Holloway suspect begins Peru murder trial Friday AP - 15 hrs agoJoran van der Sloot goes on trial in the murder of a young Peruvian woman Friday, nearly seven years after he became the prime suspect in the unsolved disappearance of an American teenager on holiday in Aruba. More »Holloway suspect begins Peru murder trial Friday
Joran van der Sloot goes on trial in the murder of a young Peruvian woman Friday, nearly seven years after he became the prime suspect in the unsolved disappearance of an American teenager on holiday in Aruba.
Iran to hold new naval drill near strait of Hormuz AP - 40 mins agoIran is planning new military exercises near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, according to a naval commander, after threatening to close the strait and completing another set of maneuvers. More »Iran to hold new naval drill near strait of Hormuz
Iran is planning new military exercises near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, according to a naval commander, after threatening to close the strait and completing another set of maneuvers.
Democrats on Santorum's rise: Whatever ABC News - 2 hrs 42 mins agoThe headlines out of Iowa this week told the story of an underdog ex-senator clawing his way to the top of the GOP field, getting nearly as many votes as Mitt Romney did in the caucus. But Democrats are largely ignoring Rick … More »Democrats on Santorum's rise: Whatever
The headlines out of Iowa this week told the story of an underdog ex-senator clawing his way to the top of the GOP field, getting nearly as many votes as Mitt Romney did in the caucus. But Democrats are largely ignoring Rick Santorum. Instead, they’ve...
Pope Benedict XVI names 22 new cardinals AP - 30 mins agoPope Benedict XVI named 22 new cardinals Friday, including prelates in such key posts as New York and Hong Kong and a large group of Italians holding major Vatican positions. More »Pope Benedict XVI names 22 new cardinals
Pope Benedict XVI named 22 new cardinals Friday, including prelates in such key posts as New York and Hong Kong and a large group of Italians holding major Vatican positions.
- Israel concerned may be under cyber attack Reuters - 1 hr 34 mins ago
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli officials said on Friday they were concerned the country may be under cyber attack after a wave of credit card code thefts in the past week by a hacker who claims to be operating out of Saudi Arabia. Credit card company officials said 14,000 numbers had been posted on line Tuesday and another …
- Can a Kennedy rescue the Dems? The Daily Beast - 3 hrs ago
Joseph P. Kennedy III’s run for Congress could restore the Kennedys to Capitol Hill and Massachusetts to the Democrats, says Michelle Cottle.
- IRS says audit rates have grown for the wealthy AP - 4 hrs ago
If you earn less than $200,000 a year, there's a strong chance you don't have to worry about an Internal Revenue Service audit. But if you make more than $1 million annually, the odds have been rising that you'll be hearing from the tax man.
- US teen deported to Colombia could soon return AP - 49 mins ago
The grandmother of a 15-year-old Dallas girl who was deported to Colombia after giving immigration officials a fake name is questioning why U.S. officials didn't do more to verify her identify.
- Latest Egypt vote brings Islamists closer to win Reuters - 2 hrs 7 mins ago
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood won more than a third of the votes in the last stage of elections for Egypt's lower house of parliament, according to partial results on Friday, which show the Islamists are set to dominate the legislature. Banned under deposed President Hosni Mubarak, the Brotherhood has emerged …
- Philippine village searched after deadly landslide AP - 3 hrs ago
Authorities resumed searching Friday for victims of a landslide that killed at least 22 people in a remote Philippine gold-mining village where miners work their small-scale claims with pickaxes.
- The African National Congress turns 100 Time.com - 2 hrs 19 mins ago
It has been exactly 99 years and 11 months since the world's most storied liberation movement, the African National Congress, was born, and I am looking for its birthplace. In Bloemfontein, the old Boer capital on South Africa's central prairie, a white tourist-information officer points me to a building on the edge of …
- Orthodox Christians mark Christmas in Bethlehem AP - 1 hr 47 mins ago
Hundreds of Orthodox Christian worshippers are gathering in Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas Eve.
- Joan of Arc anniversary draws French president AP - 2 hrs 4 mins ago
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is striking back at far-right nationalists who claim fabled heroine Joan of Arc as a symbol of their own, on the 600th anniversary of her birth.
- Hunger for cats and dogs in China The Daily Beast - 3 hrs ago
The use of poison in a dish of cat stew has shed light on the hunger for pet meat in a Chinese province, writes Dan Levin in Beijing.
- Dog found alive 4 days after Montana avalanche AP - 4 hrs ago
A dog that was feared dead after he was swept away in a weekend avalanche that killed his owner showed up four days later at the Montana motel where his owners had stayed the night before going backcountry skiing.
- UK protects site that housed WWII codebreakers AP - 1 hr 35 mins ago
The British government has acted to protect a crumbling piece of wartime — and computing — history.
- Winter a tough time for Fla. tropical fish farmers AP - 1 hr 46 mins ago
It's a tense time at Imperial Tropicals, one of central Florida's largest ornamental fish farms.
Former striker Henry rejoins Arsenal @ Yahoo! Sports - 17 mins ago
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