Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Gadhafi's forces adapt to airstrikes, pound rebels (AP)

Gadhafi's forces adapt to airstrikes, pound rebels (AP)

Gadhafi's forces adapt to airstrikes, pound rebels (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:39 PM PDT

A Libyan rebel checks a rocket launcher mounted on top of a pickup truck after retreating back east, at the outskirts of the town of al-Agila, Libya Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Moammar Gadhafi's ground forces recaptured a strategic oil town Wednesday and were close to taking a second, making new inroads in beating back a rebel advance toward the capital Tripoli. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Moammar Gadhafi's ground forces recaptured a strategic oil town Wednesday and moved within striking distance of another major eastern city, nearly reversing the gains rebels made since international airstrikes began. Rebels pleaded for more help, while a U.S. official said government forces are making themselves harder to target by using civilian "battle wagons" with makeshift armaments instead of tanks.

AP-GfK Poll: Americans souring more on economy (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:31 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at the dedication of the Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building in New York Tuesday, March 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - For all the talk of recovery, Americans are growing increasingly pessimistic about the economy as soaring gas costs strain already-tight budgets. So far, people aren't taking it out on President Barack Obama, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows.

Tainted seafood fears spread as Japan plant leaks (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:33 PM PDT

U.S. military and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers help clean mud from tsunami floodwaters in a high school gymnasium during their joint operation, Wednesday, March 30, 2011 in Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - Fears about contaminated seafood spread Wednesday despite reassurances that radiation in the waters off Japan's troubled atomic plant pose no health risk, as the country's respected emperor consoled evacuees from the tsunami and nuclear emergency zone.

Congressional negotiations resume on spending bill (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:26 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, accompanied by Majority Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., left, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Renewed House-Senate budget negotiations aimed at averting a government shutdown center on possibly cutting $33 billion from current spending levels, a senior congressional aide said Wednesday. Democrats pressed to ease GOP cuts to domestic agency budgets by slowing Pentagon growth and trimming so-called mandatory programs whose budgets run on autopilot.

Ohio House to vote on collective bargaining limits (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:29 PM PDT

Protestors gather in the rotunda at the Ohio statehouse to rally against Senate Bill 5 Wednesday, March 30, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio. The bill would strip public employees of collective bargaining rights. Debate on a bill to curtail collective bargaining for Ohio public workers has gotten under way with shouts and laughter from opponents and the House speaker threatening to clear the chamber's balcony. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)AP - A bill that would limit collective bargaining rights for 350,000 Ohio public workers neared passage before the Republican-controlled House on Wednesday, one of its final hurdles before the measure goes to the governor of this labor-stronghold state.

Obama sets ambitious goal to reduce US oil imports (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:15 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves prior to speaking about his plan for America's energy security, Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at Georgetown University in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for a one-third reduction in U.S. oil imports by 2025, reviving a long-elusive goal of reducing America's dependence on foreign supplies as political unrest rocks the Middle East and gasoline prices rise at home.

Largely unseen photos of MLK's killer unveiled (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:19 PM PDT

In this 1968 photo released Wednesday, March 30, 2011 by the Shelby County Register's office, Sheriff William N. Morris Jr., left, escorts James Earl Ray, at right, in the Shelby County, Memphis, Tenn., jail. Long forgotten photos documenting the incarceration of James Earl Ray after his arrest for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. will be posted online as early as Wednesday afternoon to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the civil rights leader’s death. (AP Photo/Shelby County Register's office)AP - Long-forgotten photos that show James Earl Ray being brought to jail after his arrest for assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. were unveiled Wednesday to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the civil rights leader's death.

Reagan spokesman Jim Brady fights for gun control (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:08 PM PDT

Former White House press secretary James Brady, left, who was left paralyzed in the Reagan assassination attempt, looks at his wife Sarah Brady, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, march 30, 2011, marking the 30th anniversary of the shooting. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Jim Brady, President Ronald Reagan's smooth-talking press secretary, hasn't stopped speaking his mind, forcefully and poignantly, and that was clear Wednesday on the 30th anniversary of the assassination attempt that paralyzed him.

NASA spacecraft shows pock-marked Mercury up close (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:15 PM PDT

This image provided by NASA is the first ever obtained from a spacecraft in orbit about the Solar System's innermost planet, Mercury. The image was captured early this morning, at 5:20 a.m. EDT,Tuesday March 29, 2011. The dominant rayed crater in the upper portion of the image is Debussy. The bottom portion of this image is near Mercury's south pole and includes a region of Mercury's surface not previously seen by spacecraft. On March 17, 2011 (March 18, 2011, UTC), MESSENGER became the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - The first batch of hundreds of photos taken in orbit of Mercury show numerous battle scars on the tiny planet. They are from space rocks regularly pelting Mercury at high speeds, scientists said.

English tabby a purrfect purring machine (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:05 PM PDT

In this handout photo released by Northampton College, Smokey, a gray and white tabby cat prepares to receive a treat from owner Ruth Adams, in Northampton , England. A British community college says it has a recorded a house cat whose lawnmower-like purr hit 73 decibels, 16 times louder than the average feline. Northampton College in central England said Wednesday, March 30, 2011, that it had dispatched a music team with specialist sound equipment to record 12-year-old Smokey. The recording has been submitted to the Guinness World Records. (AP Photo, Alisdair Tait, Northampton College) EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALESAP - No need to bell this cat: A gray-and-white tabby by the name of Smokey has cat-apulted to fame with purring so loud it has been recorded at a potentially record-setting 73 decibels.

Libyan rebels flee east from Gaddafi bombardment (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 10:01 AM PDT

In a March 29, 2011 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry launches a Tomahawk cruise missile from their location in the Mediterraiean Sea to support U.S. military forces assisting the international response to the unrest in Libya. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, MC3 Jonathan Sunderman)Reuters - Libyan rebels fled in headlong retreat from the superior arms and tactics of Muammar Gaddafi's troops on Wednesday, exposing the insurgents' weakness without Western air strikes to tip the scales in their favor.

Exclusive: Obama authorizes secret support for Libya rebels (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:12 PM PDT

Rebel fighters take cover during a shelling along the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef BoudlalReuters - President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, government officials told Reuters on Wednesday.

Japan urges calm over food export fears (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:22 AM PDT

A man places a board with the name of his destroyed neighborhood in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, March 29, 2011. Sign reads Reuters - Japan called on the world not to impose "unjustifiable" import curbs on its goods as French President Nicolas Sarkozy was due to arrive on Thursday, the first leader to visit since an earthquake and tsunami damaged a nuclear plant, sparking the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.

House votes to kill main Obama foreclosure aid (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 06:44 AM PDT

A realtor and bank-owned sign is displayed near a house for sale in Phoenix, Arizona, January 4, 2011. REUTERS/Joshua LottReuters - The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to kill President Barack Obama's signature program to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure.

Assad sees Syria plot, unyielding on emergency law (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 09:58 AM PDT

Syrians display a giant national flag with a picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a pro-government rally at the central bank square in Damascus March 29, 2011. REUTERS/Wael HmedanReuters - President Bashar al-Assad defied calls on Wednesday to lift a decades-old emergency law and said Syria was the target of a foreign conspiracy to stir up protests in which more than 60 people have been killed.

Egypt military says presidential election this year (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 09:31 AM PDT

General Mamdouh Shaheen (R), assistant minister of defense for legal and constitutional affairs and a member of the military council, stands with General Ismail Etman, director of moral affairs and a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, as he speaks during a news conference at the military media centre in Cairo March 28, 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Egypt will elect a new president by the end of the year, the ruling military council said on Wednesday, laying out more details of the political transition which Egyptians hope will produce a democratic government.

China economist blasts dollar dominance on eve of G20 (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:05 AM PDT

Reuters - Dollar dominance is sowing the seeds of financial turmoil, and the solution is to promote new reserve currencies, a Chinese government economist said in a paper published on the eve of a G20 meeting about how to reform the global monetary system.

Arizona enacts ban on abortions based on gender, race (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:29 AM PDT

Reuters - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Tuesday signed into law a controversial bill that makes the state the first in the nation to outlaw abortions performed on the basis of the race or gender of the fetus.

Outgunned Libyan rebels on the run as air strikes resume (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:37 PM PDT

A Libyan rebel walking with a rocket-propelled grenade flashes the victory sign as smoke billows from a distance in the eastern city of Ajdabiya. Libyan rebels were driven back some 200 kilometres by the superior firepower of Moamer Kadhafi's forces on Wednesday in a chaotic stampede which saw them yield most of the ground their recent advances had secured.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)AFP - Libyan rebels were driven back some 200 kilometres by the superior firepower of Moamer Kadhafi's forces on Wednesday in a chaotic stampede which saw them yield most of the ground their recent advances had secured.

UN atomic watchdog raises alarm over Japan evacuations (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 10:57 AM PDT

This aerial photo shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on March 20. Japan was on Wednesday considering plans to drape shattered nuclear reactor buildings with special covers to limit radiation, and pump contaminated water into a tanker anchored offshore.(AFP/Air Photo Service/File)AFP - The UN atomic watchdog said Wednesday radiation in a village outside the evacuation zone around a stricken Japanese nuclear plant was above safe levels, urging that Japan reassess the situation.
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