Monday, December 20, 2010

Winter disruptions turn travel bitter and chaotic (AP)

Winter disruptions turn travel bitter and chaotic (AP)

Winter disruptions turn travel bitter and chaotic (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:14 PM PST

Planes is deiced at at Orly Airport south of Paris Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. Heavy snow on Monday shut down European airport runways; forced fast trains to slow down and left cars skidding through icy; slushy streets on a weekend where many people were trying to head home for the holidays. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - The Christmas travel season turned angry and chaotic Monday as British officials struggled to clear snow and ice that paralyzed rail and air links and spawned cancellations and delays stranding thousands around the world.

Obama lobbies GOP senators to back arms pact (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:02 PM PST

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, heads to the Senate floor during a rare Sunday session on Capitol Hill in Washington Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Kerry, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said in news show appearances Sunday morning that he believes Democrats have the votes to ratify START, the nuclear arms treaty with Russia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama tried to sway reluctant Republican senators on Monday to back a new arms control treaty with Russia as GOP aversion to giving a politically damaged president another victory intruded on his national security agenda.

12 men arrested in suspected UK terrorism plot (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:13 PM PST

A view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters building of the Metropolitan Police, with its sign in London, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. British police on Monday arrested a dozen men suspected of plotting a large-scale terror attack — the biggest anti-terrorist sweep since April 2009, when 12 men were detained over an alleged al-Qaida bomb plot in the northern city of Manchester. The men were arrested in London, the Welsh city of Cardiff and the English cities of Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - In the biggest anti-terrorist sweep in nearly two years, British police on Monday netted a dozen men accused of plotting a large-scale terror attack on targets inside the United Kingdom.

NKorea backs away from threat to attack South (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:52 PM PST

South Korean marines and police officers take a shelter as South Korea fired live artillery in a drill on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. South Korea fired artillery in a 90-minute drill from a front-line island Monday and launched fighter jets to deter attacks after North Korea warned of catastrophic retaliation for the maneuvers. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea backed off threats to retaliate against South Korea for military drills Monday and reportedly offered concessions on its nuclear program — signs it was looking to lower the temperature on the Korean peninsula after weeks of soaring tensions.

Mexican ex-candidate freed by kidnappers (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:49 PM PST

Former Mexican presidential candidate Diego Fernandez de Cevallos speaks with journalists outside his home in Mexico City, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. Fernandez de Cevallos, who had been missing since May 15, said that he is well, he thanks God and he has forgiven his kidnappers. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz)AP - A former Mexican presidential candidate was freed Monday seven months after his kidnapping, telling reporters outside his Mexico City home that he is well and forgives his captors.

Pope: Church must reflect on what allowed abuse (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:17 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his message on the occasion of the traditional exchange of Christmas greetings to the Curia, in the Regia Hall, at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. Benedict XVI said Monday the Catholic Church must reflect on what is wrong with its message and Christian life in general that allowed for the widespread sexual abuse of children by priests. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI told Vatican officials Monday that they must reflect on the church's culpability in its child sex-abuse scandal, but he also blamed a secular society in which he said the mistreatment of children was frighteningly common.

Early Christmas treat: 2010's total lunar eclipse (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:49 PM PST

FILE - This five picture combination shows various stages of a total lunar eclipse over Baghdad, Iraq, between 1:30-2:30am local time on March 4, 2007. Weather permitting, skygazers in North and Central America and a tiny sliver of South America will boast the best seats to this year's only total eclipse of the moon, scheduled for Dec. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)AP - 'Twill be nights before Christmas and high overhead, the moon will turn orange or maybe bright red. The Earth and the sun with celestial scripts will conspire to make a lunar eclipse.

Dog in Germany gives birth to 17 puppies (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:46 PM PST

Nine Rhodesian Ridgeback puppies from a litter of 17, look out of their box in Nauen, 50 kilometers outside Berlin on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. On Sept 28, and 29, 4 years old Ridgeback Etana had 17 puppies. All of them survived. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - A dog in Germany has given birth to 17 puppies, leaving their owner thrilled but fatigued after having to feed them with a bottle for several weeks because their mother couldn't cope with the demand.

Author of pedophilia guide to face charges in Fla. (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:19 PM PST

This photo provided by Pueblo County Sheriff's Office shows Philip Ray Greaves II. Florida officials filed an obscenity charge Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 against the author of a self-published how-to guide for pedophiles that was yanked from Amazon.com last month after it generated online outrage. (AP Photo/Pueblo County Sheriff's Office)AP - A Colorado man who wrote a how-to guide for pedophiles is headed to Florida to face obscenity charges.

Deputies investigating theft from Jermaine Jackson (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:46 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, Jermaine Jackson arrives at The Asian Awards at Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London. (AP Photo/Paul Jeffers, file)AP - Sheriff's detectives say they are investigating the reported theft of $192,000 in jewelry and luggage from Jermaine Jackson. Michael's Jackson's older brother reported the theft of watches, rings and other jewelry after returning to Southern California from a vacation in mid-September.

North Korea backs down over South Korean drill (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:11 PM PST

South Korean marines patrol on Yeonpyeong Island December 19, 2010. REUTERS/Newsis/Korea PoolReuters - North Korea stepped back from confrontation over "reckless" military drills by the South on Monday and reportedly issued a new offer on nuclear inspections, drawing a cautious response from Seoul and Washington.

Newark Airport terminal reopened after bomb scare (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 05:52 AM PST

Reuters - Security forces began allowing passengers back into Newark Airport's Terminal A after the terminal was shut for more than half an hour early on Monday because of a suspicious package, a Reuters witness said.

Congress seeks government funding through March 4 (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 05:12 PM PST

The next House Speaker-designate Representative John Boehner (R) leaves his office to vote on the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 17, 2010 REUTERS/Hyungwon KangReuters - The Senate will try to pass a bill this week keeping the government operating through March 4, when the next Congress would have to work out spending priorities for the rest of the fiscal year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Sunday.

Arms treaty debate increasingly testy in Senate (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:28 PM PST

US President Barack Obama (L) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev shake hands after signing the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in Prague in April 2010.(AFP/Yuri Kadobnov)Reuters - Debate in the Senate over President Barack Obama's strategic nuclear arms treaty with Russia grew increasingly testy on Monday but the White House expressed confidence lawmakers would approve the accord before their Christmas break.

NY prosecutors set to sue Ernst & Young: report (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:03 AM PST

Reuters - Prosecutors in New York are set to file civil fraud charges against accounting firm Ernst & Young LLC over the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Heavy snow, cold disrupt travel across north Europe (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:21 AM PST

A mechanic removes a car that crashed on the A1 Paris-Lille motorway during heavy snowfall near Bapaume, northern France December 19, 2010. REUTERS/Pascal RossignolReuters - Snow and freezing temperatures grounded flights and disrupted road and rail links across northern Europe on Monday, stranding travelers and closing schools.

Hedge funds may skirt direct Fed scrutiny: source (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:00 PM PST

Reuters - The Federal Reserve does not believe any one hedge fund can topple the financial system and therefore the private pools of capital may escape direct supervision by the central bank, an industry source familiar with the Fed's position said.

Special Report: For some professors, disclosure is academic (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:39 AM PST

Reuters - When Hal Scott testified on financial reform before the Senate last February, he identified himself simply as a Harvard Law School professor and director of an independent research group.

N.Korea says won't hit back at S.Korea, open to UN experts (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:26 PM PST

Activists hold anti-war placards during a candlelight rally denouncing South Korea's live-fire exercise on Yeonpyeong island, in Seoul. North Korea Monday forswore retaliation against a South Korean live-fire drill and held out an olive branch over its nuclear drive, raising hopes for an easing to the region's worst crisis in years.(AFP/Park Ji-Hwan)AFP - North Korea Monday forswore retaliation against a South Korean live-fire drill and held out an olive branch over its nuclear drive, raising hopes for an easing to the region's worst crisis in years.

Belarus rounds up opposition after Lukashenko victory (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:50 PM PST

Policemen arrest an activist of Belarus youth organization Mlady Front (Young Front) during their rally in front of the government building in Minsk. Belarus on Monday detained over 600 protestors, including seven opposition candidates, after smashing a mass rally protesting fraud in the landslide re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko.(AFP/Ksenya Avimova)AFP - Belarus on Monday detained over 600 protestors, including seven opposition candidates, after smashing a mass rally protesting fraud in the landslide re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko.
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