Thursday, January 12, 2012

Penn State: Paterno paid through full season

Penn State: Paterno paid through full season

Penn State: Paterno paid through full season

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:15 PM PST

Penn State is paying long-time coach Joe Paterno as if he retired at the end of the season, even though the university relieved him of his coaching duties on November 9, officials announced Thursday.

Myanmar signs cease-fire with rebel group; Suu Kyi joins elections

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:10 PM PST

Myanmar plans to release 651 prisoners starting Friday, state television reported, one day after the country's leadership announced a cease-fire with an ethnic rebel group that has waged a bitter, decades-long insurgency for greater autonomy.

A ray of hope in Mexico's murder capital

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:04 PM PST

On a recent night at Club Tequila Frogs, the music, lights and plenty of people dancing combined to give the place the ambiance you would expect at a spot in a tourist area.

Homeless teen finds success, sees future in science

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 06:52 PM PST

For two and a half years, Samantha Garvey has immersed herself in New York's Long Island salt marshes -- prodding, examining and questioning, all in the name of science.

France wants 'whole truth' from Syria on journalist's death

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 06:39 PM PST

The French foreign minister called Thursday on Syrian authorities to divulge the "whole truth" about the killing Wednesday of a French journalist in the city of Homs.

It's not easy being first lady

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 06:38 PM PST

In "The Obamas," the new book causing a stir with its speculation about the extent of the first lady's political influence, author Jodi Kantor recounts an anecdote: A young schoolgirl tells Michelle Obama that she hopes to someday become a president's wife herself one day. "Doesn't pay well," Mrs. Obama wittily cracks.

Stray running shoe is lone clue in disappearance of Montana teacher

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:54 PM PST

With time ticking by and an apparent dearth of clues, an eastern Montana family clung Thursday to hopes of finding a 43-year-old schoolteacher, last seen five days earlier out on a morning jog through her small town.

Talks end in Nigeria as protests widen

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:40 PM PST

Negotiations between labor unions and the Nigerian government ended late Thursday without an agreement to restore fuel subsidies, and a union official expressed resolve, in the absence of an accord, to halt oil production in the eighth-largest petroleum-exporting nation.

Peruvian judges to sentence van der Sloot for woman's murder

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:37 PM PST

Peruvian judges are set to sentence Joran van der Sloot on Friday, two days after he pleaded guilty on all charges related to the killing of a 21-year-old woman.

ICRC suspends aid distribution in Somalia

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:36 PM PST

Distribution of food, seed and medical relief intended for drought victims in Somalia has been suspended, the International Committee of the Red Cross announced Thursday.

Friend charged in Arkansas bank attempt involving elderly couple

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:58 PM PST

A friend of an elderly Arkansas couple has been charged with forcing the wife to try to rob a bank with a fake explosive device, police said Thursday.

CNN Student News Transcript - January 13, 2012

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:46 PM PST

January 13, 2012

Anti-Semitic attacks in New Jersey leave questions, raise worries

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:33 PM PST

Synagogues firebombed and defaced by graffiti. Windows smashed at shops owned by Jewish merchants. Is anti-Semitism on the rise?

Ferrari's Alonso slams F1 testing rules

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:23 PM PST

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso has slammed Formula One's rules on car testing, describing the regulations as like asking footballers to train with tennis balls or tennis stars to play with bats.

Ringing tones of famed Philharmonic silenced by ringing cell phone

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST

Add a new one to the irate reactions triggered by incessant ringing of a cell phone, bringing one of the world's great symphony orchestras to a dead stop in mid-performance.

Newsquiz: Week of January 9

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:08 PM PST

January 13, 2012

U.S. Sen. McConnell to meet with Myanmar opposition leader

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 03:34 PM PST

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will meet next week with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, government officials and U.S. embassy personnel in the Southeast Asia country, he said Thursday.

Natalee Holloway declared legally dead

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 02:41 PM PST

An Alabama judge signed an order Thursday declaring Natalee Holloway legally dead, attorneys for her family said.

Ahmadinejad to end Latin American tour in Ecuador

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 02:36 PM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began the final leg of his Latin America tour Thursday, meeting with Ecuador's president in the country's capital.

Donating to charity by text message: Lessons from Haiti

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 02:18 PM PST

Two years ago, a major earthquake struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. Up to 3 million people were killed, injured or displaced. In the wake of this disaster, aid flowed in via many channels -- including, notably, individual donations sent via text message.
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