Saturday, June 25, 2011

Gay marriage backers: NY vote has national impact (AP)

Gay marriage backers: NY vote has national impact (AP)

Gay marriage backers: NY vote has national impact (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:05 AM PDT

This April 12, 2011 picture provided by Freedom to Marry shows Richard Dorr, 84, left, and John Mace, 91, at their home in New York City where they both work as voice teachers. They have been partners for 61 years, and have been hoping that legislation passes that would enable them to get married in New York. (AP Photo/Freedom to Marry, EqualityPhotography.com, Jamie McGonnigal)AP - Many obstacles still lie ahead for supporters of same-sex marriage, and eventually they will need Congress or the Supreme Court to embrace their goal. For the moment, though, they are jubilantly channeling the lyrics of "New York, New York."

Mobster's run almost textbook case of evasion (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 01:12 PM PDT

The name of 'Gasko' is seen on an apartment directory, where fugitive crime boss James 'Whitey' Bulger and his longtime companion Catherine Greig lived using the alias, in Santa Monica, Calif., Thursday, June 23, 2011. Bulger spent almost all of his 16 years on the lam in the same Santa Monica apartment complex, paying his rent in cash every month while he and his girlfriend hid from one of the biggest manhunts in U.S. history, the property managers said Thursday. The Boston mob boss was captured Wednesday near Los Angeles after 16 years on the run. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger did almost everything right in evading capture for 16 years.

AP-GfK Poll: People divided on looming debt crisis (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 23, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in New York. It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning 'the creditors are coming.' Americans seem not to have awakened to the fast-looming debt crisis that could summon a new recession, imperil their stock market investments and shatter faith in the world's most powerful economy. Those are among the implications, both sudden and long-lasting, expected to unfold if the U.S. defaults on debt payments for the first time in history. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning "the creditors are coming."

River crest projection drops by 2 feet in Minot (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 01:20 PM PDT

In this aerial photo, a Conoco gas station is surrounded by sand bags, the flood waters of the Souris River, and an oil slick Friday, June 24, 2011 in Minot, N.D. North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the Souris River is flowing over most levees in Minot as it surges past a 130-year-old record level. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - The Souris River is now projected to crest nearly 2 feet lower than expected in flood-damaged Minot, N.D.

Story of a raid: US night operations anger Afghans (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 01:21 PM PDT

AP - The American soldiers stormed into the Afghan family's compound in the middle of the night, kicking in doors and shouting. They ordered everyone into the yard, bound their hands, covered their heads and interrogated them for hours before taking away three men who had done nothing wrong.

Suicide car bomber kills 35 at Afghan clinic (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:29 AM PDT

An injured Afghan man, a victim of a blast lies in a hospital bed in Kunduz city in the northern province of Kunduz, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 25, 2011. A bicycle rigged with explosives ripped through a bazaar in the Khanabad district of Kunduz province on Friday, killing at least 10 people, including a police officer. At least 24 people were wounded in the attack, according to an Interior Ministry statement. (AP Photo/Balal)AP - A suicide car bomber blasted a small clinic Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, causing the building to collapse as mostly women and children lined up for vaccinations, maternity care and other services. At least 35 people were killed in one of the deadliest attacks against civilians this year.

Militants raid Pakistan police station; 10 killed (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 10:17 AM PDT

Pakistani police officer gather at the site of an explosion outside the office of International Committee of the Red Cross in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, June 25, 2011. A planted bomb partially exploded as it was being defused next to a Red Cross office in Pakistan's south, but no one was hurt, police said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)AP - Two militants attacked a police station in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, fighting gunbattles before blowing themselves up during a five-hour standoff that killed at least 10 officers, authorities said.

Sportsmen monitor gas drilling in Marcellus Shale (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:03 PM PDT

In this photo made on Thursday, June 9, 2011, members of the local chapter of the fishermans group, 'The Izaak Walton League', John Yesenosky, left, and Ken Dufalla test water samples taken from Whitely Creek in Kirby, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - Fishermen are gearing up and hunters are taking aim — for Marcellus Shale gas drilling.

AP Enterprise: Pharmacy robberies sweeping US (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:02 PM PDT

FILE In this file photo of June 22, 2011, people bring flowers to Haven Drugs pharmacy where four people were shot and killed during a botched weekend painkiller robbery in Medford, N.Y. A wave of pharmacy robberies is sweeping across the United States as desperate addicts and ruthless dealers turn to violence to feed the nation’s growing hunger for narcotic painkillers. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, File)AP - A wave of pharmacy robberies is sweeping the United States as desperate addicts and ruthless dealers turn to violence to feed the nation's growing hunger for narcotic painkillers.

Federer, Nadal, SWilliams reach 4th round (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 01:02 PM PDT

Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates winning a point during his match against Luxembourg's Gilles Muller during their match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Saturday, June 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams — players with a combined 12 Wimbledon titles — all won in straight sets Saturday to move into the fourth round and keep up their pursuit of more championship trophies at the All England Club.

Central bankers agree on bank capital surcharge plan (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 09:34 AM PDT

Reuters - Global banking regulators have agreed on a proposal to slap an extra capital charge on the world's biggest banks to make them safer by 2019.

NATO says hit military targets in Libya's Brega (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:53 AM PDT

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., right, and Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, walk to the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2011, for a vote over funding for U.S. military action in Libya. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Reuters - NATO missiles hit a site in Libya used by Muammar Gaddafi's forces to stockpile military supplies and vehicles, the alliance said Saturday, adding it was unaware of 15 civilian deaths reported by state media.

Greek ministers urge backing for austerity plan (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:04 AM PDT

Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos addresses a news conference in Athens June 23, 2011. REUTERS/John KolesidisReuters - Greek ministers and policy makers urged parliament on Saturday to do its duty next week and pass a deeply unpopular set of austerity measures international lenders have demanded as the price for staving off bankruptcy.

Prominent Chinese dissident Hu Jia released from jail: wife (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 01:00 PM PDT

Reuters - One of China's most prominent dissidents, Hu Jia, was reunited with his family in the early hours of Sunday after serving three and a half-years in jail on subversion charges, his wife said.

Wal-Mart plaintiffs seek more time to pursue cases (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Reuters - Attorneys representing women who unsuccessfully sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc for gender discrimination filed a motion on Friday asking a U.S. District Court to freeze the statute of limitations for their complaints against the retailer.

Federal investigators on scene of Amtrak collision (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:43 AM PDT

Reuters - Federal transportation safety investigators on Saturday were at the scene of a crash between a tractor-trailer rig and an Amtrak train in Nevada, where authorities say more bodies may be found in the wreckage.

Casey Anthony trial delayed by unexplained "legal issue" (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 10:10 AM PDT

Reuters - The Saturday session of Casey Anthony's first-degree murder trial was scuttled by an unspecified "legal issue" announced by Judge Belvin Perry.

New York governor signs law approving gay marriage (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:55 PM PDT

People celebrate inside of Stonewall Inn after the New York Senate passed a bill legalizing gay marriage in New York June 24, 2011. New York will become the sixth and most populous U.S. state to allow gay marriage after senators voted 33-29 on Friday night to approve the move. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)Reuters - Governor Andrew Cuomo made same-sex marriages legal in New York on Friday, a key victory for gay rights ahead of the 2012 presidential and congressional elections.

Civilians killed as Syria presses crackdown: activist (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 01:04 PM PDT

Syrian refugees walk in a refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Yayladagi in Hatay province. Four civilians were shot dead by Syrian security forces on Saturday, as tanks entered a border village with Turkey and workers there scrambled to erect a tent city anticipating a new refugee exodus.(AFP/Adem Altan)AFP - Four civilians were shot dead by Syrian security forces on Saturday, as tanks entered a border village with Turkey and workers there scrambled to erect a tent city anticipating a new refugee exodus.

Bomb attack on Afghan hospital kills at least 20 (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:43 PM PDT

A map locating the Logar province of Afghanistan where at least 20 people, including women and children, have been killed in a suicide car bombing at a hospital.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - A bomb at an Afghan hospital Saturday killed at least 20 people including women and children, days after President Barack Obama said 10,000 US troops would leave the country this year.
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