Sunday, September 4, 2011

Libya rebels: talks for loyalist town have failed (AP)

Libya rebels: talks for loyalist town have failed (AP)

Libya rebels: talks for loyalist town have failed (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 12:29 PM PDT

A rebel fighter signs V for victory at a checkpoint between Tarhouna and Bani Walid, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. Libyan rebels are poised to attack one of Moammar Gadhafi's remaining strongholds, but their military spokesman said Sunday he expected the town's tribal leaders to surrender rather than see their divided followers fight one another. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Negotiations over the surrender of one of Moammar Gadhafi's remaining strongholds have collapsed, and Libyan rebels were waiting for the green light to launch their final attack on the besieged town of Bani Walid, a spokesman said.

Unemployed face tough competition: underemployed (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 11:13 AM PDT

In this Sept. 2, 2011 photo, Ryan McGrath, 26, poses in his home in Michigan City, Ind. McGrath has been working part time designing web sites for small businesses but wants steadier full-time work. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)AP - The job market is even worse than the 9.1 percent unemployment rate suggests.

Lee lashes Gulf coast, flood threat expands inland (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 09:15 AM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, September 2, 2011 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows clouds cover most of the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical Depression Thirteen is now located about 240 miles southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River with maximum sustained winds up to 35 mph. The system is expected to intensify as it continues moving northward and over the northern Gulf Coast. To the east, Katia has decreased to a Tropical Storm with maximum sustained winds at 70 mph. The storm is now located about 830 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands and continues moving northwestward at 16 mph. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)AP - The center of Tropical Storm Lee made landfall Sunday on the Louisiana coast, bringing up to a foot of rain, spinoff tornadoes and fears of inland flash flooding to the Deep South and beyond.

Obama pledges federal help for Irene recovery (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 11:59 AM PDT

President Barack Obama meets with residents on Fayette Avenue in Wayne, N.J., Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, as he visits flood damage caused by Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama stood on a bridge overlooking the rain-swollen and fast-rushing Passaic River in New Jersey's third-largest city and said Sunday the federal government would work to rebuild towns recovering from Hurricane Irene's wrath.

'Lone wolf' terror seen as biggest threat (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 01:02 PM PDT

FILE - This June 14, 2011 file photo shows Pfc. Naser Abdo in Nashville, Tenn. Abdo was arrested for plotting a solo attack on Fort Hood with a backpack stashed with explosives. He was caught only when a Texas gun shop clerk alerted authorities after finding the suspect acting strangely in his store. (AP Photo, File)AP - After 9/11, it was the men who went to radicalized mosques or terror boot camps who were seen as the biggest terror threat. Today, that picture's changed: Authorities are increasingly focusing on the lone wolf living next door, radicalized on the Internet — and plotting strikes in a vacuum.

2 Mexicans deny terrorism, face 30 years for tweet (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 12:43 PM PDT

AP - Think before you tweet.

Tea party bulling its way into 2012 GOP race (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 11:58 AM PDT

AP - Bulling its way into 2012, the tea party is shaping the race for the GOP presidential nomination as candidates parrot the movement's language and promote its agenda while jostling to win its favor.

Typhoon dumps record rain on Japan, killing 20 (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 10:29 AM PDT

Heavy downpours by Typhoon Talas swamp a residential area in Kiho, central Japan, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. The center of the season's 12th typhoon was moving slowly north across the Sea of Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - Typhoon Talas dumped record amounts of rain Sunday in western and central Japan, killing at least 20 people and stranding thousands more as it turned towns into lakes, washed away cars and triggered mudslides that obliterated houses. At least 50 people were missing, local media reported.

Labor unions adjust to new reality under Obama (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 07:31 AM PDT

In this March 5, 2011, file photo, people protest against legislative efforts to do away with teachers' collective bargaining rights in Nashville, Tenn. The measure passed in Tennessee this year and ended collective bargaining for teachers unions in the state. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)AP - In the early days of the Obama administration, organized labor had grand visions of pushing through a sweeping agenda that would help boost sagging membership and help revive union strength.

Nadal blisters Nalbandian at US Open (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 12:49 PM PDT

Rafael Nadal of Spain selects a ball to serve to David Nalbandian of Argentina during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Blister on his foot? Not to worry.

New Orleans holding up under Tropical Storm Lee (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 12:04 PM PDT

Rick Porche walks through his flooded yard as Tropical Storm Lee slowly makes landfall in Lafitte, Louisiana September 4, 2011. REUTERS/Dan AndersonReuters - Tropical Storm Lee crawled onto southern Louisiana's coast on Sunday as New Orleans' flood defenses appeared to pass one of their biggest tests since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005.

No apology from New York Mayor Bloomberg over aide's arrest (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 12:05 PM PDT

Reuters - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg declined to apologize on Sunday for how he handled the resignation of a former deputy mayor, who was arrested on a domestic violence charge.

Libyans hope to seize Gaddafi bastion (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 06:27 AM PDT

Rebel gather in the Al-Noflea area, close to the city of Sirte, 450km (280 miles) west of Benghazi, September 2, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-FetoriReuters - Libya's interim council said it hoped to seize one of Muammar Gaddafi's last strongholds without resistance on Sunday as it tries to control the entire country and restore normality.

Strauss-Kahn returns home (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 07:11 AM PDT

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn gets out of a car as he arrives at his residence in Paris, September 4, 2011. Strauss Kahn, once a favourite to be next French president, came home on Sunday to an expected icy greeting from party allies after a legal odyssey in New York that reshaped France's political landscape. REUTERS/Eric GaillardReuters - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, his presidential hopes shattered by a sex assault scandal that rocked his homeland, returned on Sunday to France facing a frosty public reception and unease among his political allies.

China bought back a lot of BofA assets: report (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Reuters - A consortium that included the Chinese government was the biggest buyer of a 5 percent stake in China Construction Bank Corp sold last month by Bank of America, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Iceland says it was "bullied" over bank debt (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 12:46 PM PDT

Reuters - Iceland's president accused European countries on Sunday of having bullied it into agreeing to guarantee repayment of the debts of a failed bank, reviving a dispute with Britain and the Netherlands whose citizens are owed billions.

Obama vows federal help for Irene victims (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 11:48 AM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Republicans not to play politics with federal disaster aid as he toured flood-stricken New Jersey and pledged to do everything possible to help states recover after Hurricane Irene.

Iran plugs first nuclear power plant into grid (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:54 AM PDT

A general view of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, some 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran in this October 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/IRNA/Mohammad BabaieReuters - Iran's first nuclear power plant has finally begun to provide electricity to the national grid, official media reported on Sunday, a long-delayed milestone in the nuclear ambitions of a country the West fears is covertly try to develop atomic bombs.
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