Sunday, May 1, 2011

Vandals attack embassies in Libya after airstrike (AP)

Vandals attack embassies in Libya after airstrike (AP)

Vandals attack embassies in Libya after airstrike (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 01:02 PM PDT

This photo distributed by China's Xinhua news agency shows the damage of the house of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi after a NATO airstrike during a tour organized by the Libyan government in the area of Gargur in Tripoli, Libya, early Sunday, May 1, 2011. Moammar Gadhafi escaped the NATO missile strike in Tripoli on Saturday, but his youngest son and three grandchildren under the age of 12 were killed, a government spokesman said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Hamza Turkia) NO SALESAP - Vandals attacked the Italian and British embassies in the Libyan capital Sunday, hours after officials said Moammar Gadhafi escaped a NATO missile strike that killed one of his sons and three young grandchildren. The unrest prompted the United Nations to pull its international staff out of Tripoli.

Tornado victims seek comfort in Sunday services (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 12:52 PM PDT

Jean Croft worships at an outdoor service at Mt. Peria Baptist Church in Ringgold, Ga. Sunday, May 1, 2011 after thke church was damaged by a tornado on Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Billy Weeks)AP - Macolee Muhammed accepted the prayer of a relief worker who stopped by what was left of her Birmingham home. It didn't matter that she was Muslim and he was a Southern Baptist.

Pope beatifies John Paul II before 1.5M faithful (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 12:53 PM PDT

Faithful crowd St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II before more than a million faithful in St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets Sunday, moving the beloved former pontiff one step closer to possible sainthood. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - VATICAN CITY — Some 1.5 million pilgrims flooded Rome Sunday to watch Pope John Paul II move a step closer to sainthood in one of the largest Vatican Masses in history, an outpouring of adoration for a beloved and historic figure after years marred by church scandal.

NATO on defensive over strikes close to Gadhafi (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 09:53 AM PDT

In this photo made on a government organized tour, supporters inspect damage at the Gadhafi family compound in a residential area of Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli that killed one of his sons and three young grandchildren, a government spokesman said early Sunday. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)AP - After two airstrikes in a week on targets close to Moammar Gadhafi, NATO was on the defensive Sunday over accusations that it was overstepping its mandate by trying to kill the Libyan leader.

AP IMPACT: Ties bind Japan nuke sector, regulators (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 07:14 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 24, 2011 file aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE, damaged Unit 4 of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is seen in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. Nearly 10 years after Japan's top utility first assured the government that its Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was safe from any tsunami, regulators were just getting around to checking out the claim. The move was too little, too late. (AP Photo/AIR PHOTO SERVICE, File) MANDATORY CREDITAP - Nearly 10 years after Japan's top utility first assured the government that its Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was safe from any tsunami, regulators were just getting around to checking out the claim. The move was too little, too late.

NASA: Endeavour's last launch delayed again (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 12:22 PM PDT

FILE - In an April 30, 2011 file photo, visitors at the Kennedy Space Center take photos and get a close view of space shuttle Endeavour on Pad 39A in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA said Sunday, May 1, 2011 that space shuttle Endeavour's final launch is off until at least the end of the week because technicians need to replace a switch box in the engine compartment. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Space shuttle Endeavour's final launch is off until at least the end of the week because technicians need to replace a switch box in the engine compartment, NASA said Sunday.

Amid 'war on obesity,' skeptics warn of stigma (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 07:00 AM PDT

This image made Thursday, April 21, 2011 shows a page from the website www.stopchildhoodobesity.com. The advertisement, part of a 'Stop Child Obesity' campaign in Georgia, won some enthusiastic praise for their attention-grabbing tactics. But they also have outraged parents, activists and academics who feel the result is more stigma for an already beleaguered group of children. (AP Photo)AP - The images are striking: Overweight boys and girls staring somberly from billboards and online videos, real-life embodiments of the blunt messages alongside.

Workers demand better jobs, pay on May Day (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 11:41 AM PDT

Participants of a May Day march organized by the German trade union carry flags and banners as they march through Berlin, Germany, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Banner in front reads: ' This is the least, fair salaries, fair jobs'. (AP Photo/dapd, Steffi Loos) GERMANY OUT AUSTRIA OUT SWITZERLAND OUTAP - Some 400,000 people took to the streets in Germany on Sunday as marchers around the world demanded more jobs, better working conditions and higher wages on International Workers' Day.

'Fast Five' races to furious start with $83.6M (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 10:13 AM PDT

In this film publicity image released by Universal Pictures, Vin Diesel, left, and Dwayne Johnson are shown in a scene from 'Fast Five.' (AP Photo/Universal Pictures)AP - "Fast Five" has left the competition in the dust with an $83.6 million debut to grab the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.

AP source: Bulls' Thibodeau wins Coach of the Year (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 12:12 PM PDT

Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau talks to the media at a press conference after practice at the Berto Center on Monday, April 25, 2011, in Deerfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)AP - Tom Thibodeau waited about two decades to become an NBA head coach. It didn't take him long to be recognized as one of the best once he got the chance.

Top officials tour storm-ravaged South (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2011 11:09 AM PDT

Reuters - Top government officials planned to survey the devastated landscape left by tornadoes in the South on Sunday as President Barack Obama's administration tries to show it is on top of the deadliest U.S. natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina.

Libya says Gaddafi survives air strikes, but son killed (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2011 10:56 AM PDT

Rebel fighters take up position in the western entrance of Ajdabiyah April 30, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemReuters - Libya said Sunday Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son and three grandchildren were killed in a NATO air strike and Britain said that while it was not targeting the leader, it was homing in on his military machine.

Buffett remains solid on the American economy (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2011 08:14 AM PDT

Reuters - Warren Buffett is no analyst, but he still has a "strong buy" rating on America.

Yemen transition deal teeters as Saleh fails to sign (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2011 01:04 PM PDT

Army soldiers stand guard at a barrier blocking a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Salehin the southern city of Taiz May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - A deal to remove Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh looked doomed on Sunday after he refused to sign, raising the threat of more instability in the Arab state.

Pope John Paul II beatified before massive crowd (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2011 11:15 AM PDT

The Faithful rest before the beatification mass for Pope John Paul II led by Pope Benedict XVI in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Max RossiReuters - The late Pope John Paul II was moved a major step closer to sainthood on Sunday at a ceremony that drew about a million and a half people to Rome and was celebrated by Catholics around the world.

Gas prices and debt to dominate Congress in May (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2011 11:30 AM PDT

Reuters - The Congress returns to work on Monday to begin negotiations in earnest on the government's jumbo-sized debt, even as Republicans and Democrats trade blame for soaring gasoline prices.

Sony to resume some PlayStation services (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2011 11:11 AM PDT

A woman walks on a floor advertisement for Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 game console at an electronic store in Tokyo April 27, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Sony said it would resume some services on its PlayStation Network this week and offer incentives to customers to try to prevent them turning to competitors after the theft of personal information belonging to 78 million user accounts.

Thousands in Cairo's Tahrir Square demand work rights (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2011 11:41 AM PDT

Reuters - Thousands of Egyptian workers demonstrated in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday to demand an increase in the country's 400 Egyptian pound ($67) per month minimum wage and other rights.

British, Italian missions torched as Kadhafi son killed (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 12:48 PM PDT

A Libyan rebel uses binoculars to monitor a position held by Moamer Kadhafi's forces outside a house in Al-Ghiran near Misrata airport, hours before the house was hit by a mortar shell fired by the loyalists, killing two rebels and wounding five others.(AFP/Christophe Simon)AFP - Demonstrators torched British and Italian missions in Tripoli on Sunday after Libya accused NATO of trying to assassinate Moamer Kadhafi in a raid that killed one of his sons and three grandchildren.

A million cheers as John Paul II declared 'blessed' (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 12:39 PM PDT

The giant banner bearing John Paul's portrait is unveiled over the facade of St Peter's basilica during the ceremony of beatification for late pope John Paul II at St Peter's square at The Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI declared John Paul II AFP - Pope Benedict XVI bestowed the status of "blessed" on his predecessor John Paul II on Sunday in front of a million people in a ceremony that puts the late pope one step away from sainthood.
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