HEADLINEZ TODAY: Family of U.S. couple on Italian cruise ship holds out hope

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Family of U.S. couple on Italian cruise ship holds out hope

Family of U.S. couple on Italian cruise ship holds out hope
Pakistani prime minister to appear in court over contempt notice
Syrian troops forced out of mountain town, opposition says
Sabotage, bombings, sanctions: A growing web of pressure over Iran
NTSB report on near collision in Mississippi cites controller, tower
GOP candidates escalate rhetoric in South Carolina
Pentagon targets military sex assaults
NYPD accused of discrimination in Intelligence Division
Judge postpones arraignment for Iraq war vet accused of killing homeless men
South Korea's school bullying has deadly consequences
Iraq war vet charged with first-degree murder in 4 homeless men's deaths
Francesco Schettino: Cruise ship captain in troubled waters
In a cruise ship crisis, what should happen?
Salvage of wrecked cruise ship will be complicated, costly experts say
Discovery of human skull recounted in Rockefeller impersonator's hearing
Ex-Coast Guard chief: Captain failed in every way
CNN Student News Transcript - January 19, 2012

Family of U.S. couple on Italian cruise ship holds out hope

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:39 PM PST

The family of two missing Americans who were on the wrecked Costa Concordia said Wednesday it was thankful for "heroic" efforts to find about two dozen people still unaccounted for.

Pakistani prime minister to appear in court over contempt notice

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:38 PM PST

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan is due Thursday to appear before the country's Supreme Court, which issued him with a contempt of court notice on Monday for not reopening lingering corruption cases against Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and other officials.

Syrian troops forced out of mountain town, opposition says

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:14 PM PST

Syrian activists say opposition forces have wrested control of the town of Zabadani from government troops, but their tanks remain perched on its outskirts.

Sabotage, bombings, sanctions: A growing web of pressure over Iran

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:06 PM PST

Iran is facing an extensive and growing international campaign aimed at destabilizing its regime.

NTSB report on near collision in Mississippi cites controller, tower

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:00 PM PST

An air traffic controller unintentionally placed a passenger jet and a small propeller plane on a collision course at a Mississippi airport last summer, causing the planes to pass within 300 feet of each other in mid-air, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

GOP candidates escalate rhetoric in South Carolina

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:55 PM PST

A day before the final debate and three days before the voting, Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday launched increasingly strident attacks against each other and President Barack Obama in the run-up to the South Carolina primary.

Pentagon targets military sex assaults

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:50 PM PST

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta outlined new measures Wednesday targeting sexual assaults against U.S military personnel, saying he has "no higher responsibility than to protect those who are protecting America."

NYPD accused of discrimination in Intelligence Division

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:41 PM PST

Black detectives in the New York City Police Department's Intelligence Division filed a federal complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging racial discrimination in NYPD hiring and promotion practices.

Judge postpones arraignment for Iraq war vet accused of killing homeless men

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:37 PM PST

A judge has postponed an arraignment hearing scheduled for a former Marine accused of fatally stabbing four homeless men in Southern California.

South Korea's school bullying has deadly consequences

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:55 PM PST

It took two teenage suicide cases due to school bullying last year in South Korea for people to notice something was very wrong.

Iraq war vet charged with first-degree murder in 4 homeless men's deaths

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:53 PM PST

Prosecutors have yet to decide whether they will seek the death penalty in their murder case against Itzcoatl Ocampo, a 23-year-old Iraq war veteran accused of stabbing four homeless men to death in California, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said Tuesday.

Francesco Schettino: Cruise ship captain in troubled waters

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:49 PM PST

Thrust from obscurity to notoriety overnight, Capt. Francesco Schettino is the man at the center of the questions and recriminations over the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster.

In a cruise ship crisis, what should happen?

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:47 PM PST

The captain is still in charge.

Salvage of wrecked cruise ship will be complicated, costly experts say

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:31 PM PST

U.S.-based salvage experts say no matter which method the owners of the wrecked Costa Concordia choose, the job of removing the ship will not be easy, or quick.

Discovery of human skull recounted in Rockefeller impersonator's hearing

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:29 PM PST

At first, the pool builder thought his Bobcat bulldozer struck garbage as he dug a hole in a residential backyard. After all, in the older neighborhoods of San Marino, California, people used to bury their garbage.

Ex-Coast Guard chief: Captain failed in every way

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:23 PM PST

As someone who has had the great honor of commanding four different ships for the United States Coast Guard, I have watched the news about the Costa Concordia -- the grounding of the vessel and the resulting death of at least 11 people -- from the perspective of a seagoing captain.