Thursday, November 26, 2009

Iran seizes rights lawyer's Nobel Peace medal (AP)

Iran seizes rights lawyer's Nobel Peace medal (AP)


Iran seizes rights lawyer's Nobel Peace medal (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 06:52 AM PST

AP - Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, the human rights lawyer said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent.


Americans Toss Out 40 Percent of All Food (LiveScience.com)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 06:51 AM PST

LiveScience.com - While many Americans feast on turkey and all the fixings today, a new study finds food waste per person has shot up 50 percent since 1974. Some 1,400 calories worth of food is discarded per person each day, which adds up to 150 trillion calories a year.


Dubai debt fears hit world markets hard (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:10 AM PST

World stock markets tumbled Thursday as investors fretted over the debt problems at Dubai World, a government investment company, and the continuing slide in the dollar, which earlier fell to a 14-year low against the yen.


Obama, GOP differ on jobs, economy in holiday messages

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:35 AM PST

President Obama and a top House Republican acknowledged in holiday messages Thursday the economic struggles facing Americans ...


New Macy's Parade route means no cutting corners

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 07:35 AM PST

It won't be just the balloons, marching bands and floats on display in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The laws of ...


CBS Blurs Adam Lambert Gay Kiss, Shows Madonna-Britney Kiss On "Early Show" (VIDEO)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:43 PM PST

CBS News gave Adam Lambert a platform to address what he has said is a "double standard," and in doing so they propagated one of their own. CBS' "Early Show" hosted Lambert — after ABC's "Good Morning America" canceled his appearance — to discuss his controversial performance at Sunday's American Music Awards, where he kissed a man and simulated oral sex. In the interview, Lambert said that he thinks the controversy shows a double standard and that it wouldn't be a story if he wasn't a gay male. CBS blurred footage of Lambert's male-on-male kiss, but did not blur the footage of Madonna kiss


Two million Muslims prepare to stone devil at haj

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:46 AM PST

Bright weather greeted the pilgrims after heavy rain hit the nearby city of Jeddah, gateway to Mecca , on Wednesday. Some 77 people were killed, none of them pilgrims, most of whom were swept away by currents and drowned, state television said.


Jon Gosselin Not Spending Thanksgiving With Kids

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 06:27 AM PST

Jon Gosselin reveals his new Thanksgiving plans. So, the one cool thing Jon Gosselin was going to do in the whole entire year of 2009 was to show up to Thanksgiving with his kids. Now, Gosselin says, he's going to Grandma's house.


Charles Woodson donates $2 million to U-M hospital (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:13 AM PST

Charles Woodson wants to be known as more than a football player. Donating $2 million to the new University of Michigan Mott Children's Hospital and Women's Hospital gives him a chance to do that. The school announced Woodson's gift on Thanksgiving before he played for the Green Bay Packers against the Detroit Lions.


Celebrate Eid al-Adha @ NiceFun.net

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 02:42 AM PST

Celebrate Eid al-Adha @ NiceFun.net


McDaniels' trash talk strikes chord across NFL (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 12:36 PM PST

Josh McDaniels' trash talk is the talk of the league. The Denver Broncos' brash -- some would say cocky -- coach exchanged taunts with a group of San Diego Chargers linebackers during warmups Sunday, at one point telling them, "We own you!" Then, he watched those very players lead the Chargers' 32-3 beatdown that knocked Denver out of first place in the AFC West.


Touched by NC girl's death, Shaq pays for funeral (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 06:26 AM PST

AP - Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl after being moved by national news coverage of the case of Shaniya Davis, who police say was kidnapped and killed.


China announce plans to boost energy efficiency (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 12:54 AM PST

China says it is aiming for a big boost in energy efficiency by cutting carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product by up to 45 percent by 2020.


Shaq to pay for slain N.C. girl's funeral

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:35 AM PST

Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal has paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl whose kidnapping and slaying received ...


Iran pilgrims stage protest as hajj peaks (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:01 PM PST

AFP - Iranians chanted death to America and Israel on Thursday as some 2.5 million Muslims, drying out after a day of torrential rains, continue their hajj pilgrimage and mass at the site of the prophet Mohammed's last sermon.


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