Monday, December 27, 2010

Storm strands buses, planes, trains on East Coast (AP)

Storm strands buses, planes, trains on East Coast (AP)

Storm strands buses, planes, trains on East Coast (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 01:28 PM PST

Snow removal continues at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. Hundreds of cold, hungry and tired air passengers spent the night at Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty airports following a powerful East Coast blizzard. Officials said they were provided blankets and cots, but some travelers were not allowed to retrieve their checked luggage, leaving them with no extra clothing or toiletries. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - A powerful East Coast blizzard marooned thousands of would-be air, rail and road travelers Monday, shutting down major airports and rail lines for a second day, stranding buses on buried highways and forcing New York City subway riders to spend a cold night in unheated trains.

Iran corruption claims stoke political infighting (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 01:16 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo of Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, right, accompanies President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in his departure ceremony as he leaves Tehran's Mehrabad airport for Copenhagen to attend the U.N. Climate Summit. The allegations in Tehran aim high: Iran's top-ranked vice president facing charges of high-level corruption that could force him to stand trial. But it's the fallout that could prove most stinging for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The claims — hitting one of Ahmadinejad's most trusted political partners — hold the potential for serious mudslinging that could blast open the rivalries within the president's conservative camp. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, file)AP - Corruption charges against one of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's most trusted political advisers provided the latest evidence of deep rifts within the Iranian president's own conservative political camp.

GOP hopefuls find some issues a hazard early on (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 01:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2010 file photo, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks in Washington. This month's early under-the-radar campaigning by potential Republican challengers to President Barack Obama is a reminder of something too easily forgotten: Running for president is harder than it looks, and Obama ultimately will stand against a flesh-and-blood nominee certain to make mistakes along the way. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - This month's early, under-the-radar campaigning by potential Republican challengers to President Barack Obama is a reminder of something too easily forgotten: Running for president is harder than it looks, and Obama ultimately will stand against a flesh-and-blood nominee certain to make mistakes along the way.

Iran to let families visit jailed German reporters (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file image made available by Amnesty International in London July 8, 2010, 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery is pictured. Germany's foreign ministry says Sunday Dec. 26, 2010 relatives of two journalists detained in Iran in connection with a highly publicized stoning case have traveled to Tehran hoping to see them.The two journalists were arrested in October while interviewing the son and lawyer of 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who was sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, File)** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES**AP - Iran said Monday it will allow relatives to visit two German journalists detained while covering the case of an Iranian woman whose sentence to death by stoning for adultery has caused an international outcry.

Twin suicide blasts kill 9 in western Iraq (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST

A U.S. army soldier inspects the scene of two suicide bomb attacks in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up on Monday, killing and wounding scores of people at the government compound in the provincial capital of Ramadi, officials said. (AP Photo)AP - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up Monday front of a government office in Iraq's western Anbar province, killing nine people including family members of security officials who were killed in another bombing at the same place less than a month ago, security officials said.

Baby boomers near 65 with retirements in jeopardy (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 01:26 PM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2010, Michael Vanatta walks the beach near where he takes a photo each day of the sun rise in Vero Beach, Fla. for one of his blogs. Vanatta, 61, is paying the price for being a baby boomer who enjoyed life without saving for the future. He put a daughter through college, but he also spent plenty of money on indulgences like dining out and the latest electronic gadgets. Vanatta was laid off last January from his $100,000-a-year job as a sales executive for a turf company. And with savings of just $5,000, he's on a budget for the first time. In April, he will start taking Social Security at age 62. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - Through a combination of procrastination and bad timing, many baby boomers are facing a personal finance disaster just as they're hoping to retire. Starting in January, more than 10,000 baby boomers a day will turn 65, a pattern that will continue for the next 19 years.

SC's governor mum on plans, affair as tenure ends (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST

In this Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 photo, S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford talks with Associated Press reporters in his office in Columbia, S.C. about his time in office and his future. (AP Photo/Virginia Postic)AP - Things are looking up for Gov. Mark Sanford as he prepares to leave office on his own terms more than a year after the international affair that derailed his once-promising political career.

Experiments test if implant can block sleep apnea (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST

Rik Krohn displays the remote control unit he uses to turn on an experimental nerve stimulator to combat his sleep apnea, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, at his home in Burnsville, Minn. Loud snoring may do more than irritate your spouse: It can signal sleep apnea, depriving you of enough zzzz's to trigger a car crash, even a heart attack. Now scientists are testing if an implanted device might help, keeping sufferers' airways open by zapping the tongue during sleep. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - Loud snoring may do more than irritate your spouse: It can signal sleep apnea, depriving you of enough zzzz's to trigger a car crash, even a heart attack.

Researchers: Ancient human remains found in Israel (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST

Professor Avi Gopher from the Institute of Archeology of Tel Aviv University holds an ancient tooth that was found at an archeological site near Rosh Haain, central Israel, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. Israeli archaeologists say they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man. A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Israel said Monday they found teeth about 400,000 years old. The earliest Homo sapiens remains found until now are half as old. Archaeologist Avi Gopher says further research is needed to solidify the claim. If it does, he says, 'this changes the whole picture of evolution.'(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)AP - Israeli archaeologists said Monday they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man, and if so, it could upset theories of the origin of humans.

Publisher confirms Julian Assange book deal (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 01:30 PM PST

The founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange speaks to members of the media as he leaves a police station in Beccles, England, after complying with bail his conditions, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. The two Swedish women accusing Julian Assange of sex crimes are supporters of WikiLeaks, not pawns of the CIA, and they simply seek justice for a violation of their 'sexual integrity,' their lawyer says. Claes Borgstrom, a self-professed feminist who used to be Sweden's ombudsman for gender equality, told The Associated Press he finds it 'very upsetting' that Assange, his lawyers and some supporters are suggesting the case is a smear campaign against WikiLeaks, the secret-spilling website Assange founded. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he's being forced into penning an autobiography to keep his organization from going under. New York publishing house Alfred A. Knopf confirmed Monday that it had struck a deal with the 39-year-old Australian to bring out his autobiography, whose publication date has yet to be determined.

New York hard hit as winter storm slams northeast (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:54 AM PST

People walk across a snow covered street in Hoboken, New Jersey, December 26, 2010. REUTERS/Gary HershornReuters - A blizzard pummeled the northeastern United States on Monday, burying cities in knee-deep snow, leaving thousands camped at airports and snarling traffic with blowing snow and icy roads at the end of the busy Christmas weekend.

China vows lending control to tame inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 03:33 AM PST

Reuters - China's central bank took aim at inflation once again on Monday by saying it will control lending and money growth in the world's second-biggest economy to head off price pressures and asset bubbles.

H&R Block's refund loans hit regulatory hurdle (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:15 AM PST

Reuters - H&R Block Inc, the largest U.S. tax preparer, said it will not be able to help customers borrow money against their tax refunds in the coming months, as the bank that was supposed to provide the loans is under a regulatory directive not to.

U.S. embassy in London was a target of UK suspects (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:21 AM PST

A sign is seen outside the United States embassy in central London, November 29, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - The U.S. embassy in London was a target of a group of men arrested last week in Britain and charged with conspiracy to cause explosions and preparing acts of terrorism, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.

Wall Street ends flat as investors shrug off China hike (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 01:24 PM PST

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 2, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Wall Street erased earlier losses and ended little changed on Monday as investors shrugged off a surprise weekend interest rate hike from China's central bank.

Global stocks dip, oil down after China rate rise (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 10:10 AM PST

People look at an electronic board at a brokerage house in Shanghai December 27, 2010. China's key stock index ended down 1.9 percent on Monday, wiping out an earlier 1.5 percent gain, as investors dumped property, financial and energy shares on concerns about their longer-term outlook after a short-lived relief rally in the morning. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - China's Christmas Day interest rate rise and a severe blizzard that blanketed the northeastern United States left U.S. share prices weak and the U.S. dollar lower in thinly traded markets on Monday.

Strike call fails to hit main Ivory Coast city, ports (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:11 AM PST

In the air : Chelsea's Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba jumps for the ball during the English Premier League football match against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, London. (AFP/Carl de Souza)Reuters - Most workers in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan ignored a call by presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara for a strike on Monday to force Laurent Gbagbo out of power, saying they must work in order to survive.

Regeneron pain drug put on clinical hold by FDA (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:26 AM PST

Reuters - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Monday that U.S. regulators placed the company's experimental pain drug for osteoarthritis on clinical hold after a patient in another company's trial developed a serious bone disorder.

Russia finds Khodorkovsky guilty in second trial (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:57 AM PST

A Moscow court has found jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, seen here in court, guilty in his second trial on charges of embezzlement in a judgement seen as a watershed in the country's post-Soviet history.(AFP/Alexander Nemenov)AFP - A Moscow court on Monday found tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky guilty in his second fraud trial, a judgement seen as a pivotal moment in Russia's post-Soviet history that rang alarm bells in the West.

Blizzard moves from US to Canada, sowing chaos (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:55 AM PST

A bicycle is buried in snow in the early morning hours in Manhattan's East Village in New York City. A winter storm is pounding the East Coast of the United States and is expected to deliver a foot of snow for New York City and New England while snarling post-Christmas travel.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)AFP - A powerful blizzard paralyzed much of northeast America Monday shutting down New York airports and crippling ground transport, as huge snowfalls snarled plans for many holiday travelers.
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