A neighbor of the retired Alabama trucker who is holed up in an underground bunker with a young autistic boy as a hostage says that Jimmy Lee Dykes is menacing person who has been preparing for this standoff for a while and has threatened to shoot anyone who came near his property."I cannot even fathom the whys or anything like that," Ronda Wilbur told ABCNews.com today. "I...
Suicide bomber kills guard at U.S. embassy in Turkey
Label: WorldANKARA (Reuters) - A far-leftist suicide bomber killed a Turkish security guard at the U.S. embassy in Ankara on Friday, officials said, blowing open an entrance and sending debris flying through the air. The attacker detonated explosives strapped to his body after entering an embassy gatehouse. The blast could be heard a mile away. A lower leg and other human remains lay on the street....
US manufacturing picks up in January
Label: Technology WASHINGTON: US manufacturing activity expanded for a second straight month in January as new orders and inventories picked up, the ISM monthly survey showed Monday.The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing sector index rose to 53.1 from 50.2 in December.Until January the index had hovered around the 50 break-even line between growth and contraction for about six months. The overall...
Ordinance on sexual crimes: Women activists angry, criticize ‘key’ omissions
Label: Lifestyle NEW DELHI: No sooner had the Union Cabinet cleared an ordinance to sharpen laws on sexual assault than some women activists questioned the "unseemly haste" in promulgating an ordinance when Parliament is convening only 20 days later. A bipartisan sanction to tougher laws against sex crimes, they said, would carry greater force. Some of them went so far as to say that they would urge the President...
Obama offers faith groups new birth control rule
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a wave of lawsuits over what government can tell religious groups to do, the Obama administration on Friday proposed a compromise for faith-based nonprofits that object to covering birth control in their employee health plans.Some of the lawsuits appear headed for the Supreme Court, threatening another divisive legal battle over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul...
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Beyonce Admits to Singing With Pre-Recorded Track
Label: Business Jan 31, 2013 3:52pm (Christopher Polk/Getty Images)Beyonce proved the critics wrong at a press conference for the Super Bowl.As the singer walked on stage, she asked the audience to please stand. She...
Syria protests over Israel attack, warns of "surprise"
Label: WorldBEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria protested to the United Nations on Thursday over an Israeli air strike on its territory and warned of a possible "surprise" response. The foreign ministry summoned the head of the U.N. force in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights to deliver the protest a day after Israel hit what Syria said was a military research centre and diplomats said was a weapons convoy...
French air strikes hit Islamist bases in north Mali
Label: Technology TIMBUKTU: France said Thursday its warplanes had hit Islamist command posts near the last militant stronghold in northern Mali, as the UN mulled a peacekeeping force to take over the fast-moving French-led operation.Ground troops gathered at the gates of Kidal, a desert outpost that is the last rebel stronghold yet to be fully recaptured, as France said its fighter jets had blasted command...
'Vishwaroopam' row: Jayalalithaa steps in, Kamal Haasan thanks her
Label: Lifestyle CHENNAI: More than a week after the storm over " Vishwaroopam" began, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday broke her silence, defending her government's decision to ban it in her state in light of the "grave law and order" problems that the film might have created. Jayalalithaa said if Muslim organizations and Kamal Haasan were willing to discuss an amicable agreement by deleting...
Hedgehog Alert! Prickly pets can carry salmonella
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — Add those cute little hedgehogs to the list of pets that can make you sick.In the last year, 20 people were infected by a rare but dangerous form of salmonella bacteria, and one person died in January. The illnesses were linked to contact with hedgehogs kept as pets, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Health officials on Thursday...
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