Saturday, October 29, 2011

Suicide bombing of NATO convoy kills 17 (AP)

Suicide bombing of NATO convoy kills 17 (AP)

Suicide bombing of NATO convoy kills 17 (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:49 AM PDT

US soldiers walk at the site of a suicide car bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. A suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy on the outskirts of Kabul on Saturday, causing casualties among the NATO service members and Afghan civilians, the U.S.-led coalition said. Afghan officials said three civilians and one policeman were killed. In the background is the palace of former Afghan King Darul Aman which was destroyed during the civil war (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into an armored NATO bus Saturday, killing 17 people, including 12 Americans and a Canadian in the deadliest attack on the U.S.-led coalition in Kabul since the war began. It was a major setback for the alliance as it begins to draw down combat troops.

Early storm pelts East Coast with wet, heavy snow (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:55 PM PDT

A jack-o-lantern is covered with snow during a rare October snowstorm that hit the Northern New Jersey region, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, in North Bergen, N.J. A classic nor'easter is moving along the East Coast and is expected to dump anywhere from a dusting of snow to about 10 inches throughout the region starting Saturday, a decidedly unseasonal date for a type of storm more associated with midwinter. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)AP - A classic nor'easter was chugging along up the East Coast and expected to dump anywhere from a dusting of snow to about 10 inches throughout the region starting Saturday, a decidedly unseasonal date for a type of storm more associated with midwinter.

AP Exclusive: Bosnia raids after US embassy attack (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:05 PM PDT

An unidentified gunman stands with an automatic weapon in the center of the street in front of the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. The man shot several rounds at pedestrians and injured at least one police officer guarding the embassy before police surrounded him. After a 30-minute standoff, the sound of a single shot echoed and the shooter slumped to the ground. Police arrested the wounded man and took him away in an ambulance. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)AP - Special police units raided homes Saturday in a Bosnian village linked to the gunman who fired an automatic weapon at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo in what authorities called a terrorist attack. The raids came as 17 suspected associates of the shooter, all said to be members of the ultraconservative Wahhabi Muslim sect, were briefly detained in Serbia.

Qantas Airways grounds global fleet due to strikes (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:48 AM PDT

Stranded passengers line up at the Qantas Airways counter for asking information in Hong Kong International Airport Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 as their flight to Sydney was cancelled. Qantas Airways grounded its global fleet indefinitely Saturday imposing an employee lockout after weeks of disruptive strikes, and the Australian government sought emergency arbitration. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - Qantas Airways grounded its global fleet Saturday, suddenly locking out striking workers after weeks of flight disruptions an executive said could close down the world's 10th largest airline piece by piece.

Ala. immigration battle recalls civil rights past (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2011 file photo, supporters surround Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., center, as he leaves after speaking at the 'Alabama United: One Family, One Alabama,' mass rally in Birmingham, Ala. The rally called for a stand for the basic rights of all people. Now, in 2011, the epicenter of the fight over the nation's patchwork of immigration laws is not Arizona, which shares a border with Mexico and became a common site for boycotts. The case that's likely to be the first sorted out by the U.S. Supreme Court comes from the Deep South state of Alabama, where the nation's strictest immigration law has resurrected ugly images from Alabama's days as the nation's battleground for civil rights a half-century ago. And Alabama's jump to the forefront says as much about the country's evolving demographics as it does the nation's collective memory of the state's sometimes violent path to desegregation. (AP Photo/The Birmingham News, Tamika Moore, File) MAGS OUT; NO SALESAP - The epicenter of the fight over the nation's patchwork of immigration laws is not Arizona, which shares a border with Mexico and became a common site for boycotts. Nor was it any of the four states that were next to pass their own crackdowns.

Iraqi PM: 615 detained in anti-Baathist sweep (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:19 AM PDT

Army Reserve veteran Peter Trost (R) walks past exhibits with his wife Courtney and daughter Kailea (obscured) during a job fair at Tellabs in Naperville, Illinois October 27, 2011. Trost has been unemployed since returning from Iraq in July 2010 and is looking for a job as an equipment operator or truck driver. The job fair was only open to current and former service men and women and their families. Photo taken October 27. REUTERS/Frank Polich (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT MILITARY)AP - Iraq's prime minister said Saturday that 615 people have been detained in a security sweep targeting members of the former ruling Baath party.

Higgins wins Irish presidency with 57 pct of votes (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:17 AM PDT

Michael D Higgins, right, and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness wait for the first count in the election to be next President of Ireland at Dublin Castle, Ireland, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Michael D. Higgins, a veteran left-wing politician, poet and human rights activist, was declared the winner Saturday of Ireland's presidential election with nearly 57 percent of votes, and pledged to lift the spirits of a struggling nation.

Tenn. protesters to challenge curfew for 3rd night (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 01:07 PM PDT

An arrested woman watches from the ground of the Legislative Plaza in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, while one of her fellow protesters is led away by state troopers. It was the second straight night of arrests after Republican Gov. Bill Haslam imposed a curfew on areas surrounding the Capitol in an effort to disband a three-week demonstration by Wall Street protesters. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)AP - Occupy Nashville protesters said Saturday that they plan to continue challenging a new curfew used to disband their encampment, despite two nights of arrests.

Rare wolves raised near NYC for return to the wild (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:22 PM PDT

In this Oct. 6, 2011 photo, Alawa, a Rocky Mountain wolf, looks though a fence at the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, N.Y. The Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem is raising and breeding endangered Mexican and red wolves. The animals roam in large pens on the 27-acre property, eating roadkill and whatever they catch. The center is an important part of the effort to return wolves to the wild in North Carolina, Arizona and New Mexico. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - She seemed perfectly normal, so it was surprising and a little scary when Maggie Howell suddenly let loose with a long, loud, screechy yell that sounded unlike anything human.

Cards, Rangers give baseball quite a run in Series (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:35 AM PDT

St. Louis Cardinals' David Freese celebrates after Game 7 of baseball's World Series against the Texas Rangers Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, in St. Louis. The Cardinals won 6-2 to win the series. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - David Freese swooped in, expecting Elvis Andrus to bunt. He did, but the ball trickled wide of the line.

Qantas grounds global fleet over labor dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Australia's Qantas Airways grounded its entire fleet on Saturday over a bitter labor dispute, prompting the government to ask a tribunal to stop the conflict out of concern it is putting both the airline and the economy at risk.

Kabul suicide bomb kills 13 U.S. troops, civilian (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:48 AM PDT

Foreign and Afghan forces arrive at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - A suicide car bomber killed 13 American troops and civilian employees of the NATO-led force in the Afghan capital Kabul Saturday, the deadliest single ground attack against the coalition in 10 years of war in Afghanistan.

Rare October snowstorm pelts the Northeast (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:39 AM PDT

Reuters - Heavy snow was falling across parts of Pennsylvania on Saturday where thousands of households were already without power from a rare October snowstorm barreling up the East Coast.

Serbia, Bosnia raid Islamists after U.S. embassy attack (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 01:01 PM PDT

A policeman stands in front of the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo, October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Dado RuvicReuters - Police in Serbia and Bosnia carried out raids on suspected radical Islamists on Saturday after a gunman opened fire with an assault rifle on the U.S. embassy in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo.

Portugal, Spain urge G20 members to help ease crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:25 AM PDT

European Central Bank (ECB) President Jean-Claude Trichet waves as he leaves a euro zone leaders summit in Brussels October 27, 2011. REUTERS/Francois LenoirReuters - Spain and Portugal said on Saturday the euro zone's debt crisis is a global problem, calling on the United States and other G20 powers to help contain the fallout.

Lawmakers warn Obama over Russia's WTO bid (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Senior lawmakers urged the Obama administration Saturday to insist Russia meet high standards in its bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), saying they worried about the impact on American jobs and businesses.

Israel bombs militant base, Gazan rockets fall (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:58 PM PDT

Palestinians wheel the body of a militant killed in an Israeli air strike at a hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaReuters - Israel's air force bombed an Islamic Jihad base in the southern Gaza Strip Saturday, killing a commander and four munitions experts from the Palestinian faction, officials on both sides said.

Suicide bomber kills three in SE Turkey (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:09 AM PDT

Reuters - A female suicide bomber in southeast Turkey killed three people and wounded around 20 in Bingol, a town in the mainly Kurdish region on Saturday, police said.

St. Louis Cardinals World Series win: Three questions to ponder (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 07:18 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The St. Louis Cardinals scored an improbable World Series victory on Friday night, beating the Texas Rangers 6-2 in Game 7. Cardinals starting pitcher Chris Carpenter gutted his way through six tough innings, and Mr. October (Midwest version) David Freese did the rest, lining a key two-run double to the base of the outfield wall in the bottom of the first.

Cracks in GOP promise of no new taxes for deficit cuts? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 03:48 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As Congress hurtles toward a self-imposed deadline to cut at least $1.2 trillion from deficits during the next 10 years, conservative lawmakers face tough choices on whether to keep their pledge to never raise taxes.
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