Aug 29, 2010
US right claims spirit of Martin Luther King at Lincoln Memorial rally
Glenn Beck speaking on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
Tens of thousands descended on Washington today for one of the biggest culture clashes in decades – one that pitted an almost exclusively white crowd against one that was predominantly African-American. Both claimed the legacy of Martin Luther King.
San Diego couple final link in kidney transplant chain
For Rita and Oscar Ayub, the National Kidney Registry came up with a lifesaving shortcut. It helps find donors for people who need a kidney, but only if they have a partner willing to give an organ to a stranger.
Rita Ayub never resigned herself to the idea that her husband, Oscar, would
Unmanned aircraft built in SD stalks Mexican storm - SignOnSanDiego.com
The unmanned Northrop Grumman drone can fly up to 65,000 feet high, reaching the edge of space.
NASA said at 4:13 p.m. that the research flight was almost complete, and that the drone would be signaled to return to Southern California shortly.
Paris Hilton arrested on cocaine charge in Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Paris Hilton was arrested late Friday after a police motorcycle officer smelled marijuana smoke wafting from a black Cadillac Escalade driven by her boyfriend on the Las Vegas Strip, then found cocaine in her purse, authorities said.
A crowd quickly gathered when Hilton and Las Vegas nightclub mogul Cy Waits were stopped about 11:30 p.m. Friday in the vehicle near the Wynn Las Vegas resort, police said.
The 29-year-old celebrity socialite was taken into the hotel "to keep her safe" during the initial investigation, police Lt. Wayne Holman said.
A crowd quickly gathered when Hilton and Las Vegas nightclub mogul Cy Waits were stopped about 11:30 p.m. Friday in the vehicle near the Wynn Las Vegas resort, police said.
The 29-year-old celebrity socialite was taken into the hotel "to keep her safe" during the initial investigation, police Lt. Wayne Holman said.
Marines expand their influence in southern Afghanistan
Nelvin C. Cepeda
Young Afghan children watch as U.S. Marines make their way through Safar during a patrol last week. To maintain personal contact and relationships, the Marines are using dismounted patrols.
The Marines of Camp Pendleton's Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment spend their time patrolling by foot the Safar bazaar in an effort to maintain contacts and build a relationship with the residents. Their base, Combat Outpost Rankel is names for Sgt. John K. Rankel, the 23-year-old leader of 3rd Platoon, 2nd Squad who was fatally shot June 7, 2010 during a 12-day battle near Safar.
Effective teachers in L.A. get little recognition from district
Zenaida Tan brims with innovative ways to reach limited-English students, handle discipline problems and keep the kids engaged. “I do a lot of singing, games,” says the teacher at a San Fernando school. Many of her students are immigrants like her. (Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times / May 24, 2010)
Nicole John's 22-floor plunge from West Side apartment balcony is every parent's worst nightmare
Beaming parents Eric and Sophia John pose with daughter Nicole during a celebration.
Seventeen-year-old Nicole John fell from a height where city hawks nest before it is time for their young to take wing on their own.
She, too, had just ventured forth from a home where she must have been the realization of her parents' happiest dreams.
We work and hope that our kids will have the chance to go to college. Then comes the scary moment when they actually do.
Sarah Palin tells crowd at Glenn Beck rally that America needs to be restored, not changed
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Sarah Palin doesn't want America to fundamentally change. Saturday, she spoke at Glenn Beck's rally in Washington (below).Taliban hint at threats to aid workers in Pakistan as flood damage spreads across country
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Pakistani girls wait for food at a relief camp for displaced people in the Punjab province. A U.S. official told the BBC Thursday the threats are coming from Tehrik-e-Taliban, widely considered the country’s most radical militant group.
Bungling BP boss Tony Hayward refuses to testify in Lockerbie bomber probe
33 trapped miners in Chile need to watch their weight to fit through the rescue tunnel
Roberto Candia
Surrounded by media, men work on a pipe used to be in touch with 33 trapped miners in Copiapo, Chile.Officials say the miners must keep their weight down or stay stuck in the mine, The Associated Press reports.
American imprisoned in N. Korea returns to Boston after Jimmy Carter helps win release
China's Xinhua news agency
Former President Jimmy Carter, center left, hugs with American Aijalon Gomes at Pyongyang airport, North Korea, Friday, before the pair departed for the United States.Taliban sneak attack thwarted, Americans kill 24 Afghan insurgents trying to infiltrate U.S. bases
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Aug 28, 2010
Floods threaten more Pakistan towns
THATTA: Hundreds of thousands of people were fleeing areas of southern Pakistan on Saturday as rising floodwaters breached more defences and inundated towns.
For nearly a month torrential monsoon rains have triggered massive floods, moving steadily from north to south in Pakistan, affecting a fifth of the volatile country and 17 million of its 167 million people.
US uses 'CIA agent Osama'to scare world, says Castro
HAVANA: Fidel Castro says al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is a bought-and-paid-for CIA agent who always popped up when former president George Bush needed to scare the world, arguing that documents recently posted on the internet prove it.
"Any time Bush would stir up fear and make a big speech, bin Laden would appear threatening people with a story about what he was going to do," Castro told state media during a meeting with a Lithuanian-born writer known for advancing conspiracy theories about world domination. "Bush never lacked for bin Laden's support. He was a subordinate."
"Any time Bush would stir up fear and make a big speech, bin Laden would appear threatening people with a story about what he was going to do," Castro told state media during a meeting with a Lithuanian-born writer known for advancing conspiracy theories about world domination. "Bush never lacked for bin Laden's support. He was a subordinate."
Sera's finest moment, Fiji
KADAVU beauty Sera Tikotikoivatu was crowned 2010 Miss Hibiscus last night — and dedicated her win to Fiji's youths.
"I was among so many wonderful women who had so much to give the community.
Gaddafi pitches tent in Rome
Thirty thoroughbred Berber horses and 40 bodyguards will accompany the Libyan leader as he sets up camp to commemorate the signing of an accord worth €5 billion ($9
China's monster traffic jam returns
China's monster traffic jam has reared its head again, with trucks and cars backed up for up to 18 miles (30 km) Saturday on a highway north of Beijing, although that is a third the size of what it was.
The traffic jam came four days after the break-up of an even bigger one - stretching to 60 miles (100 km) at one point.
Chile: Hope in depths of darkness
Throughout the 1980s, Franklin Lobos had a glittering career in the Chilean premiership, playing for top side Cobresal and representing his country in its attempt to make it to the 1984 Olympics.
The unluckiest city in America
Five years, anyone in New Orleans will tell you, is too short a time to get over something like Hurricane Katrina. For some the healing has barely begun. Others were back on their feet until they were knocked back by a second disaster, the filthy gusher beneath the Gulf of Mexico. When Barack Obama arrives tomorrow on the anniversary of the ....
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