Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:20:02 +0100 (AP) - Jean-Claude Mas in a police car leaves a courthouse after he was arrested in connection with faulty breast implants scandal affecting tens of thousands of women worldwide in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Mas, who founded and ran implant-maker Poly Implant Prothese, was detained as part of a judicial probe into manslaughter and involuntary injuries, an official said. (AP Photo/Franck Penant)
House Republicans Question Safety of Chevy Volt Batteries
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:00:17 +0100 House Republicans railed against the Obama Administration Wednesday during an investigative hearing on General Motors' Chevy Volt, after a probe conducted by the federal auto safety agency ruled that the electric cars' batteries are not prone to causing fires. "The Chevrolet Volt is safe to drive and it has been safe to drive the whole time," asserted David Strickland, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. "Not only would I drive it, I would [take] my wife, my mother and my baby sister along for the ride." (Source: Yahoo! Contributor Network)
A police officer stands outside the Frontenac County Courthouse, ...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:10:01 +0100 (Reuters) - A police officer stands outside the Frontenac County Courthouse, where Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya and their son Hamed were undergoing trial for the murder of four family members, in Kingston, Ontario January 26, 2012. The courthouse was evacuated on Thursday after a security concern, according to local media. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg (CANADA - TAGS: - Tags: CRIME LAW)
In this photo made available by London's Royal Opera House Thursday ...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:20:07 +0100 (AP) - In this photo made available by London's Royal Opera House Thursday Jan 26 2011, Ukrainian dancer Sergei Polunin dances in the Royal Ballet production of Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky in 2011 at the Royal Opera House, London. The ballet world is spinning after Polunin, one of the art's brightest stars walked away from Britain's Royal Ballet without explanation, days before he was due to take the lead in a new production. (AP Photo/ Johan Persson /Royal Opera House)
A woman holds her child as she stands outside her house at Dalit ...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:10:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A woman holds her child as she stands outside her house at Dalit village of Bhaddi Kheda in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh January 15, 2012. Although she presides over one of the most poverty-plagued states of India -- its per-capita income is just above 50 percent of the national average -- Kumari Mayawati's extraordinary personal extravagance preserves a tradition set over the centuries by a succession of rulers in the plains of the river Ganges. Picture taken January 15, 2012. To match Insight INDIA-ELECTION/ REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS)
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