Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Indonesian police kill 5 terror suspects on Bali

BALI, Indonesia (AP) -- Police fatally shot five men who were suspected of planning robberies of money changers, jewelers and other targets on Indonesia's resort island of Bali so they could fund terrorist attacks, officials said Monday.

Several semiautomatic guns, ammunition magazines and masks also were found during raids on a bungalow and a boarding house late Sunday, said Saud Usman Nasution, a national police spokesman.

"We believe they were trying to get money to finance other (terrorist) activities," he said, adding the alleged ringleader, Hilman Jayakusuma, had been on a most-wanted list for more than two years.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Research firm: New iPad more expensive to make

NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple appears to be making less of a profit from each new iPad than it did when it launched the previous model a year ago, according to a research firm's analysis.

IHS iSuppli took apart a new iPad on Friday, the day the device went on sale in the U.S. and nine other countries, and found that the components are more expensive than those of the iPad 2.

The third iPad comes in several versions starting at $499, the same price as the iPad 2 at launch.

Apple has priced all three generations of the tablet aggressively, making it hard for competitors to match its features at the same price. It makes less from each iPad than from each iPhone.

Fears for stricken soccer player Muamba's recovery

Fabrice Muamba, the soccer player who collapsed during a game Saturday, may never return to professional football, according to a London heart specialist.

In an interview with CNN affiliate ITN, consultant cardiologist Dr. Iqbal Malik, from Hammersmith Hospital, said it was "very much in doubt" that he could resume his professional career.

The 23-year-old Bolton Wanderers player, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, is currently in a critical condition at the London Chest Hospital after collapsing during a match with Tottenham Hotspur.

Dr. Malik said the treatment he received on the pitch was crucial to his survival, and his chances of making a recovery better than someone who collapses in the street due to the medical facilities at the stadium.

"It's almost the ideal place because of course Premiership players are well looked after so he goes in with very good health and top of that he's being actively watched during the game," he said.

Al Qaeda claims it killed American in Yemen

Gunmen fatally shot an American teacher in the Yemeni province of Taiz on Sunday, two defense ministry officials said.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- the terror network's affiliate in Yemen -- claimed responsibility for the killing.

In a text message sent to Yemeni media outlets, the group said the victim was spreading Christianity to the Yemeni people, calling him one of the biggest missionaries in the country.

But the International Training and Development Center said the victim -- whom it identified as "Joel S." -- was not a missionary.

"He was an American development worker who had been working in Yemen with his wife and two children since 2010," when he began working for the education center, the ITDC said.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Santigold displays total career takeover at SXSW

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Santigold remade South By Southwest into an eccentric dance party on Friday, turning the annual music conference and festival into a participatory event for some of her lucky fans.

The delightfully uncategorizable singer from Brooklyn pulled 17 fans on stage and invited them to dance to her upbeat anthem "Creator" at the SPIN Live Party at Stubb's Barbecue.

Santi White debuted songs from her new album, the appropriately titled "Master of My Make Believe," out May 1, and displayed her unique sense of style as she took the stage with a band dressed in Egyptian-inspired headdresses and necklaces and backup dancers who moved robotically throughout. White, dubbed the prom queen of SXSW by one music writer, wore a crown, sunglasses and kaleidoscopic outfit.