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Teacher accused over student photos

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 6:56pm UTC

A Los Angeles elementary school teacher allegedly took bondage photos of more than two dozen students in his classroom, including some with suspected semen-filled spoons at their mouths, investigators said Tuesday.
Panel: Hide bird flu data from terrorists

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 6:40pm UTC

Details of a genetically altered strain of the deadly avian flu virus are "a grave concern" to public safety and should be kept under wraps, a federal advisory board declared Tuesday.
What shakeup means for 'X Factor'

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 4:14pm UTC

Having watched as countless contestants said their goodbyes on season 1 of "The X Factor," judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger and host Steve Jones will now do the same, without so much as a highlight reel to play them off.
Arab League talks Syria at U.N.

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 3:59pm UTC

As diplomats gather half a world away to discuss the Syrian conflict, a humanitarian crisis is unraveling in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, opposition activists said Tuesday.
Will Florida primary determine a GOP front-runner?

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 2:41pm UTC

Mitt Romney trounces rivals in Florida vote, winning 50 delegates. But the challengers aren't quitting, instead heading west to fight in Nevada. FULL STORY
Adele tweets she's Grammy bound

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 12:28pm UTC

Adele's vocal cords have healed from surgery in November, allowing the 23-year-old British songstress to perform on the Grammys stage next month, she and the Recording Academy confirmed Tuesday.
Experts want to end cruise ship search

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 11:31am UTC

Technical experts directing the salvage operation aboard the Costa Concordia cruise ship are recommending that the underwater part of the operation be called off because it is becoming too dangerous, Italy's civil protection agency said Tuesday.
9 killed by suspected drones in Yemen

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 11:10am UTC

Three suspected drone strikes hit militant targets in southern Yemen on Monday night and Tuesday morning, killing at least nine people with suspected links to al Qaeda, security officials said.
Insiders: How to win swing voters

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 10:14am UTC

As Florida Republican operatives look past Tuesday's primary, they are clear about what it will take to carry their state in November -- winning swing voters.
Navarrette: Romney's Latino problem

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 8:29am UTC

Ruben Navarrette Jr. says that Mitt Romney's effort to dissociate himself from his rhetoric on immigration won't work.
Opinion: Time to update copyright law?

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 8:14am UTC

On the first day of every year, works of art whose term of copyright has expired enters the public domain. This year's class is particularly strong, as the novels of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf are now free of copyright protection. If you ever wanted to stage a puppet show of Joyce's masterpiece "Ulysses" or set Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway" to music, now is your chance.
Pardoned Mississippi murderer found in Wyoming

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 8:37pm UTC

A convicted murderer who was pardoned this month in a controversial move by outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has been found in Wyoming, officials said.
U.N. to mull call for al-Assad to quit

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 8:01pm UTC

The violence came as the U.N. Security Council planned to take up a draft resolution that calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and transfer power.