Saturday, January 22, 2011

After failed Iran nuclear talks: What now? (AP)

After failed Iran nuclear talks: What now? (AP)

After failed Iran nuclear talks: What now? (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:53 PM PST

Iran's Chief Negotiator Saeed Jalili speaks to the media after two-day talks between Iran and world powers on Iran's nuclear program at the historical Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011. European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton said six-power talks with Iran over its nuclear program have ended without agreement because of disputes on the focus of future talks and the two sides have set no date for any further meeting.(AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta))AP - The collapse of another attempt at international outreach to Iran on Saturday has left world powers with few options except to wait — and hope that the bite of sanctions will persuade Tehran to reconsider its refusal to stop activities that could be harnessed to make nuclear weapons.

Obama's economic agenda: Boost US competitiveness (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:53 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, visiting Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, N.C., speaks about the key to boosting American competitiveness, that it rests in the nation's willingness to invest in a more educated workforce, a deeper commitment to research and technology, and improvements in infrastructure, from roads and airports to high-speed internet. Under pressure to boost the economy the same message will likely be at the center of his State of the Union address Tuesday, Jan. 25. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)AP - Under pressure to energize the economy, President Barack Obama will put job creation and American competitiveness at the center of his State of the Union address, promoting spending on education and research while pledging to trim the nation's soaring debt.

Updated rehab aims to give Giffords her life back (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:53 PM PST

Patient Luis Gonzalez works with occupational therapist Eric Lantz, left, on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 at TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital in Houston. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is expected to be moved Friday to the Texas Medical Center hospital to begin the next phase of her recovery from a gunshot wound. (AP Photo/Smiley N. Pool, Pool)AP - She inspired the nation with her fairy-tale recovery. Now Rep. Gabrielle Giffords must inspire herself through the ordeal of rehabilitation, and doctors say it's likely to be the hardest work she'll ever do.

R. Sargent Shriver remembered for heritage, hugs (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:53 PM PST

Sargent Shriver is escorted to his seat as U.S. President Barack Obama looks on during the funeral services for Senator Edward Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts, in this August 29, 2009 file photo. Shriver, a member of the Kennedy family and a former U.S. vice presidential nominee who served as the first Peace Corps director, died on Tuesday. He was 95. His family said in a statement that Shriver, known as Sarge, was surrounded by his five children and 19 grandchildren when he died in a Washington-area hospital. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS OBITUARY)AP - R. Sargent Shriver was honored Saturday as much for his passion for helping others as his loving hugs and enjoyment of baseball.

Karzai backs down in dispute with Afghan lawmakers (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:53 PM PST

Afghan policemen march during their graduation ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011. U.S. and NATO troops are trying to speed up the training of Afghan policemen and soldiers so that they can take the lead in providing security beginning in July. The Afghan National Army is projected to grow to 171,600 and the ranks of the Afghan National Police are slated to swell to 134,000 by October. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Under heavy pressure from Afghan lawmakers and Western diplomats, President Hamid Karzai agreed on Saturday to convene the newly elected parliament, ending a political standoff that threatened to spark a constitutional crisis.

Health care overhaul debate now shifts to states (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:54 PM PST

Alabama State Rep. Greg Wren, R-Montgomery, is pictured at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2011. True or false: states suing to overturn core elements of President Barack Obama's health care law are refusing to carry it out. If you said ``true,'' you'd be wrong. Republican governors and state legislators are setting up the machinery to carry out the law in their states even as attorneys general argue the courts should declare it unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Jamie Martin)AP - True or false: States suing to overturn core requirements of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are refusing to carry out the law. If you said "true," you'd be wrong.

Officials fear bath salts are growing drug problem (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:54 PM PST

In this Jan. 18, 2011 photo, Itawamba County inmate Neil Brown describes at the jail in Fulton, Miss., self-induced injuries he incurred while having hallucinations after ingesting a bath salt powder that is being sold at convenience stores and over the Internet. The product, which can be legally purchased, contains stimulants which authorities claim can cause hallucinations, paranoia and suicidal thoughts and are now among the newest substances law enforcement agents are having to deal with in the streets. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - When Neil Brown got high on bath salts, he took his skinning knife and slit his face and stomach repeatedly. Brown survived, but authorities say others haven't been so lucky after snorting, injecting or smoking powders with such innocuous-sounding names as Ivory Snow, Red Dove and Vanilla Sky.

Mystery surrounds Idaho winner of $190 million (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:54 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Idaho Sheriff's Office, Holly Lahti is shown. Lahti burst into the spotlight a week ago in a feel-good story about a single mother who won a $190 million Mega Millions jackpot. Then came the mugshot: a thin young woman with disheveled brown hair, sporting a black eye and cuts and bruises on her face and neck. It turned out she was separated from a man who court records indicated had abused her, and now has a possible claim to some of the money through a quirk in Idaho law. Friends of Lahti are upset at all the attention paid to the decade-old mugshot, and say it does not reflect the devoted and hardworking young mother who has moved on from a troubled marriage. (AP Photo/Idaho Sheriff's Office)AP - Holly Lahti burst into the spotlight a week ago in a feel-good story about a single mother who won a $190 million Mega Millions jackpot. Then came the mugshot: a thin young woman with disheveled brown hair, sporting a black eye and cuts and bruises on her face and neck.

Olbermann and MSNBC: a failing relationship (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:57 PM PST

This frame grab from MSNBC video, shows Keith Olbermann on 'Countdown' on Jan. 21, 2011. Olbermann returned from one last commercial break on 'Countdown' to tell viewers it was his last broadcast, and read a James Thurber short story in a three-minute exit statement. Simultaneously, MSNBC e-mailed a statement that 'MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract.' The network thanked him and said, 'we wish him well in his future endeavors.' Neither MSNBC President Phil Griffin, Olbermann nor his manager responded to requests to explain an exit so abrupt that Olbermann's face was still being featured on an MSNBC promotional ad 30 minutes after he had said goodbye. (AP Photo/MSNBC) NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDITAP - Keith Olbermann's exit from MSNBC appeared abrupt to viewers of his show, but the talk-show host and his network were involved "in a relationship that's been failing for a long time," an NBC Universal executive said Saturday.

Freezing fans give the Jets a grand send-off (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:01 PM PST

New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan gestures during a news conference Friday, Jan. 21, 2011 in Florham Park, N.J. The Jets will face the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday in the AFC Championship game. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Don't let anyone tell you New York Jets fans aren't loyal. Not when 7,500 of them turned out on a Saturday morning to give coach Rex Ryan's crew one last boost before leaving for Pittsburgh. It was early. It was freezing. It didn't matter.

Cowen resigns as party leader, but remains Irish PM (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 11:10 AM PST

Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen addresses a news conference after an European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Sebastien PirletReuters - Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen bowed to pressure from members of the Fianna Fail party on Saturday and resigned as its leader, but said he would serve as premier until a March 11 election.

Don't rule out debt buy-back idea: Juncker (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 11:53 AM PST

Reuters - European leaders should not shy away from a proposal to buy back the bonds of troubled euro member states but should not rely too much on rich countries, Eurogroup Chief Jean-Claude Juncker said.

Talk of debt restructuring hurts Greece: central banker (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:27 PM PST

Reuters - Greece's central banker said in a Sunday newspaper interview that talk of debt restructuring is hurting the country as it struggles to exit a huge fiscal crisis that has shaken the euro zone.

Big powers leave Iran nuclear talks empty-handed (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 08:18 AM PST

Ali Baqeri, a deputy to Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (L) arrives for talks at the Ciragan Palace in Istanbul January 21, 2011. REUTERS/Salih Zeki Fazlioglu/Anatolian/PoolReuters - World powers failed to prise any change from Iran in two days of talks on its nuclear program, with the EU and United States calling the discussions disappointing and saying no further meetings were planned.

Obama pushes trade agenda ahead of big speech (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:58 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama called on Saturday for new efforts to open global markets to U.S. goods, highlighting trade before a big speech on Tuesday that will lay out his policy priorities for the coming year.

Mitt Romney easily wins New Hampshire Republican poll (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:50 PM PST

Reuters - Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney easily won a poll of several hundred Republican delegates Saturday about whom they would choose to take on Democrat Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election.

Facebook to unveil financials, raises $1.5 billion (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 03:48 PM PST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a news conference in San Francisco, November 15, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - Facebook is preparing to open its books this year or early in 2012 to give investors a glimpse into the financial workings of the world's No. 1 social network, after it sealed an oversubscribed $1.5 billion round of financing led by Goldman Sachs.

Apple's App Store hits 10 billion downloads (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 04:26 AM PST

Reuters - Apple's App Store reached landmark 10 billion downloads on Saturday, further underlining the lead of the iPhone-maker in mobile online software battle, a counter on front page of the store showed.

Pressure mounts on Tunisian PM to quit (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:36 PM PST

A man holds a flag of Tunisia during a demonstration, in central Tunis. Thousands of people rallied in Tunisia on Saturday calling on their new government to quit, as protesters from the region where an uprising began last month set off on a symbolic march on the capital.(AFP/Martin Bureau)AFP - Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi faced mounting pressure to quit on Saturday after the ouster of veteran ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, as the main trade union mobilises against him.

Police, demonstrators clash in Algerian capital (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 11:35 AM PST

Riot police face demonstrators outside the opposition Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) party's headquarters in Algiers. Algerian police clashed with pro-democracy protesters in the capital on Saturday, leaving multiple casualties, as they blocked a march on parliament that had fuelled fears of Tunisia-style unrest.(AFP)AFP - Algerian police clashed with pro-democracy protesters in the capital on Saturday, leaving multiple casualties, as they blocked a march on parliament that had fuelled fears of Tunisia-style unrest.
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