Tuesday, September 25, 2012

NYT to sell Indeed.com for $100M gain

NYT to sell Indeed.com for $100M gain

NYT to sell Indeed.com for $100M gain

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:39 PM PDT

The New York Times Co. says it is selling its interest in job listing website Indeed.com and expects to book a $100 million profit in the fourth quarter.

Obama campaign has momentum _ and nerves

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event in Milwaukee. Six weeks from Election Day, President Barack Obama's campaign has momentum _ and a big case of the nerves. At the campaign's Chicago headquarters, aides are relishing in polling that gives the president an edge in key battleground states. But they also warn that there's still plenty of time for the race to change course. And even as the Democratic team considers making a late play for traditionally Republican Arizona, they know that the outcome of three presidential debates with Republican Mitt Romney could shake up their overall strategy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)Six weeks from Election Day, President Barack Obama's campaign has momentum — and a big case of nerves.

Next 'Bachelor' is 'Bachelorette' castoff Lowe

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:37 PM PDT

ABC says the next star of "The Bachelor" will be Sean Lowe, who was dumped on "The Bachelorette."

Notre Dame exercises 3-year out in Michigan deal

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:35 PM PDT

Michigan's Denard Robinson runs out of the tackle of Notre Dame's Manti Te'o (5) during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Notre Dame is opting out of its series with Michigan, meaning the last scheduled game between college football's winningest programs will take place in 2014.

Egypt refers man who tore Bible to trial

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Egyptian prosecutors say they have referred to trial a Muslim self-styled preacher who tore up an English copy of the Bible during a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo against a anti-Islam film produced in the U.S.

UN chief demands global action to end war in Syria

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:33 PM PDT

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded international action to stop the war in Syria, telling a somber gathering of world leaders Tuesday that the 18-month conflict had become "a regional calamity with global ramifications."

Union-buster Walker calls for return of union refs

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:31 PM PDT

Green Bay Packers fan Mike LePak holds a sign in front of Lambeau Field on Lombardi Avenue, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, in Green Bay, Wis., in protest of a controversial call in the Packers 14-12 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, Monday night in Seattle. Just when it seemed that NFL coaches, players and fans couldn't get any angrier, along came a fiasco that trumped any of the complaints from the weekend. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)Nothing brings political enemies together in Wisconsin like the Green Bay Packers.

APNewsBreak: Ex-Ala. prof convinced to take plea

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:30 PM PDT

A defense lawyer says a former Alabama college professor who pleaded guilty to shooting six people had to be talked into accepting a plea deal that took away the possibility of a death penalty.

CEO of BlackBerry maker makes case for comeback

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:29 PM PDT

Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins is convinced the company's BlackBerry phone is poised to regain its stature as a trailblazing device even as many investors fret about its potential demise.

House panel: New rules needed in lawmaker probes

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 8, 2012 file photo, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The substitute ethics panel that investigated Rep. Maxine Waters, a senior Democrat, issued a stinging rebuke of the permanent House Ethics Committee Tuesday with a declaration that its members need to step aside from partisanship when judging member conduct. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Hardly any endeavor so unnerves members of Congress as policing each other's conduct. Now, a temporary ethics panel that went in to rescue a troubled investigation of senior Rep. Maxine Waters has emerged with a warning Tuesday to avoid partisan infighting when investigating congressional wrongdoing.

Court finds 3 Swiss guilty of aiding nuclear ring

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:24 PM PDT

Swiss engineer Friedrich Tinner hides behind a newspaper as he leaves the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. The court has found him and his two sons guilty of helping an international nuclear smuggling ring that supplied material and know-how to rogue states such as Moammar Gadhafi's Libya. (AP Photo/Keystone, Karl Mathis)A court in Switzerland found three men guilty Tuesday of helping supply material and know-how to Libya's atomic weapons program almost a decade ago, but approved a plea bargain that cited the defendants' cooperation with the CIA as a mitigating circumstance.

Police: Drunken man on horse arrested after chase

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:24 PM PDT

A man who police say was drunk while riding his horse through a northeast Florida town is now in jail after a police chase.

Obama campaign has momentum _ and a case of nerves

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event in Milwaukee. Six weeks from Election Day, President Barack Obama's campaign has momentum _ and a big case of the nerves. At the campaign's Chicago headquarters, aides are relishing in polling that gives the president an edge in key battleground states. But they also warn that there's still plenty of time for the race to change course. And even as the Democratic team considers making a late play for traditionally Republican Arizona, they know that the outcome of three presidential debates with Republican Mitt Romney could shake up their overall strategy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)Six weeks from Election Day, President Barack Obama's campaign has momentum — and a big case of nerves.

Substitute ethics panel blasts regular members

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 8, 2012 file photo, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The substitute ethics panel that investigated Rep. Maxine Waters, a senior Democrat, issued a stinging rebuke of the permanent House Ethics Committee Tuesday with a declaration that its members need to step aside from partisanship when judging member conduct. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Hardly any endeavor so unnerves members of Congress as policing each other's conduct. Now, a temporary ethics panel that went in to rescue a troubled investigation of senior Rep. Maxine Waters has emerged with a warning Tuesday to avoid partisan infighting when investigating congressional wrongdoing.

New, emerging talent kicks off Paris Fashion Week

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:10 PM PDT

Models wear a creation as part of fashion designer Anthony Vaccarello's spring-summer 2013 ready to wear collection in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)Fashion week in Paris is always a race against time.

Euro zone still big uncertainty, but situation improving

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:08 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe's debt crisis remains a big uncertainty and is the biggest drag on the global economy, but the region is in a much better situation today than it was, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday. The euro zone has a plausible set of tools in place, but it will be a situation that continues to be tested, Geithner said at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York. (Reporting by Leah Schnurr)

Home prices rise for sixth month, a sign of recovery

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:08 PM PDT

A U.S. flag decorates a for-sale sign at a home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of WashingtonNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. home prices rose for a sixth straight month in July in the latest sign of a sustainable housing market recovery, while a jump in consumer confidence this month offered a harbinger that Americans are ready to loosen their spending. Six years after its collapse, economists believe the housing market has turned a corner. Two separate reports on Tuesday showed that home prices rose in July, though the gains were not as strong as the previous month. ...

South Africa strikes spread to transport sector

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:07 PM PDT

South Africa's labor unrest spread Tuesday from its mines to the transport sector, and the country's transport union said more than 20,000 road freight employees are on strike demanding a pay increase.

NFL upholds Seahawks' disputed win over Packers

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:00 PM PDT

Officials signal after Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Golden Tate pulled in a last-second pass for a touchdown from quarterback Russell Wilson to defeat the Green Bay Packers 14-12 in an NFL football game, Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, in Seattle. The touchdown call stood after review. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; SEATTLE TIMES OUT; TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDITThe NFL conceded Tuesday that a bad call cost the Green Bay Packers the game while upholding the Seattle Seahawks' victory.

French court upholds Total liability in oil spill

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:59 AM PDT

France's highest appeals court has upheld a ruling that found petroleum company Total SA criminally responsible for a 1999 oil spill that blackened much of France's Atlantic coastline.

NHL, union to resume labor talks Friday

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:59 AM PDT

The NHL and its players' union plan to resume bargaining Friday for the first time since the league's lockout started, but the talks are to focus on non-core economic issues.

Pilots say American wants to resume contract talks

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:57 AM PDT

There could be progress in breaking the standoff between American Airlines and its pilots that appears to be causing a spike in canceled and delayed flights.

Group: Abbas says Palestinians expect 'compromise'

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:56 AM PDT

U.S. Jewish community leaders say Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told them that most Palestinians believe statehood can be reached only by compromising with Israel.

US consumer confidence jumps to 7-month high.

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:55 AM PDT

In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, photo, shoppers walk by stores at the Loop in Methuen, Mass. U.S. consumer confidence jumped this month to the highest level since February, bolstered by a brighter hiring outlook. The Conference Board said Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, that its Consumer Confidence Index rose to 70.3. That's up from 61.3 in August, which was revised higher. And it's the highest reading since February, when the economy added 259,000 jobs. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)Americans' confidence in the economy jumped this month to the highest level since February, bolstered by a brighter outlook for overall business conditions and hiring.

Obama urges unity on embassy attacks, no details on Syria

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative in New YorkUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday appealed to world leaders to reject attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world sparked by an anti-Islam video and called anew for the ouster of Syria's president without saying how to make it happen. Obama also told the U.N. General Assembly the United States "will do what we must" to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons - a veiled threat of military force - one day after Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Israel would be "eliminated." The U.S. ...

Obama: Disputed game means NFL needs regular refs

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:50 AM PDT

The White House says President Barack Obama believes that a disputed end to the Green Bay Packers-Seattle Seahawks football game means it is time to resolve a labor dispute and get regular referees back to officiating NFL games.

Venezuela poll: Chavez leading rival by 10 points

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:49 AM PDT

Opposition's presidential candidate Henrique Capriles waves to supporters during a campaign rally in Barinas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. Capriles is running against President Hugo Chavez in the country's Oct. 7 election. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)President Hugo Chavez held a 10-point lead over rival Henrique Capriles in one of the final polls ahead of Venezuela's Oct. 7 election, but the survey released Tuesday showed the challenger narrowing the gap.

Airlines set bag fee record in first half of year

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:48 AM PDT

FILE-In this Wednesday, Aug. 1 2012 file photo, Delta Air Lines ramp agents unload bags from a flight arriving at JFK International airport in New York. U.S. airlines collected more than $1.7 billion in baggage fees during the first half of the year, the largest amount ever collected in that six-month period. Delta Air Lines Inc. once again claimed the title as the airline collecting the most in baggage fees: nearly $430 million from January through June. The slightly larger United Airlines, part of United Continental Holdings Inc., followed with $351 million in bag fees, according to a report from the Bureau of Transportation statistics released Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)U.S. airlines collected more than $1.7 billion in baggage fees during the first half of the year, the largest amount ever collected in that six-month period.

Weeks before election, Pennsylvania voter ID law back in court

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:47 AM PDT

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A judge who will decide whether Pennsylvania's new voter-identification law should be blocked heard testimony on Tuesday from one witness who said fears that the measure placed an unfair burden on residents were overblown. The witness, Kurt Myers, a deputy secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, said about 11,000 voters have gotten the mandated ID cards at the center of the controversial law and thousands more were set to get theirs before the November 6 election. ...

Arab nations should intervene in Syria: Qatari leader

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:45 AM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Arab nations should intervene in Syria given the U.N. Security Council's failure to stop the civil war in the country, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani said on Tuesday. "The Security Council failed to reach an effective position. In view of this, I think that it is better for the Arab countries themselves to interfere out of their national, humanitarian, political and military duties and do what is necessary to stop the bloodshed in Syria," Sheik Hamad, speaking through an interpreter, said in a U.N. General Assembly speech. ...

No joke: Feherty will root for US at Ryder Cup

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:44 AM PDT

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR GOLF CHANNEL - (l-r) Lanny Wadkins, David Feherty, Sam Torrance, and Paul Azinger are seen at Golf Channel's 'Feherty Live From the Ryder Cup', on Monday, September 24, 2012 at the Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove, IL. (Ross Dettman/AP Images for Golf Channel)The Americans wasted no time taking one from Europeans.

Biden campaigns in GOP-voting Virginia suburb

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:44 AM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden gestures during a rally at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds exhibition hall in Chesterfield, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)Vice President Joe Biden made a raw appeal to Virginia's middle class on Tuesday, blasting the GOP presidential ticket for pushing what he says is a blueprint for boosting middle-income taxes while giving trillions in tax breaks to the rich.

Refueling problem causes delays at Oslo Airport

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:42 AM PDT

Dozens of flights were delayed or canceled Tuesday at Oslo Airport after a malfunction in the pumping system halted all aircraft refueling.

Attackers blow up gas and oil pipelines in Yemen

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:41 AM PDT

An explosion struck a gas pipeline Tuesday in southern Yemen, temporarily halting the flow of gas although exports were not affected, a government official said.

Uruguay poised to legalize abortion

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:40 AM PDT

People demonstrate against abortion legalization in downtown Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. People protested the day before a congressional bill legalizing abortion is voted on. The banner reads in Spanish "No to the abortion law." (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)Uruguay's congress appeared ready on Tuesday to legalize abortion, a groundbreaking move in Latin America, where no country save Cuba has made abortions accessible to all women during the first trimester of pregnancy.

IOC urged to test earlier to catch Olympic dopers

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:38 AM PDT

The World Anti-Doping Agency wants the IOC to test athletes further ahead of Olympic competitions to catch drug cheats.

RI owner of cussing cockatoo appealing noise fine

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:38 AM PDT

The owner of a foul-mouthed cockatoo in Rhode Island who was slapped with a $15 fine for violating a noise ordinance is appealing.

Nigeria names top bidders for its power plants

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:36 AM PDT

Nigeria has announced the top bidders for five power plants, the latest step in a privatization process expected to bring stable electricity to millions in Africa's most populous nation.

Immigrant requests strain consulates, schools

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:35 AM PDT

Participants and their children, most born in the United States, attend an orientation seminar for illegal immigrants, to determine if they qualify for temporary work permits, at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), in Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Schools and consulates have been flooded with requests for documents since President Barack Obama's administration said many young illegal immigrants may be eligible for two-year renewable work permits. The new policy has left schools and consulates scrambling for quick fixes ranging from new online forms, reassigned workers and extended hours. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)Schools in Yakima, Wash., are taking nearly a month to deliver transcripts to former students. The Mexican consulate in Denver introduced Saturday hours last month after passport applications spiked by one-third. San Diego public schools added five employees in a new office to handle records requests.

Party over for Somali pirates? Attacks way down

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:35 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, masked Somali pirate Hassan stands near a Taiwanese fishing vessel that washed up on shore after the pirates were paid a ransom and released the crew, in the once-bustling pirate den of Hobyo, Somalia. The empty whisky bottles and overturned, sand-filled skiffs that litter this shoreline are signs that the heyday of Somali piracy may be over - most of the prostitutes are gone, the luxury cars repossessed, and pirates talk more about catching lobsters than seizing cargo ships. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)The empty whiskey bottles and overturned, sand-filled skiffs that litter this once-bustling shoreline are signs that the heyday of Somali piracy may be over. Most of the prostitutes are gone, the luxury cars repossessed. Pirates talk more about catching lobsters than seizing cargo ships.
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