Tuesday, September 6, 2011

House GOP share some ground with Obama on jobs (AP)

House GOP share some ground with Obama on jobs (AP)

House GOP share some ground with Obama on jobs (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:24 PM PDT

AP - House Republican leaders are offering President Barack Obama an opening for compromise on measures that would spur job growth. They say neither Republicans nor the administration should consider their own initiatives "an all-or-nothing situation."

IHOP gunman dead after killing 3, wounding 6 (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:37 PM PDT

With bullet holes seen in a window, officers look for evidence at the scene of a shooting at an IHOP restaurant in Carson City, Nev. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. Seven people were wounded after a gunman opened fire at the restaurant, authorities said. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison)AP - A man with a rifle opened fire at an IHOP restaurant in Nevada's capital on Tuesday, killing two National Guard members, another person and himself in a hail of gunfire during the morning breakfast hour, authorities and witnesses said.

Convoys of Gadhafi loyalists flee Libya to Niger (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:23 PM PDT

Rebel fighters chat at a checkpoint between Tarhouna and Bani Walid, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. Moammar Gadhafi is determined to fight his way back to power, the toppled dictator's spokesman said Tuesday, but a large convoy of his soldiers has apparently deserted, crossing the Libyan desert into neighboring Niger.(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Armed loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi, including his security chief, fled into neighboring Niger in multiple convoys across hundreds of miles of desert on Tuesday. Libya's former rebels — now the country's de facto rulers — claimed the convoys were a major flight by Gadhafi's most hardcore backers from his final strongholds.

Officials: 1,000 Texas homes burned in past week (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:58 PM PDT

Hayden Wilhelm sprays water on hot spots at a neighbors home that burned when wildfires swept through the area, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, in Bastrop, Texas. More than 1,000 homes have burned in at least 57 wildfires across rain-starved Texas, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed in at least 57 wildfires across rain-starved Texas, most of them in one devastating blaze close to Austin that is still raging out of control, officials said Tuesday.

Romney unveils economic plan ahead of Obama speech (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:41 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during the American Principles Project Palmetto Freedom Forum Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/ Mary Ann Chastain)AP - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is calling for lowering the corporate tax rate and eliminating capital gains taxes as part of a plan to try to lift the struggling economy and create jobs.

Heavy rain moves northeast with Lee's remnants (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:28 PM PDT

Squalls and heavy surf pounds homes along the beach in Dauphin Island, Ala., Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. The heavy waves were breaking under homes, damaging underpinnings and ripping porches and steps from the structures. Tropical Storm Lee is moving inland along the Gulf Coast bringing torrential rains and flooding. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - Heavy rain from the former Tropical Storm Lee rolled northeast into Appalachian states Tuesday, spreading the threat of flooding as far as New England after drenching the South, spawning tornadoes, sweeping several people away and knocking out power to thousands.

Pentagon chief says threat of another 9/11 is real (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:12 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks to reporters after touring the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, POOL)AP - After a decade of war with al-Qaida the potential for another devastating terrorist assault "remains very real," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday following a somber visit to ground zero of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

In financial crisis, Post office turns to Congress (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:40 PM PDT

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as the panel examines the economic troubles of the Postal Service, a self-funded federal agency in decline because of the Internet and advertising losses, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe warned that the Postal Service is on "the brink of default" as he battles to keep his agency solvent. Without legislation by Sept. 30, the agency "will default on a mandated $5.5 billion payment to the Treasury," Donahoe told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday.

Astronauts' tracks, trash seen in new moon photos (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:01 PM PDT

This August 2011 image made available by NASA shows paths left by walking astronauts, single lines, and lunar buggy tracks, parallel lines, from the 1972 U.S. Apollo 17 moon mission. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter made this and other photographs of lunar landing sites from 13 to 15 miles above the moon's surface. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - A spacecraft circling the moon has snapped the sharpest photos ever of the tracks and trash left behind by Apollo astronauts in their visits from 1969 to 1972.

Eddie Murphy named Academy Awards host (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 21, 2010 file photo, actor Eddie Murphy attends the premiere of 'Shrek Forever After' during the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Murphy will host this year̢۪s Academy Awards show on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, telecast producers Brett Ratner and Don Mischer announced Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - Eddie Murphy is hosting the Oscars. Academy Awards producers Brett Ratner and Don Mischer say the actor and comedian will host the 84th annual Oscar ceremony.

Swiss draw line in the sand to cap runaway franc (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:25 AM PDT

Swiss franc banknotes of several values are sorted in a money counter in a bank in Zurich August 16, 2011. REUTERS/Arnd WiegmannReuters - The Swiss National Bank shocked markets on Tuesday by setting an exchange rate cap on the soaring franc to stave off a recession, discouraging investors anxious about flagging global growth from using the currency as a safe haven.

Bank stocks slide on mortgage lawsuit and worries (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:45 AM PDT

Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co, the second largest U.S. bank by assets, led a broader decline in bank share prices, as investors feared lenders face a growing list of lawsuits due to problem mortgages.

Wall St falls on euro zone debt fears (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:58 AM PDT

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - Wall Street stocks tumbled for a third session on Tuesday on rising concerns about the euro zone's debt crisis and the outlook for the global economy.

Exclusive: Gaddafi used torture squads in bid to preserve rule (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:56 AM PDT

A man who said he had been tortured by Gaddafi's forces shows his injuries in Khoms, some 120km (75 miles) east of Tripoli September 5, 2011. The bodies have been left at Khums hospital to be identified. REUTERS/Anis MiliReuters - Libya's Muammar Gaddafi deployed special squads which held suspected opponents in shipping containers, tortured them for information about insurgent networks and disposed of their bodies in unmarked graves in a campaign to smash the revolt against his rule.

Service sector picks up but jobs still a worry (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:46 AM PDT

Reuters - The dominant services sector picked up steam unexpectedly last month, snapping a three-month streak of slower growth, though a slower pace of hiring underscored concerns about the broader job market.

Private equity giant Carlyle files for IPO (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:07 PM PDT

Carlyle Group co-founder and Managing Director David Rubenstein speaks at the panel discussion Reuters - Private equity company Carlyle Group filed for an IPO on Tuesday, a long-awaited move to catch up with rivals Blackstone, KKR and Apollo, but the volatility of global markets means an offering is unlikely until the first half of 2012.

Special report: The secret plan to take Tripoli (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:50 AM PDT

Libyan rebels celebrate at Bab Al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Louafi LarbiReuters - Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime was delivered by a caterer, on a memory stick.

Libyan convoys in Niger, may be Gaddafi deal (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:05 AM PDT

Anti-Gaddafi fighters gather with their weapons at a house near the last checkpoint before the town of Bani Wali, currently held by pro-Gaddafi forces, in south east Tripoli September 5, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef BoudlalReuters - Scores of Libyan army vehicles crossed the desert frontier into Niger in what may be a bid by Muammar Gaddafi to seek refuge in a friendly African state, military sources from France and Niger told Reuters on Tuesday.
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