Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Intel report: Iran seeking to smuggle raw uranium (AP)

Intel report: Iran seeking to smuggle raw uranium (AP)


Intel report: Iran seeking to smuggle raw uranium (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 10:38 AM PST

AP - Iran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. Diplomats said the assessment was heightening international concern about Tehran's nuclear activities.


Handling problems the Obama way

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 02:06 AM PST

There's a familiar pattern for dealing with unexpected problems in the Obama White House.


Charlie Sheen Wife's 911 Call Released

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 03:07 AM PST

CNN: Aspen, Colorado, police have released a 911 recording from Charlie Sheen's wife, Brooke Mueller, who claims the actor threatened her life with a knife. In the call, Mueller identified herself as Brooke and said her problem was domestic abuse.


The United States's secret war in Yemen

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 05:05 AM PST

Captured Yemeni rebels. Image by AFP/Getty Images via Daylife Journalists everywhere were given a rude break from their vacations when Umar Farouk Abdulmatallab attempted his Christmas Day airplane bombing. Al-Qaeda in Arabia is claiming responsibility for the bombing, and mounting evidence shows that he made contact with them in Yemen. This site has writen extensively about why Yemen would likely cause severe problems for the United States in the coming years, and it's a damn shame to be right on that count. In the week before Abdulmatallab's airplane bombing, the United States quietly made


Web posts suggest lonely, depressed terror suspect

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 08:51 AM PST

Internet postings purportedly written by a n****ian charged with trying to bomb a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day suggest a fervently ...


Woods scandal cost shareholders up to $12 billion (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 11:58 AM PST

* Study finds golfer's affairs hurt sponsors' market value


Journalists' group slams NBC for flying boy home (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 02:29 PM PST

The Society of Professional Journalists condemned NBC News for practicing "checkbook journalism" by chartering a jet that carried a New Jersey man involved in a bitter custody battle and his son home from Brazil.


On the White House: A Phrase Sets Off Sniping After a Crisis

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:58 AM PST

The homeland security secretary, trying to offer reassurance after a thwarted bombing, set off a furor that revealed today's polarized security politics.


Comedy Central not renewing `The Jeff Dunham Show' (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:24 PM PST

AP - Comedy Central won't be renewing "The Jeff Dunham Show" for a second season.


Putin urges US to share missile defense data (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:07 PM PST

AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia wants the U.S. to share detailed data about its planned missile shield under a new arms control treaty, signaling potential new difficulties in the ongoing negotiations between Moscow and Washington.


GM Discounts: Saturn, Pontiac Cars Get $7000 Rebate

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:43 AM PST

NEW YORK — General Motors Co. is offering deep discounts on its remaining Saturn and Pontiac vehicles as it looks to move the leftover inventory of the soon-to-be-dead brands, according to a published report. The automaker will pay dealers $7,000 for every new Saturn or Pontiac left on their lot if the vehicle is moved to dealer-operated rental or service fleets, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited a letter mailed to dealers. This allows the dealers to sell the cars and trucks to consumers at a discount, although the vehicles would be labeled as used because the dealer would tec


Beverly Hills schools move to cut outside pupils (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 11:13 AM PST

AP - Threats on Facebook, name-calling, security guard escorts — tempers are running high around schools these days in this normally sedate enclave of ostentatious wealth.


Vt. judge: Birth mom must give child to ex-partner (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 10:42 AM PST

AP - The birth mother of a 7-year-old Virginia girl must transfer custody of the child to the woman's former lesbian partner, a Vermont judge ruled, adding that it seems the woman has "disappeared" with her daughter.


Brazilian family wants to bring boy back from US (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:35 AM PST

AP - The Brazilian family of a 9-year-old boy returned by court order to his U.S. father said Tuesday it will fight to regain custody.


Japanese researchers develop see-through goldfish

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 07:59 AM PST

TOKYO (AFP) – First came see-through frogs. Now Japanese researchers have succeeded in producing goldfish whose beating hearts can be seen through translucent scales and skin.


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