Thursday, August 26, 2010

Scarcity of jobs puts more at risk of foreclosure (AP)

Scarcity of jobs puts more at risk of foreclosure (AP)

Scarcity of jobs puts more at risk of foreclosure (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:54 AM PDT

In this Aug. 23, 2010 photograph, Latasha Phillips, 33, left, feeds her son Ahmad, right, while eating breakfast in the communal dining room at the Community Partnership for Homeless in Miami. Phillips worked as a certified nurse's assistant before losing her job two months ago. She now lives at the homeless center with her four children and is looking for work as a nurse's assistant or a security guard. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - One in 10 American households with a mortgage is at risk of losing its home, and the foreclosure crisis could worsen if jobs remain scarce.

Fears Taliban expanding in Afghan north, west (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:50 AM PDT

Relatives react as the coffins of Spanish Civil Guards, Jose Maria Galera Cordoba, Leoncio Bravo Picallo and an Iranian-born interpreter Ataola Taefik Alili arrive, at the Torrejon military airbase just outside of Madrid on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Flag-draped coffins holding the remains of three Spaniards killed in Afghanistan in what the government calls a terrorist attack have been brought back to Spain. A band played Chopin's Funeral March Thursday as Civil Guard pallbearers carried caskets with the bodies of two police officers and an Iranian-born interpreter who were shot by an Afghan man Wednesday at a NATO base during a training class for local police recruits. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)AP - Eight Afghan police gunned down at a checkpoint. Campaign workers kidnapped. Spanish trainers shot dead on their base.

Pakistani Taliban hint at attacks on aid workers (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:42 AM PDT

Parvez, 7, a flood victim, carries a water cooler on his shoulder which he is preparing to fill from a hand pump while taking refuge with his family in a relief camp for flood victims in Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province August 26, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT HEALTH IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - The Taliban hinted Thursday they may launch attacks against foreigners helping Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the country's history, saying their presence was "unacceptable." The U.N. said it would not be deterred by violent threats.

Salmonella find links 2 Iowa egg farms to recall (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:18 PM PDT

This Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010 photo shows one of the chicken confinement sites operated by Wright County Egg in Galt, Iowa. Wright Egg Farms and Hillandale Farms have recalled more than a half-billion eggs linked to as many as 1,300 cases of salmonella poisoning. Their hens are still laying millions of eggs every day. Those eggs are being sent to facilities where their shells are broken and the contents pasteurized — a process that involves applying high heat without cooking the eggs. (AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley)AP - Food and Drug Administration officials say they have found positive samples of salmonella that link two Iowa farms to a massive egg recall.

Obama Iraq speech to signal shift to Afghan focus (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:56 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama walks off the green on the first hole while playing golf at Farm Neck Golf Club on Martha's Vineyard in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, August 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SPORT GOLF)AP - With his Oval Office speech Tuesday night, President Barack Obama will signal a shift in America's focus from the Iraq War to the war in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Thursday.

Serial stabbings suspect ordered held without bond (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:40 PM PDT

Elias Abuelazam is escorted by authorites after arriving in Flint, Mich., Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Abuelazam had been held in an Atlanta jail since his Aug. 11 arrest at the city's airport. He waived extradition Aug. 13, and officials had 15 days to bring him to Michigan. The 33-year-old is charged with assault with intent to commit murder in the July 27 stabbing of a 26-year-old Flint man. It's one of 14 stabbings, of men in the Flint area, about 70 miles northwest of Detroit. He's also suspected in similar stabbings in Virginia and Ohio. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool)AP - A man suspected in 18 attacks in three states, including five fatal stabbings, was ordered held without bond Thursday in one of the cases after being extradited to Michigan.

NKorea's reclusive Kim on unexpected China visit (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:38 AM PDT

A South Korean man watches a TV reporting on North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. News reports say North Korean leader Kim Jong Il may have traveled to China in what would be his second visit to the country this year.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has turned up in China in a strangely timed visit for the reclusive leader while former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is in North Korea trying to win the release of an imprisoned American.

Toyota recalls 1.33 million Corollas, Matrixes (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:14 PM PDT

In this Feb. 5, 2007 file photo, a 2007 Toyota Corolla sedan and Matrix wagon sit on the lot at a Toyota dealership in the southeast Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo. Toyota said Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, it is recalling more than a million Corolla sedans and Matrix hatchbacks with engines that may stall. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)AP - Toyota recalled 1.33 million Corolla sedans and Matrix hatchbacks in the U.S. and Canada Thursday because their engines may stall, the latest in a string of quality problems at the Japanese automaker.

603-pound Thai woman leaves home after 3 years (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:41 AM PDT

Umnuayporn Tongprapai gestures as she is transported on a forklift to an ambulance in Bangkok, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. The 603-pound (274-kilogram) woman believed to be the heaviest in Thailand left her apartment for the first time in three years Thursday with the help of Bangkok city hall and the forklift. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - A 603-pound (274-kilogram) woman believed to be the heaviest in Thailand left her apartment for the first time in three years Thursday with the help of Bangkok city hall and a forklift.

Woods shoots 65 for his best round of the year (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:38 PM PDT

Tiger Woods reacts to a question about one of his shots, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, in Paramus, N.J., after the first round of The Barclays golf tournament. Tiger finished six under for the day. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Tiger Woods finally looked like the No. 1 player in the world.

Mexican troops hunt killers of 72 migrants (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:08 PM PDT

The blindfolded and hand-tied bodies of people thought to be migrant workers lie at a ranch where they were discovered by Mexican marines in San Fernando, Tamaulipas state. Photo released August 26, 2010. REUTERS/Tamaulipas' State Attorney General's Office/HandoutReuters - Mexican troops fanned out in the remote countryside near the Texas border on Thursday as they hunted the perpetrators of the worst massacre in the country's escalating drug war.

Kim Jong-il makes surprise China visit: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:05 AM PDT

North Korea's senior party, army and state officials attend a national meeting at Pyongyang Indoor Stadium August 24, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency. REUTERS/KCNAReuters - North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-il is visiting powerful ally China possibly with his son and heir apparent, South Korean government sources said on Thursday, ahead of a meeting that may settle Kim's succession.

Pakistan seeks to salvage economy as more flee floods (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:53 PM PDT

A boy sits in front of houses destroyed by floodwater in Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province August 25, 2010. REUTERS/Asim TanveerReuters - Pakistan ordered fresh evacuations from Sindh province on Thursday as the country struggled to bring relief to millions already displaced by flooding and sought international help to rescue its economy.

FDA ties chicken feed to salmonella in egg recall (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:55 PM PDT

Reuters - Chicken feed contaminated with salmonella bacteria could have caused the outbreak at two Iowa producers that sparked a recall of more than a half billion contaminated eggs last week, U.S. regulators said on Thursday.

Blagojevich retrial likely to start early January (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:52 AM PDT

Reuters - The retrial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges will likely begin in the first week of January, U.S. District Judge James Zagel said on Thursday.

World Trade Center deal may hasten rebuilding (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:49 PM PDT

Reuters - The land owner and developer building the long-delayed new World Trade Center sealed a deal on Thursday to speed construction just over a year shy of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

U.S. banks lobby Fed on debit card fee limits (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:11 AM PDT

Reuters - The Federal Reserve has begun taking the first steps to crack down on debit-card transaction fees, with the battle between merchants and banks moving from the legislative to the regulatory arena.

Roger Clemens to be arraigned Monday (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:11 AM PDT

** FILE ** In this Feb. 13, 2008 file photo, former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, left, listens to the testimony of his former personal trainer Brian McNamee, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The New York Times reported on its website Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, that federal authorities have decided to indict Roger Clemens on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, testified under oath at a hearing before a House committee and contradicted each other about whether Clemens had used the banned substances. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Reuters - Former baseball pitching star Roger Clemens will be arraigned on Monday on charges he lied to the Congress about his use of drugs to boost his performance, according to a schedule issued on Thursday.

Pakistan orders nearly half a million to evacuate (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:29 AM PDT

Pakistani soldiers prepare boats for rescue work after floodwaters enter the Alam Kot village in Sindh province. Pakistan ordered nearly half a million people to evacuate towns on Thursday as rising floods threaten further havoc in a country straining to cope with its worst humanitarian disaster.(AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)AFP - Pakistan ordered nearly half a million people to evacuate towns on Thursday as rising floods threaten further havoc in a country straining to cope with its worst humanitarian disaster.

'Problems' among trapped Chile miners: report (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:20 AM PDT

Relatives of trapped miners carry mattresses given by the military for the temporary camp they are living in at the San Jose gold and copper mine in Copiapo, 800 km north of Santiago. Some of the miners trapped in a subterranean nightmare in Chile -- and forced to wait months for rescue -- are falling prey to anxiety, officials said Thursday, as angry relatives mounted their first legal action.(AFP/Martin Bernetti)AFP - Some of the miners trapped in a subterranean nightmare in Chile -- and forced to wait months for rescue -- are falling prey to anxiety, officials said Thursday, as angry relatives mounted their first legal action.
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