Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Gunman, 8 others fatally shot in Conn. warehouse (AP)

Gunman, 8 others fatally shot in Conn. warehouse (AP)

Gunman, 8 others fatally shot in Conn. warehouse (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:52 AM PDT

A priest kneels in prayer with three women outside Manchester High School, a gathering point for the families, co-workers and friends of shooting victims in Manchester, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. A warehouse driver who was asked to resign his job at a beer distributor refused, then opened fire Tuesday morning, a company executive said. Police said the gunman and several other people were killed and others were wounded. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - A black warehouse driver who had complained of racial harassment at work went on a shooting rampage at a beer distributorship Tuesday after he was asked to quit, killing eight people before apparently committing suicide, authorities said.

Testing begins for attempt to plug Gulf oil well (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:40 AM PDT

Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen gives an update on efforts to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico during a briefing at BP headquarters Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 in Houston. Crews hoped to begin pumping mud and perhaps cement down the throat of the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday in what BP officials said could be a final step toward snuffing the spill for good. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - BP engineers began testing the blown-out Gulf of Mexico well Tuesday to determine whether it can withstand a planned attempt to pump heavy drilling mud down its throat in hopes of choking it for good, the company said.

US Senate delaying US-Russia nuclear treaty vote (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:40 AM PDT

AP - A Senate panel is delaying a vote to recommend ratification of a nuclear arms treaty with Russia.

Departing US troops pack millions of items in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:03 AM PDT

In this July 6, 2010 photo, U.S. military Humvees are ready to be shipped out of Iraq at a staging yard at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq. Everything from helicopters to printer cartridges are being wrapped and stamped and shipped out of Iraq in one of the most monumental withdrawal operations the American military has ever carried out as U.S. forces flow out of the country. The move is reversing, over the course of months, a U.S. military presence that built up over seven years and dug in so deep it once seemed immovable. More than 400 bases are being closed down or handed over to the Iraqi military, some closer to small towns with elaborate dining facilities serving tacos and crab legs and gyms with rows of treadmills. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - Everything from helicopters to printer cartridges is being wrapped and stamped and shipped out of Iraq. U.S. military bases that once resembled small towns have transformed into a cross between giant post offices and Office Depots.

Panel's landmark denial frees NYC mosque site (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:20 PM PDT

Linda Rivera holds up a sign in opposition to the proposed mosque at 45-47 Park Place during a meeting of the Landmarks Preservation Commission to vote on giving the building landmark status in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. The commission voted unanimously not to landmark the building, making way for the construction of the mosque. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Ignoring jeers and cries of "Shame on you," a city commission on Tuesday denied landmark status to a building near the World Trade Center site that can now be demolished to make way for an Islamic community center and mosque.

Consumer spending flat in June, savings rate rises (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:22 AM PDT

In this photograph taken Aug. 1, 2010, back-to-school shoppers crowd the aisles at a Staples store in Little Rock, Ark. The pace of consumer spending stalled in June and personal incomes failed to increase, further evidence that the economy slowed significantly in the spring. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Consumers are saving more and being picky about how they spend their money, new data show.

Animals used by military can feel war's stresses (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:08 PM PDT

AP - Gina was a playful 2-year-old German shepherd when she went to Iraq as a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog with the military, conducting door-to-door searches and witnessing all sorts of noisy explosions.

RIM announces new BlackBerry for AT&T (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:52 AM PDT

The new BlackBerry Torch is displayed during a product introduction, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - The first BlackBerry that combines a touch screen with the device's signature full-alphabet keyboard is coming to AT&T stores next week.

Cheez Doodles creator Morrie Yohai dies at 90 (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:42 AM PDT

AP - Morrie R. Yohai, the creator of the crunchy, finger-staining orange Cheez Doodles snack, has died. He was 90.

AP source: Favre tells Vikings he will not return (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:12 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 24, 2010, file photo shows Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre being helped off the field after being hit during the third quarter of the NFC Championship NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints, in New Orleans. A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that Brett Favre has informed the Vikings he will not return to Minnesota for a second season. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, because the team had not made an official announcement. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)AP - The Minnesota Vikings aren't giving up on Brett Favre yet.

Lebanon and Israel troops clash on border (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:29 PM PDT

Lebanese soldiers take up position as U.N peacekeepers (in blue berets) gesture towards Israeli soldiers at the Lebanese-Israeli border in Adaisseh village, southern Lebanon August 3, 2010. REUTERS/ STRReuters - Israeli and Lebanese troops clashed on the two countries' border on Tuesday, raising concerns that a new round of fighting might erupt.

NY mosque near September 11 site wins approval (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:03 PM PDT

Demonstrator Gary Phaneuf holds a sign in support of Muslims during a Landmarks Commission's hearing on the proposed Cordoba Mosque to be built near the site of the former World Trade Center in New York, July 13, 2010. REUTERS/Keith BedfordReuters - A New York city agency on Tuesday cleared the way for construction of a Muslim cultural center near the site of the September 11 attacks.

Harry Reid holds narrow edge in Nevada: Reuters-Ipsos poll (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:21 PM PDT

Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) listens to remarks after the Senate approved a package of changes to President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare overhaul and sent the bill to the House of Representatives for final passage in Washington, March 25, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, one of America's most powerful politicians, holds a narrow edge among likely voters in his re-election bid in recession-lashed Nevada, a Reuters-Ipsos poll said on Tuesday.

Nine dead in Connecticut workplace shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:04 AM PDT

Reuters - Nine people were killed on Tuesday in a shooting rampage at a beer distributor in Manchester, Connecticut, police said.

BP readies killer punch for world's worst oil spill (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:19 AM PDT

The containment capping stack is pictured in this image captured from a BP live video feed from the Gulf of Mexico during integrity testing July 31, 2010. REUTERS/BP/HandoutReuters - BP fine-tuned its equipment on Tuesday to deliver the first of two planned killer punches to permanently plug its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well that caused the world's worst accidental oil spill.

Pakistan's Karachi shut after 45 killed in clashes (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:37 AM PDT

A policeman asked residents to stay in their homes after supporters of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) torched a bus early Tuesday morning in protest of the killing of a member of party in Karachi August 3, 2010. REUTERS/Majid HussainReuters - Clashes that killed at least 45 people overnight in Karachi scared residents off its streets on Tuesday as Pakistan's largest city was on alert for more violence after the shooting of a leader in a dominant political party.

RIM unveils new BlackBerry to counter Apple iPhone (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:52 AM PDT

Reuters - Research In Motion unveiled a new BlackBerry smartphone with a touchscreen and slideout keyboard on AT&T Inc's network to go head to head against Apple's iPhone.

Donald Trump sued for fraud over Trump SoHo condo (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:01 AM PDT

Reuters - Donald Trump and the promoters of his Trump SoHo hotel-condominium were sued by buyers who accused them of fraudulently touting out-sized sales figures to encourage them to buy units and inflate the project's financial health.

Pakistan in fresh warning as floods hit 3.2 million (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:35 AM PDT

Onlookers perched on a damaged bridge watch a Pakistani flood survivor climb a rope to cross the river in Pakistan's Swat valley's Chakdara. Pakistan issued new flood warnings Tuesday, as the country battled to cope with the worst floods in living memory affecting 3.2 million people and killing up to 1,500.(AFP)AFP - Pakistan issued new flood warnings Tuesday, as the country battled to cope with the worst floods in living memory affecting 3.2 million people and killing up to 1,500.

Lebanese troops, Israeli soldier killed in border clash (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:17 PM PDT

An Israeli rescue helicopter evacuates an injured soldier. Lebanese and Israeli troops traded fire Tuesday along their tense border in the fiercest clashes since a 2006 war, with two Lebanese soldiers, a journalist and a senior Israeli officer killed.(AFP/JINI/Ancho Gosh)AFP - Lebanese and Israeli troops traded deadly fire on their tense border Tuesday in the worst clash since the 2006 war between the Jewish state and Hezbollah, with the Shiite movement's leader warning against future Israeli "aggression."
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