Monday, August 2, 2010

Ethics panel: Charges filed against Rep. Waters (AP)

Ethics panel: Charges filed against Rep. Waters (AP)

Ethics panel: Charges filed against Rep. Waters (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:56 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. A House investigative panel has charged California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters with violating ethics rules. Waters, a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, would face a trial in the fall unless she negotiates a settlement. The specific charges against Waters were not made public in the announcement Monday from the House ethics committee. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - A House panel announced Monday that it had charged Rep. Maxine Waters with violating ethics rules, setting the stage for a second election-season trial for a longtime Democratic lawmaker and adding to the party's political woes.

BP hedges on role of relief well in Gulf oil leak (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:42 PM PDT

A boat is seen amidst oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off East Grand Terre Island, where the Gulf of Mexico meets Barataria Bay, on the Louisiana coast, Saturday, July 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Officials have long insisted that a relief well was the only surefire way to kill the oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, but with engineers only feet away from completing a pair of them they're now wrestling with how exactly to use them.

Obama salutes promised end of US combat in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:33 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama exits the Oval Office to speak in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, in July 2010. Obama's foreign policy of grand gestures has given way in his second White House year to a diplomatic slog in pursuit of elusive but occasionally promising gains.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP - Nearing a milestone in the long and divisive Iraq war, President Barack Obama on Monday hailed this month's planned withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops — "as promised and on schedule" — as a major success despite deep doubts about the Iraqis' ability to police and govern their country.

Pakistani flood survivors salvage little they have (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:44 AM PDT

A Pakistan army soldier helps people affected by floods walk over a temporary make-shift bridge built by Pakistan army following heavy floods washed away the bridge in Chakdara, near Mingora in Swat valley of Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. The government has deployed thousands of soldiers and civilian rescue workers to save an estimated 28,000 people trapped by the floodwaters, distribute food and collect the bodies of the victims. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)AP - Relief efforts in Pakistan's flood-ravaged northwest picked up pace Monday, but survivors complained about government inaction — a worrying sign for authorities seeking public support for the fight against militants in the region.

UAE: BlackBerry crackdown will affect visitors too (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2009 file photo, a man talks on his smart phone at the Dubai Financial Market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The UAE said Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010 it will block key features on BlackBerry smart phones, citing national security concerns because the devices operate beyond the government's ability to monitor their use. Officials in neighboring Saudi Arabia indicated it planned to follow suit. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)AP - The United Arab Emirates' looming crackdown on BlackBerry services will extend to foreign visitors using roaming, putting the government's concerns over the smart phones in direct conflict with the country's ambitions to be a business and tourism haven.

Economic reports give stocks big start for August (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:30 PM PDT

Trader Thomas McCauley, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - The stock market began August with a huge rally after economic and earnings reports from around the world revived investors' faith in the global recovery.

AP IMPACT: New ID theft targets kids' SS numbers (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:47 AM PDT

Graphic outlines a new kind of credit fraud scheme involving credit privacy numbers;AP - The latest form of identity theft doesn't depend on stealing your Social Security number. Now thieves are targeting your kid's number long before the little one even has a bank account.

Conductor Mitch Miller dies at age 99 (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo of Jan. 5, 1968, conductor Mitch Miller is seen at the Billy Rose Theater in New York. Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to 'Sing Along With Mitch' on television and records, has died at age 99. His daughter said Miller died in New York City after a short illness. (AP Photo/Bob Wands, File)AP - Mitch Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to "Sing Along With Mitch" on television and records and produced hits for Tony Bennett, Patti Page and other performers, has died at age 99.

Hail yes, it's big: Colo lab gets record hailstone (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:10 PM PDT

This photo taken July 24, 2010 provided by the NOAA National Weather Service shows a hailstone that was found by a ranch hand in Vivian, S.D., on June 23, 2010. The hailstone has set U.S records. It measured 8 inches in diameter and weighed 1 pound, 15 ounces. The previous record for diameter was 7 inches for a hailstone found in Aurora, Neb., in 2003. The previous record for weight was 1.67 pounds for a stone in Coffeyville, Kan., in 1970. (AP Photo/National Weather Service)AP - North America's heaviest hailstone ever might also be its most-traveled.

Irsay ready to make Peyton highest-paid player (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:40 PM PDT

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning throws a pass during NFL football training camp in Anderson, Ind., Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)AP - Jim Irsay won't let Peyton Manning walk away from the Colts next season — no matter the cost.

BP poised to deliver death blow to Gulf well (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:21 AM PDT

A boat motors through oil sheen from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off East Grand Terre Island, where the Gulf of Mexico meets Barataria Bay, on the Louisiana coast, at sunset on Saturday, July 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Reuters - BP Plc prepared on Monday to deliver the first of two blows it hopes will "kill" its oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, 105 days since the start of a leak that led to the U.S. environmental disaster.

Obama: U.S. combat mission in Iraq to end this month (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:21 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier mans a machine gun atop an armoured vehicle to secure a street in Baghdad's Adhamiya district, August 1, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to make good on his promise to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq by the end of August, despite a dangerous political deadlock in Baghdad and a recent surge in militant violence.

Abbas resists U.S. pressure for direct talks (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:04 AM PDT

A man stands before a burning Star of David near the US embassy in Beirut in June, 2010. The United States said Monday now is the right time for Palestinians and Israelis to resume direct negotiations, warning there would be consequences if they failed to do so.(AFP/File/Anwar Amro)Reuters - The Palestinian president told a visiting U.S. official Monday that Israel must commit to clear terms of reference for peace talks before the start of direct negotiations, Palestinian officials said.

Ethics panel says Rep. Waters broke House rules (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:55 PM PDT

Reuters - Maxine Waters on Monday became the second Democrat in the House of Representatives in two weeks to be accused of ethics violations, an embarrassing blow as the party fights to keep its majority in the November 2 elections.

Judge lets Virginia healthcare challenge proceed (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:39 AM PDT

Reuters - A judge ruled on Monday that the state of Virginia could proceed with its challenge to President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law, a setback that will force the White House to defend its reforms in the middle of a tough congressional election campaign.

Two men guilty in New York airport bomb plot case (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:39 PM PDT

Reuters - Two Islamist militants were found guilty on Monday by a federal jury of plotting to bomb New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Goldman defends its collateral calls to AIG (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:16 AM PDT

Reuters - Goldman Sachs said that it believed its trades with bailed-out insurer AIG during the financial crisis were accurate and its collateral calls made to AIG were reflective of the conditions in a deteriorated market.

Rockets hit Israel and Jordan resorts (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:33 AM PDT

Wreckage of cars damaged by a rocket attack is seen at a hotel area in the Jordan's Red Sea city of Aqaba, August 2, 2010. REUTERS/Abraham FarajianReuters - Rockets from Egypt's Sinai, where Islamist militants have operated in the past, hit Israel's and Jordan's Red Sea port resorts on Monday, killing a Jordanian civilian and injuring three others, Jordanian and Israeli police said.

Pakistan floods affect up to 2.5 million, 1,500 killed (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:32 AM PDT

Pakistani men pull crates with belongings rescued from their flooded homes in Nowshera. Fears are growing about outbreaks of disease among 2.5 million people affected by Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years after monsoon rains killed up to 1,500 people across the northwest.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - Fears are growing about outbreaks of disease among 2.5 million people affected by Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years after monsoon rains killed up to 1,500 people across the northwest.

Russia declares emergency in battle to stop wildfires (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:52 PM PDT

A volunteer Russian firefighter throws dirt on flames in a forest outside Voronezh. President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday declared a state of emergency in seven Russian regions over the worst wildfires in a generation as the death toll rose to 40.(AFP/Alexey Sazonov)AFP - President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday declared a state of emergency in seven Russian regions over the worst wildfires in a generation as the death toll rose to 40.
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