Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Strikes in Egypt add to pressure from protests (AP)

Strikes in Egypt add to pressure from protests (AP)

Strikes in Egypt add to pressure from protests (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:08 PM PST

Anti-government protestors hold candles as they walk past Egyptian Army tanks and armored vehicles at Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Protesters appear to have settled in for a long standoff, turning Tahrir Square into a makeshift village with tens of thousands coming every day, with some sleeping in tents made of blankets and plastic sheeting. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - Thousands of state workers and impoverished Egyptians went on strike Wednesday after weeks of anti-government protests cast a spotlight on corruption and the wealth amassed by those in power in a country where almost half the people live near the poverty line.

Rep. Giffords speaks for first time since shooting (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:46 AM PST

A spectator holds a campaign sign as he waits for the medial ambulance transporting U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords to leave the University Medical Center en-route to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona January 21, 2011. REUTERS/Samantha Sais/FilesAP - Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords spoke for the first time since she was shot in the forehead, her spokesman said Wednesday, yet another significant milestone in her recovery from a traumatic brain injury.

House GOP Chairman outlines sweeping spending cuts (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:58 AM PST

AP - House Republicans proposed ending more than 60 government programs and cutting hundreds of others Wednesday in a $35 billion down payment on their promise to rein in federal deficits.

Blizzard roars through US's snow-weary midsection (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:08 AM PST

Postman Rick Langkford delivers mail in Tulsa, Okla., in deep and blowing snow Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. More than two feet of snow was reported in some parts of northeast Oklahoma Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Tulsa World, Tom Gilbert)AP - A second powerful blizzard in a week roared through parts of the nation's midsection on Wednesday, dumping more than a foot of snow on areas still digging out from last week's major storm and contributing to at least two traffic deaths.

After Obama lunch both sides promise cooperation (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:00 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, before his lunch meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama and the top three House GOP leaders met Wednesday for the first time since Republicans assumed control of the House, agreeing to work together on issues ranging from trade to spending cuts, both sides said.

Lohan charged with felony theft over necklace (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:12 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2011 file photo, Lindsay Lohan attends the Los Angeles Lakers New York Knicks NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. Prosecutors say they plan to charge Lohan on Wednesday Feb. 9, 2011 with felony grand theft of a $2,500 necklace reported stolen from a jewelry store.(AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, File)AP - Prosecutors charged Lindsay Lohan Wednesday with felony grand theft of a $2,500 necklace — a case that could return the troubled starlet to jail rather than the big screen.

PROMISES, PROMISES: 'Widows' tax' lingers (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:36 PM PST

Nichole Haycock, wearing both her and her late husband's wedding ring, shows a photograph of her late husband, Sgt. First Class Jeffrey Haycock, at her home in Lawton, Okla., Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. Haycock says her husband, who died in 2002, was the love of her life. Tens of thousands of the nation's war widows find it perplexing and downright disrespectful to their late military husbands that in order to fully collect on insurance their husbands bought for them when alive, they must marry another man. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP - Tens of thousands of the nation's war widows find it perplexing and downright disrespectful to their late military husbands: In order to fully collect on insurance their husbands bought for them when alive, they must marry another man.

Strokes are rising fast among young, middle-aged (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:58 AM PST

AP - Strokes are rising dramatically among young and middle-aged Americans while dropping in older ones, a sign that the obesity epidemic may be starting to reshape the age burden of the disease.

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz divorcing in LA (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:38 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, Pete Wentz and his wife Ashlee Simpson-Wentz arrive for a screening of 'Runaway,' in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are falling out of marriage.

Suit filed in Dallas over Super Bowl seat problems (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:03 PM PST

In this photo taken Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, a section of temporary seats, that were deemed unsafe, remain empty before the start of NFL Super Bowl XLV football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers at at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. A lawsuit has been filed accusing the NFL, the Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones of deceiving hundreds of fans who bought Super Bowl tickets and had no seats, or who felt the seats were inadequate. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Ticket-holding football fans who ended up with no seats or what they considered bad views of the Super Bowl have filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones.

Bernanke says job growth, inflation still too low (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:06 PM PST

Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday suggested U.S. economic conditions are still too weak for the central bank to pull back on its vast monetary stimulus, despite a welcome drop in the jobless rate.

Cisco sales exceed Street despite competition fears (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:10 PM PST

Reuters - Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc's quarterly sales beat expectations, despite concerns about increasing competition and budget cuts among its debt-burdened clients in the public sector.

Deutsche in talks to buy NYSE in major shakeup (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:04 PM PST

Reuters - Germany's Deutsche Boerse is in advanced talks to buy NYSE Euronext to create the world's largest trading powerhouse, marking the second major transatlantic deal in 24 hours in a massive shake-up of an industry under pressure from upstart rivals.

JPMorgan fires back in $6.4 billion Madoff lawsuit (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:01 PM PST

Bernard Madoff walks back to his apartment in New York December 17, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co accused the trustee seeking $6.4 billion for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme of doing an end run around the law in pursuing his case, and said it has a right to a jury trial.

Wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords speaking again: media (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:12 PM PST

Reuters - Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has begun to regain her speech a month after being shot in the head in an assassination attempt, media organizations reported on Wednesday.

U.S. public cautious on Middle East democracy: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 08:58 AM PST

Opposition supporters carry a huge Egyptian flag amid the crowd in Tahrir Square in Cairo February 9, 2011. REUTERS/Yannis BehrakisReuters - A majority of Americans believe the United States should be cautious about backing democracy in the Middle East because elections could lead to anti-U.S. Islamist governments, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday said.

SEC gives credit ratings the cold shoulder (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:03 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. securities regulators moved to scale back market reliance on credit rating agencies, after the financial crisis laid bare the industry's shortcomings.

Egypt regime warns of crackdown as revolt spreads (AFP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:36 PM PST

Egyptian anti-government protesters shout slogans against President Hosni Mubarak outside the parliament. Egypt's embattled regime warned of a military crackdown on Wednesday as massive protests demanding its overthrow spilled out across the country and deadly unrest flared in the remote south.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte)AFP - Egypt's embattled regime warned of a military crackdown on Wednesday as massive protests demanding its overthrow spilled out across the country and deadly unrest flared in the remote south.

Magistrates seek immediate trial for Berlusconi (AFP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 09:40 AM PST

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reacts during a press conference following a ministers council at Palazzo Chigi in Rome. Italian prosecutors Wednesday requested that Berlusconi be put on trial immediately for abuse of power and having sex with an underage girl nicknamed Ruby the Heartstealer.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - Italian prosecutors Wednesday requested that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi be put on trial immediately for abuse of power and having sex with an underage girl nicknamed Ruby the Heartstealer.
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