Thursday, September 30, 2010

Massive storm brings heavy rain from NC to Maine (AP)

Massive storm brings heavy rain from NC to Maine (AP)

Massive storm brings heavy rain from NC to Maine (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:53 PM PDT

A Guilford County School bus navigates through a partially flooded section of Yanceyville Street near East Cornwallis Drive during its morning travels in Greensboro, N.C., Wednesday, September 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Nelson Kepley, News & Record)AP - A massive rainstorm drenched the East Coast from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, washing out commutes and wiping away months of dry weather.

AP sources: Emanuel leaving White House on Friday (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 27, 2010 file photo, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel laughs as he takes some good natured ribbing about his recent comment about someday wanting to be mayor of Chicago while participating in the sixth annual Richard J. Daley Global Cities Forum in Chicago. Two people familiar with Rahm Emanuel's plans, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they did not want to pre-empt Emanuel's announcement, said Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, that he will resign as White House chief of staff on Friday, and will begin his campaign for Chicago mayor by meeting with voters in the city on Monday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Rahm Emanuel will resign as White House chief of staff on Friday and will begin his campaign for Chicago mayor by meeting with voters in the city on Monday, two people familiar with Emanuel's plans said.

Whitman fires back about illegal immigrant maid (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:46 PM PDT

Nicky Diaz, right, former housekeeper for California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, with attorney Gloria Allred, leaves a news conference in Los Angeles Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Diaz alleges that Whitman was notified seven years ago that the worker might be in the country illegally, but did nothing about it. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Meg Whitman said Thursday that her former housekeeper might have intercepted a 2003 government letter warning that the maid could be in the country illegally as the Republican gubernatorial candidate denounced the story as a "baseless smear attack."

Senate votes to turn down volume on TV commercials (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:48 PM PDT

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., uses an umbrella as he arrives under rain showers at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, for a meeting between Democratic Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Legislation to turn down the volume on those loud TV commercials that send couch potatoes diving for their remote controls looks like it'll soon become law.

Pakistan cuts NATO supply line after border firing (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:49 PM PDT

In this image made from video, Pakistani para-military troops carry coffins of their colleagues allegedly killed in a cross-border helicopter strike by the NATO coalition that killed three Pakistani frontier soldiers, in Parachinar in Pakistan's tribal area of Kurram along Afghanistan's border on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. Pakistan blocked the war supply route to Afghanistan after NATO allegedly killed the guards. (AP Photo)AP - Pakistan closed the Khyber Pass supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan after a coalition helicopter attack mistakenly killed three Pakistani soldiers at a border post Thursday, raising tensions in a vital relationship for both Islamabad and Washington.

Secret sex video linked to NJ student's suicide (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:50 PM PDT

**CORRECTS BYLINE TO VANDERBERG** A group participates in a 'lie-in' near the Student Center at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, N.J Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. The rally was in support of safe places for gay students, in response to the death of a Rutgers University freshman who jumped off a bridge last week after a recording of him having a sexual encounter with a man was broadcast online. (AP Photo/Erin Vanderberg)AP - The death of a Rutgers University freshman stirred outrage and remorse among classmates who said they wished they could have stopped the teen from jumping off a bridge after secret video of his sexual encounter with a man was streamed online.

Giant penguins with no tux? Fossil feathers say so (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:51 PM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by the journal Science shows Julia Clarke excavating a fossil in Peru's Paracas Reserve. Some ancient penguins may have been twice as tall as today's Emperor type but they lacked the dashing tuxedo. Researchers unearthed remains of a nearly 5-foot-tall penguin that roamed what is now Peru 36 million years ago — along with fossilized feathers that show back then, the flightless bird was a more motley mix of reddish-brown and grey (AP Photo/N. Adam Smith, U.T. Austin, Science)AP - Some ancient penguins may have been twice as big as today's Emperor penguin but they lacked the dashing tuxedo. Researchers unearthed remains of a nearly 5-foot-tall penguin that roamed what is now Peru about 36 million years ago, and they also discovered fossilized feathers that show back then, the flightless bird was a more motley mix of reddish-brown and gray.

McDonald's denies report of dropping health care (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:45 PM PDT

McDonald's may drop its health insurance plan for nearly 30,000 hourly restaurant workers unless regulators waive a new requirement, The Wall Street Journal reported(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AP - The fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's Corp. has denied a report that it's considering dropping health care coverage for some employees in response to a health care reform provision.

Actor Tony Curtis dies at Las Vegas-area home (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:42 PM PDT

FILE - Actor Tony Curtis is shown in this 1965 file photo. Curtis, whose real name was Bernard Schwartz, was perhaps most known for his comedic turn in Billy Wilder's 'Some Like It Hot' with co-stars Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon has died at 85 according to the Clark County, Nev. coroner. (AP Photo, File)AP - Tony Curtis shaped himself from a 1950s movie heartthrob into a respected actor, showing a determined streak that served him well in such films as "Sweet Smell of Success," "The Defiant Ones" and "Some Like It Hot."

Ochocinco cereal box uses sex-line number (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:37 PM PDT

AP - Charity-minded callers are getting intercepted by a phone-sex line because of a typo on Chad Ochocinco's Cereal boxes. The phone number is supposed to connect callers to Feed the Children, which benefits from sales of the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver's cereal.

AIG, U.S. set faster, riskier exit path (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:30 AM PDT

The American International Group (AIG) building is seen in New York's financial district March 16, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid )Reuters - American International Group Inc laid out a plan on Thursday that sets the insurer on an accelerated path for payback of bailout money, but it also increases the risk for the U.S. government.

Obama aide Emanuel to run for Chicago mayor (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 11:44 AM PDT

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel speaks at the Wall St. Journal CEO Council on Reuters - White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, one of President Barack Obama's most powerful aides, plans to step down on Friday to pursue a run for Chicago mayor, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

China says U.S. yuan bill could harm ties (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 02:01 AM PDT

Reuters - China on Thursday warned that a House of Represenatives bill to penalize it for not letting the yuan rise faster could seriously affect bilateral ties.

Consumer czar Warren says wants banks' help on rules (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 06:05 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama Friday named Elizabeth Warren, pictured here in February 2010, who has fought passionately against banks and in defense of the middle class, to set up a powerful new office to protect consumers.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ann Heisenfelt)Reuters - Elizabeth Warren, the Obama administration's new consumer financial czar, offered an olive branch to the largest U.S. banks on Wednesday, saying she wanted their help in developing a principles-based approach to rulemaking.

North Korea's leader-in-waiting goes on show (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 06:51 AM PDT

Kim Jong-un (8th L, seated), the youngest son of its leader Kim Jong-il (C), poses with the newly elected members of the central leadership body of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the participants in the WPK Conference, at the plaza of the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency September 30, 2010. North Korean state media released a photograph on Thursday of the reclusive state's leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-un. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il anointed his youngest son as successor this week, promoting him to senior political and military positions. REUTERS/KCNAReuters - A photograph of a plump, poker-faced young man seated near North Korea's ailing ruler confirmed the rise of Kim Jong-il's youngest son as the leader-in-waiting of the secretive state.

Nearly one in four second-quarter home sales a foreclosure (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 02:58 AM PDT

A child sits inside cardboard box during a rally to raise awareness about the home foreclosure crisis outside the US Treasury in Washington, DC. US President Barack Obama has proposed extending tax cuts for a further two years, but not for households earning over 250,000 dollars a year, arguing that America cannot afford handouts to top earners.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)Reuters - Nearly one in every four U.S. homes sold in the second quarter was a deeply discounted foreclosed house, putting the market on pace to work through distressed properties in about three years, RealtyTrac said.

Russia calls Japan's island claims a "dead-end" (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 07:01 AM PDT

A Russian border guard takes aim on board a patrol boat off the island of Tanfilyeva, part of the Kurile Islands, referred to as the Northern Territories in Japanese in this August 2000 file picture. REUTERS/Yuri MaltsevReuters - Russia called Japan's claims to a disputed Pacific island chain a "dead end" Thursday after Tokyo warned President Dmitry Medvedev against visiting the archipelago.

Pakistan halts NATO supplies after border attack (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 11:11 AM PDT

Reuters - Pakistani authorities blocked a vital supply route for NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan on Thursday after the killing of three soldiers in two NATO cross-border incursions, officials said.

Ecuador in turmoil amid 'coup attempt' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:45 PM PDT

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa (C), wearing a gas mask, is helped to evacuate the Regimiento Quito barracks in Quito. Correa on Thursday denounced what he called AFP - Ecuador was plunged into crisis Thursday as troops seized the main airport and police stormed the Congress, forcing the government to declare a state of emergency and denounce an attempted coup.

Indian court rules to divide disputed holy site (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:01 PM PDT

An Indian Hindu priest prays inside a roadside temple in Lucknow. An Indian court ruled Thursday that a disputed holy site in Ayodhya with a history of triggering Hindu-Muslim clashes should be divided -- in a judgement seen as favouring the Hindu litigants.(AFP/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - An Indian court ruled Thursday that a disputed holy site in Ayodhya with a history of triggering Hindu-Muslim clashes should be divided -- in a judgement seen as favouring the Hindu litigants.
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