Thursday, November 4, 2010

Election doesn't end major discord for GOP, Obama (AP)

Election doesn't end major discord for GOP, Obama (AP)

Election doesn't end major discord for GOP, Obama (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:18 PM PDT

House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio, center, accompanied by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, right, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. takes questions on the sweeping GOP victory in the 2010 midterm elections, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Barely an hour after President Barack Obama invited congressional Republicans to post-election talks to work together on major issues, the Senate's GOP leader had a blunt message: His party's main goal is denying Obama re-election.

Indonesian volcano erupts again; death toll at 44 (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:15 PM PDT

Residents flee a village in Klaten district after Mount Merapi erupted. Indonesia ordered thousands more people to evacuate as the country's most active volcano erupted again, shooting gas and ash into the sky and triggering a new aircraft exclusion zone.(AFP/Arya Bima)AP - Eruptions at Indonesia's deadly volcano appeared to be intensifying Thursday as towering clouds of ash shot from the crater with a thunder-like roar, dusting towns up to 150 miles (250 kilometers) away and forcing motorists to switch on their headlights during the day.

Qantas jumbo makes emergency landing in Singapore (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:18 PM PDT

Firefighters surround a Qantas passenger plane which made an emergency landing with 459 people aboard in Singapore's Changi International Airport after having engine problems Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)AP - Qantas grounded its Airbus A380 fleet after one of the superjumbo jets blew out an engine Thursday, shooting flames and raining large metal chunks before making a safe emergency landing in Singapore with 459 people aboard.

French official: Yemen bomb 17 minutes from blast (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:18 PM PDT

A map showing the locations where two parcel bombs were intercepted in transit to the USA. The United States intercepted parcels from Yemen in September thought to be a dry run for the package bomb plot, a US official said, as Western governments tightened freight and passenger security.(AFP/Graphic)AP - One of two mail bombs sent from Yemen last week was disarmed just 17 minutes before it was set to go off, the French interior minister said Thursday, but American and British officials said they had no information that would confirm that.

Obama heads to Asia after rebuke by voters (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:19 PM PDT

Indian policemen set up security barricades outside the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010. President Barack Obama is scheduled to stay at the hotel on Nov. 6. The 107-year-old hotel reopened for business in August, nearly two years after it was attacked by terrorists in 2008.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - Rebuked by voters, President Barack Obama is turning overseas, heading to Asia for 10 days of diplomacy, tourism and dealmaking that could boost the battered chief executive and highlight his political skills on the world stage.

Cantor says House will focus on overseeing govt (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:13 PM PDT

House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio, right, accompanied by House GOP Whip Eric Cantor of Va., talks about the changes in the balance of power in Congress that will elevate him to speaker of the House, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The Virginia congressman expected to be the next House majority leader says Republican-led committees will devote more time investigating and exposing lapses by the Obama administration and problems with its programs, including bringing critical oversight reports to the House floor for very public debates.

Appeals court halts Elizabeth Smart kidnap trial (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:25 PM PDT

Brian David Mitchell, center, is escorted into the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, in Salt Lake City. A federal judge is expected to empanel a jury and hear opening arguments in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping trial. Mitchell's trial on kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor charges began Monday in Salt Lake City's U.S. District Court. The trial is expected to last at least five weeks. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)AP - A federal appeals court on Thursday halted the trial of a man accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart to decide if he can get a fair trial in Utah.

Dad: 'Bachelorette' contestant found dead in Calif (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 22, 2010 file photo, Julien Hug, a former contestant on the ABC series 'The Bachelorette' is shown at a Habitat for Humanity event in Pacoima, Ca. KGTV in San Diego says 35-year-old Julien Hug's father Bertrand Hug confirmed Julien's body was found Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, in the remote Pinyon Pines area about 90 miles southeast of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Tammie Arroyo, file)AP - The father of a contestant on "The Bachelorette" reality TV show says his son's body has been found along a scenic Southern California highway. KGTV in San Diego says 35-year-old Julien Hug's father Bertrand Hug confirmed the body was found Wednesday.

Pa. man accused of wearing high heels out of store (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:20 PM PDT

AP - A central Pennsylvania man faces shoplifting charges after police said he tried to steal a pair of women's high-heel shoes by wearing them out of a department store. Lancaster police said 22-year-old Kyle James Eckman went into a store dressing room and put on a pair of size-10 heels then walked out without paying. He was stopped outside the store with his own shoes inside the shoebox in a shopping bag.

Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson dead at 76 (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:11 PM PDT

FILE - This July 26, 1994, file photo shows Detroit Tigers manager Sparky Anderson smiling as he looks out from the dugout prior to the start of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, in Detroit. Anderson died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. He was 76. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)AP - Reds fans were taken aback when Sparky Anderson showed up in Cincinnati for his first day as a big league manager, an unknown taking over baseball's first professional team. Sparky who? Really? By the time he was done, this man with the shock of white hair and schoolboy nickname would produce a mighty list of achievements that featured three World Series titles — including crowns in each league — and a Hall of Fame entry on his resume.

Obama open to discussing broad tax cut extension (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:51 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama is open to the idea of discussing an extension of Bush-era tax cuts for all income levels, the White House said on Thursday.

Six Americans killed in Mexico's drug war city (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Gunmen have killed six U.S. citizens in separate attacks since Saturday in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, the U.S. consulate said on Thursday, as Mexico struggles to halt surging murders.

Two airlines ground A380s after emergency landing (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:55 AM PDT

Technicians look at the damaged engine of Qantas Airways A380 passenger plane QF32 after it was forced to make an emergency landing at Changi airport in Singapore November 4, 2010. REUTERS/David LohReuters - Qantas Airways and Singapore Airlines suspended flights of Airbus A380 superjumbos on Thursday after an engine appeared to break apart in flight, forcing a Qantas jet to make an emergency landing in Singapore.

Republicans to attack healthcare law funding (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:45 AM PDT

Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during an interview with Reuters in Washington, August 2, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - U.S. congressional Republicans will try to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare law next year but their leader in the Senate acknowledged on Thursday they will likely have to settle for far more modest changes.

In his memoir, Bush strongly defends use of waterboarding (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:32 PM PDT

Demonstrator Maboud Ebrahimzadeh lies on the pavement after his ordeal in a simulation of waterboarding outside the Justice Department in Washington November 5, 2007. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - When then-President George W. Bush was asked to approve a tough interrogation technique known as waterboarding on September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, he wasted little time in deciding.

Greek police detonate bomb sent to French embassy (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:05 AM PDT

Police investigators search for evidence after controlled explodion of a package outside the ACS courier offices in Athens on November 4. Greek police announced that a 14th parcel bomb had been intercepted and detonated after staff at the French embassy raised the alarm over a package delivered to them.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)Reuters - Greek police detonated a parcel bomb addressed to the French embassy in Athens on Thursday but checks at a courier company on more than 20 other packages destined for embassies and ministries showed they were harmless.

GM $13 billion IPO to cut Treasury stake to 43 percent (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 08:47 PM PDT

General Motors Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre talks about the first assembled lithium-ion battery for the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle during a news conference in Brownstown Township, Michigan January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca CookReuters - General Motors on Wednesday finalized terms for a stock offering of about $13 billion to repay a controversial taxpayer-funded bailout and reduce the Treasury to a minority shareholder.

U.S. border cops find massive Mexico drug tunnel (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 08:12 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. border police have found a sophisticated drug smugglers' tunnel the length of six football fields linking Southern California with Mexico and arrested two people, authorities said on Wednesday.

Qantas grounds A380s after Singapore air drama (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:55 AM PDT

A Qantas Airbus A380 plane is seen after an emergency landing at the Changi International airport in Singapore. Australia's Qantas Airways grounded all its Airbus A380s Thursday after an engine failure forced one of the superjumbos to make a dramatic emergency landing in Singapore with more than 450 people aboard.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Australia's Qantas Airways grounded all its Airbus A380s Thursday after an engine failure forced one of the superjumbos to make a dramatic emergency landing in Singapore with more than 450 people aboard.

Greece charges two as 14th parcel bomb surfaces (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 07:30 AM PDT

Police investigators search for evidence after controlled explodion of a package outside the ACS courier offices in Athens. A Greek judge charged two men with terrorism as police announced that a 14th parcel bomb had been dealt with after delivery at the French embassy in Athens.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)AFP - A Greek judge charged two men with terrorism Thursday as police announced that a 14th parcel bomb had been dealt with after delivery at the French embassy in Athens.
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