Wednesday, March 23, 2011

NATO ships patrol sea; Gadafi forces roll back (AP)

NATO ships patrol sea; Gadafi forces roll back (AP)

NATO ships patrol sea; Gadafi forces roll back (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:40 PM PDT

A Libyan woman reacts with her hands written on them in Arabic ' I love Libya' as she joins a rally in support of the allied air campaigns against the forces of Moammar Gadhafi in Benghazi, eastern Libya, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - NATO ships patrolled off Libya's coast Wednesday as airstrikes, missiles and energized rebels forced Moammar Gadhafi's tanks to roll back from two key western cities, including one that was the hometown of army officers who tried to overthrow him in 1993.

Film legend Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79 in LA (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:38 AM PDT

Legendary Hollywood actress and violet-eyed beauty Elizabeth Taylor, who captured hearts in AP - Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen persona, stormy personal life and enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the classic movie stars and a template for the modern celebrity, died Wednesday at age 79.

Bomb rocks Jerusalem bus stop, killing woman (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:55 AM PDT

Israel Rescue workers and paramedics work next to a pool of blood following an explosion at a bus stop in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. A bomb exploded near a crowded bus, wounding at least eight people in what appeared to be the first militant attack in the city in several years. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - A bomb struck a crowded bus stop in central Jerusalem Wednesday, killing one woman and wounding more than 20 other people in what authorities said was the first major Palestinian militant attack in the city in several years.

Concern in Tokyo over radiation in tap water (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 09:50 AM PDT

Shelves selling bottled water are empty at a convenience store in Tokyo Wednesday, March 23, 2011. A spike in radiation levels in Tokyo tap water spurred new fears about food safety Wednesday as rising black smoke forced another evacuation of workers trying to stabilize Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear plant. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - Radiation leaking from Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant has caused Tokyo's tap water to exceed safety standards for infants to drink, officials said Wednesday, sending anxiety levels soaring over the nation's food and water supply.

Clinton: Gadhafi could end Libya's woes by leaving (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama answers question on the ongoing situation in Libya during his joint news conference with President of El Salvador Mauricio Funes at the National Palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi (MOO'-ah-mar gah-DAH'-fee) can end the crisis in his country in the fastest possible manner — by leaving power.

US soldier pleads guilty to murders of 3 Afghans (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo released by the U.S. Army, Cpl. Jeremy Morlock is shown. Morlock, accused of taking a lead role in a brutal plot to murder Afghan civilians, has agreed to plead guilty to three counts of murder, one count of conspiracy to commit assault and battery, and one count of illegal drug use in exchange for a maximum sentence of 24 years, said Geoffrey Nathan, one of his lawyers. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)AP - A 22-year-old U.S. soldier pleaded guilty Wednesday to the murders of three unarmed Afghan civilians in a war crimes probe that implicates a dozen members of his platoon and has raised some of the most serious criminal allegations to come from the war in Afghanistan.

New-home sales plunged in February to record low (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 08:50 AM PDT

In this photo made Feb. 17, 2011, construction continues on a row of condominiums in Cranberry, Pa., Butler County. Sales of new homes plunge to record low Wednesday, March 23, 2011, a dismal sign for an already-weak housing market.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - Sales of new homes plunged in February to the slowest pace on records dating back nearly half a century, a dismal sign for an already-weak housing market.

Police: Boy claimed shooting to cover ripped pants (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:28 PM PDT

AP - Police say a 14-year-old Utah boy was trying to cover up for falling and ripping his new pants when he reported a bullet grazed him.

Elizabeth Taylor was prolific as a bride (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 1991 file photo, Elizabeth Taylor arrives at a restaurant accompanied by her husband Larry Fortenski in London. Publicist Sally Morrison says the actress died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79. (AP Photo/Gill Allen, File)AP - Jokers liked to call her Mrs. Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher Burton Burton Warner Fortensky. Indeed, Elizabeth Taylor was prolific as a bride.

Bonds friend: I saw Barry and trainer with syringe (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:19 PM PDT

Former baseball player Barry Bonds, left, arrives for his criminal trial at federal court in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - A key government witness in the Barry Bonds perjury trial testified Wednesday that he saw the home run king's personal trainer leave Bonds' spring training bedroom with a syringe in 2000.

Air strikes silence Gaddafi guns at besieged city (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:28 AM PDT

A Libyan holds a poster of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi at a naval military facility damaged by coalition air strikes last night in eastern Tripoli, March 22, 2011. Editor's note: Picture taken on guided government tour. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Western warplanes silenced Muammar Gaddafi's artillery and tanks besieging the rebel-held town of Misrata on Wednesday after an American admiral warned that the Libyan leader's armor was now in the cross-hairs.

Japan nuclear crisis still a serious concern (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:46 AM PDT

A vendor arranges vegetables at a greengrocery in the Togoshi Ginza in Tokyo March 23, 2011. Further contamination of vegetables added to global anxiety on Wednesday at radiation from Japan's tsunami-smashed nuclear plant where engineers are struggling to cool reactors in the world's worst atomic crisis for 25 years. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - Tokyo residents were warned not to give babies tap water because of radiation leaking from a nuclear plant crippled in the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeast Japan in the world's costliest natural disaster.

Bombing near Jerusalem bus stop kills woman, 30 hurt (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:39 PM PDT

A man picks up a blood soaked cloth at the scene of an explosion near a bus in Jerusalem in this still image taken from video March 23, 2011. REUTERS/Channel 10 via Reuters TVReuters - A bomb planted in a bag exploded near a bus stop in a Jewish district of Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing a woman and injuring at least 30 people, in an attack police blamed on Palestinian militants.

New home sales plumb record lows, prices stumble (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:05 PM PDT

A new home isor sale in Wauconda, Illinois, on March 16. Sales of new houses in the United States have slumped to the lowest level since the 1960's, official data showed Wednesday, offering more evidence of the ongoing crisis in the housing market.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)Reuters - Sales of new U.S. homes sank to a record low in February and prices were the weakest in just over seven years, underscoring the housing market's lingering malaise.

Israel will act aggressively to preserve security: PM (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:55 AM PDT

Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel will act aggressively and responsibly to preserve quiet and security after violence with Palestinians escalated over the past week.

Portugal government may collapse before EU summit (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 09:17 AM PDT

Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates gestures during a no-confidence vote against the government in the parliament in Lisbon in this March 10, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Hugo CorreiaReuters - Portugal's parliament started a key debate on Wednesday on government austerity measures which opposition parties were expected to reject, setting the stage for the possible collapse of the minority Socialist administration a day before a European summit.

Goldman's Blankfein says ex-director broke rules (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:49 PM PDT

Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam leaves federal court after opening arguments in his insider trading case in New York March 9, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc chief Lloyd Blankfein told jurors at Raj Rajaratnam's insider trading trial that a former director at Wall Street's most powerful bank violated boardroom confidentiality in discussions with the accused hedge fund manager.

Syrian forces shoot protesters, kill 6 in mosque (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:08 AM PDT

Protesters gather near the Omari Mosque in the southern old city of Deraa, March 22, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled al-HaririReuters - Syrian forces killed six people on Wednesday in an attack on a mosque in the southern city of Deraa, and later opened fire on hundreds of youths marching from nearby villages in solidarity, witnesses said.

Libyan troops targeted after air force 'destroyed' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:05 AM PDT

Libyan rebels rest on the back of a pick-up truck at the last check point before the key city of Ajdabiya. Libyan ground troops are being targeted by air strikes, coalition officials said on Wednesday, as a top British officer declared Moamer Kadhafi's air force effectively destroyed.(AFP/File/Aris Messinis)AFP - Libyan ground troops are being targeted by air strikes, coalition officials said on Wednesday, as a top British officer declared Moamer Kadhafi's air force effectively destroyed.

One dead, over 30 hurt in Jerusalem bombing (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:11 AM PDT

Israeli security forces inspect the scene of an explosion on a bus near Jerusalem's central bus station. One person was killed and more than 30 were wounded when a bomb ripped through a Jerusalem bus Wednesday, just hours after militants vowed revenge for two deadly Israeli raids on Gaza.(AFP/Jack Guez)AFP - One person was killed and more than 30 were wounded when a bomb ripped through a bus in Jerusalem on Wednesday, just hours after militants vowed revenge for two deadly Israeli raids on Gaza.
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