By Kevin Dolak

Nation
Feb 23, 2012 12:09am

Van Containing Unmarked ATM Keys Stolen in Connecticut

A van containing keys to ATMs across Connecticut has been stolen, leading police to issue a lookout warning. The unmarked van was stolen from the train station in Bridgeport, Conn. on Wednesday morning. The vehicle, a white 2010 Ford E-150 van, belonged to workers installing… Read More »

Picture This: ABC News
Feb 22, 2012 3:51pm

Pictures of the Day: Train Crash in Argentina, Mubarak’s Trial, and Planking

Security guards stand as black smoke rises from tires, which were burned by protesters during an anti-US demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2012. Anti-American demonstrations erupted on the outskirts of Kabul for a second day. (Ahmad Jamshid/AP Photo)   Firemen rescue wounded passengers from… Read More »

Middle East Nation World
Feb 22, 2012 3:46pm

World’s Biggest Mortars ‘Weapon of Choice’ Against Homs?

‪For almost three weeks, Syria’s central city of Homs has been pounded by shelling from the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, leaving hundreds dead, according to opposition activists. Judging from a video clip posted online, one weapons analyst says Assad’s forces are using the biggest… Read More »

Nation
Feb 22, 2012 3:44pm

Cousin of Oscar Grant, Oakland BART Victim, Shot by Police

The cousin of Oscar Grant is recuperating from a police-inflicted bullet wound in the same hospital where his cousin died after being shot by an officer three years ago. Oakland Police have said very little about the Sunday night incident in which Tony Jones, 24,… Read More »

Nation
Feb 22, 2012 1:17pm

Top Fish And Game Official Poses With Dead Mountain Lion

A photograph of the California Fish and Wildlife Commission president smiling and holding up a dead mountain lion that he shot has ignited controversy in the state, where hunting the creatures has been illegal since 1990. Dan Richards, however, shot the animal in Idaho, where hunting… Read More »

By Tom Nagorski

World
Feb 22, 2012 12:59pm

The Global Note: A Witness Silenced…Argentine Crash…Koran Protests…Spanish Treasure

SYRIA: THE HORRORS MULTIPLY -MARIE COLVIN…Early this morning she was reporting – and speaking to the world – from the beseiged city of Homs. Over the phone she spoke to the BBC of the horror of “unrelenting” shelling – and of a child struck by… Read More »

World
Feb 22, 2012 12:45pm

‘Amazing Race’ Producer Dead in Africa of Suspected Cocaine OD

American television producer Jeff Rice was found dead in a hotel in Uganda and police told ABC News he died of an apparent cocaine overdose. Rice’s body was discovered in a luxury hotel in the capital city of Kampala on Friday.  His assistant Katheryne Fuller was found… Read More »

Press Release
Feb 22, 2012 11:48am

Barbara Walters Reports: “The Cutting Edge”

The Latest and Most Innovative Procedures in Looking Younger Airs on “20/20,” Friday, February 24, 10 pm on ABC  Americans are being cut, stretched, tucked, smoothed, tapered, injected and filled to enhance their appearance in record numbers: almost 14 million cosmetic plastic surgeries were performed… Read More »

Press Release
Feb 22, 2012 11:43am

On “Primetime: What Would You Do?” Airing Friday, February 24, 9 PM

When People See a Situation that Cries Out for Action, Do They Step in, Back Away or Just Walk on by?  Using hidden cameras, “What Would You Do?” establishes everyday scenarios and then captures people’s reactions. Whether people are compelled to act or mind their… Read More »

By David Ford

Press Release
Feb 22, 2012 10:17am

Ratings: “ABC World News” Increases Total Viewing Audience Both Week-to-Week and Year-to-Year

“World News” Cuts Total Viewing Gap with “NBC Nightly News” by 8% Week-to-Week  Season-to-Date, “ABC World News” Narrows Total Viewing and Demo Gaps with “NBC Nightly News” By Double-Digits – Marking Smallest Margins in 3 Years For the week of February 13, 2012, “ABC World News… Read More »