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Victims' families: Relief, fury

2 hours 57 min ago
Relief expressed Sunday at the death of Pan Am 103 bomber Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi by relatives of some of his 270 victims was tempered by still-smoldering anger at his release from prison more than two years ago.

Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya

2 hours 58 min ago
Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland in 1988, has died in Libya. He was 60.

Solar eclipse sweeps across globe

2 hours 59 min ago
The shadow of the moon began to sweep across the globe from Hong Kong to the Texas Panhandle as a rare annular solar eclipse began Monday morning in Asia.

Obama to NATO: 'Hard days' ahead on Afghanistan

3 hours 18 min ago
More work must be done before NATO troops pull out of Afghanistan, U.S. President Barack Obama said as he met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday.

Mary Kennedy called brilliant, caring

3 hours 39 min ago
Mary Richardson Kennedy was remembered Saturday as a best friend who lived life to the fullest while battling depression.

Zuckerberg's new FB status: Married

4 hours 25 min ago
Days after his company made its stock market debut, Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan.

New doctor turned Mrs. Zuckerberg

5 hours 12 min ago
She likes Target, the Food Network and sun-dried tomatoes. She loves taking pictures of her dog Beast, and admits to checking her phone "every five seconds."

Ex-Yemeni President Saleh hospitalized

5 hours 17 min ago
Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was admitted Sunday to a military hospital in Sanaa, the second time that he's been to a hospital this month, a government official said.

Italy quake kills at least seven

6 hours 33 min ago
Seven people are dead, 50 injured and possibly thousands displaced after a strong earthquake that struck early Sunday in northern Italy, authorities said.

Tropical storm weakens off Ga., S.C.

7 hours 16 min ago
A large swath of coastal South Carolina is under a tropical storm watch due to Alberto, the first named tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.

Pakistan blocks Twitter over blasphemy

10 hours 59 min ago
The Pakistani government has blocked the social networking site Twitter because of material it deemed an affront to Islam, a government official told CNN on Sunday.

21 dead in Yemen al-Qaeda clashes

11 hours 5 min ago
Fierce clashes between government troops and al-Qaeda fighters Sunday morning in Yemen left 21 people dead, two local security officials told CNN.

Chelsea wins Champions League

15 hours 37 min ago
Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another won the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, keeping its hopes for the coveted Triple Crown alive.

Prosecutor: Suspects ID'd in Italy blast

16 hours 6 min ago
Two suspects in a fatal bombing outside a school in Italy have been identified, a prosecutor said.

Blind Chinese activist arrives in U.S.

17 hours 6 min ago
Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese human rights activist who ignited a diplomatic frenzy when he escaped house arrest last month, says he is at a Beijing airport about to board a flight for New York.

SpaceX rocket launch fizzles on pad

Sat, 05/19/2012 - 11:26pm
SpaceX aborted the historic launch of its Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station at the last second because of a rocket engine glitch.

Six school buses crash on way to park

Sat, 05/19/2012 - 10:53pm
Six school buses bound for a metro Atlanta amusement park were involved in a multi-vehicle crash Saturday, sending 65 people to the hospital, including a seriously injured driver, Georgia authorities said.

2,360 pounds of red onions recalled

Sat, 05/19/2012 - 10:14pm
Gills Onions recalled 2,360 pounds of diced red onions because of possible listeria contamination, the California-based company said Saturday.

Greek crisis dominates G8 summit

Sat, 05/19/2012 - 9:30pm
Concerns about whether debt-laden Greece will be forced to pull out of the eurozone, and what that would mean for a weakened European economy is the first topic on Saturday's agenda at the Group of Eight summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama, a senior administration official said.

Three men accused of NATO terror plot

Sat, 05/19/2012 - 9:17pm
Three people were plotting to attack the campaign headquarters, the Chicago mayor's home and police stations during the NATO summit, police said.