Sunday, December 26, 2010

Snow storm bears down on Mid-Atlantic, Northeast (AP)

Snow storm bears down on Mid-Atlantic, Northeast (AP)

Snow storm bears down on Mid-Atlantic, Northeast (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:01 PM PST

Margaret Ness takes a morning walk through snow in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)AP - Many Easterners were feeling boxed in Sunday as a powerful winter storm lay a snow blanket from the South to the Northeast, turning roads slick, canceling hundreds of flights and putting a chill in retailers' day-after-Christmas sales.

Retailers roll out sales as snow hits East Coast (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:45 PM PST

Shoppers make their way in the snow in Union Square, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - An East Coast snowstorm put a damper on after-Christmas shopping Sunday. But shoppers across the rest of the country scoured clearance racks and spent gift cards during the afterglow of the best holiday season for retailers since 2007.

Ivory Coast's Gbagbo faces threat from neighbors (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:07 AM PST

UN forces drive past a billboard for President Laurent Gbagbo in, Ivory Coast, Abidjan Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. The United Nations said Thursday that at least 173 people have been killed and dozens of others have gone missing or been tortured following Ivory Coast's disputed presidential election, which has prompted fears of a return to civil war. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - West African leaders are giving the man who refuses to leave Ivory Coast's presidency a final chance to hand over power and are threatening to remove Laurent Gbagbo by force if needed, though doubts exist about whether the operation could be carried out.

Thousands fear hunger after Pakistan bombing (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:18 AM PST

Pakistan army paramedic unload an injured victim of suicide bombing, from a van upon his arrival at Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest in a crowded aid distribution center in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 41 people and wounding dozens waiting for food stamps, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Some 300,000 desperately poor villagers impoverished by fighting in Pakistan's tribal belt are scrambling to feed themselves after a female suicide bomber killed 45 people outside a World Food Program food distribution center, triggering a district wide suspension of the relief project.

Christmas weekend violence kills 38 in Nigeria (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:30 AM PST

In this image made from video provided NTA via APTN, and taken Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010, a burned out van is seen on a road following violence in Jos, Nigeria. Dozens of people were killed over the holiday weekend in attacks across Nigeria, including 32 that died in central Nigeria in a series of bomb blasts in the worst violence to hit the region in months. (AP Photo/NTA via APTN) NIGERIA OUTAP - Dozens of armed men attacked the church, dragging the pastor out of his home and shooting him to death. Two young men from the choir rehearsing for a late-night carol service also were slain.

Petraeus commends Pakistan's counterinsurgency (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:50 AM PST

Spc. Charles Moore, left, of Angleton Texas, Pfc. Nikolai Starr, center, of San Antonio Texas.,along with Spc. Andrew Vanderhaeghen of Rochester, MN., of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327 return fires upon a sudden attack by Taliban on Combat Out Post Badel in easteran Afghanistan near Pakistan border on Saturday, Dec 25, 2010.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said there will be more coordinated military operations on either side of the border with Pakistan, and commended the Pakistanis on its "impressive" counterinsurgency efforts.

In Congress, a harder line on illegal immigrants (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:05 AM PST

FILE - In this June 26, 2010 file photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa is seen in Des Moines, Iowa. The end of the year means a turnover of House control from Democratic to Republican and, with it, Congress' approach to immigration. In a matter of weeks, Congress will go from trying to help young, illegal immigrants become legal to debating whether children born to parents who are in the country illegally should continue to enjoy automatic U.S. citizenship. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)AP - The end of the year means a turnover of House control from Democratic to Republican and, with it, Congress' approach to immigration.

Cheap concert seats due after cruel summer of 2010 (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:31 PM PST

** ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, DEC. 27, 2010 AND THEREAFTER ** FILE - In this July 3, 2009 file photo, Neil Diamond performs with the Boston Pops on the Esplanade in Boston. Neil Diamond, who’s continuing his comeback tour in New Zealand in February 2011, said he’d like to bring ticket prices down, but can’t because of the size of his production. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, file)AP - Concertgoers sick of ballooning ticket prices should have some extra pocket change to rattle with their rock 'n' roll in the new year.

Olympic filmmaker Bud Greenspan dies at 84 in NYC (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:59 AM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by Showtime shows sports film producer Bud Greenspan. Greenspan, who spent decades documenting the stories of Olympic athletes has died, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. He was 84. (AP Photo/Showtime, Ted Batenburg) NO SALESAP - Bud Greenspan, the filmmaker whose documentaries often soared as triumphantly as the Olympic athletes he chronicled for more than six decades, died at his home in New York City. He was 84.

Vikings-Eagles moved to Tuesday night (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:44 PM PST

AP - Are you ready for some Tuesday Night Football?

China's Wen: confident on inflation after rate rise (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:00 AM PST

Reuters - China's government will be able to keep inflation in check, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday, a day after the central bank raised interest rates, and he pledged to speed up efforts to rein in house price surges.

Obama pays Christmas visit to Hawaii Marine base (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:27 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle took time from their Hawaii vacation to drop by a Marine Corps base on Saturday, where they greeted service men and women during Christmas dinner.

South Korean, Chinese defense chiefs to meet in February (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 03:24 AM PST

North Korean soldiers looks at a Chinese tourist boat as they gather to unload a freight boat on the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, December 26, 2010. Defence ministers from South Korea and China will hold talks in Beijing in February amid growing regional tension sparked by North Korea's nuclear programmes and hostile acts, South Korea's defence ministry said on Sunday. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Defense ministers from South Korea and China will hold talks in Beijing in February amid growing regional tension sparked by North Korea's nuclear programmes and hostile acts, South Korea's defense ministry said on Sunday.

Obama seen naming new economic adviser in January: official (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 06:56 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during his news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington December 22, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - President Barack Obama likely will announce a replacement for key economic adviser Lawrence Summers by mid-January, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Sunday.

Eight U.S. tourists killed in Egypt crash: report (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:03 AM PST

An unidentified U.S. patient is brought to a hospital in Aswan, about 879 km (546 miles) south of Cairo December 26, 2010. Eight U.S. tourists were killed and 21 injured when their coach hit a stationary truck in southern Egypt, the state news agency MENA said on Sunday. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Eight U.S. tourists were killed and 21 injured when their coach hit a stationary truck in southern Egypt, the state news agency MENA said on Sunday.

Ivory Coast's Ouattara calls for general strike (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST

A United Nations helicopter carrying journalists to a news conference held by Alassane Ouattara takes off from the U.N. headquarters in Abidjan December 24, 2010. The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday recognized Ouattara as Ivory Coast's legitimate president, after the United Nations said he beat Laurent Gbagbo in last month's presidential election. REUTERS/ Thierry GouegnonReuters - Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara called on Sunday for a nationwide general strike that would shut the country down until internationally isolated incumbent Laurent Gbagbo cedes power.

Turkey's apology demand is "chutzpah": Israeli Finance Minister (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:22 AM PST

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman waits for his Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb to arrive for their meeting in Jerusalem October 12, 2010. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunReuters - Israel's ultranationalist foreign minister on Sunday dismissed as "chutzpah" a Turkish offer to restore ties if Israel apologizes for a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound ship, saying it was up to Ankara to make amends.

Gbagbo warns I.Coast intervention would provoke war (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:20 AM PST

A Togolese UN peacekeeper stands in his position at the entrance of the Golf hotel in Abidjan, the headquarters of Ivory Coast's internationally recognised leader Alassane Ouattara, on December 24. Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo clung unflinchingly to power Sunday, warning West African leaders any attempt to oust him by force would ruin the regional economy and trigger a bloody war.(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo clung unflinchingly to power Sunday, warning West African leaders any attempt to oust him by force would ruin the regional economy and trigger a bloody war.

Just as Europe thaws, US freezes (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:07 AM PST

The US East Coast braced for a major winter storm Sunday, just as millions of Americans prepared to travel back home after visiting friends and families for Christmas celebrations.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Normile)AFP - A massive snow storm forced hundreds of flight cancellations at US airports Sunday, creating travel misery for thousands of Christmas travelers just as conditions in Europe began to ease.
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