Defense says Muslim soldier never built bomb
23.05.2012, 07:00:00
Prosecutors say Naser Jason Abdo was close to completion and planned to 'commit mass murder' and 'martyr himself' in a terrorist attack outside Ft. Hood, Texas. WACO, Texas — A Muslim soldier was stopped just hours before completing assembly of a bomb that he planned to detonate at a restaurant full of Ft. Hood troops, prosecutors said during opening statements at his federal trial Tuesday.
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Paul Ryan coy on whether he'd join the GOP ticket
23.05.2012, 07:00:00
Rep. Paul Ryan, who is considered a contender to be Mitt Romney's running mate, is predictably evasive in addressing the question during an appearance at the Reagan library in Simi Valley. It is a ritual of the vice presidential audition: A contender for the role of running mate tries to profess just enough interest, but not too much.
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Ann Romney and dressage: A pricey private world
22.05.2012, 12:00:00
Testimony in a lawsuit — from which she was eventually dropped — reveals the would-be first lady's passionate engagement in dressage, a sport she believes helps her deal with multiple sclerosis. It was the end of a long day in a stuffy Simi Valley office building. Ann Romney had been under oath for more than four hours, testifying in a sometimes contentious deposition about a pricey horse she sold that may or may not have been afflicted with a condition that made him unrideable.
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30-day sentence fuels debate in Rutgers anti-gay bias case
22.05.2012, 07:00:00
One student is dead from suicide, another who spied on him with a webcam is headed for a short jail term, and the gay community is divided over how the case was handled. NEW YORK — Dharun Ravi had appeared stoic for three hours, but he broke down in tears as his mother sobbed beside him while pleading with the judge to spare her son from prison.
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John Edwards waits as jury continues deliberations
22.05.2012, 07:00:00
Jurors request and are declined a typed transcription of a handwritten note from heiress Rachel 'Bunny' Mellon. Prosecutors say payments from Mellon and others were illegal campaign contributions. GREENSBORO, N.C. — A federal jury in the political corruption trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards deliberated for a second day Monday without reaching a verdict, as Edwards quietly awaited his fate inside a federal courthouse.
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Supreme Court rejects widow's claim in Social Security case
22.05.2012, 07:00:00
Children conceived in vitro from her late husband's sperm are not automatically entitled to survivors benefits, justices agree. The court also rules in an immigration case. WASHINGTON — A widow who conceived a baby from the sperm of her late husband is not automatically entitled to Social Security survivors benefits to help raise the child, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
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PSA test for prostate cancer should be dropped, task force says
22.05.2012, 07:00:00
An expert advisory panel argues that needless treatments hurt many more men than are helped by early detection, but some doctors take issue. The PSA test should be abandoned as a prostate cancer screening tool, a government advisory panel has concluded after determining that the side effects from needless biopsies and treatments hurt many more men than are potentially helped by early detection of cancers.
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Man survives plunge over Niagara Falls
22.05.2012, 04:56:00
He is hospitalized in critical condition after an apparent suicide attempt. NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — A man survived a plunge of at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls in an apparent suicide attempt Monday — only the third person known to have lived after going over the falls without a safety device.
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