Tuesday, May 3, 2011

White House: bin Laden unarmed during assault (AP)

White House: bin Laden unarmed during assault (AP)

White House: bin Laden unarmed during assault (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:05 PM PDT

Local people and media gather outside the perimeter wall and sealed gate into the compound and a house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed late Monday, in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Local residents showed off small parts of what appeared to be a U.S. helicopter that Washington said malfunctioned and was disabled by the American commando strike team as they retreated, while Pakistan's leader on Tuesday denied suggestions that his country's security forces had sheltered Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Osama bin Laden was unarmed when he was confronted by U.S. commandos at his Pakistani hideout but tried to resist the assault, the White House said Tuesday as new details emerged about the audacious raid that killed the world's most wanted terrorist.

Congress may dock Pakistan aid over bin Laden (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:05 PM PDT

AP - Congress may consider cutting the almost $1.3 billion in annual aid to Pakistan if it turns out the Islamabad government knew where Osama bin Laden was hiding, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday.

Pakistan criticizes 'unauthorized' action by U.S. (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:05 PM PDT

A Pakistan army soldier stands on top of the house where it is believed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden lived in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Monday, May 2, 2011. Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of people, was slain in his hideout in Pakistan early Monday in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a frustrating decade. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Pakistan criticized the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden as an "unauthorized unilateral action," laying bare the strains the raid has put on an already rocky alliance.

Bin Laden's neighbors noticed unusual things (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:05 PM PDT

Local people and news media gather round the compound and house, seen on right, of Osama bin Laden as authorities eased the security and allowed people to approach the perimeter of the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, after a U.S. military raid late Monday which ended with the death of the al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and others inside the compound. U.S. Navy SEALs swept through the massive compound Monday in pursuit of their target, bin Laden, and it is revealed Tuesday by White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan that the U.S. already was scouring through items seized in the raid, said to include hard drives, DVD's, a pile of documents and other items. (AP Photo/Aqeel Ahmed)AP - When a woman involved in a polio vaccine drive turned up at Osama bin Laden's hideaway, she remarked to the men behind the high walls about the expensive SUVs parked inside. The men took the vaccine, apparently to administer to the 23 children at the compound, and told her to go away.

New report confirms Arctic melt accelerating (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 19, 2007 file photo an iceberg is seen off Ammassalik Island in Eastern Greenland. A new assessment of climate change in the Arctic shows the ice in the region is melting faster than previously thought and sharply raises projections of global sea level rise this century. (AP Photo/John McConnico, File)AP - Arctic ice is melting faster than expected and could raise the average global sea level by as much as five feet this century, an authoritative new report suggests.

Senate Democrats eye $4T budget savings plan (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 8, 2011, file photo Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, R-N.D., opens a hearing on the findings of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, sometimes called the federal debt commission, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Conrad is one of a bipartisan group of six senators which is closing in on what could represent the best chance for tackling a deficit crisis that has forced the government to borrow more than 40 cents of every dollar it spends. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - The top Democrat in the Senate on budget matters said Tuesday that he's preparing a fiscal blueprint to slash the deficit by $4 trillion over the upcoming decade — a plan built on the bipartisan findings of President Barack Obama's deficit commission.

Missouri levee blast eases threat to Illinois town (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:05 PM PDT

Part of the 130,000 acres of farmland flooded by an intentional break in the Birds Point levee is seen Tuesday, May 3, 2011, in Mississippi County, Mo. Army Corps of Engineers' blew a two-mile hole into the levee in southeast Missouri to take pressure off the rising Mississippi and Ohio rivers and try to protect nearby Cairo, Ill. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - The dramatic, late-night demolition of a levee sent water pouring onto thousands of acres of Missouri farmland Tuesday, easing the Mississippi River floodwaters threatening the tiny Illinois town of Cairo.

Americans 45 and older are new voting-age majority (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:12 PM PDT

AP - For the first time, Americans 45 and older make up a majority of the voting-age population, giving older Americans wider influence in elections as the U.S. stands divided over curtailing Medicare and other benefits for seniors.

Officials try to ID body in home of 1959 Playmate (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:09 PM PDT

AP - Former Playboy playmate and B-movie actress Yvette Vickers kept to herself and tended her flowers on a quiet, tree-lined street perched above Beverly Hills that actors, producers and writers call home.

RB Mendenhall causes stir with bin Laden tweets (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 11:50 AM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 27, 2011, file photo shows Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall during NFL football practice in Pittsburgh. Mendenhall has created a stir with comments made on his official Twitter page regarding Osama bin Laden's death. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)AP - Rashard Mendenhall has created a stir with comments made on his official Twitter page regarding Osama bin Laden's death. The Pittsburgh Steelers running back on Monday tweeted: "What kind of person celebrates death? It's amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We've only heard one side..."

U.S. seeks answers whether Pakistan aided bin Laden (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 12:51 PM PDT

President Barack Obama (2nd L) and Vice President Joe Biden (L), along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Also pictured are Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd R) and Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R). Please note: A classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured at source. REUTERS/White House/Pete Souza/HandoutReuters - Pakistan on Tuesday denied it gave shelter to Osama bin Laden but the White House vowed to "get to the bottom" of whether Pakistani authorities helped the al Qaeda leader elude a long manhunt before he was killed in a U.S. raid.

No proof Pakistanis knew bin Laden location: U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 09:42 AM PDT

Soldiers keep guard around a compound within which al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011. Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. assault on his Pakistani compound on May 2, 2011, then quickly buried at sea, in a dramatic end to the long manhunt for the al Qaeda leader who had become the most powerful symbol of global terrorism.. U.S. officials said bin Laden was found in the million-dollar compound in the military garrison town of Abbottabad, 60 km (35 miles) north of Islamabad. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - There is no evidence Pakistani officials knew Osama bin Laden was living at a compound deep inside the country, but the United States is not ruling out the possibility, President Barack Obama's counterterrorism adviser said on Tuesday.

GM and Ford sales up in April on compact cars (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:17 PM PDT

A GM sign is seen outside the Medved General Motors car dealership in Arvada, Colorado August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Rick WilkingReuters - General Motors Co returned to the top spot in auto sales in April as high gasoline prices fed consumer hunger for more fuel-efficient cars.

World population to pass 7 billion on October 31: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Reuters - The world's population is projected to pass 7 billion on October 31 as it heads toward 10 billion or more by the end of the century, a new U.N. report said on Tuesday.

Zawahri: From suburban doctor to chief of al Qaeda? (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 09:44 AM PDT

A frame grab of a video released on September 2, 2006 shows Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri speaking. REUTERS/Reuters TVReuters - The man most likely to take the helm of al Qaeda after Osama bin Laden did not emerge from the crowded slums of Egypt's sprawling capital or develop his militant ideas in any religious college or seminary.

U.S. views of Obama improve with bin Laden death (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 11:52 AM PDT

Reuters - The killing of Osama bin Laden sharply boosted President Barack Obama's image, improving Americans' views of his leadership and his efforts to fight terrorism, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday found.

Canada Tories to follow tax-cut, pro-business agenda (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 12:53 PM PDT

Conservative leader and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper gestures while talking with children after casting his ballot at a polling station in a school in Calgary, Alberta May 2, 2011. REUTERS/Chris WattieReuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, now backed by a powerful parliamentary majority, said on Tuesday the energy sector can rest easy that his government will not impede plans to vastly expand the country's oil sands output and ship some of the crude to Asia.

U.S. sues Deutsche Bank in mortgage fraud case (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:18 PM PDT

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a chart during a news conference in New York, May 3, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - The government sued Deutsche Bank AG for more than $1 billion, accusing the German bank of fraud for repeatedly lying to obtain federal guarantees on mortgages it issued.

Death of bin Laden: Live report (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:36 PM PDT

An undated picture of the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. AFP Photo(AFP/-)AFP - 0026 GMT: Rudy Giuliani, who was New York's mayor at the traumatic time of the September 11 terror strikes, tells ABC television he felt a "sense that revenge" after hearing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's death.
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