Friday, February 4, 2011

Amid protests, views of post-Mubarak Egypt emerge (AP)

Amid protests, views of post-Mubarak Egypt emerge (AP)

Amid protests, views of post-Mubarak Egypt emerge (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:10 PM PST

Wounded anti-government protestors march during a demonstration in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. Tens of thousands packed central Cairo Friday, waving flags and singing the national anthem, emboldened in their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak after they repelled pro-regime attackers in two days of bloody street fights. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - A new rally by nearly 100,000 protesters in central Cairo and behind-the-scenes diplomacy from the Obama administration piled more pressure on President Hosni Mubarak on Friday to make a swift exit from office and allow a temporary government to embark on an immediate path toward democracy.

Obama says talks have begun in Egypt on government (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:09 PM PST

An opposition demonstrator throws a rock during rioting with pro-Mubarak supporters near Tahrir Square in Cairo February 3, 2011. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicAP - President Barack Obama said Friday that discussions have begun in Egypt on a turnover of the government, and he said he hoped "to see this moment of turmoil turned into a moment of opportunity." "The whole world is watching," Obama said after meeting at the White House with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Official: Falling ice injures 5 at Cowboys Stadium (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:54 PM PST

In a photo taken with a fisheye lens, ice covers a walkway to Cowboys Stadium the site of the NFL football Super Bowl XLV game between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - A Super Bowl safety committee official says five people have been injured by falling ice at Cowboys Stadium. Arnie Valdez says the ice fell about midday Friday.

Husband: Giffords would be OK with flight decision (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:13 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords, left, is shown with her husband, NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. There are hints that astronaut Mark Kelly will take a shuttle into space in April. That would mean leaving his wounded wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, to continue her rehab work without him for at least a few weeks. Scott Kelly, also an astronaut, said his brother would decide “fairly soon” whether to fly the space shuttle mission in April. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, File)AP - The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said his wife would be "very comfortable" with his decision to go back into space and he expects her to be at his launch in April.

Sen. Hatch: Kagan should sit out health care case (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:26 PM PST

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, speaks about health care at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. A Republican drive to repeal the year-old health care law ended in party-line defeat in the Senate on Wednesday, leaving the Supreme Court to render a final, unpredictable verdict on an issue steeped in political and constitutional controversy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, an opponent of the recently enacted health care overhaul, says Justice Elena Kagan should not take part in the widely expected Supreme Court consideration of the new law.

Michigan mosque plot suspect fires lawyer in court (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:41 PM PST

Roger Stockham, left, a California man accused of threatening to blow up a popular mosque in Dearborn, Mich., stands during a hearing with his court appointed attorney Matthew Evans in 19th District Court in Dearborn, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - The California man accused of plotting to blow up a Detroit-area mosque rejected his court-appointed counsel Friday, upset that the attorney is a Shiite Muslim and a "patron" of the Islamic center where he was arrested.

Iraqi premier says he'll cut his salary by half (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:34 PM PST

FILE - In this March 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's prime minister says he will return half of his annual salary to the government's treasury in a symbolic effort to balance the standard of living between the nation's rich and poor. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Iraq's prime minister said Friday he'll return half of his annual salary to the public treasury in a symbolic gesture that appeared calculated to insulate himself from the anti-government unrest spreading across the Middle East.

Calif. woman pleads guilty in Ohio plane pot case (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:11 PM PST

AP - As the chief courier of a California-to-Ohio marijuana shipping scheme pleaded guilty Friday, prosecutors said the investigation continued into other possible suspects in the plot that brought hundreds of pounds of marijuana hidden in suitcases to Ohio on private jets.

Stocks waver after mixed unemployment report (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:11 PM PST

In this Feb. 1, 2011 photo, trader John Doyle, left, works with colleagues on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Stocks swung between small gains and losses on Friday after a report said the unemployment rate fell last month but that new jobs remain scarce. The government said the unemployment rate in January dropped to 9 percent, the lowest rate since April 2009 and a sharp fall from 9.4 percent in December. Economists had expected the unemployment rate to rise to 9.5 percent, in part because of harsh winter weather that affected much of the country.

Madoff lawsuit: Mets owners owe victims $300M (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:08 PM PST

AP - The owners of the Mets turned a blind eye to Bernard Madoff's massive fraud, reaping $300 million in false profits and using a large chunk to run the team, according to a lawsuit unsealed Friday.

U.S. proposes Mubarak's immediate resignation (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:32 PM PST

Reuters - The Obama administration is discussing with Egyptian officials the immediate resignation of President Hosni Mubarak as one of several scenarios for a transition of power, a U.S. official said.

U.S. urges "concrete steps" on Egypt transition (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:38 PM PST

Anti-government protesters carry a big Egyptian flag and shout anti-Mubarak slogans after Friday prayers at Tahrir Square in Cairo February 4, 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - The United States on Friday urged the Egyptian government to take "concrete steps" toward an orderly transition of power and warned that without such measures unrest was likely to persist.

NY Mets owners hit with $300 million Madoff lawsuit (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:16 AM PST

Reuters - The owners of the New York Mets turned a blind eye to Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme and should give up roughly $300 million of fictitious profits tied to the now imprisoned swindler, a lawsuit charges.

Payrolls barely grow, but jobless rate plummets (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:57 AM PST

Reuters - Employment rose by a meager 36,000 jobs in January, far less than expected, as severe snow storms slammed large parts of the nation, but the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since April 2009.

Immigration probe of Chipotle widens (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:29 PM PST

Reuters - Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc has received Immigration and Customs Enforcement notices of inspection for restaurants in Washington, D.C., and Virginia, co-Chief Executive Monty Moran told Reuters on Friday.

Outgunned by Wall St, SEC warns of fraud (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:51 AM PST

Reuters - Tighter budgets at the Securities and Exchange Commission could mean killing vital technology upgrades needed to catch swindlers, the agency's chief said on Friday in a blunt appeal for more funding.

Cuba to seek 20-year sentence for U.S. contractor (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:17 PM PST

Reuters - Cuban prosecutors will seek a 20-year prison sentence for jailed U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross, who is accused of espionage in a case that has stalled U.S.-Cuba relations, the Communist Party newspaper Granma said on Friday.

Special report: Jamie Dimon wants some R-E-S-P-E-C-T (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:00 AM PST

Reuters - What's eating Jamie Dimon?

Huge crowds turn out for Mubarak 'departure day' (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:31 AM PST

An Egyptian anti-government protester with her face painted in the colours of her national flag stands at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Egyptian demonstrators held a massive AFP - Egyptian demonstrators held a massive "departure day" show of force on Friday aimed at ousting President Hosni Mubarak as both the United States and Europe indicated the time has come for him to step down.

Two dead in Thai-Cambodian border clash (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:36 AM PST

A view of the Preah Vihear temple on the disputed Cambodian-Thai border. Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged heavy fire on the two countries' shared border on Friday killing one soldier and a civilian, as tensions between the neighbours boiled over.(AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)AFP - Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged heavy fire on the two countries' shared border on Friday, killing one soldier and a civilian, as tensions between the neighbours boiled over.
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