Friday, August 26, 2011

Hurricane Irene brings rain, heavy seas to coast (AP)

Hurricane Irene brings rain, heavy seas to coast (AP)

Hurricane Irene brings rain, heavy seas to coast (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 12:59 PM PDT

John Dollinger, of Brooklyn, N.Y., rushes to board up the windows at the Cape May, N.J., home of his sister and mother Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, in preparation for Hurricane Irene. Mandatory evacuations were under way Friday affecting nearly 1 million residents and visitors in Cape May County, coastal Atlantic County and Long Beach Island NJ. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Hurricane Irene began lashing the East Coast with fierce winds and rain Friday, with the storm almost certain to heap punishment on a vast and densely populated stretch of shoreline from the Carolinas to Massachusetts this weekend.

Irene evacuations, transit shutdown ordered in NYC (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 12:57 PM PDT

People load their cars with food and water in the Costco parking lot, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 in Lawrence, N.Y. Irene has the potential to cause billions of dollars in damage all along a densely populated arc that includes Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and beyond. At least 65 million people could be affected.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Nearly 300,000 people were ordered Friday to evacuate flood-prone areas and subways, buses and trains prepared to shut down a day later as Hurricane Irene steamed toward New York, the most powerful storm to target the city in decades.

Tripoli calmer as Gadhafi's men pushed out (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Libyan people react to support the rebellion after the Friday muslim prayer at Jamal Abd Nasser Mosque next to the Green square in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - Tripoli on Friday enjoyed its calmest day since the rebel takeover nearly a week ago, and hundreds even celebrated with a march chanting: "Hold your head high! You are a free Libyan." The more relaxed atmosphere was one of the strongest signs yet that Moammar Gadhafi and his loyalists have largely been driven out of the capital.

Poll: GOP voters feeling better about prez choices (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:49 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2011, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to supporters at Tommy's Ham House in Greenville, S.C. A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that Republicans are growing more satisfied with their choices for president. And so far they like what they’re hearing from Perry. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro, File)AP - Republicans party elders are still grousing about the GOP choices for president — but the voters who will choose the nominee are growing more satisfied with the possibilities with Texas Gov. Rick Perry now in the race.

Bernanke proposes no new steps to boost economy (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:48 AM PDT

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke walks past reporters without speaking as he arrives at a morning session of the Economic Policy Symposium at Jackson Hole in Moran, Wyo., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke leaned on Congress on Friday to do more to promote hiring and growth, or risk delaying the economy's return to full health.

White House: Obama ending vacation due to Irene (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 12:01 PM PDT

President Barack Obama arrives to speak about Hurricane Irene during a news conrference in Chilmark, Mass. on Martha's Vineyard on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Urging everyone in Hurricane Irene's path to get ready, President Barack Obama decided to cut his vacation short Friday and return to the White House for a storm he described as potentially historic.

UN headquarters car bombing in Nigeria kills 18 (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 12:04 PM PDT

This image released by Saharareporters shows an injured man being stretchered down a ladder by firefighters after a large explosion struck the United Nations' main office in Nigeria's capital Abuja Friday Aug. 26, 2011, flattening one wing of the building and killing several people. A U.N. official in Geneva called it a bomb attack. The building, located in the same neighborhood as the U.S. embassy and other diplomatic posts in Abuja, had a huge hole punched in it. (AP Photo/Saharareporters)AP - A car loaded with explosives crashed into the main United Nations' building in Nigeria's capital and exploded Friday, killing at least 18 people in one of the deadliest assaults on the international body in a decade. A radical Muslim sect blamed for a series of attacks in the country claimed responsibility for the bombing, a major escalation of its sectarian fight against Nigeria's weak central government.

Deadly casino attack shocks Mexicans (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 12:34 PM PDT

A soldier stands guard outside the Casino Royale after a deadly assault that killed at least 52 people in Monterrey, Mexico, Friday Aug, 26, 2011. Mexican officials say a group of at least eight assailants poured gasoline inside the casino on Thursday, trapping dozens of people inside. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)AP - Mexicans have endured plenty of horrific crimes during their country's bloody five-year war against drug gangs, but an arson attack that killed at least 52 people has set a shocking new low for many in this battle-hardened country.

Texas Supreme Court upholds $5 strip club fee (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 12:47 PM PDT

AP - A $5 entrance fee to Texas strip clubs is constitutional and not an improper restriction on nude dancing, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday. Lower courts had called the so-called "pole tax" an improper burden on the free expression of nude dancing and a violation of the First Amendment.

Derek Jeter and actress Minka Kelly split up (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:08 PM PDT

FILE - This June 4, 2011 file photo shows actress Minka Kelly arriving at the Spike TV Guys Choice Awards , in Culver City, Calif. Derek Jeter is a free agent again. After three years together, the Yankees captain has broken up with Kelly, the actress' agent told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)AP - Derek Jeter is a free agent again. After three years together, the Yankees captain has broken up with Minka Kelly, the actress' representative told The Associated Press.

Bernanke quiet on next Fed moves, stresses job crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 12:31 PM PDT

Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday stopped short of detailing further action to boost the U.S. recovery but said the central bank would consider what more it could do to fight high unemployment, giving some comfort to investors.

Witness: Surviving a big hurricane in the big city (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 12:35 PM PDT

Reuters - The night before Hurricane Ike made landfall in Texas almost three years ago, four of us were packed into one hotel room in downtown Houston. Security knocked on the door requesting that we sign a waiver promising not to sue if we were killed in the storm.

New York orders evacuations as hurricane nears (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 12:03 PM PDT

Reuters - New York on Friday ordered residents in low-lying areas to evacuate before the onslaught this weekend of massive Hurricane Irene, which churned northward along the East Coast.

Libya rebels say "close in" on Gaddafi (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:34 AM PDT

A Libyan rebel fighter fires his heavy machine gun during a fight for the final push to flush out Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Abu Salim district in Tripoli August 25, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Libyan rebels claimed to be close to capturing Muammar Gaddafi on Friday as their NATO backers bombed diehard loyalists in his tribal bastion, but there was no sign of an end to the war, or to international wrangling over Libya's riches.

Second-quarter growth slows, outlook less dismal (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 10:29 AM PDT

Reuters - The struggling U.S. economy expanded even more slowly than previously thought in the second quarter of 2011, but a breakdown of the growth suggested a new recession could be avoided.

Mexico's Calderon berates U.S. after casino attack (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 10:04 AM PDT

Smoke billows out of a building housing a casino as firefighters try to extinguish the fire after an attack in Monterrey August 25, 2011. Armed men killed at least 20 people in an attack on a casino in northern Mexico that left the building ablaze with gamblers trapped inside, officials said on Thursday. People remained stuck inside the Casino Royale building in Monterrey, a prosperous city 140 miles (230 km) from the Texas border that has suffered from increasing criminal violence in recent months. REUTERS/Victor Hugo ValdiviaReuters - President Felipe Calderon declared three days of mourning on Friday and demanded a crackdown on drugs in the United States after armed men torched a casino in northern Mexico, killing at least 52 people.

At least 18 die in car bomb attack on Nigeria U.N. HQ (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 10:24 AM PDT

A victim of a bomb blast ripped through the United Nations offices in the Nigerian capital of Abuja is loaded into an ambulance, August 26, 2011. REUTERS/Afolabi SodtundeReuters - A car bomb ripped through the United Nations' headquarters in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Friday, killing at least 18 people, in an attack reminiscent of a June blast claimed by a local radical Islamist group.

It was wrong to free Lockerbie bomber: residents (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:54 AM PDT

Reuters - A Libyan jailed for the 1988 bombing of PanAm flight 103 over Lockerbie and released two years ago should never have walked free, residents of the Scottish town said on Friday.
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