Legendary newsman Walter Cronkite’s funeral will be held at 2 p.m.
Cronkite funeral Thursday at Manhattan church
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Bowe Bergdahl, an adventurer and gentleman
Bowe Bergdahl wanted a life of adventure. He was a seeker, a hard worker, a man raised in a small town, an avid outdoorsman who took ballet lessons.
Factory worker commits suicide over missing iPhone prototype
A Chinese factory that makes iPhones said Wednesday that it has suspended several staffers after an employee committed suicide, apparently under duress when a prototype went missing.
Iranian police scatter anti-government protesters
Security forces dispersed a crowd gathering to protest the country’s regime Tuesday at a square in Iran’s capital. And with good reason.
Hometown stays mum about captured U.S. soldier
Blaine County, Idaho, doesn’t care for gossip.
Baby delivered prematurely from swine flu patient dies
An infant girl delivered prematurely from her mother, who has the swine flu virus, has died, hospital officials said Monday. Parker Christine Opdyke was delivered 14 weeks early by doctors at Wellington Regional Medical Center in Florida’s Palm Beach County. Her mother, Aubrey Opdyke, was placed into a medically induced coma June 3 to help give the baby as much oxygen as possible.
Ohio boy sells his toys to help his family
An 11-year-old Ohio boy is helping ease his family’s financial burdens, one toy at a time. Zach McGuire is selling his toys to raise money for his family, which like others across the country, has bills piling up and a home in jeopardy.
The Truth About Teen Girls
Unless you’re an adolescent male, you have already asked yourself this question, perhaps in the past few days: Is there something wrong with teen girls? Specifically, are they getting too sexy?
U.S. soldier captured by Taliban: ‘I’m afraid’
A United States soldier captured by the Taliban says in a video posted on the Internet he is "scared I won’t be able to go home." The soldier was identified Sunday by the Pentagon as Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho.
Somali militants plan to try two French advisers
The Somali militants who kidnapped two French advisers plan to try the pair as soon as possible, a Somali journalist told CNN on Saturday. A spokesman from Al Shebaab — the al Qaeda-linked group leading an Islamist insurgency in Somalia — told the journalist the advisers were acting against Islam, will be tried under sharia, or Islamic, law, and then be punished accordingly.