Sunday, May 29, 2011

Obama tours twister-ravaged neighborhood in Joplin (AP)

Obama tours twister-ravaged neighborhood in Joplin (AP)

Obama tours twister-ravaged neighborhood in Joplin (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 12:14 PM PDT

Rev. Bill Pape offers communion Sunday, May 29, 2011 to the congregation in the parking lot at Peace Lutheran Church which was destroyed in Joplin, Mo. one week ago. An EF-5 tornado tore through much of the city damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 139 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Face to face with the legions of homeless and the bereaved, President Barack Obama on Sunday toured the apocalyptic landscape left by Missouri's killer tornado, consoled the community and committed the government to helping rebuild shattered lives.

US soldiers in Afghanistan mark Memorial Day (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:32 AM PDT

U.S. soldiers holds candles to mark the Memorial Day at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, May 29, 2011. Some U.S. troops in Afghanistan have held a candlelit remembrance for those lost ahead of Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Nearly a decade later, after more than 1,400 killed in combat, some U.S. troops paused for a moment Sunday to remember what brought America to Afghanistan and to honor the lives that continue to be lost.

Ala. town hit by tornadoes bans FEMA trailers (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 12:03 PM PDT

AP - James Ruston's house was knocked off its foundation by tornadoes that barreled through town last month and is still uninhabitable. He thought help had finally arrived when a truck pulled up to his property with a mobile home from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Clashes erupt in Belgrade to protest Mladic arrest (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Bosnian Serb people holding photos of former Gen. Ratko Mladic during a protest in Kalinovik, Bosnia, hometown of the Bosnian Serb wartime military leader, 70 kms southeast of Sarajevo, Sunday, May 29, 2011. Approximately 3,000 Bosnian Serbs, gathered to show support and anger after the arrest of Mladic. Protestors carried banners and flags and sang songs in his support, he was arrested after 16 years in hiding from the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague. Mladic is to face trial on 15 accounts of war crimes including genocide in Srebrenica in 1995. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)AP - Protesters throwing stones and bottles clashed with baton-wielding riot police Sunday in Belgrade after several thousand Serbian nationalist supporters of jailed war-crimes suspect Ratko Mladic rallied outside the parliament building to demand his release.

Companies look for power way, way up in the sky (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:52 AM PDT

This November 2010 photo provided by Altaeros Energies shows Adam Rein holding a prototype airborne power turbine shroud at Cider Hill Farm in Amesbury, Mass. Several companies are pursuing designs that can capture power from some of the most powerful winds on earth, blowing thousands of feet above the world's tallest turbines. (AP Photo/Altaeros Energies, Ben Glass)AP - The world's strongest winds race high in the sky, but that doesn't mean they're out of reach as a potentially potent energy source.

Memorial to 9/11 preaches vengeance and tolerance (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:34 AM PDT

In a May 10, 2011 photo, Joseph Manny passes his hand over a phrase etched into steel on a Sept. 11 memorial in Phoenix. The monument was created by etching 54 phrases in a circular piece of steel that captured what happened on Sept. 11 in New York and Phoenix, some stating facts and some stating opinions. It̢۪s those opinions on the memorial that have touched off a struggle in Arizona over how Sept. 11 should be remembered. (AP Photo/Tamara Lush)AP - Matthew Salenger etched 54 phrases in a circular piece of steel, building Arizona's Sept. 11 memorial one story at a time. He wanted everyone's story to be told.

AP Exclusive: Syria to end nuclear secrecy (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:42 AM PDT

AP - In a major turnaround, Syria is pledging full cooperation with U.N. attempts to probe strong evidence that it secretly built a reactor that could have been used to make nuclear arms, according to a confidential document shared with The Associated Press on Sunday.

Airline fuel bills today are anything but peanuts (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:56 AM PDT

Graphic shows the change in airline tickets from 2006 to 2011 and what factors are causing the changeAP - To fly someone from New York to Los Angeles and back, airlines spend close to $330 these days — just on fuel.

Wheldon wins stunning Indy 500 when leader crashes (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 01:04 PM PDT

IndyCar driver Alex Tagliani, of Canada, makes a pit stop during the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Chris Howell)AP - JR Hildebrand was one turn away from winning the Indianapolis 500 on his very first try. Then, within sight of the checkered flag, the 23-year-old Californian made the ultimate mistake.

'Hangover' hurls up huge numbers with $86.5M debut (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 12:12 PM PDT

In this publicity image released by Warner Bros., from left, Ed Helms, Ken Jeong and Bradley Cooper are shown in a scene from 'The Hangover Part II.' (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)AP - Hollywood's hangover is a lot bigger the second time around.

Ireland may need more EU/IMF cash: minister (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:15 AM PDT

Reuters - Ireland may have to ask for another loan from the European Union and International Monetary Fund because it will struggle to return to debt markets to raise funds next year, a government minister said on Sunday.

Strauss-Kahn assembles crisis team to fight back (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:40 AM PDT

Reuters - Faced with a legal and media onslaught, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is pulling together a crack team of investigators, former spies and media advisers to fight back against charges he sexually assaulted a hotel chambermaid.

Breakaway Yemen army units add to pressure on Saleh (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:29 AM PDT

Anti-regime protesters carry the body of a fighter loyal to opposition tribal chief Sheikh Sadeq al-Ahmar, who were killed during clashes with security forces in the past few days, in Sanaa May 28, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - A breakaway military group called on Sunday for other army units to join them in the fight to bring down Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, piling pressure on him to end his three-decade rule over the destitute country.

Israel's Fischer biding his time on IMF bid: source (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 03:51 AM PDT

Reuters - Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer will test the waters before deciding whether to become a candidate to head the International Monetary Fund, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

Lockheed says frequent cyber target from around world (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:15 AM PDT

Reuters - Lockheed Martin Corp, the U.S. government's top information technology provider, said on Sunday that a "tenacious" cyberattack on its network last weekend was part of a pattern of frequent attacks on it from around the world.

Ice melt to close off Arctic's interior riches: study (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:05 AM PDT

Reuters - Global warming will likely open up coastal areas in the Arctic to development but close vast regions of the northern interior to forestry and mining by mid-century as ice and frozen soil under temporary winter roads melt, researchers said.

French minister quits over sex harassment case (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Georges Tron arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris for the first ministers' weekly cabinet meeting after a government reshuffle November 17, 2010. REUTERS/Charles PlatiauReuters - A junior minister in French President Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right government resigned on Sunday after he was accused of sexual harassment by two women, the government said.

Power cuts increase hardship in Libyan rebel mountains (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:02 AM PDT

Libyan volunteers fix jammed weapons captured from Muammar Gaddafi forces at a workshop in Misrata May 28, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have cut electricity supplies to much of the Western Mountains, threatening water supplies and stepping up a war of attrition with rebels who hold the plateau.

Mladic denies Srebrenica role as thousands protest arrest (AFP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 12:05 PM PDT

Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, pictured, insists he was not responsible for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, his son said, as Serbia braced for protests against the ex-army chief's arrest.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic insists he was not responsible for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, his son said Sunday, as thousands protested in Belgrade against the ex-army chief's arrest.

Karzai gives US 'last warning' over civilian deaths (AFP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:18 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, pictured in Kabul last month, has called on the US military to avoid operations that kill civilians, saying it is his AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the US military on Sunday to avoid operations that kill civilians, saying it was his "last warning" to Washington after 14 people allegedly died in an air strike.
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