Saturday, December 31, 2011

World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year (AP)

World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year (AP)

World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:55 PM PST

Fireworks burst over the Sydney Opera House, rigfht, as New Year's celebrations begin in Sydney, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - Fireworks glittered and boomed as revelers in Australia, Asia and the Middle East welcomed 2012 and others around the world looked forward to bidding adieu to a year marred by hurricanes, tsunamis and economic turmoil.

Romney has Iowa edge, glimmer of clarity in race? (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:40 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, greets some of the kitchen help during a campaign stop at Old Salt Restaurant in Hampton, N.H., Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)AP - Mitt Romney is the clear Republican front-runner in Iowa in the final days before the first voting in the 2012 presidential election. But that's where the glimmer of clarity ends in this unpredictable nomination race.

Obama signs defense bill despite 'reservations' (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:42 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama signed a wide-ranging defense bill into law Saturday despite having "serious reservations" about provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists.

Afghan president welcomes US remarks on Taliban (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 07:28 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in New York. The Obama administration hopes to restore momentum in the spring to U.S. talks with the Taliban insurgency that had reached a critical point before falling apart this month because of objections from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, U.S. and Afghan officials said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday welcomed remarks from the Obama administration that the Taliban were not necessarily America's enemies.

Police: More cars set afire in LA, arson suspected (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:58 AM PST

A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter extinguishes multiple cars on fire in a carport in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. For the third night in a row, a rash of arson fires has sent firefighters scrambling to extinguish car fires in various neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Most of the fires on this night occurred in the San Fernando Valley. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Several more cars burned in suspected arson attacks in the Los Angeles area early Saturday morning, and authorities investigated if they were connected to nearly two dozen deliberately set blazes a day earlier, police said.

It's never been safer to fly; deaths at record low (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:03 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2011 file photo, travelers check their luggage at a United Airlines express check-in area at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Boarding an airplane has never been safer. In the last 10 years, there were 153 fatalities in U.S. airline crashes. That's 2 deaths for every 100 million passengers and the safest decade in the countryís aviation history, according to an Associated Press analysis of government accident data. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)AP - Boarding an airplane has never been safer.

Moon countdown: Hours until 1st NASA probe arrives (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 01:32 AM PST

This undated artist rendering provided by NASA on Dec. 21,2011 shows the twin Grail spacecraft mapping the lunar gravity field. The two probes are scheduled to enter orbit around the moon over New Year's weekend. (AP Photo/NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory)AP - NASA is counting down the seconds until its twin spacecraft bound for the moon make back-to-back arrivals over the New Year's weekend.

No one hurt after camera falls at Insight Bowl (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:51 AM PST

The back judge moves an overhead video camera after it fell on the field during the second half of the Insight Bowl NCAA college football game between Oklahoma and Iowa, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in Tempe, Ariz. Oklahoma won 31-14. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - Flying cameras have been providing unique perspectives on everything from golf to college and professional football for more than a decade, becoming so commonplace that fans rarely notice the whizzing remote-controlled devices.

Cops: Man tried to use $1M bill at NC Walmart (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:57 AM PST

AP - Do you have change for a million-dollar bill?

No. 3 Kentucky beats No. 4 Louisville 69-62 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST

Louisville's Peyton Siva, left, is fouled by Kentucky's Kyle Wiltjer during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Lexington, Ky., Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/James Crisp)AP - Freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had season-highs with 24 points and 19 rebounds to lead No. 3 Kentucky in a rough-and-tumble 69-62 victory over No. 4 Louisville on Saturday to extend the nation's longest home winning streak.

Republicans scour Iowa for undecided voters (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:45 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney reaches to shake hands with a supporter after a campaign rally in West Des Moines, Iowa December 30, 2011, ahead of the Iowa Caucus on January 3, 2012. REUTERS/Rick WilkingReuters - Republican White House hopefuls scoured Iowa for undecided voters on Saturday and front-runner Mitt Romney argued that he is the best to take on President Barack Obama as time ran short before the first votes of the 2012 election season.

Obama signs bill imposing Iran banking sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:15 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama signed a sweeping U.S. defense funding bill on Saturday that includes new sanctions on financial institutions dealing with Iran's central bank, but cited concerns about sections that expand the U.S. military's authority over terrorism suspects and limit his powers in foreign affairs.

Romney feels campaign trail energy close to home (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 10:35 AM PST

Reuters - It was standing room only as Mitt Romney briefly took time out from Iowa to campaign in Republican strongholds in New Hampshire, where he holds a wide lead approaching the state's first-in-the-nation primary.

Euro could become world's leading currency: Noyer (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:18 AM PST

Reuters - The euro could become the world's leading currency in the next decade if leaders of the single-currency bloc succeed in tightening fiscal integration, European Central Bank policymaker Christian Noyer said in an article to be published in the Journal du Dimanche.

Nigeria's Jonathan declares state of emergency (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 10:04 AM PST

A girl who was injured during the Christmas day bomb explosion holds a bottle at St. Theresa's Catholic church in Madalla, just outside the capital Abuja December 31, 2011. REUTERS/Afolabi SotundeReuters - President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency on Saturday in parts of Nigeria plagued by a violent Islamist insurgency, and ordered shut the borders with Cameroon, Chad and Niger in the northeast.

Iran delays missile test, ready for nuclear talks (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 10:08 AM PST

Reuters - Iran said it had delayed planned long-range missile tests in the Gulf on Saturday and signalled it was ready for fresh talks with the West on its disputed nuclear programme.

U.S. in $3.5 billion arms sale to UAE amid Iran tensions (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 07:42 AM PST

Reuters - The United States has signed a $3.5 billion sale of an advanced antimissile interception system to the United Arab Emirates, part of an accelerating military buildup of its friends and allies near Iran.

Syrian opposition signs plan for post-Assad future (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:45 AM PST

Reuters - Two leading Syrian opposition parties have agreed a road map to democracy should mass protests nearly in their 10th month succeed in toppling President Bashar al-Assad, according to a copy of the document seen by Reuters on Saturday.

Antiabortion ads from outlier presidential candidate raise eyebrows (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:02 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Amid the otherwise cheerful holiday TV lineup, some graphic antiabortion ads have been causing viewers to do a double take in Iowa, New Hampshire, and several other states.

Which GOP rivals would vote for Ron Paul if he's GOP nominee? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:30 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - With libertarian-leaning Ron Paul riding high in polls of Republican voters in Iowa, a simple question has become a hot one in recent days for his rivals in the presidential race: If the Texas congressman were to win the Republican nomination, would they vote for him?
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