(CBS News) PENTAGON - President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to former Army Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha on Monday. In 2009, with U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan under Taliban attack, a wounded Romesha ducked enemy fire to rescue other wounded soldiers and recover bodies of the fallen. Army staff sergeant receives Medal of Honor for actions during Afghanistan war battle You have to see...
Benedict's Legacy Marred by Sex Abuse Scandal
Labels: Business When Pope Benedict XVI resigns at the end of this month, he leaves behind a Church grappling with a global fallout from sex abuse and a personal legacy marred by allegations that he was instrumental in covering up that abuse.As the sex abuse scandal spread from North America to Europe, Benedict became the first pope to meet personally with victims, and offered repeated public apologies...
Feb
10
Liver cancer survival time tripled by virus
Labels: World The virus used in the vaccine that helped eradicate smallpox is now working its magic on liver cancer. A genetically engineered version of the vaccinia virus has trebled the average survival time of people with a severe form of liver cancer, with only mild, flu-like side effects. ...
Missing 13-year-old-boy found
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: The 13-year-old boy who went missing on Friday has been reunited with his parents.Aminiasi Tiritabuanira Shaw, a student of the Singapore American School (SAS), was found on Sunday night.The school had earlier said that it's believed the boy had left on his own accord after a disagreement with his parents. In its update on Monday, the school said: "The Shaw family would...
Almost famous: See celebs' early roles
Labels: LifestyleBy Henry Hanks, CNNupdated 5:05 PM EST, Thu February 7, 2013Stars who started out like GoDaddy's geekJesse HeimanSylvester StalloneJohn TravoltaKeanu ReevesCourtney CoxMatt LeBlancTina FeyRainn WilsonMegan FoxDean Wint...
Clive Davis Gala goes on year after Houston's death
Labels: Health A year after Whitney Houston's death, music executive Clive Davis remembered her in words -- and video. Houston died last year at the age of 48 just hours before the annual Clive Davis Gala was set to start. On Saturday, Davis said his world continues "to be so shattered by her passing" and that Houston's death still feels "unreal." At the gala, Davis played what he called a rare performance of Houston...
$1M Reward for Capture of Fugitive Ex-Cop Dorner
Labels: Business A $1 million reward was offered today for information leading to the arrest of Christopher Dorner, as authorities in Big Bear, Calif., scaled back their search for the disgruntled ex-cop, who is suspected in three revenge killings."This is the largest local reward ever offered, to our knowledge," Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said at a news conference today. "This is...
Feb
09
Sooty ships may be geoengineering by accident
Labels: World GEOENGINEERING is being tested - albeit inadvertently - in the north Pacific. Soot from oil-burning ships is dumping about 1000 tonnes of soluble iron per year across 6 million square kilometres of ocean, new research has revealed. Fertilising the world's...
US S&P suit points to ratings industry's role in crisis
Labels: Technology NEW YORK: The US government's $5 billion lawsuit against Standard & Poor's for exaggerating mortgage bond ratings in 2007 has cast a pall over the ratings industry and exposed its role in the financial crisis.S&P competitors Moody's and Fitch find themselves potentially facing penalties after the Justice Department alleged S&P knowingly kept ratings on high-risk mortgage securities...
Almost famous: See celebs' early roles
Labels: LifestyleBy Henry Hanks, CNNupdated 5:05 PM EST, Thu February 7, 2013Stars who started out like GoDaddy's geekJesse HeimanSylvester StalloneJohn TravoltaKeanu ReevesCourtney CoxMatt LeBlancTina FeyRainn WilsonMegan FoxDean Wint...
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