Monday, August 31, 2009

Chris Brown says he doesn't remember beating Rihanna (AP)

Chris Brown says he doesn't remember beating Rihanna (AP)

Chris Brown says he doesn't remember beating Rihanna (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 11:08 AM PDT

AP - Chris Brown says he doesn't remember savagely beating Rihanna and claims he still loves his former girlfriend.

Disney to buy comic book powerhouse Marvel for $4B (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 11:47 AM PDT

The Walt Disney Co. is buying Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing such characters as Iron Man and Spider-Man into the family of Mickey Mouse and WALL-E.

Cadaver dogs search yard of Garrido's neighbor

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 03:25 PM PDT

Unlike search and rescue dogs used to find living people, cadaver dogs are specially trained to follow the scent of decomposing human remains. Law enforcement officers are using cadaver dogs in Antioch, Calif., to search a yard neighboring the couple charged with kidnapping and raping Jaycee Lee Dugard.

Obamas Return To DC, Bo Wears "I Heart Obama" Leash On Sunday (PHOTOS)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 09:43 PM PDT

As the Obamas made their way home from Martha's Vineyard to Washington, DC, the first lady wore stylish open-toe sandals. Yet she was not the most fashionable Obama. That honor went to Bo the puppy, who stepped off Air Force One sporting an "I Heart Obama" leash. The first family is due to continue their vacation at Camp David this week. PHOTOS: Follow HuffPost Style on Twitter and become a fan of HuffPost Style on Facebook!

Was Russia's 'Arctic Sea' Carrying Missiles to Iran? (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 12:06 PM PDT

Time.com - Russia's official explanation over the Arctic Sea points to pirates after the ship's cargo of timber, but could it have been transporting missiles to sell to Syria or Iran -- and then was interecepted by Israel?

Governor sets date for special Senate election, presses for interim appointment

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 09:36 AM PDT

By Frank Phillips, Matt Viser, and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff Governor Deval Patrick continued today to press for a change to state law to allow him to appoint an interim replacement for Senator Edward M. Kennedy as he announced...

Turkey, Armenia to launch talks on diplomatic ties (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 11:35 AM PDT

AP - Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a step toward reconciliation Monday by announcing they would launch final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties. But they won't discuss the deepest source of their enmity: the World War I-era massacres of Armenians under Ottoman rule.

Follow Your Intuition -- Save a Child

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 08:28 AM PDT

It takes a village to raise children -- and to capture sexual predators, too. It takes a village to raise children -- and to capture sexual predators, too. Michelle Golland, Psy.D.: The reason Jaycee Dugard was discovered is because of the intuition of two female security officers at the University of California at Berkeley. They were suspicious of Phillip Garrido and felt his behavior with the two female children was odd. But what got him caught was that they, unlike many of us, decided to act on their instinct even if it meant "meddling" in someone else's affairs. The officers took

Toyota developing anti-drunk driving gadget (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 04:27 AM PDT

AFP - Toyota Motor said Monday it was developing anti-drunk driving equipment that would lock the ignition of a vehicle if high levels of alcohol are detected in the driver.

UK police to review Rolling Stones guitarist death

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 08:10 AM PDT

AP - British police said Monday they will review the death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, whose 1969 drowning was ruled an accident but sparked decades of speculation that he was murdered.

Lockerbie bomber: Jack Straw admits Government caved in to Libya

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 12:40 AM PDT

Government caved in to Libyan demands that Lockerbie bomber be included in a prisoner transfer deal.

Joe Jackson: 'Someone should pay' for son's death (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 08:35 AM PDT

AP - Michael Jackson's father says he'd never heard of the drug propofol until it was implicated in his son's death.

Hamas leader denies Nazi genocide of Jews (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 08:11 AM PDT

AP - A Hamas spiritual leader on Monday called teaching Palestinian children about the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews a "war crime," rejecting a suggestion that the U.N. might include the Holocaust in Gaza's school curriculum.

Cocaine laced with dangerous medicine blamed for deaths (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 12:37 PM PDT

AP - Nearly a third of all cocaine seized in the United States is laced with a dangerous veterinary medicine — a livestock de-worming drug that might enhance cocaine's effects but has been blamed in at least three deaths and scores of serious illnesses.

George Will Calls For Pull-Out In Afghanistan

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 02:43 PM PDT

George F. Will, the elite conservative commentator, will call in his next column for U.S. ground troops to leave Afghanistan, according to publishing sources. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26628.html#ixzz0PnUfcXPa
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