Raw Video: Anti-Islam Film Protests in Asia
Protests broke out over the anti-Islam film in Jakarta, Indonesia and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Friday. In Jakarta, two-hundred fifty riot police have been put on alert. (Sept. 14)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama says failure is OK, but continuing to work hard is more important. That's her message to students at a Washington elementary school where the arts have been introduced to boost academic performance. The first lady said Friday she has failed at things in life, but she didn't let it stop her from working hard. She holds up Kerry Washington, star of ABC's [...]
Read more →BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The lawyer for a Maine man charged with killing a 15-year-old girl wants a judge to keep affidavits and search warrants with details about the case under seal. Stephen Smith, lawyer for Kyle Dube (DOO'-bee), filed the motion Friday, a day after news organizations challenged a judge's decision to impound a state police affidavit. The document explains why the Orono [...]
Read more →GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Ex-Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank accounts. The former president was taken from a military hospital where he was recovering from liver surgery and a heart condition and put on a plane, according to his lawyer Mauricio Berreondo. He said the [...]
Read more →ST. LOUIS (AP) — A southwestern Illinois judge already under scrutiny after a colleague died of a cocaine overdose at his family's hunting lodge was charged Friday with possession of heroin and guns. Wearing cutoff shorts and a T-shirt with the slogan "Bad is my middle name," St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook pleaded not guilty to federal counts of possessing heroin and having a [...]
Read more →ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's figure looms large over Rome's mayoral elections this weekend, even though the former premier isn't among the 19 candidates running. The vote is very much a test of Berlusconi's enduring political influence and voter sentiment over the uneasy national government made up of his center-right forces and the center-left that was formed following inconclusive February [...]
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