Sunday, October 31, 2010

Obama makes last campaign stop in pivotal Ohio (AP)

Obama makes last campaign stop in pivotal Ohio (AP)

Obama makes last campaign stop in pivotal Ohio (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:11 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, joined by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, right, and Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias, at his left, stops for breakfast at Valois deli in Chicago, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama made Ohio his final campaign stop Sunday in the tumultuous midterm elections, trying to help hard-pressed Democrats in a state that could prove crucial to his fortunes in two years.

Mail bomb in Dubai sent on 2 passenger planes (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:37 AM PDT

Yemeni female students protest the arrest of female computer engineering student Hanan al-Samawi, 22, a student of the University of San'a, at the gate of the campus of the university in the capital San'a, Yemen Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010. Yemeni police have arrested Hanan al-Samawi on suspicion of mailing the bombs that were addressed to Chicago-area synagogues and were pulled off airplanes in England and the United Arab Emirates early Friday morning. Three visible placards in Arabic read, from left 'All of us with Hanan', 'Hanan's picture is not a sufficient reason for her arrest' and 'If I lose my identity card, I will be next'. (AP Photo)AP - One of two powerful bombs mailed from Yemen to Chicago-area synagogues traveled on passenger flights within the Middle East, a Qatar Airways spokesman said Sunday. The U.S. said the plot bears the hallmarks of al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen and has vowed to destroy the group.

Deal or punt decision on Bush tax cuts is Obama's (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:49 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 4, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama makes a statement on tax reform with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington. Whether Congress extends former President George W. Bush's tax cuts into 2011 in the weeks after Tuesday's mid-term election or lets the automatic increase start cutting into most people's paychecks early next year is pretty much up to Obama. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP - Will Congress extend the Bush tax cuts into 2011 in the weeks after Tuesday's election or let the automatic increase start cutting into most people's paychecks early next year?

Taliban hold secret talks with Afghan president (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:54 AM PDT

FILE - This undated photo originally received by the Associated Press Monday, July 21, 2003 shows former Taliban governor of eastern Nangarhar province and No. 3 in the Taliban hierarchy Maulvi Abdul Kabir, at right with black turban and glasses, addressing the faithful in the tribal border regions of Pakistan, not far from the border with Afghanistan. It is the first image of Kabir since the Taliban's ouster in 2001. Three Taliban leaders secretly met with Afghanistan's president two weeks ago in an effort to weaken the U.S.-led coalition's most vicious enemy, a powerful al-Qaida linked network that straddles the border region with Pakistan. Maulvi Abdul Kabir, the governor of eastern Nangarhar provincial governor during the Taliban rule and current head of the Taliban's Peshawar council, his deputy governor in the Taliban regime Sedre Azam and Anwar-ul-Haq Mujahed, a militant leader from eastern Afghanistan credited with helping Osama bin Laden escape the U.S. assault on Tora Bora in 2001, spent two nights in the Afghan capital, the former official said. (AP Photo/Janullah Hashimzada)AP - Three Taliban figures met secretly with Afghanistan's president two weeks ago in an effort by the Afghan government to weaken the U.S.-led coalition's most vicious enemy, a powerful al-Qaida linked network that straddles the border region with Pakistan.

Returnees flee as Indonesia volcano spews more ash (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:41 AM PDT

Mount Merapi spews pyroclastic flow as seen from Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010. The deadly volcano spewed searing cloud of ash down its slopes Sunday, prompting panic and chaos among thousands of villagers who had taken advantage of a lull in activity to rush home and check on their livestock. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)AP - Thousands of evacuees who risked a trip home near a deadly Indonesian volcano fled in panic as the mountain spewed more searing ash clouds Sunday, while rescuers finally resumed aid to tsunami victims in the country's other unfolding disaster.

At least 32 wounded in Istanbul suicide bombing (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:37 AM PDT

AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday beside a police vehicle in a major Istanbul square near tourist hotels and a bus terminal, wounding 32 people, including 15 policemen.

Contraception could be free under health care law (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:04 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 28, 1999 file photo, a new birth control pill container designed to look like a woman's makeup compact for Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc., of Raritan, N.J., is displayed at the manufacturer's assembly line. Fifty years after the pill, another birth control revolution may be on the horizon: free contraception for women in the U.S., thanks to the new health care law. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)AP - Fifty years after the pill, another birth control revolution may be on the horizon: free contraception for women in the U.S., thanks to the new health care law.

Only 2 survivors remain from Nazi camp Treblinka (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:56 PM PDT

AP - They are believed to be the last two survivors of the most chillingly efficient killing machine of the Nazi Holocaust: the Treblinka extermination camp in occupied Poland.

'Saw 3D' takes top box-office slice with $24.2M (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:09 AM PDT

In this film publicity image released by Lionsgate Entertainment, Gina Holden is shown in a scene from, 'Saw 3D.' (AP Photo/Lionsgate Entertainment, Brooke Palmer)AP - Psychokiller Jigsaw has come back to life at the box office.

Oregon on top, Auburn closes on Boise in AP poll (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:46 AM PDT

Oregon quarterback Darron Thomas, center, celebrates after throwing a touchdown pass as Oregon offensive linesman Mark Asper, left, and Southern California linebacker Shane Horton look on during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - Oregon tightened its grip on the top spot in The Associated Press poll Sunday, while No. 3 Auburn closed the gap on No. 2 Boise State.

Suicide bomber wounds 32 in Istanbul's main square (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:07 AM PDT

The scene after an explosion near police vehicles in central Istanbul October 31, 2010. A suspected suicide bomber wounded 22 people in the centre of Turkey's biggest city on Sunday in an attack targeting police. REUTERS/Osman OrsalReuters - A suicide bomber wounded 32 people in an attack targeting Turkish police in Istanbul's main square Sunday, an area teaming with tourists and shoppers.

Rousseff likely to win as booming Brazil votes (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:04 PM PDT

Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's presidential candidate for the ruling Workers' Party, gestures as she leaves a voting booth in Porto Alegre October 31, 2010. REUTERS/Sergio MoraesReuters - Brazilians voted for president on Sunday and were likely to hand victory to the ruling party's Dilma Rousseff, who has vowed to build on an unprecedented run of prosperity that has lifted millions from poverty and made Brazil a darling of foreign investors.

Apple sues Motorola, further escalating cellphone wars (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:34 AM PDT

Reuters - Apple Inc sued rival Motorola Inc, claiming the Droid smartphone maker infringes on three iPhone patents.

Yemen frees student held over parcel bombs (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:03 PM PDT

Men walk past the offices of FedEx in Sanaa, Yemen, October 29, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Yemen on Sunday freed a woman held on suspicion of involvement in a plot to send parcel bombs on U.S.-bound planes after her arrest sparked protests by her fellow students.

Comedians' pre-election rally throngs Washington (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 07:11 PM PDT

Comedian Stephen Colbert runs with a flag after emerging from under the stage on the National Mall at the Reuters - Two of America's best-known television comedians drew tens of thousands of people to a rally on Saturday that was part variety show, part Halloween celebration and part political rally to call for common sense before Tuesday's congressional elections.

Ahmadinejad aide says Iran not ready to talk nuclear (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:03 AM PDT

Reuters - Iran will not discuss its nuclear program at talks with global powers, an adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, adding fresh doubt to the chances of a negotiated end to its stand-off with the West.

Obama warns of policy rollback if Republicans win (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 11:44 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally for U.S. Representative Tom Perriello (L) in Charlottesville, Virginia October 29, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama warned Saturday that Republicans could roll back his agenda if they prevail in Tuesday's congressional elections as he sought to rally Democrats in a final campaign push.

Special Report: For GM IPO, the government is back-seat driver (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:09 AM PDT

General Motors Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre talks about the first assembled lithium-ion battery for the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle during a news conference in Brownstown Township, Michigan January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca CookReuters - Steve Girsky remembers sitting at his kitchen table in New York on the eve of President Barack Obama's election when he realized that General Motors was going to run out of cash.

Yemen parcel bomb for US went on 'passenger plane' (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:39 AM PDT

A Yemeni man walks past a branch of the US package delivery firm UPS in Sanaa on October 30. One of two intercepted parcel bombs sent from Yemen traveled on a passenger plane, a Qatar Airways source said on Sunday, as a US official pointed to a Saudi bombmaker as the AFP - One of two intercepted parcel bombs sent from Yemen traveled on a passenger plane, a Qatar Airways source said on Sunday, as a US official pointed to a Saudi bombmaker as the "leading suspect."

Seven hostages killed in Baghdad church (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:39 PM PDT

An Iraqi boy walking past the Syrian Catholic church in Baghdad's central Karrada district in 2008. Seven worshippers were killed and at least 13 wounded in a rescue operation to end a hostage drama at a church in the Iraqi capital on Sunday, ministry officials said.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Seven worshippers were killed and at least 13 wounded in a rescue operation to end a hostage drama at a church in the Iraqi capital on Sunday, ministry officials said.
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