Friday, October 1, 2010

Rahm's gone: New day, new tone for the White House (AP)

Rahm's gone: New day, new tone for the White House (AP)

Rahm's gone: New day, new tone for the White House (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 01:14 PM PDT

President Barack Obama hugs outgoing White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, during an announcement that Emanuel will be stepping down to run for Mayor of Chicago . Obama announced that Pete Rouse will be interim Chief of Staff. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Reshaping the tone and tenor of the White House, President Barack Obama on Friday replaced the colorful and caustic Rahm Emanuel with the private Pete Rouse as his chief of staff, shifting to a new phase of his presidency with a drastically different aide as trusted gatekeeper.

US apologizes for 1940s STD study in Guatemala (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 11:06 AM PDT

AP - American scientists deliberately infected prisoners and patients in a mental hospital in Guatemala with syphilis 60 years ago, a recently unearthed experiment that prompted U.S. officials to apologize Friday and declare outrage over "such reprehensible research."

Iraqi Shiite cleric backs al-Maliki in key boost (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:42 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, July 19, 2010 file photo, Muqtada al-Sadr, one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite political clerics, speaks to reporters following a meeting with former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi in Damascus, Syria. Aides to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr say his powerful political bloc has agreed to support the Iraqi prime minister's bid to stay in power and end a nearly seven-month political impasse. The backing of al-Sadr would push the Shiite-led coalition of Nouri al-Maliki close to the needed parliamentary majority to form a new government. Iraq has been in political limbo since March elections, won by a Sunni-backed bloc but without enough seats to oust al-Maliki.(AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)AP - Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr backed Iraq's prime minister to retain power Friday in a move that could speed an end to the country's seven-month political impasse but could also hand al-Sadr's anti-American bloc considerable influence in the next government.

Officials think bin Laden involved in Europe plot (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 11:13 AM PDT

Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden speaks at a news conference in Afghanistan in this May 26, 1998 file photo. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesAP - U.S. counterterrorism officials say they believe that senior al-Qaida leaders, including Osama bin Laden, are involved in the latest terror plot against European cities.

Mighty rains deluge cars, close roads in Northeast (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 10:49 AM PDT

A car submerged in floodwater is seen in Darby, Pa., Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Torrential downpours from a faded tropical storm inundated the Northeast on Friday, forcing evacuations, toppling trees, cutting power to thousands and washing out roads during a snarled morning commute. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Torrential downpours from a faded tropical storm inundated the Northeast on Friday, forcing evacuations, toppling trees, cutting power to thousands and washing out roads during a snarled morning commute. Water pooled so deeply in a Philadelphia suburb that a car literally floated on top of another car.

US, European envoys pressing to save Mideast talks (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 12:34 PM PDT

United States Mideast envoy George Mitchell, left, and Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, right, wave before a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. U.S. envoy George Mitchell was shuttling between Jerusalem and Ramallah on Friday as part of an emergency mission to rescue Mideast peace talks facing collapse because of a spat over Israeli settlements. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)AP - U.S. and European peace envoys pleaded with Israel on Friday to extend its moratorium on West Bank settlement construction, as the Palestinians stuck to their insistence that all building must stop for fledgling peace talks to continue.

One large trader led to May 6 stock market plunge (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 12:46 PM PDT

A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange looks at stocks during the final minutes of trading on May 6, 2010. The May 6 Wall Street AP - A trading firm's use of a computer sell order triggered the May 6 market plunge, which sent the Dow Jones industrial average plunging nearly 1,000 points in less than a half-hour, federal regulators said Friday.

62 mpg for new cars? It's the US target for 2025 (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 12:48 PM PDT

** CORRECTS SECOND SENTENCE ** FILE - In this May 21, 2010 file photo, the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee rolls off the assembly line at the Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. New models and Labor Day promotions didn't do much to fire Americans' appetites for new cars in September. Still, auto executives expect a modest recovery for the remainder of the year. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)AP - Cars and trucks averaging 62 miles per gallon? Seems extraordinary now, but the government suggested Friday that automakers could be required to build new lineups by 2025 that make today's high-mileage hybrids seem conventional and turn gas guzzlers into relics of the past.

NATO convoys attacked in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 12:47 PM PDT

Pakistani flood affected residents pass by the still smoldering oil trucks in Shikarpur, southern Pakistan on Friday Oct. 1, 2010. Suspected militants set ablaze at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, police said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Assailants launched two separate attacks on tankers carrying fuel for foreign troops in Afghanistan on Friday, showing the vulnerability of NATO supply lines a day after the Pakistani government itself shut one down.

Rain delay suits US fine at water-logged Ryder Cup (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 01:10 PM PDT

U.S. team members Phil Mickelson, left, and Dustin Johnson react on the 10th green during the 2010 Ryder Cup golf tournament at the Celtic Manor golf course in Newport, Wales, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Boy, did that rain delay work out just fine for the Americans. They were able to get dry, do some shopping at the merchandise tent and claim the momentum on a water-logged day at the Ryder Cup.

BP pledges Gulf of Mexico oil fields to spill fund (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 12:00 PM PDT

Reuters - BP, which faces U.S. opposition to drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, named fields there that it will use to help finance its $20 billion fund for victims of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Militants set fire to NATO tankers in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 11:36 AM PDT

Police collect bullets shells next to burning oil tankers on a highway near Shikarpur, about 39 km (24 miles) from Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh province, October, 1, 2010. Suspected militants in Pakistan set fire to tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, officials said, a day after three soldiers were killed in a cross-border NATO air strike. REUTERS/Athar HussainReuters - Suspected militants in Pakistan set fire to three dozen tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, officials said, a day after three soldiers were killed in a cross-border NATO air strike.

Ecuador's Correa asserts control as police chief quits (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 12:19 PM PDT

Ecuadorean army soldiers stand on the runway of the military airbase of the Mariscal Sucre International Airport to force its closure, in Quito September 30, 2010. REUTERS/Gary GranjaReuters - President Rafael Correa reasserted control over Ecuador on Friday and his disgraced police chief resigned after officers' protests against spending cuts rattled the left-wing leader, who accused foes of a coup attempt.

U.S. risk council takes first steps on Dodd: Frank (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 12:47 PM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner looks on during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Busan, South Korea June 5, 2010. REUTERS/Andy Wong/PoolReuters - A new council of U.S. regulators charged with identifying risks to the financial system acted on Friday to begin implementing the new financial regulatory overhaul law.

Bin Laden criticizes Pakistan relief, urges climate action (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:34 AM PDT

An undated file picture of Saudi-born terror mastermind Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden has expressed concern about global climate change and flooding in Pakistan, in an audiotape aired on the Internet, his first public remarks since March, a monitoring group said on Friday.(AFP/File)Reuters - Osama bin Laden criticized relief efforts in Pakistan and called for action against climate change in what appeared to be a new audio tape from the al Qaeda leader issued on Friday in an Islamist forum.

Obama names low-key insider Pete Rouse as chief of staff (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 12:16 PM PDT

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel speaks at the Wall St. Journal CEO Council on Reuters - President Barack Obama turned to low-key insider Pete Rouse on Friday to replace high-profile chief of staff Rahm Emanuel in a prelude to a wider staff shake-up expected at the White House.

Dispute over article freezes France-UAE arms talks: source (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 11:53 AM PDT

Reuters - A row over a French newspaper article is behind the breakdown of talks for a sale of French warplanes to the United Arab Emirates worth $5-6 billion, a senior French government source said on Friday.

BMW recalls 350,000 cars, including Rolls-Royces (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 08:24 AM PDT

Reuters - BMW is voluntarily recalling 350,000 cars worldwide due to a possible brake problems that the world's biggest premium carmaker said have not caused any accidents.

Ecuador president safe after foiled police uprising (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 11:22 AM PDT

Soldiers deploy around the Carondolet presidential palace in Quito. Ecuador President Rafael Correa was Friday safe back in the presidential palace after loyalist troops rescued him from a police mutiny in a day of gunfire and street clashes that left two dead.(AFP/Pablo Cozzaglio)AFP - Ecuador President Rafael Correa was back at work Friday under tight security after loyalist troops rescued him from a police mutiny in a day of gunfire and street clashes that left two dead.

Nigerian independence day car bombs kill 10 (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 11:38 AM PDT

The body of a man is moved by security personel following a blast in Abuja during the 50th independence anniversary ceremony in Abuja. Twin car bombings claimed by Nigeria's most prominent militant group MEND killed eight people on Friday near ceremonies for 50 years of independence in the first such attack in the capital.(AFP/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Twin car bombings claimed by Nigeria's most prominent militant group MEND killed at least 10 people Friday near ceremonies for 50 years of independence in the first such attack in the capital.
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