Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Obama: Budget deal close, shutdown disruptive (AP)

Obama: Budget deal close, shutdown disruptive (AP)

Obama: Budget deal close, shutdown disruptive (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:44 AM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks past media after a closed conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama, showing growing impatience, said Tuesday it would be "inexcusable" for lawmakers to fail to fund the government through the end of the year and cause a shutdown.

Ivory Coast strongman says he's not stepping down (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:56 AM PDT

Soldiers loyal to Alassane Ouattara man a checkpoint at one of the principal entrances to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Ivory Coast's entrenched strongman Laurent Gbagbo huddled in a bunker at his home and was exploring different options for his surrender, officials said Tuesday, as forces backing the country's democratically elected leader seized the residence.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - Ivory Coast's strongman leader Laurent Gbagbo holed up in a bunker inside the presidential residence Tuesday, defiantly maintaining he won the election four months ago even as troops backing the internationally recognized winner encircled the home.

Government bombardment pushes back Libyan rebels (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:19 AM PDT

Libyan rebels shell pro Gadhafi positions just outside Brega, Libya, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Libyan government forces on Tuesday unleashed a withering bombardment of the rebels outside a key oil town pushing them back, even as the regime said Moammar Gadhafi might consider some reforms but would not stepping down. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - Libyan government forces unleashed a withering bombardment of rebels outside a key oil town Tuesday as an Obama administration envoy met with the opposition leadership in its de facto capital, a possible step toward diplomatic recognition.

Texas death row inmate gets reprieve (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:18 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 16, 2011 file photo, Texas death row inmate Cleve Foster talks on a phone at the Polunsky Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice outside Livingston, Texas. Foster, scheduled for execution April 5, 2011, was sent to death row for the murder of Nyaneur Pal, 30, a Sudanese refugee he met in a bar. He would be the first condemned prisoner in Texas to receive lethal injection using pentobarbital, which is being substituted as one the three drugs Texas uses for capital punishment. The switch is needed because of a nationwide shortage of sodium thiopental, the previous sedative drug used for nearly three decades in the country's most active death penalty state. (AP Photo/Mike Graczyk, File)AP - The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the first scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate using a new drug cocktail on Tuesday, although the proposed lethal mix was not mentioned in the court's decision to reconsider the merits of the condemned man's appeal.

Ecuador expels US ambassador in WikiLeaks flap (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:42 PM PDT

AP - Ecuador said Tuesday it is expelling the U.S. ambassador over a diplomatic cable divulged by WikiLeaks that accuses a newly retired police chief of a long history of corruption and speculates that President Rafael Correa was aware of it.

Boeing didn't expect 737 cracks so soon (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:53 PM PDT

Workers inspect a tail fin of a Southwest jet Monday, April 4, 2011 at Southwest's maintenance facility at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The peeling away of a 5-foot-long hole recently on a Southwest Jet as the plane traveled at 35,000 feet raised questions about how vulnerable the world’s passenger air fleet is to similar cracks, and federal aviation officials were considering ordering more widespread inspections. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - Boeing was surprised when a section of a Southwest jetliner's fuselage ripped open in flight because the plane wasn't old enough to be worrisome, a company official said Tuesday, as the airline cleared most of its older 737 planes to return to the skies.

Stroke risks fade when women stop taking estrogen (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:12 PM PDT

AP - Strokes and other health problems linked with estrogen pills appear to fade when women quit taking them after menopause, the first long-term follow-up of a landmark study found. It's reassuring news for women who take the hormone in their 50s when menopause usually begins.

Judge overturns $625.5M patent suit against Apple (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:48 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge has overturned a federal jury's order that Apple Inc. pay $625.5 million in damages for violating patents held by a Mirror Worlds LLC, a small technology company.

Space junk no longer threat, station crew safe (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 file picture, U.S. astronaut Catherine Coleman, left, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, center, and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli crew members of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, pose through a window after a news conference at the Baikonur, Kazakhstan cosmodrome. A small piece of space junk is drifting dangerously close to the International Space Station. NASA has ordered the three station astronauts to seek shelter late Tuesday afternoon, April 5, 2011 in the Russian Soyuz capsule that is docked at the orbiting complex. A NASA spokesman says there's no time to steer the station out of harm's way. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AP - After monitoring a small piece of space junk for 11 hours, NASA determined it posed no danger Tuesday to the International Space Station and its three residents.

'Duh, Winning': Sheen moves to trademark phrases (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:07 AM PDT

Charlie Sheen waves to fans as he leaves the Chicago Theatre, Sunday, April 3, 2011, in Chicago. Promising 'the real story,' the 45-year-old former 'Two and a Half Men' star continued his month-long, 20-city variety show tour, with Sunday's sold-out show in Chicago. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)AP - Not everyone may have Charlie Sheen's "Adonis DNA" but people may soon be able to wear it, chew on it, drink it and experience it in a videogame.

Obama warns shutdown would hurt economy (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama warned on Tuesday that a federal government shutdown would seriously disrupt the U.S. economy, after Republican and Democratic leaders failed to make headway on a budget deal.

Gbagbo negotiating exit from Ivory Coast (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:11 PM PDT

Explosions are seen during an attack by U.N. and French armed forces in Abidjan April 4, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo was negotiating the terms of his departure on Tuesday following a fierce assault by forces loyal to his rival and backed by U.N. and French helicopter air strikes.

Nasdaq index rebalance slashes Apple influence (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:01 PM PDT

Reuters - Nasdaq's late-night announcement of plans to rebalance its benchmark Nasdaq-100 Index spurred volatility in Apple shares and surprised U.S. fund managers who questioned the timing of the announcement.

Japan plant operator says may have slowed radioactive leak (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:04 AM PDT

Radioactive contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant No. 2 reactor leaks through a crack in a concrete pit and drains into the ocean in Fukushima prefecture, April 2, 2011. REUTERS/Tokyo Electric PowerReuters - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant said it had reduced the flow of highly radioactive water out of a reactor, a possible sign of progress in an almost month-long battle to contain the world's biggest nuclear disaster in quarter of a century.

China ups rates 4th time since October (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:41 AM PDT

Yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken in Beijing in this November 1, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic/FilesReuters - China's central bank increased interest rates on Tuesday for the fourth time since October, raising suspicions that data next week may show inflation rose more than expected in March.

Special Report: Japan quake reveals cracks in insurance system (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:30 AM PDT

Reuters - Michael Korn is a popular person these days, which is perhaps not too surprising considering what he does for a living and where he lives. Korn is an insurance broker in earthquake-prone San Francisco.

NATO changes Libya tactics due to human shields (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:49 PM PDT

Rebel fighters attempt to salvage a heavy machine gun mounted on the back of a burning vehicle used by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi after it was hit by a NATO airstrike on the eastern outskirts of Brega April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - Western powers have destroyed nearly a third of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's military since launching air strikes last month but NATO said it was forced to change bombing tactics because of human shields.

Obama declares himself candidate for re-election (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 06:03 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a UPS shipping facility in Landover, Maryland April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama declared himself a candidate for re-election in 2012 on Monday, jumping ahead of a slow-starting Republican field and hoping an economic recovery will boost his case for a new term.

Ivory Coast's cornered Gbagbo flees to bunker, seeks exit deal (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:43 AM PDT

Pro-Ouattara fighters of the FRCI (Republican Force of Ivory Coast) prepare for the AFP - Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo hunkered down in a bunker at his home Tuesday and tried to negotiate an exit deal after being cornered by his rival's forces, as his own troops silenced their weapons.

Libya open to reform, rebels pushed back (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:56 AM PDT

A convoy of Libyan rebels retreat as forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi advance outside the eastern oil town of Brega. Libya's government said Tuesday it is ready to negotiate reforms but only provided Moamer Kadhafi is not forced out, as loyalists troops pushed rebel fighters back from the key oil port of Brega.(AFP/Odd Andersen)AFP - Libya's government said Tuesday it is ready to negotiate reforms but only provided Moamer Kadhafi is not forced out, as loyalists troops pushed rebel fighters back from the key oil port of Brega.
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