Thursday, September 29, 2011

Syrian regime supporters pelt US envoy with eggs (AP)

Syrian regime supporters pelt US envoy with eggs (AP)

Syrian regime supporters pelt US envoy with eggs (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:01 PM PDT

A pro-Syrian regime protester, holds up a placard against Turkish and United Kingdom Prime Ministers, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, David Cameron, and against US and French President Barack Obama, and Nicolas Sarkozy, with Arabic words read:'Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Iran are the square of Resistance and Honor while you are the Square of Jokes and crimes,' as he protests in front the EU mission office, in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday Sept. 29, 2011. Supporters of President Bashar Assad pelted the U.S. ambassador to Syria with eggs and tomatoes Thursday as he entered an office for a meeting with a leading opposition figure and then tried to storm the building in the capital Damascus, the opposition activist said. Washington and the European Union have imposed sanctions on some Syrian officials, including Assad, because of Assad's crackdown that has left some 2,700 people, according to the United Nations. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)AP - Angry supporters of President Bashar Assad's regime hurled tomatoes and eggs at the U.S. ambassador to Syria on Thursday as he entered the office of a leading opposition figure and then tried to break into the building, trapping him inside for three hours.

US-led coalition: Afghan insurgent attacks falling (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:17 PM PDT

An Afghan police officer, left, looks at a police vehicle damaged in a suicide attack in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a police truck outside a bakery in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing a number of civilians, officials said. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaleq)AP - International forces in Afghanistan released new data Thursday showing violence trending downward in their favor, only a day after the U.N. reported considerably more clashes and other attacks per month than last year.

Gingrich calls for changes in taxes, health care (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:24 PM PDT

AP - Hoping to revive his flagging bid for the Republican presidential nomination, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is calling for an overhaul of the way Americans pay taxes and buy health care and would allow young people to opt out of the Social Security system.

Guard: Jackson doc collected vials before 911 call (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:41 PM PDT

Deputy District. Attorney. David Walgren, holding a bottle of propofol, questions Alberto Alvarez, one of Michael Jackson's security guards, during Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial in downtown Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. 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 - One of Michael Jackson's bodyguards had barely stepped into the singer's bedroom when he heard a scream: "Daddy!" Jackson's young daughter cried.

AP Exclusive: US fugitive lived openly in Africa (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:24 PM PDT

In this photo released by Noticias de Colares on Thursday Sept. 29, 2011, U.S. fugitive George Wright is seen in a post office in Praia das Macas, Portugal in 2000. 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. 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. Wright is being held in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, pending extradition hearings. He has asked to be released while the extradition process goes forward, and the court handling the case is considering his request, according to U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Noticias de Colares)AP - A convicted American killer who disappeared after a 1972 hijacking lived openly in West Africa under his real name for years and even socialized with U.S. embassy officials there, a former U.S. ambassador said Thursday.

Defense: Amanda Knox 'crucified' in Italy's media (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:24 PM PDT

Amanda Knox looks on during an appeal trial at the Perugia court, Italy, central Italy, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. Knox, an American student was convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering Meredith Kercher, her British roommate in Perugia, and sentenced to 26 years in prison. Knox's boyfriend at the time of the 2007 murder, Raffaele Sollecito of Italy, was convicted of the same charges and sentenced to 25 years. Both deny wrongdoing and have appealed the December 2009 verdict. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - An Italian defense lawyer argued Thursday that Amanda Knox is an innocent girl "crucified" in the media and wrongly convicted of killing her roommate, urging an appeals court not to be afraid to correct a mistake.

Al-Qaida rejects Iran's 9/11 conspiracy theories (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:03 PM PDT

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, listens during a press conference on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Al-Qaida has sharply criticized Iran's president over his suggestions that the United States government was behind the Sept. 11 attacks and not al-Qaida, dismissing the comments as "ridiculous."

Census: Hispanics fuel US white population growth (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:49 PM PDT

AP - In a twist to notions of race identity, new 2010 census figures show an unexpected reason behind a renewed growth in the U.S. white population: more Hispanics listing themselves as white in the once-a-decade government count.

More bad news for bank customers: Debit card fees (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 17, 2009 file photo, a customer uses a Bank of America ATM in Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America plans to start charging customers a $5 monthly debit card fee. The fee will be rolled out starting early in 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, file)AP - Is a monthly debit card fee becoming the norm?

Mass. cat with 2 faces lives 12 years, sets record (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:12 PM PDT

In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo, a cat with two faces, named Frank and Louie, sits on a mat in his home in Worcester, Mass. The animal is known as a Janus cat, named for the figure in Roman mythology with two faces on one head. The owner calls the face on the left Frank, while the face on the right she identifies as Louie. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes — and lots of doubts about his future. Now, 12 years after Marty Stevens rescued him from being euthanized because of his condition, the exotic blue-eyed rag doll cat is not only thriving, but has also made it into the 2012 edition of Guinness World Records as the longest-surviving member of a group known as Janus cats, named for a Roman god with two faces.

Europe again steps back from brink in debt crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:54 AM PDT

Reuters - Following a now-familiar script, Europe again averted disaster in its debt crisis when German lawmakers rallied behind Chancellor Angela Merkel to approve a stronger euro zone bailout fund on Thursday.

Recovery next year for world stocks: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:44 AM PDT

Reuters - World stock markets will recover next year from a nightmarish 2011 that has wiped trillions of dollars off share prices, according to a Reuters poll that showed almost all major stock indexes ending 2011 in the red.

Jobless claims, GDP data ease economic fears (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:08 AM PDT

UPS employees load packages at the World Port air hub during a visit by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in Louisville, Kentucky, September 26, 2011. REUTERS/John Sommers IIReuters - The chances of the economy averting a new recession got a boost on Thursday with claims for jobless benefits falling to a five-month low last week and growth a touch stronger in the second quarter than previously estimated.

Libya's NTC retakes airport in Gaddafi home town (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 08:28 AM PDT

Anti-Gaddafi fighters fire from an armoured personnel carrier during clashes with pro-Gaddafi forces, about 1 km (0.6 miles) from the entrance of Sirte, September 28, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa WaguihReuters - Libyan interim government forces recaptured the airport in Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi's birthplace, on Thursday, amid mounting concern for civilians trapped inside the besieged city.

Exclusive: U.S. Justice Department probing Chinese accounting (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:29 PM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating accounting irregularities at Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges, said an official with the Securities and Exchange Commission, suggesting criminal charges may be brought in addition to civil proceedings.

SEC concedes challenges in credit-rating probes (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Reuters - The Securities and Exchange Commission faces hurdles proving wrongdoing at credit-rating agencies, the agency's enforcement chief said, pointing to the complexity of the cases and the industry's strong legal defenses.

Bank of America to charge debit card use fee (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:05 PM PDT

A Bank of America customer uses a Bank of America ATM in Charlotte, North Carolina May 11, 2011. REUTERS/Chris KeaneReuters - Bank of America Corp plans to charge customers who use their debit cards to make purchases a $5 monthly fee beginning early next year, joining other banks scrambling for new sources of revenue.

Analysis: Stagnant U.S. jobs market bodes ill for world economy (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 07:09 AM PDT

Reuters - Record-high long-term unemployment is testing politicians and central bankers to the utmost as the impact of a shortfall in demand is amplified by an aging population, a mismatch of skills and inadequate efforts to get people back to work.

Would Obama's jobs plan help avoid a recession? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:29 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama's jobs plan might create employment for half a million workers next year. Or maybe it would create 2 million jobs. Or none.

When is a terrorist not a terrorist? America's Haqqani conundrum. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:35 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - At first glance, it might seem like a no-brainer for the United States to add the Pakistan-based Haqqani network to its list of foreign terrorist organizations.
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