Thursday, September 1, 2011

Gadhafi: NATO trying to occupy Libya (AP)

Gadhafi: NATO trying to occupy Libya (AP)

Gadhafi: NATO trying to occupy Libya (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:33 PM PDT

Freedom fighters climb on a tank for a lookout at a defensive outpost, some 30 kilometers outside Misrata, Libya, Thursday, Sep. 01, 2011. A ring of outposts along the outer perimeter of Misrata have been created to defend the city as well as to provide backup troops and supplies to the fighters heading to the frontline.(AP Photo/Gaia Anderson)AP - Libya's Moammar Gadhafi is charging that the NATO alliance is trying to occupy his country and steal its oil.

World leaders back new Libyan administration (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:35 PM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, welcomes Libyan National Transitional Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil, center, and Libyan Transitional National Council Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, left,at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. Heads of state and top officials gather in Paris to work out how to support Libya's opposition leaders after Gadhafi's fall from power. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - World leaders lined up behind Libya's new de facto administration Thursday and a U.N.-led effort to stabilize the country after decades under Moammar Gadhafi's rule.

As water recedes, cleanup begins across Northeast (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 10:05 AM PDT

Kenneth Geib, left, and other members of the Army National Guard̢۪s 42nd Infantry Division work to load water, food and other supplies into trucks that will be taken to relief shelters in Schoharie, Middleburg, N.Y., from the Cobelskill, N.Y, Fairgrounds on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. Tropical Storm Irene put a $1 billion whipping on New York, most of it upstate where heavy rains spawned flash floods that shredded roads, washed out bridges and knocked buildings from their foundations, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Daily Star, Benjamin Patton)AP - Weary residents across the Northeast pulled soggy furniture and ruined possessions onto their front lawns as they cleaned up and surveyed the damage wrought by Hurricane Irene.

$1.3T deficit projected as economy cools (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:51 AM PDT

AP - The White House on Thursday predicted that unemployment will remain at 9 percent next year, a gloomy scenario for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.

US marks first month with no troop deaths in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 10:56 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011 file photo. U.S. Army soldiers from D Co., 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, confer during a patrol outside Contingency Operating Site Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq. August marks the first month since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that no American forces have died. Figures compiled by The Associated Press show that there were no American forces killed in Iraq in August either in combat or non-combat related situations. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)AP - August marked the first month since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that no American forces have died, according to an Associated Press tally.

Exposed: Uncensored WikiLeaks cables posted to Web (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 14, 2011 photo, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange talks to members of the media during a news conference in central London. Anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said Thursday that its massive archive of unredacted U.S. State Department cables had been exposed in a security breach which it blamed on its one-time partner, Britain's Guardian newspaper. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Uncensored copies of WikiLeaks' massive tome of U.S. State Department cables circulated freely Thursday across the Internet, leaving a whole new batch of U.S. sources vulnerable to embarrassment and potential retribution.

Florida family charged in $40 million psychic scam (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:33 PM PDT

AP - Rose Marks and her family of fortunetellers offered hope, but prosecutors said it came with a steep price.

Space junk littering orbit; might need cleaning up (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:03 PM PDT

This computer generated graphic provided by NASA shows images of objects in Earth orbit that are currently being tracked. Space junk has made such a mess of Earth's orbit that experts say we may need to finally think about cleaning it up. That may mean vacuuming up debris with weird space technology — cosmic versions of nets, magnets and giant umbrellas, according to the chairman of an expert panel that issued a new report on the problem Thursday. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Space junk has made such a mess of Earth's orbit that experts say we may need to finally think about cleaning it up.

Madonna says she identifies with Wallis Simpson (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:15 PM PDT

US singer and director Madonna blows a kiss at the photo call for the film W.E. during the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - There may be few people better suited than Madonna to tell the story of the two-time American divorcee for whom Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated his throne.

PGA Tour signs 9-year extension with networks (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:22 PM PDT

AP - Even without Tiger Woods dominating golf, the PGA Tour announced its longest network television deal in history Thursday that secures broadcast rights for the next 10 years.

Gaddafi vows fight as world backs new leaders (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 10:38 AM PDT

An anti-Gaddafi fighter stands guard as his compatriots attend the Eid Al Fitr prayer in Tripoli, August 31, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Muammar Gaddafi, driven into hiding by his foes, on Thursday urged his supporters to fight on, even as Libya's new interim rulers met world leaders to discuss reshaping a nation torn by 42 years of one-man rule and six months of war.

August auto sales defy consumer caution (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:14 AM PDT

A general view of Chevrolet Cruze car assembly line at the General Motors assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio July 22, 2011. REUTERS/Aaron JosefczykReuters - Major automakers posted double-digit U.S. sales gains for August, a steady result for a month that began with a plunge on Wall Street and ended with a hurricane shutting down the East Coast.

Exclusive: Perry sought to sideline nuclear waste site critic (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Texas Governor Rick Perry listens to business leaders at a roundtable discussion at Resonetics Laser Micromachining in Nashua, New Hampshire August 17, 2011. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - Texas governor Rick Perry tried to sideline a state commissioner who opposed expanding the scope of a nuclear-waste landfill owned by one of the governor's biggest political donors, Reuters has learned.

Court battle looms between U.S. and AT&T, T-Mobile (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 08:18 AM PDT

AT&T mobile phones are seen for sale alongside T-Mobile phones at a RadioShack electronics store in Los Angeles August 31, 2011. REUTERS/Danny MoloshokReuters - The Justice Department made a bold move when it sued to block AT&T Inc's $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. Now comes the hard part: going to court.

White House sharply cuts growth forecast (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:03 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks to the media in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington after the Senate passed a bill raising the debt ceiling and cutting spending, August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama sharply cut estimates on Thursday for U.S. economic growth, underscoring the difficult challenge he faces in spurring a stronger recovery and creating more jobs.

U.S. judge pans rush in BofA $8.5 billion mortgage pact (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:12 AM PDT

A Bank of America customer uses a Bank of America ATM in Charlotte, North Carolina May 11, 2011. REUTERS/Chris KeaneReuters - A judge questioned why Bank of America Corp's $8.5 billion settlement with mortgage securities investors was being rushed for approval and whether the trustee that negotiated it treated investors fairly.

Recession fears recede as factories show growth (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 10:10 AM PDT

People wait in line to enter a job fair at the Phoenix Workforce Connection in Phoenix, Arizona, August 30, 2011. REUTERS/Joshua LottReuters - Manufacturing unexpectedly grew in August and fewer Americans filed new claims for jobless aid last week, despite a slump in confidence that threatened to push the economy back into recession.

Special Report: A pinch of doubt over salt (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 06:06 AM PDT

A man holds sea salt harvested from a salt field in Sandspit, about 18 km (11 miles) southwest of Karachi June 19, 2011. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - In Britain it started with Sid, the "giant slug with a message", who slicked his way onto television screens back in 2004 as part of a government health campaign to warn people about the dangers of consuming too much salt. "Stay away from fast cars, loose women and SALT!" he screamed.
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