Friday, June 3, 2011

Edwards pleads not guilty to finance charges in NC (AP)

Edwards pleads not guilty to finance charges in NC (AP)

Edwards pleads not guilty to finance charges in NC (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:06 PM PDT

John Edwards leaves the Federal Building in Winston-Salem, N.C., Friday, June 3, 2011. A federal grand jury indicted the two-time presidential candidate on Friday, accusing him of trying to protect his political ambitions by soliciting and secretly spending more than $925,000 to hide his Mistress and their baby from the public during the peak of his 2008 presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - Former presidential hopeful John Edwards pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges that he solicited and secretly spent more than $925,000 to hide his mistress and their baby from the public at the height of his 2008 White House campaign.

Yemen president wounded as tribesmen strike palace (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT

FILE - In a May 6, 2011 file photo, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh waves to his supporters, during a rally in his support in Sanaa,Yemen. A government official says Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been moved to the Defense Ministry hospital for treatment after being wounded in a rocket attack Friday, June 3, 2011 on his palace. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)AP - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded when opposition tribesmen determined to topple him hammered his palace with rockets Friday in a major escalation of nearly two weeks of fighting with government forces. Seven guards were killed and eight senior figures from Saleh's regime were wounded.

Defiant Mladic calls genocide charges 'obnoxious' (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT

Former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic salutes in the court room during his initial appearance at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, June 3, 2011.Mladic's appearance Friday at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague is his first public appearance since he went into hiding nearly 16 years ago, when he was indicted for genocide and war crimes committed in the 1992-95 Bosnian war. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, Pool)AP - Last seen as a swaggering general in the Bosnia war, Ratko Mladic needed help rising from his chair for war-crimes judges Friday, his limp right hand too weak to put on earphones without assistance.

Kevorkian's audacious attitude set him apart (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:19 PM PDT

FILE In this Feb. 6, 1991 photo, retired Royal Oak, Mich. pathologist, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, left, listens as his attorney, Geoffrey N. Fieger, talks with reporters after return of the Suicide Machine. A lawyer and friend of Kevorkian says the assisted suicide advocate has died at a Detroit-area hospital at the age of 83. Mayer Morganroth tells The Associated Press that Kevorkian died Friday, June 3, 2011 at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, where he had been hospitalized. Kevorkian had been hospitalized since last month with pneumonia and kidney problems. (AP Photo)AP - Jack Kevorkian built his suicide machine with parts gathered from flea markets and stashed it in a rusty Volkswagen van.

Few jobs added in May; unemployment up to 9.1 pct (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT

Job seeker Silvestre Tellez, left, inquires about job openings at Vons stand at the 10th annual Skid Row Career Fair held at the Los Angeles Mission downtown Los Angeles Thursday, June 2, 2011. Employers hired only 54,000 new workers in May, the fewest in eight months, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent.(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Employers in May added the fewest jobs in eight months, and the unemployment rate inched up to 9.1 percent. The weakening job market raised concerns about an economy hampered by high gas prices and the effects of natural disasters here and abroad.

Romney points to job numbers as proof Obama fails (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT

Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets well-wishers after a town hall style campaign event at the University of New Hampshire in Manchester, N.H., Friday, June 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - Casting President Barack Obama as a failure who has tanked the United States' economy, Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney seized on Friday's jobs report as he pitched himself as an alternative with the experience to turn around the struggling economy.

House adopts resolution scolding Obama on Libya (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio exits the House chamber on Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 3, 2011, after the Republican-controlled House adopted a resolution rebuking President Barack Obama for dispatching U.S. military forces against Libya without congressional approval. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - The Republican-controlled House on Friday adopted a resolution rebuking President Barack Obama for dispatching U.S. military forces against Libya without congressional approval. The vote was 268-145, over White House objections.

Suicide bombers in Iraq hit mosque, then hospital (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:08 PM PDT

The remains of a vehicle damaged in an explosion are seen the morning after four blasts killed several people in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, June 3, 2011. The blasts in what was the heartland of the al-Qaida-led insurgency are a reminder of the danger still facing Iraq, as it prepares for the departure of the remaining U.S. troops by the end of this year.(AP Photo)AP - A suicide bomber attacked a mosque filled with Iraqi politicians and policemen Friday and another blew himself up inside the hospital where the wounded were taken, killing a total of 21 people in Saddam Hussein's hometown.

NY-born twin friars die on same day at age 92 (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:08 PM PDT

This May 2003 photo provided by St. Bonaventure University shows Adrian, left, and Julian Riester, identical twins and brothers in the Order of Friars Minor , outside the St. Bonaventure Friary in St. Bonaventure, N.Y. The twins, born just seconds apart in Buffalo on March 27, 1919, died just hours apart on Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at St. Anthony Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. Professed Franciscan friars for 65 years, they worked together at the St. Bonaventure Friary. (AP Photo/St. Bonaventure University, Beth Eberth)AP - Identical twins Julian and Adrian Riester were born seconds apart 92 years ago. They died hours apart this week. The Buffalo-born brothers were also brothers in the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor. Professed friars for 65 years, they spent much of that time working together at St. Bonaventure University, doing carpentry work, gardening and driving visitors to and from the airport and around town.

James Arness of 'Gunsmoke' fame dead at 88 (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated publicity image released by CBS, Actor James Arness is shown as Marshal Matt Dillon in 'Gunsmoke.' CBS spokesman Chris Ender says former 'Gunsmoke' star James Arness died Friday, June 3, 2011 of natural causes. He was 88. (AP Photo/CBS) NO SALES. NORTH AMERICA USE ONLY.AP - It takes a special kind of lawman to carry on for 20 years in the Wild West of TV. Matt Dillon, the mythical marshal of Dodge City, stood tall — all 6 feet, 6 inches of him — on "Gunsmoke" from 1955 to 1975. He outlasted dozens of other Western heroes while making history on TV's longest-running dramatic series, a record that held until NBC's "Law & Order" tied the CBS Western's record in 2010.

Cooling employment casts shadow on recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:17 PM PDT

Reuters - The economy may be in for a long period of soft growth after employers hired the fewest number of workers in eight months in May and the unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent.

Ex-presidential hopeful Edwards charged over affair (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:38 PM PDT

Then Democratic presidential candidate and former Senator John Edwards addresses supporters at his South Carolina primary night rally in Columbia, South Carolina, January 26, 2008. REUTERS/Chris KeaneReuters - Former Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards was indicted on Friday for using nearly $1 million in illegal campaign funds to help cover up an extramarital affair during his White House bid.

Republicans say Obama must "step up" on deficit talks (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:29 PM PDT

Reuters - Top Republicans on Friday said an increase in the jobless rate underscored the need for President Barack Obama to get personally involved in talks to cut government spending to help stimulate economic growth.

U.S. pushed Goldman to provide legal loss estimate (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 08:36 AM PDT

The Goldman Sachs building is seen at 200 West Street, New York June 2, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc disclosed estimates of potential losses from legal issues after pressure from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff, according to documents released on Friday.

U.S., Afghanistan push ahead on long-term deal (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:24 AM PDT

U.S. and Canadian soldiers make their way through a grape field at sunrise on Thursday, June 2, 2011 in a joint patrol in Zangabad, Afghanistan. Americans soldiers are now patrolling with Canadians, marking the beginning of the end of Canada's combat mission in Kandahar. The Americans, members of the 3rd Battalion 21st Infantry Regiment, based in Fort Wainwright, Alaska, will fully take over the Zangabad region in July. The Canadians have been dug in there since last December. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Murray Brewster)Reuters - U.S. and Afghan officials are pushing ahead with talks on a deal to define the long-term American role in Afghanistan, possibly easing worries among some Afghans that Washington will walk away when foreign forces go home.

Greece likely to get aid tranche (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:28 AM PDT

Protesters stand in front of the Greek parliament during a rally against a new austerity package in Athens' Constitution (Syntagma) square June 1, 2011. REUTERS/Yannis BehrakisReuters - Greece is likely to get a vital slice of aid in July to avoid default, international lenders said on Friday, while the European Union raised the prospect of expanding the bailout of the euro zone state.

Yemen's Saleh wounded as 7 die in attack on palace (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:15 PM PDT

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh points during an interview with selected media, including Reuters, in Sanaa May 25, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was slightly injured in a shelling attack on his palace on Friday as fighting intensified in the capital of the impoverished country.

Qatar deports Libyan woman who said she was raped (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:08 PM PDT

Reuters - Qatar deported a Libyan woman who claimed that she had been gang raped by pro-government militiamen, after spending nearly a month in the Gulf Arab country, a United Nations refugee group said on Friday.

Yemen president wounded in palace attack but 'well' (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:03 PM PDT

Tens of thousands of Yemeni anti-regime protesters crowd central Sanaa during a demonstration calling for the overthrow of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Saleh was wounded along with his premier and other officials when shells fired by dissident tribesmen smashed into a mosque on Friday, as Yemen teetered towards civil war.(AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)AFP - Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded on Friday when dissidents shelled a mosque in the presidential compound, as Yemen teetered towards civil war and Washington urged a peaceful transition of power.

Mladic denounces 'obnoxious' charges in UN court (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:29 AM PDT

Wartime Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic has denounced genocide charges against him as AFP - Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic Friday faced down war crimes court judges at a first appearance, calling the charges against him "obnoxious" and said he was "simply defending his country".
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