Sunday, October 30, 2011

3M powerless as October snow surprises Northeast (AP)

3M powerless as October snow surprises Northeast (AP)

3M powerless as October snow surprises Northeast (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 01:17 PM PDT

A man walks near a tree down on a power line a day after a snow storm in Glastonbury, Conn., Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP - When winter's white mixes with autumn's orange and gold, nature gets ugly.

Aussie court ends Qantas strike, fleet grounding (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 10:36 AM PDT

Idle Qantas planes are reflected in a window at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. Qantas Airways grounded all of its aircraft around the world indefinitely Saturday due to ongoing strikes by its workers. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - Qantas Airways could begin returning its grounded fleet to the skies as early a Monday after an Australian court intervened in a bitter labor dispute by ending strikes and canceling a staff lock out.

Reports: Prosecutions going up for war zone crime (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:01 AM PDT

Afghan people gather at the site of Saturday's suicide car bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into an armored NATO bus on a busy thoroughfare in Kabul, killing 17 people including a dozen Americans in the deadliest strike against the U.S.-led coalition in the Afghan capital since the war began. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - A Marine in Iraq sent home $43,000 in stolen cash by hiding it in a footlocker among American flags. A soldier shipped thousands more concealed in a toy stuffed animal. An embassy employee tricked the State Department into wiring $240,000 into his foreign bank account.

Studies challenge wisdom of GOP candidates' plans (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 10:07 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo, Republican presidential candidates Herman Cain, left, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, center, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry are seen before a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas. Key proposals from the Republican presidential candidates might make for good campaign fodder. But independent analyses raise serious questions about those plans and their ability to cure the nation’s economic and housing woes. The candidates are pushing lower taxes and less regulation in the name of job creation. But employers say poor consumer demand is a far bigger obstacle to new hires. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)AP - Key proposals from the Republican presidential candidates might make for good campaign fodder. But independent analyses raise serious questions about those plans and their ability to cure the nation's ills in two vital areas, the economy and housing.

Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 12:39 PM PDT

In this Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 photo, Richard Muller, left, and his daughter, Elizabeth Muller, right, pose with a map from their study on climate at their home in Berkeley, Calif. A new study of Earth’s temperatures going back more than 200 years finds the same old story: It’s gotten hotter in the last 60 years. What’s different is the scientist behind the latest study, Richard Muller. The California physicist was doubtful of what climate scientists have been saying - until he did his own research, partly funded by climate change skeptics. Elizabeth Muller, co-founder and executive director of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Study, ran the study. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly.

Rescue efforts suspended at Kansas grain elevator (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 10:02 AM PDT

AP - Crews temporarily suspended their search Sunday for three people missing since an explosion at a Kansas grain elevator that killed three workers and left two critically injured with severe burns.

Israeli archaeologists: tiny Christian relic found (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 10:27 AM PDT

An Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) restorer displays a Byzantine 0.8 by 0.6-inch (2 by 1.5cm) Christian icon box made of bone with a cross carved on the lid in Jerusalem, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. The was likely carried by a Christian believer who lost it on one of Jerusalem's streets around the end of the 6th century A.D. Archaeologist Yana Tchekhanovets of the Israel Antiquities Authority says the box is unique and offers the first archaeological evidence that the use of icons in the Byzantine period was not limited to church ceremonies.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - A tiny, exquisitely made box found on an excavated street in Jerusalem is a token of Christian faith from 1,400 years ago, Israeli archaeologists said Sunday.

Russian cargo ship launched to space station (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 09:10 AM PDT

AP - A Russian cargo ship was launched successfully to the International Space Station on Sunday, clearing the way for the next manned mission and easing concerns about the station's future after a previous failed launch.

AP Enterprise: Brown estate was saddled by debt (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 6, 2005 file photo, James Brown performs on stage during the Live 8 concert at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. Brown's charitable trust had withered to just $14,000 and his estate was saddled with more than $20 million in debt before a professional money manager was able to turn it around, according to an attorney, The Associated Press reports Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)AP - James Brown's charitable trust had withered to just $14,000 and his estate was saddled with more than $20 million in debt before a professional money manager was able to turn it around, an attorney told The Associated Press.

Clemson, KSU tumble; top 5 stay same in AP ranking (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd wipes his face as he paces on the sideline in the final moments of their 31-17 loss to Georgia Tech in an NCAA college football game in Atlanta, on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)AP - Clemson and Kansas State tumbled in The Associated Press college football poll after losing for the first time this season, and the top five teams in the rankings held their ground heading into the showdown between No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama.

More than 60 percent of global consumers downbeat: Nielsen (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 01:11 PM PDT

A woman shops for toys in a Kmart store in New York City, December 6, 2010. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - Global consumer confidence remained weak in the third quarter with more than 60 percent of consumers saying it was not a good time to spend, and one-in-three North Americans saying they have no spare cash, a survey showed on Sunday.

Insight: U.S. firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 01:23 PM PDT

Reuters - Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a wellness program and voluntary screenings.

Commentary says China not a "savior" for Europe (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:57 PM PDT

Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), attends his monthly news conference at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Johannes EiseleReuters - Europe should not expect China to ride to the rescue as its "savior" from the debt crisis, though Beijing will do what it can to help a friend in need, state-run news agency Xinhua said in a commentary on Sunday.

Turkey ends search for survivors, toll nears 600 (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 06:05 AM PDT

Turkish Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin (C) gestures while visiting a relief shelter campsite for earthquake victims, set up at a stadium, in Ercis October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Morteza NikoubazlReuters - The death toll from last week's earthquake in southeast Turkey rose to 596 Sunday, the day after authorities stopped searching for survivors and focused on helping thousands of homeless families in crisis.

Insight: Dreaded "Brazil cost" may dim Foxconn's iPad dreams (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 09:13 AM PDT

Reuters - The nondescript stretch of asphalt is an unlikely symbol of Brazil's attempt to lift its economy into a new high-tech era.

Republican Cain says ad not promoting smoking (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 12:17 PM PDT

Republican party presidential candidate and frontrunner Herman Cain appears on Reuters - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain Sunday said he was not promoting smoking in an ad that showed his chief of staff puffing on a cigarette.

Gaza violence simmers after truce announced (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 01:14 PM PDT

A general view shows burned cars after a rocket fired from Gaza landed in Ashdod October 29, 2011. REUTERS/ Nir EliasReuters - Violence between Israel and Gaza militants flared anew Sunday after Egypt said it had brokered a truce to end attacks that have killed 10 Palestinian gunmen and an Israeli civilian in the past five days.

Rare, deadly October storm hangs on in Northeast (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Reuters - More than 3 million households in the Northeast lacked power Sunday as a rare October snowstorm bedeviled transportation and killed at least five people.

Solyndra scandal probe widens as White House orders new review (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 02:03 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The Obama administration has ordered an independent review of loans made by the Energy Department to energy companies â€" a clear response to the controversial and now-bankrupt Solyndra Inc. solar energy company.

Obama vs. GOP on jobs: Let the blame game begin (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:58 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The partisan debate over jobs creation has descended into a blame game between President Obama and congressional Republicans.
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