Monday, October 31, 2011

Palestine becomes member of UNESCO (AP)

Palestine becomes member of UNESCO (AP)

Palestine becomes member of UNESCO (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 10:49 AM PDT

Permanent delegate of the US to UNESCO David Killion, center, reacts as delegates vote on the Palestinian membership, during a session of UNESCO's 36th General Conference, in Paris, Monday Oct. 31, 2011. Palestine became a full member of the U.N. cultural and educational agency Monday, in a highly divisive move that the United States and other opponents say could harm renewed Mideast peace efforts. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - Palestine became a full member of UNESCO on Monday in a highly divisive breakthrough that will cost the agency a fifth of its budget and that the U.S. and other opponents say could harm renewed Mideast peace efforts.

FBI releases video, papers on Russian spy ring (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 10:07 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Sunday, April 3, 2011, Anna Chapman, who was deported from the U.S. on charges of espionage, displays a creation by Russian designers Shiyan & Rudkovskaya during a Fashion Week in Moscow, Russia. A year and a half after the biggest spy swap since the Cold War, its Russian protagonists completely vanished in the 12-million city of Moscow, leaving no trace of their past, except for compulsive socialite Anna Chaman. (AP Photo /Luba Sheme)AP - FBI surveillance tapes, photos and documents released Monday show members of a ring of Russian sleeper spies secretly exchanging information and money during a counterintelligence probe that lasted about a decade and ended in the biggest spy swap since the Cold War.

Libya names new prime minister (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:10 PM PDT

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to reporters in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. NATO's top official is praising the Libyans for their 'courage, determination and sacrifice' to oust dictator Moammar Gadhafi, and says they have transformed Libya and 'helped change the region.' Fogh Rasmussen is in Tripoli to mark the end of the alliance's 7-month campaign over Libya, which played a key role in ousting Gadhafi. The NATO mission ends at midnight Monday Libyan time (2200 GMT, 6 p.m. EDT). (AP Photo/Abdel Magid al-Fergany)AP - Libya's interim leadership has chosen an electronics engineer from Tripoli as the country's new prime minister.

Power restoration in snowy East could take days (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 10:23 AM PDT

Trees that were damaged by a snowstorm, then trimmed, stand bare of branches at the edge of Central Park in New York, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. The group that manages Central Park estimates that the New York City park may lose 1,000 trees due to the unprecedented weekend snowstorm. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Residents across the Northeast faced the prospect of days without electricity or heat Monday after an early-season storm dumped as much as 30 inches of wet, heavy snow that snapped trees and power lines, closed hundreds of schools, and disrupted plans for Halloween trick-or-treating.

Obama orders FDA to help reduce drug shortages (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 10:34 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, before signing an executive order directing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take steps to reduce drug shortages. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages, action he says will help stop a "slow-rolling problem" that puts patients at risk and raises the potential for price gouging.

Cain says he was 'falsely accused' of harassment (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 10:56 AM PDT

In this photo provided by CBS News, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain appears on CBS's 'Face the Nation' in Washington Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/CBS News, Chris Usher)AP - Denying he sexually harassed anyone, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Monday he was falsely accused in the 1990s while he was head of the National Restaurant Association, and he branded revelation of the allegations a "witch hunt."

United Nations marks 7 billionth baby (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:47 PM PDT

Nurses hold newborn babies in Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. As of Oct. 31, according to the U.N. Population Fund, there will be 7 billion people sharing Earth's land and resources. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)AP - One South African mother, just 19, named her newborn "Enough" and shrugged off a nurse who questioned whether she was old enough to know how many children she wanted.

3 more victims of Kan. grain elevator blast found (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:16 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the damaged headhouse area of the Bartlett Grain elevator in Atchison, Kan., on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. Crews suspended their search Sunday for three people missing after a thunderous explosion at the grain elevator killed three workers and hospitalized two others with severe burns. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Keith Myers)AP - The final three bodies were recovered Monday from the burnt wreckage of a Kansas grain elevator where a weekend explosion killed six people and injured two others, a company official said.

Kim Kardashian files for divorce after 10 weeks (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 01:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2011 file photo, newlyweds Kim Kardashian, right, and Kris Humphries attend a party thrown in their honor in New York. Kardashian is expected to file for divorce in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, according to a report confirmed by the producers of her reality show. Kardashian and Humphries were married on Aug. 20. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)AP - Just 10 weeks after their lavish, made-for-TV wedding and less than a month after the wedding special aired, reality starlet Kim Kardashian is cancelling her marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries.

Cardinals manager La Russa announces retirement (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 11:15 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2011 file photo, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa speaks during a celebration for the Cardinals' 11th World Series victory, in St. Louis. Three days after winning the World Series, La Russa is retiring. The 67-year-old manager announced his retirement at a news conference Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)AP - Tony La Russa retired as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday, three days after winning a dramatic, seven-game World Series against the Texas Rangers.

Corzine's MF Global files for bankruptcy (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:41 PM PDT

Jon Corzine, chairman and chief executive officer of MF Global Holdings, speaks during the Sandler O'Neill + Partners global exchange and brokerage conference in New York June 9, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - Jon Corzine's bid to revive his Wall Street career crashed and burned on Monday when his futures brokerage MF Global Holdings Ltd filed for bankruptcy protection following bad bets on euro zone debt.

Insight: Did Corzine's risk taking cripple MF Global? (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:11 PM PDT

Jon Corzine, chairman and chief executive officer of MF Global Holdings, speaks during the Sandler O'Neill + Partners global exchange and brokerage conference in New York June 9, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - In early April, Jon Corzine was in a tough spot. MF Global, the company he had run for the previous year, was about to post a fourth-quarter loss, marking its fourth successive fiscal year of red ink.

UNESCO grants Palestinians full membership (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 09:30 AM PDT

A Palestinian girl takes part a rally celebrating a recent prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip, October 28, 2011. REUTERS/ Ibraheem Abu MustafaReuters - The United Nations' cultural agency granted the Palestinians full membership on Monday, a step forward in their long-running efforts to achieve recognition before the world as an independent state.

Japan intervenes to tame soaring yen ahead of G20 (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:53 AM PDT

An employee of a foreign exchange company walks past a graph and a monitor displaying the Japanese yen's exchange rate against the U.S. dollar in Tokyo October 31, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Japan sold the yen for the second time in less than three months after it hit another record high against the dollar Monday, saying it intervened to counter excessive speculation that was hurting the world's No. 3 economy.

Wall Street falls but ends October up sharply (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 01:10 PM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 28, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Wall Street closed its best month since 1991 on a down note on Monday as the failure of trading firm MF Global Holdings Ltd and new worries about Europe's crisis hammered financial shares.

Greece calls referendum on new EU aid deal (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:07 PM PDT

Reuters - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou Monday called a referendum on a new EU aid package and said he would ask for a vote of confidence to secure support for his policy for the remainder of his four-year term, which expires in 2013.

Cain denounces "witch hunt," denies sex harassment (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 11:57 AM PDT

Republican party presidential candidate and frontrunner Herman Cain appears on Reuters - Republican Herman Cain denounced sexual harassment accusations from the 1990s as a "witch hunt" on Monday and broke into a gospel song to deflect what has become the toughest challenge of his U.S. presidential campaign.

Berlusconi urged to quit as bond yields climb (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 11:55 AM PDT

Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi makes a face as he attends a meeting in Rome October 28, 2011. REUTERS/Remo CasilliReuters - A prominent Italian businessman called on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to resign on Monday, as Italian bond yields rose nearly to August levels, indicating concern that problems in the euro zone's third largest economy could threaten the whole bloc.

George Will says Mitt Romney is hurting conservatism. Does it matter? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 01:08 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Conservative columnist George Will says Mitt Romney “is a recidivist reviser of his principles who is not only becoming less electable; he might damage GOP chances of capturing the Senate.”

Iowa Poll has Cain and Romney neck-and-neck, Bachmann far behind (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 06:01 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The latest Iowa Poll shows Herman Cain and Mitt Romney in a dead heat among Republicans likely to vote in January’s nominating caucuses there. Back among the also-rans â€" and significantly so â€" is Michele Bachmann, an Iowa native who’s campaigned heavily in the state and is counting on it to propel her forward during the primary season.
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