Friday, September 24, 2010

Ahmadinejad says Iran may end enrichment (AP)

Ahmadinejad says Iran may end enrichment (AP)

Ahmadinejad says Iran may end enrichment (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 01:08 PM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reacts as he speaks during a news conference in New York, Friday Sept. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Iran would consider ending uranium enrichment, the most crucial part of its controversial nuclear activities, if world powers send Tehran nuclear fuel for a medical research reactor, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told reporters Friday.

Pelosi says tax cut vote possible before election (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 01:08 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, under pressure to send Democrats home to campaign with the strongest possible closing argument, said Friday she is considering calling a vote on extending middle-class tax cuts next week.

Fla. bank robbers strap bomb to abducted teller (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 01:08 PM PDT

Authorities surround a Bank of America where a robbery may have turned into a hostage situation in Coral Gables, Fla. on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Coral Gables police were called to the bank near the University of Miami. The university sent an alert to students warning them to stay away from the area near the bank. Administrators reported the incident as a hostage situation. (AP Photo/Edouard H.R. Gluck)AP - A bank teller was kidnapped early Friday from his home by robbers who strapped a suspected bomb to his chest and used him to steal money from a Bank of America branch near the University of Miami, according to the FBI.

AP-GfK Poll: Dems disliked, but so is GOP (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 01:08 PM PDT

A man holds up a tea pot in front of the Tart Lumber Company where House Republicans held an event in Sterling, Virginia. Republican Party leaders Thursday unveiled a strategy to wrest control of Congress back from rival Democrats in key November elections, vowing to cut taxes and shrink government spending.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)AP - If anyone is scorned as much as Democrats these days, it's Republicans — the party that may recapture the House and perhaps the Senate in November's elections.

Queen tried to get UK poverty fund to heat palace (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 01:08 PM PDT

FILE - This is a Tuesday, May. 17, 2005 file photo of Buckingham Palace in London. A government fund intended to provide subsidized heating to low-income Britons got an application from an unexpected citizen: Queen Elizabeth II, who wanted help paying the heating bills at Buckingham Palace. The official response, according to documents unearthed by a British newspaper, Friday Sept. 24, 2010, was that the handout might prove to be an embarrassment if word ever got out. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)AP - A government fund intended to provide subsidized heating to low-income Britons got some interest from an unexpected source: Queen Elizabeth II, who wanted help paying the bills at Buckingham Palace.

Prosecutors: Skydiving love triangle led to murder (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 01:08 PM PDT

Belgian Els Clottemans arrives at the courthouse in Tongeren, Belgium, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Friday, the trial into the death of a skydiver who crashed to earth because of a faulty parachute started. Clottemans, a lone suspect, faces murder charges and accusations that jealousy pushed her four years ago to sabotage the parachute of her close friend and rival Els Van Doren with whom she shared a passion for skydiving and a lover. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - A jealous skydiver caught up in a love triangle allegedly sabotaged the parachute of her close friend, Belgian prosecutors said Friday, sending the woman plunging 13,000 feet (4,500 meters) to her death in a horrifying fall captured on video.

LA judge weighs ownership of gigantic emerald (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 01:11 PM PDT

FILE - This 2008 file photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows the so-called Bahia Emerald. The curious case of an enormous emerald is destined for a Los Angeles courtroom Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 when a judge will try to determine precisely who owns it. Dug up in Brazil in 2001 and tipping the scales at 840 pounds, the boulder-sized Bahia Emerald is one of the largest gems ever discovered. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, File)AP - One of several people claiming ownership of an 840-pound emerald has told a judge he paid for the behemoth gem shortly after it was unearthed in Brazil.

Lindsay Lohan returns to Calif. jail in handcuffs (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:43 PM PDT

Lindsay Lohan arrives for a hearing at the Beverly Hills Courthouse in Beverly Hills, Calif., Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Buck, Pool)AP - Lindsay Lohan returned to jail in handcuffs Friday after a judge refused to set bail and ordered her to remain in custody for failing a drug test until another hearing nearly a month away.

Police: Conn. man stole flag, put up hippo toy (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:35 PM PDT

AP - Call it the case of the flying hippo. Connecticut police said a man stole an American flag from Waterbury's Town Plot Park and hoisted a stuffed hippopotamus toy in its place. Twenty-three-year-old Jeffrey Kovic, of Waterbury, was arrested and was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail on misdemeanor larceny, criminal mischief and conspiracy charges.

APNewsBreak: 4th man sues Ga. megachurch pastor (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:53 PM PDT

FILE -In this Monday, Aug. 3, 2009 file photo, Bishop Eddie Long speaks during a funeral service at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Long, the pastor of a nationally known Atlanta-area megachurch will wait until Sunday services to speak publicly about claims he has already denied that he coerced young men into sex. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)AP - A fourth young male member of Bishop Eddie Long's megachurch is suing the prominent pastor, claiming Long coerced him into a sexual relationship.

House panel cranks up pressure on China currency (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:54 PM PDT

President Obama gestures alongside China's Premier Wen Jiabao before their bilateral meeting at the United Nations in New York, September 23, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - A congressional panel turned up the pressure on China over the yuan on Friday, approving a bill that would let the United States slap duties on goods from countries with undervalued currencies.

Pelosi hedges on timing of Bush-era tax vote (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:55 PM PDT

Reuters - House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday the House would vote this year on extending middle-class tax breaks, but she would not commit to vote before the November 2 congressional elections.

Obama slams Iran's Ahmadinejad for "hateful" 9/11 remark (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:55 PM PDT

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a news conference in New York, September 24, 2010. U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday strongly condemned comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that implied a U.S. government role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - President Barack Obama on Friday condemned as hateful, offensive and inexcusable a suggestion by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of a U.S. government role in the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

Boxer leading Fiorina by 6 points in California (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:07 AM PDT

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) listens to a question following her speech to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California August 31, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - California Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer has extended her narrow lead over Republican challenger Carly Fiorina in her closely watched bid for re-election in November, according to a poll released on Friday.

Japan releases China fishing boat captain: report (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:15 AM PDT

A Chinese fishing boat is inspected by Japan Coast Guard crew members after it collided with two Japanese coast guard vessels near the disputed islands in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku isles in Japan and Diaoyu in China, September 7, 2010. REUTERS/Japan Coast Guard/HandoutReuters - Japan Saturday released a Chinese trawler captain at the center of a fierce row with China that has threatened ties between Asia's two biggest economies, Kyodo news agency reported.

NY voters support right to build Muslim center: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 09:48 AM PDT

Reuters - A majority of New Yorkers say a Muslim group has a right to build an Islamic center and mosque near the site of the September 11 attacks in Manhattan but think it should be built elsewhere, according to a poll released on Friday.

U.N. atom assembly rejects Arab move targeting Israel (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 09:42 AM PDT

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano (C) attends a board of governors meeting at the UN headquarters in Vienna, September 13, 2010. REUTERS/Herwig PrammerReuters - Member states of the U.N. nuclear watchdog narrowly rejected an Arab-sponsored resolution on Friday calling on Israel to join a global anti-atomic weapons treaty, a U.S. victory after a bruising diplomatic battle.

Iran accuses U.S. of hypocrisy in woman's execution (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United States of hypocrisy on Friday for criticizing the death sentence of an Iranian woman, while a woman was executed in the United States this week.

Abbas rejects Israeli suggestion of settlements compromise (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:35 PM PDT

A Palestinian protestor confronts and Israeli soldier during a weekly demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin. Israel raised the possibility of a compromise on settlement construction just ahead of the scheduled ending of curbs that threatened to derail US-backed Middle East peace talks, but the Palestinians said no compromise was possible.(AFP/Abbas Momani)AFP - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas rejected an Israeli suggestion on Friday that a compromise on settlement building may be possible ahead of a scheduled moratorium ending that threatens to derail Middle East peace talks.

DR Congo mass rapes 'defy belief': UN (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 10:15 AM PDT

A young Congolese girl walks over a makeshift bridge near the town of Luvungi. Three groups of armed militia raped at least 303 civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over four days, said a UN initial report on the atrocities whose AFP - Three groups of armed militia raped at least 303 civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over four days, said a UN initial report on the atrocities whose "scale and viciousness... defy belief."
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