At the summit of the African countries which will be held on Thursday in Malobu, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, according to the newspaper, shall adopt a resolution which NATO calls for an urgent cease bombing of Libya. Seven countries in Africa that are trying to mediate in resolving the... Read more...
A protest of the closing of the Catherine Ferguson Academy, a Detroit school for pregnant teens, became a victory celebration. Actor Danny Glover speaks as Dalisha Thomas, 17, with daughter Kendall, listens. / REGINA H. BOONE/Detroit Free Press BY CHASTITY PRATT DAWSEY Tiffani Baldwin st... Read more...
Trenton's New Black Panther Party on Thursday denounced a neo-Nazi rally set for tomorrow at the Statehouse, across from New Jersey’s World War II Memorial, and urged community members to join them in a counterprotest. Speaking at the city’s Veterans Memorial on South Broad Street, Panthe... Read more...
Two strong earthquakes struck northeastern Burma less than a minute apart Thursday night. They could be felt as far away as Bangkok, but a tsunami was not generated. The first 7.0-magnitude quake was just 10 kilometres deep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was followed by another ... Read more...
If you were in Southern California on Thursday afternoon and happened to notice what looked like a skyscraper darting across the sky, you weren't seeing things. That was the Delta IV Heavy Launch Vehicle, the largest rocket ever to launch from the West Coast. Since the craft is 235 feet tall --... Read more...
It's hardly unusual to hear small-business owners gripe about licensing requirements or complain that heavy-handed regulations are driving them into the red. So when Multnomah County shut down an enterprise last week for operating without a license, you might just sigh and say, there they go ag... Read more...
An unidentified flying object (UFO) disrupted air traffic over Zhejiang's provincial capital Hangzhou late on Wednesday, the municipal government said on Thursday. Xiaoshan Airport was closed after the UFO was detected at around 9 pm, and some flights were rerouted to airports in the cities of ... Read more...
The Miami Beach area, especially the region known as South Beach, is famous for the tanned and trim tourists who frequent the area, as well as the locals who enjoy the cosmopolitan metropolis by the sea. By the end of the day Thursday, it could be known for something else: surveillance cameras.... Read more...
CNBC’s Maria Bartiroma does not buy the “fat finger” theory, calls it market manipulation ^ Editor’s note: Sabotage or market manipulation? Maybe al-Qaeda did it. President Barack Obama has not ruled out sabotage in Thursday afternoon's Wall Street panic. White House press secreta... Read more...