Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Supreme Court: Raucous funeral picketers allowed (AP)

Supreme Court: Raucous funeral picketers allowed (AP)

Supreme Court: Raucous funeral picketers allowed (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:39 PM PST

FILE - In this June 6, 2009 file photo, protesters from Rev. Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church demonstrate during funeral services for Dr. George Tiller at College Hill United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kan. In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the group's protests were protected by the First Amendment. The father of a Marine killed in Iraq sued after they picketed his son's 2006 funeral service.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)AP - The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a grieving father's pain over jeering protests at his Marine son's funeral must yield to First Amendment protections for free speech. All but one justice sided with a fundamentalist church that has stirred outrage with raucous demonstrations contending God is punishing the military for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality.

Rebels corner fleeing Gadhafi forces after battle (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:42 PM PST

Libyan rebel celebrate after they retook the town from pro-Gadhafi fighters, in Brega, east of Libya, on Wednesday March 2, 2011. Regime opponents battled forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi who tried Wednesday to retake a key oil installation in a counteroffensive Wednesday against the rebel-held eastern half of the country. At one point in the flip-flopping battle, anti-Gadhafi fighters cornered the attackers in a nearby seaside university campus in fierce fighting that killed at least five. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - Rebel forces routed troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi in a fierce battle over an oil port Wednesday, scrambling over the dunes of a Mediterranean beach through shelling and an airstrike to corner their attackers. While they thwarted the regime's first counteroffensive in eastern Libya, opposition leaders still pleaded for outside airstrikes against pro-government troops.

Realistic options for ousting Gadhafi look limited (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:36 PM PST

CodePink demonstrators hold up signs on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 2, 2011, as Defense Secretary Robert Gates testified before the House Appropriations Committee hearing on the Defense Department's budget. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - Short of a U.S.-led military offensive, international options to quickly force Moammar Gadhafi from power now appear to be highly limited, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for an end Wednesday to "loose talk" about steps that would amount to an act of war.

Senate sends Obama stopgap GOP spending bill (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:36 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., leave a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - The Senate on Wednesday sent President Barack Obama a Republican-drafted stopgap funding bill that trims $4 billion from the budget, completing hastily processed legislation designed to keep partisan divisions from forcing a government shutdown.

Jobs breaks from medical leave to unveil iPad 2 (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:36 PM PST

Apple Inc. Chairman and CEO Steve Jobs, on medical leave, speaks at an Apple event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - Apple CEO Steve Jobs briefly emerged from his medical leave and walked on stage to standing ovation Wednesday to unveil the second generation of the popular iPad, which will go on sale March 11 in the U.S.

Militants kill Christian minister in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:36 PM PST

A supporter of Pakistan's government minister for religious minorities Shahbaz Bhatti mourns over his death outside a local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Gunmen shot and killed Bhatti, the latest attack on a high-profile Pakistani figure threatened by Islamist militants for urging reform of harsh blasphemy laws that impose the death penalty for insulting Islam. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Militants gunned down the only Christian in Pakistan's government outside his widowed mother's home Wednesday, the second assassination in two months of a high-profile opponent of laws that impose the death penalty for insulting Islam.

Barbour says Obama cheers for higher gas prices (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:50 PM PST

In this photo provided by NBC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour talks on NBC's 'Meet the Press' in Washington. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES.AP - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a potential Republican presidential contender, accused the Obama administration Wednesday of favoring a run-up in gas prices to prod consumers to buy more fuel-efficient cars.

Calif. woman survives 35-mile ride on minivan hood (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:36 PM PST

AP - A California man remains behind bars four days after driving 35 miles on a freeway with his wife clinging to a windshield wiper blade on the hood of their minivan, police said Wednesday.

Zsa Zsa Gabor taken to hospital by ambulance (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:45 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 1993 file photo, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is shown in Midland, Texas. (AP Photo/Curt Wilcott, File)AP - Zsa Zsa Gabor was rushed to a hospital Wednesday in an ambulance when blood flow stopped to her leg, a publicist said. Doctors ordered the ailing 94-year-old actress to go to UCLA Medical Center because of the problem with her left leg, publicist John Blanchette said.

Cops take twins from Sheen after threats detailed (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:36 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2009, file photo, Brooke Mueller arrives at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Charlie Sheen's estranged wife Brooke Mueller obtained a restraining order Tuesday, March 1, 2011 to keep the actor away from her and their twin sons, Max and Bob, because she was afraid of threats the actor had made in recent days, including stabbing her in the eye with a pen. The order prompted police to take the twins from Sheen's Hollywood Hills home on Tuesday night and return them to Mueller's care.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)AP - Charlie Sheen's estranged wife Brooke Mueller obtained a restraining order to keep the actor away from her and their young sons because she was afraid of violent comments the actor had made in recent days, including threats that he would stab her in the eye with a pen knife.

Gunman kills two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt airport (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:06 PM PST

A police car stands next to an U.S. Army bus in front of Frankfurt airport March 2, 2011. Two people were killed and two injured in an incident at Frankfurt airport, a spokesman for airport operator Fraport said on Wednesday. The spokesman said the incident happened in a U.S. Army bus in front of the airport's Terminal 2. REUTERS/Ralph OrlowskiReuters - German police arrested a man on Wednesday after two U.S. airmen were shot dead and two wounded in an incident on a U.S. Army bus at Frankfurt airport, authorities said.

Gaddafi strikes at town, rebels eye foreign help (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:38 AM PST

A man opposed to leader Muammar Gaddafi holds a Kalashnikov rifle in the centre of the city of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, March 1, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahReuters - Muammar Gaddafi launched a land and air offensive to retake territory in Libya's east at dawn on Wednesday, sparking a rebel call for foreign air strikes on African mercenaries they said were helping him stay in power.

Apple's Jobs puts on lively iPad 2 show (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:40 PM PST

An attendee looks at the Garage Band program as he plays with the new iPad 2 during an Apple Special event to unveil the new iPad 2 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California. Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad 2 as the successor to its popular tablet, the iPad.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)Reuters - A thin but energetic Steve Jobs made a surprise return to the spotlight on Wednesday, taking the stage to unveil Apple Inc's new iPad and drawing a standing ovation.

Congress averts shutdown, sends stopgap to Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:19 AM PST

Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) leaves a statement about leadership elections on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 16, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - The Congress on Wednesday sent President Barack Obama a stopgap spending bill that averts an imminent government shutdown but does nothing to resolve a bitter debate over the federal budget.

Bernanke sees 200,000 hit to jobs from budget cuts (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:25 AM PST

Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday a Republican spending cut plan would not cause a big dent to U.S. economic growth, but could cost around 200,000 jobs over two years.

Buffett sees uneven recovery, craves big deals (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:46 AM PST

Warren E. Buffett ,Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Hathaway, testifies before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission during a public hearing in New York, June 2, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - Billionaire Warren Buffett said the U.S. economy is "coming back" and does not need more stimulus, despite an uneven recovery that mirrors the fortunes of businesses at his company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Supreme Court allows military funeral anti-gay protests (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 10:16 AM PST

Reuters - The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that members of a fundamentalist church have a free-speech right to hold anti-gay protests at military funerals to promote their view that God hates America for tolerating homosexuality.

Ohio panel votes to end union right to strike (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:18 PM PST

Reuters - An Ohio state Senate panel voted on Wednesday to strip public sector unions of some collective bargaining rights and end their right to strike, in the latest swipe at the power of unions by a state.

Kadhafi warns of bloodbath if West intervenes (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:44 AM PST

The USS Kearsarge warship transits through the Suez Canal. Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi warned on Wednesday AFP - Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi warned on Wednesday "thousands" would die if the West intervened to support the uprising against him, as rebels drove back an attack by his forces on an eastern town.

Libya: live report (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:53 PM PST

Libyan anti-government fighters cheer as they drive towards Brega passing through the eastern gate of Ajdabiya, some 160 kms west of the city of Benghazi.(AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - 2047 GMT: Amnesty International pleads for Libya's neighbours to keep their frontiers open to help the thousands of people trying to escape the chaos. "All Libya's neighbouring states must keep their borders open and provide assistance to all those fleeing violence," says Amnesty's director of policy and law, Michael Bochenek. "They are obliged to do this under international law."
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