Thursday, April 28, 2011

Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 269 (AP)

Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 269 (AP)

Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 269 (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:59 PM PDT

Storm debris litters the street near blown-away businesses in downtown Cullman, Ala., Thursday, April 2, 2011. Dozens of tornadoes ripped through the South, flattening homes and businesses and killing at least 215 people in six states in the deadliest outbreak in nearly 40 years. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - Massive tornadoes tore a town-flattening streak across the South, killing at least 269 people in six states and forcing rescuers to carry some survivors out on makeshift stretchers of splintered debris. Two of Alabama's major cities were among the places devastated by the deadliest twister outbreak in nearly 40 years.

In one turn, a new Obama national security team (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 18, 2011 file photo, Gen. David Petraeus is seen in Washington. President Barack Obama plans this week to name CIA Director Leon Panetta to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, would take the CIA chief's job in a major shuffle of the nation's top national security leadership, administration and other sources said Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - Seeking to tame wars overseas and budget deficits at home, President Barack Obama announced a major remake of his national security team Thursday aimed at ensuring leadership continuity during a perilous time.

Some blacks see racism in 'birther' questions (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at a Democratic party fundraiser, the third of three such events he attended in one night, in New York, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - Shortly after President Barack Obama declared himself an American-born citizen with papers to prove it, Baratunde Thurston declared himself a disgusted black man.

Gadhafi forces shell frontline city in west Libya (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:03 PM PDT

Doctors take a snapshot with a cell phone of the body of a Libyan rebel fighter at Hikma hospital in Misrata, Libya, Thursday, April 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - Moammar Gadhafi's forces shelled the rebel-held city of Misrata on Thursday, killing nine people. Regime supporters and opponents battled on another front in western Libya for control of a crossing point along the Tunisian border, killing refugees as they fled.

Royal wedding eve: Crowds swell outside the abbey (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:54 PM PDT

Kate Middleton waves to the crowds gathered outside the Goring Hotel in London, Thursday April 28, 2011, ahead of her wedding to Britain's Prince William on Friday April 29. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - Each step has been rehearsed, each flower meticulously arranged, the aisle of Westminster Abbey transformed into a flowering green avenue of trees.

Endeavour launch brings tourists, traffic to Fla. (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:24 AM PDT

Space shuttle Endeavour is seen on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Wednesday, April 27, 2011 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Endeavour is scheduled to launch on its final mission on Friday April 29th. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)AP - Florida Space Coast hotels are sold out, residents are renting bedrooms and restaurants are doubling food supplies as thousands of tourists arriving for Friday's launch of space shuttle Endeavour are boosting a region fearing its economic future.

Husband, wife plead guilty in kidnap of CA girl (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2011 file photo, kidnapping suspects Nancy and Phillip Garrido are seen before the start of hearing at the El Dorado County Court in Placerville, Calif. The attorney for the woman accused in the 1991 kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard says his client will plead guilty to charges in the case. Garrido and her husband, Phillip, were scheduled to appear in an El Dorado County courtroom Thursday for a settlement hearing. The hearing was scheduled with little notice. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)AP - A convicted sex offender and his wife pleaded guilty Thursday to kidnapping and raping a Northern California girl when she was 11 and holding her captive for nearly two decades.

Cheaper eye drug proves as good as pricier one (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:47 PM PDT

AP - A much cheaper drug has proved just as good as a $2,000 monthly shot to treat a common eye disorder that can lead to blindness, a long-awaited study has found.

What Katie Couric's likely successor will bring (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:42 PM PDT

In this 2005 photo released by CBS, '60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley, is shown. (AP Photo/CBS, John Filo) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO ARCHIVE; NO SALES; FOR NORTH AMERICAN USE ONLY.AP - The appointment five years ago of Katie Couric as evening news anchor represented a bold step, certainly something new for CBS News. Her likely successor, Scott Pelley, hearkens back to a day when CBS was the gold standard in television news.

NFL announces plan to resume football operations (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:35 AM PDT

National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell, right, greets Deion Sanders at an NFL predraft event in New York, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. NFL players are urging a federal judge to deny the league's request to essentially restore the lockout, saying their careers are at stake. Goodell, meanwhile, says owners are preparing for every contingency. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - The NFL has told its teams and players to get back to football, at least for now.

Tornadoes and storms rip through South, at least 284 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Reuters - Tornadoes and violent storms ripped through seven southern states, killing at least 284 people in the country's deadliest series of twisters in nearly four decades.

Economic growth slows, inflation surges (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:37 AM PDT

Reuters - Economic growth braked sharply in the first quarter as higher food and gasoline prices dampened consumer spending and sent inflation rising at its fastest pace in 2-1/2 years.

Exxon and Shell profits surge on higher oil prices (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:03 PM PDT

A view of the Exxon Mobil refinery in Baytown, Texas September 15, 2008. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported significantly bigger first-quarter profits and beat analysts' forecasts, helped by high oil prices and strong refining margins.

AIG seeks to recoup billions it says lost to fraud (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:11 PM PDT

The American International Group (AIG) building is seen in New York's financial district March 16, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - American International Group Inc sued two money management firms on Thursday in the start of a fight to recoup billions of dollars the bailed-out insurer said it lost due to fraud.

Republicans target state health insurance exchanges (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:33 PM PDT

House Republican Leader John Boehner (L) and Republican Whip Eric Cantor (2nd L) lead the Republican members of Congress into the House of Representatives chamber to begin the vote on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 21, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - Republicans in the U.S. Congress are launching a fresh attack on the healthcare law by targeting grants to states for creating insurance exchanges, just as congressional budget analysts said on Thursday setting up the marketplaces may be delayed.

Bomb attack in Morocco tourist cafe kills 15 (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:42 PM PDT

Investigators work at the scene of an explosion which rocked the Argana cafe in Marrakesh's Jamaa el-Fnaa square April 28, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef BoudlalReuters - A bomb killed 15 people including 10 foreigners in Morocco's bustling tourist destination of Marrakesh, state television said on Thursday, in an attack that bore the hallmark of Islamist militants.

NYSE investors demand Nasdaq talks (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:20 AM PDT

Reuters - NYSE Euronext's attempts to charm investors into backing the lowest of two bids were overshadowed by investor demands the exchange open talks with arch-rival Nasdaq OMX.

Ex-SAC manager pleads guilty to insider trading (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 11:29 AM PDT

Reuters - A former SAC Capital portfolio manager who prosecutors said scrambled to toss incriminating evidence into garbage trucks pleaded guilty to insider trading.

Over 250 killed as tornadoes ravage US south (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 11:09 AM PDT

In the aftermath of a severe tornado, Kelly Giddens (R) helps University of Alabama law student Daniel Hinton remove belongings from his destroyed home in the Cedar Crest neighborhood in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Tornadoes and storms carved a trail of AFP - Tornadoes and storms carved a trail of "catastrophic" destruction across the southern United States, killing over 250 people in the worst US weather disaster in years, officials said Thursday.

Marrakesh 'terrorist' blast kills at least 14 (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:40 PM PDT

Police work after an explosion at a cafe in the centre of the Moroccan tourist city of Marrakesh. The powerful blast ripped through the cafe, killing 11 foreigners and three Moroccans, in what authorities suspect was the work of a suicide bomber.(AFP/Hortense de Valroger)AFP - A Marrakesh explosion branded as a "terrorist" attack by Morocco and France killed at least 14 people on Thursday, including six French nationals, officials, medical staff and witnesses said.
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