New Fire Breaks Out at Damaged Japanese Nuclear Plant
A new fire broke out early Wednesday at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan, news agencies reported. It followed a blast at the plant on Tuesday morning, Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said, according to the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It was the third explosion in four days. Radiation levels spiked near the nuclear plant after the explosion and officials expressed concerns that fuel rods in the reactor cores had partly melted, the Kyodo news agency reported. Japan's prime minister, Naoto Kan, said in a televised address Tuesday that further radiation ...
Title IX Reality: In 2011, Girls Still Shortchanged in Sports, Says Ex-Olympian
For Nancy Hogshead-Makar, who won three gold medals and one silver in the 1984 Olympic swimming competition in Los Angeles, success has often required a large dose of persistence. As an elite swimmer, she was undefeated in dual meets throughout her high school and college competitive careers and she qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team. But the United States boycotted the Moscow Olympics because the Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan, and it was four years before she could feel the thrill of standing atop the Olympic podium. As International Women's Day marks its 100th anniversary ...
Report: Commerce Chief Gary Locke Tapped as Ambassador to China
President Obama will nominate Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be the next ambassador to China, ABC News reported Monday, quoting an unidentified senior administration official. CNN and The Associated Press also reported that Locke would be nominated. Locke, a former two-term governor of Washington, will replace former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah, a Republican who is considering a run for the presidency and whose resignation as ambassador is effective in April. "The president asked him to take this job because Locke had the experience and relationships necessary to take on this key post," ABC ...
Gadhafi to ABC's Amanpour: 'Why Would I Leave Libya?'
Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi laughed outright when Christiane Amanpour of ABC News' "This Week" asked him on Monday if he would leave his country. "Would anyone leave his homeland?" Gadhafi said. "Why would I leave Libya?" Amanpour, along with BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen and a reporter from the Sunday Times of London, interviewed Gadhafi at a restaurant in Tripoli. Related Stories Gadhafi Son Insists Libya is 'Calm' and Denies Inflicting Civilian Casualties Obama Says Gadhafi Must Leave Libya 'Now' Libyan Tumult Puts Gadhafi's Son's ...
Moammar Gadhafi's Son Warns That Libyan Protests Could Lead to Civil War
A son of Libya's longtime leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi went on national television early Monday morning to warn Libyans that the anti-government protests that have rocked the country for six days could lead to civil war or Western colonization. The son, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, appeared on Libyan state television after the unrest that had been focused on Benghazi spread to the capital city of Tripoli on Sunday. "Libya is made up of tribes and clans and loyalties," he said, according to news reports. "There will be civil war." He added, "The West and Europe and the United States will not accept ...
Marc Grossman Reported to Be Next Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan
A replacement for Richard Holbrooke as special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan has been chosen by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Karen DeYoung of The Washington Post reported Monday night. The new special envoy will be Marc Grossman, a retired diplomat, and his appointment is expected to be announced by Clinton on Friday when she delivers a major Afghan-Pakistan speech at the Asia Society in New York, the Post said, citing unidentified administration officials. Clinton and Grossman had a meeting Monday morning, the Post said, adding that when Grossman was asked about the ...
Ron Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll; Mitt Romney Comes in Second
For the second successive year, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas won the presidential straw poll conducted at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, capturing 30 percent of the vote. Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts was second in the straw poll with 23 percent of the vote, Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio announced at the conference in Washington held by the American Conservative Union. The others on the ballot finished far behind. Related Stories CPAC, Day 2: Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Ron Paul and More Haley Barbour to Host Blogger Happy Hour ...
Arnold Schwarzenegger Seeks Return to Hollywood
We all know the catchphrase that has been associated with Arnold Schwarzenegger since he starred in the 1984 movie "The Terminator." He even committed it to concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood when his handprints and footprints were enshrined there as a major star of major motion pictures. Now those words may apply to him again. Schwarzenegger may return to the big screen. With the exception of some cameo roles like the one in the 2010 movie "The Expendables," Schwarzenegger has not had parts in any movies since he was elected governor of California in October 2003. In recent ...
Plea Deals Said to Be Rejected by Bell, Calif., Officials in Corruption Case
Prosecutors have offered plea deals to six current and former City Council members in Bell, Calif., if they plead guilty to charges of misappropriating $1.2 million in public money, The Los Angeles Times reported Monday. All six are said to have rejected the offer. The report of the offer for a plea bargain came as the six -- Oscar Hernandez, Teresa Jacobo, George Mirabal, Luis Artiga, George Cole and Victor Bello -- were beginning preliminary hearings on whether prosecutors have enough evidence to bind them over for trial. The Times said information about the plea bargain offer came from one ...
Chechen Rebel Leader Claims Responsibility for Moscow Airport Bombing
The Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of a Moscow airport in January that killed 36 people and injured more than 100, BBC News reported Monday. Umarov said in a video released online that he ordered the bombing in response to what he called "Russian crimes in the Caucasus." The leader of an Islamist militant group, Umarov appeared alone in the video in which he said, "This special operation was carried out on my orders and, God willing, special operations like it will continue to be carried out," according to BBC News. The video is dated Jan. ...
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