Thursday, September 23, 2010

Obama presses for Mideast peace in UN address (AP)

Obama presses for Mideast peace in UN address (AP)

Obama presses for Mideast peace in UN address (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:54 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - Exhorting world leaders to push past years of cynicism and pessimism, President Barack Obama challenged the countries of the United Nations on Thursday to unite around peace efforts that he said could achieve agreement within a year to create an independent Palestine and a secure Israel.

GOP 'Pledge' vows cuts, repeal of health care law (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:47 PM PDT

House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio is seen at a lumber company in Sterling, Va., Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, to announce the Republicans 'Pledge to America' agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Pushing toward big gains on Nov. 2, House Republicans promised to end a slew of Democratic policies and restore Americans' trust in government as they rolled out a campaign manifesto designed to show they're listening to an angry public and are focused on creating jobs.

Congress to send small business bill to Obama (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:44 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraiser in New York City, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The Democratic-controlled Congress on Thursday sent President Barack Obama a long-delayed bill to help struggling small businesses with easier credit and other incentives to expand and hire new workers.

Double-digit hikes for some Medicare drug plans (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:42 PM PDT

AP - Millions of seniors face double-digit hikes in their Medicare prescription premiums next year unless they shop for cheaper coverage, a new analysis of government data finds.

Va. woman, out of options, nears execution (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:25 PM PDT

FILE - This 2007 file photo provided by newsPRos shows Teresa Lewis, 41, is scheduled to die by injection Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 for trading sex and money in the hired killings of her husband and stepson in October 2002. Virginia's governor has rejected a request to reconsider clemency for Lewis, leaving only the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the state's first execution of a woman in nearly a century. (AP Photo/newsPRos, File)AP - Teresa Lewis knelt in deep prayer with her husband hours before two men she plied with sex and money walked into their mobile home and killed Lewis' husband and stepson while they slept.

Family slayings shake investigators in Tenn. town (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:28 PM PDT

These photographs provided by the Coffee County Sheriffs Department show Matthew Perkins after he was arrested in Manchester, Tenn., early Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Perkins is a suspect in a triple murder in Manchester after Perkins' girlfriend and her two young children were found dead in a closet of their home. (AP Photo/Coffee County Sheriffs Department)AP - A soldier is accused of killing his girlfriend and her two young children, stuffing their corpses into plastic garbage bags and hiding them in a closet for days.

Bugs in baby formula? Parents worried about recall (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:07 PM PDT

Marlene Kraft removes containers of powdered Similac infant formula from the shelves of the Heinen's grocery store in in Bainbridge Twp., Ohio on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories is recalling millions of containers of its best-selling Similac infant formula that may be contaminated with insect parts. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - Worried parents are bombarding drugmaker Abbott Laboratories with phone calls about millions of containers of infant formula recalled because they might contain parts of beetles.

Florida panthers bound back thanks to Texas mates (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:34 PM PDT

This July 2009 handout photo provided by the journal Science shows a three-week old Florida panther kitten in the Picayune Strand State Forest. In the quest to save the endangered Florida panther, their Texas cousins were the cat's meow. Fifteen years ago, Florida imported some wild panthers from Texas as fresh blood for the dwindling Florida cats. Now scientists have created an astonishingly in-depth family tree of today's Florida panthers, and found the program not only boosted the population — it left a group of cats who are genetically hardier. (AP Photo/Science)AP - In the quest to save the endangered Florida panther, their Texas cousins were the cat's meow. Wildlife biologists moved eight female panthers from Texas — close relatives yet genetically distinct — into south Florida 15 years ago in hopes of boosting reproduction, and the immigration paid off.

Portia de Rossi takes wife Ellen Degeneres' name (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2009 file photo, Ellen DeGeneres, right, and Portia de Rossi arrive at the Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - Portia (POR'-shuh) de Rossi has officially taken wife Ellen Degeneres' last name. A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner granted De Rossi's request to take the last name of her partner during a closed hearing Thursday. The television star will now legally be known as Portia Lee James DeGeneres.

Man survives passing out with head in museum noose (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:00 PM PDT

AP - An Arkansas man got a frightening look at frontier justice when he passed out with a display noose around his head during a trip to a Wild West-themed Kansas museum, officials said.

Obama asks Wen for more action on yuan (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:53 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday told Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that China needed to do more to resolve a dispute over the value of the Chinese currency, a senior U.S. official said.

Obama urges Arabs and Israel to support fragile talks (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:14 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic Party fundraiser in New York, September 22, 2010. Obama is also in New York for the annual United Nations General Assembly. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Israel to extend its partial freeze on settlement-building and Arab states to move toward normal ties with the Jewish state to help keep fragile peace talks alive.

Warren Buffett: "We're still in a recession" (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 07:50 AM PDT

Warren E. Buffett ,Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Hathaway, testifies before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission during a public hearing in New York, June 2, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said the U.S. economy remains in recession, disputing this week's assessment by a leading arbiter of economic activity that the downturn ended more than a year ago.

No hope for tax cut vote before election: Democrat (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:55 PM PDT

Reuters - Congress will not vote on extending Bush-era tax cuts before the November elections, a Senate leader said on Thursday, reflecting fear among some Democrats that it could hurt their chances at the polls.

House Republicans draft campaign manifesto (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 07:24 AM PDT

House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) gestures at a news conference with Capitol Hill reporters in Washington, March 19, 2010. REUTERS/Hyungwon KangReuters - Republicans hoping to gain control of the House of Representatives in the November 2 election vow to slash spending and stop "job-killing tax hikes" in a campaign manifesto set to be unveiled on Thursday.

Consumer czar Warren: banks receptive to change (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:38 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama announces consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren (R) as special adviser leading the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington September 17, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - Elizabeth Warren, the Obama administration's new consumer financial protection czar, said on Thursday that banks are showing early receptiveness to her plans for simplifying their disclosures to consumers.

Congress sends small business bill to Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:40 PM PDT

Reuters - A $30 billion small business lending bill cleared Congress on Thursday, giving President Barack Obama's embattled Democrats a hard-won victory just weeks before the November elections.

Iran says nuclear talks can succeed only if fair (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 07:44 AM PDT

Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Lisbon July 14, 2010. REUTERS/Rafael MarchanteReuters - Iran is ready to enter 'fair' negotiations with major powers over its nuclear activities, state radio quoted Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki as saying.

Obama says world must back Middle East peace bid (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:43 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama addresses the 65th General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Obama warned Thursday the Holy Land was doomed to perpetual bloodshed, unless the world unites behind his plan for a Palestinian state and a secure Israel within a year.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Thursday appealed for global support for his efforts to end the Middle East peace deadlock, warning that "more blood will be shed" if it fails.

Colombia kills FARC leader, striking blow to rebels (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:14 PM PDT

FARC commander Jorge Briceno Suarez walks through the Colombian town of La Macarena in 2001. The leftist commander with a five-million dollar US bounty on his head has been killed by Colombia's military, in what Washington and Bogota on Thursday called a breakthrough against international terrorism and drug-trafficking.(AFP/File/Rodrigo Arangua)AFP - Colombian troops Thursday killed the military leader of the nation's oldest insurgency in a coordinated assault that defense officials called the "toughest strike ever" against the leftist guerrillas.
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