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Elizabeth Smart details kidnapping in new memoir
Minutes after 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was snatched from her bedroom in the dead of night, a police cruiser idled by along a neighborhood street as she was forced to the ground at knifepoint. "Move and I will kill you!" her captor hissed. It was one of several fleeting times Smart ...
Malian city of Gao hit by mortar shells
Suspected radical Islamic militants fired a series of mortar shells early Monday on the northern Malian town of Gao, residents said, marking the first such attack in months after the French-led military operation drove the jihadists from power. At least five mortar shells hit the town around 6:30 a.m., said ...
AP source: Flyers fire coach Peter Laviolette
The Philadelphia Flyers fired coach Peter Laviolette after an 0-3 start and a preseason vote of confidence from ownership, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision was not announced. The Flyers scheduled a morning news ...
Malcolm Gladwell book cheers underdogs
"David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants" (Little, Brown and Company), by Malcolm Gladwell Here are some facts to chew on: About one in three highly successful entrepreneurs — including the founders of JetBlue, Charles Schwab and Kinkos — are dyslexic. Two-thirds of British prime ministers ...
Inquiry blames Cypriot ex-president for crisis
The "reckless" economic policies of Cyprus' former president are mainly to blame for the financial crisis that brought the country to near bankruptcy, an independent inquiry concluded Monday. The three-member panel of former judges said Dimitris Christofias also ignored warnings over excessive spending and worsened problems by delaying talks on ...
Liberian body says officials fail to verify assets
Liberia's anti-corruption commission has accused the country's defense minister and police director of failing to cooperate with efforts to verify their assets. Defense Minister Brownie Samukai and Police Director Chris Massaquoi on Monday both denied the allegations. A new report from the commission released over the weekend identified 22 senior ...
Twitter tunes in to TV partnerships ahead of IPO
People don't just watch TV anymore; they talk about it on Twitter. From the comfort of couches, they share reactions to touchdowns and nail-biting season finales —and advertisers and networks are taking note. Examples of Twitter's influence abound. The recent finale of "Breaking Bad" generated a record 1.24 million tweets. ...
Swiss university launches Human Brain Project
A Swiss university has launched what it calls the world's most ambitious neuroscience project with a budget of 1.2 billion euros ($1.6 billion). The Human Brain Project, co-funded by the European Union, plans to use supercomputers to model the brain and then simulate drugs and treatments for diseases that cost ...
Supreme Court term begins amid government shutdown
The Supreme Court has begun its new term by turning away hundreds of appeals, including Virginia's bid to revive its anti-sodomy law. The justices took the bench just past 10 o'clock on the first Monday in October, even as much of the rest of the government was coping with a ...
Gov't shutdown enters 2nd week, no end in sight
The government shutdown entered its second week with no end in sight and ominous signs that the United States was closer to the first default in the nation's history as Speaker John Boehner ruled out any measure to boost borrowing authority without concessions from President Barack Obama. The uncompromising talk ...
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