Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Obama, GOP promise to work on differences on taxes (AP)

Obama, GOP promise to work on differences on taxes (AP)

Obama, GOP promise to work on differences on taxes (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:46 PM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks to the press in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC following a meeting with bipartisan Congressional leadership. Obama and top Republicans ended their first post-election summit Tuesday with cordial words about future cooperation but still far apart on taxes and a landmark treaty with Russia.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AP - Reaching no quick fixes, President Barack Obama and Republican leaders in Congress vowed on Tuesday to seek a compromise on their sharply different views about tax cuts before year's end.

Pentagon study dismisses risk of openly gay troops (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:28 PM PST

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, speaks to reporters on gays in the military, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The Pentagon's study on gays in the military has determined that overturning the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on serving openly might cause some disruption at first but would not create widespread or long-lasting problems.

Senate shuns push for elimination of pet projects (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:30 PM PST

AP - But with the House set to tumble into GOP hands and anti-earmark reinforcements coming to the Senate in January, the window seems to be closing on the practice.

US severs computer access to diplomatic messages (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:24 PM PST

AP - Reeling from disclosures of sensitive diplomatic messages, the State Department has disconnected access to its files from the U.S. government's classified computer network. The move dramatically reduces the number of employees inside the government who can see important diplomatic messages.

U.S.-bound airlines to collect passenger info for watch lists (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:37 PM PST

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) chief John Pistole talks with travelers near a TSA security checkpoint at Washington's Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, as the holiday travel season began. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - All 197 airlines that fly to the U.S. are now collecting names, genders and birth dates of passengers so the government can check them against terror watch lists before they fly, the Obama administration announced Tuesday.

Missing Mich. boys' father charged with kidnapping (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:47 PM PST

Joel Hess, left, and Brandon Stewart, both from an ice rescue team for Cambridge Township Fire Dept. search for 9-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander and 5-year-old Tanner Skelton in a small pond in Morenci, Mich. on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Authorities 'do not anticipate a positive outcome' in the search for three Michigan brothers who have been missing since their father's attempted suicide, a police chief said Tuesday. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Coates) NO SALESAP - The father of three young brothers who have been missing since Thanksgiving was charged with their kidnapping on Tuesday, hours after police said it's unlikely the boys will be found alive.

AP Enterprise: Guards shown watching inmate attack (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:52 PM PST

In a frame grab from video obtained by The Associated Press, an inmate attacks fellow inmate Hanni Elabed at the privately-run Idaho Correctional Center just south of Boise, Idaho. Elabed suffered brain damage and persistent short-term memory loss after he was beaten by inmate James Haver while multiple guards watched at the Idaho prison operated by Corrections Corporation of America. (AP Photo)AP - The surveillance video from the overhead cameras shows Hanni Elabed being beaten by a fellow inmate in an Idaho prison, managing to bang on a prison guard station window, pleading for help. Behind the glass, correctional officers look on, but no one intervenes when Elabed is knocked unconscious.

Wis. gunman dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:34 PM PST

A K-9 unit drives past a roadblock near Marinette High School Monday night Nov. 29, 2010 in Marinette, Wis. during a hostage situation. A student armed with a handgun burst into a Wisconsin high school classroom at the end of the school day and held nearly two dozen students and a teacher hostage for more than five hours Monday, authorities said. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)AP - A 15-year-old student who held about two dozen students and a teacher hostage for several hours in a classroom at a Wisconsin high school died Tuesday at a hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.

Cops: Grandma threw child to her death at Va. mall (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:19 PM PST

A walkway, top, is seen at the Tysons Corner Center shopping mall in McLean, Va. Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Police said the 2 1/2-year-old girl fell Monday night from a walkway that links the mall to a parking garage at Tysons Corner Center. The toddler has died after police say she was thrown six stories off a shopping mall walkway in Virginia by a woman believed to be her grandmother. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)AP - A Virginia grandmother threw her 2 1/2-year-old granddaughter several stories to her death from a walkway at a shopping mall after a family outing, police said Tuesday. Carmela Dela Rosa, 50, of Fairfax was arrested and charged Tuesday with murder, said prosecutor Ian Rodway, the chief deputy Commonwealth's attorney.

TV evangelist: I'm being extorted over affair (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:13 PM PST

AP - A prominent televangelist appeared before a worldwide television audience Tuesday to admit that he had an affair with a woman years ago — and to allege that three people had tried to extort millions of dollars from him to stay quiet about his infidelity.

Obama and Republicans agree to negotiate on taxes (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:34 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he still disagreed with Republicans on whether to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, but the two sides agreed to negotiate a deal in the coming days.

Now North Korea boasts advances in nuclear program (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:12 PM PST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (L) walks in front of his youngest son Kim Jong-un (R) as they watch a parade to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang October 10, 2010. REUTERS/KyodoReuters - Secretive North Korea boasted advances in its nuclear program on Tuesday, making sure it held the world's attention, saying it had thousands of working centrifuges, as pressure built on China to rein in its ally.

Euro zone periphery hammered as default fears rise (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:59 AM PST

Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen pauses during a news conference at Government Buildings in Dublin, Ireland, November 28, 2010. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughtonReuters - The euro zone's debt crisis deepened on Tuesday, with investors pushing the single currency lower and the spreads on peripheral bonds up to new highs amid concern weak member states may ultimately be forced to default.

One military network cut off from cables (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:50 PM PST

Reuters - The State Department has cut off a U.S. military computer network from its database of diplomatic cables after WikiLeaks obtained more than 250,000 such cables, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.

Military can safely end ban on gays: study (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:52 AM PST

Reuters - A repeal of the Pentagon's ban on openly serving gays can be implemented now, even in wartime, with little risk to the military's ability to do its job, according to a Defense Department study released on Tuesday.

Senate passes overhaul of food safety system (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:00 PM PST

Reuters - The Senate passed the largest overhaul of the U.S. food safety system in decades on Tuesday, a response to massive recalls such as last summer's recall of half a billion eggs in a salmonella outbreak.

Treasury Department sanctions 10 new Iran-controlled firms (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:16 PM PST

Reuters - The Treasury Department on Tuesday extended weapons-related sanctions against Iran to 10 additional businesses and five individuals it said were affiliated with state-owned Bank Mellat and Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines.

Secretary of State Clinton pushes Central Asia on human rights (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:41 AM PST

Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Central Asian governments on Tuesday to expand democratic freedoms, saying countries which quash human rights only make themselves less competitive on the global stage.

N.Korea touts nuclear prowess as China urges talks (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:29 PM PST

South Korean veterans burn a North Korean flag during an anti-North Korea rally in downtown Seoul. North Korea boasted Tuesday of running AFP - North Korea boasted Tuesday of running "thousands" of nuclear centrifuges, a week after launching a deadly artillery attack on South Korea, as China pressed for six-nation crisis talks.

WikiLeaks under new pressure on cable dump (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:51 AM PST

Animated graphic on whistleblower website WikiLeaks as it unleashes a flood of more than 250,000 confidential US cables detailing embarrassing diplomatic episodes.(AFP iactiv)AFP - WikiLeaks came under intense pressure Tuesday after its mass dump of sensitive US documents, with China demanding action, the website facing cyber attack and a defector announcing a rival site.
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