Friday, November 26, 2010

Defiant North Korea fires artillery warning shots (AP)

Defiant North Korea fires artillery warning shots (AP)

Defiant North Korea fires artillery warning shots (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:31 AM PST

South Korean navy ships sail near the Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak ordered more troops to the front-line island and dumped his defense minister Thursday as the country grappled with lapses in its response to a deadly North Korean artillery strike. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - A defiant flash of North Korean artillery within sight of the island that it attacked this week sent a warning signal to Seoul and Washington: The North is not backing down.

All-night shop-a-thon: Black Friday draws crowds (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:24 AM PST

A traffic jam is negotiated in the aisles of Toys R Us, in San Rafael Calif., Thursday Nov. 25, 2010 which was crowed with Black Friday shoppers. (AP Photo/Mike Adaskaveg)AP - Bargain shoppers, braving rain or frigid weather, crowded the nation's stores in the wee hours of the night to get their hands on deals from TVs to toys on Black Friday.

US briefs allies about next WikiLeaks release (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:59 AM PST

AP - U.S. allies around the world have been briefed by American diplomats about an expected release of classified U.S. files by the WikiLeaks website that is likely to cause international embarrassment and could damage some nations' relations with the United States.

Debt turmoil, contagion fears sweep Europe (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:46 AM PST

Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates, bottom, looks up as Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos, top, addresses to the Portuguese parliament during the final vote of his government's 2011 state budget on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 in Lisbon. Portugal's Parliament has approved a plan to hike taxes and cut salaries and welfare benefits next year in a bid to reverse waning market confidence in its public finances. (AP Photo/ Francisco Seco)AP - Europe struggled mightily Friday to keep the debt crisis from engulfing country after country. Portugal passed austerity measures to fend off the speculative trades pushing it toward a bailout and Ireland rushed to negotiate its own imminent rescue.

Backlash feared as some in GOP push social issues (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:06 PM PST

FILE - In this April 28, 2010 file photo Miles Hall, founder and president of H&H Gun Range - Shooting Sports Outlet, looks over a Henry Golden Boy rifle, in his store in Oklahoma City. In Oklahoma, where Republicans won all eight Democrat-held statewide offices and extended their legislative majorities, GOP lawmakers are planning to bring back firearms bills vetoed last year by outgoing Democratic Gov. Brad Henry. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)AP - Although fixing the economy is the top priority, Republicans who won greater control of state governments in this month's election are considering how to pursue action on a range of social issues, including abortion, gun rights and even divorce laws.

Rio police, backed by military, surround gang turf (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:58 PM PST

Alleged gang members aim their weapons during a police operation at the Complexo de Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. Military armored vehicles continued Friday carrying police and navy soldiers into the heart of gang strongholds, chasing gunmen into nearby shantytowns. At least 23 people have been killed in clashes since late Sunday, most of them suspected drug gang members, and police has arrested more than 150 people in raids on nearly 30 shantytowns in the northern and western parts of Rio. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - Police searched homes and secured the perimeter of a Rio de Janeiro shantytown Friday that has long been a stronghold for drug gangs and a symbol of their ability to rule vast areas of the seaside city with impunity.

12 stitches for Obama after errant elbow in hoops (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:54 PM PST

President Barack Obama, with an ice pack over his mouth, looks out the second floor window of the White House during the arrival of the official White House Christmas tree, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama needed 12 stitches in his lip after taking an errant elbow during a pickup basketball game Friday with a group of family and friends visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House said.

Lesbian cadet who quit seeks return to West Point (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:41 AM PST

In this Nov. 24, 2010 photo, Katherine Miller, a former cadet at the U.S. Military Academy who quit over the 'don't ask, don't tell policy, poses for a photo in her hometown of Findlay, Ohio. Miller got pretty good at hiding her sexuality in high school, brushing off questions about her weekend plans and referring to her girlfriend, Kristin, as 'Kris.' She figured she could pull it off at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, too. After all, 'don't ask, don't tell' sounded a lot like how she had gotten through her teen years. (AP Photo/John Seewer)AP - Katherine Miller got pretty good at hiding her sexuality in high school, brushing off questions about her weekend plans and referring to her girlfriend, Kristin, as "Kris."

Colorado weighs difficulties of pot regulations (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:21 AM PST

In this Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 picture, samples of marijuana are tested in an oven at Full Spectrum Laboratories in Denver. 'You don't go into a Walgreens with a headache and put on a blindfold and pick something off a shelf. But that's what some people are doing when they buy marijuana,' said Buckie Minor of Full Spectrum Laboratories, which currently does voluntary marijuana analysis for about 100 growers and dispensaries. Minor and others in the pot business say industry standards are needed. But Colorado officials are having a tough time writing regulations for a product that's never been scrutinized or safety-tested before. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - What's in that joint, and how can you be sure it's safe?

Roll Tide v. War Eagle: Alabama-Auburn rivalry starts early (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:33 AM PST

FILE - This is a Dec. 30, 1992 file photo of Alabama coach Gene Stallings walking with his son Johnny through the endzone of the Louisiana Superdome as the Crimson Tide prepared for Miami in the Sugar Bowl. The series known as the Iron Bowl has a couple of things going for it that the others don't: Dueling programs in the same state that are, for all the inevitable ebbs and flows, evenly matched and traditionally among the best in the country. Alabama won the national title a year ago. Auburn is ranked second this season and could wind up playing for a championship of its own, but only if it gets by the No. 9 Crimson Tide on Friday Nov. 26, 2010. (AP Photo)AP - They start early in this part of the country.

China issues warning ahead of U.S.-South Korea drills (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 05:26 AM PST

An officer of Ongjin county office checks houses destroyed by North Korean artillery shelling on Yeonpyeong island, November 25, 2010. REUTERS/Jo Yong-HakReuters - China warned on Friday against military acts near its coastline ahead of U.S.-South Korean naval exercises that North Korea, days after shelling a South Korean island, said risked pushing the region toward war.

Shoppers come to spend on Black Friday (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:57 PM PST

Black Friday shoppers wait for a Target store to open in Lanesborough, Massachusetts November 26, 2010. U.S. shoppers searched for deals on high-definition televisions and popular toys early on Friday, as retailers hoped that Reuters - Early bargain-hunters scooped up "Black Friday" deals on everything from TVs to toys across the United States, but many said discounts were not as deep as those offered last year.

Obama hit during basketball game, gets stitches (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:49 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama walks back to his car after playing basketball at Fort McNair in Washington, November 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama was accidentally elbowed in the face while playing basketball on Friday and received 12 stitches to his lip, the White House said.

Teenage boys survive 50 days adrift in South Pacific (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:01 AM PST

Three teenagers (R, 2nd R and bottom), who have been adrift in the South Pacific for 50 days, sit in an ambulance in Suva, after being rescued by a New Zealand fishing boat November 26, 2010. REUTERS/MAI TV via Reuters TVReuters - Three teenage boys set adrift for 50 days in a small boat in the South Pacific survived on coconuts, a seagull they managed to catch and by drinking rain and then sea water, rescuers said on Friday.

New drug tunnel found at U.S.-Mexico border (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:59 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. border agents said on Friday they had found a half-mile-long tunnel under the U.S.-Mexico border and seized a significant amount of marijuana at the San Diego area warehouse where it ends.

Ireland nears rescue, Portugal denies it's next (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:03 PM PST

Reuters - Ireland hammered out the final details of an EU/IMF rescue on Friday as financial market pressure mounted on Portugal and Spain despite vehement denials from euro zone governments that they too might require bailouts.

Collahuasi mine strikers set to shun latest offer (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:06 AM PST

Workers march in support of a strike of Collahuasi copper mine at Iquique city, some 1862 km (1156 miles) north of Santiago November 24, 2010. REUTERS/Fabian CamberoReuters - Most workers at Chile's giant Collahuasi copper mine appeared set on Friday to shun management's offer to end a three-week strike, in a sign the walkout will drag on as the two sides dug in their heels.

U.S. briefs allies on new documents leak: WikiLeaks (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 09:42 PM PST

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, which has made public about 500,000 classified U.S. files on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, holds a news conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva, November 4, 2010. REUTERS/Valentin FlauraudReuters - The United States has briefed Britain, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Israel ahead of the expected new release of classified U.S. documents, WikiLeaks said on Thursday, citing local press reports.

N.Korea stages artillery drill, warns of threat of war (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:39 PM PST

Interactive graphic on relations between North and South Korea as the death toll from the North's shelling of a border island, one of its worst attacks in decades, rises to four.(AFP iactiv)AFP - North Korea staged an artillery drill Friday within earshot of a South Korean island shelled earlier this week, and warned that an upcoming US-South Korean naval exercise heightens the risk of war.

US rushes to contain new WikiLeaks damage (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:57 AM PST

Washington's envoy to Iraq condemned WikiLeaks as AFP - The United States raced Friday to contain the fallout from the looming release of millions of sensitive diplomatic cables by the WikiLeaks, warning governments around the world of embarrassing disclosures.
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