WASHINGTON: US manufacturing activity expanded for a second straight month in January as new orders and inventories picked up, the ISM monthly survey showed Monday.The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing sector index rose to 53.1 from 50.2 in December.Until January the index had hovered around the 50 break-even line between growth and contraction for about six months. The overall...
Protesters attack presidential palace in Cairo
Labels: LifestyleBy Ben Wedeman, CNNupdated 3:21 PM EST, Fri February 1, 2013STORY HIGHLIGHTSState television reports security forces were clearing the area in front of the palace Protesters hurl Molotov cocktails and rocks; security forces respond with tear gasEgypt has been embroiled in violence since last weekProtesters, security forces battle outside Egyptian presidential palaceCairo (CNN) -- A fire erupted at...
Thousands in Egypt defy curfews, protest Morsi
Labels: Health CAIRO Thousands of Egyptians marched across the country, chanting against the rule of the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, in a fresh wave of protests Friday, even as cracks appeared in the ranks of the opposition after its political leaders met for the first time with the rival Muslim Brotherhood. The protests continue a week of political rioting that engulfed the country and left up to 60 people...
Ala. Hostage Suspect Has 'No Regard for Human Life'
Labels: Business A neighbor of the retired Alabama trucker who is holed up in an underground bunker with a young autistic boy as a hostage says that Jimmy Lee Dykes is menacing person who has been preparing for this standoff for a while and has threatened to shoot anyone who came near his property."I cannot even fathom the whys or anything like that," Ronda Wilbur told ABCNews.com today. "I...
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Fear and loathing in Egypt's Port Said
Labels: WorldBehind the maskScales of justiceMoment of truthFans celebrate Armed and readyRally at the clubPortrait of the deadACABDown with MorsiArmy in controlPort Said women protestAl Masry ultrasThe sound of machine gunsAftermathProtestShots firedEmpty standsHarrowing reminder<<<123456789101112131415161718>>>STORY HIGHLIGHTSChaos erupted in Egypt after 21 people were sentenced to death following...
French air strikes hit Islamist bases in north Mali
Labels: Technology TIMBUKTU: France said Thursday its warplanes had hit Islamist command posts near the last militant stronghold in northern Mali, as the UN mulled a peacekeeping force to take over the fast-moving French-led operation.Ground troops gathered at the gates of Kidal, a desert outpost that is the last rebel stronghold yet to be fully recaptured, as France said its fighter jets had blasted command...
X Games snowmobiler dies
Labels: LifestyleBy CNN Staffupdated 1:55 PM EST, Thu January 31, 2013A photo of Caleb Moore's performance in the Snowmobile Freestyle Final during X Games Aspen 2013.STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Caleb Moore's brother also suffered an accident in the X GamesCaleb Moore died a week after a snowmobile crash in the X GamesThe crash has raised new safety concerns about the gamesESPN, which operates the X Games, says it will conduct...
3 dead in mile-long Detroit freeway pile-up
Labels: Health A section of multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 75 is shown in Detroit, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Snow squalls and slippery roads led to a series of accidents that left at least three people dead and 20 injured on a mile-long stretch of southbound I-75. More than two dozen vehicles, including tractor-trailers, were involved in the pileups. / AP Photo/Paul Sancya DETROIT Snow squalls and slippery...
Ala. Suspect Has Stayed in Bunker for 8 Days
Labels: Business The 5-year-old boy being held hostage by a retired man who allegedly abducted him at gunpoint is in a 6-by-8-foot bunker, where his captor has been known to hold up for eight days, police said.School bus driver Charles Albert Poland Jr., 66, tried to prevent the kidnapping Tuesday, but was allegedly shot to death on his bus by Jimmy Lee Dykes, a 65-year-old former truck driver.Police...
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BlackBerry must remember strengths
Labels: WorldBlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins displays one of the new Blackberry 10 smartphones at the product launch January 30.STORY HIGHLIGHTSBlackBerry sales have slumped in the U.S. but is still strong in emerging marketsNew models launched should remember why they are popular in developing worldIn places like Brazil and South Africa, the 10 is the update to their current phonein Sub-Saharan Africa there is...
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