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Australian PM calls party vote as challenger rises

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:16:54 +0000

Prime Minister Julia Gillard put her job on the line Thursday, announcing a leadership ballot in hopes of quashing a comeback by the premier she ousted in a Labor Party coup. But Kevin Rudd's supporters said that even if Gillard survives Monday's vote, the turmoil surrounding her unpopular government will continue until she is out.

Struggling Floridians line up for a chance to keep homes

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:15:47 +0000

MIAMI (Reuters) - Nearly 1,200 people lined up at a downtown Miami conference center on Wednesday, holding onto mortgage documents and income statements in the hope of saving the homes they are struggling to pay for. Seated at rows of long tables were scores of loan processing agents for 19 lenders who hold 85 percent of the home mortgages in the south Florida market. Over seven hours, the homeowners pleaded for loan modifications or other help under a variety of programs aimed at stabilizing the U.S. housing market and keeping struggling people in their homes. Nearly one million U.S. ...

Philippines’ Arroyo pleads not guilty to fraud

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:08:19 +0000

Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has pleaded not guilty to an electoral fraud charge at the opening of a landmark trial.

Washington state third grader shoots classmate

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:52:09 +0000

(Reuters) - A boy in the third grade at a Washington state elementary school shot a female classmate on Wednesday, critically wounding the girl, authorities said. The 8-year-old girl was rushed by air ambulance to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and wheeled into surgery for a gunshot wound injury, hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg said. She remained in critical condition about 3 hours after the 1:30 p.m. PST shooting in a classroom at Armin Jahr Elementary School in Bremerton, Washington. ...

Virginia lawmakers pass revised ultrasound requirement

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:50:26 +0000

PORTSMOUTH, Virginia (Reuters) - Virginia lawmakers on Wednesday passed a revised ultrasound requirement for women seeking abortions that dropped a mandatory internal scan, after Republican Governor Bob McDonnell shifted his stance on the hotly contested measure. The vote by the House of Delegates approved legislation that would require women to undergo a non-invasive ultrasound with the option of a more invasive probe if deemed necessary by a doctor. The amended legislation also would require that women be given the opportunity to view the fetal ultrasound image prior to an abortion. ...

Philippine ex-leader Arroyo to be arraigned

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:49:15 +0000

Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is set to enter a plea on electoral fraud charges at the first day of a trial that the court calls a historic event.

Convicted sex abuser and former junior hockey coach Graham Jones apologizes to victims, Fleury

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:46:14 +0000

WINNIPEG - Convicted sex abuser and former junior hockey coach Graham James has apologized to his victims, his former players and the entire Canadian hockey community.

DC police official involved in celebrity escort flap gives notice of whistle-blower suit

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:43:10 +0000

WASHINGTON - A former District of Columbia police commander whose division provided a police escort for actor Charlie Sheen last April has given notice that he intends to file a whistle-blower lawsuit against the city, saying he was demoted because he testified to the D.C. Council that such escorts for celebrities were commonplace.

Kansas City priest accused of molesting 4 brothers

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:42:58 +0000

KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - Catholic leaders in Kansas City covered up years of sexual abuse of several young children by a priest who led a Christian organization for youth, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by four brothers who say they were victimized as children. The lawsuit, one of more than two dozen pending in Kansas City alleging abuse by area priests, was filed in Jackson County Circuit Court in Kansas City, Missouri. It names Father John Tulipana and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph as defendants, alleging molestation dating to the 1970s and 1980s. ...

Britain probes sex-selective abortion claims

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:41:08 +0000

The British government on Thursday vowed to investigate newspaper reports that doctors illegally approved abortions that were requested due to the sex of the unborn child.