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| The Activist and the Rebel: Love and Revolution in East Timor Wednesday, May 01, 2013 08:44 PM PDT In 2002, the world recognized Timor-Leste as the first democratic nation of the 21st century. The path to independence from Indonesia for this tiny island in the Pacific Ocean was paved with violent conflict. Over 24 years of resistance, hundreds of thousands of Timorese were killed. The country's rebel hero, Xanana Gusmao, was jailed for [...] Full Story | Top |
| Quick-thinking bus driver saves passenger with CPR Wednesday, May 01, 2013 03:12 PM PDT  A bus driver in Sydney, Australia, kept his cool and helped save a passenger's life. Amar Wahid was driving his city bus when a woman collapsed into the aisle. According to Australia's 9 News, Wahid, who had recently completed a first-aid course, pulled over and performed CPR on the woman until paramedics arrived. The incident [...] Full Story | Top |
| At NYC May Day rally, calls for a more liberal immigration reform bill Wednesday, May 01, 2013 03:03 PM PDT One might imagine that activists at the pro-immigrant, pro-labor May Day rally in New York City would be happy about the bipartisan immigration reform bill currently in the Senate. But signs and activists at Wednesday's rally called the current draft bill an "unjust" plan that will leave out too many immigrants in its legalization scheme [...] Full Story | Top |
| Smart New Charger for Smart Phones Wednesday, May 01, 2013 02:37 PM PDT Ingenious new phone accessories Full Story | Top |
| Ice cream man reportedly threatens rival vendor: ‘This is my town!’ Wednesday, May 01, 2013 02:13 PM PDT Here's a scoop: Don't try selling your push-up pops on Joshua Malatino's corner. The owner of the Sno Cone Joe franchise reportedly stalked a Mr. Ding-a-Ling ice cream vendor, telling the man, "You don't have a chance! This is my town!" The Gloversville, N.Y., police arrested Malatino after they spotted him tailgating the rival driver. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Teen arrested, expelled for ‘science project gone bad’ Wednesday, May 01, 2013 01:58 PM PDT A 16-year-old girl was arrested and expelled from her high school after what a friend called a "science project gone bad" resulted in a small explosion. WTSP reports that Kiera Wilmot of Bartow, Fla., is accused of mixing household chemicals in a small water bottle that later exploded at her high school. No one was [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama’s case against war in Syria Wednesday, May 01, 2013 01:42 PM PDT Under what circumstances would President Barack Obama unleash U.S. military might into Syria's civil war? Obama and senior aides set a high bar even higher in recent days. The same president who widened America's drone war, ordered the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and led NATO into the conflict in Libya without [...] Full Story | Top |
| Senate bound? Steve King hired Ted Cruz fundraiser Wednesday, May 01, 2013 01:26 PM PDT Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King, currently mulling whether to launch a bid for the Senate, hired a political consultant who raised money for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and several other conservative candidates, a decision that could offer a clue about his future plans. The Des Moines Register reported last month that King recently hired DeLullo [...] Full Story | Top |
| Starving Jamestown settlers ate teen girl, Smithsonian says Wednesday, May 01, 2013 01:25 PM PDT The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History held a press conference on Wednesday to announce breaking, albeit gruesome, colonial news: Evidence of the dismemberment and cannibalization of a 14-year-old British girl in Jamestown, Va., in 1609. Forensic anthropologists say marks found on the girl's bones, uncovered during a recent archaeological excavation, suggest her brain, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Fast food takes over in France Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:52 PM PDT It appears that freedom fries have liberated the French from their historically good taste. The French, who have long held high culinary standards, aren't afraid to flaunt their commitment to quality. But even the world's first foodies have their limits, if a new study is to be believed. That's because new data says the French [...] Full Story | Top |
| Soaring and ‘genuinely silly’ prom costs prompt families to budget for big dance Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:48 PM PDT Devon Walker in his tux. (Photo courtesy of Russell Pankratz) Don't call this prom cheap. It's more like financially sane. When Kim Jacobs Walker's son, Devon Pankratz, told her he had decided to attend his high school prom this spring, it was "a happy surprise," she says. Pankratz, 18, had never been to a school [...] Full Story | Top |
| Dreadlocks banana guy gets Taiwanese animation treatment Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:21 PM PDT Henry Gribbohm, the New Hampshire man who says he lost $2,600—his entire life savings—playing a carnival game that was "rigged," has become something of an Internet star. His story has gone viral thanks, in large part, to the stuffed banana he took home as a consolation prize. The 30-year-old from Epsom, N.H., was playing a [...] Full Story | Top |
| Death Valley Dreamlapse 2 will knock your socks off Wednesday, May 01, 2013 10:31 AM PDT A new time-lapse video, Death Valley Dreamlapse 2 from Sunchaser Pictures, takes viewers on another virtual trip to beautiful and mysterious Death Valley. The footage, shot and edited by Gavin Heffernan, is sure to leave viewers spellbound. It includes sensational star trails, astonishing landscapes and wild photographic techniques like "moonpainting." Plus, you'll see the sliding [...] Full Story | Top |
| Carjacking victim in bombing case speaks out Wednesday, May 01, 2013 09:37 AM PDT The man carjacked by one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers after the attack is speaking out about his ordeal—but not revealing himself, at least to the public. "Danny," identified as a 26-year-old Chinese entrepreneur, gave on-camera interviews to NBC, CBS and CNN this week, with his face darkened and voice modified to protect his [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ex-lawmakers search for signs of intelligent life in Washington Wednesday, May 01, 2013 09:22 AM PDT All the pieces of a formal congressional hearing were in place. A row of lawmakers with furrowed brows were seated in wide, leather chairs behind an elevated table with microphones. Water pitchers and engraved nameplates were in front of them. A second, smaller table was set up below for witnesses to deliver their expert testimonies. [...] Full Story | Top |
| And they’re off: Election ads go live in Virginia, New Jersey Wednesday, May 01, 2013 08:29 AM PDT Three gubernatorial campaigns released television ads this week in preparation for the November 2013 elections, signs of a grueling state election season ahead. Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Virginia Republican Ken Cuccinelli and New Jersey Republican Chris Christie all unveiled TV spots Wednesday in an effort to define their candidacies in the early days of their [...] Full Story | Top |
| Petition to remake Confederate monument splits Georgians Wednesday, May 01, 2013 08:17 AM PDT Depending on whom you ask, the enormous monument carved into Georgia's Stone Mountain is either a proud statement or a blight and an embarrassment. Depicting the only president of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis, riding beside Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, it's two football fields wide, making it the largest of its kind. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Breaking: 3 more suspects in Boston Marathon bombings case taken into custody Wednesday, May 01, 2013 08:10 AM PDT Federal authorities arrested three friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Wednesday, accusing them of trying to obstruct justice by hiding evidence in the case and lying about it. Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both Kazakh nationals who attended the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth with Tsarnaev, were charged with "conspiracy to obstruct justice" [...] Full Story | Top |
| A ‘Bag Man’ dad may sue the New York Post Wednesday, May 01, 2013 07:35 AM PDT The father of one of the young men the New York Post said were sought by the FBI in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings might sue the tabloid for tabbing his son as a suspect. El Houssein Barhoum, whose teenage son, Salah Barhoum, is pictured on the April 18 cover of the New York [...] Full Story | Top |
| Poll: Tsarnaev should be tried in nonmilitary court Wednesday, May 01, 2013 07:04 AM PDT Nearly 75 percent of Americans want Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is accused of bombing the Boston Marathon, to be tried in a nonmilitary federal court, a new Washington Post/ABC poll finds. Seventy percent said they believe Tsarnaev should be put to death if found guilty. Past polls have shown that Americans are generally more supportive of [...] Full Story | Top |
| 9-year-old boy helps nab home invasion suspects Wednesday, May 01, 2013 06:56 AM PDT Two armed robbers were no match for a kid. According to a story from ClickonDetroit, the two men had knocked on the door of a Hazel Park, Mich., home on Sunday. Posing as friends of a family member, they forced their way into the house, had the adults lie down on the floor with blankets [...] Full Story | Top |
| HBO documentary focuses on women who searched for bin Laden Wednesday, May 01, 2013 05:48 AM PDT In Kathryn Bigelow's movie "Zero Dark Thirty," Jessica Chastain played Maya, a young CIA operative whose stubborn pursuit of Osama bin Laden played a major role in the al-Qaida leader's death. The film garnered both awards (including a Golden Globe for Chastain) and controversy—largely because of graphic scenes depicting the CIA's use of torture on [...] Full Story | Top |
| Paula Broadwell: ‘I’ve made some mistakes, but I’m trying to look forward’ Wednesday, May 01, 2013 05:44 AM PDT Paula Broadwell, the woman at the center of the 2012 sex scandal that rocked the Central Intelligence Agency and led to the resignation of its director, Gen. David Petraeus, has not spoken publicly since their affair was first reported in November. But Broadwell, who wrote Petraeus' biography, "All In," attended an annual YMCA prayer breakfast [...] Full Story | Top |
| Young minds with big ideas: Meet the whiz kids of the White House Science Fair Wednesday, May 01, 2013 04:13 AM PDT Politics Confidential 10-year-old Evan Jackson had just made a touchdown in his football game, but he had to be pulled off to the sideline because he had overheated. It got him thinking, along with his brother Alec and cousin Caleb: what if there were a way to keep football players cool and hydrated without having [...] Full Story | Top |
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