Breaking News & Hottest Global News without Border (Series 3)

Started by freeware, Nov 07, 2010, 03:01 AM

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Libya's veteran ruler, Moammar Gadhafi, faces one of his severest challenges amid protests by thousands in the second city of Benghazi and reports that scores of people have been killed by security forces.

Source: Report: Scores killed in Libya protests

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The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed legislation to cut $60-billion-plus from hundreds of federal programs early Saturday.

Source: House passes bill to cut $60 billion in spending

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A gust of wind picks up a bounce house with two girls inside, dumping one girl in the yard but carrying the other two houses away and dropping her onto a roof.

Source: 'Microburst' carries away girls in bounce house

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Space weather could pose serious problems here on Earth in the coming years, the chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said today.

Source: Experts warn U.S. must take space storms seriously

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Libyan forces fire machine guns at marchers mourning for anti-government protesters in the city of Benghazi. A doctor at one hospital says his morgue has received at least 200 dead from six days of unrest.

Source: Libyan forces again fire on protesters

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Protests against the 40-plus-year reign of dictator Moammar Gadhafi have broken out in Tripoli, the capital, for the first time, according to news reports, as protesters in other cities count the dead from clashes with troops over days of protest.

Source: Uprising in Libya spreads

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Moammar Gadhafi's son went on state television to proclaim that his father remained in charge with the army's backing and would "fight until the last man, the last woman, the last bullet."

Source: Gadhafi to fight to 'the last bullet'

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A Riverview teenager died Friday night after being thrown by a bull at a Brandon rodeo, deputies said.

Source: Teen dies after being thrown by rodeo bull

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A winter storm that blew through the upper Midwest over the long Presidents Day weekend coated roads with ice and snow and led airlines to cancel hundreds of flights.

Source: Midwest faces dismal commute with storm

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The 2000 U.S. Census counted 163,036 people with the surname Washington. Ninety percent of them were African-American.

Source: Washington 'blackest name' in America