World News

Lawyers: Move Polanski case out of Los Angeles

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:41 GMT

Lawyers for exiled film director Roman Polanski are asking that a judge outside of Los Angeles be assigned to decide its motion to dismiss a 30-year-old sex offense case against him, claiming prosecutorial and judicial misconduct.

Israel says it's killed 130 Hamas fighters

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:34 GMT

The Israeli military surrounded densely populated Gaza City late Monday as the death toll mounts in Gaza.

What will Apple debut at Macworld swan song?

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:35 GMT

When Apple vice president Philip Schiller takes the stage here Tuesday morning for the keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo, he'll face a good-news, bad-news scenario.

Disrupting IT

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00 GMT

Appliances will commoditize information technology.

Kids' Gaza horrors spur worries of future violence

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:51 GMT

The children in the Gaza conflict have seen terrible images of tragedy: their friends injured or killed and bloodied bodies in the streets. They are images young Mohammed Abu Hassanin says he will never forget. He'll keep them stored away until he's old enough to do something about it.

Brown: Monogrammed towels for Interior chief?

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:44 GMT

A great example of your tax dollars at work -- because we all want our Secretary of the Interior to have monogrammed towels in his office bathroom, don't we?

Macworld And CES 2009

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:00 GMT

Coverage of tech's biggest conferences of the year.

Obama, Spears Twitter accounts hacked

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:46 GMT

The Twitter accounts of President-elect Barack Obama, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, Britney Spears, Fox News and 29 others were hacked Monday according to the microblog site, leading to false and inappropriate messages being posted on their accounts.

In Gaza, living with anger and fear

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:08 GMT

"Listen, listen to this!" shouts Fida Qishta as the crackling of rockets is heard over her phone receiver.

Doctors puzzle over Apple CEO's health issues

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:57 GMT

As Apple enthusiasts speculate over why pancreatic cancer survivor Steve Jobs won't appear at Macworld Conference & Expo this year, the CEO asks them to think differently about his health.