Friday, August 27, 2010

American imprisoned in N. Korea returns to Boston (AP)

American imprisoned in N. Korea returns to Boston (AP)

American imprisoned in N. Korea returns to Boston (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:35 PM PDT

Aijalon Gomes reaches for his mother Jacqueline McCarthy after arriving at Logan International Airport in Boston, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Former President Jimmy Carter flew to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, this week on a private mission to secure a pardon for the 31-year-old American who was detained in January after crossing into the country from China. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)AP - An American held captive for seven months in North Korea stepped off a plane in his hometown Friday, looking thin but joyful as he hugged the former president who had helped win his release and family and friends surrounded him in a group embrace.

2 cars explode in Mexico where 72 bodies found (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:26 PM PDT

A soldier and investigators work at the site where a vehicle exploded outside the Televisa network in the northern city of Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, Friday Aug. 27, 2010. Two cars exploded early Friday, in front of the offices of a major Mexican television station and a transit police station, in a northern state where officials are investigating the massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants. (AP Photo)AP - Two cars exploded early Friday in a northern state where officials are investigating the killing of 72 Central and South American migrants, while a prosecutor investigating the massacre has disappeared.

Cuba embraces 2 surprising free-market reforms (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:52 PM PDT

A food vendor sits by his goods at a popular market in Havana, Cuba, Friday Aug. 27, 2010. Cuba's official Gazette published Friday two decrees that loosen state controls on commerce, enough to let Cubans sell agricultural products from their homes, and allow foreign investors to lease government land for up to 99 years. They are key first steps of President Raul Castro's promise to reduce the communist state's control of the economy while attempting to generate new revenues for a government short on cash. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)AP - Cuba has issued a pair of surprising free-market decrees, allowing foreign investors to lease government land for up to 99 years — potentially touching off a golf-course building boom — and loosening state controls on commerce to let islanders grow and sell their own fruit and vegetables.

Political ads surpass 2006 levels as attacks mount (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:22 PM PDT

U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid gives a key note address during a lunch at the Air Force Energy Forum Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 in Las Vegas.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - It's not even Labor Day and negative political ads are muscling in on your TV time. Across the country, ad spending is up and attack ads lead the way.

Body of Las Vegas woman found in clutter at home (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:26 PM PDT

AP - A four-month search for a missing Las Vegas woman came to a ghastly end this week when her husband found her corpse in their home amid a labyrinth of squalor that had been impassable even to search dogs.

US officials: CIA pays Afghan government officials (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:50 PM PDT

AP - The CIA has multiple members of the Afghan government on its payroll in order to help it keep track of various factions within the Afghan government, according to former U.S. officials.

Recession may have pushed US birth rate to new low (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:22 PM PDT

Graphic shows number of births in the U.S. since 1930.AP - The U.S. birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children. The 2009 birth rate also set a record: lowest in a century.

DC's 'truth, honor' rally tests Glenn Beck's power (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:01 PM PDT

** IMAGE IN REAR IS NOT OF NEIL ARMSTRONG ** Glenn Beck, right, waves to supporters at the site of the Restoring Honor rally by the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. The rally will take place on Saturday. Image in the rear is an artist rendition of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin from the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Glenn Beck, the man behind Saturday's rally at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech, has built an empire around his own voice that grew exponentially with his move to Fox News Channel and President Barack Obama's election to the White House.

Cops nab man after finding cocaine in bologna (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:14 PM PDT

In this Aug. 26, 2010 photo released by the Holyoke, Mass., police, an official reveals a package containing a kilogram of cocaine hidden inside a hollowed out chunk of bologna. Police arrested Juan Rodriguez Thursday when he received a package shipped from Puerto Rico to his Holyoke home that contained the cocaine and bologna. (AP Photo/Holyoke Police Department)AP - A Massachusetts man has been arrested after a kilogram of cocaine hidden inside a hollowed out chunk of bologna was delivered to his home. Holyoke police said they were tipped off by postal inspectors in Puerto Rico who had been investigating similar shipments. A dog confirmed the presence of drugs and the bologna was cut open.

Strasburg likely to have Tommy John surgery (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:05 PM PDT

Washington Nationals' starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg throws against the Philadelphia Phillies in the second inning of a baseball game Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/H. Rumph Jr)AP - Stephen Strasburg has a torn elbow ligament and will likely have Tommy John surgery, bringing the pitcher's promising rookie season to an abrupt end.

Bernanke says recovery softer, Fed to act if needed (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:16 AM PDT

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke listens to questions as he testifies before a House Financial Services hearing on the Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday the economic recovery has weakened more than expected and the Fed stands ready to act if needed to spur slowing growth.

Ground Zero Muslim center may get public financing (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:54 PM PDT

Reuters - The Muslim center planned near the site of the World Trade Center attack could qualify for tax-free financing, a spokesman for City Comptroller John Liu said on Friday, and Liu is willing to consider approving the public subsidy.

Former President Jimmy Carter and jailed American land in Boston (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:33 PM PDT

Former President Jimmy Carter (R) shakes hands with Kim Kye-gwan, Vice Foreign Minister of North Korea, upon his arrival at Sunan airport in Pyongyang August 25, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency. REUTERS/KCNAReuters - Former President Jimmy Carter and an American who had been jailed after crossing into North Korea landed at Boston's Logan International Airport on Friday after the reclusive state released the prisoner.

Imports stifle 2nd-quarter growth (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:43 PM PDT

Shipping containers are seen at the Port Newark Container Terminal near New York City July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - Economic growth was revised down to a sluggish 1.6 percent annual rate in the second quarter, pointing to an even softer performance in the third quarter.

Pakistanis stream out of town as flood spreads (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:00 AM PDT

Flood victim Kunjah carries her younger brother while taking refuge with her family in a relief camp in Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province August 26, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - Thousands of people fled Friday from the southern Pakistani town of Thatta after the swollen Indus river burst its banks and authorities ordered an evacuation.

Paul Allen's Interval sues Apple (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:33 PM PDT

Reuters - Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen's Interval Licensing filed a lawsuit accusing 11 major corporations, including Apple, Google and Facebook, of infringing on its Internet search patents.

Ford recalls 575,000 Windstar vans in U.S., Canada (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:29 PM PDT

A security personnel on duty stands in front of the headquarters of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in this August 2, 2010 file photo. China's Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd, whose parent bought Ford Motor Co's Volvo AB unit this month, said on Wednesday it had net cash of 1.5 billion yuan ($221 million) at the end of June. Geely expected exports to make up about 3.5 percent of its total sales this year, and would not be a major contributor to during the period, Executive Director Lawrence Ang told a media briefing to discuss the company's interim results. Picture taken August 2, 2010. REUTERS/Steven Shi/Files (CHINA - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)Reuters - Ford Motor Co> is recalling about 575,000 Windstar vans in 21 cold-weather U.S. states and Canada from model years 1998 to 2003 because of the possibility that the rear axle may fracture due to corrosion, federal regulators reported on Friday.

Accused Somali pirate pleads guilty in U.S. court (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:50 AM PDT

Reuters - An accused pirate from Somalia pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court in Virginia to criminal charges over an April attack on a U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Africa, according to the court and the U.S. Justice Department.

Carter leaves N. Korea with freed American, nuke pledge (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:44 AM PDT

Picture received from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on August 26, shows former US president Jimmy Carter (L) shaking hands with Kim Yong-Nam, president of North Korean People's Assembly and number two leader. Carter's office has confirmed he has left Pyongyang with a detained American citizen, after securing an amnesty deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il.(AFP/HO/KCNA via KNS)AFP - Former US president Jimmy Carter flew out of North Korea Friday after securing the release of an American citizen and a pledge from Pyongyang that it wants to resume nuclear disarmament talks.

Pakistan orders evacuation of southern town (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:04 AM PDT

Pakistani villagers affected by the floods run towards and Afghan helicopter supporting the Pakistani army relief operation as it delivers food in Baluchistan province. Pakistan ordered 300,000 people to evacuate a southern city after waters breached its defences as the United Nations warned Friday the country's worst humanitarian crisis was deepening.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte)AFP - Pakistan ordered 300,000 people to evacuate a southern city after waters breached its defences as the United Nations warned Friday the country's worst humanitarian crisis was deepening.
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