Sunday, February 27, 2011

Libya rebels gear for fight in city near capital (AP)

Libya rebels gear for fight in city near capital (AP)

Libya rebels gear for fight in city near capital (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:22 PM PST

CORRECTS SPELLING OF GADHAFI IN FIRST REFERENCE AND LIBYAN Anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gunmen celebrate the freedom of the Libyan city of Benghazi, Libya, on Sunday Feb. 27, 2011. US President Barack Obama has called on Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi to leave power immediately, saying he has lost the legitimacy to rule with his violent crackdown on his own people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - Hundreds of armed anti-government forces backed by military defectors who control the city closest to the capital Tripoli prepared Sunday to repel an expected offensive by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi surrounding Zawiya.

AP sources: Gingrich closer to presidential run (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:38 PM PST

FILE - In a Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. Republican officials say Gingrich intends to take a formal step in the next two weeks toward a run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. The officials say an announcement is likely in the first half of March. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich intends to take a formal step toward entering the 2012 presidential race within the next two weeks, Republican officials said Sunday, after months spent traveling to important primary and caucus states.

AP IMPACT: Past medical testing on humans revealed (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:22 PM PST

FILE - In this June 25, 1945 picture, army doctors expose patients to malaria-carrying mosquitoes in the malaria ward at Stateville Penitentiary in Crest Hill, Ill. Around the time of World War II, prisoners were enlisted to help the war effort by participating in studies that could help the troops. A series of malaria studies at Stateville Penitentiary in Illinois and two other penitentiaries were designed to test antimalarial drugs that could help soldiers fighting in the Pacific. Shocking as it may seem, government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. (AP Photo/File)AP - Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, squirting a pandemic flu virus up the noses of prisoners in Maryland, and injecting cancer cells into chronically ill people at a New York hospital.

Union bargaining just a dream for many gov workers (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:23 PM PST

FILE - In a Feb. 21, 2011 file photo, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour talks with an Associated Press reporter at the Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa. Across the South, governors like Barbour and state legislatures dominated by conservative lawmakers find it relatively easy to chip away at public employees' benefits or eliminate government jobs because most state employees in the region, even when represented by a union, lack collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/Steve Pope, File)AP - Whenever Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has asked lawmakers to weaken benefits for state employees, his proposals have met little resistance from workers.

Arab League boss Moussa to run for Egypt president (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:23 PM PST

Secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, left, shows German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle, the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb.24, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - Arab League chief Amr Moussa, a popular career diplomat, said Sunday he plans to run in Egypt's presidential election expected later this year. Moussa, a former foreign minister, declared his candidacy a day after a constitutional reform panel appointed by the country's new military rulers recommended far-reaching reforms that relaxed eligibility rules governing who can run for president.

Oman clashes widen protest rumblings in Gulf (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:23 PM PST

Bahraini anti-government protesters wave the national flag as they march past the Embassy of Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, in the capital of Manama, Bahrain. Thousands of protesters streamed through Bahrain's diplomatic area and other sites, chanting against the regime and rejecting the king's appeals for talks to end the tiny Gulf nation's nearly two-week-old crisis. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)AP - Protests against the tight grip of Gulf rulers widened Sunday as riot police in Oman battled pro-democracy demonstrators in a deadly clash that sharply raised tensions in the region.

Mass. company making diesel with sun, water, CO2 (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:23 PM PST

This Oct. 26, 2010 photograph provided by Joule Unlimited shows the company’s ethanol and diesel production testing facility in Leander, Texas, where arrays of bacteria gather sunlight and carbon dioxide and convert them to fuel. (AP Photo/Joule Unlimited, Felicia Spagnoli) NO SALESAP - A Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can produce the fuel that runs Jaguars and jet engines using the same ingredients that make grass grow.

'King's Speech' poised for Oscar coronation? (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:23 PM PST

Oscar statues stand in front of the Kodak Theatre as preparations for the 83rd Academy Awards continue in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - King George the stutterer seems primed to reign at Sunday night's Academy Awards, unless there's a palace coup by that asocial billionaire who created Facebook.

Gabor's husband says he chased off burglars (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:37 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 9 2007 file photo, Prince Frederic Von Anhalt, who is married to actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, addresses the media at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. Von Anhalt says he chased two intruders with a baseball bat after catching them burglarizing the couple's Bel Air mansion in the middle of the night. He says he was awakened at 3 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011 and discovered two men in his living room. He says they took off on foot and he pursued them down the block. The 67-year-old Von Anhalt says he fell while chasing them and injured his hip. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)AP - Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband says he chased two intruders with a baseball bat after catching them burglarizing the couple's Bel Air mansion in the middle of the night.

Hall of Fame center fielder Duke Snider dies at 84 (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:34 PM PST

FILE - In this May 10, 2006, file photo, Former Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Duke Snider waves to fans prior to the Dodgers' baseball game against the Houston Astros in Los Angeles. Snider, 84, died early Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, of what the family called natural causes at the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, Calif. Snider was part of the charmed 'Boys of Summer' with the Dodgers in the late 1940s and 1950s. He helped lead Brooklyn to its only World Series championship in 1955. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)AP - Hall of Fame outfielder Duke Snider has died. He was 84. The former Brooklyn Dodgers star died early Sunday of what the family called natural causes at the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, Calif.

Gaddafi defiant as Libyan rebels hold western town (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:37 PM PST

A Libyan mourner chants anti-Gaddafi slogans during the funeral of Anwar Elgadi, 44, who was killed the previous day by security forces according to his brother Mohammed, in the Tajoora neighborhood of Tripoli February 26, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahReuters - Armed rebels opposed to Muammar Gaddafi were in control of Zawiyah, close to the capital Tripoli, on Sunday as the Libyan leader again vowed to cling on to his 41-year-old rule.

Rising oil prices could stall states' recoveries (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:16 PM PST

Reuters - Rising oil prices could trample prospects for economic recovery in many states, three governors warned on Sunday, as a leading economist said they also threaten the country's economic comeback.

Republican says won't back down in union battle (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 09:34 AM PST

Reuters - Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker said on Sunday he would not back down in his confrontation with state public sector unions and repeated his threat to lay off state workers if the standoff continues.

Congress inches back from budget shutdown abyss (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 11:07 AM PST

Reuters - Playing for time to overcome a deep partisan impasse over the budget, senior lawmakers backed away on Sunday from a possible government shutdown.

Warren Buffett's enthusiasm for U.S. could boost markets (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 10:47 AM PST

Reuters - Warren Buffett is going long on America, and investors are likely to take note when markets open on Monday.

Irish PM-in-waiting eyes coalition and bailout talks (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 10:10 AM PST

Empty ballot boxes are removed during an election count at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) centre in Dublin, February 26, 2011. REUTERS/Darren StaplesReuters - Ireland's victorious opposition party Fine Gael set the stage for coalition talks with its traditional partner Labour next week, after a historic election that crushed long-time rival Fianna Fail.

Oman police kill two protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:26 PM PST

Oman's leader Sultan Qaboos bin Said attends the opening of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Doha in this December 3, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad/FilesReuters - Omani police fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters demanding political reform on Sunday, killing two people, and demonstrators set government buildings and cars ablaze, witnesses said.

Tunisian prime minister resigns amid protests (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 11:09 AM PST

Tunisia's Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi speaks at the National Assembly in Tunis February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Zoubier SouissiReuters - Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi resigned Sunday after violent protests over his ties to the North African state's toppled former leader, triggering street celebrations in central Tunis.

Anti-regime forces take west Libyan towns (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 11:53 AM PST

A Libyan youth dressed as a soldier poses next to the cannon of a destroyed army tank in the eastern city of Benghazi. Forces opposed to Moamer Kadhafi took control of several western Libyan towns, an official said on Sunday as the strongman played down such reports after world leaders called on him to quit.(AFP/Patrick Baz)AFP - Forces opposed to Moamer Kadhafi took control of several western Libyan towns, an official said on Sunday as the strongman played down such reports after world leaders called on him to quit.

Two protesters shot dead in Oman as turmoil spreads (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:06 PM PST

A masked Omani protester flashes victory signs in front of a burning truck during a demonstration in Sohar. Omani police shot dead two demonstrators on Sunday as the deadly wave of protests rocking the Arab world spread to the normally placid pro-Western sultanate, a security official said.(AFP/Karim Sahib)AFP - Omani police shot dead two demonstrators on Sunday as the deadly wave of protests rocking the Arab world spread to the normally placid pro-Western sultanate, a security official said.
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