Richard Cohen: CBS shouldn't have withheld Lara Logan's story

Richard Cohen: CBS shouldn't have withheld Lara Logan's story


Richard Cohen: CBS shouldn't have withheld Lara Logan's story

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:00 PM PST

Say what you will about New York's celebrated tabloids, they know news when they see it. This is why both the New York Daily News and the New York Post devoted their front pages to the sexual assault by a mob in Cairo of CBS correspondent Lara Logan. Say what you will about CBS, it either doesn't...


Armstrong Retires From Cycling

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:20 PM PST

A seven-time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong, 39, said that he wanted to spend more time with his family and that his age was catching up to him.


Google unveils 10% One Pass fee

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:11 PM PST

Google announces a One Pass payment system for magazines and newspaper subscriptions, undercutting rival Apple.


Iran warships to 'transit Suez'

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:05 PM PST

Israel's foreign minister says Tehran is about to send two warships through the Suez Canal for the first time in years.


House Votes to Cancel F-35 Jet Engine Program

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:20 PM PST

The 233-198 vote is a sign that some freshman House Republicans are ready to cut military spending.


Playing a Beatle, and Dying of Cancer

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:40 AM PST

Mark Vaccacio plans to continue portraying George Harrison in a Beatles tribute band, as long as his terminal cancer allows.


City Room: Somali Pirate Is Sentenced to Nearly 34 Years

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 09:32 AM PST

Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse is the only survivor among four men who hijacked the Maersk Alabama in 2009.


Rioting hits Libyan city of Benghazi

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:13 PM PST

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Hundreds of people clashed with police and government supporters overnight in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, a witness and local media said, in a rare show of unrest in the oil exporting country.


U.S. Indicts Alleged Armenian Gang Members

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:43 AM PST

Federal grand juries indicted dozens of alleged members and associates of a major Armenian criminal group on charges ranging from kidnapping and extortion to bank fraud and credit-card scams, mainly in Southern California.


IMF wants Afghanistan's troubled Kabul Bank sold off

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:52 AM PST

KABUL - The International Monetary Fund has recommended that Afghanistan's largest and most troubled bank be placed in receivership and then sold off to recover from reckless lending that brought it to the brink of collapse last year.



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Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:52 AM PST


Stars at Postlethwaite memorial

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:50 AM PST

Actors Kevin Spacey and Daniel Day Lewis celebrate the life of Pete Postlethwaite at a memorial service in east London.


Fed Forecasts Faster Growth as Economy Gathers Steam

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:03 PM PST

The Federal Reserve called for growth of 3.4 percent to 3.9 percent this year, up from 3 percent to 3.6 percent, even though unemployment will remain painfully high.


As the Mainland Shivers, Hawaii Basks in Tourism’s Glow

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:22 PM PST

Hawaiian tourism officials, hotel operators and travel agents — battered by several years of slumping sales — have recently seen a marked increase in arrivals to the islands.


Ecuadorean Villagers May Hold Secret to Longevity

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:00 PM PST

The villagers, who have a rare condition known as Laron-type dwarfism, are almost completely free of two age-related diseases, cancer and diabetes.


Berlusconi: 'Not Worried' About Charges

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:20 PM PST

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he was "not worried at all" about being indicted on charges of paying an underage girl for sex and abusing his office in a cover-up attempt.


Hungary to Amend Media Law

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:01 AM PST

Hungary's government agreed to amend a new media law after sharp criticism from the European Union that the legislation imposes unacceptable restrictions on freedom of expression.


Israel anger at Iran warship move

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 10:58 AM PST

Israel condemns a move by Iran's navy to sail two of its ships through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea.


Live - Wednesday football

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 10:46 AM PST

Arsenal's mouth-watering Champions League last-16 tie against Barcelona is the highlight of a busy Wednesday of football, also featuring Wigan v Bolton in an FA Cup fourth-round replay.


VIDEO: Ancient Egyptian treasures still missing

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 10:55 AM PST

Rare Egyptian statues and artefacts dating back to the pharaohs are still missing after looters broke into Cairo's museum during the political turmoil there