Saturday, July 2, 2011

Strauss-Kahn leaves NYC house, destination unknown (AP)

Strauss-Kahn leaves NYC house, destination unknown (AP)

Strauss-Kahn leaves NYC house, destination unknown (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:32 PM PDT

Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his temporary residence in Tribeca, Saturday, July 2, 2011, in New York. A judge released him Friday without bail or home confinement in the sexual assault case against him after prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault. The criminal case against him stands. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP - Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn left the townhouse he was renting and stepped into a vehicle with his wife Saturday afternoon, a day after a judge lifted his house arrest on attempted rape charges.

Some worry about nuclear plant evacuation plans (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:25 PM PDT

In this Thursday, June 30, 2011 picture, Bret Gross, a resident of San Clemente, Calif., sits on the beach just outside the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, about five miles from his home. He worries that the area cannot be quickly evacuated in a severe nuclear accident. 'Forget the amount of training and plans,' he said. 'It'll be ugly.' (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP - Retiree Bret Gross of San Clemente loves Southern California weather and the seashore. Yet he's ready for a quick getaway, leaving his car's tank at least half full of gasoline.

Romney watches for Iowa path as campaigns heat up (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 09:07 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 27, 2011, file photo former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, talks with former Iowa Gov. Bob Ray after speaking at the Mediacom 2012 Presidential Candidate Series in Des Moines, Iowa. Over the next six weeks the accelerating GOP presidential campaigns in Iowa, Rep. Michele Bachmann’s quick rise in popularity and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s stubbornly low poll numbers, will likely define front-runner Romney’s chief challengers, and may oblige him to change his mind about mounting only modest efforts in this early voting state. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)AP - The accelerating GOP presidential campaigns in Iowa probably will define front-runner Mitt Romney's chief challengers over the next six weeks and could force the former Massachusetts governor to reconsider his decision to mount only modest efforts in this early voting state.

NJ paves way on tightening public worker benefits (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:55 PM PDT

AP - The nation's financial downturn left many states in such a precarious position that they were forced this year to make tough decisions on expensive but long-untouchable public employee benefits.

CA college students brace for state budget cuts (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:21 PM PDT

University of California Berkeley student Dior Sweeney poses for a photograph on the campus in Berkeley, Calif., Friday, July 1, 2011. California college students could see bigger tuition bills but fewer courses and services after lawmakers passed a state budget that slashes spending on higher education.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - California college students are bracing for higher tuition bills and fewer courses and campus services under a new state budget that once again slashes spending on higher education.

Minnesota Dem gov fights GOP's 'no new tax' stance (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:18 PM PDT

FILE In this June 30, 2011 photo, Gov. Mark Dayton speaks during a news conference hours before the midnight deadline to pass a budget at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. The Democratic governor and legislative Republicans are deadlocked over a $5 billion budget deficit. Republicans have refused any tax hike. (AP Photo/Genevieve Ross)AP - Mark Dayton, the Democratic governor of Minnesota who let his state's government shut down rather than accept the refusal of Republican lawmakers to raise income taxes on the wealthy, was born into money.

Blagojevich likely to face menial work in prison (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:08 PM PDT

FILE In this July 26, 2010 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, and his wife Patti, right, arrive at the federal courthouse with their daughters Annie, front holding Patti's hand, and Amy, in Chicago during his first trial on corruption charges. The fallout from Blagojevich's slam-dunk conviction on corruption charges in his retrial June 27, 2011, poses no end of difficulties for him and his family. While he and his wife, the daughter of an influential Chicago alderman, have connections, she and their two school-age daughters could face some financial jeopardy, with Blagojevich's sentence possibly lasting through the two girls' high school and college years. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - An eight-digit number affixed to his prison clothes. A job scrubbing toilets or mopping floors at 12 cents an hour. His incessant jogging confined to a prison yard. Most painful of all, restricted visits from his wife and two daughters.

Afghan attacks kill 18, family on board a van (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 09:46 AM PDT

Afghan policemen escorts protestors during an anti Pakistan demonstration, as in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, July 2, 2011. Several hundred people demonstrated against rocket attacks that have killed an estimated 36 civilians along the eastern border with Pakistan in recent weeks. Pakistan's army has said no rounds were intentionally fired but that some may have accidentally fallen in Afghanistan in fighting with militants carrying out cross-border attacks.. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - A roadside bomb ripped through a van carrying a family Saturday in southern Afghanistan, killing all on board — the deadliest incident in a string of attacks that killed 18 civilians, according to officials.

'Transformers' climbs to $97.5M, aims for records (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 11:46 AM PDT

In this publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Bumblebee is shown in a scene from 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon.' (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures)AP - The latest "Transformers" sequel might set some revenue records over Fourth of July weekend.

Kvitova beats Sharapova at Wimbledon for 1st major (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:41 PM PDT

Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic holds her trophy aloft after defeating Russia's Maria Sharapova in the ladies' singles final at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Saturday, July 2, 2011.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - One might reasonably have expected Petra Kvitova, not Maria Sharapova, to be betrayed by nerves in the Wimbledon final.

Euro zone approves further 12 bln euros for Greece (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Saturday to disburse a further 12 billion euros ($17.4 billion) to Greece and said the details of a second aid package for Athens would be worked out in the "coming weeks."

Minnesotans frustrated, angry over state government shutdown (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:19 PM PDT

Reuters - Tara and Jose Garcia wanted to spend the holiday weekend camping with their four children.

More questions raised about Strauss-Kahn accuser (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:17 PM PDT

A reporter holds a copy of the New York Times as she waits outside of the apartment where former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is staying in New York. With the sex assault case against Strauss-Kahn hanging by a thread, damning new revelations emerged Saturday about his accuser whose mounting credibility problems prompted the former IMF chief's release from house arrest.(AFP/Jessica Rinaldi)Reuters - Scrutiny of the accuser in the sexual assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn intensified on Saturday after more revelations about her conduct following the purported May 14 attack.

Obama says ending tax breaks required to cut deficit (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 10:33 AM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at an event observing LGBT Pride month in the East Room of the White House in Washington June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - President Barack Obama pressed his case on Saturday for achieving deficit reduction, in part by ending tax breaks and singling out hedge fund managers, oil companies and billionaires to take the hit.

U.S. slams Gaddafi threat to attack Europe (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:06 PM PDT

Ahmed Bani, a rebel military spokesman, speaks during a news conference in Benghazi July 2, 2011. Libyan rebels said on Saturday they were gearing up for a new advance on Tripoli from the southwest in the next two days after their forces were pushed back by government troops earlier this week. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (LIBYA - Tags: CONFLICT POLITICS)Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stepped up Western calls on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to quit on Saturday, brushing off his threat to attack Europeans in their homes and offices.

Analysis: Geithner may want to go; will Obama let him? (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 02:58 PM PDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pauses while speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative in Chicago, June 30, 2011. REUTERS/John GressReuters - Timothy Geithner may be musing about stepping down as Treasury secretary but President Barack Obama has ample reason to try to talk him out of it, not least that doing so would avoid a bruising succession battle.

KKR, Silver Lake to buy Go Daddy for $2.25 billion: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 07:51 PM PDT

Reuters - Web hosting company The Go Daddy Group Inc agreed to be bought by a private equity consortium led by KKR and Silver Lake for $2.25 billion, including debt, people close to the situation said on Friday.

Shriver files for divorce from Schwarzenegger (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 06:00 PM PDT

Reuters - Former California first lady Maria Shriver filed for divorce on Friday from her estranged husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the ex-governor and film star who has admitted fathering a child out of wedlock more than a decade ago.

Clinton urges Kadhafi to deliver democracy not threats (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (L) welcomes US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) before a meeting at the Moncloa palace in Madrid. Clinton demanded on Saturday that Moamer Kadhafi deliver democracy instead of threats after the Libyan leader warned Europe of stinging attacks unless NATO halts its air war.(AFP/Dominique Faget)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded on Saturday that Moamer Kadhafi deliver democracy instead of threats after the Libyan leader warned Europe of stinging attacks unless NATO halts its air war.

Assad sacks Hama governor, Syria death toll mounts (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:46 PM PDT

An image grab taken from footage uploaded on YouTube shows hundreds of thousands of Syrian anti-government protesters flooding the streets of the central city of Hama on July 1. AFP is using pictured from alternative sources as it was not authorised to cover this event.(AFP/YouTube/File)AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sacked the governor of Hama on Saturday, a day after hundreds of thousands rallied against the regime in the hotbed city, as activists said the latest crackdown cost 28 lives.
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