VIDEO: 'Bomb' cry forces Texas landing

VIDEO: 'Bomb' cry forces Texas landing


VIDEO: 'Bomb' cry forces Texas landing

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:55 PM PDT

A US domestic flight made an emergency landing after the captain began shouting about a bomb.


20 Deaths Linked to New Problem with Riata Leads

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 11:19 PM PDT

Electrical malfunctions, not externalized conductors, may be the cause of 20 or more deaths associated with the troubled Riata ICD leads from St. Jude Medical, according to??a new report published online in??Heart Rhythm. Robert Hauser and colleagues at the Minneapolis Heart Institute searched the FDA's MAUDE database and found 22 deaths caused by Riata or ...


VIDEO: Passenger on how he wrestled captain

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 05:59 PM PDT

David Gonzales, a passenger on JetBlue flight 191 from New York to Las Vegas, explains how he wrestled its captain to the ground after he suffered from what has been described as a 'medical situation'.


VIDEO: Papal visit sparks hope in Cuba

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:49 PM PDT

Pope Benedict will say mass in Havana's Revolution Square on Wednesday, the final event in his three day visit to Cuba.


Jail may await Afghan women fleeing abuse, rape: HRW

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:38 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - For Afghan women, the act of fleeing domestic abuse, forced prostitution or even being stabbed repeatedly with a screwdriver by an abusive husband, may land them in jail while their abusers walk free, Human Rights Watch said.


VIDEO: 'Bomb' cry forces Texas landing

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:55 PM PDT

A US domestic flight made an emergency landing after the captain began shouting about a bomb.


Filling the Talent Pool ??? With Women

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:46 PM PDT

Earlier this week I heard a presentation from a consultant representing one of the large auditing and consulting firms.?? He presented research the firm had done with CEOs regarding the issues that were top of their minds.?? Clearly revenue growth was one big worrying topic.?? The other was talent development.?? It sounded like many CEOs ...


Perilous journey in and out of Syria

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:04 PM PDT

Jonathan Alpeyrie has photographed 10 wars. He's captured violence in Somalia, Afghanistan and Libya. But his recent week in Syria was the most frightening of his career.


Photographer's perilous Syria journey

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:37 AM PDT

Jonathan Alpeyrie has photographed 10 wars. He's captured violence in Somalia, Afghanistan and Libya. But his recent week in Syria was the most frightening experience of his career.


Obama Wins Landslide Presidential Election...With Online Gamers

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:33 PM PDT

It seems that war chest Barack Obama, who plays videogames, is building for re-election and his continued use of the Internet and technology is paying off, sort of. Gamers who play Nexon's MapleStory free-to-play online game chose Obama in a landslide in a recent Web-based poll that was conducted March 23 through March 26. Unemployment ...


Is the Microsoft Windows Phone Challenge a Scam?

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:20 PM PDT

This past weekend, Microsoft started to put its new Windows Phone to the test at local Microsoft Stores, challenging other mobile phone users to see if it can ?smoke? Microsoft?s smartphone ? or, as the campaign hopes, if your phone will get ?Smoked by Windows Phone?. Microsoft promises a chance to win a Hunger Games ...


Why Some of the Super-Rich Work With Their Families and Others Don't

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:01 PM PDT

The author Don Marquis once wrote, ?Blood will tell but sometimes it tells too much.? A look at 1,253 of the biggest fortunes in 12 countries shows that roughly half of them are managed by family members, while in the other half relatives have no say about running the business. Which type does better? ?Wealth ...


Pope to draw massive crowds in Havana

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:29 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to preside Wednesday over huge crowds during Mass in the Cuban capital's Revolution Plaza, where 14 years ago Pope John Paul II addressed throngs of onlookers.


Pope Benedict meets Raul Castro

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:29 PM PDT

CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports on Pope Benedict XVI's meeting with Raul Castro and visit to Cuba.


Nigeria's poverty rate growing

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 05:25 PM PDT

CNN's Nkepile Mabuse reports on social unrest in Nigeria that pits the "haves" against the "have nots."


Magic Johnson's Group Wins Dodgers Auction With $2 Billion Bid

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:09 PM PDT

owner Frank McCourt announced an agreement Tuesday night to sell the team to a group that includes former star Magic Johnson and former baseball executive Stan Kasten for $2 billion, a record price for a North American sports franchise. The Johnson group?s bid was bankrolled by Guggenheim Partners, a privately held financial firm that manages ...


China's Fosun International Says Profit Declined By 19% In 2011

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:03 PM PDT

Hong Kong-listed Fosun International, one of China's largest investment companies, last night reported a 19% decline in net profit for 2011 to $540 million amid a??fall in share prices for some of its invested companies. Revenue rose by 27% to $9 billion. Fosun's chairman Guo Guangchang ranked No. 521 on the 2012 Forbes Billionaires List ...


Developing A BYOD Strategy: The 5 Mistakes To Avoid

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:51 PM PDT

Guest post written by Pankaj ?PJ? Gupta Pankaj Gupta is founder and CEO of Amtel,??a global mobile device management and telecom expense management vendor. The consumerization of IT is happening, whether enterprises like it or not. But a surprisingly small percentage of companies have implemented explicit bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategies. An estimated 80% of enterprises lack ...


Salt Water Fuel Cells - Coming Soon?

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:29 PM PDT

Furukawa Battery, the Tokyo-based supplier of power systems , is commercializing a magnesium fuel cell??technology that generates electricity using salt water as an electrolyte. ?It is now possible to install an inexpensive emergency power source at each house,? said Professor Daiki Ohama, who helped develop the technology, in an interview quoted in the Fuel Cell ...


Greece's Fringe Parties Surge Amid Bailout Ire

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 08:49 PM PDT

Weeks after agreeing to an agonizing bailout deal with Europe, Greece is splintering politically ahead of national elections, raising the risk that it won't be able to make the economic sacrifices still needed to keep it in the euro.