State of the Art: Not Yet the Season for the Nook

State of the Art: Not Yet the Season for the Nook


State of the Art: Not Yet the Season for the Nook

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:52 PM PST

Every one of the Nook's vaunted distinctions from Amazon's Kindle comes fraught with disappointing footnotes.


In Iraq, Another Threat to Security: Politics

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST

With Iraq reeling from a third wave of bombings, the investigations as much as the attacks themselves have undermined public faith in the government.


Swipe it yourself

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 04:38 AM PST

The tyranny of the self-service store checkout


5 Americans Held in Pakistan Raid

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:40 PM PST

Pakistani police arrested five American men believed to have gone missing from the Washington, D.C., area last month, officials from both countries said.


Bomb attacks wound 14 before visit by Malaysian, Thai leaders

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:09 PM PST

BANGKOK -- A series of bomb blasts wounded 14 soldiers and police officers Wednesday as the Malaysian and Thai prime ministers staged a historic joint visit to Thailand's insurgency-plagued southern provinces.


Thousands in Jerusalem protest settlement freeze

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:54 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands of Jewish West Bank settlers and their supporters demonstrated near the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday to protest his 10-month building freeze.


Recruits Pour In After Afghan Army Offers a Raise

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:46 AM PST

An increase in recruits for the Afghan Army was likely because of a pay increase that put salaries close to those of Taliban fighters, a U.S. commander said.


5 Americans Detained in Pakistan Raid

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:15 PM PST

Pakistani police on Wednesday arrested five American men believed to have gone missing from the Washington, D.C. area last month, officials from both countries said.


Geithner Outlines Future for TARP

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:44 AM PST

The program will remain in place until next October to help community banks, small businesses and troubled homeowners.


Blizzard Paralyzes Much of Midwest

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 01:05 PM PST

A storm dumped ice, snow and rain from Nebraska to Illinois, and Wisconsin and Iowa experienced record snowfalls.


Hunt goes international in three girls' kidnappings

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 10:46 AM PST

Christine Belford agreed to let her ex-husband take their three daughters to Disney World for a two-week vacation. In August 2007, the Delaware mother kissed her little blond girls goodbye.


Petraeus: Violence to escalate as surge begins

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:38 AM PST

Coalition forces can attain "success" in Afghanistan, but violence will likely increase as the approved troop surge moves forward in stabilizing the war-torn country, a top U.S. commander told a Senate committee Wednesday.


Indonesian Minister Defends Bailout

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:19 AM PST

Indonesia's finance minister said a parliamentary probe into the government's handling of a $700 million bank bailout is an attempt by rival politicians to unseat her because of her efforts to overhaul the country's bureaucracy.


Okinawa Plan May Be Late

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:19 AM PST

Japan warned that a sweeping plan to start reorganizing U.S. troops in Japan next year could be delayed, as disagreements over the realignment raise tensions in the trans-Pacific alliance.


Terror suspect has roots in Pakistan, U.S.

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 09:51 AM PST

David Headley, the Chicago, Illinois, man appearing in court Wednesday in connection with terror attacks in India, was born Daood Gilani, the son of a prominent Pakistani broadcaster, according to his half-brother.


Baghdad security chief 'is fired' after bombings

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:03 PM PST

The Iraqi PM has fired the head of Baghdad's security forces after bombings killed 127 people on Tuesday, reports say.


Nigeria ex-governor in fraud raid

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 10:58 AM PST

Nigerian anti-fraud officials raid a meeting of senior opposition politicians, arresting ex-governor Attahiru Bafarawa.


States Spending Less to Fight Smoking

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:22 AM PST

States spent $567 million on smoking prevention and cessation programs in the latest fiscal year, a 15 percent decrease from the year before, a report said.


Rolls-Royce wins £1.2bn US order

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:04 AM PST

Derby-based engineering firm Rolls-Royce wins a £1.2bn deal to supply aircraft engines to a US airline.


Briton guilty of trans-Atlantic airline bomb conspiracy

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 10:39 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - A British man was found guilty on Wednesday of conspiring with the ringleader of a suspected al Qaeda plot to blow up transatlantic airliners bound for North America using liquid explosives.


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