Joplin official lowers tornado death toll to 139
Sat, 28 May 2011 07:39 pm PDT
 AP - The numbers look increasingly bleak for families hoping for the best after a monster tornado that devastated the town of Joplin, as the city has raised the death toll to at least 139 and state officials say 100 people are still missing. Full Story | Top |
Lockheed Martin hit by cyber attack
Sat, 28 May 2011 08:58 pm PDT
AP - Hackers launched a "significant and tenacious" cyber attack on Lockheed Martin, a major defense contractor holding highly sensitive information, but its secrets remained safe, the company said Saturday. Full Story | Top |
After 4 years, Egypt reopens its border with Gaza
Sat, 28 May 2011 01:14 pm PDT
 AP - Egypt lifted a 4-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, greatly easing travel restrictions on the 1.5 million residents of the Palestinian territory in a move that bolstered the Hamas government while dealing a setback to Israel's attempts to isolate the militant group. Full Story | Top |
Osama raid avenged CIA deaths, a secret until now
Sat, 28 May 2011 09:21 pm PDT
AP - For a small cadre of CIA veterans, the death of Osama bin Laden was more than just a national moment of relief and closure. It was also a measure of payback, a settling of a score for a pair of deaths, the details of which have remained a secret for 13 years. Full Story | Top |
Suicide bomber strikes at top NATO, Afghan leaders
Sat, 28 May 2011 03:20 pm PDT
 AP - A Taliban suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up inside a heavily guarded compound Saturday as top Afghan and international officials left a meeting, killing two senior Afghan police commanders and wounding the German general who commands coalition troops in northern Afghanistan. Full Story | Top |
Married couples in less than half of US households
Sat, 28 May 2011 03:23 pm PDT
AP - Three mornings a week, when Becky Leung gets ready for work, her boyfriend is just getting home from his overnight job. When her mother drops hints about her twin sister's marriage, she laughs it off. And when she thinks about getting married herself, she worries first about her career. Full Story | Top |
Flooded Montana towns prepare for more water
Sat, 28 May 2011 07:25 pm PDT
 AP - Crews and residents frustrated by a week of major flooding across Montana cleared debris from roadways and some muddied homes on Saturday, even as they braced for more heavy rainfall expected over the Memorial Day weekend. Full Story | Top |
Gil Scott-Heron, a godfather of rap, dies in NYC
Sat, 28 May 2011 05:18 pm PDT
 AP - Long before Public Enemy urged the need to "Fight the Power" or N.W.A. offered a crude rebuke of the police, Gil-Scott Heron was articulating the rage and the disillusionment of the black masses through song and spoken word. Full Story | Top |
Lockheed says thwarted "tenacious" cyber attack
Sat, 28 May 2011 10:49 pm PDT
Reuters - Lockheed Martin Corp., the U.S. government's top information technology provider, said on Saturday it had thwarted "a significant and tenacious attack" on its information systems network a week ago but was still working to restore employee access. Full Story | Top |
Cooling system restored at Tepco's No.5 plant
Sat, 28 May 2011 09:42 pm PDT
 Reuters - Tokyo Electric Power has restored the cooling system of the nuclear reactor and fuel pool at the No. 5 unit of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant in northeastern Japan, an official of the plant operator said on Sunday. Full Story | Top |
Names put human face on Joplin death toll
Sat, 28 May 2011 10:41 pm PDT
Reuters - They range from one-year old Hayze Howard to 92-year-old Margaret Tuit, but the official list of Joplin tornado victims does not tell their stories, or that of teenager Will Norton killed on his graduation day. Full Story | Top |
Greece denies missed fiscal targets as EU bickers
Sat, 28 May 2011 04:25 pm PDT
Reuters - Greece's hopes of averting default dimmed on Saturday as fears grew the country may have missed fiscal targets set by its lenders while euro zone policymakers bickered on how to respond to the deepening crisis. Full Story | Top |
Suicide blast kills powerful Afghan police chief
Sat, 28 May 2011 07:21 pm PDT
 Reuters - A suicide bomber killed one of the most powerful men in north Afghanistan on Saturday, underlining the spread of insurgent violence in once peaceful parts of the country and casting a shadow over plans for Afghans to take control of security. Full Story | Top |
Yemeni government and tribesmen agree truce
Sat, 28 May 2011 01:37 pm PDT
 Reuters - Yemen's government and armed tribesmen demanding President Ali Abdullah Saleh leave power agreed on Saturday to end their confrontation which had brought the poor Arabian Peninsula country to the brink of civil war. Full Story | Top |
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