Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Study urges just 1 or 2 embryos during in-vitro transfers

Study urges just 1 or 2 embryos during in-vitro transfers

Study urges just 1 or 2 embryos during in-vitro transfers

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 06:57 PM PST

Women undergoing in-vitro fertilization should have only one or two embryos transferred during the process, depending on their age, says a study published Wednesday in the British medical journal The Lancet. Transferring three or more embryos during any IVF cycle should be avoided when possible, researchers say.

Syrian president predicts 'triumph'

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 06:54 PM PST

As violence erupted in Homs, Syria's president turned up at a boisterous pro-government rally in Damascus Wednesday, whipping up his followers and again underscoring his view that the months of popular unrest in his nation are the result of a "conspiracy."

Syria offers 'deep regret' for French journalist's death

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 06:53 PM PST

Syria's government blamed an "armed terrorist group" for the mortar attack it said killed an award-winning French journalist and eight Syrians in the strife-torn city of Homs on Wednesday.

Microsoft probes mass suicide threat at China plant

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 06:53 PM PST

Microsoft is investigating a report that workers at a Chinese plant that manufactures its Xbox game systems have threatened mass suicide in a pay dispute, according to a statement issued Wednesday by the company's Hong Kong office.

Video shows what appear to be U.S. Marines urinating on bodies

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 06:44 PM PST

A number of websites including TMZ and YouTube posted a video Wednesday showing four men dressed in U.S. Marine Corps combat gear urinating on the apparently dead bodies of three men sprawled on the ground in front of them.

Mississippi judge blocks release of pardoned prisoners

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 06:19 PM PST

A Mississippi judge Wednesday evening issued a temporary injunction forbidding the release of any more prisoners pardoned or given clemency by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour, whose actions created an uproar.

Class conflict very strong, majority of Americans say in poll

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 06:16 PM PST

Kevin Smith used to think he led a comfortable middle-class existence that included a car and a home in a subdivision in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Robot makers not thrilled to be stuck next to Justin Bieber

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 06:10 PM PST

For David Shafter, it should have been a dream: A crush of excited people swarming his booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show, where his startup is launching its first product.

Ahmadinejad: Why does U.S. punish Iranians, Cubans?

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 05:57 PM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Cuba Wednesday and called on developing countries to unite against "imperialism and capitalism."

Tucson school board suspends Mexican-American studies program

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 05:36 PM PST

Tucson, Arizona, public schools suspended their Mexican-American studies program after an administrative law judge ruled it violated a new state law and the state said the local district was going to lose $15 million in annual aid, officials said.

Depositions: Casey Anthony said date rape may have caused pregnancy

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 05:27 PM PST

Casey Anthony told a psychiatrist and a psychologist she believed she was drugged at a 2004 party and became pregnant with her daughter, Caylee, in whose death four years later she was tried and acquitted.

Virginia college student never returned from New York holiday

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 05:10 PM PST

Police in New York and Virginia are searching for a 22-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University student who went missing days after arriving in New York City to celebrate New Year's Eve, according to authorities.

Videotapes capture D.C. city bus crashes, near crashes

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:54 PM PST

You have to brace yourself watching them. One video shot from the dashboard of a bus shows a pedestrian being hit full-force and dropping. Another video shows a woman crossing in front of a bus and nearly getting plowed over.

Report: Iran nuclear scientist killed in car bomb blast

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:34 PM PST

A nuclear scientist was killed in a blast in Tehran on Wednesday morning, an Iranian news agency reported, in the latest in a string of attacks that Iran has blamed on Israel.

Paul hopes to ride momentum to GOP convention

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:30 PM PST

Fresh off his strong second-place showing in New Hampshire, Ron Paul's campaign charted a path Wednesday to try to keep his momentum going, perhaps all the way to the Republican National Convention this summer.

Former U.S. soldier who allegedly tried to join Somali terrorist group denied bail

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:25 PM PST

A former U.S. Army soldier charged with attempting to travel to Somalia to join a terrorist group was denied bail Wednesday and will remain in jail pending trial.

'Kodak moments' remembered

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:22 PM PST

"You press the button, we do the rest."

Mexican actress: Drug lord could be 'hero of heroes'

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST

A well-known Mexican actress who has played crime bosses on television says she trusts the purported head of the Sinaloa cartel more than government officials.

CNN Student News Transcript - January 12, 2012

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:14 PM PST

January 12, 2012

NTSB: Planes at Chicago's Midway came within 300 feet of each other

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:12 PM PST

A Learjet departing Chicago's Midway airport last month came within about two plane-lengths of striking a taxiing Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 that had been cleared to cross the same runway, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board.
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