LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — A spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Sunday stood by his statement that Friday morning’s arrest of actor Mel Gibson on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol occurred “without incident.”
JERUSALEM (CNN) — With Israel declaring a 48-hour suspension of airstrikes while it investigates a raid that killed more than 60 Lebanese civilians, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she believes a resolution to the crisis can be reached this week.
CNN wants some of the clips being uploaded to popular video-sharing sites, such as YouTube, to find their way to the cable news channel.
On Monday, CNN is expected to announce the launch of CNN Exchange, a page on the company’s Web site that will feature user-submitted video, audio and articles.
RENO, Nevada (AP) — High wind hampered fire crews again Sunday as they fought a wildfire that had dashed across nearly 300 square miles of remote rangeland in northern Nevada.
The brush fire 50 miles northeast of Winnemucca had exploded from less than 30 square …
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(Time.com
) — Stem-cell research has joined global warming and evolution science as fields in which the very facts are put to a vote, a public spectacle in which data wrestle dogma.
Opponents of embryonic stem cell …
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NEW YORK (AP) — How many M&MS are enough?
It depends on how big the candy scoop is.
At least that’s a key factor, says a study that offers new evidence that people take cues from their surroundings in deciding how much to eat.
It explains why, for …
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SULLIVAN, Missouri (AP) — Investigators said Sunday that engine failure apparently caused a plane carrying skydivers to nosedive soon after takeoff, killing six people, including a man who was a member of the U.S. Parachute Team and had made thousands of jumps.
A …
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) — Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called on a march Sunday of at least a half million followers to transform itself into a sit-down protest in Mexico’s capital to press an electoral court for a recount of the country’s disputed presidential race.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (AP) — Millions of people cast ballots in Congo’s first multiparty vote in four decades Sunday, the culmination of years of postwar transition that many pray will herald stability for their nation and the tumultuous heart of Africa it anchors.
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — The “Miami Vice” speedboat overtook the “Pirates of the Caribbean” juggernaut to capture the top spot at the weekend box office.
The film, which pairs Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx as the iconic TV characters Sonny …
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