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Thousands view solar eclipse in Africa and AsiaDHANUSHKODI, India (AP) -- Thousands of people in Africa and Asia viewed an eclipse Friday as the moon crossed the sun's path blocking everything but a narrow, blazing rim of light....Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:40 am Aid groups struggle to get food, water to HaitiansPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Aid workers hoping to distribute food, water and other supplies to a shattered Port-au-Prince are warning their efforts may need more security Friday as Haitians grow increasingly desperate and impatient for help....Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:37 am Berlusconi bribery trial resumesA corruption trial involving Silvio Berlusconi is resuming in Milan, although the Italian prime minister is not expected in court.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:35 am 'Roller-coaster ride' for missing Rutland girl's familyRelief turned to despair once more as word came late last night that Rutland coed Britney Gengel, lost among the...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:34 am Haiti aid groups fear ‘social unrest very soon’
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:30 am The Alcoholic's Bookshelf (PIC)Alcoholics are quite clever.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:30 am Ivory Coast to probe 'vote fraud'Ivory Coast's government orders an investigation into allegations of fraud by the electoral commission.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:29 am North Korea threatens to stop talks with SKoreaSEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea threatened Friday to break off all dialogue and negotiations with South Korea in anger over Seoul's alleged contingency plan to deal with potential unrest in the communist country....Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:27 am North Korea threatens to stop talks with SKoreaNorth Korea threatened Friday to break off all dialogue and negotiations with South Korea in anger over Seoul's alleged contingency plan to deal with potential unrest in the communist...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:27 am Russia MPs support rights reformRussia's lower house of parliament backs a long-delayed reform to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:25 am Dirk Greineder claims he 'felt alone' at trialWithout his three unflaggingly faithful children to back him up, sex-obsessed wife slayer Dirk Greineder testified...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:24 am Desperate Haitians await foreign disaster reliefPORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Thousands of people injured in Haiti's massive earthquake spent a third night twisted in pain, lying on sidewalks and waiting for help as their despair turned to anger.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:20 am Desperate Haitians await foreign disaster relief (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:20 am Movies to Avoid if You're ClaustrophobicFilms that a claustrophobic person should steer clear of at all costs.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:20 am Moon’s crystal mountains reveal its molten pastThe crystal mountains, which were found on the moon by India's Chandrayaan-1 probe, are a sign that a roiling ocean of magma once engulfed the rocky body of our satellite, say scientists.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:20 am Poll shocker: Scott Brown surges ahead in Senate raceRiding a wave of opposition to Democratic health-care reform, GOP upstart Scott Brown is leading in the U.S. Senate...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:19 am Net assets of stock investment trusts top 50 tril. yen at end of Dec.+(Kyodo) _ The outstanding net assets of stock investment trusts in Japan totaled 50.16 trillion yen at the end of December, up 22.8 percent from a year earlier amid an upturn in global...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:19 am Haiti quake aid effort hamperedDelays hamper the aid effort in Haiti as anger spreads among quake survivors spending a third night without shelter.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:18 am Coakley's stumble blamed on 'incompetent' strategy - Boston Herald
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:13 am Parolee arrested in JP clerk's shootingThe man accused of donning a wig and murdering a Jamaica Plain store clerk the day after Christmas is a career...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:12 am The man who brought the world SpaghettiOs dead at age 86Donald Goerke, the man who brought SpaghettiOs into the kitchen of every self-respecting American parent who never knew Italian food from a wet sock but wanted their kids to eat dinner, has died.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:10 am Poor conditions slow aidPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Doctors and search dogs, troops and rescue teams flew to this shattered island nation yesterday,...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:08 am 2ND LD: Japan to send emergency medical team to quake-hit Haiti+(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) Japan has decided to send an emergency medical team to quake-hit Haiti, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Friday. The team will consist of around 20...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:07 am U.S. warns of possible attack in Malaysia's SabahKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The United States Embassy in Malaysia has issued a travel advisory warning that criminal and terrorist groups were planning attacks against foreigners in the Borneo island state of Sabah.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:06 am U.S. warns of possible attack in Malaysia's Sabah (Reuters)Reuters - The United States Embassy in Malaysia has issued a travel advisory warning that criminal and terrorist groups were planning attacks against foreigners in the Borneo island state of Sabah.Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:06 am Haitians claw through debris as nation gasps for aid (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:04 am Ron Borges Patriots' Final Report CardThis was not a rebuilding season. It was an implosion that leaves the Patriots with far more questions than answers...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:03 am Gunfire rings out from Haitian apocalypse - ABC Online
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:02 am Scott Brown present in absentee voters' mindsOh yes, the "stalkers" are out there. Just ask Martha Coakley, the wrinkly attorney general who is not...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:01 am North Korea threatens to halt talks with SouthSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea threatened on Friday to cut off all dialogue with the South in a move that could raise tension on the peninsula and cloud the efforts of regional powers to push Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:01 am North Korea threatens to halt talks with South (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:01 am PCA Life to end insurance sales in Japan+(Kyodo) _ PCA Life Insurance Co., a Tokyo-based indirect subsidiary of Britain's Prudential plc, said Friday it will end insurance sales operations in Japan on Feb. 15 and specialize in...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:00 am Nexus One, iPhone and Droid: Which is Brightest?The Google Nexus One's AMOLED screen pops right out at you with its deep blacks and rich greens. But we wanted to see how it measures up against other top smartphones.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:00 am HBO: 'Games of Thrones' dailies 'fantastic'HBO is stoked about how 'Thrones' is coming together...
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Jan 2010 | 3:00 am Wife: Police hold leader of Chinese writers' groupBEIJING (AP) -- Chinese authorities have detained the leader of an outspoken Chinese writers' group since Monday without giving any explanation, his wife said Friday....Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:57 am Wife: Police hold leader of Chinese writers' groupChinese authorities have detained the leader of an outspoken Chinese writers' group since Monday without giving any explanation, his wife said Friday. Shi Xiaoli told The Associated...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:57 am 2ND LD: Soccer: Inamoto reckons Kawasaki switch key to World Cup chances+KAWASAKI, Japan, Jan. 15 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDS FRESH INFO IN 5TH GRAF) Japan midfielder Junichi Inamoto reckons his move back to the J-League to join Kawasaki Frontale from French club...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:54 am Haitian families struggle to bury the dead
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:53 am China's Internet user population approaches 400 mil.+(Kyodo) _ China's Internet user population reached 384 million at the end of 2009, an increase of 28.9 percent from a year earlier, the China Internet Network Information Center said...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:52 am Men charged over Danish attack plot - Aljazeera.net
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:52 am Call for Guinean leader's returnSenior Guinean military officials call for injured coup leader Capt Moussa Dadis Camara to be returned to Guinea.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:47 am NKorea threatens to break off talks with SKoreaNorth Korea has threatened to break off all dialogue and negotiations with South Korea in anger over Seoul's alleged contingency plan to deal with potential unrest in the communist...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:46 am Major influx of US troops under way in Haiti (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:45 am North Korea says it will accept SKorean food aidNorth Korea has agreed to accept 10,000 tons of food aid from South Korea. Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung said Friday that the North's Red Cross sent a message to its...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:43 am Columbia prof says Prop 8 adds to gay health woes (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:41 am Beer-loving Belgians could see taps run dryDisaster could be brewing - or not - in beer-loving Belgium, where the taps could be about to run dry on two of the country's most popular beers.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:36 am Aristide says he want to returnBut exiled former Haitian president doesn't say when or how
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:35 am 'Cash Winfall' winning numbersBRAINTREE - The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Cash...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:34 am China says ways to resolve Google issue, U.S. cautiousBEIJING (Reuters) - China sought on Friday to play down a threat by Google Inc to quit the country on hacking and censorship concerns, saying any decision by the Internet search giant would not affect U.S. trade ties.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:34 am China says ways to resolve Google issue, U.S. cautious (Reuters)Reuters - China sought on Friday to play down a threat by Google Inc to quit the country on hacking and censorship concerns, saying any decision by the Internet search giant would not affect U.S. trade ties.Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:34 am Mass. Senate poll shows shift toward GOP candidate - Washington Post
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:32 am Jets' Mark Sanchez needs to maintain low-turnover missionIt has taken a few stern reminders from his head coach and offensive coordinator, but Mark Sanchez finally gets...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:30 am APOD: 2010 January 15 - Scenes from Two HemispheresA different astronomy and space sciencerelated image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:30 am Scientists say they warned of quake in '08Conclusions lacked specific time frame that could have prodded quick action
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:30 am Sumo: Hakuho grabs sole lead at New Year basho+(Kyodo) _ Hakuho gave Hokutoriki a good hiding to move into sole possession of the lead at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday. The Mongolian grand champion was at his...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:29 am Playoffs bring out the best in Cardinals' Kurt WarnerArizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner isn't sure where the retirement talk began. "No idea,"...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:27 am UN official says North Korea increasing punishmentSEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea is meting out harsher punishment to citizens who try to flee the country, a sign that overall human rights conditions remain dire in the communist state, a United Nations official said Friday....Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:26 am Survivors of Hudson jet landing gather year later (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:26 am Obama ally Reid in danger of losing re-election bidWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may pay the ultimate political price for championing President Barack Obama's liberal agenda: He could lose his seat back home in Nevada.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:25 am South Sudan head snubs presidencySouth Sudan leader Salva Kiir is to seek re-election in that post rather than going for the national presidency, his party announces.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:25 am Survivors of Hudson jet landing gather year later - Washington Post
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:24 am US boosts airline security amid Al-Qaeda threat (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:20 am Apple Confirms Tablet Existence with Cease and Desist LetterApple has indirectly confirmed the existence of the fabled Tablet, after Valleywag started a scavenger hunt for evidence of its existence, offering up to $100,000 for photos, videos, or a chance to play with it. Here's what they said:
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:19 am Haiti: Where will all the money go?WASHINGTON (AP) -- Haiti has received billions of dollars in taxpayer and private aid from the United States and others, yet is so poor that few homes had safe drinking water, sewage disposal or electricity even before the earthquake. With sympathetic donors around the world sending money, making sure that aid is spent properly will be a challenge....Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:17 am It's quiz timeWhat do new finds reveal about the Great Pyramids?Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:12 am Stephen Hart calls on youth for Jamaica clashCanadian national team coach selects a largely untested squad to face Caribbean rival on January 31
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:10 am Jazz stun CavaliersSundiata Gaines’s buzzer-beating three-pointer gives Utah first win over Cleveland in over two years
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:06 am Officers could face rebuke in Ft. Hood shooting (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 2:01 am Mike Kelly given ultimatumEx-Bomber coach will avoid assault charge if he agrees to attend anger management course, court says
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:58 am Desperate for Aid, Haitians' Anger MountsPeacekeeping Force, Charity Groups Warn of Rising Tension as Logistics Slow Aid DistributionSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:54 am David Naylor’s Picks Against The SpreadThe Globe and Mail football writer makes his predictions for the divisional round of the playoffs
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:54 am Majority Would Vote Against ObamaThe Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll shows 50% say they would probably or definitely vote for someone else. Fully 37% say they would definitely cast a ballot against Obama. Meanwhile, just 39% would vote to re-elect the pres. to a 2nd term, and only 23% say they definitely would do so.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:50 am Father Time on their sideFavre, Warner, Manning and Brees: over-30 quarterbacks are well represented in football's postseason
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:50 am An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon passes in front of the Sun but does not completely obscure itA solar eclipse viewed from Colombo. A solar eclipse that reduced the sun to a blazing ring surrounding a sombre disk plunged parts of Africa and Asia into an eerie semi-darkness on Friday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:46 am Obama pledges starter of $100M in reliefPresident Obama promised $100 million or more in rapid earthquake aid for Haiti on Thursday as the government sought to speed ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:42 am Southern Indiana player dies after in-game collapse21-year-old centre Jeron Lewis rushed to hospital where he passed away of as-yet-unknown causes
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:42 am Quake aid trickles through Haiti's cramped airportPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- U.S. military air traffic controllers are scrambling to keep earthquake aid flowing into the Haitian capital without the use of a control tower or radar, and amid struggles over fuel, tarmac space and even staircases to access planes....Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:40 am Microsoft Urges Windows XP Users to Sitch Old Flash VersionMicrosoft is urging Windows XP users to upgrade away from Adobe Flash Player 6.0, which was originally bundled with the operating system, because of multiple vulnerabilities.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:40 am Boise State's Petersen named coach of the yearBroncos coach honoured with Bear Bryant award for the second time in four years after leading his team to another undefeated season
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:38 am Biden, Reid cancel North Texas fundraising visit - Dallas Morning News
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:36 am Vigneault denies telling player to fightCanucks coach disagrees with Darcy Hordichuk's claim that Vancouver skaters were being told to scrap during Wednesday's loss to Minnesota
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:33 am Pilots recall 'Miracle on the Hudson' one year laterIt's been a year to the day since Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger guided US Airways Flight 1549 into the frigid waters off ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:29 am China tries to limit Google dispute falloutBEIJING (AP) -- China tried Friday to keep its censorship row with Google from damaging business confidence or ties with Washington, promising good conditions for foreign investors but giving no sign it might relax Internet controls....Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:27 am Jazz rookie sinks James, Cavs at buzzer
 Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:25 am Democrats reach deal on "Cadillac" health taxWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats scored a victory in healthcare talks on Thursday, winning labor union support for a revised tax on high-cost insurance plans and possibly clearing the way for a final agreement.Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:25 am News about loved ones slowly reaching U.S.After two days and nights measured in failed phone calls and unanswered prayers, a trickle of news is reaching some of the thousands ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:24 am Ex-soldier named Tibet governorChina appoints a former soldier as the new governor of Tibet after the previous one resigned unexpectedly.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:22 am Thailand's premier Abhisit Vejjajiva kneels in front of a portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in BangkokThailand's premier Abhisit Vejjajiva kneels in front of a portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej at a ceremony in Bangkok. Abhisit has said the country had "struggled at times of crisis to solve problems",...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:19 am Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej seen in BangkokThailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej leaves hospital in Bangkok. The country's premier, Abhisit Vejjajiva, has said his politically divided nation would be better off if it stopped relying on the royal head...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:19 am Three million Haitians affected by quake: Red Cross - ABC Online
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:14 am US soldier killed in Afghan blastAn American soldier is killed by a bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan, Nato-led forces say.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:13 am Aristide says he wants to return to Haiti
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:13 am A group of protestors call for the release of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng during a protest in Hong KongA group of protestors call for the release of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng during a protest in Hong Kong. Chinese lawyers and a US-based rights group have demanded that police in the Chinese capital...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:12 am Gao Zhisheng, a prominent Chinese rights lawyer, has disappeared, seven months after being taken into custodyGao Zhisheng, a prominent Chinese rights lawyer, is seen during an interview at his office in Beijing in November 2005. Chinese lawyers and a US-based rights group have demanded that police in the Chinese...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:12 am Arenas has apparent plea deal for gun charge
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:12 am File photo shows Qiangba Puncog, chairman of China's Tibet autonomous regionFile photo shows Qiangba Puncog, chairman of China's Tibet autonomous region, at the annual National People's Congress in Beijing. Qiangba Puncog, the public face of an ongoing crackdown on unrest in the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:09 am Chinese paramilitary police march in front of the Potala Palace in LhasaChinese paramilitary police march in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa. Chinese troops invaded Tibet in 1950 with the Dalai Lama, who fled his homeland following an uprising in 1959, repeatedly accusing...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:09 am The 56-year-old former priest was Haiti's first democratically elected leaderFormer Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide, pictured in December 2003, exiled in South Africa since 2004, said Friday he was ready to return to help rebuild the country in the wake of the devastating...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:09 am Teddy Pendergrass dies at 59; quintessential R&B boudoir croonerSoul singer combined romantic love songs with a sexy stage presence. Left paralyzed by a 1982 car crash, he established a group for people with spinal cord injuries that focuses on quality of life.Teddy Pendergrass, the soul singer who combined hyper-romantic love songs with a virile, sexy stage presence to become the quintessential R&B boudoir crooner before a 1982 car accident left him paralyzed, died Wednesday in his native Philadelphia. He was 59.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am D.A. probes whether L.A. Councilman Alarcon lives in his districtThe councilman says he does live in the Panorama City house that he claims as his residence. But neighbors say they haven't seen people living there recently.The Los Angeles County district attorney has opened an investigation to determine whether L.A. Councilman Richard Alarcon illegally claimed a Panorama City house as his residence, prosecutors said Thursday.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am Emergency aid begins to arrive in a chaotic HaitiRescue teams from eight countries arrive. But there is little sign of them in Port-au-Prince, where residents scavenge for food, carry the dead and hunt for survivors.Emergency aid flowed from around the world toward Haiti on Thursday, only to confront a reality that grew more desperate by the hour: Crippled ports and communications left stunned earthquake survivors on their own to scavenge for food and water, carry away legions of dead and dig frantically for voices calling out from under the rubble.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am Handling of Ft. Hood shooting suspect could bring disciplineSeveral Army officers should have taken action when Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was clearly having problems in the years before the deadly Texas rampage, a Pentagon review finds.Between five and eight Army officers are expected to face discipline for failing to take action against the accused Ft. Hood shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, over a series of behavioral and professional problems in the years leading up to the November rampage.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am Slain hotel manager in Little Tokyo had 'huge heart'Hideko Oyama, 74, loved her job managing the Chetwood Hotel. Police arrest a suspect, described as a 'roustabout,' who had lived at her hotel for about a month.She collected old bottles for recycling and used the dollars earned to help the homeless on skid row. She was so devoted to her job that she declined her daughter's offers for vacations in Hawaii. But the one pastime she couldn't resist was watching Los Angeles Lakers games.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am Unions agree to compromise on 'Cadillac tax' for healthcareIn a 'milestone' agreement with the Obama administration, labor leaders back a plan to limit the reach of the tax on high-end health plans and postpone it for union contracts.The White House and labor leaders agreed Thursday on a formula to tax high-cost insurance plans, removing one of the last obstacles to President Obama's healthcare overhaul, officials said.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am In Haiti, aid workers face a dual challengeThe poor nation has long suffered from a lack of medical care and rampant disease. With the earthquake, aid agencies must build a healthcare system on the fly.In Haiti, average life expectancy is 53, three-quarters of women give birth without a health attendant, diarrheal illnesses are the second-leading cause of death and 30% of children younger than 5 have stunted growth.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am In Miami's Little Haiti, nothing to do but work, wait, hope, pray'During the day you've just got to deal with it,' one resident says. We've 'got to be strong.' People call the numbers of loved ones in Haiti, often to no avail.At the Haitian Relief Information Center hastily set up in the heart of Little Haiti, county social worker Shirley Sieger was, in theory, there to help people seeking information from quake-ravaged Port-au-Prince.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am Obama proposes to tax largest financial firms'We want our money back and we're going to get it,' Obama says as he calls for a fee on the 50 largest institutions to recover projected losses from the government bailout.In proposing a new tax on large financial firms, President Obama sent a clear message to bank executives about responsibility for the government's $117 billion in projected bailout losses: The bucks stop with you.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am MLK-LBJ phone chats resonate in Obama eraAs the USA celebrates the first King holiday with a black president, University of Virginia scholars are poring over 1965 telephone ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 12:54 am China appoints new governor in restive TibetBEIJING (AP) -- China has appointed a former soldier as the new governor of restive Tibet, reasserting hardline policies toward the Himalayan region which two years ago witnessed the largest uprising against Chinese rule in decades....Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 15 Jan 2010 | 12:51 am Democrats see progress on health care bill compromisePresident Obama agreed Thursday to soften a proposed tax on high-cost insurance plans, but work continues on several remaining ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 12:47 am Hopes for a fresh start in U.S.-Haiti relations
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Jan 2010 | 12:44 am 3 US Students Thought Found Still MissingFlorida University says it Got "Bad Intelligence"; 6 from Group Traveling with Charity Still MissingSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 15 Jan 2010 | 12:40 am Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Obama - Wall Street Journal
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 15 Jan 2010 | 12:10 am Senator Harry Reid faces 'big trouble' in Nevada raceSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been fighting to keep his leadership post this week after his impolitic remarks about President ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Jan 2010 | 12:03 am Haiti Earthquake Aid Hits BottlenecksWith Estimated 45-50K Dead, Main Problem Now is Getting Help to the Thousands More in Desperate NeedSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 15 Jan 2010 | 12:02 am Kimmel tweaks Leno over late-night dispute
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 14 Jan 2010 | 11:31 pm Iraq's electoral commission bars 500 candidatesBAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's electoral commission on Thursday barred 500 candidates from running in March's parliamentary election, including a prominent Sunni lawmaker, in a decision that is sure to deepen Iraq's sectarian divides....Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 14 Jan 2010 | 11:21 pm Hutchison's ammo falters in debate - Dallas Morning News
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 14 Jan 2010 | 11:20 pm Thousands of high-risk kids missing 2nd H1N1 flu dosesHundreds of thousands of children are overdue for a second dose of H1N1 vaccine that's needed to fully protect them from swine ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:59 pm Officers may be punished for base rampageA U.S. official says a Pentagon inquiry into the case of the alleged Fort Hood shooter could lead to the punishment of up to eight Army officers.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:45 pm Sponsored By:Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:37 pm Opinion: Will Arenas ever get the message?
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:37 pm VIDEO: Race is on to save Haiti quake victims Duration: 01:56VIDEO: Rescuers are racing against the clock to find survivors among thousands of corpses in Haiti, two days after the deadly earthquake struck the island nation. AFPTV reports. Duration: 01:56Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:22 pm Hundreds of bodies lay rotting outside the devastated central hospitalWorkers unload bodies outside the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince. Anger and despair mounted in quake-hit Haiti with rotting bodies littering the streets and little sign of desperately needed international...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:22 pm Official: 8 officers could get punished for Fort Hood rampageA US official says a Pentagon inquiry into the case of the alleged Fort Hood shooter could lead to punishment of up to eight ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:14 pm Robertson unapologetic for 'devil' remarkJan. 14: Rachel Maddow follows up on the cruel remarks by televangelist Pat Robertson that the earthquake in Haiti was the consequence of a Haitian deal with the devil. A statement from the Christian Broadcast Network reveals there was no misunderstanding; Robertson meant it. (Other)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:09 pm Alleged police-torture victim freed - Chicago Tribune
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:06 pm Clinton hopeful for HaitiJan. 14: Rachel Maddow replays highlights of former President Bill Clinton's remarks to Brian Williams on how he hopes to help Haiti. (Other)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:06 pm Haiti donations on track to break recordsCelebrities, companies, sports teams and regular Americans are mobilizing to help Haiti with an outpouring of generosity that ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:02 pm Extreme Migrations Spell Safety For Arctic ShorebirdsArctic-nesting shorebirds have some of the longest migrations in the world, traveling from the southern parts of Africa and South America. A new study reveals that they may go the distance for good reason: to avoid nest-raiding predators. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:01 pm Disillusionment Strong In Post-Revolution UkraineUkraine holds its next presidential election Sunday, five years after thousands of Ukrainians protested a tainted vote in what became the Orange Revolution. Ultimately, the results were thrown out and the opposition won the new election. But just a few years later, the revolutionary mood has soured. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm U.S. Exports Cultural War To UgandaThe battle over homosexuality has torn apart Christian churches in the U.S. American ministers helped bring the same debate to Uganda, and now the country is facing the potentially deadly consequences. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm Pope Reaching Out To Jews With Synagogue VisitPope Benedict XVI will visit Rome's main synagogue Sunday. Recent moves by the pope have upset Jewish-Catholic relations, including the rehabilitation of a Holocaust-denying bishop and Pope Benedict's decision to put his wartime predecessor, Pope Pius XII, on the track to sainthood. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm As Haiti crisis escalates, relief effort beginsJohn Wilson's neighbor survived the earthquake. Now, he's pinned between two cars, where family and friends are able to feed ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 14 Jan 2010 | 9:50 pm Obama calls on former presidentsJan. 14: Rachel Maddow relays the news of President Obama calling on former Presidents Clinton and Bush to help in the Haiti relief effort. (Other)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Jan 2010 | 9:35 pm Haiti: Corpse roadblocks built as desperation sets inHaitians desperate for aid to arrive in the stricken city of Port-au-Prince have begun setting up roadblocks with corpses, a photographer for Time magazine says.Shaul Schwarz told Reuters he had seen at least two such roadblocks...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 14 Jan 2010 | 9:27 pm Haiti earthquake: anger mounts as aid effort is hit by delaysDoctors and search dogs, troops and rescue teams have flown into Haiti following the devastating earthquake, but in many places essential supplies are not reaching those who need them most.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:55 pm Technology easing the path to charityJan. 14: Tony Aiello, chief executive of mGive, the company behind the record-setting "90999" text number that has raised millions for the Red Cross in just a few days, explains how the system of donating via text message works. (Other)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:47 pm United States leaps to action for its neighborJan. 14: Tom Vilsak, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, talks with Rachel Maddow about the specific actions the United States is taking to provide relief in Haiti and how those efforts are being coordinated given the incapacitated Haitian government. Parallels with nation building in Afghanistan are also explored. (Other)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:45 pm Haiti, Dominican Republic - shared border, shared historyJan. 14: Michele Wucker, executive director of the World Policy Institute, talks with Rachel Maddow about Haiti's relationship with the Dominican Republic through their shared history, tragedy, sometimes animosity and now generosity. (Other)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:39 pm Dire medical needs in HaitiJan. 14: Rachel Maddow looks at some of the innovative ways of bringing medical facilities to disaster areas and then talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Tracy Kidder of Partners In Health about the acute medical need of earthquake victims in Haiti. (Other)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:38 pm Video: White House's Haiti ResponseCBS News' Lara Logan reports on U.S. President Barack Obama and his administration's handling of the global disaster relief efforts which are now underway in the earthquake-ravaged Haiti.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:37 pm Haiti situation worsens awaiting aidJan. 14: NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and NBC News correspondent Kerry Sanders report to Rachel Maddow the latest on relief progress in Haiti and the horrors they've seen awaiting that relief in Port-au-Prince. (Other)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:35 pm Video: Obama's Rescue PlanPresident Obama says the U.S. relief effort in Haiti will be the largest in recent history. Close to 10,000 American military personnel should be in or near Haiti by Monday. David Martin reports.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:25 pm Video: CBS Doctor Treats Haitian BabyCNN chief medical correspondent and CBS News contributor Dr. Sanjay Gupta recounts his experiences treating a young female infant in the disaster area of Haiti.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:23 pm Video: Medical Help Scarce in HaitiMany of the injured in Port-au-Prince, Haiti are trapped in devastated neighborhoods without adequate access to healthcare. Byron Pitts reports city's largest hospital has become a makeshift morgue.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:21 pm Video: Haitians Line Streets En MasseMany survivors of the recent earthquake in Haiti, which left the nation in a state of disaster and chaos, are now homeless and living in the streets without food or adequate shelter. Jeff Glor reports.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:18 pm Video: Beware Fake Disaster CharitiesAs millions of Americans have already or plan to offer money to the disaster relief efforts in Haiti, Armen Keteyian reports on ways to avoid fraudulent charities which attempt to scam donors.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:16 pm Video: Port-au-Prince Before and AfterSatellite pictures of Haiti before and after the quake show the alarming devastation its capital, Port-au-Prince, is in. Google Earth has the images on its crisis response webpage. Sandra Hughes reports.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:14 pm Bomb donated to US museum goes out with a bangKODIAK, Alaska - A World War II relic that was displayed outside an Alaska bar for years turned out not to be a dud.Soldiers on Wednesday detonated the 572-kilogram aerial bomb. Radio station KMXT reported that it lost some of...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 14 Jan 2010 | 7:35 pm On the Call: Intel CFO on corporate PC buyingConsumers and businesses both stopped buying new computers during the recession. During the holiday shopping season, consumers bought new computers in droves, pushing PC shipments way past expected levels.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Jan 2010 | 7:06 pm No. 7 Duke holds off No. 25 Miami, 69-62Reserve Krystal Thomas had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 7 Duke remained perfect in the Atlantic Coast Conference by beating No. 25 Miami 69-62 on Thursday night.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Jan 2010 | 7:04 pm Haiti quake family had 'always helped others'Grieving relatives of the three NZ-Haitian family members killed in the Haiti earthquake say the family had always worked to help others.The bodies of Emmanuel Rejouis, 39, and his New Zealand-born daughters Kofie-Jade, 5, and...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 14 Jan 2010 | 5:41 pm Haiti earthquake: aid groups fear deteriorating security situation will hamper aid effortAid groups in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince fear that a global relief effort launched in the wake of the earthquake will be hampered by a deteriorating security situation as impoverished and desperate locals fight for survival.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 14 Jan 2010 | 5:40 pm Illinois Terrorism Suspects Indicted In Mumbai AttackDavid Coleman Headley and businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana are accused of planning a violent attack on a Danish newspaper and helping to lay the groundwork for the November 2008 rampage that killed 166 people in the Indian city of Mumbai. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Jan 2010 | 5:21 pm US killer child locked upST. JOHNS, Arizona - A 10-year-old eastern Arizona boy who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his father's friend in November 2008 has been sentenced to a residential treatment program.Judge Monica Stauffer ordered the St. Johns...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 14 Jan 2010 | 4:56 pm World texting champs crownedNEW YORK - Two South Korean teenagers have been crowned fastest texters in the world.The team of 17-year-old Bae Yeong Ho and 18-year-old Ha Mok Min went thumb-to-thumb against competitors from more than a dozen countries to win...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 14 Jan 2010 | 4:54 pm Man admits strangling 7 boysJAKARTA - A man arrested last week on suspicion of killing a young boy told police that he had killed seven street children in Indonesia's capital over the past 10 years.The 48-year-old Baikuni, who goes by a single name, made...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 14 Jan 2010 | 4:46 pm As Haiti Bleeds, Aid Stalled By ObstaclesAs many as 50,000 people perished in the earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday, according to the Haitian Red Cross. Logistical problems hamper efforts to get aid to the 3 million or so survivors who are estimated to need emergency assistance. President Obama authorized $100 million in emergency aid for Haiti. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Jan 2010 | 4:37 pm Haiti: US halts non-aid flightsWASHINGTON - The US Federal Aviation Administration has halted all civilian flights to Haiti after some flights spent hours circling while awaiting permission to land at an already crowded airport that lacked sufficient supplies...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 14 Jan 2010 | 4:32 pm Aussie police bust $18m cannabis cropSYDNEY - A cannabis crop with an estimated street value of A$18 ($22.5) million has been found growing on leased land in a national park in northern NSW.Two men have been charged with cultivating about 9,000 cannabis plants on...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 14 Jan 2010 | 4:24 pm Obama proposes bank fee, slams Wall StreetWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed Wall Street banks pay up to $117 billion to reimburse taxpayers for the financial bailout, as he slammed bankers for their "massive profits and obscene bonuses."Source: Reuters: Top News | 14 Jan 2010 | 4:20 pm Cocaine found in Nasa hangarCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Nasa is investigating how a bag of cocaine got into the hangar that houses space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Nasa spokesman Allard Beutel said that the bag contained a tiny...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 14 Jan 2010 | 3:47 pm Search for missing NZ fisherman continuesA major police search for a missing New Zealander off the east coast of Tasmania is continuing today.Fisherman Basil Alexander Lee, 40, disappeared on Monday night from a boat at Triabunna, 84km northeast of Hobart.Four divers...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 14 Jan 2010 | 3:36 pm Haiti Search Teams Work To 'Do Best For Most'The groups target their efforts on the "golden" period when survivors are most likely to be found, a search-and-rescue expert says. Seven days after a disaster, that period generally comes to an end. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Jan 2010 | 3:25 pm Who's running Haiti? No one, say the peoplePORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Desperate Haitians turned rubble-strewn streets and parks into makeshift hospitals and refugee camps on Thursday in the absence of any noticeable response from authorities in Haiti after Tuesday's earthquake.Source: Reuters: Top News | 14 Jan 2010 | 2:59 pm NBA's Gilbert Arenas Charged With Gun FelonyThe Washington Wizards guard has been charged with one count of carrying a pistol without a license. He was suspended after a Dec. 21 gun incident in the Wizards' dressing room. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Jan 2010 | 2:52 pm Looking for guns, bombs harder when risk is smallCHICAGO (Reuters) - Screeners searching for weapons like guns or bombs are more prone to error when the incidence of such threats is small, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 14 Jan 2010 | 2:26 pm Cartel Inc: In the company of NarcosRIO BRAVO, Mexico (Reuters) - Late last year, Mexican soldiers raided a house in Rio Bravo, a dilapidated town just across the border from Texas. What they found was a kind of "back office" that belonged to the Gulf cartel, the country's most violent drug gang.Source: Reuters: Top News | 14 Jan 2010 | 2:14 pm Google Lawyer: 'We Operate A Global Website'Google's lawyer says the company will still try to serve China, even if takes its business operations out and shuts Google.cn. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Jan 2010 | 1:40 pm Bacteria Found In Toll House Dough, But None Leaves FactoryMore contaminated dough was found at Nestle factory in Virginia that had problems last year. But this time, the company said, none of the dough left the facility. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Jan 2010 | 1:24 pm Haiti earthquake: presidential palace among buildings demolishedAlmost all of Haiti's public buildings have been demolished by the worst earthquake in 150 years, including the Presidential Palace and the National Cathedral.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 14 Jan 2010 | 12:36 pm Private real estate firm buys O.C. Fairgrounds for $56.5 millionThe state today accepted a $56.5-million bid by a private real estate group to purchase the Orange County Fairgrounds, an early test of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's effort to sell state properties to cut the budget gap.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 14 Jan 2010 | 11:58 am Haiti earthquake: global relief effort launchedRescue workers on the ground launched a critical 72-hour effort to help survivors. Virtually every developed nation sends help, US dispatches 5,500 troops.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 14 Jan 2010 | 11:36 am Officials: Pakistan Taliban Chief Alive After U.S. StrikeA U.S. drone fired two missiles on Thursday at a compound in northwest Pakistan where the Pakistani Taliban chief was believed to have been, but intelligence officials said chief Hakimullah Mehsud was not among the 12 militants killed.Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Jan 2010 | 10:16 am Haiti earthquake: Aid blockages into stricken countryWith many rescue workers struggling to get into the country, there were fears that the critical 72-hour window to help survivors could be missed.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:02 am Haiti in Ruins, Quake Survivors Grow DesperateThey used sledgehammers and their bare hands to try to find victims in the rubble.Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Jan 2010 | 8:01 am Yemen Clerics Threaten Jihad if U.S. Sends TroopsA group of prominent Muslim clerics is warning it will call for jihad, or holy war, if the U.S. sends troops to fight Al Qaeda in Yemen.Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Jan 2010 | 7:33 am Homicide Bomb Kills 20 in Afghanistan MarketNATO says the death toll from a homicide bombing in a busy market district in central Afghanistan has risen to 20.Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Jan 2010 | 7:21 am Haiti in Ruins a Logistical Nightmare for Aid WorkersThe U.N. says rescue workers and relief goods are pouring into Haiti from around the world, but aid workers are running into huge problems reaching people trapped under buildings or feeding hungry survivors.Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Jan 2010 | 6:54 am Pack of Wild Pigs Halts High-Speed German AutobahnPolice say a pack of wild pigs popped under a fence onto a stretch of the German autobahn, shutting the highway down for hours.Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Jan 2010 | 6:04 am Iraq Sentences 11 to Death for Government BombingsA Baghdad court on Thursday sentenced 11 Iraqis to death for their roles in a series of deadly attacks that rocked the country's capital last August.Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Jan 2010 | 4:06 am Britain on course for coldest January for 37 yearsJanuary is on course to be the coldest for 37 years after temperatures in the first week averaged minus 2.1 degrees.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 14 Jan 2010 | 3:56 am Blast Near Israeli Diplomats in Jordan, None HurtA bomb exploded near two cars carrying Israeli diplomats in Jordan on Thursday but none were hurt, their embassy saidSource: FOXNews.com | 14 Jan 2010 | 3:04 am U.S. Steps Up Drone Attacks in PakistanThe United States has unleashed an unprecedented number of missile attacks by unmanned drones in northwest Pakistan over the last two weeks.Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Jan 2010 | 2:26 am Chavez Sacks Minister, Stops Rolling BlackoutsPresident Hugo Chavez has indefinitely suspended rolling blackouts in Venezuela's capital and sacked his electricity minister.Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Jan 2010 | 1:59 am
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