Friday, October 7, 2011

Economy adds 103,000 jobs, but it's not enough (AP)

Economy adds 103,000 jobs, but it's not enough (AP)

Economy adds 103,000 jobs, but it's not enough (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:06 PM PDT

In this Oct. 4, 2011 photo, mechanic Ray Duran changes oil in a car at a Shell station in Los Angeles. Employers added 103,000 jobs in September, a modest burst of hiring after a sluggish summer. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - The jobs crisis isn't getting worse. But it isn't getting much better, either.

Libyan fighters push deep into Gadhafi's hometown (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:59 AM PDT

Libyan revolutionary fighters exchange RPG firing positions, while attacking pro-Gadhafi forces inside the Ouagadougou conference center of Sirte, Libya, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. Rebel forces have besieged Sirte since September 15 but have not managed to penetrate the heart of the city because of fierce resistance from loyalists inside the home town of Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Revolutionary fighters assaulted Moammar Gadhafi's hometown from all sides Friday in what they hope will be a final all-out offensive to crush resistance in the most important bastion of regime loyalists.

Nobel Peace Prize goes to women's rights activists (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:44 AM PDT

Africa's first democratically elected female president, a Liberian peace activist and a woman who stood up to Yemen's authoritarian regime won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday Oct. 7, 2011 for their work to secure women's rights, which the prize committee described as fundamental to advancing world peace. Seen in this combo from left: Tawakkul Karman of Yemen, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. (AP Photo)AP - The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three champions of women's rights in Africa and the Middle East on Friday in an attempt to bolster the role of women in struggles to bring democracy to nations suffering from autocratic rule and civil strife.

Groups ask fed court to halt Ala. immigration law (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:52 PM PDT

AP - A coalition of immigrant support groups has asked a federal appeals court to block enforcement of Alabama's new immigration law.

Syria troops fire on protesters, killing 8 (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:12 AM PDT

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, stands next to Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Dawoud Rajha, right, and Chief of Staff Gen. Fahed al-Jasem el-Freij, left, during a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war, in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday Oct. 6, 2011. Syrian troops stormed villages close to the border with Turkey on Thursday, hunting armed military defectors who fought back in clashes that left at least four soldiers and three others dead, activists said. (AP Photo/SANA) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters in several parts of the country on Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding scores, while masked gunmen burst into an apartment in the predominantly Kurdish northeast and shot dead one of Syria's most prominent opposition figures.

Tennessee prison frees former death row inmate (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:02 PM PDT

Gaile Owens, 58, right, hugs her friend, Linda Oakley, left, after Owens was released from the Tennessee Prison for Women on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn.Owens spent 26 years on death row for hiring a stranger to kill her husband in 1985 but her death sentence was commuted to life in prison last year and she recently won parole. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - A Memphis woman who spent a quarter century on death row and came within two months of being executed for hiring a stranger to kill her husband in 1985 was freed Friday from a Tennessee prison.

Mexican drug gangs competing for 'cartel cred' (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:58 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2011 file photo, relatives weep after gunmen opened fire on a taxi killing the driver and the passenger in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico. The brutal public killings that began about five years ago have worsened as Mexican drug cartels try to one-up each other in their quest to scare off rivals, authorities and would-be informers — and still shock Mexicans increasingly accustomed to the gory spectacles. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez, File)AP - Masked gunmen dump the bodies of 35 slaying victims during rush hour as terrified motorists watch and tweet friends to avoid the highway.

Explosions shake Ill. village after train derails (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:04 AM PDT

This frame grab provided by WBBM TV, Chicago, shows a freight train in flames Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, in Tiskilwa, Ill. Twenty-six cars on the 131-car train derailed, including seven to nine loaded with ethanol, sending up bright orange flames and plumes of smoke that could be seen miles away and forcing the evacuation of a small town in northern Illinois. (AP Photo/WBBM TV) MANDATORY CREDITAP - Explosions shook a northern Illinois village awake early Friday when a freight train loaded with ethanol crashed and ignited, sending bright orange flames shooting into the sky and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents.

Schwarzenegger inaugurates his museum in Austria (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:41 AM PDT

Austrian-born actor and former Californian governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, is welcomed by Austrian chancellor Werner Faymann, left, while German actor Ralf Moeller, center, applauds prior to the inauguration of a museum in the house of Schwarzenegger's birth in Thal near Graz, Austria Friday Oct. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/dapd/ Markus Leodolter)AP - For a day at least, Arnold Schwarzenegger could forget about his messy divorce and bask in the adulation of a sympathetic crowd.

AP sources: Big East leaders discuss expansion (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:47 AM PDT

AP - Big East leaders held a conference call Friday to talk about expansion and the expected loss of TCU, but no decisions were made on which schools to invite to the troubled league.

Fitch cuts Italy, Spain ratings; outlook negative (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:50 PM PDT

The Bank of Spain is seen behind a sign in Madrid March 10, 2011. REUTERS/Andrea ComasReuters - Fitch Ratings on Friday cut Italy's sovereign credit rating by one notch and Spain's by two, citing a worsening of the euro zone debt crisis and a risk of fiscal slippage in both countries.

Job gains ease recession fears but still weak (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:45 AM PDT

Reuters - Employers hired more workers than expected in September and job gains for the prior two months were revised higher, easing recession fears.

Nobel Peace Prize honors African, Arab women (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:50 AM PDT

President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf speaks at the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) conference in London June 13, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - Declaring women's rights vital for world peace, the Nobel Committee awarded its annual Peace Prize on Friday to three indomitable campaigners against war and oppression -- a Yemeni and two Liberians, including that country's president.

Germany, France split on bank aid before summit (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:47 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel gesture as they address a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, June 17, 2011. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/FilesReuters - Germany and France were split ahead of crucial talks on Sunday over how to strengthen shaky European banks and fight financial market contagion to prepare for a possible Greek default.

After WikiLeaks, U.S. tries to shield classified data (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Newspaper fronts reporting on the documents released by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks are seen in New York, November 29, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - The U.S. government on Friday announced steps to clamp down on who can access classified information, seeking to avert another WikiLeaks-scale breach of military documents and diplomatic cables.

Rivals' UAW deals too rich for Chrysler, CEO says (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:27 PM PDT

Reuters - Chrysler Group LLC intends to reach a four-year labor contract with the United Auto Workers without arbitration, but Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne warned that the union's deals with its crosstown rivals may be too costly for the smallest U.S. automaker.

Insight: Occupy Wall St, the start of a new protest era? (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:23 AM PDT

Occupy Wall Street protesters march up Broadway in New York City, October 5, 2011. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - When Paul Friedman met the rag-tag youth camped out near Wall Street to protest inequality in the American economy, he felt he was witnessing the start of a protest movement not seen in America since the 1960s.

Insight: Americans seethe as banks hit them with new fees (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:44 AM PDT

People use ATM machines at a Bank of America branch after it was occupied during a Reuters - Smoking outside a Bank of America branch in Chicago, restaurant worker Mike Dysangco complained about the "totally ridiculous" new banking fees.

Is the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement being hijacked by newcomers? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 06:15 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - An estimated 200 social justice protesters demonstrated in Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., Thursday, expressing solidarity with the “Occupy Wall Street” movement that has spread to more than 150 US cites.

Steve Jobs: what we can learn from how he lived (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:22 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Steve Jobs would be proud.
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