Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Axelrod: Obama faces 'titanic struggle' (AP)

Axelrod: Obama faces 'titanic struggle' (AP)

Axelrod: Obama faces 'titanic struggle' (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:26 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he walks from Air Force One upon arriving at Buckley Air Force Base in Denver, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Joe Mahoney)AP - President Barack Obama's chief political adviser on Tuesday conceded that a dark cloud looms over the American economy and Obama's political future, describing the president's road to a second term in the White House as "a titanic struggle."

Israel approves 1,100 new homes in east Jerusalem (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:24 PM PDT

A man works on a construction site in the Jewish neighborhood of Gilo in east Jerusalem, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. Israel's government on Tuesday granted the final go-ahead for the construction of 1,100 new housing units in occupied east Jerusalem, raising already heightened tensions fueled by last week's Palestinian move to seek U.N. membership. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Israel granted the go-ahead on Tuesday for construction of 1,100 new Jewish housing units in east Jerusalem, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out any freeze in settlement construction, raising already heightened tensions after last week's Palestinian move to seek U.N. membership.

Survey: Health insurance costs surge in 2011 (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:24 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation, shows the CEO Drew Altman. The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance surged this year, snapping a trend toward moderate growth, but experts say these increases may slow again in 2012. (AP Photo/Kaiser Family Foundation, Robin Holland))AP - The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance surged this year, snapping a trend toward moderate growth, but experts say these increases may slow again in 2012.

Longtime fugitive US hijacker caught in Portugal (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:54 PM PDT

This arrest photo taken Feb. 15, 1963 and provided by the New Jersey Department of Corrections shows George Wright while in custody for the 1962 murder of a gas station owner in Wall, N.J. Wright was arrested Sept. 26, 2011, by Portuguese authorities at the request of the U.S. government after more than 40 years as a fugitive, authorities said Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. The FBI says Wright, who escaped the Bayside State Prison in Leesburg, N.J., in 1970, became affiliated with the Black Liberation Army and in 1972 he and his associates hijacked a Delta flight from Detroit to Miami. After releasing the passengers in exchange for a $1 million ransom, the hijackers forced the plane to fly to Boston, then on to Algeria. (AP Photo)AP - The U.S. Marshals Service says a fugitive task force spent nine years trying to find George Wright.

Subway trains crash in Shanghai, injuring hundreds (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:24 PM PDT

Rescue workers carry an injured passenger outside the entrance to a subway station where two trains crashed in Shanghai on Tuesday Sept. 27, 2011. A Shanghai subway train rear-ended another Tuesday, injuring more than 40 people in the latest trouble for the rapidly expanded transportation system in China's commercial center. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - A Shanghai subway train crashed into a stopped train during a signal failure Tuesday, injuring more than 270 people in the latest trouble for the newly expanded transportation system in China's commercial center.

Defense: Jackson gave himself fatal dose of drug (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:54 PM PDT

Conrad Murray listens to the prosecution's opening arguments in his involuntary manslaughter trial at Superior Court, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011 in Los Angeles. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical license if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Al Seib, Pool)AP - Prosecutors told jurors Tuesday that Michael Jackson was killed by the actions of his personal physician, who used a dangerous anesthetic without adequate safeguards and botched recovery efforts when he found the singer unconscious.

Census: 131,729 gay couples report they're married (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 19, 2011 file photo, a state trooper stands by as demonstrators on both sides of the gay marriage issue gather outside the Minnesota House in St. Paul, Minn. The Census Bureau reports there are 131,729 same-sex couples in the U.S. who say they're married — the first-ever government count of this kind. The 2010 results show that about 20 percent of the estimated 646,464 gay couples in the country checked off 'husband' or 'wife' boxes on their census forms. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)AP - Increasingly visible, the number of gay Americans telling the U.S. census they're living with same-sex partners nearly doubled in the past decade to about 650,000, and more than 130,000 of them recorded themselves as husband or wife.

Italian lawyer says Knox is no 'femme fatale' (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Amanda Knox, center, arrives at the Perugia court, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. Italian lawyers have described Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of killing her British roommate, as a 'she-devil' and a 'witch' in an appeals court while calling her alleged victim a 'beautiful girl in the prime of her life'. The court also saw gruesome photos of the semi-naked, bloodied body of Meredith Kercher on Monday as two lawyers made closing arguments at the appeals trial of Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, her co-defendant and former boyfriend. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - A defense lawyer told an Italian court Tuesday that Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of killing her roommate, isn't a manipulating, sex-obsessed "femme fatale" as her accusers charge, but is rather like Jessica Rabbit — just drawn that way.

Saudi woman sentenced to 10 lashes for driving car (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 12:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, April 29, 2011 file photo, a Saudi woman attends a traditional Arda dance, or War dance, during the Janadriyah Festival of Heritage and Culture, on the outskirts of the Saudi capital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi King Abdullah has given the kingdom's women the right to vote for first time in nationwide local elections, due in 2015. The king said in an annual speech on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011 before his advisory assembly, or Shura Council, that Saudi women will be able to run and cast ballots in the 2015 municipal elections. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)AP - A Saudi woman was sentenced Tuesday to be lashed 10 times with a whip for defying the kingdom's prohibition on female drivers, the first time a legal punishment has been handed down for a violation of the longtime ban in the ultraconservative Muslim nation.

Guillen goes online, says he's going to Marlins (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen pauses during a news conference after a baseball game between the White Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, in Chicago. The White Sox released Guillen from the last year of his contract, allowing him to pursue other interests. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Ozzie Guillen's website apparently leaked the news he has agreed to become manager of the Florida Marlins. A post Monday night quoted Guillen announcing he was Florida bound. The blog was taken down a short time later and replaced by a post that discussed Guillen's departure from the Chicago White Sox while making no mention of the Marlins.

Merkel risks rebellion on euro rescue fund (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 12:32 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou attend a meeting of the BDI (Federational German Industries) in Berlin, September 27, 2011. REUTERS/Tobias SchwarzReuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel may fall short of a majority in her own coalition for a crucial reform of the euro zone rescue fund meant to stop a sovereign debt crisis spreading, in what would be a severe blow to her authority, a test vote showed.

Europe sparks third day of gains for Wall Street (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:36 PM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange September 26, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Stocks rose for a third day on Tuesday on efforts by euro-zone officials to solidify the region's rescue fund and alleviate a sovereign debt crisis, boosting optimism.

Health insurance premiums climb faster in 2011 (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:20 AM PDT

Reuters - The cost of health insurance continues to climb for companies and workers, with annual family premiums this year growing at a pace triple that of 2010 and outpacing wage increases, according to a survey.

Consumer morale stagnates, home prices steady (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:40 AM PDT

New residential homes are shown under construction in Carlsbad, California, September 19, 2011. REUTERS/Mike BlakeReuters - Americans worried about their incomes as they struggled to find work in September, holding consumer confidence near 2-1/2 year lows and pointing to weak spending in the months ahead.

Iran denies claims by freed American men: state TV (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 12:45 PM PDT

(L-R) Sarah Shourd listens as Shane Bauer delivers a statement about his detention with Josh Fattal in Iran at a news conference in New York September 25, 2011. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - Iran's Foreign Ministry denied on Tuesday claims by two Americans jailed in the Islamic state for more than two years that they had been held because of their nationality, state television reported.

Obama West Coast swing shows fundraising strength (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:37 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama participates in an election campaign rally at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, September 26, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama topped up his re-election war chest with a string of successful West Coast fundraisers that ended Monday and showed soft poll numbers had not dented his ability to raise big money.

U.S. on "knife edge" of contraction: Fed economist (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:59 AM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. economy is on a "knife edge" between growth and contraction, and if it were a dashboard, it would be flashing "watch out, danger ahead on all gauges," Dallas Federal Reserve Bank's top economist said on Tuesday.

Pakistan pushes back against U.S. charges, woos China (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 12:34 PM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) shakes hands with Chinese Public Security Minister Meng Jianzhu at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad September 27, 2011. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - Pakistan warned the United States on Tuesday to stop accusing it of playing a double game with Islamist militants and heaped praise on "all-weather friend" China.

'Lion King' success: Should Hollywood fall back in love with 3D? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:55 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Now that “The Lion King 3D” has ruled the box office two weekends in a row â€" topping Brad Pitt in “Moneyball” â€" Hollywood studios are bullish on the format once more.

Is OnStar turning your car against you? Senator Schumer thinks so. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:57 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - OnStar, the in-vehicle emergency service, is the latest technology coming under fire from privacy advocates who say it is unfairly conducing surveillance on its users without their permission.
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