Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Work remains even with BP leak plugged, oil fading (AP)

Work remains even with BP leak plugged, oil fading (AP)

Work remains even with BP leak plugged, oil fading (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:56 PM PDT

Ships work near the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP said Wednesday that it had succeeded in plugging a ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, signalling an end to the worst spill in the United States' history.(AFP/Getty Images/Chris Graythen)AP - BP claimed a key milestone Wednesday in a drive to permanently plug its blown-out oil well, upbeat news that dovetailed with a federal report indicating much of the spilled crude has disappeared, though officials cautioned that recovery is far from over.

Majority of senators back Kagan on eve of vote (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 30, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. A confirmation vote is all but assured for Kagan as the Senate begins debate on making her the fourth female justice. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Elena Kagan has won the support of a majority of senators on the eve of a vote to confirm her as the Supreme Court's fourth woman.

Group sues to stop mosque near NY's ground zero (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:41 PM PDT

Linda Rivera holds up a sign in opposition to the proposed mosque at 45-47 Park Place during a meeting of the Landmarks Preservation Commission to vote on giving the building landmark status in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. The commission voted unanimously not to landmark the building, making way for the construction of the mosque. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - A conservative advocacy group founded by the Rev. Pat Robertson is suing to try to block a planned Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero.

Floods ravage Pakistan's heartland, threaten south (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:21 AM PDT

Houses are submerged in floodwaters in Kot Addu, Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Floodwaters ravaged hundreds of villages in Pakistan's main province of Punjab Wednesday, destroying homes, soaking crops, and threatening more lives. Aid workers warned that bloated rivers would soon surge into the country's south, prompting more evacuations. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)AP - Flooding ravaged hundreds of villages in Pakistan's main province of Punjab on Wednesday, destroying homes, soaking crops, and threatening more lives. Aid workers warned that bloated rivers would surge south soon, flooding more areas.

Flare-up over tree accents Israel-Lebanon tension (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:40 PM PDT

The brother of Sgt. Robert Ashi , who was killed on Tuesday during a clash between Lebanese army and Israeli army, hold on to the coffin carried by Lebanese soldiers, during his funeral procession, at Darb el-Sim village, near in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Lebanese and Israeli troops exchanged fire Tuesday in a fierce border battle that killed a senior Israeli officer, two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist. The violence started when Lebanese opened fire after Israel tried to cut down a tree along the border, something the military has done in the past to improve its sight lines into Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - It took no more than cutting down a tree to shatter four years of calm on the Israel-Lebanon border.

Jobs bill clears Republican filibuster in the Senate (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:14 AM PDT

AP - Senate Democrats on Wednesday overcame Republican opposition and cleared the way for a $26 billion measure to help states ease their severe budget problems and save the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public employees.

Black members of tea party dispute racist claims (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:15 PM PDT

People hold signs and wave flags during the 'Uni-Tea' Tea Party rally at Independence Mall in Philadelphia on Saturday July 31, 2010. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)AP - Black members of the tea party movement on Wednesday rejected charges that the group's activists are racist, saying they oppose President Barack Obama because of his policies not his skin color.

Germany warns of Apple security problem (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:51 PM PDT

This product image provided by DISH Network L.L.C, shows an Apple iPad using the Remote Access app. Dish Network Corp. is planning to offer the feature on the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and BlackBerry devices in September and on phones using Google Inc.รข€™s Android system in October.(AP Photo/DISH Network L.L.C.)** NO SALES **AP - Several versions of Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch have potentially serious security problems, a German government agency said in an official warning Wednesday.

Opening statements begin in Anna Nicole trial (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:34 PM PDT

AP - Two doctors violated their responsibility to protect Anna Nicole Smith by prescribing massive amounts of drugs with the connivance of her lawyer-boyfriend, even though they knew she was addicted to painkillers, a prosecutor argued Wednesday.

Alex Rodriguez hits home run No. 600 (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:10 PM PDT

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, right, is congratulated at home plate by Derek Jeter after hitting his 600th career home run during the first inning of a baseball against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to hit 600 home runs and did it with style, driving a pitch into Yankee Stadium's Monument Park in center field exactly three years to the day after his 500th homer.

Iran's Ahmadinejad unhurt after blast near motorcade (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:18 AM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) waves to people as he is welcomed to Hamadan, 336 kilometres (209 miles southwest of Tehran, August 4, 2010. REUTERS/President.ir/HandoutReuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was unharmed when a homemade explosive went off near his motorcade during a visit to the western city of Hamadan on Wednesday, a source in his office said.

Obama says "long battle" in Gulf close to end (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:44 PM PDT

A boat motors through oil sheen from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off East Grand Terre Island, where the Gulf of Mexico meets Barataria Bay, on the Louisiana coast, at sunset on Saturday, July 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Reuters - BP Plc said on Wednesday it was close to subduing its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, and the White House hailed the "beginning of the end" of efforts to contain the worst spill in U.S. history.

U.N. supports Israeli claim on Lebanon clash (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:46 AM PDT

Israeli soldiers walk near the border with Lebanon August 4, 2010. REUTERS/Baz RatnerReuters - The U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon said on Wednesday Israeli soldiers were operating inside Israel when a deadly firefight broke out with Lebanese troops in the most serious border violence since a 2006 war.

Pentagon: WikiLeaks did not contact us (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:35 PM PDT

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange holds up a copy of the Guardian newspaper during a press conference at the Frontline Club in central London, July 26, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - The Pentagon said on Tuesday it had not been contacted by WikiLeaks, despite claims that the whistle-blowing website sought its help reviewing thousands of classified Afghan war documents ahead of their release.

Nine dead in Connecticut workplace shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:39 AM PDT

Reuters - Nine people were killed on Tuesday in a shooting rampage at a beer distributor in Manchester, Connecticut, police said.

Mexico drug cartels use gory videos to spread fear (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:54 AM PDT

Military and forensic experts inspect the body of a man who was killed outside a nightclub in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, August 31, 2009. REUTERS/Alejandro BringasReuters - Powerful drug cartels are increasingly using gruesome videos of executions and interrogations to intimidate their rivals, police and an already terrified public in Mexico's vicious drug war.

Six wounded in mosque attack in violent Karachi (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:35 AM PDT

A man walks past a moving bus as Rangers keep guard at an intersection in Karachi on August 4, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - Six people were wounded when unidentified attackers hurled a grenade at a Karachi mosque during evening prayers on Wednesday, police said.

Alex Rodriguez hits 600th career home run (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:06 PM PDT

Reuters - Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th career home run on Wednesday, becoming just the seventh player in Major League Baseball to achieve the feat.

Hope for Gulf as BP plugs well, most of the oil gone (AFP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:35 PM PDT

Image from a live BP video feed shows a view from a submersible while checking the well head in the Gulf of Mexico. Hopes rose Wednesday of an end to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster as BP prepared to permanently seal its runaway well with cement and US officials said three quarters of the toxic crude had been eliminated.(AFP/BP)AFP - On a pivotal day for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, BP plugged Wednesday and prepared to permanently seal its stricken well while officials announced most of the toxic crude is now gone.

Food fears for Pakistan flood survivors (AFP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:04 AM PDT

Pakistani flood survivors search through their destroyed homes in Gulabad. Desperate survivors crushed into relief centres Wednesday after Pakistan's worst floods in living memory as officials feared a food crisis could compound the humanitarian disaster.(AFP/Farooq Naeem)AFP - Desperate survivors clamoured for urgent relief on Wednesday after Pakistan's worst floods in living memory as officials feared a food crisis could compound the humanitarian disaster.
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