A pre-Christmas blizzard that is battering at least eight states in the middle of the nation could trip up travelers headed home for Christmas in the coming days.Nearly 20 inches of snow have been reported in Colorado just west of Denver. Nebraska has reported 6-to-10 inches so far. Between 3 and 8 inches have accumulated in Iowa already and more is possible. Snow is falling...
Syrian rebels fight for strategic town in Hama province
Labels: WorldBEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels thrust into a strategic town in Syria's central Hama province on Thursday, activists said, pursuing a string of territorial gains to help cut army supply lines and cement a foothold in the capital Damascus to the south. They have made a series of advances across the country, seizing several military installations and more heavy weaponry, hardening the threat...
Russia's Putin denies propping up Assad
Labels: Technology MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied propping up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and stressed that Moscow was only seeking to avert a perpetual civil war."We are not concerned about (Bashar Assad's fate. We understand that the family has been in power for 40 years and there is a need for change," Putin told a major Moscow press briefing.But he made no call on Assad...
Dec
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CloudOn MS Office app adds support for iPhone, SkyDrive
Labels: LifestyleCloudOn for the iPhone.(Credit:Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET)CloudOn'sMicrosoft Office app has expanded its horizons beyond just theiPad.Released today, version 3.0 of CloudOn supports the iPhone, theiPad Mini, and the iPod Touch. It handles the iPhone 5, taking advantage of the new phone's longer screen. There's also a special reading mode for the iPhone, so you can easily scroll through a document...
State Dept. official resigns following Benghazi report
Labels: Health Eric Boswell, the head of diplomatic security at the State Department, has resigned, CBS News confirmed, following the release of a harsh report detailing State Department missteps that led to the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. Boswell's resignation from his post as assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security is effective immediately. Sources say he will stay on as director...
Inside One School's Extraordinary Security Measures
Labels: Business While schools across America reassess their security measures in the wake of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., one school outside of Chicago takes safety to a whole new level.The security measures at Middleton Elementary School start the moment you set foot on campus, with a camera-equipped doorbell. When you ring the doorbell, school employees inside are...
Park wins South Korea presidency, to be first woman leader
Labels: WorldSEOUL (Reuters) - The daughter of a former military ruler won South Korea's presidential election on Wednesday and will become the country's first female leader, saying she would work to heal a divided society. The 60-year old conservative, Park Geun-hye, will return to the presidential palace in Seoul where she served as her father's first lady in the 1970s, after her mother was assassinated...
Football: Wilshere, four others sign new Arsenal deals
Labels: Technology LONDON: Arsenal were given a major fillip on Wednesday when they announced that English midfielder Jack Wilshere and four other players have agreed new long-term contracts with the club.Wilshere joins fellow England internationals Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kieran Gibbs and Carl Jenkinson and Welsh midfielder Aaron Ramsey in committing his future to the Emirates Stadium."We are delighted...
Dec
18
Gay-love text gets sender 3 years in jail
Labels: LifestyleOne text in Cameroon can put you in a cell.(Credit:Josh Miller/CNET)This story will move only those who have a heart. The remainder -- well, perhaps they man the judicial system in Cameroon.Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, 32, wanted to express his love by text. He sent this: "I am very much in love with you."The only problem is that Mbede lives in Cameroon. There, as the Associated Press reports, homosexual...
First of 8 funerals at Newtown church begins
Labels: Health NEWTOWN, Conn. Family members have gathered for the first of eight funerals for school shooting victims to be held at a Catholic church in Newtown, Conn. A motorcade of dozens of vehicles led by police motorcycles accompanied the family of 6-year-old James Mattioli to St. Rose of Lima on Tuesday. His funeral comes a day after two other 6-year-old boys were laid in the first of a long, almost unbearable...
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