Insurgents struck the Afghan capital two days before national elections, firing rockets or mortars at the presidential palace and unleashing a suicide car bomber on a NATO convoy. Alarmed, the government asked news media not to report violence the day of the vote.
Posted: 08/18/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
Next month, dozens of world leaders will gather to talk about the global recession at the G-20 economic summit. The last few times they've gotten together, it was in London and Washington. This time, the location is Pittsburgh. All jokes aside, the White House says it chose Pittsburgh as a city that weathered an economic collapse, and has become a place with a good deal of optimism. Guest host David Greene talks to the mayor of Pittsburgh, Luke Ravenstahl, as the city prepares to welcome leaders from around the world.
Posted: 08/15/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
The bomber evaded several rings of Afghan police and detonated his explosives on the doorstep of the international military headquarters, an assault that comes as Afghans gear up for their second-ever direct presidential election.
Posted: 08/15/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
A ransom demand has been received for the return of a Russian-manned freighter that vanished last month in the Atlantic, Finnish investigators said Saturday. It was not immediately clear if the ransom demand was legitimate. The whereabouts of the Arctic Sea, its 15 crew members and its cargo of timber remain a mystery.
Posted: 08/15/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
When more than 1,000 members of the clergy and lay people meet in Minneapolis on Monday, they will decide whether to change their policy and allow pastors in gay relationships to serve in the ministry. Even conservatives believe that the change is inevitable — if not this year, then at the next assembly in 2011.
Posted: 08/15/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
The Charles Manson follower and attempted assassin of President Ford left the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday morning after spending more than three decades behind bars. Fromme, who got a life term, became the first person sentenced under a special federal law covering assaults on U.S. presidents.
Posted: 08/14/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
The football star holds a news conference a day after signing a deal with the NFL's Philadelphia franchise. Vick, a talented quarterback, was recently released from prison and reinstated to the league after serving time for his role in running a dogfighting ring.
Posted: 08/14/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
The Arctic Sea disappeared after passing through the English Channel on July 28 but has been sighted about 520 miles off Cape Verde, according to French and Russian officials. There was no immediate word on the condition of the crew or whether there was anyone other than the crew onboard.
Posted: 08/14/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
Gary McKinnon admits hacking into dozens of U.S. military computers before and after Sept. 11, 2001, and has lost every appeal available under the British legal system. His case has become a rallying point for Britons who believe their government is too subservient to the U.S.
Posted: 08/14/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
A group of senior citizens in a luxury retirement community in Orange County are discovering the benefits of medical marijuana. Now they're also figuring out how to procure it for the rest of their community.
Posted: 08/13/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
New security procedures are being rolled out at airports and airlines across the country. Beginning this weekend, passengers will be asked for their full name, birth date and gender when they book a ticket. That information will then be matched with a government-issued ID.
Posted: 08/13/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines
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