Sabtu, 05 Desember 2009

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Knox upset, tired; gets family visit in prison (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:53 PM PST

U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox is accompanied by a penitentiary police officer prior to a final hearing before the verdict, at the court in Perugia, Italy, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. An Italian jury has begun deliberations in the yearlong trial of American student Knox, who is charged with murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007 with her former boyfriend Italian murder suspect Raffaele Sollecito. A verdict is expected later Friday. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Amanda Knox sought comfort from visiting family members Saturday on her first day in prison since being convicted of murdering her British roommate.


Tiger's troubles widen his distance from blacks (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 08:05 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2003 file photo, Tiger Woods, right, stands near his then-girlfriend Elin Nordegren, left, during the final day of the  Presidents Cup 2003 Golf Tournament at the Fancourt Golf Estate in George, South Africa. Amid all the headlines generated by Tiger Woods' troubles, the puzzling car accident, the suggestions of marital turmoil and multiple mistresses, little attention has been given to the race of the women linked with the world's greatest golfer. Except in the black community. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)AP - Amid all the headlines generated by Tiger Woods' troubles — the puzzling car accident, the suggestions of marital turmoil and multiple mistresses — little attention has been given to the race of the women linked with the world's greatest golfer.


2nd gay bishop for Episcopal Church, Anglicans (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:06 PM PST

Delegates raise their ballots for Bishop Suffragan during the 114th Annual Meeting of the Diocese of Los Angeles for the Episcopal Church held in Riverside, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elected the first female bishop, Rev. Diane M. Jardine Bruce, in its 114-year history. (AP Photo/Francis Specker)AP - The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elected a lesbian as assistant bishop Saturday, the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican fellowship, which is already deeply fractured over the first.


Wis. man wanted in double homicides eludes police (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 08:51 PM PST

This undated photo provided Friday, Dec. 4, 2009 by the Dane County, Wis. Sheriff's Department via the Wisconsin State Journal shows Tyrone Adair. Police believe the fatal shootings of a mother and her young daughter in Madison were connected to the slayings of another woman and young girl in a nearby suburb, and authorities were searching Friday for Adair as a 'person of interest' in all four deaths. (AP Photo/ Dane County Sheriff's Department)AP - Police sought help from the public Saturday as the search for a Wisconsin man wanted in the deaths of his two young daughters and their mothers stretched into its third day.


Palin pokes fun at herself at journalists' dinner (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 08:08 PM PST

Sarah Palin, left, arrives at a 'Going Rogue' booksigning in Fort Hood, Texas on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)AP - Sarah Palin poked fun at herself in a speech to journalists Saturday night, drawing laughter when she announced she "came down from my hotel room and I could see the Russian Embassy."


2 men, 43 horses killed in barn fire in Ohio (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:17 PM PST

The remains of a horse barn at the Lebanon Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Ohio are shown on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 after a fire ripped through it that killed two people and about sixty horses. Capt. Krista Wyatt with the Lebanon Fire Department said the fire was reported about 5 a.m. Saturday. She said the barn's roof had already collapsed by the time firefighters arrived at the Warren County Fairgrounds, about 25 miles northeast of Cincinnati. (AP Photo/The Dayton Daily News, Ron Alvey)AP - A fire ripped through a horse barn at a county fairgrounds Saturday in southwest Ohio, killing two men and 43 horses, authorities said.


Baucus: Girlfriend merited US attorney nomination (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:50 PM PST

Senator Max Baucus, D-Mont, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, leaves the Seante floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Senate Democrats on Saturday defeated a GOP attempt to eliminate $40 billion in cuts to home health care services in the health overhaul bill. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana's U.S. attorney, saying Saturday his one-time staff member and the former state prosecutor is "highly qualified" but eventually withdrew her nomination.


Student charged in Binghamton U. professor's death (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 08:26 PM PST

AP - A graduate student has been accused of fatally stabbing a 77-year-old Binghamton University anthropology professor.

First US ambassador to the Vatican dead at 95 (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 04:17 PM PST

AP - William A. Wilson, the first American to serve as ambassador to the Vatican and a member of President Ronald Reagan's "kitchen cabinet" of advisers, has died. He was 95.

AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:32 PM PST

Clark Norris, left, and his son Todd Norris, right, are shown inside Legacy Furniture Group's manufacturing plant in Conover, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Legacy's recent success highlights a trend: Counties with the heaviest reliance on manufacturing income are posting some of the biggest employment gains of the nation's nascent economic recovery. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - As record numbers of orders flow through Legacy Furniture Group's manufacturing plant, workers toil between towers of piled foam and incomplete end tables precariously stacked five pieces high.


Election board certifies Atlanta mayor vote (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 01:18 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2009 file photo, Atlanta Mayoral candidate Kasim Reed, left, celebrates with Lisa Borders, Atlanta city council president, center, during his runoff Election Night Party  in Atlanta. When the final votes are counted, it's likely the black political machine that integrated Atlanta's City Hall — and kept it that way for four decades — will have pulled through one more time to deliver a fifth consecutive black mayor. Barely. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)AP - A Georgia elections board has certified the vote making former state Sen. Kasim Reed Atlanta's mayor-elect.


'Junior' Gotti's 4th mob mistrial may be his last (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 11:50 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo of Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009, John 'Junior' Gotti  smiles as he speaks to reporters outside Manhattan federal court in New York after a judge declared a mistrial when the jury failed to reach a verdict against the son of the notorious Gambino crime family mob boss - the case's fourth hung jury in five years. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)AP - A new judge, new charges, new star witness and a new jury added up to a familiar result รข€" a mistrial for John "Junior" Gotti on racketeering charges. This one, though, might be his last.


Snow dusts the South from Louisiana to Georgia (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 01:42 PM PST

Snow is seen falling at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Louisiana got its earliest snowflakes ever as people across the South awakened to a dusting of powder.


1 dead, scores injured in Wyoming bus crash (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 11:38 AM PST

AP - A bus driver was killed and about 40 passengers injured Saturday morning when the bus crashed into an overturned tractor-trailer blocking Interstate 25 in central Wyoming.

Rocket launches Air Force satellite from Fla. (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 07:05 PM PST

AP - A rocket carrying an Air Force satellite that will be used by the military has launched from Cape Canaveral.

Vermont church selling Tiffany window to stay open (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 02:23 PM PST

In this Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 photo, Rev. Suzanne Andrews stands under the Tiffany & Co. stained glass window at the First Baptist Church in Brattleboro, Vt.  Pressed for cash, the First Baptist Church has reluctantly decided to seek bids on a Tiffany & Co. stained glass window that's been part of the building since 1910. The 9-foot tall window, which depicts St. John the Divine, will be removed and sold if a successful bidder comes forward, although pastor Rev. Suzanne Andrews says she's hoping a miracle will make that unnecessary. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - For almost 100 years, the multicolored image of St. John the Divine has gazed down from a stained glass window in the choir loft of First Baptist Church.


Colorado State University bans guns on campus (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 03:36 AM PST

AP - Joining most major colleges nationwide, Colorado State University has banned concealed weapons on campus with a vote that pitted faculty asking for a prohibition against students demanding the right to carry guns.

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Family Visits 'Disappointed, Upset' Amanda Knox in Jail After Conviction - ABC News

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:23 AM PST


Sydney Morning Herald

Family Visits 'Disappointed, Upset' Amanda Knox in Jail After Conviction
ABC News
Amanda Knox is sitting in jail "extremely disappointed [and] upset" after being convicted of murdering her British roomate, Meredith Kercher, Knox's mother said after her family's jailhouse visit today. ...
Italy Verdict Draws Ire in the USNew York Times
Amanda Knox prosecutor: We had a strong caseCNN International
US Student Sentenced to 26 Years in Italy MurderVoice of America
NECN -CafeSentido.com -Examiner.com
all 2,310 news articles »

Toll Stirs Grief and Anger in Russian Nightclub Fire - New York Times

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:50 AM PST


CBC.ca

Toll Stirs Grief and Anger in Russian Nightclub Fire
New York Times
Relatives of the victims of a Friday night fire at a nightclub in Perm, Russia, gathered Saturday. By CLIFFORD J. LEVY MOSCOW — The master of ceremonies at the nightclub was cracking jokes late on Friday, surrounded by hundreds of people eating sushi ...
Russian Nightclub Fire Kills at Least 104 PeopleBloomberg
Russian investigators arrest 3 more over deadly nightclub fireRIA Novosti
Russian president says nightclub blaze is criminal actBBC News
CNN -AFP -Telegraph.co.uk
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Senator Baucus recommended girlfriend for key job: aide - Washington Post

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 07:30 AM PST


MiamiHerald.com

Senator Baucus recommended girlfriend for key job: aide
Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the powerful US Senate Finance Committee, nominated his girlfriend to serve as a federal prosecutor earlier this year, the senator's spokesman said on Saturday. ...
AP Top News at 1:58 pm ESTThe Associated Press
Sen. Max Baucus's Private OptionAtlantic Online (blog)
Saturday Word: Nominating From the HeartNew York Times
9&10 News -Examiner.com -Canada Views
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Pakistan a Key Factor in Obama's New Afghan Strategy - Voice of America

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:32 AM PST


PakTribune.com

Pakistan a Key Factor in Obama's New Afghan Strategy
Voice of America
President Barack Obama said the United States will no longer define its relations with Pakistan narrowly and that the partnership will be built on mutual interest, respect and trust. Photo: AP US President Barack Obama is sending 30000 more US troops ...
How Obama Came to Plan for 'Surge' in AfghanistanNew York Times
Obama's push for 'surge' shaped Afghan strategyWashington Post
Taliban militants detained near Afghan capitalXinhua
Wall Street Journal -BBC News -TIME
all 1,803 news articles »

Obama social secretary let 1st priority slip - Chicago Sun-Times

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 02:02 AM PST


Washington Post

Obama social secretary let 1st priority slip
Chicago Sun-Times
The heat's on Desiree Rogers. Now, a lot of people in Chicago are wondering will they or won't they fire the nation's celebrity party planner. For those who don't know, Rogers has been under intense scrutiny since a ...
Fake it 'til you make it. Lessons learned from the Salahis.Examiner.com
White House Backs Its Social SecretaryWall Street Journal
White House defends social secretaryUPI.com
New York Times -WLOS -Los Angeles Times
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Teheran criticizes Swiss minaret ban - Jerusalem Post

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:15 AM PST


Reuters Blogs (blog)

Teheran criticizes Swiss minaret ban
Jerusalem Post
By JPOST.COM STAFF Iran criticized a Swiss ban on the construction of minarets on mosques, and warned of rising Islamophobia in Europe, Iranian English-language news agency Press TV reported Saturday. A model of a minaret, burning candles and a banner ...
Iran warns Switzerland over minaret banYnetnews
Swiss ban on minarets was a vote for tolerance and inclusionChristian Science Monitor
Europe's waning liberalismAljazeera.net
New York Times -Voice of America -Telegraph.co.uk
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Martial Law Declared in Philippine Province After Massacre - Voice of America

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 05:13 AM PST


Khaleej Times

Martial Law Declared in Philippine Province After Massacre
Voice of America
Government officials say President Gloria Arroyo suspended civil rights in Maguindanao province Saturday, allowing troops to make arrests without warrants. Photo: AP Philippine officials have put a southern province under martial law and have arrested ...
Troops swoop down on MaguindanaoInquirer.net
Martial law in Philippines province after massacreBBC News
Philippines Imposes Martial Law In Massacre ProvinceNew York Times
Wall Street Journal -AFP -GMA news.tv
all 1,462 news articles »

Asian carp: US may close Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal - Chicago Tribune

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 08:50 AM PST


Fox11online.com

Asian carp: US may close Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
Chicago Tribune
As wildlife biologists scoop the last remaining poisoned fish from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal this weekend, federal officials are considering temporarily closing the vital shipping corridor to stop the spread of ...
Canadians fight fish that threatens Great LakesCTV.ca
Canal poisoning nets one Asian carp - so farMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
Chicago Canal Flooded With Toxin To Kill Asian CarpNPR
Examiner.com -Christian Science Monitor -Detroit Free Press
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Knox convicted, sentenced to 26 years in Italy (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:52 PM PST

Curt Knox, father of American college student Amanda Knox, walks next to his daughters Ashley, left, and Delaney shortly after an Italian jury convicted his daughter Amanda of murdering her British roommate and sentenced her to 26 years in prison, Perugia, Central Italy, early Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - American college student Amanda Knox was found guilty of murdering her British roommate and sentenced to 26 years in prison early Saturday after a year-long trial that gripped Italy and drew intense media attention.


Aide: Baucus nominated girlfriend for US attorney (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 12:27 AM PST

FILE - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., looks on before speaking to reporters about health care reform legislation, in this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo taken on Capitol Hill in Washington. A spokesman for Baucus said late Friday Dec. 4, 2009 the Montana Democrat was in a romantic relationship with the woman he nominated for U.S. attorney. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus was having an affair with his current girlfriend when he recommended her for U.S. attorney last year, a spokesman said late Friday.


US Marine, Afghan offensive ongoing in Helmand (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 11:35 PM PST

US Marines come under fire as they return to base following a search operation in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. US President Barack Obama will announce his new Afghan strategy in an address to the nation Tuesday from the prestigious West Point military academy, the White House said.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)AP - U.S. Marines and Afghan troops, conducting the first offensive since the new American war plan was announced, met little resistance from insurgents Saturday as they worked to disrupt Taliban supply and communications lines in a key valley in southern Afghanistan.


Senate preserves long-term care program (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:53 PM PST

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., right, accompanied by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, foreground, and Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., speaks during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - The Senate on Friday turned back a Republican effort to eliminate a long-term care insurance program to help seniors and the disabled, saving the plan once championed by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in its health overhaul bill.


Reports: Russian nightclub blast kills 102 (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 11:35 PM PST

Investigators and relatives of the victims gather outside a nightclub in Perm, Russia, early Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. An explosion apparently caused by pyrotechnics tore through the nightclub early Saturday, killing more than 100 people, according to emergency officials quoted by state television. (AP Photo/Mikhail Duzhba)AP - An explosion and fire blamed on fireworks tore through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm early Saturday, killing 102 people, Russian officials said.


Va. Tech report: Staff warned their families first (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 12:03 AM PST

FILE - In this undated photo released by the Virginia State Police, Seung-Hui Cho is shown. Seung-Hui, 23, is identified by police as the gunman suspected in the massacre that left 33 people dead at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., Monday, April 16, 2007. An updated report released Friday, Dec. 4, 2009 says that some Virginia Tech officials warned their own families and the president's office was locked down well before a campus-wide alert was issued in the 2007 slayings of 32 people, according to a revised state report that details new fumbles in the response to the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.  (AP Photo/Virginia State Police, File)AP - The prelude to the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history began with the shootings of two students in a dorm room at Virginia Tech.


Obama shifts Copenhagen visit to boost deal (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 12:44 AM PST

Children from Imagine Hope Community Charter School, and demonstrators, hold up banners calling for actions on climate change, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in front of the White House  in Washington. The United Nations climate conference that begins Monday in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly altered the timing of his upcoming appearance at an international climate summit in Copenhagen, hoping to capitalize on steps by India and China and build a more meaningful political accord, the White House said.


Unexpected drop in jobless rate sparks optimism (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:55 PM PST

Tony Thomas of West Palm Beach fills out paperwork at a job fair at Workforce Alliance in West Palm Beach, Florida in this November 6, 2009 file photo. U.S. employers cut only 11,000 jobs last month, the best showing in nearly two years, and the jobless rate edged down to 10 percent, a strong suggestion the jobs market was edging towards health, according to a U.S. Labor Department report issued on December 4, 2009. Picture taken November 6, 2009.    REUTERS/Joe Skipper/Files        (UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)AP - Two years of steep job cuts all but ended last month, unexpectedly pulling down the unemployment rate and raising hopes for a lasting economic recovery.


George Washington, Poe auction records set in NYC (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:55 PM PST

This undated photo provided by Christie's in New York shows the second and third pages of George Washington's impassioned letter arguing for the ratification of the newly drafted Constitution. The letter, written in 1787 to his nephew, Bushrod Washington, was sold at auction by Christie's in New York for $3,218,500 on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Christie's)AP - A letter by George Washington has sold for $3,218,500 at auction in New York City, setting a world record for a letter by America's first president, according to Christie's.


Nets get 1st win, end 18-game skid to open season (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:38 PM PST

A New Jersey Nets fan holds up a sign after the Nets beat the Charlotte Bobcats 97-91 for their first win of the season during an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Nets are 1-18. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)AP - Players hugged at center court. Fans stood and cheered as music blared through the arena. Finally, the New Jersey Nets got to experience that winning feeling again.


Obama surprises with Copenhagen summit decision (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:14 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, December 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will attend the end of the Copenhagen climate change summit, a late change of plan the White House attributed on Friday to growing momentum toward a new global accord.


Italian court hands Knox 26 years for Briton's murder (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 06:33 PM PST

American university student Amanda Knox leaves the court at the end of the last murder trial session before the verdict in Perugia December 4, 2009. Knox, the American accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Italy during a drunken sex game, thanked friends, family and even her accusers on Thursday in a last appeal before the court passes judgment. Defendants Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are on trial for the November 2007 murder. REUTERS/Max RossiReuters - An Italian court sentenced American student Amanda Knox to 26 years in prison Saturday for murdering her British roommate in a drunken sex game, in a case which has drawn huge interest in Italy and abroad.


Firework blaze in Russian nightclub kills 102 (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 12:20 AM PST

Image from a video grab shows paramedics carrying a stretcher with an injured person towards an ambulance in Perm December 5, 2009. REUTERS/Reuters TVReuters - A blaze sparked by an indoor firework show ripped through a crowded Russian nightclub, killing at least 102 and injuring 134 as revelers stampeded for the exits, the Emergencies Ministry said.


Obama prods banks to lend more, welcomes job news (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 01:08 PM PST

The line outside a job fair at the Southeast LA-Crenshaw WorkSource Center in Los Angeles, November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - President Barack Obama on Friday prodded large U.S. banks to boost lending to Main Street and cautiously welcomed news of an unexpected drop in the unemployment rate.


NATO allies offer 7,000 extra troops for Afghan war (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:56 PM PST

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen holds a news conference during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, December 4, 2009. REUTERS/Yves HermanReuters - Twenty-five NATO allies promised on Friday to send about 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan, backing U.S. President Barack Obama's new war strategy and reinforcing efforts to defeat the Taliban.


GM, China partner take aim at booming India market (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 03:33 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2009 file photo, General Motors' Chairman Ed Whitacre Jr. announces that CEO Frederick 'Fritz' Henderson has resigned during a news conference in Detroit. New CEO Ed Whitacre Jr. is shaking up GM's numbers-oriented bureaucracy. In a folksy, self-deprecating broadcast to employees, he says they're free to take risks without fear of being fired. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)Reuters - General Motors and its Chinese partner SAIC Motor are to make small cars and commercial vehicles in India, taking a successful 12-year Chinese partnership into one of the world's fastest growing auto markets.


Senators urge more cost controls in health bill (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 03:26 PM PST

Reuters - Three moderate senators whose votes may be pivotal to overhauling the U.S. healthcare system came together on Friday to offer an amendment to bolster cost controls in the massive legislation.

Galleon's Rajaratnam was suspected a decade ago (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 12:05 PM PST

Reuters - Federal investigators suspected a decade ago that Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam was trading on inside information but were unable to prove he was breaking the law.

Knox jailed 26 yrs for sex murder of British housemate (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:18 PM PST

US student Amanda Knox (L) is comforted by her lawyer at the courthouse in Perugia. Knox was found guilty early Saturday of murdering and sexually assaulting her British housemate Meredith Kercher in 2007 and sent to prison for 26 years.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - American Amanda Knox was found guilty early Saturday along with her former Italian boyfriend in the 2007 sex murder of her British housemate Meredith Kercher and sent to prison for 26 years.


102 dead in Russian restaurant fire (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:16 PM PST

Over 100 people were killed overnight when fireworks set ablaze a middle-class restaurant in the Russian Ural city of Perm, as officials Saturday ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack.(AFP Graphic)AFP - Over 100 people were killed overnight when fireworks set ablaze a middle-class restaurant in the Russian Ural city of Perm, as officials Saturday ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack.