannonball, frozen pool don't mix

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:27 AM PDT

A German man found out the hard way that the cold cannonball may not be the greatest idea anyone's ever had.

'Concentration camp' for animals?

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:03 PM PDT

Animal rights protesters say a proposed bill would create death camps for stray animals in Turkey. But supporters say it would protect dogs and cats, who are left to fend for themselves on the city streets.

Masked man chases woman over 7-ft. wall

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:24 AM PDT

A surveillance camera captures a smoke shop clerk jumping a 7 ft wall to get away from a masked gunman.

Hugh Jackman takes on 'Gangnam Style'

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 06:29 AM PDT

You need to check out Hugh Jackman go "Gangnam Style". Showbiz Tonight has more.

Artist turns trash into Halloween wonder

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:41 AM PDT

A Texas artist uses neighborhood trash to create an elaborate Halloween spectacle that turns heads.

How fish oil helped save our son

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:28 AM PDT

Bobby Ghassemi's family believes an experimental treatment using high doses of fish oil helped him recover from a traumatic brain injury. The treatment was also used on Randal McCloy, the sole survivor of a 2006 West Virginia mine disaster.

Tom Hanks' F-bomb on live TV

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 04:35 PM PDT

Actor Tom Hanks was a bit too much in character, slipping in an F-bomb, when he appeared on "Good Morning America."

Beirut car bomb

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 06:25 PM PDT

A top Lebanese intelligence official known for his anti-Syrian stance was targeted and killed Friday in a massive blast that shattered a normally calm neighborhood in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, the country's news media reported.

Lance Armstrong

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:50 PM PDT

The doping scandal that now surrounds Lance Armstrong, the man who came to epitomize cycling and the fight against cancer in both Europe and the United States, has plunged the sport into disarray.

Malala

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 05:46 AM PDT

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai stood up for the first time Friday morning and is "communicating very freely," according to the director of the UK hospital she is undergoing treatment.

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