Ex-CNB senior officer jailed 15 months for forgery and CBT

SINGAPORE: A former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) senior officer who used money seized from drug offenders for his personal expenses has been sentenced to 15 months' jail. 36-year-old Mohamad Hasri Haron was found guilty of two counts of forgery and one count of criminal breach of trust. Four other similar counts have also been taken into consideration.The father of two resigned in...

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Netflix, RIM, others get boot from key Nasdaq stock index

With Facebook's entry, a handful of other tech companies exit key stock index.The shakeup that landed Facebook on Nasdaq's top 100 list is also leading to the departure of other prominent tech players.Facebook was added last week to the Nasdaq 100, the collection of the largest 100 nonfinancial companies trading on the stock exchange. Facebook's addition to the index came with the departure of IT...

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Losing our religion

(CBS News) The words "In God We Trust" can be found on all our currency, a reflection of the importance of religion in American lives. At least the lives of many of us, but not ALL. Our Sunday Morning Cover Story is reported by Lee Cowan: It's not just in Newtown, Connecticut, but in churches and synagogues - and any other building of faith - the question "why" is being asked over and over this...

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Conn. Community Mourns Victims of Massacre

President Obama will visit Newtown, Conn. today to meet with the grieving families and thank the first responders from Friday's school shooting, as the community begins the long process of healing.The pictures of the young victims killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School emerged Saturday, along with a remarkable story of survival.Twenty children and six adults were killed at the...

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Japan's LDP surges back to power, eyes two-thirds majority with ally

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) surged back to power in an election on Sunday just three years after a devastating defeat, giving ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a chance to push his hawkish security agenda and radical economic recipe. An LDP win will usher in a government committed to a tough stance in a territorial row with China, a pro-nuclear energy...

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PM Lee sends condolences over US school shooting

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has sent his condolences to US President Barack Obama on the Connecticut school shooting that killed 28 people, including 20 children. In his condolence letter, Mr Lee said he was "deeply shocked and saddened" to hear of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Offering his sincere condolence to Mr Obama, the victims' families and all...

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Can a MP3 sound better than a high-resolution FLAC or Apple Lossless file?

A great-sounding recording will sound its best only when it's properly mastered to LP, SACD, DVD-Audio, or a high-resolution file. Those formats will reveal the full glory of the music in ways that lower-resolution formats like MP3 or analog cassette always miss. But if you didn't have access to the high-resolution file to compare it with, a great recording will still sound pretty terrific as an AAC,...

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Hillary Clinton faints, suffers concussion

WASHINGTON Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton fainted and suffered a concussion, the U.S. State Department reports. She is recovering at home. In a statement issued by the State Dept. Saturday, it was reported that "While suffering from a stomach virus, Secretary Clinton became dehydrated and fainted, sustaining a concussion. "She has been recovering at home and will continue to be monitored...

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Conn. Shooter Adam Lanza: Quiet, Bright, Troubled

Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who killed 20 kids and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school Friday, was very bright, say neighbors and former classmates, but he was also socially awkward and deeply troubled."[Adam] was not connected with the other kids," said family friend Barbara Frey. A relative told ABC News that Adam was "obviously not well."READ full ABC News coverage...

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Egyptians vote on divisive constitution

CAIRO/ALEXANDRIA (Reuters) - Egyptians queued to vote on Saturday on a constitution promoted by its Islamist backers as the way out of a prolonged political crisis and rejected by opponents as a recipe for further divisions in the Arab world's biggest nation. Soldiers joined police to secure the referendum after deadly protests during the buildup. Street brawls erupted again on Friday...

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