Weekend violence in Oakland: Is Occupy movement back, or broken? Christian Science Monitor - 11 hrs agoOakland puts the Occupy movement back in the national spotlight with TV images of flag burning and violent police clashes. More »Weekend violence in Oakland: Is Occupy movement back, or broken?
Oakland puts the Occupy movement back in the national spotlight with TV images of flag burning and violent police clashes.
'Super' PACs set to disclose big donors Tuesday AP - 6 hrs agoGet ready to find out who the millionaires are behind this year's presidential election. More »'Super' PACs set to disclose big donors Tuesday
Get ready to find out who the millionaires are behind this year's presidential election.
- Bracing for a loss in Florida, Gingrich reinvents himself Time.com - 3 hrs ago
Gingrich has shifted to Tea Party rhetoric, which may signal a tactical shift as he surveys the electoral landscape beyond the Sunshine State.
- Officials investigating Illinois reactor shutdown AP - 18 mins ago
Officials are investigating the events surrounding a power failure at a nuclear reactor in northern Illinois, but believe they may have traced the cause to a piece of equipment at a switchyard dozens of miles away.
- Police: Dad of missing Maine tot not telling all AP - 16 hrs ago
Unable to find any evidence missing toddler Ayla Reynolds was abducted, police on Monday pressed the three adults who were home with her on the night she disappeared to provide a full account of what happened.
- Pennsylvania councilman arrested three decades after woman's death Reuters - 12 hrs ago
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A borough councilman in Western Pennsylvania was in jail on Monday, charged with strangling a lover whose body, bound with rope, was found in her bed more than 30 years ago. Tenacious detectives, who held onto physical evidence collected in the 1979 murder of Catherine Walsh, were credited with …
- Controversial general withdraws from West Point speech Reuters - 13 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A retired general who portrayed the U.S. fight against Muslim radicals as a battle with Satan has withdrawn from speaking to the West Point military academy after a veterans' advocacy group objected, the military academy said on Monday. Retired three-star general William Boykin was invited to speak …
- Jail for man who attacked police with toy light sabers AP - 19 mins ago
An Oregon judge is using his force to order a 45-day jail sentence and mental health evaluation for a would-be Jedi who attacked toy store customers with light sabers last December.
- At least 12 militants killed in Yemen air strike Reuters - 1 hr 13 mins ago
ADEN (Reuters) - At least 12 al Qaeda militants, including four local leaders, were killed in a drone strike in southern Yemen, a tribal chief said in what he called one of the biggest U.S. strikes against the group. Residents said the unidentified drone attacked the militants overnight who were travelling in two vehicles …
- In interviews, American Muslims say they reject separate ‘sharia’ law system The Lookout - 18 hrs ago
A new study based on interviews with more than 200 North American Muslims concludes that a recent spate of state laws banning "sharia law" from the court system may be an overreaction to a non-existent threat. Oklahoma, Tennessee and Louisiana each passed laws or referendums to ban state judges from considering sharia and …
- Fla. highway patrol defends reopening I-75 AP - 4 hrs ago
A split decision between two pastors regarding when to return to the Atlanta area from Florida was the difference between life and death.
- House Republicans want $260 billion for infrastructure Reuters - 11 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Republicans will propose legislation on Tuesday calling for $260 billion in spending on transportation infrastructure for up to five years, an election-year proposal touted as a job creator in a tough economy. Transportation Committee Chairman John Mica was due to formally introduce the measure …
- Pinkberry co-founder pleads not guilty to beating AP - 8 hrs ago
A co-founder of the popular frozen yogurt chain Pinkberry has pleaded not guilty to beating a homeless man with a tire iron in Los Angeles.
- Julian Assange to guest star on "The Simpsons" Reuters - 11 hrs ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be a guest character and voice on animated TV comedy "The Simpsons," playing a neighbor of the family after they move from their home in fictional Springfield. Assange's "brief" guest starring role will be on the show's February 19 program, which …
- 19-year-old dies in fall from Park City chairlift AP - 4 hrs ago
A University of Utah student suffered a seizure before she fell from a chairlift at a Park City ski resort and died in an extremely rare case of a fatality on a properly functioning lift, authorities and industry officials said Monday.
- Pardoned Mississippi murderer found in Wyoming Reuters - 15 hrs ago
STARKVILLE, Miss (Reuters) - A convicted Mississippi murderer who disappeared after he was pardoned and released from prison by former governor Haley Barbour has been found in Wyoming, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said on Monday. Investigators found Joseph Ozment on Sunday in Laramie, Wyoming at a hotel where he …
- Fighting over Pakistani mountaintop kills over 60 AP - 2 hrs 56 mins ago
Fighting between soldiers and Taliban militants over a strategic mountaintop in northwestern Pakistan has killed more than 60 people, a government official said Tuesday.
- Death toll from cold spell in Ukraine reaches 30 AP - 3 hrs ago
Ukrainian authorities say that the number of people who died of hypothermia in recent days has reached 30 as the country grapples with an unusually severe cold spell.
Top two surge towards China in Volvo Ocean Race AFP - 40 mins ago
France's Groupama were neck and neck with Spanish team Telefonica as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet sailed into the South China Sea Tuesday, after Puma suffered yet another setback when they were snagged by … More »Top two surge towards China in Volvo Ocean Race
France's Groupama were neck and neck with Spanish team Telefonica as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet sailed into the South China Sea Tuesday, after Puma suffered yet another setback when they were snagged by a fishing net.
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