Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Las Vegas burlesque star Holly Madison pregnant

Las Vegas burlesque star Holly Madison pregnant

Las Vegas burlesque star Holly Madison pregnant

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:49 PM PDT

Burlesque performer and Las Vegas Strip star Holly Madison says she's going to be a first-time mom.

NYC man gets 40 years to life for dismembering boy

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2011 file photo, Levi Aron, accused of abducting and dismembering a Brooklyn boy, is arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court in New York. Aron is expected to be sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. He pleaded guilty earlier this month in the death of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky. The 36-year-old Aron admitted killing the child after the boy asked him for directions. (AP Photo/Jesse Ward, Pool, File)A hardware store clerk was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping, killing and dismembering a lost little boy, bringing an end to a gruesome crime that horrified a tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn.

While US waits, Ryan prepares convention speech

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, center, R-Wis., works on the speech he will deliver at the Republican National Convention, with senior adviser Dan Senor, left, and senior aid Conor Sweeney. during the campaign charter flight from Wisconsin to Tampa, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Preparing for the biggest moment of his political career, Paul Ryan tested the microphones and teleprompter before his speech Wednesday night accepting the Republican vice presidential nomination.

Jordan says it will deport some Syrian refugees who rioted@

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:44 PM PDT

AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's prime minister says Syrian refugees responsible for violence in camp near the border will be deported.

'Enlightenment' gala opens London's Paralympics

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:43 PM PDT

This photo made available by LOCOG shows Torchbearing team 056, (NOT left to right) including, Barrie Guy, Antony Eames, and others, no names available, outside the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir temple, in Brent, north London, as they carry the Paralympic Flame on the Torch Relay, Wednesday Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/LOCOG, Ben Birchall)Who better to help welcome the Paralympics than a scientist who has shown the world that physical limitations do not limit human potential?

A power lineup of golf courses in playoffs

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:42 PM PDT

Two years ago at his season-ending tournament, Tiger Woods was waiting to tee off on the par-3 17th at Sherwood Country Club when he turned to watch Dustin Johnson behind him just in time to see him blast a tee shot on the par-5 11th hole.

Jordan wants to deport Syrian refugees who rioted

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:42 PM PDT

Syrian refugees inspect their tent, which was burned during rioting at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. Jordan's has warned Syrian refugees in its tent camp near the Syrian border against rioting. Public security officials say rioting by 200 refugees late Tuesday over the camp's 'poor services' injured 26 Jordanian security officers. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)Jordan's prime minister says Syrian refugees responsible for violence in camp near the border will be deported.

Egypt pulls back some Sinai tanks

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 file photo, Egyptian border guards patrol near the border with Israel in Rafah, Egypt. President Mohammed Morsi is using former jhadists to mediate with radical Islamists in Sinai, trying to ensure a halt in militant attacks in return for a stop in a military offensive in the lawless peninsula, participants in the talks say. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa, File)Egypt on Wednesday withdrew some of the tanks it deployed near the Israeli and Gaza borders as part of a military operation against militants in the Sinai Peninsula.

NFL to use replacement officials for Week 1

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:40 PM PDT

San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, right, argues with an official during the second quarter of an NFL preseason football game against the Denver Broncos in Denver, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Joe Mahoney)The NFL will open the regular season with replacement officials.

UK foreign minister, Ecuador VP meet over Assange

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:35 PM PDT

The British government says its foreign minister has discussed the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with Ecuadorean Vice President Lenin Moreno in London.

No. 1 Azarenka posts another easy win at US Open

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:34 PM PDT

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus returns a shot against Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium in the second round of play at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Mel C. Evans)Victoria Azarenka looks quite comfortable so far on the hard courts at Flushing Meadows.

GOP convention team reaches out to women, vets

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:34 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney arrives at the Tampa International Jet Center in Tampa, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, for a campaign trip to Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)With the Republican National Convention at last in full-throated roar, nominee Mitt Romney and his team reached out Wednesday to critical voting groups — veterans, Hispanics and women — while gleefully mocking the man he is out to defeat in November.

Ecuador upbeat about deal to end Assange standoff

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Ecuadorean Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patino talks to Reuters during an interview at the Foreign Ministry in QuitoQUITO (Reuters) - Talks have resumed between Ecuador and Britain over the fate of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, and Ecuador's government said on Wednesday it was optimistic of a deal that would prevent him being extradited to the United States. Assange has been in hiding at Ecuador's embassy in London for more than two months, seeking to avoid being sent to Sweden for questioning over rape and sexual assault allegations -- and triggering a diplomatic stand-off that now looks to be easing. "I'm convinced we'll find a way out ... ...

4 Kenyan police wounded in grenade attack

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Kenyan riot police officers stand guard Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 after religious leaders and area member of parliament Ali Hassan Joho visited a church in Kisauni north Mombasa, which was destroyed my Muslim youth followed the death of a controversial Muslim preacher Aboud Rogo Mohammed. Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo Mohammed who was sanctioned by the U.S. and U.N. for his alleged support for an al-Qiada-linked militant group, was shot to death by unknown gunmen Monday morning in his car as he drove family members including his five-year-old daughter who was unharmed. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)A grenade attack wounded four policemen in the latest outbreak of violence in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, ending what had seemed to be a lull in violence stemming from the killing on Monday of a radical Islamist preacher, a police officer said late Wednesday.

White House: tapping SPR an option, no announcement to make

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:32 PM PDT

ON BOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House reiterated on Wednesday that the option of releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve remained on the table but it had no announcements to make about a move. "As I have said for some time now, all options are on the table with regard to this issue," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters, echoing a similar statement he made on Tuesday. Carney said the United States along with its G7 and G8 partners were watching the effects of global oil prices on the world economy. ...

Shell expects to begin restarting U.S. Gulf platforms on Friday

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:31 PM PDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday that the company expects to begin restarting and restaffing its shut Gulf of Mexico operations on Friday after finishing damage assessments on Thursday in Tropical Storm Isaac's wake. Shell said its central and east-central Gulf oil and gas platforms remained shut and evacuated on Wednesday as the storm, newly downgraded from a hurricane, hovered over the Louisiana coastline. The weather conditions blocked plans to do flyover inspections, which are routine after a storm moves ashore. ...

Hurricane Isaac drenches U.S. Gulf coast, tests New Orleans

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:31 PM PDT

A resident of Plaquemines Parish who was rescued from his flooded home sits in the back of a pickup truck during Hurricane Isaac in BraithwaiteNEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Floodwater from Hurricane Isaac jumped a levee on the outskirts of New Orleans on Wednesday, but the multibillion-dollar barriers built to protect the city itself after the 2005 Katrina disaster were not breached, officials said. The lumbering Category 1 hurricane was lashing the Gulf Coast, threatening to flood towns in Mississippi and Louisiana with a deluge of rain, storm surges of up to 12 feet and top sustained winds up to 75 miles per hour (120 kilometers per hour). ...

Officials may breach levee as Isaac storms inland

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:29 PM PDT

Drug Enforcement Agency Special Agent Keith Billiot, left, Lanny LaFrance, center, and Sam Maltese, right, battle the wind and rain from Hurricane Isaac while riding in a rescue boat Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Braithwaite, La. Maltese and his family were rescued from their flooded home. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Louisiana officials said Wednesday they may have to intentionally breach a levee in a flooded area as Isaac made a slow, drenching slog inland before weakening to a tropical storm and a dusk-to-dawn curfew was declared in New Orleans.

Argentine president wants to take on Hollywood

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 28, 2012 file photo, a couple sits on a bench along the waterfront in the Puerto Madero district of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina's leader, Cristina Fernandez, unveiled an ambitious new plan to support the country's television and film creators with a new industrial park along the capital's waterfront that she hopes will be modeled on Hollywood's studios.. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)Argentina's leader unveiled an ambitious plan Wednesday to support the country's television and film creators with a new industrial park along the Buenos Aires waterfront that she hopes will be modeled on Hollywood's studios.

Hurricane Isaac batters New Orleans

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:27 PM PDT

Hurricane Isaac pounded New Orleans with fierce winds and torrents of rain Wednesday, but the multi-billion dollar flood defenses built after Katrina swamped the city seven years ago held firm.

Tennis referee pleads not guilty to murder in LA

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:27 PM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 24, 2012 file photo shows Lois Goodman with her attorney, Allison Triessl, left, during an arraignment on murder charges in Los Angeles. The seventy-year-old Goodman appeared Wednesday Aug. 29, 2012 to face charges that she bludgeoned her husband to death with a coffee mug in April. Goodman won a reduction in bail from $1 million to $500,000 and will be released to home confinement. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)A professional tennis referee beat her elderly husband to death with a coffee cup and used the broken handle to repeatedly stab him before judging a tennis match and getting a manicure, prosecutors said in court Wednesday.

YPF CEO to reveal future plans after 100 days

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2009 file photo, an oil worker walks toward an oil drill in the province of Neuquen, Argentina. CEO of Argentina's state-controlled YPF oil company, Miguel Galuccio has mapped out ways to woo foreign investors willing to take expensive bets on the nation's vast unconventional oil and gas reserves in a plan he's releasing on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Leonardo Petricio, File)The CEO of Argentina's state-controlled YPF oil company has mapped out ways to woo foreign investors willing to take expensive bets on the nation's vast unconventional oil and gas reserves in a plan he's releasing on Thursday.

Romney, Ryan bound by substance, differ in style

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrive for a campaign rally in Powell, Ohio. They're the political world's newest odd couple: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are bound by substance, but dramatically different in style. The running mates share a love of policy, and a fascination with the world's economy and America's place in it. But where Romney is buttoned-up and reserved on the campaign trail, Ryan is relaxed and exudes a natural enthusiasm. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)They're the political world's newest odd couple: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are bound by substance, but differ dramatically in style.

CDC: West Nile cases rise 40 percent in 1 week

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:23 PM PDT

FILE - In a Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, dead mosquitos are lined up waiting to be sorted at the Dallas County mosquito lab in Dallas. Federal health officials said Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 that West Nile virus cases are up 40 percent since last week and may rival the record years of 2002 and 2003. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)West Nile virus cases are up 40 percent since last week and may rival the record years of 2002 and 2003, federal health officials said Wednesday.

Romney hits Obama on jobs, weighs Gulf Coast trip

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:22 PM PDT

Ann Romney, waves with her husband Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is telling veterans that he will make jobs a top priority.

Julia Child foundation, oven-maker in legal battle

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:21 PM PDT

FILE- In this Aug. 21, 1978 file photo, chef Julia Child displays a salade nicoise she prepared in the kitchen of her vacation home in Grasse, southern France. A foundation set up by Julia Child is in a legal battle in August 2012 with the manufacturer of Thermador ovens, claiming BSH Home Appliances Corp., is using Child's name and image without permission in a marketing campaign of the company's high-end appliances. (AP Photo/File)A foundation set up by Julia Child is locked in a legal battle with the manufacturer of Thermador ovens for touting the late chef's use of the company's high-end appliances.

Ukraine's highest court upholds Tymoshenko verdict

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2011 file photo former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko waves to supporters from a prison window in Kiev, Ukraine. Lawyers for jailed opposition leader Tymoshenko appealed to Europe's human rights court Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 as her only hope for a fair hearing, accusing the government of rigging the criminal case against her. (AP Photo/Ukrafoto)Ukraine's highest court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko for abuse of office, a case that has strained the former Soviet state's ties with the West.

New Yorkers rally against police searches

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:18 PM PDT

Activists on Wednesday announced a demonstration in New York against the police's so-called stop and frisk policy, in which tens of thousands of mostly innocent people are searched annually for weapons.

Kim Kardashian and Old Navy settle lawsuit over ad

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 30, 2012 file photo, Kim Kardashian from the show "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" attends an E! Network upfront event at Gotham Hall in New York. Kardashian's lawsuit against Old Navy over an advertisement was dismissed Tuesday Aug. 28, 2012 after the two sides reached a settlement. Kardashian sued the retailer last year, claiming they violated her publicity rights by using a lookalike in an ad. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)Kim Kardashian has settled a lawsuit against Old Navy claiming the clothing retailer violated her publicity rights by using a lookalike in an ad.

Analysts: Financial impacts after Venezuela blast

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:16 PM PDT

Vehicles damaged after an explosion in the Amuay refinery near Punto Fijo, Venezuela,Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. Venezuela's biggest oil refinery remained offline Tuesday after firefighters extinguished a blaze that raged for more than three days following an explosion that killed at least 41 people. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)The deadly blast and fire at Venezuela's biggest refinery are bringing financial consequences for the state oil company.

Former official denies Israel poisoned Arafat

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 5, 1995 file photo, Suha Arafat and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat attend a conference in Gaza Strip. A former Israeli official on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 denied suspicions that Israel poisoned Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as France prepared to begin an investigation into his possible murder following a Swiss lab's claim that it found traces of a deadly substance on his belongings. (AP Photo/Nabil Judah, File)A former Israeli official on Wednesday denied suspicions that Israel poisoned Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as France prepared to begin an investigation into his possible murder following a Swiss lab's claim that it found traces of a deadly substance on his belongings.

Fed survey: US economy grew during summer

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:15 PM PDT

The Federal Reserve says the U.S. economy grew moderately in July and early August, and that hiring was more robust than in the previous six-week period.

Venice opener seeks to expose divisive stereotypes

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Director Mira Nair poses during the photo call for her movie 'The reluctant Fundamentalist' at the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Director Mira Nair views her new film, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," as a chance to fulfill what she sees as her life's purpose: telling the stories of people whose lives straddle two worlds, like her own.

UN chief hits host Iran over human rights

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:14 PM PDT

In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian Presidency Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, at the start of their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Presidency Office, Mohsen Rafinejad)The U.N. chief jolted his Iranian hosts for a nonaligned nations meeting Wednesday by pointing out "serious concerns" in Tehran's human rights record and urging cooperation with the world body to improve freedoms.

Isaac loses strength, downgraded to tropical storm

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:13 PM PDT

Research students from the the University of Alabama measure wind speeds as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in New Orleans, La. Isaac was packing 80 mph winds, making it a Category 1 hurricane. It came ashore early Tuesday near the mouth of the Mississippi River, driving a wall of water nearly 11 feet high inland and soaking a neck of land that stretches into the Gulf. The storm stalled for several hours before resuming a slow trek inland, and forecasters said that was in keeping with the its erratic history. The slow motion over land means Isaac could be a major soaker, dumping up to 20 inches of rain in some areas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Isaac is losing some of its strength and has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it trudges inland over Louisiana.

Romney considering trip to battered Gulf Coast

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:13 PM PDT

Ann Romney, waves with her husband Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Republican presidential Mitt Romney is telling veterans that he will make jobs a top priority.

FACT CHECK: Convention speakers stray from reality

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:11 PM PDT

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Sounding the keynote for his party's national convention, Chris Christie promised that GOP nominee Mitt Romney will lay out for the American people the painful budget cuts it'll take to wrestle the government's debt and deficit woes under control.

Syria opposition group not up to challenge, says ex-member

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:08 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Basma Kodmani, a prominent figure in the Syrian National Council who resigned on Tuesday, said the umbrella opposition group had become too focused on personal agendas and needed to be replaced by a new political authority. Speaking to Reuters on Wednesday, Kodmani said the SNC was not doing enough to back the increasingly militarized 17-month revolt against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "While the political role of the SNC is important, the credibility and legitimacy of a coalition of an opposition is related to its effectiveness," she said. ...

Texas girl, 13, describes alleged sexual assaults

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:06 PM PDT

This undated booking photo provided by the Liberty County Sheriff's Department in Liberty, Texas, shows Eric McGowen. Opening statements were scheduled to begin Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Liberty in a trial for McGowen, who is charged with aggravated sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl in 2010 in Cleveland, Texas. McGowen is among 14 adults charged in the case. He faces up to life in prison if convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child. (AP Photo/Courtesy the Liberty County Sheriff's Department)A 13-year-old Texas girl who authorities say was repeatedly sexually assaulted by 20 men and boys during a series of attacks two years ago cried Wednesday as a video of one of the encounters was played for jurors in the first case to go to trial.

Shell says onshore energy operations still affected by Isaac

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:06 PM PDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday the status of its onshore energy operations in Louisiana and Alabama affected by Hurricane Isaac was unchanged as the storm hovered over the Louisiana coastline. Its joint-venture Motiva Enterprises 235,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Convent, Louisiana, was shut, as was a chemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana. The 233,500 bpd Motiva Norco refinery remained at reduced rates, as did another chemical facility in Mobile, Alabama. Shell also said its Capline crude oil pipeline, offshore Gulf of Mexico pipeline network and Houma-Houston ...
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