Coast Guard rescues 6 off SE Alabama coast – Fox News Coast Guard rescues 6 off SE Alabama coastFox NewsPERDIDO BEACH, Ala. – The Coast Guard says one of its crews rescued five adults and a 13-year-old boy from the water after their 32-foot vessel sank south of Perdido Beach. Coast Guard officials said in [...]
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Escaped Chinese activist in US Embassy, friend says – CNN International USA TODAY Escaped Chinese activist in US Embassy, friend saysCNN InternationalBy Steven Jiang, CNN This undated photo shows outspoken government critic Hu Jia, right, sharing a light moment with blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng after his escape, at an undisclosed location in Beijing. Beijing (CNN) [...]
Yulia Tymoshenko faces new Ukraine tax evasion trial – BBC News BBC News Yulia Tymoshenko faces new Ukraine tax evasion trialBBC NewsFormer Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko is going on trial in the city of Kharkiv on charges of tax evasion. She is refusing to attend the trial for health reasons. She is already serving a [...]
House Defies Obama Veto Threat in Passing Cyber Measure – Bloomberg USA TODAY House Defies Obama Veto Threat in Passing Cyber MeasureBloombergThe US House of Representatives raised the stakes in a debate with the White House over how best to improve the nation's cybersecurity, passing a bill President Barack Obama called too weak and threatened [...]
Bernanke Signals Further Easing Unlikely as Outlook Improves – Bloomberg Telegraph.co.uk Bernanke Signals Further Easing Unlikely as Outlook ImprovesBloombergChairman Ben S. Bernanke is signaling that further Federal Reserve stimulus is unlikely unless the economy unexpectedly deteriorates. The labor and housing markets have shown signs of improvement, and growth will “pick up gradually” after remaining …Fed [...]
Lakers lucky Metta World Peace’s penalty isn’t longer – Los Angeles Times Sydney Morning Herald Lakers lucky Metta World Peace's penalty isn't longerLos Angeles TimesBy Bill Plaschke Three days after Metta World Peace threw an elbow that could have killed James Harden, it is justice that is now holding its head and writhing on the [...]
California Voters to Decide Whether to Close Death Row – Bloomberg BBC News California Voters to Decide Whether to Close Death RowBloombergVoters in California, with more prisoners on death row than any other US state, will decide in November whether to repeal use of capital punishment 40 years after it was approved by two-thirds of [...]
Zimmerman released on bond – CNN International USA TODAY Zimmerman released on bondCNN InternationalBy the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murder in the February death of an unarmed African-American teenager, has been released from a Florida jail after posting bond. Over the weekend, his lawyer …All Eyes [...]
Army data gives snapshot of drug trade in war zone – The Mercury Globe and Mail Army data gives snapshot of drug trade in war zoneThe MercuryBy Lolita C. Baldor AP WASHINGTON — The US Army has investigated 56 soldiers in Afghanistan on suspicion of using or distributing heroin, morphine or other opiates during 2010 [...]
Trayvon Martin Shooter Has Bail Set by Judge at $150000 – BusinessWeek CBS News Trayvon Martin Shooter Has Bail Set by Judge at $150000BusinessWeekBy Derek Kinner and Susannah Nesmith on April 21, 2012 Zimmerman, 28, fatally shot Martin Feb. 26 in the central- Florida town north of Orlando. He claimed self-defense, police said, before being [...]
