Singapore debaters 3rd in world championship

SINGAPORE: A team of Singapore debaters came in third at the 25th World School Debating Championship (WSDC) in Antalya, Turkey.A total of 50 countries participated in this year's competition between 27 January and 6 February.Darion Jin Hotan from Hwa Chong Institution was ranked fourth for overall performance while Tan Teck Wei from Raffles Institution was ranked 13th.The other members...

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Sheriff: 'We did not intentionally burn' the cabin

STORY HIGHLIGHTSSlain officer's widow thanks mourners: "A lot of people loved Mike" Villaraigosa says police have a "reasonable belief" that Dorner died in a mountain standoffAuthorities have not conclusively identified the body found near Big Bear LakeFollow the story here and at CNN affiliates KCBS/KCAL, KABC and KTLA. Anderson Cooper 360º devotes the entire hour to the frenzied manhunt, the final...

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Calif. deputy slain in shootout with man believed to be Dorner was father of two

Updated 7:22 PM ET The San Bernardino deputy who was killed during a shootout with suspect killer Christopher Dorner has been identified as Det. Jeremiah MacKay, said the San Bernardino County's Department during a news conference on Wednesday. San Bernardino County Sheriff's Det. Jeremiah MacKay, 35, was identified as the man killed Tuesday in a gun battle with man believed to be fugitive ex-cop...

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Dorner Not IDed, But Manhunt Considered Over

Though they have not yet identified burned remains found at the scene of Tuesday's fiery, armed standoff, San Bernardino, Calif., officials consider the manhunt over for Christopher Dorner, the fugitive ex-cop accused of going on a killing spree."The events that occurred yesterday in the Big Bear area brought to close an extensive manhunt," San Bernardino County Sheriff John...

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What now after N. Korea nuclear test?

STORY HIGHLIGHTSTest a "step forward" in North Korea's nuclear ambitions, says ChinoyU.S. likely to push for tougher sanctions, he saysChina's reaction to nuclear test will be keyTiming linked to power transitions in the region and propaganda valueEditor's note: Mike Chinoy, a senior follow at the University of South California, the author of Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear...

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Man charged with causing death of colleague through negligence

SINGAPORE: A man has been charged with causing the death of his 62-year-old colleague through negligence. T Magesvaran A/L Tambisamy, 39, is accused of causing fellow production worker, Fan Chow Lin's death on 10 October 2012 at Idemitsu Lube Singapore in Pandan Road.The alleged incident took place when the accused was operating the forklift to lift a tote tank designed to hold up to 2000...

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Police: No body yet found in hunt for Dorner

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: San Bernardino sheriff's spokeswoman says smoldering cabin too hot to enterSources earlier tell CNN that LAPD reported body found, ID'd as suspect DornerOne sheriff's deputy in gun battle has died, other expected to surviveDorner is accused of killing an officer and the daughter and fiance of another cop last weekFollow the story here and at CNN affiliates KCBS/KCAL, KABC, and...

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Parents of slain Chicago teen attend State of the Union

Updated 12:20 a.m. EST Feb. 13 (CBS News) CHICAGO -- Among the First Lady's guests at the capitol Tuesday for the State of the Union address were the parents of Hadiya Pendleton. The 15-year-old honor student was shot to death, not far from the Obamas' Chicago home -- an innocent victim of the city's gang wars. Hadiya Pendleton On Tuesday, two suspects were ordered held without bail. Chicago detectives...

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State of the Union: Obama Pushes Job Creation

Pursuing an aggressive and diverse early second-term agenda, President Obama turned his focus Tuesday night squarely to the economy, using his State of the Union address to unveil new government initiatives aimed at creating jobs.The defining duty of the new Congress and new administration is to "reignite the true engine of America's economic growth -- a rising, thriving middle...

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Why pope will long be remembered

Tim Stanley says Pope Benedict will be seen as an important figure in church history.STORY HIGHLIGHTSTimothy Stanley: Benedict XVI's resignation is historic since popes usually serve for lifeHe says pope not so much conservative as asserting church's "living tradition" He backed traditionalists, but a conflicted flock, scandal, culture wars a trial to papacy, he saysStanley: Pope kept to principle,...

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