The St. Louis Cardinals have won Major League Baseball’s World Series, coming from behind to defeat the visiting Texas Rangers 6-2 in the deciding seventh game of the championship series. Pitcher Chris Carpenter, who started three games for the Cardinals in this year’s World Series, earned the victory late Friday, giving up just two runs […]
St. Louis Cardinals Win Baseball’s World Series
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 11:40 pm (UTC-5)
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White House to Review Energy Department Loans
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 9:00 pm (UTC-5)
The White House has ordered an independent review of U.S. Energy Department loans after the solar panel company, Solyndra, received a half-a-billion-dollar federal loan guarantee then went bankrupt. White House Chief of Staff William Daley Friday said the review of the Energy Department’s loan program would be conducted by Herb Allison, a former Treasury Department […]
US Group Calls For Film Boycott Over Human Rights in China
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. rights group is calling for a boycott of a U.S. film company because it is shooting a movie in a Chinese city where a leading activist is under house arrest. The group, Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, says Relativity Media is filming the movie 21 and Over in Linyi, China. The city is where […]
Arab Ministers Call for Cease-Fire As 35 Reportedly Killed in Syria
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
Senior ministers from the Arab League have sent an urgent message to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop the crackdown against anti-government protesters. The message from the League’s Arab Ministers Committee on the Syrian Crisis was sent as activists say Syrian security forces and snipers killed at least 35 people on Friday. The activists say […]
New Protests in Tunisia Rock Birthplace of Arab Spring
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
The Tunisian town that was the birthplace of the Arab Spring uprisings has once again been rocked by violent demonstrations. Protests erupted Friday against Tunisia’s newly elected Ennahda party in the central city of Sidi Bouzid. Media reports say security forces fired shots into the air and tear gas at demonstrators who tried to raid […]
NBA Cancels Games Through November 30
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 7:50 pm (UTC-5)
The commissioner of the National Basketball Association has canceled all NBA games through November 30 in an ongoing dispute between players and club owners over revenues. Commissioner David Stern took action Friday after labor negotiations between players and club owners broke off without a deal to end a nearly four-month-old lockout. Stern also said it […]
US Group Calls For Film Boycott Over Human Rights in China
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 7:20 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. rights group is calling for a boycott of a U.S. film company because it is shooting a movie in a Chinese city where a leading activist is in prison. The group, Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, says Relativity Media is filming the movie 21 and Over in Linyi, China. The city is where blind […]
Muslim Man Gets 20 Years For Killing Russian Fan
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
A Russian court has sentenced a Muslim man from North Caucasus to 20 years in prison for killing an ethnic Russian football fan last year. A jury at Moscow City Court had convicted Aslan Cherkesov of premeditated murder last week. Five other people who took part in the December street violence that also left at […]
Mass Exodus From Bangkok Ahead of Floodwaters
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
Tens of thousands of people are pouring out of Bangkok, attempting to escape floodwaters that are slowly swallowing the city. Bangkok residents are flocking to airports as well as train and bus stations, while others are trying to drive their way out, taking advantage of a government-issued five-day holiday. Many headed south to areas of […]
US to Begin Airlifting Aid to Quake-hit Turkey
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 6:00 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. military will send blankets, sleeping bags, hygiene kits and other supplies to Turkey to help victims of the powerful earthquake that struck Sunday. The Pentagon said Friday that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is authorizing U.S. European Command to begin airlifting humanitarian assistance after receiving a request from the Turkish government. The death toll […]
