Monday, November 8, 2010

Conn. man condemned to die for fatal home invasion (AP)

Conn. man condemned to die for fatal home invasion (AP)

Conn. man condemned to die for fatal home invasion (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:20 PM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Connecticut Department of Correction shows Steven Hayes. On Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, in New Haven Superior Court, a jury voted unanimously to send Hayes to death row, after previously convicting him for killing the wife and two daughters of Dr. William Petit during a home invasion in Cheshire, Conn., July 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Connecticut Department of Correction, File)AP - A Connecticut man was condemned to death Monday for a night of terror inside a suburban home in which a woman was strangled and her two daughters tied to their beds, doused in gasoline and left to die in a fire.

Elizabeth Smart says she awoke to knife on neck (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:03 PM PST

Elizabeth Smart, right, arrives at Federal Court with her sister, Mary Katherine Smart, left, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, in Salt Lake City. Opening arguments in the Brian David Mitchell trial relating to the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart in 2002 resumed Monday. Smart's mother and her sister, who was sleeping in the same bed with Smart when she was taken at knifepoint in 2002, are expected to be the first witnesses. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)AP - Elizabeth Smart awoke when she felt a cold knife on her throat. Then she heard a man threatening to kill her and her family if she didn't leave with him.

Obama boosts India for 'rightful place in world' (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:15 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, embrace following a joint statement and press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)AP - Deepening America's stake in Asian power politics, President Barack Obama on Monday endorsed India's bid to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, hoping to elevate the nation of a billion people to "its rightful place in the world" alongside an assertive China.

Panel: Dollars did not trump safety in Gulf spill (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:07 PM PST

Fred Bartlit Jr., chief investigator of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, goes through a detailed presentation of the operation of an offshore oil rig, as the panel holds a public hearing in Washington, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The presidential commission investigating the BP Gulf oil spill challenged claims in Congress that the oil company and others sacrificed safety to cut costs. In preliminary findings issued Monday, the first from an independent panel, investigators supported many of BP's own conclusions about what led to the disaster.

Govt suspects cholera has entered Haitian capital (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:39 PM PST

A woman suffering from cholera symptoms is helped by volunteers at the hospital in Archaie, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. After at least 20 people died when Hurricane Tomas brushed past Haiti, officials are now turning their attention back to the worsening cholera epidemic that has killed more than 500 people and hospitalized more than 7,300. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Health officials said Monday that they are examining at least 120 suspected cases of cholera in Haiti's capital, the most significant warning sign yet that the epidemic has spread from outlying areas to threaten as many as 3 million people.

White House to Yemen: Share more now (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:21 PM PST

In this photo released by Interpol Saturday Nov. 6 2010 shows explosive material secreted in a printer cartridge which was shipped via commercial cargo aircraft from Yemen with final destination the USA. On Oct. 29 2010 two freight packages were seized in separate incidents in the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom containing IEDs secreted inside computer printers. In both incidents, the printers had been packed inside freight boxes which also contained personal goods such as clothing, ornaments and compact discs. (AP Photo / HO) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY ** AP CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE DATE, LOCATION OR CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE MANDATORY CREDIT INTERPOL **AP - The Obama administration wants quicker and fuller access to intelligence gleaned by Yemeni counterterrorist forces and greater ability to question captured terrorists there, according to a senior administration official.

Bush is back, and eager to help history judge him (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:02 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2005 file photo, President George W. Bush looks out the window of Air Force One over New Orleans, to survey the damage from Hurricane Katrina. George W. Bush knows that history will shape his legacy more than anything he can say. But that's not gonna stop a guy from trying. After two years of near silence, Bush is back. With his new memoir and a promotion tour, the president who in cockier times could not think of a single mistake he had made, lists many. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - George W. Bush knows that history will shape his legacy more than anything he can say. But that's not gonna stop a guy from trying.

Scientists collide lead ions in Big Bang machine (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:43 PM PST

AP - Scientists at the world's largest atom smasher said Monday they have succeeded in recreating conditions shortly after the Big Bang by switching the particles they use for collisions from protons to much heavier lead ions.

Family health history a powerful, underused tool (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:19 PM PST

AP - Make Grandma spill the beans: Uncovering all the diseases that lurk in your family tree can trump costly genetic testing in predicting what illnesses you and your children are likely to face.

Reports: Cowboys fire coach Phillips (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:01 PM PST

Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips reacts during the first half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)AP - The Dallas Cowboys have fired coach Wade Phillips and promoted offensive coordinator Jason Garrett to take his place, according to media reports.

Rolls says progress made in Qantas A380 engine probe (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:35 AM PST

Reuters - Rolls-Royce Group Plc moved to contain a crisis of confidence in the safety of its engines on Monday, saying progress was being made in finding out what caused last week's blowout on a Qantas Airbus A380 flight.

Myanmar army-backed parties set to sweep rare poll (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:56 AM PST

A man looks at the election material posted outside a polling station as others cast shadows in central Yangon November 7, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - The military will keep its grip on power after Myanmar's first election in 20 years, backed by parties that on Monday looked set to win a vote marred by fraud and denounced by President Barack Obama as stolen.

Amtrak, N.J. discussing new rail tunnel options (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:57 AM PST

A passenger walks on the platform beside an Amtrak train in a file photo. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - Amtrak is in preliminary talks with New Jersey's public transit agency to study new options for building a passenger rail tunnel between Manhattan and New Jersey after an earlier project was killed over cost concerns.

BP, firms did not cut safety over money: panel (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 11:37 AM PST

Reuters - The White House oil spill commission said on Monday it found no evidence to support accusations that the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history happened because BP Plc and its partners cut corners to save money.

Palin tells Bernanke "cease and desist": report (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:50 PM PST

Reuters - Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin weighed in on Monday on the global debate over the Federal Reserve's $600 billion plan to buy up government debt, suggesting Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke should "cease and desist."

U.S. expands cargo security ban in wake of bomb plot (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:00 PM PST

Reuters - The Obama administration on Monday banned all cargo shipments to the United States from Somalia, expanding a ban imposed initially on shipments from Yemen in the wake of a recent foiled bomb plot.

Doctors urge Congress to halt Medicare pay cuts (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:39 PM PST

Reuters - The physician's group did an online survey of 1,000 Americans aged 18 and older and found 94 percent of them said they are concerned about the cuts to doctors who treat elderly patients.

Jailed U.S. student Amanda Knox to face trial for slander (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 06:40 AM PST

Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of killing her British flatmate in Italy three years ago, is seen in court in Perugia November 8, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - An Italian court on Monday ordered the jailed American student Amanda Knox to stand trial for slandering police officers during the investigation into the killing of her British roommate.

Violence breaks out in Myanmar after election (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:00 AM PST

Refugees from Myanmar sit in a temporary shelter set up by the Thai government inside a Buddhist monestary in Mae Sot, western Thailand. Deadly clashes have erupted between Myanmar government troops and ethnic minority rebels, prompting an exodus across the border in the wake of an election that the junta's proxies looked sure to win.(AFP/Kc Ortiz)AFP - Deadly clashes erupted on Monday between Myanmar government troops and ethnic minority rebels, prompting an exodus across the border in the wake of an election that the junta's proxies looked sure to win.

Radical Yemeni cleric calls for 'murder of Americans' (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 07:39 AM PST

Image released by the SITE Intelligence Group shows radical Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi delivering an online lecture. Awlaqi has called for the killing of Americans AFP - US-Yemeni radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi has called for the killing of Americans "without hesitation" and accused Iran of trying to impose control over Sunnis in the Gulf, SITE monitors said on Monday.
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