VIDEO: Isaac forces dam evacuation order

VIDEO: Isaac forces dam evacuation order


VIDEO: Isaac forces dam evacuation order

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 10:59 PM PDT

Officials have begun a controlled release of water at a Mississippi dam that was battered by Hurricane Isaac.


VIDEO: Russian oligarch legal battle

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:35 PM PDT

A British court is due to rule in the legal battle between the owner of Chelsea Football club, Roman Abramovich and another Russian oligarch Boris Beresovsky.


Clinton in South Pacific with China in focus

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 11:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2012 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Johannesburg, South Africa. Clinton will try to reassert American interests in the Asia-Pacific region in the face of China's growing influence as she kicks off a six-nation trip to the region. She left Washington Thursday on a trip that will keep her half a world away from U.S. politics at the height of the presidential conventions. But her travels will put her at the center of rising tensions over territorial disputes involving China and its neighbors in the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File, Pool)U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in the South Pacific at the top of a six-nation Asia tour during which she aims to reassert American interests in the face of China's growing influence and calm rising tensions over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.



Venezuela election council orders ad off air

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 10:32 PM PDT

Venezuelan electoral officials have ordered off the air a political ad that depicts the murder of a young man to highlight concerns about crime.


Court extends detention in Pakistan blasphemy case

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 10:51 PM PDT

A Pakistani court has ordered a Christian girl accused of blasphemy to be held in prison for two more weeks as police finalize charges.


VIDEO: Isaac forces dam evacuation order

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 10:59 PM PDT

Officials have begun a controlled release of water at a Mississippi dam that was battered by Hurricane Isaac.


After A123 Bid By Billionaire Lu Guanqiu, What's Ahead For Chinese M&A Abroad?

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:06 PM PDT

 The move by Chinese billionaire Lu Guanqiu's Wanxiang Group to buy a controlling stake in struggling Massachusetts battery maker A123 Systems this month attracted criticism in the U.S. in part because the Obama administration has provided millions of dollars of American government support for a green-technology company which would fall into foreign hands. (See [...]


IRS Can Make You Produce Offshore Bank Records Even if Self-Incriminating

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 03:54 PM PDT

(Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you are still fretting over undisclosed foreign bank accounts, consider the IRS voluntary disclosure program. See 10 IRS Rules forStress-Free Foreign Accounts. The program is a good solution. The IRS has multiple avenues for finding you and the stakes are getting higher. Imagine getting a grand jury subpoena to produce [...]


Leaving The List In Myanmar As Leadership Opens Door To Critics

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 05:50 PM PDT

Welcome to Myanmar (Image credit: Getty Images AsiaPac via @daylife) At Forbes, we're very keen on compiling lists - World's Billionaires, Highest Paid Celebrities etc. The military men that ran Myanmar (Burma) before the transition to civilian rule were also avid list-makers, though their approach was far more secretive and sinister than [...]


WikiLeaks' Assange sees up to a year in Ecuador embassy

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:10 PM PDT

QUITO (Reuters) - Julian Assange expects to wait six months to a year for a deal to free him from Ecuador's embassy in London, and hopes Sweden will drop its case against him, the WikiLeaks' founder said in an interview broadcast on Thursday.


Cadillac Vice President Don Butler Dials In: CUE

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 04:44 PM PDT

Cadillac has a lot riding on the success of the XTS, but perhaps even more on the Cadillac User Experience, the new user interface that debuts in the XTS. In the coming years, the C.U.E. system will be tweaked, updated and adapted across the brand's lineup, as the platform for [...]


VIDEO: 'Progress' with Taliban in Afghanistan

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:45 PM PDT

International forces in Afghanistan believe they are making progress in persuading Taliban fighters to lay down their weapons and join the government side.


VIDEO: Drones in skies near you

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 05:40 PM PDT

Vast sums are being spent on civilian drone projects, in everything from police surveillance to amateur photography, as BBC Newsnight's Jim Reed reports.


VIDEO: 'Progress' with Taliban in Afghanistan

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:45 PM PDT

International forces in Afghanistan believe they are making progress in persuading Taliban fighters to lay down their weapons and join the government side.


Roddick to retire after U.S. Open

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:23 PM PDT

Tennis pro Andy Roddick will retire after the U.S. Open tournament, a spokesman for the International Tennis Federation said Thursday.


Death toll nearly doubles at China mine

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:37 PM PDT

The death toll from the coal mine blast in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan nearly doubled by early Friday to 37, as rescuers tried to reach 10 miners still missing, according to the local government.


"I Would Rather Shower At Penn State..." (And Other Dumb, Amusing and Surprising Quotes Of The Day)

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 04:08 PM PDT

A totally tasteless T-shirt from aN Ohio State fan led the list of questionable "quotes of the day".


Kickstarter and the HumanToolz Stand: Another Great Example of a Best Buy Loss

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 03:47 PM PDT

It has been interesting how many disruptive and innovative products are coming through Kickstarter, the crowd-funding site for cool, new ideas. Some of the more famous entries have been the Pebble e-watch and the most recent, OUYA, a game console. A former colleague of mine recently announced a new product [...]


Romney officially accepts GOP nomination

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:41 PM PDT

Romney delivers the speech of his career in Tampa as he tries to convince voters that he can turn the US economy around.


Author of book on bin Laden raid could face legal action

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:59 PM PDT

The Pentagon on Thursday warned a former Navy SEAL that it was considering taking legal action against him for publishing a first-hand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, implying that he had divulged classified information.

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