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Paladino's 'Soprano-like' scuffle

Posted: September 30th, 2010, 8:44am UTC

A recent confrontation between New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino and a newspaper columnist illustrates the multimillionaire's brash and unpredictable nature, a political observer said.
Student's body pulled from Hudson after suicide

Posted: September 30th, 2010, 8:43am UTC

Two Rutgers University students accused of invading the privacy of a fellow student, who later killed himself, may face additional charges, including bias, prosecutors say.
Ecuador emergency amid 'coup attempt'

Posted: September 30th, 2010, 8:42am UTC

Disturbances broke out Thursday on the streets of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, as national police protested the government's cancellation of bonuses and promotions, images on the official Ecuador TV showed.
Jimmy Carter released from hospital

Posted: September 30th, 2010, 8:12am UTC

Former President Jimmy Carter left a hospital in Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday afternoon after spending two days recovering from a gastric viral infection.
Sources: Emanuel to step down Friday

Posted: September 30th, 2010, 8:05am UTC

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will step down Friday to run for mayor of Chicago, two sources told CNN Thursday.
Contador: Bad meat caused test failure

Posted: September 30th, 2010, 6:54am UTC

Reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has been suspended from competitive cycling after it was revealed he tested positive for a banned substance during this year's race.
Movie star Tony Curtis dies

Posted: September 30th, 2010, 4:49am UTC

Actor Tony Curtis has died, his family says. He was 85. "My father leaves behind a legacy of great performances," actress Jamie Lee Curtis said.
Fisher-Price recalls millions of toys

Posted: September 30th, 2010, 4:36am UTC

Toy manufacturer Fisher-Price announced Thursday that it has recalled about 10 million toys because they were dangerous to children.
Mom says: Don't be a 'good' patient

Posted: September 30th, 2010, 2:38am UTC

My mother, Sheila Schwartz, is a firecracker. As a lawyer, social worker, wife, mother of four and grandmother of 11, she's always on the go -- working, caring, loving life. About 10 years ago, when my mother was around 60, something suddenly changed. She began feeling tired, achy and dizzy, and her blood pressure was slightly high even though she was on blood pressure medication. Her internist tinkered with the dosage, but the blood pressure wouldn't budge.
Obama, Dems set course for campaigns

Posted: September 30th, 2010, 7:36pm UTC

Top congressional Democrats will huddle with President Obama Thursday for one last strategy session before lawmakers leave Washington to campaign for their jobs.
Congress OKs stop-gap spending

Posted: September 29th, 2010, 6:42pm UTC

Before shutting down for campaigns, Congress on Thursday passed a measure to fund the government another 2 months. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said all 100 senators want to "get back to their states."
Report: Koreas begin military talks

Posted: September 29th, 2010, 5:32pm UTC

South Korea and North Korea on Thursday morning began military talks for the first time in nearly two years, the Yonhap news agency reported.
California execution blocked

Posted: September 29th, 2010, 3:44pm UTC

The execution of a convicted rapist-murderer in California has been called off two days before he was to receive a lethal injection, Department of Corrections officials said.
Official: Soldiers argued before 2 died

Posted: September 29th, 2010, 2:13pm UTC

A verbal altercation between four U.S. soldiers in Iraq preceded the fatal shooting of two and wounding of a third, a U.S. military official said Wednesday.
Officials: NYC plotter eyed 2nd attack

Posted: September 29th, 2010, 1:55pm UTC

Prosecutors say Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old Pakistani-American suspect in the failed Times Square bombing case, carefully selected his location as a highly populated target, and intended to strike again if he wasn't caught the first time.
Prostitution law nixed; Canada to appeal

Posted: September 29th, 2010, 12:50pm UTC

Key provisions of Canada's prostitution law were struck down Tuesday by an Ontario judge who said they endangered the people they were meant to protect.
Ft. Hood reels from 4 apparent suicides

Posted: September 29th, 2010, 11:41am UTC

Four soldiers from the Fort Hood Army base in Texas -- all decorated veterans -- died in the past week after apparent suicides, a Fort Hood spokesman said.
Google's 'naughty' word list

Posted: September 29th, 2010, 12:44am UTC

Some folks at the Hacker publication 2600 decided to compile a list of words that are restricted by Google Instant.
Wisconsin River levee fails

Posted: September 27th, 2010, 6:51am UTC

As many as 100 homes could be affected by floodwater in Wisconsin because of the failure of a 120-year-old sand levee.
Segway exec dies in Segway accident

Posted: September 27th, 2010, 6:46am UTC

The owner of the Segway company has died, apparently in an accident involving one of his upright two-wheeled vehicles, police in England said Monday.
NATO choppers cross into Pakistan

Posted: September 27th, 2010, 6:16am UTC

NATO helicopters crossed into Pakistani airspace from Afghanistan in pursuit of insurgents over the weekend, killing 49 people, a spokesman told CNN Monday.
Long: 'I feel like David against Goliath'

Posted: September 27th, 2010, 4:49am UTC

Baptist pastor Eddie Long, speaking publicly Sunday for the first time about allegations of sexual coercion against young male church members, vowed to fight.
Max Weinberg splits with Conan O'Brien

Posted: September 27th, 2010, 4:25am UTC

After months of rumors, it's finally official: Max Weinberg won't be going with Conan O'Brien to Conan's new show on TBS.
6 die in apparent murder-suicide in Fla.

Posted: September 27th, 2010, 3:22am UTC

Six people have died in an apparent murder-suicide in Riviera Beach, Florida, police said Monday.
Girl walked with friends, then vanished

Posted: September 27th, 2010, 3:04am UTC

Of all the experiences they shared in their 12 years together, Janice Norwood still recalls a special moment when her daughter Kimberly confided in her while they were going into town one day.
Opinion: Fight for middle class security

Posted: September 27th, 2010, 12:43am UTC

In an extraordinarily powerful moment last Monday, a middle class mother named Velma Hart confronted the president for whom she had enthusiastically voted.
Britain's Labour Party picks new leader

Posted: September 25th, 2010, 5:29am UTC

Britain's opposition Labour Party elected Ed Miliband as its new leader Saturday, four months after Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigned from the post when his party lost the election.
Opinion: Eddie Long must step down

Posted: September 25th, 2010, 2:40am UTC

The power of any pastor over his or her parishioners is derived from their "calling" to minister the Gospel from God, or as some call it, the anointing by the Holy Spirit. But the role of a pastor -- the Bible speaks to being a shepherd of a flock -- also comes from the belief that it is their moral standing as the earthly representative of God to lead their congregations spiritually.
Lehman art expected to fetch millions

Posted: September 25th, 2010, 2:22am UTC

Artwork that used to adorn the walls and halls of Lehman Brothers' offices in London is expected to fetch 2 million pounds ($3.1 million) when it goes up for auction Wednesday.
WH cites state secrets in court filing

Posted: September 25th, 2010, 2:20am UTC

The Obama administration has invoked the state secret privilege in seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed to prevent the U.S. from targeting a Yemeni-American cleric and militant for assassination.
Air Force ordered to reinstate gay nurse

Posted: September 25th, 2010, 2:14am UTC

A federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of an openly lesbian former Air Force major who was dismissed from the military under the government's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
Airline forced to land after bomb call

Posted: September 25th, 2010, 1:19am UTC

A plane carrying 273 people was flying from Canada to Pakistan when it was forced to land. A caller told authorities a passenger had explosives with him.
Tropical Storm batters Honduras

Posted: September 25th, 2010, 12:33am UTC

Tropical Storm Matthew was battering the northern coast of Honduras with heavy rains and winds early Saturday, bringing with it a threat of flash floods and mudslides, forecasters said.
Apology sought over captain's detention

Posted: September 25th, 2010, 11:55pm UTC

China on Saturday demanded an apology and compensation from Japan over the detention of its fishing boat captain seized near disputed waters, Chinese state media reported.
Lohan out of jail after posting bail

Posted: September 25th, 2010, 10:55pm UTC

Actress Lindsay Lohan posted $300,000 bail and was released from jail late Friday, authorities said. Earlier, a judge ordered the actress back to jail following a failed drug test, but that decision was later overturned.
Soyuz spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan

Posted: September 25th, 2010, 7:09pm UTC

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts from the International Space Station landed successfully in Kazakhstan early Saturday morning, NASA said.
4th man claims he had sex with pastor

Posted: September 24th, 2010, 1:23pm UTC

A fourth lawsuit has been filed against Atlanta-area pastor Eddie Long, alleging he coerced a 17-year-old into sex during a 2005 trip the two took to Africa.
After bath video, Smith case to rest

Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 6:44pm UTC

Prosecutors are expected to rest their case Friday in the seven-week-long trial of model Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend and two doctors.
Fresh off farm, Colbert heads to House

Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 5:53pm UTC

Stephen Colbert shined his comedic light on farm labor and immigration for his TV show. Now a House subcommittee is about to have him draw attention to the issues on Capitol Hill.
VA executes 1st woman in century

Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 3:46pm UTC

Teresa Lewis, called the mastermind of a murder-for-hire scheme, was executed Thursday night, officials said. She was the first woman executed in Virginia in nearly a century.
Court requests halt to 'don't ask'

Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 2:44pm UTC

The Obama administration is objecting to a request for an immediate halt to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy after a federal court ruled that the policy barring gays from serving openly is unconstitutional.
Pastor says he'll answer allegations

Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 2:43pm UTC

Atlanta pastor Eddie Long, accused of coercing young men to have sexual relationships, won't be interviewed today as planned. Long says his lawyers won't let him talk.
4 dead in shooting; 'My mom has gone crazy,' survivor says

Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 1:59pm UTC

Five people were shot -- four fatally -- at a Seattle, Washington, home Thursday, according to police. The shooter is believed to be related to some of the victims, police say.
Delegates walk out on Ahmadinejad

Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 12:54pm UTC

U.S. delegates and thosefrom other nations walked out of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a fiery speech that criticized the U.S., the U.N. and capitalism.
Facebook back up after another outage

Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 11:37am UTC

Facebook was down for many users for the second day in a row on Thursday.
Protesters call Ahmadinejad 'murderer'

Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 9:44am UTC

They journeyed to New York from faraway places, they said, to give voice to those who are silenced in their homeland.
Diplomat's throat slashed in N.Y.

Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 9:16am UTC

A Nicaraguan diplomat based in New York was found dead in his apartment in the Bronx on Thursday, his throat slashed, police said.
Two post bail in CA pay scandal

Posted: September 22nd, 2010, 6:52pm UTC

Two officials involved in a Bell, California, salary scandal that sparked outrage over allegedly excessive pay posted bail Wednesday evening after showing that their bail funds come from legitimate sources.
Embattled bishop to respond to sexual coercion allegations

Posted: September 22nd, 2010, 6:28pm UTC

Atlanta-based pastor Eddie Long, accused of coercing young men into sexual relationships, will make a statement Thursday regarding civil lawsuits filed against him and his megachurch.
GOP 'Pledge to America' lays out agenda

Posted: September 22nd, 2010, 2:57pm UTC

House GOP leaders will unveil a "Pledge to America" Thursday that points to the economy as part of a "governing agenda" if Republicans gain control of Congress.