Monday, January 30, 2012

Romney credits change in tactics for Florida surge (AP)

Romney credits change in tactics for Florida surge (AP)

Romney credits change in tactics for Florida surge (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:48 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at Ring Power Lift Trucks in Jacksonville, Fla., Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Looking for a convincing win, a confident Mitt Romney said Monday the Florida primary is breaking his way and urged voters to send Newt Gingrich "to the moon." Gingrich claimed he's gaining ground and will stay in the race until summer.

State Dept: Americans take refuge at Cairo embassy (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 1998 file photo, the U.S. embassy in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Three U.S. citizens whom Egyptian authorities have barred from leaving the country have sought refuge in the American Embassy in Cairo, U.S. officials said Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Leila Gorchev, File)AP - Three American citizens barred from leaving Egypt have sought refuge at the American Embassy in Cairo amid growing tensions between the two allies over an Egyptian investigation into foreign-funded pro-democracy groups.

Syrian troops push back in fight on Damascus edges (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:48 PM PST

This image from amateur video made available by the Ugarit News group and shot on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, purports to show a funeral in Damascus, Syria. The Syrian military launched an offensive to regain control of suburbs on the eastern edge of Damascus on Sunday, storming neighborhoods and clashing with groups of army defectors in fierce fighting that sent residents fleeing and killed at several people, activists said. (AP Photo/Ugarit News Group via APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL. TV OUTAP - Syrian forces heavily shelled the restive city of Homs on Monday, and troops pushed back dissident troops from some suburbs on the outskirts of Damascus in an offensive trying to regain control of the capital's eastern doorstep, activists said.

Pythons apparently wiping out Everglades mammals (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:47 PM PST

In this November 14, 2009 photo provided by the University of Florida, University of Florida researchers hold a 162-pound Burmese python captured in Everglades National Park, Fla. Therese Walters, left, Alex Wolf and Michael R. Rochford, right, are holding the 15-foot snake shortly after the python ate a six-foot American alligator. The National Academy of Science report released Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, indicates that the proliferation of pythons coincides with a sharp decrease of mammals in the park. (AP Photo/ University of Florida, Michael R. Rochford)AP - A burgeoning population of huge pythons — many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big — appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals in the Everglades, a study says.

Fla. highway open after chain crashes kill 10 (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 01:03 PM PST

Florida Highway Patrolmen inspect the damage from a multi-vehicle accident that killed at least nine people, on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the pileup on the highway, which had been closed for a time because of the mixture of fog and heavy smoke from a brush fire. At least five cars and six tractor-trailers were involved, and some burst into flame. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)AP - A driver is heard telling a 911 dispatcher "another one" multiple times during the massive pileup along a Florida interstate in which 10 people died.

Afghan woman killed, apparently for bearing girl (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 file photo, an Afghan woman, center, peeks inside a hospital while she and others wait for an employee to let them enter, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. An Afghan woman has been strangled to death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he wanted, police said Monday. It was the latest in a series of grisly examples of subjugation of women that have made headlines in Afghanistan in the past few months including a 15-year-old tortured and forced into prostitution by in-laws and a female rape victim who was imprisoned for adultery. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)AP - An Afghan woman has been strangled to death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he wanted, police said Monday.

Senator's stroke shows they can hit the young, too (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 photo, Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. leaves a Republican caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. When a stroke hits at 52, like what happened to Sen. Kirk, the reaction is an astonished, 'But he's so young.' The reality is that strokes can happen at any age, even to children - and they're on the rise among the young and middle-aged. The vast majority of strokes do occur in older adults. But up to a quarter of them strike people younger than 65, says Dr. Ralph Sacco, a University of Miami neurologist and past president of the American Heart Association. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - When a stroke hits at 52, like what happened to Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, the reaction is an astonished, "But he's so young."

Police: No evidence to support Maine tot abduction (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:54 PM PST

FILE - This undated file photo obtained from a Facebook page shows missing toddler Ayla Reynolds. Investigators said Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, that some of the blood found in the Maine home where Reynolds was last seen on Dec. 17 belonged to the little girl. State Police spokesman Steve McCausland would not say how much of Ayla Reynolds’ blood was found in the Waterville home of her father, Justin DiPietro. (AP Photo/obtained from Facebook, File)AP - Police who confirmed the discovery of blood from a missing toddler in the basement of her father's home said Monday that they've found no evidence to support an abduction and that they believe adults in the home know more than what they're telling investigators.

Nearly 14-pound baby boy born in Des Moines (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:46 PM PST

Asher Stewardson was born Jan. 26, 2012, weighing 13 pounds, 13 ounces. He measured 23 1/2 inches. He is believed to be the biggest baby ever born at Mercy Hospital without a surgical delivery. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Todd Erzen)AP - An Iowa woman has given birth to a boy weighing 13 pounds and 13 ounces — without the aid of surgery.

'All in the Family' director John Rich dies at 86 (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:02 PM PST

FILE - In this May 26, 1963 file photo, writer Carl Reiner, right, and director John Rich, left, pose with the Emmy awards they won for their work on the 'Dick Van Dyke Show,' during the annual Emmy Awards presentation in Hollywood, Calif. Television director John Rich, who won an Emmy Award for the memorable 'All in the Family' scene showing Sammy Davis Jr. planting a kiss on Archie Bunker, has died in Los Angeles at 86. (AP Photo/File)AP - Television director John Rich, who won an Emmy Award for the memorable "All in the Family" scene showing Sammy Davis Jr. planting a kiss on Archie Bunker, has died in Los Angeles at 86.

Gingrich stays on attack in Florida with one day left (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:01 AM PST

U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks to the media after attending a church service at the Exciting Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz, Florida January 29, 2012. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - U.S. Republican Newt Gingrich scrambled to revive his fading hopes in Florida on Monday, lashing out at rival Mitt Romney as a liberal party insider the day before the state's crucial presidential primary.

EU leaders struggle to reconcile austerity, growth (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 01:05 PM PST

Reuters - European leaders agreed on a permanent rescue fund for the euro zone on Monday and 25 of the 27 EU states backed a German-inspired pact for stricter budget discipline, but they struggled to reconcile fiscal austerity with economic growth.

Democrats slam Tea Party ties in Oregon special election (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:29 PM PST

Reuters - An Oregon special election in which national Democrats have sought to paint the Republican congressional candidate as a Tea Party radical foreshadows a tactic the party will employ in its quest to take back Congress seats lost in the 2010 election.

U.S. consumers fizzle out even as incomes rise (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:43 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. consumer spending was flat in December as households put the largest rise in income in nine months into their savings, potentially signaling slower consumption early in 2012.

Arrests in Oakland protests rise to more than 400 (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 09:30 PM PST

An Occupy Oakland demonstrator waits for medical assistance during a mass arrest outside a YMCA after a day-long demonstration in Oakland, California January 28, 2012. REUTERS/Stephen LamReuters - Crews cleaned up Oakland's historic City Hall on Sunday from damage inflicted overnight during violent anti-Wall Street protests that resulted in about 400 arrests, marking one of the largest mass arrests since nationwide protests began last year.

Assad troops fight back against Syria rebels (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:09 PM PST

Reuters - Street battles raged at the gates of the Syrian capital on Monday as President Bashar al-Assad's troops sought to consolidate their grip on suburbs that rebel fighters had seized only a few miles from the centre of government power.

Relief in U.S. food prices seen as crop supplies grow (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:51 AM PST

Reuters - After being hammered by record high food prices in 2011, which helped ignite the Arab Spring uprisings, consumers worldwide may find some relief in 2012 if U.S. farmers, induced by last year's high crop prices, plant more fields to grain this year.

States to decide this week on mortgage deal (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:56 AM PST

Reuters - State and federal officials are close to a settlement with the largest U.S. banks over mortgage abuses, with states facing an end-of-the-week deadline to decide whether they will sign on, people close to the talks said.

Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa sees "draconian" cuts ahead in Obama's budget (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 09:00 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) is currently president of the US Conference of Mayors. He previously served as speaker of the California Assembly. He was the guest speaker at the Jan. 18 Monitor breakfast in Washington.

Mitt Romney: From South Carolina loss to big Florida surge (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 01:23 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In the final days and hours before the Republican primary in South Carolina, Newt Gingrich surged ahead in the polls, leaving Mitt Romney scrambling to make the best of an increasingly losing situation. Romney got shellacked in that race, losing to Gingrich by nearly 13 points.
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