Wednesday, December 5, 2012

New stunning nighttime views of Earth unveiled

New stunning nighttime views of Earth unveiled

New stunning nighttime views of Earth unveiled

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:39 PM PST

In this image provided by NASA, the United States of America is seen at night from a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012. The image was made possible by the new satellite's Twinkling city lights, raging wildfires and colorful auroras are lit up in new dazzling nighttime views of the Earth.

Oil down with Cushing inventory nearly flat

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:35 PM PST

Oil prices fell on Wednesday after the government reported that stocks of crude are still running much higher than usual for this time of year.

School records may relate to alleged Colo. gunman

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:33 PM PST

The University of Colorado at Denver on Wednesday released thousands of documents that may relate to the man accused in the Colorado theater shootings, but much of the material appeared to be heavily redacted.

DHS grant spending questioned amid budget woes

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:33 PM PST

Homeland Security Department money intended for counterterrorism purposes has paid for an underwater robot in a Midwest city with no major rivers or lakes nearby, a hog catcher in rural Texas and a fish tank in a small Texas town.

Paraguayan farmers question probe into killings

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:32 PM PST

In this Nov. 13, 2012 photo, a farmer walks behind black flags representing 11 landless farmers who were killed during clashes with police in the Yvy Pyta settlement near Curuguaty, Paraguay. The Lucia Aguero stood with the other farmers in the standoff. About 300 of them had occupied the rich politician's land that they insisted wasn't legally his. On the other side of the clearing were some 200 riot police. She watched as the two negotiators walked up to each other and began talking.

S. Africa rapper gets 25 years in drag-race deaths

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:30 PM PST

A South African judge has sentenced a hip-hop star and his co-accused to 25 years each in prison for the killings of four schoolchildren in a drag-race crash.

Chiefs players head to Belcher memorial service

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:29 PM PST

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel, center, arrives at a memorial service for Kansas City Chiefs' Jovan Belcher at the Landmark International Deliverance and Worship Center Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in Kansas City, Mo. Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins at her home last Saturday, then drove to the Chiefs' practice facility and took his own life. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)Members of the Kansas City Chiefs dressed in suits and ties after practice Wednesday and boarded a series of buses to attend a memorial service for Jovan Belcher, their teammate who was involved in a murder-suicide over the weekend.

Athletes lose medals; Armstrong decision pending

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:29 PM PST

El presidente del Comité Olímpicoi Internacional Jacques Rogge espera por la apertura de una reunión de la junta ejecutiva del COI en Lausana, Suiza, el martes, 4 de dicoiembre del 2012. En momentos en que aumentan las preocupaciones por el ritmo de los progresos de los preparativos para las Olimpiadas de Rio de Janeiro en el 2016, el COI le advirtió el martes a los organizadores brasileños que Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because of positive doping tests, while Lance Armstrong can hold onto his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Games a little while longer.

Proponents seek end to ban on abortion coverage

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:28 PM PST

Proponents of ending the ban on women in the military using their health insurance to pay for abortions in cases of rape and incest stepped up the political pressure on Wednesday, insisting that this year's defense bill be used to finally lift the prohibition.

Expert panel: NASA seems lost in space, needs goal

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:26 PM PST

FILE - This Tuesday, July 19, 2011 image provided by NASA shows the International Space Station photographed by a member of Atlantis' STS-135 crew during a fly around as the shuttle departed the station on the last space shuttle mission. A panel of outside experts said Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 that NASA is adrift without a coherent vision for where it should be going. The report by the National Academy of Sciences doesn't blame the space agency. It faults the president, Congress and the nation. (AP Photo/NASA)NASA, the agency that epitomized the "Right Stuff," looks lost in space and doesn't have a clear sense of where it is going, an independent panel of science and engineering experts said in a stinging report Wednesday.

NHL owners, players meet again to on labor issues

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:26 PM PST

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, center, arrives to speak with reporters after an NHL Board of Governors meeting, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in New York. The NHL and NHL Players' Association have cleared their schedules with progress being made in collective bargaining talks. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Negotiations between hockey owners and players are going so well that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says he's "pleased with the process" — even if he has been left outside the latest rounds of discussions.

Obama warns GOP against a new debt ceiling fight

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:22 PM PST

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the fiscal cliff at the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. The president warned Republicans not to create another fight over the nation's debt ceiling, telling business leaders it's "not a game that I will play." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Hewing to a hard line, President Barack Obama warned congressional Republicans on Wednesday not to inject the threat of a government default into complex fiscal cliff negotiations aimed at avoiding year-end tax increases and spending cuts that could harm the economy.

Ky. school shooter seeks to take back guilty plea

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:20 PM PST

A man who killed three of his classmates at a Kentucky High School in 1997 is fighting to take back his guilty plea and get a trial, arguing that his schizophrenia made him incompetent and unable to accept responsibility for the crime.

Survey: Greece seen as most corrupt in EU

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:16 PM PST

The countries worst hit by the European financial crisis are also perceived as being among the most corrupt in Western Europe, and those perceptions appear to be getting increasingly negative, an international watchdog said in a report released Wednesday.

Longtime Texas US Rep. Jack Brooks dead at 89

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:16 PM PST

FILE - In this July 30, 1987, file photo, Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Texas rest his head on hand during the Iran-Contra hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington. Brooks, a Democrat who spent 42 years representing his Southeast Texas district, has died at age 89. (AP Photo/Lana Harris, File)Jack Brooks hounded government bureaucrats, drafted President Richard Nixon's articles of impeachment and supported civil rights bills in a congressional career spanning 42 years. But for most of the country the Southeast Texas politician is frozen in a photograph, standing over the left shoulder of Jacqueline Kennedy as Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as president.

3 US men plead not guilty in terror plot case

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:15 PM PST

Three California men have pleaded not guilty to terrorism-related charges for allegedly plotting to kill Americans overseas.

Egypt descends into political turmoil

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:11 PM PST

Protesters opposed to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi evacuate and injured fellow protester during clashes between supporters of president Mohammed Morsi and their rivals in front of the president palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. Supporters and opponents of Egyptian leader Mohammed Morsi pelted each other with rocks and firebombs and fought with sticks outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Wednesday, as a new round of protests deepened the country's political crisis. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)Supporters and opponents of Egyptian leader Mohammed Morsi fought with rocks, firebombs and sticks outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Wednesday in large-scale clashes that marked the worst violence of a deepening crisis over the disputed constitution.

Homeless man arrested in deadly NYC subway push

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:10 PM PST

Uniformed and plainclothes police officers stand outside a New York subway station after a man was killed after falling into the path of a train, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Transit officials say police are investigating whether he could have been pushed onto the tracks. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)A homeless man was arrested Wednesday in the death of a subway rider who was pushed onto the tracks and photographed just before a train struck him.

Father: Sick girl safe and being treated in Mexico

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:10 PM PST

In this hospital surveillance photo released by the Phoenix Police Department on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, a woman is seen with her 11-year-old daughter, a leukemia patient who had her arm amputated and a heart catheter inserted due to an infection. Authorities say the woman inexplicably took the girl from the hospital last week. Police say that if the catheter is left in too long it could lead to a deadly infection. The family's identity is being withheld but they are calling the girl Emily. (AP Photo/Phoenix Police Department)The mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a sick girl with leukemia deepened Wednesday after her father said his 11-year-old daughter is being treated in Mexico and authorities considered bringing child neglect charges against the family.

For coaches, no sleep 'til BCS championship game

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:03 PM PST

In this photo provided by NASDAQ, University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban, left, poses with Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly outside of the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/NASDAQ, Zef Nikolla)Brian Kelly and Nick Saban expect many restless nights between now and the BCS championship game on Jan. 7.

Germany to take stake as EADS shakes up ownership

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:03 PM PST

European aerospace and defense company EADS announced Wednesday a new ownership structure in which Germany is set to join France and Spain as state shareholders — even as overall government influence shrinks at the company.

Did Costas overstep his bounds with gun comments?

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:58 AM PST

FILE - This Nov. 17, 2010 file photo shows sports commentator Bob Costas at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights 2010 Ripple of Hope Awards Dinner at Pier Sixty in New York. Costas stirred up a hornet's nest Sunday with a halftime commentary about Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher's murdering his girlfriend (and the mother of his child), followed by his own suicide. "If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun," Costas told a TV audience of more than 20 million, "he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today." (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)Clearly, Bob Costas stirred up a hornet's nest Sunday with a halftime commentary about Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher, who killed his girlfriend (and the mother of his child) before killing himself.

Government acting against baby recliner maker

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:58 AM PST

This undated image provided by the Consumer Product Safety Commission shows the Nap Nanny, made by Baby Matters LLC of Berwyn PA. The Consumer Product Safety Commission filed an administrative complaint Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, alleging that the new model of the Nap Nanny, called the Chill, and two earlier versions "pose a substantial risk of injury and death to infants." (AP Photo/The Consumer Product Safety Commission)The government is taking action against the makers of a portable baby recliner called the Nap Nanny after five infant deaths.

Media: Cargo ship sinking off Dutch coast

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:58 AM PST

Dutch media are reporting that a cargo ship is sinking after a collision in the North Sea and that a rescue operation is under way.

Proposed LA port contract at a glance

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:58 AM PST

Here are key provisions of the proposed contract between clerical workers and 14 shippers that ended an eight-day strike at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports:

Brotherhood office torched in Egypt's Ismailia

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:57 AM PST

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi set fire to the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party in the city of Ismailia on Wednesday, a witness said. It was not immediately clear if anyone had been injured in the attack on the Freedom and Justice Party office in the Ismailia, east of Cairo. (Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Michael Roddy)

Ga. town stunned after woman killed at gas station

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:56 AM PST

This undated photo provided by the Bibb County Jail shows Frank Louis Reeves of Macon, Ga. A chance encounter at a Georgia gas station left a 65-year-old woman dead and the 73-year-old man facing a murder charge after the woman's car and his motorized wheelchair bumped and he opened fire, police said Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. Linda Hunnicutt, 65, had just pulled into the gas station in Macon shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 and stepped out of her car when Frank Louis Reeves pulled a gun and fatally shot her, police said. (AP Photo/Bibb County Jail)A chance encounter at a Georgia gas station left a 65-year-old woman dead and a 73-year-old man facing a murder charge after authorities say the woman's car and his motorized wheelchair bumped and he opened fire, police said Wednesday.

US aware of Assad asylum offers

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:56 AM PST

General view of buildings in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Temperatures dropped to 16 degrees Celsius (60.8 Fahrenheit) in Aleppo. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)The Obama administration said Wednesday that several countries in the Middle East and elsewhere have informally offered to grant asylum to Syrian President Bashar Assad and his family if they leave Syria.

Review: 'Playing for Keeps' one of year's worst

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:53 AM PST

This film image released by FilmDistrict shows, from left, Jessica Biel, Noah Lomax, and Gerard Butler in a scene from "Playing for Keeps." (AP Photo/FilmDistrict, Dale Robinette)This is supposed to be the time of year when high-quality movies come out, whether they're potential Oscar contenders or crowd-pleasing family fare.

Manager: Jazz composer, pianist Dave Brubeck dies

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:52 AM PST

Jazz musician Dave Brubeck plays piano during the California Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Sacramento in this handout photoJazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91.

Mississippi River dropping slower than expected

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:49 AM PST

FILE - This Nov. 28, 2012 file photo provided by The United States Coast Guard shows man-made dikes, perpendicular to the shore, that direct the water flow back into the river to maintain a navigable depth along on the Mississippi River South of St. Louis. The National Weather Service revised the Mississippi River forecast Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, offering a bit of a reprieve for shippers, showing the water level isn't dropping as quickly as feared. Still, at least two large barge companies already are reducing loads over concerns about the river's depth. (AP Photo/United States Coast Guard, Colby Buchanan, File)A revised Mississippi River forecast offered a bit of a reprieve for shippers Wednesday, showing the water level isn't dropping as quickly as feared. Still, at least two large barge companies already are reducing their loads over concerns about the river's depth.

Senate to take up bill normalizing Russia trade

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:49 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012, photo, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., speaks with supporters during a celebration rally at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. The Senate is taking up legislation Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, that would end four-decade-old trade restrictions that are blocking U.S. businesses from enjoying the benefits of a more-open Russian market. The bill also imposes sanctions on Russian human rights violators. The last apparent hurdle to Senate action on the measure came with a decision to accept the House version of human rights legislation that was attached to the trade bill. Cardin, who authored the Senate version, indicated that he was willing to accept the House approach so that the bill can be passed. "This bill may only apply to Russia, but it sets a standard that should be applied globally," Cardin said in a statement. "I encourage other nations to follow our lead." (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)The Senate on Wednesday took up legislation that would end four-decade-old trade restrictions that are blocking U.S. businesses from enjoying the benefits of a more open Russian market.

3 presidential advisers quit over Egypt's crisis

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:46 AM PST

Protesters opposed to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi evacuate and injured fellow protester during clashes between supporters of president Mohammed Morsi and their rivals in front of the president palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. Supporters and opponents of Egyptian leader Mohammed Morsi pelted each other with rocks and firebombs and fought with sticks outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Wednesday, as a new round of protests deepened the country's political crisis. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)Three advisers to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi have announced their resignations to protest his handling of a crisis over the country's new constitution.

NYC police make arrest in fatal subway push

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:43 AM PST

Uniformed and plainclothes police officers stand outside a New York subway station after a man was killed after falling into the path of a train, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Transit officials say police are investigating whether he could have been pushed onto the tracks. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)A man was arrested Wednesday in the death of a subway rider who was pushed onto the tracks and photographed just before a train struck him.

BBC radio presenter charged with indecent assault

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:42 AM PST

An 82-year-old BBC radio presenter has been charged with three counts of indecent assault over alleged incidents in the 1970s and 80s, British police said Wednesday.

Democrats: Obama to ask for $50 billion Sandy aid

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:41 AM PST

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, left, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, before a Senate Homeland Security subcommittee hearing to examine Superstorm Sandy, focusing on response and recovery and progress and challenges. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress for about $50 billion in additional emergency aid for states hit by Superstorm Sandy, Democrats on Capitol Hill said Wednesday.

Boston Market reports record Thanksgiving sales

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:35 AM PST

This Nov. 22, 2012 photo provided by Boston Market shows Boston Market CEO George Michel, right, working inside a company's Miami-area restaurant on the home style restaurant chains busiest day of the year, Thanksgiving, in Miami. Boston Market Corp. is reporting record Thanksgiving sales this year, and it's already planning for next Thanksgiving. The Golden, Colo.-based restaurant chain had not yet released specific dollar figures but said total sales per restaurant from Nov. 19 to Nov. 23 were up 13 percent from a comparable period last year. (AP Photo/Boston Market, Marc Serota)Boston Market Corp. is reporting record Thanksgiving sales this year — and it's already planning for next Thanksgiving.

Egypt PM urges calm, says efforts for talks underway

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:34 AM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil called for calm in Cairo on Wednesday so that an effort to promote national dialogue could have a chance of success. In a statement, Kandil urged calm around the presidential palace - the scene of fighting between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Mursi - to "give the opportunity for the efforts being made now to begin a national dialogue". (Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Michael Roddy)

Assad kept chemical weapons out of hands of extremists: Israel

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:31 AM PST

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad responded to past warnings about the security of chemical weapons by taking steps to keep them out of the hands of militants, Israel's vice prime minister Moshe Yaalon said on Wednesday. Yaalon joined Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in making clear that Israel is as concerned about chemical weapons falling into the hands of anti-Assad insurgents as it is about them being used by state forces in the Syrian civil war. ...

Typhoon kills at least 283 in Philippines

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:28 AM PST

Residents carry the body of victim after flash floods brought by Typhoon Bopha swept New Bataan town in Compostela Valley in southern PhilippinesNEW BATAAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Blocked roads and severed communications in the southern Philippines frustrated rescuers on Wednesday as teams searched for hundreds of people missing after the strongest typhoon this year killed at least 283 people. Typhoon Bopha, with central winds of 120 kph (75 mph) and gusts of up to 150 kph (93 mph), battered beach resorts and dive spots on Palawan island on Wednesday but it was weakening as it moved west. Hardest hit was the southern island of Mindanao, where Bopha made landfall on Tuesday. ...
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