Friday, March 25, 2011

Breach suspected at troubled Japanese power plant (AP)

Breach suspected at troubled Japanese power plant (AP)

Breach suspected at troubled Japanese power plant (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 11:49 AM PDT

Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency spokesman Hidehiko Nishiyama, right, huddles with his aide during a press conference on the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex, in Tokyo on Friday March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - Two weeks after an earthquake and tsunami triggered a crisis at a nuclear plant, the government said Friday there is a suspected breach at a reactor — another setback that would mean radioactive contamination at the facility is more serious than once thought.

Violence erupts around Syria, protesters shot (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Syrian supporters of President Bashar Assad, carry his picture during a rally after Friday prayers outside the Omayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday, March 25, 2011. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday demanding reforms and mourning dozens of protesters who were killed during a violent, week long crackdown that has brought extraordinary pressure on the country's autocratic regime, activists and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)AP - Violence erupted around Syria on Friday as troops opened fire on protesters in several cities and pro- and anti-government crowds clashed on the tense streets of the capital in the most widespread unrest in years, witnesses said.

Qatar becomes 1st Arab country to fly over Libya (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:15 PM PDT

An armed men stands among Libyan men attending Friday prayers in the main square in Benghazi, eastern Libya, Friday, March 25, 2011. The city saw many casualties during recent fighting in and around the city of Ajdabiya, where rebels clash now for weeks with troops of Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - Tiny Qatar became the first Arab country to fly combat missions over Libya on Friday after NATO agreed to take command of the no-fly zone part of air operations against Moammar Gadhafi's regime.

Across country, GOP pushes photo ID at the polls (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2011 file photo, Rep. Stephen Meeks, R-Greenbrier, right, congratulates Rep. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, after passage in the House of King's bill dealing with photo identification cards for voters at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. The Arkansas House voted Monday to require voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot, rejecting concerns raised by critics that the law would keep some poor or elderly people from the polls. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)AP - Empowered by last year's elections, Republican leaders in about half the states are pushing to require voters to show photo ID at the polls despite little evidence of fraud and already-substantial punishments for those who vote illegally.

Nevada GOP gambles on making caucuses count (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 11:59 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 22, 2011 file photo, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour speaks in Carson City, Nev. Nevada's 2008 GOP presidential caucuses, an attempt to give a diverse Western state a prominent say in choosing the Republican nominee, were a flop. No candidate competed seriously. Few Republicans voted. And the state squandered an opportunity to make its mark on the race. Republicans here hope it's going to be different this time around. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison, File)AP - Nevada Republicans are gambling that they can turn this swing state best known for showgirls and cowboys into a major player in picking the party's presidential nominee.

Opposition topples Canadian government (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper votes against a Liberal contempt of Parliament motion in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Friday, March 25, 2011. Opposition parties toppled Harper's government in a no confidence vote, triggering Canada's fourth election in seven years. The opposition parties held the Conservative government in contempt of Parliament on Friday for failing to disclose the full financial details of his tougher crime legislation, corporate tax cuts and plans to purchase stealth fighter jets. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)AP - Canadian opposition parties toppled the Conservative government in a no confidence vote Friday, triggering an election that polls show the Conservatives will win.

Jesuits settle NW abuse claims for $166 million (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:37 PM PDT

AP - In one of the largest settlements in the Catholic church's sweeping sex abuse scandal, an order of priests agreed Friday to pay $166.1 million to hundreds of Native Americans and Alaska Natives who were abused at the order's schools around the Pacific Northwest.

States look overseas for scarce execution drug (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:07 PM PDT

FILE - This November 2005 file photo shows the death chamber at the Southern Ohio Corrections Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. Oklahoma, Ohio and Texas, the nation's busiest death penalty state, have switched to pentobarbital for lethal-injection. Other states are worried that switching could prove a drawn-out legal and regulatory process that could put more executions on hold. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)AP - Prison officials around the country have been going to extraordinary — and in at least one case, legally questionable — lengths to obtain a scarce lethal-injection drug, securing it from middlemen in Britain and a manufacturer in India and borrowing it from other states to keep their executions on track, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press.

Shipwreck divers find antique gold chain off Fla. (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 11:40 AM PDT

In this March 24, 2011 photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, a centuries-old, 40-inch-long gold chain found off the Florida Keys is shown. Shipwreck salvors are evaluating the gold chain, with an enameled gold cross and two-sided engraved religious medallion, plucked from the sea floor while searching for a 17th-century sunken Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys. Tentatively valued at about $250,000, the piece is believed to be from the Nuestra Senora de Atocha that sank during a 1622 hurricane. It was found Wednesday by divers from Mel Fisher's Treasures searching for the sterncastle of the Atocha, 35 miles west of Key West. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Sharon Wiley ) NO SALESAP - Shipwreck experts are evaluating a centuries-old 40-inch gold chain plucked from the seafloor while searching for a 17th-century sunken Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys.

Last episode of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' is May 25 (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2009 file photo, Oprah Winfrey waves to her fans in Chicago while taping an episode of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' on a three-block stretch of Michigan Avenue near the Chicago River to celebrate the start of the 24th season of her show. On Monday, March 21, 2011, the Illinois Broadcasters Association announced that Winfrey will be inducted into the Illinois Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in May. She will join a list of Illinois broadcasting luminaries that includes movie reviewers Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, late Cubs announce Harry Caray and comedian Jack Benny. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)AP - The final original episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will air May 25. Winfrey's Chicago-based Harpo Productions confirmed the date Friday. Winfrey announced live on the show in November 2009 that she would end its run after 25 years. She since has launched cable's Oprah Winfrey Network.

West strikes Libya forces, NATO sees 90-day campaign (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 11:47 AM PDT

Rebel fighters walk holding weapons along the Benghazi -Ajdabiyah road near Ajdabiyah March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicReuters - Western warplanes bombed Muammar Gaddafi's tanks and artillery in eastern Libya on Friday to try to break a battlefield stalemate and help rebels take the strategic town of Ajdabiyah.

High radiation levels at Japanese plant raise new worry (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:18 PM PDT

Japan Self Defense Force members in protective clothing prepare to transfer to another hospital workers who were exposed to radiation at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, at a hospital in Fukushima Prefecture, March 25, 2011. REUTERS/KyodoReuters - Highly radioactive water has been found at a second reactor at a crippled nuclear power station in Japan, the plant's operator said, as fears of contamination escalated two weeks after a huge earthquake and tsunami battered the complex.

U.S. bumps up Q4 growth, seen slowing in early 2011 (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:29 PM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. economy grew more quickly than previously thought in the fourth quarter, the government said on Friday, but signs of softer consumer and business spending may slow its momentum in early 2011.

Protests spread against Assad rule in Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:22 AM PDT

Protesters drag away a body as it lies among others in a street during a demonstration in Deraa, March 23, 2011 and posted on a social media website. REUTERS/Social Media Website via Reuters TVReuters - Protests spread across Syria Friday, challenging the rule of the Assad family after their forces killed dozens of demonstrators in the south.

Fed unlikely to extend QE2: officials (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:40 AM PDT

Reuters - With the economy on firmer footing the Federal Reserve Bank is unlikely to extend its bond-buying stimulus program beyond a planned $600 billion, several top Fed officials said on Friday.

EU agrees crisis package, Portugal clouds summit (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:14 AM PDT

Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates attends a parliament session in Lisbon, March 23, 2011. REUTERS/Rafael MarchanteReuters - European leaders agreed a new package of anti-crisis measures at a two-day summit, but were forced to delay increasing their rescue fund and acknowledged they faced new threats from a government collapse in Portugal.

Yemen's Saleh says wants to put power in safe hands (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:53 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Friday he was ready to cede power to stop more bloodshed in Yemen, but only to what he called "safe hands" as tens of thousands rallied against him in "Day of Departure" protests.

Israel to deploy rocket shield system near Gaza (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Reuters - Israel has brought forward plans to deploy an "Iron Dome" rocket interceptor system because of increased mortar and rocket fire from the Hamas Islamist ruled Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said Friday.

Allies hit Kadhafi forces as NATO put Canadian in charge (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:43 PM PDT

Libyan rebels take cover as they try to retake the strategic eastern oil town of Ajdabiya. Coalition forces launched a seventh day of air strikes against the regime of Libya's Moamer Kadhafi but France and Britain insisted a diplomatic solution to the crisis could be reached.(AFP/Aris Messinis)AFP - Coalition forces carried out a seventh day of air and missile strikes against the Libyan regime's forces on Friday as NATO appointed a Canadian general to oversee the campaign.

Reactor fear at Japan plant as toll tops 10,000 (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 11:03 AM PDT

Picture released by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) via Jiji Press shows black smoke rising from reactor number three at the Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant. The operator of a disaster-struck Japanese nuclear plant has reported possible damage to a reactor vessel -- casting a new shadow over efforts to control a steady radiation leak.(AFP/TEPCO via JIJI PRESS)AFP - The operator of a disaster-struck Japanese nuclear plant on Friday reported possible damage to a reactor vessel -- casting a new shadow over efforts to control a steady radiation leak.
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