Monday, September 27, 2010

Obama presses for longer school years (AP)

Obama presses for longer school years (AP)

Obama presses for longer school years (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 01:13 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 65th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 23, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedAP - Barely into the new school year, President Barack Obama issued a tough-love message to students and teachers on Monday: Their year in the classroom should be longer, and poorly performing teachers should get out.

Allen: Third party needed in oil spill response (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 11:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 2, 2010 file photo, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, left, National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response, talks to reporters in flight over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, while Capt. Steve Truhlar, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Training Center in Mobile, Ala., is at right. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the federal government's point man on the disaster, said Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, BP's well 'is effectively dead.' A permanent cement plug sealed BP's well nearly 2.5 miles below the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico, five agonizing months after an explosion sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - The federal official running the BP oil spill response proposed Monday having a third party from the oil industry represent polluters to correct perceptions that the company responsible in such disasters is in charge of cleaning up the mess.

NATO strikes in Pakistan prompt rebuke (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:27 PM PDT

A British soldier mans his position at the rear of a helicopter as it is flies over Helmand province in Afghanistan in August, 2010. Security forces Monday stepped up the hunt for British woman and three Afghans reportedly working for a US development group who were kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan, police said.(AFP/Pool/File/Andrew Winning)AP - Pakistan disputed NATO's claim Monday that its forces have the right of hot pursuit across the Afghan border after coalition helicopters launched airstrikes that killed more than 50 militants who had escaped into Pakistan following an attack on an Afghan security post.

Palestinians wait on decision to quit peace talks (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:28 PM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, unseen, delivers a speech during a meeting at the Elysee Palace Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 in Paris. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that Israel must choose between peace or settlements as Israel's 10-month settlement construction slowdown expired. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - The Palestinian president said Monday he would wait at least a week before deciding whether to quit Mideast peace talks, giving U.S. mediators precious time to broker a compromise after Israel refused to extend its 10-month moratorium on new West Bank settlement construction.

Report: US would make Internet wiretaps easier (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:27 PM PDT

The Obama administration is drawing up legislation to make it easier for US intelligence services to eavesdrop on the Internet, including email exchanges and social networks, The New York Times said Monday.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AP - Broad new regulations being drafted by the Obama administration would make it easier for law enforcement and national security officials to eavesdrop on Internet and e-mail communications like social networking Web sites and BlackBerries, The New York Times reported Monday.

Southwest Airlines to buy AirTran for $1.4B (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 11:01 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2007 file photo, an AirTran plane leaves Logan International Airport in Boston. Southwest Airlines is buying AirTran for about $1.4 billion as it seeks entry into a number of smaller markets Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file)AP - Southwest agreed to buy AirTran in a $1.4 billion deal that will combine two of the country's largest low-fare airlines and give Southwest a bigger slice of the market in the Northeast and in Atlanta, the busiest hub in the nation.

Attorney says 'sexting' Wis. prosecutor to resign (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 14, 2007 file photo, Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz gives closing arguments during a trial at the Calumet County Courthouse in Chilton, Wis. Robert Craanen, the attorney for the Wisconsin prosecutor who acknowledged sending sexually harassing text messages to a domestic abuse victim says Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, that the DA will resign his office, before Oct. 8, the date for a hearing on his possible removal from office. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool, File)AP - A Wisconsin prosecutor facing removal from office over accusations that he abused his position in seeking relationships with vulnerable women will resign instead, his attorney said Monday.

Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:48 PM PDT

This undated handout photo issued by Hesco Bastion on Sept. 27, 2010 shows Jimi Heselden, 62, a British businessman who last year bought the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway personal transporter, who has died in an accident on one of the vehicles. Police in West Yorkshire said Monday that James Heselden and a Segway were found in the River Wharfe near Boston Spa, in northern England. Police said a member of the public had reported seeing a man fall over a 30-foot (9-meter) drop into the river on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andy Paraskos/Hesco/PA Wire) ** MANDATORY CREDIT, UNITED KINGDOM OUT )AP - A wealthy British businessman who owns the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway has been found dead in a river in northern England after apparently falling off a cliff on one of the vehicles, police said Monday.

'Titanic' co-star Gloria Stuart dies at 100 (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 23, 1998 file photo, actress Gloria Stuart arrives at the 70th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Stuart was nominated for best performance by an actress in a supporting role in the film 'Titanic.' (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - Gloria Stuart, the 1930s Hollywood beauty who gave up acting for 30 years and later became the oldest Academy Award acting nominee as the spunky survivor in "Titanic," has died. She was 100.

Man convicted of murder in Angels pitcher's death (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:32 PM PDT

A detail of a makeshift memorial left by fans of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as a tribute to pitcher Nick Adenhart at Angel Stadium in California 2009. As a jury deliberated murder charges against the man accused of killing Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart while driving drunk, a judge on Friday found him guilty of driving on a suspended license.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Dunn)AP - A jury convicted a drunken driver of murder Monday in the deaths of promising rookie Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two of his friends.

North Korean leader's son named army general (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 11:49 AM PDT

A large propaganda poster reading Reuters - Secretive North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-il has named his youngest son as a military general, state media said early on Tuesday, marking the first stage of a dynastic succession.

Southwest eyes AirTran to attack East Coast markets (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:41 PM PDT

Southwest Airlines planes prepare for departure from Oakland International Airport in Oakland, California in this May 29, 2006, file image. REUTERS/John GressReuters - Southwest Airlines Co, the largest U.S. low-cost airline, struck a deal to buy smaller rival AirTran Holdings Inc for about $1 billion, aiming to challenge bigger carriers in the East Coast market.

Obama signs small business bill into law (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 01:05 PM PDT

President Barack Obama smiles before a meeting with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in New York on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Pool, Spencer Platt)Reuters - President Barack Obama signed a $30 billion small business lending bill into law on Monday, claiming a victory on economic policy for his fellow Democrats ahead of November congressional elections.

Setback for Chavez in Venezuela parliamentary vote (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 09:36 AM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waves after casting his vote during parliamentary elections in Caracas September 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jorge SilvaReuters - Venezuela's opposition won a third of the seats in parliament and claimed a majority of the popular vote in elections on Sunday, boosting its hopes of besting President Hugo Chavez in a 2012 presidential poll.

Obama administration fights for stem cell funding (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:36 AM PDT

A human embryonic stem cell line derived at Stanford University is seen in this handout photo released to Reuters by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, March 9, 2009. REUTERS/Julie Baker/Stanford University School of Medicine/California Institute for Regenerative Medicine/HandoutReuters - The Obama administration on Monday pleaded with a U.S. appeals court to allow federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research to continue, arguing a ban would ruin numerous projects and cost millions of dollars.

Israeli settlement freeze ends with peace talks in balance (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 09:58 AM PDT

An Israeli settler waves a flag across the street from a left-wing protest in Jerusalem calling for the continuation of a building freeze September 26, 2010. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday put off a threatened decision to quit peace talks with Israel, leaving more time for diplomacy to save negotiations from collapse over Israel's settlement building.

Japan seeks damages as China trawler row lingers (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 07:10 AM PDT

Zhan Qixiong, captain of a Chinese fishing boat, is sent to the prosecutors by the Japan Coast Guard on the southern Japanese island of Ishigaki September 9, 2010. REUTERS/KyodoReuters - Japan said it will ask China to pay for damage to its patrol boats suffered in a collision with a Chinese trawler, as Asia's top two economies continue to bicker over the affair.

Alabama expects billions from BP over oil spill (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 09:53 AM PDT

File picture shows workers placing absorbent material on the beach as oil residue washes ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in June in Orange Beach, Alabama. BP sought to spread the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, setting off a battle of oil industry giants with tens of billions of dollars in potential fines and legal liabilities at stake.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)Reuters - Alabama expects to receive billions of dollars in penalties from BP Plc as a result of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Governor Bob Riley said on Monday.

Israel settler move 'disappoints' US (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:33 PM PDT

Israeli bulldozers begin to lay groundwork for 50 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Israeli settlers resumed building across the West Bank on Monday after a partial freeze expired, but the Palestinians held back on threats to quit peace talks over the move.(AFP/Jack Guez)AFP - Jewish settlers resumed building across the West Bank on Monday after Israel allowed curbs to expire, frustrating US hopes of keeping the Palestinians in peace talks.

North Korean leader names son as general: official media (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:23 PM PDT

A reproduction of a page of South Korean newspaper Munhwa Ilbo in 2009 shows stories and alleged pictures of Kim Jong-Un. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has appointed his youngest son as a general, the communist state's official media said Tuesday in its first mention of the man seen as heir apparent to his father.(AFP/MUNHWA ILBO/File)AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has appointed his youngest son as a four-star general, the communist state's official media said Tuesday in its first mention of the young man widely seen as heir apparent.
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