Thursday, June 2, 2011

Outbreak in Europe blamed on 'super-toxic' strain (AP)

Outbreak in Europe blamed on 'super-toxic' strain (AP)

Outbreak in Europe blamed on 'super-toxic' strain (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:51 PM PDT

Forklifts drive between pallets containing vegetables and fruits of wholesalers during the business hours at the central market in Berlin, early Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Scientists have still not been able to pinpoint the source of an unprecedented foodborne bacterial outbreak that has killed 16 people in Europe and left more than 1,000 sick, including 400 suffering from severe and potentially fatal symptoms, Germany's agriculture minister said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - Scientists on Thursday blamed Europe's worst recorded food-poisoning outbreak on a "super-toxic" strain of E. coli bacteria that may be brand new.

Romney opens presidential bid — he's got company (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:39 PM PDT

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, accompanied by his wife Ann, arrives to announce his 2012 candidacy for president, Thursday, June 2, 2011, in Stratham, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Just as Mitt Romney declared he's in, it's suddenly looking like he might have more big-name competition for the Republican presidential nomination.

Democrats meeting with Obama on deficits (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., answers a reporter's question outside the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 1, 2011, after House Republicans met with President Barack Obama regarding the debt ceiling. At left is House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., and at right is Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - House Democrats met with President Barack Obama for talks on cutting the deficit Thursday as the White House pushed back against calls from Republicans for Obama to show more leadership and offer more specifics on the issue.

Mass. digs out after tornadoes kill 3, hurt 200 (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT

A man wipes his eyes as he sorts through children's clothes on the roof of his home a day after a tornado in Springfield, Mass., Thursday, June 2, 2011. Residents of 19 communities in central and western Massachusetts woke to widespread damage Thursday, a day after at least two late-afternoon tornadoes shocked emergency officials with their suddenness and violence and caused the state's first tornado-related deaths in 16 years. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP - The Rev. Bob Marrone was pained to see the steeple of his 137-year-old church shattered and strewn on the grass in the central Massachusetts town of Monson, yet he knows he's more fortunate than some of his neighbors who lost their homes after tornadoes tore through the state, killing at least three people and injuring about 200.

AP Exclusive: Civilians dead in South Sudan battle (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT

In this photo obtained by the Associated Press on Thursday June 2, 2011 and taken on May 8, 2011, a man, who according U.N. reports had been killed in a apparent massacre of civilians, lies on the ground in the village of Kaldak, Jonglei state, southern Sudan. Southern Sudan soldiers attacking a minority ethnic group targeted and shot unarmed men and women after a battle at this remote Nile River village that resulted in hundreds of civilian victims, according to secret U.N. reports obtained by The Associated Press. The killings including of women and young children, raise serious questions over how much control Southern Sudan's military leaders have over troops in the field as the south approaches its independence day July 9, when it officially breaks away from northern Sudan and becomes the world's newest nation. (AP Photo)AP - Southern Sudan soldiers attacking a rival ethnic group fired indiscriminately on unarmed men, women and children at a remote Nile River village, killing or wounding hundreds of civilians, according to witness accounts in a confidential U.N. report.

Police: Suspect in Ariz. shootings killed himself (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:37 PM PDT

AP - Authorities have identified the man suspected of fatally shooting five people and wounding one other in southwest Arizona, and they say he has killed himself.

Food pyramid out, 'My Plate' in for healthy eating (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:50 PM PDT

This undated handout image provided by the Agriculture Department shows the department's new healthy eating symbol: My Plate. The Agriculture Department says its new healthy eating symbol — called 'My Plate' — will show Americans that nutrition doesn't have to be complicated. (AP Photo/Agriculture Department)AP - There's a new U.S. symbol for healthful eating: The Agriculture Department unveiled "My Plate" on Thursday, abandoning the food pyramid that had guided many Americans but merely confused others.

Man who kidnapped CA girl to spend life in prison (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:44 PM PDT

Susan Gellman, right, the court appointed attorney for Phillip Garrido, left, reads a statement by her client during his sentencing hearing in the 1991 kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard, at the El Dorado County Superior Court in Placerville, Calif., Thursday, June 2, 2011. Calling him the 'poster child' of a sexual predator, Judge Douglas C. Phimister sentenced Phillip Garrido to 431 year to life in state prison.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, pool)AP - A serial sex offender was ordered Thursday to spend the rest of his life in prison after the California woman he kidnapped, raped and held captive for 18 years said he and his wife had stolen her life.

13 advance to finals of National Spelling Bee (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:05 PM PDT

Sriram Jagadeesh Hathwar, 11, from Corning, N.Y. celebrates on being told that he made it into the final round of the National Spelling Bee, Thursday, June 2, 2011, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Those spelling bee kids just keep getting better and better. Even words like "chlorthalidone," "dreikanter," "renminbi" and "helichrysum" couldn't sufficiently narrow down the field.

It's here: Groupon files for hotly anticipated IPO (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:06 PM PDT

AP - Fast-growing daily deal site Groupon Inc. on Thursday filed go public, the first step what will be one of the year's most hotly anticipated initial public offerings.

U.S. weighs security after "serious" Google allegation (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:55 AM PDT

Reuters - Washington scrambled on Thursday to assess whether security had been compromised after Google Inc revealed a major hacker attack targeting U.S. officials that the Internet giant pegged to China.

Moody's may cut BofA, Citi, Wells ratings (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Reuters - Moody's Investors Service said it may downgrade the debt ratings of Bank of America Corp, Citigroup Inc and Wells Fargo & Co, citing concerns about waning U.S. political willingness to offer support for the largest banks.

Chevron UK fire affects process tank, truck: Fire department (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:34 PM PDT

Reuters - A fire at a Chevron oil refinery in south Wales on Thursday affected a process tank and a truck, the local fire service said.

EU agrees in principle on new Greek bailout: source (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:53 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 - Senior euro zone officials have agreed in principle on a new international bailout of Greece that will give it more time to try to resolve its debt crisis, a source close to the talks said on Thursday.

Goldman Sachs subpoenaed for financial crisis role (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:13 PM PDT

People walk past the entrance to the Goldman Sachs building at 200 West Street, New York June 2, 2011. Goldman Sachs Group received a subpoena from New York prosecutors seeking information on the investment bank's role leading into the global financial crisis, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The subpoena from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is the latest blow for the largest U.S. investment bank, which is reinventing itself as new U.S. financial regulations cut into some of its key businesses. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY)Reuters - New York prosecutors have asked Goldman Sachs to explain its behavior in the run-up to the financial crisis, the latest investigation that has cast a pall over the reputation of the largest U.S. investment bank.

Wall Street pressures Washington to hike debt limit (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:49 AM PDT

Reuters - Ratings agency Moody's Thursday threatened to review the United States' coveted top-notch credit rating if the White House and Congress do not make progress by mid-July in talks to raise the debt limit.

Romney kicks off presidential bid, blasts Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:15 AM PDT

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney signs autograph for supporters during the Greater Des Moines Partnership's Presidential Forum Speaker Series at the Des Moines Historical Building on May 27, 2011. REUTERS/Brian C. FrankReuters - Mitt Romney, the multimillionaire former governor of Massachusetts, kicked off his second bid for the White House on Thursday with a hard-hitting economic message charging that "Barack Obama has failed America."

High jobless claims add to slowdown concerns (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:45 PM PDT

Reuters - The number of Americans signing up for jobless benefits fell only slightly last week, doing little to calm growing fears of a pullback in the economy's recovery.

'First' outbreak of mystery bacteria kills 18 (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:04 PM PDT

A nurse cares for a patient infected with the virulent E. coli bacteria undergoing dialysis treatment at a hospital in Hamburg on June 1. The World Health Organisation warned Thursday Europe was seeing the first outbreak of a lethal bacteria, as its death toll climbed to 18 and the first suspected cases were reported in the US.(AFP/DPA/File/Angelika Warmuth)AFP - The World Health Organisation warned Thursday Europe was seeing the first outbreak of a lethal bacteria, as its death toll climbed to 18 and the first suspected cases were reported in the US.

Mladic 'was treated for cancer in Belgrade' (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 08:42 AM PDT

Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic, seen here on May 27, was treated for cancer in a Belgrade hospital two years ago while fleeing genocide charges, his lawyer said ahead his first appearance at a UN court.(AFP/Politika/File)AFP - Wartime Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic was treated for cancer two years ago while evading genocide charges, his lawyer said Thursday on the eve of the ex-general's first appearance at a UN court.
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