Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Top diplomats agree that Libya's Gadhafi must go (AP)

Top diplomats agree that Libya's Gadhafi must go (AP)

Top diplomats agree that Libya's Gadhafi must go (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:06 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a news conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth office in London, Tuesday, March 29, 2011, after attending the London Conference on Libya. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)AP - World powers agreed Tuesday that Moammar Gadhafi should step down after 42 years as Libya's ruler but did not discuss arming the rebels who are seeking to oust him.

House GOP: No stopgap spending bill beyond April 8 (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:55 PM PDT

AP - The No. 2 Republican in the House said Tuesday that the chamber won't pass another short-term federal funding bill to avert a government shutdown if talks between the GOP and the White House fail to produce a 2011 spending agreement by an April 8 deadline.

Court hears argument in Wal-Mart sex bias claim (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:55 AM PDT

Betty Dukes, left, stands with other plaintiffs and their families outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 29, 2011, prior to attending a case of women employees against Wal-Mart. Fellow plaintiffs Edith Arena is third from left, Deborah Gunter is fifth from left, and Christine Kwapnoski is second from right. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned a massive sex discrimination lawsuit on behalf of at least 500,000 women claiming that Wal-Mart favors men over women in pay and promotions.

Gunmen kill 56 in grisly Iraq hostage siege (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:42 PM PDT

A resident inspects damaged vehicles at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad, March 29, 2011. Two Katyusha rockets landed near a hotel on Abu Nawas Street in central Baghdad and wounded two people, an Interior Ministry source said. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenAP - Wearing military uniforms over explosives belts, gunmen held a local Iraqi government center hostage Tuesday in a grisly siege that ended with the deaths of at least 56 people, including three councilmen who were executed with gunshots to the head.

Ohio House panel OKs public worker union bill (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:56 AM PDT

Tom Fagan, of Dayton, protests against Senate Bill 5 at the Ohio statehouse Tuesday, March 29, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio. The bill would strip public employees of collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)AP - A legislative committee approved a measure Tuesday that would limit collective bargaining rights for 350,000 Ohio government workers, a key hurdle as the state moves closer to Wisconsin-style restrictions on public employee unions.

Syria offers concessions amid wave of unrest (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:53 PM PDT

Pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad protester, waves Syrian flag as she looks to the crowed who demonstarte to show their support for their president, in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday March 29, 2011. Pledging allegiance for President Bashar Assad as he faces the biggest challenge to his 11-year rule, hundreds of thousands of Syrians gathered in a central Damascus square Tuesday, waving his pictures and chanting support. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)AP - Facing an extraordinary wave of popular dissent, Syrian President Bashar Assad fired his Cabinet on Tuesday and promised to end widely despised emergency laws — concessions unlikely to appease protesters demanding sweeping reforms in one of the most hard-line nations in the Middle East.

AP sources: Manslaughter charge explored in spill (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:54 PM PDT

AP - Manslaughter and perjury are among possible charges that Justice Department investigators are exploring in the early stages of their probe into the Gulf oil spill, people familiar with the inquiry said Tuesday.

AP IMPACT: Long blackouts pose risk to US reactors (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Only Unit 2 is covered with white concrete housing, seen on left of an iron tower on right, at the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Other three units, Unit 1 on right of the tower, Unit 4 and Unit 3, on left and right respectively of another iron tower at second from left among the three pylons, stand with only iron frames. Workers have discovered new pools of radioactive water leaking from the nuclear complex that officials believe are behind soaring levels of radiation spreading to soil and seawater. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - It's a nightmarish scenario — a days-long blackout at a nuclear power plant leading to a radioactive leak. Though the odds of that happening are extremely remote, an Associated Press investigation has found that some U.S. plants are more vulnerable than others.

1950s screen idol Farley Granger dead at 85 (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:35 AM PDT

FILE - In a 1943 file photo, Farley Granger portrays a Russian youth in his first movie, 1943's ' North Star.' Granger, most famous for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Strangers on a Train' and 'Rope,' died Sunday, March 27, 2011 of natural causes in New York. He was 85. (AP Photo, File)AP - Farley Granger, the 1950s bobby sox screen idol who starred in the Alfred Hitchcock classics "Rope" and "Strangers on a Train," has died. He was 85.

Giants ex-trainer: Bonds added significant muscle (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Former baseball player Barry Bonds, foreground, arrives for his trial at federal court in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - The San Francisco Giants' former head trainer testified Tuesday that Barry Bonds added significant muscle mass in 1999 and that he recommended the slugger's personal trainers be banished from the team's facilities the following year.

Obama vows U.S. forces won't get bogged down in Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 07:35 PM PDT

A rebel drinks coffee inside an oil terminal compound after it was retaken by rebels in Zueitina, 850 km (528 miles) east of Tripoli, March 27, 2011. REUTERS/Suhaib SalemReuters - President Barack Obama told Americans on Monday that U.S. forces would not get bogged down trying to topple Muammar Gaddafi but stopped short of spelling out how the military campaign in Libya would end.

Gaddafi troops reverse Libyan rebel advance (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:38 AM PDT

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., left, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., listen to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 29, 2011, by Air Force Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, back to camera, on the U.S. mission in Libya. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Reuters - Muammar Gaddafi's better armed and organized troops reversed the westward charge of rebels and world powers meeting in London piled pressure on the Libyan leader to end his 41-year rule.

Syria mobilizes thousands for pro-Assad marches (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:44 AM PDT

Supporters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad shout slogans in Syria's northern city of Aleppo in this March 27, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/George OurfalianReuters - President Bashar al-Assad sought to deflect the greatest challenge to his 11-year rule by mobilizing tens of thousands of Syrians in mass rallies across the country on Tuesday in response to pro-democracy protests.

France and U.S. to help Japan in nuclear crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:30 PM PDT

The No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, March 27, 2011. REUTERS/Japan Ground Self-Defence Force via KyodoReuters - France and the United States are to help Japan in its battle to contain radiation from a crippled nuclear complex where plutonium finds have raised public alarm over the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.

At least 53 dead as Iraqi forces end gunmen's siege (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:14 AM PDT

A resident inspects damaged vehicles at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad, March 29, 2011. Two Katyusha rockets landed near a hotel on Abu Nawas Street in central Baghdad and wounded two people, an Interior Ministry source said. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - At least 53 people were killed on Tuesday when gunmen took hostages at a provincial council headquarters in Saddam Hussein's hometown, precipitating a battle with security forces who swept in to end the siege.

Special Report: Japan engineers knew tsunami could overrun plant (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:00 AM PDT

Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. (TEPCO) Vice President Sakae Muto (C) bows at a news conference at the company head office in Tokyo March 28, 2011. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - Over the past two weeks, Japanese government officials and Tokyo Electric Power executives have repeatedly described the deadly combination of the most powerful quake in Japan's history and the massive tsunami that followed as "soteigai," or beyond expectations.

Journalist for Reuters killed in Iraq attack (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:31 AM PDT

Undated photo of Iraqi journalist Sabah al-Bazee. The freelancer who worked for Reuters was among at least 20 people killed on Tuesday when gunmen attacked a local government building in Tikrit, the hometown of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/FilesReuters - A freelance journalist who worked for Reuters was among at least 20 people killed on Tuesday when gunmen attacked a local government building in Tikrit, the hometown of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Ex-Galleon manager says he fed Rajaratnam tips (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam arrives at Federal Court in New York March 28, 2011. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - A former portfolio manager at Raj Rajaratnam's Galleon Group described pressure at the hedge fund to get "an edge" in trading and said he gave inside tips from a Morgan Stanley investment banker to his boss.

World powers keep up pressure as Kadhafi beats back rebels (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:56 AM PDT

A missile drops (R) on the tightly-guarded residence of leader Moamer Kadhafi and military targets in the suburb of Tajura. World powers vowed Tuesday to continue military action until Kadhafi stops his AFP - World powers vowed Tuesday to continue military action until Moamer Kadhafi stops his "murderous attacks" on Libyan civilians, as loud blasts rocked his stronghold in Tripoli.

Japan on 'maximum alert' over nuclear plant (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:23 AM PDT

Damaged cars are piled in a pool of water in Natori, Miyagi prefecture. Japan said Tuesday it was on AFP - Japan said Tuesday it was on "maximum alert" over a crippled nuclear plant where radioactive water has halted repair work and plutonium has been found in the soil.
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