Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Airlifts take food, water to cut-off Vt. towns (AP)

Airlifts take food, water to cut-off Vt. towns (AP)

Airlifts take food, water to cut-off Vt. towns (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:17 PM PDT

Residents stand in line outside a grocery store on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 in Rochester, Vt. The town has been completely cut off since Tropical Storm Irene hit. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - National Guard helicopters rushed food and water Tuesday to a dozen Vermont towns cut off by flooding from the rainy remnants of Hurricane Irene in a deluge that took inland areas of New England and upstate New York by surprise with its ferocity.

Libyan rebels say they're closing in on Gadhafi (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Rebel fighters prepared to head out head to patrol the village of Heisha, some 100 kilometers east from Misrata, LIbya, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. Libyan rebels are demanding that Algeria return Moammar Gadhafi's wife and three of his children for trial after they fled, raising tensions between the neighboring countries. Algeria's decision to host members of the Gadhafi clan is an 'aggressive act against the Libyan people's wish,' said Mahmoud Shammam, information minister in the rebels' interim government.(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Libyan rebels say they're closing in on Moammar Gadhafi and issued an ultimatum Tuesday to regime loyalists in the fugitive dictator's hometown of Sirte, his main remaining bastion: surrender this weekend or face an attack.

AP IMPACT: Automation in the air dulls pilot skill (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 11:22 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2009, file photo, a plane burns after it crashed into a house in Clarence Center, N.Y., Authorities say it was Continental Airlines Flight 3407 operated by Manassas, Va.-based Colgan Air. Airline industry and safety officials are concerned that pilots’ flying skills are becoming rusty and their ability to handle unexpected situations is eroding because most flying is delegated to computers in today’s highly automated planes. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)AP - Pilots' "automation addiction" has eroded their flying skills to the point that they sometimes don't know how to recover from stalls and other mid-flight problems, say pilots and safety officials. The weakened skills have contributed to hundreds of deaths in airline crashes in the last five years.

Petraeus retires with legacy of a difference-maker (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 4, 2011 file photo, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates is greeted upon his arrival in Kabul by Gen. David Petraeus. America's best-known general, is retiring as arguably the most consequential Army leader of his generation. After a farewell ceremony Wednesday, Petraeus will open a new chapter as director of the CIA. In that job he will try to keep up the pressure on al-Qaida and other terrorist groups, while working closely with the military he knows well. (AP Photo//Jason Reed, File)AP - David Petraeus, America's best-known general and the wartime model of a soldier-scholar-statesman, is retiring as arguably the most consequential Army leader of his generation.

Stocks rise on hopes for more economic stimulus (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:15 PM PDT

In this Aug. 29, 2011 photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. European stocks were hurt Tuesday, Aug. 30, by a report showing economic sentiment in the eurozone was souring due to uncertainties about the future of the global economic recovery and the region's festering debt crisis. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - The mere discussion of more economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve was enough to send stocks higher.

2 resignations over Operation Fast and Furious (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 8, 2010 file photo, B. Todd Jones, U.S. Attorney for Minnesota speaks in St. Paul, Minn. Jones Jones, will replace Kenneth Melson as the ATF's acting director after Melson resigned following investigations into a flawed law enforcement operation aimed at major gun-trafficking networks on the Southwest border. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)AP - The acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. attorney in Arizona resigned Tuesday amid investigations into a flawed law enforcement operation aimed at major gun-trafficking networks on the Southwest border, the Justice Department announced.

This month America's deadliest in long Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:59 AM PDT

An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Spc. Michael C. Roberts during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. According to the Department of Defense, Roberts, of Watauga, Texas, died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)AP - August has become the deadliest month yet for U.S. forces in the nearly 10-year-old war in Afghanistan, increasing pressure on the Obama administration to bring troops home sooner rather than later.

Romney on Perry turf assails 'career politicians' (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:17 AM PDT

AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney castigated "career politicians" Tuesday as he tried to distinguish himself from chief rival Rick Perry while on the governor's home turf in Texas.

Daryl Hannah arrested in White House oil protest (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:07 PM PDT

Actress Daryl Hannah is arrested by U.S. Park Police in front of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, during a protest against the Keystone oil pipeline. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Actress Daryl Hannah has been arrested in front of the White House along with other environmental protesters who oppose a planned oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Parents seek answers for son's concussion, suicide (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:14 PM PDT

Michelle Trenum, left, and her husband Gil Trenum, pose next to photos of their son, Austin Trenum, at their Nokesville, Va., home, in this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Austin Trenum's bed remains half-made, the way a typical teenager would leave it. On a nearby shelf is his scarred black helmet, the one he was wearing when he tackled the quarterback near the sidelines during Brentsville High's game against Handley some 11 months ago. Austin's mouthpiece remains tucked neatly in the face mask, ready to be taken out for the next play. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)AP - Austin Trenum's bed remains half-made, the way a typical teenager would leave it. On a shelf is his scarred black helmet, the one he was wearing when he tackled the quarterback near the sidelines during Brentsville High's game against Handley some 11 months ago. Austin's mouthpiece remains tucked neatly in the face mask, ready to be taken out for the next play.

Consumer confidence crumbles to 2-year low (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Consumer confidence plunged in August to its lowest since the 2007-2009 recession, after a bruising battle over the budget slammed stock prices and pushed the nation to the brink of default.

Grim Fed pondered even bolder easing in August (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:19 PM PDT

The U.S. Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Jim BourgReuters - The central bank in early August discussed a range of unusual tools it could use to help the economy, with some officials pressing for bold new steps to help the economy.

Airlifts and water rescues in wake of Hurricane Irene (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:55 AM PDT

Reuters - National Guard and firefighters rescued hundreds people from record flooding in New Jersey on Tuesday and Vermont planned to airlift food and water to inland towns cut off by Hurricane Irene after its paralyzing rampage through the U.S. northeast.

Exxon, Rosneft tie up in Russian Arctic, U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:33 PM PDT

An employee works near a gasoline tank truck outside the Rosneft Achinsk oil refinery plant, one of the biggest Siberian fuel suppliers, near the town of Achinsk, some 117 miles west of Krasnoyarsk, April 28, 2011. REUTERS/Ilya NaymushinReuters - Exxon Mobil Corp and Rosneft announced a pact to extract oil and gas from the Russian Arctic, in the largest U.S.-Russian deal since President Barack Obama's push to improve ties.

Special report:Irene wallops floundering flood insurance program (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:48 PM PDT

Reuters - The only thing worse than getting flooded out of your home once is getting flooded out of it twice. Or, for that matter, over and over again.

Strauss-Kahn back in France within days: Socialist leader Aubry (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:12 PM PDT

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former managing director of the IMF, leaves his provisional home in New York August 26, 2011. REUTERS/Kena BetancurReuters - Dominique Strauss-Kahn is expected to return to France within days, Socialist Party leader Martine Aubry said on Tuesday, after the end of a criminal case against the former IMF chief left him free to leave the United States.

Record-breaking river flooding swamps New Jersey (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Swollen rivers submerged stretches of northern New Jersey on Tuesday, damaging homes, flooding roads and stranding residents, hundreds of thousands of whom had no electrical power.

Libyan leader sets ultimatum for Gaddafi forces (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:30 AM PDT

A rebel fighter drives his vehicle as he patrols with other rebels in the town of Abu Grein, some 128 km (80 miles) west of Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi's last remaining stronghold, August 29, 2011. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicReuters - Libya's interim leader gave forces loyal to deposed ruler Muammar Gaddafi a four-day deadline on Tuesday to surrender towns they still control or face a bloody end to a war that the new leadership said has so far killed 50,000 people.
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