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Al-Qaeda Crippled As Leaders Stay In Hiding, CIA Says (203 diggs) Relentless attacks against al-Qaeda in the Pakistan tribal region appear to have driven Osama bin Laden and other top leaders deeper into hiding, leaving the organization rudderless and incapable of planning sophisticated operations, CIA Director Leon Panetta said Wednesday.

Catholic Exorcist: Pedophiles Tempted by Satan,not Possessed (240 diggs) "The devil tempts everyone -- people in politics, in economics, in sport. And naturally, he tempts, above all, the religious leaders, so you shouldn't be surprised if the devil tempts those in the Vatican. That's his job."

Chinese ad partners beg Google for information (168 diggs) Twenty-seven advertising partners in China also ask Google how they will be compensated if the company goes ahead with a threatened withdrawal.

U.S. Missionaries in Haiti Jailed on Kidnapping Charges? (246 diggs) After the January 12th earthquake-heard- around the world, but felt in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, foreigners from across the globe immediately flew to their aid. Among them were the U.S. missionaries from Idaho who later gained a great deal of negative attention from Haitian officials and the American press.

American Military: Trust in the last vestige of US dominance (207 diggs) If there's one area where the US maintains a decisive lead over other countries, it's in its military.

"All black people leave the store now" - Walmart (517 diggs) Wal-Mart officials are reviewing security tapes after an announcement was made for "all black people" to leave a southern New Jersey store.

Scientologists forced me to have two abortions (314 diggs) An Australian woman has given a tearful account of how the Church of Scientology allegedly coerced her to have two abortions, as a fresh attempt was being made for a Senate inquiry into the organisation.

Hawaii considering law to ignore Obama 'birthers' (322 diggs) Birthers beware: Hawaii may start ignoring your repeated requests for proof that President Barack Obama was born here.

Five Americans charged with terrorism in Pakistan (235 diggs) A Pakistani court formally charged Wednesday five young Americans of plotting terrorism in the country, their lawyer said, in a case that has raised alarm over the danger posed by militants using the Internet.

In virtual world, China consumers best the U.S. (163 diggs) Beijing sales manager Wang Min spends at least 15 hours a week playing online video games. His favorite is a multiplayer adventure game called "Perfect World."

Israel heartened by Clinton response to 'crisis' claim (220 diggs) The Israeli ambassador to the United States said Wednesday he did not make statements attributed to him about relations between his country and the United States being "in a crisis."

Drunk, high dad leaves baby in oven overnight, police say - (407 diggs) A Kentucky man high on marijuana and drunk on whiskey put his 5-week-old son in the oven Sunday and left him there overnight, police said.

Vatican Says Rising Sex Abuse Cases Could Overwhelm Staff (344 diggs) The ratio of 10 people handling 300 cases a year did not go over well in some quarters. “It seems like an extraordinarily paltry effort, given the scope of the crisis,” said David Clohessy, the national director of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests.

Son of Hamas - GQ.com (215 diggs) Son of Hamas chronicles the decade Yousef spent as a spy for Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service. In it, Yousef unspools one of the most unlikely tales of our time, narrating the events that led to his disillusionment with Hamas and Islam, his conversion to Christianity, and his kinship with his Israeli handlers...

Lost Shakespeare Play Found? (315 diggs) After years of literary investigation, a professor at the University of Nottingham said Tuesday he's certain "Double Falsehood, or the Distressed Lovers" was born out of "Cardenio," a play Shakespeare scholars believe existed.

Gunman tries to attack Lenin's corpse in Red Square (192 diggs) A man armed with a high-powered gas pistol tried to break into Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin's tomb on Red Square in Moscow, shooting a policeman in the process.

Pictures from East Jerusalem's "Day of Rage" (280 diggs) Violence erupted in Jerusalem after Hamas called for a "Day of Rage" to protest the consecration yesterday of the restored Hurva Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Thailand's Red Shirts splash Gov't offices with human blood (381 diggs) In an attempt to drive out Thailand's ruling party, protesters Wednesday splashed government offices with human blood collected during an all-day needle drive. Roughly 100,000 followers of an anti-establishment movement known as the "Red Shirts" have gathered in Bangkok amid heavy deployments of soldiers and police.

Do you trust your balcony railings? He did & fell 24 stories (580 diggs) Residents at a Manhattan apartment building have been ordered to stay off their balconies after Connor Donohue fell 24 stories to his death early Sunday morning. The building was hit with a partial vacate order ("FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BALCONIES AS PER CODE. STOP ALL USE OF ALL BALCONIES AND 3FL SETBACK, PROVIDE PE REPORT").

Sony Inks $250 Million Michael Jackson Deal (283 diggs) Michael Jackson, like Elvis Presley before him, may make more money in death than in life. Sony (SNE) has signed a deal with the departed singer's estate worth as much as $250 million. The Wall Street Journal reports that With 10 albums over seven years, the deal will involve a mix of previously unreleased songs and new packages of familiar ones.

The Cost of the US Census (Graphic) (482 diggs) 120 million US Census forms are scheduled to arrive in US households today as the government do a head count in order to help divvy up congressional seats and more than $400 billion in federal aid.

3 people associated with U.S. consulate killed in Mexico (278 diggs) Three people connected to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, were killed in two drive-by shootings, a senior White House official told CNN Sunday.

Fake TV Report Of Russian Invasion Sparks Panic In Georgia (382 diggs) Thousands of people in Georgia were sent into panic when they saw a TV news report saying Russian tanks had invaded their capital and the president was dead. But what they didn't know was that the show on Imedi TV was a fake, aimed to show how events might unfold if the president were killed.

Church sex abuse brings trouble to pope (512 diggs) With allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests piling up in Germany and Ireland and surfacing in Austria and the Netherlands, Europe appears poised to face church abuse in the broad, wrenching way the United States did in the last decade.

Bus Plunges Off Bridge in India, Kills At Least 26 - CNN.com (265 diggs) A bus plummeted 70 feet into a dry riverbed in northwestern India on Monday, killing at least 26 passengers and injuring 34 others, police said...