Japan Mayor on YouTube: 'I Beg You ... to Help Us'
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The mayor of a tiny town dangerously close to Japan's crippled nuclear plant didn't know exactly whom he was speaking to -- but he was desperate to get his message out. So Katsunobu Sakurai, the...
Should Japan's Radiation Victims Accept TEPCO's 'Condolence Money'?
Yomiuri Shimbun / AP
Most people wouldn't be able to put a dollar value on their health and well-being. But that's exactly what the operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant is starting to do. After apologizing...
Tiger Mother's Daughter Accepted at Harvard
It looks like the iron-fisted tiger mother's hard work paid off: Her 18-year-old daughter has been accepted at Harvard. Amy Chua, a Chinese-American mother and Yale professor, sparked controversy...
Sibling Rivalry Among Gadhafi's Sons Threatens Possible Peace Plan
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Two of Moammar Gadhafi's sons are secretly offering to push their father aside and lead Libya toward democracy. However, the plan faces possible sabotage not only by rebels whose hatred of the whole...
US Workers Join International Team Tackling Japan's Nuclear Crisis
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency / AP
Who's willing to kiss their family goodbye and fly halfway around the world into a radioactive cauldron, toiling at 12-hour shifts in potentially life-threatening conditions and surviving on...
Emails From Fukushima Reveal Trauma of Japan's Nuclear Workers
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency / AP
Emails and blogs written by Japan's faceless heroes -- the nuclear workers toiling anonymously inside the stricken Fukushima plant -- reveal desperation and doubts among workers who fear they may be...
Gadhafi in Groucho Glasses? Even al-Qaida Thinks He's a 'Lunatic'
publicintelligence.net
The spring issue of al-Qaida's English-language magazine calls Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi a "lunatic" who "pretends to be like a rock star," and says the terror network actually supports the wave...
Could Stem Cell Transplants Save Japan's Nuclear Workers?
Kyodo News, AP
Scientists say Japan's faceless heroes -- the nuclear workers toiling inside the radioactive, quake-stricken Fukushima plant -- could get a life-saving boost from a procedure normally used on cancer...
Grandmother Who Stole to Feed Five Grandkids Faces Prison
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A 67-year-old widow struggling to feed her five grandkids may now be going to prison for Social Security fraud she claims was necessary to keep her family afloat. Mary Alice Austin lives in Detroit...
Who Would Be Willing to Give Moammar Gadhafi Exile?
AP
Few world leaders are rushing to Col. Moammar Gadhafi's aid right now, as coalition air strikes pound Libya and leave Gadhafi -- the world's longest-serving leader -- increasingly isolated. But is...
Family of US Prisoner in Syria: We're Worried He'll Be 'Locked Up Forever'
CNN
Mohamed Radwan, an Egyptian-American living in Syria, is usually on Twitter constantly, updating his friends and relatives on whatever interests him lately -- media issues, Egyptian politics or a...
95-Year-Old WWII Vet Finds Out He's Not a US Citizen
KOMO / CNN
During a routine trip to his local DMV in Washington state, 95-year-old Leeland Davidson got the surprise of his life: Despite having served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and having lived in...
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