Log Out | Member Center

47°F

60°/37°

TOP OF THE NEWS

8 women set out to ski to South Pole

The Associated Press | Today at 12:14 a.m.

Eight women set out Monday from their base camp on Antarctica to ski to the South Pole in a trek to mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth grouping of 53 former British colonies.

  • Mexico City's famed dance-for-peso halls fading

    By DAVID W. KOOP, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 22 at 11:54 p.m.

    Mirna Torres salsas with a gray-bearded man for $1.50 a dance in the Barba Azul, a dark yet garish cabaret decorated like an erotic carnival fun house.

  • US sailor cleared of assaulting Sydney prostitute

    The Associated Press | Today at 12:14 a.m.

    A U.S. Navy serviceman was found not guilty Monday of sexually assaulting a prostitute at a brothel while on shore leave in Australia's biggest city.

  • Chinese dissident Huang Qi sentenced to 3 years

    The Associated Press | Nov. 22 at 11:54 p.m.

    A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a veteran dissident convicted of spying to three years in prison.

  • Exit polls: No clear winner in Romania's election

    By ALISON MUTLER, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 22 at 4 p.m.

    A presidential election aimed at helping Romania emerge from a political and economic crisis failed to produce a winner on Sunday, and the top two candidates will compete in a runoff next month, according to two exit polls.

  • Coalition's food program can't meet demand in Afghanistan

    By CHUCK LIDDY, McClatchy Newspapers | Nov. 22 at 6:04 p.m.

    More than 200 Afghanis waited in line for several hours, enduring a harsh, cool wind and blowing sand.

  • Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after terror attack

    By ERIKA KINETZ, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 22 at 12:22 a.m.

    The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors.

  • Miners' families want answers in China mine blast

    By CARA ANNA, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 22 at 11:55 p.m.

    Grieving miners' families demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China.

  • Despite U.S. pressures, Pakistan continues to follow its own road

    By SAEED SHAH, McClatchy Newspapers | Nov. 22 at 2:17 a.m.

    The Pakistani government has some advice the Obama administration may not want to hear as it contemplates sending additional U.S. troops to neighboring Afghanistan: Negotiate with Taliban leaders and restrain India.

  • Top Iran reformer sentenced to 6 years in jail

    The Associated Press | Nov. 22 at 3:07 a.m.

    A top reformer has been sentenced to six years in jail after he stood trial on charges of fomenting unrest to topple the Iranian regime.

  • Liberians mourn UN worker killed in Afghanistan

    The Associated Press | Nov. 22 at 6:52 a.m.

    Hundreds of people jammed into a Monrovia church to mourn a Liberian United Nations worker killed in an October attack by Taliban gunmen in Afghanistan's capital.

  • Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites

    By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 22 at 9:40 p.m.

    Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military strike by Israel.

  • Russian cosmonaut Feoktistov dies at 83

    The Associated Press | Nov. 22 at 12:09 p.m.

    Russian spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in the history of the Soviet space program, has died at the age of 83.

  • UK checks safety of 1,800 bridges after storms

    The Associated Press | Nov. 22 at 5 p.m.

    Police and army experts say they're urgently checking the safety of about 1,800 bridges in northern England amid some of the worst storms ever recorded in Britain.

  • Scientist: Leak of climate e-mails appalling

    By DAVID STRINGER, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 22 at 3:25 p.m.

    A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online said Sunday the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's global climate summit in Denmark.

  • US military: American soldier killed in Iraq

    The Associated Press | Nov. 22 at 3:45 p.m.

    The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in action in Iraq.

  • Bermuda dismisses ammunition case against US woman

    The Associated Press | Nov. 22 at 10 p.m.

    Bermuda's highest court has struck down the conviction of a Florida woman who accidentally brought the ammunition magazine from her gun to the British island territory.

  • Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo

    The Associated Press | Nov. 22 at 3:25 p.m.

    A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.

  • Search on for Indonesian ferry accident survivors

    By ALI KOTARUMALOS, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 22 at 11:20 p.m.

    Rescuers returned to choppy waters off Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday to search for 21 passengers still missing after a ferry sank in a storm. Officials say 254 survivors were pulled from the sea and at least 29 other people drowned.

  • Is imam a terror recruiter or just an incendiary preacher?

    By HANNAH ALLAM, McClatchy Newspapers | Nov. 22 at 2:17 a.m.

    The Yemeni-American imam who's been under renewed scrutiny after the deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, preaches against alcohol, birthday parties, black magic and extramarital sex. He also supports armed struggle - jihad - against the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Iraq, and has encouraged extremist insurgents in Pakistan and Somalia.

Search for a job

in

Top jobs