Friday, April 8, 2011

Time's about up: Shutdown looms without agreement (AP)

Time's about up: Shutdown looms without agreement (AP)

Time's about up: Shutdown looms without agreement (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:54 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2011, to respond to criticism by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. on the budget impasse. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - On the brink of a painful government shutdown, the Obama administration readied furlough notices for hundreds of thousands of workers Friday as Republican and Democratic leaders accused each other of refusing to give ground on a deal to keep operations running.

Japan aftershock raises anxiety, knocks out power (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:27 AM PDT

Japanese people buy food at a supermarket with no electricity in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan Friday, April 8, 2011. A big aftershock rocked quake-weary Japan late Thursday, rattling nerves as it knocked out power to the northern part of the country and prompted tsunami warnings that were later canceled. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Shoppers emptied store shelves, traffic snarled after stoplights lost power and drivers waited in long lines to buy gasoline in a new wave of anxiety Friday after a magnitude-7.1 aftershock struck disaster-weary northeastern Japan.

Syrian protests turn deadly; 32 reported killed (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:41 PM PDT

In this March 22, 2011 photo, Syrian intelligence security forces patrol in the southern city of Daraa, Syria.Unlike the armies of Tunisia and Egypt, Syria's military will almost certainly stand by the country's leader as President Bashar Assad faces down an extraordinary protest movement. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - A mass protest calling for sweeping changes in Syria's authoritarian regime turned bloody Friday, with the government and protesters both claiming to have sustained heavy casualties as the country's three-week uprising entered a dangerous new phase.

Up to the job? NATO criticized over Libya campaign (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:54 PM PDT

In this photo provided by NATO, Rear Admiral Russ Harding, deputy commander of NATO's Libya operation, speaks during a press conference in Naples, Italy, Friday, April 8, 2011. NATO acknowledged Friday that its airstrikes had hit rebels using tanks to fight government forces in eastern Libya, but said it would not apologize for the deaths because no one told them the rebels had tanks. British Rear Adm. Russell Harding, the deputy commander of the NATO operation, said in the past, only forces loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi had used heavy armored vehicles. (AP Photo/NATO)AP - NATO holds its fire as Moammar Gadhafi's forces advance 100 miles into rebel territory. It then blasts a rebel tank, saying it didn't know the rebels had any — even though footage of rebels with tanks had been on YouTube for weeks.

Leak case against ex-CIA man may not go to trial (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:01 AM PDT

AP - A federal prosecutor says the case against an ex-CIA officer charged with leaking classified documents to a reporter may not make it to trial because of potential problems with a witness.

1 dead after shooting aboard UK nuclear sub (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:55 AM PDT

The Royal Navy's newest and most advanced submarine, HMS Astute is docked in Southampton, England, Friday April 8, 2011. One person has been killed and a second has life threatening wounds following a shooting on Friday aboard a British nuclear submarine, police said. Police said the incident on the nuclear-powered HMS Astute, currently docked in Southampton, was not terrorism related. (AP Photo / Chris Ison, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - A shooting aboard a nuclear-powered submarine in an English port Friday left one Royal Navy sailor dead, one critically injured and a third under arrest, police and military officials said.

Brazil buries 12 school kids killed by gunman (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:37 PM PDT

A relative mourns over the body of 14-year-old Luiza Paula da Silveira Machado during her funeral at the Jardim da Saudade cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday April 8, 2011. Brazilian families began burying the 12 children gunned down in the halls of their elementary school Thursday. Luiza is one of ten girls and two boys between the ages of 12 and 15 who were killed by 23-year-old Wellington Oliveira, who shot and killed himself after being confronted by police. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Parents screamed in anguish and clung to coffins Friday as families began burying 12 children gunned down in the halls of their elementary school. A black police helicopter dropped white rose petals over mourners and a nation was left struggling for answers.

SC teen killed on highway named in father's memory (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Jordan Crowe, Raegan Fulmer and Natalie White, left to right, pray on Friday, April 8, 2011 near a stretch of Highway 129 in Duncan, S.C., where Aaron Shawn Hill, 18, died in a car crash. The South Carolina teenager was killed in a wreck on a stretch of highway named in memory of his father, a soldier slain in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Gerry Pate) .AP - A South Carolina teenager was killed in a wreck on a stretch of highway named in memory of his father, a soldier slain in Afghanistan.

US corn reserves expected to fall to 15-year low (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 16, 2010 file photo, Gary Niemeyer finishes planting 1,550 acres of corn on his farm in Auburn, Ill. Rising demand for corn from ethanol producers is pushing U.S. reserves to the lowest point in 15 years, a trend that could lead to higher grain and food prices in 2011.(AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)AP - Rising demand for corn from ethanol producers is pushing U.S. reserves to the lowest point in 15 years, a trend that could lead to higher grain and food prices this year.

Bonds jury begins deliberations (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:41 AM PDT

Former baseball player Barry Bonds, right, arrives at federal court for closing arguments in his perjury trial in San Francisco, Thursday, April 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - As jurors deliberated the government's case against Barry Bonds on Friday, a judge ordered the release from prison of the slugger's trainer and defense attorneys accused a prosecutor of giving a misleading closing argument.

With no budget deal, government shutdown looms (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:03 AM PDT

Reuters - With a midnight deadline looming, the White House and Congress scrambled on Friday to break a budget impasse that threatens to shut down the U.S. government and idle hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

Prospects fade for military overthrow of Gaddafi (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:59 AM PDT

A rebel fighter helps another down a corridor after wounded rebels were brought to a hospital in Ajdabiyah, April 7, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef BoudlalReuters - Libyan rebels said on Friday they had repulsed a government assault on the besieged western city of Misrata but prospects faded that Muammar Gaddafi would be ousted by the armed revolt.

U.N. finds 118 bodies in western Ivory Coast (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:19 AM PDT

Women walk along a street as they look for water in Abidjan April 7, 2011. U.N. peacekeepers have surrounded the Reuters - United Nations staff in western Ivory Coast have found more than 100 bodies in the past 24 hours, some burned alive and others thrown down a well, the latest evidence of ethnic bloodshed gripping the country.

Japan to stop pumping radioactive water into sea (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:30 AM PDT

A woman rides her bike at darkness after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake, in Yamagata, northern Japan April 8, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - Japan expects to stop pumping radioactive water into the sea from a crippled nuclear plant on Saturday, a day after China expressed concern at the action, reflecting growing international unease at the month-long nuclear crisis.

Pro-democracy protests sweep Syria, 19 killed (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:17 AM PDT

Demonstrators call for freedom at the funeral of eight protesters in the Damascus suburb of Douma in this still image taken from an April 3, 2011 amateur video. REUTERS/Amateur Video via Reuters TVReuters - Protests erupted across Syria against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad on Friday and sources said at least 19 people were killed in the southern city of Deraa, the cradle of unrest challenging his 11-year rule.

Witness: In an Ivory Coast hotel, "bunker down and hope" (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:48 AM PDT

Reuters - The first time Laurent Gbagbo's gunmen stormed our Abidjan hotel in a hail of bullets, I didn't quite believe it was happening.

Shutdown would lay off astronauts, close parks (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:11 PM PDT

Reuters - Garbage will pile up in the streets of the capital, the Statue of Liberty will close and astronauts will stay home if the Congress fails to reach a budget deal and the government shuts down.

J&J settles bribery and kickback charges (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:27 AM PDT

Reuters - Johnson & Johnson on Friday agreed to pay $70 million to settle U.S. charges that it paid bribes and kickbacks to win business overseas, the first big drug company to settle since the Obama administration began its scrutiny of the industry more than a year ago.

22 Syrian protesters killed: rights activist (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:12 AM PDT

An image grab taken from footage broadcast by Syrian state television allegedly shows scenes of clashes in the flashpoint southern town of Daraa. At least 22 protesters were killed on Friday as anti-regime demonstrations and clashes with security forces raged around Syria, the head of the National Organisation for Human Rights said.(AFP/Syrian TV)AFP - At least 22 protesters were killed on Friday as anti-regime demonstrations and clashes with security forces raged around Syria, the head of the National Organisation for Human Rights said.

Fury in Washington as shutdown looms (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:20 AM PDT

US Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner makes a statement on the budget negotiations to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Ugly public posturing raged between Republicans and Democrats Friday, after a budget impasse left the US government within hours of effectively running out of money and being forced to shut down.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)AFP - Ugly public posturing raged between Republicans and Democrats Friday, after a budget impasse left the US government within hours of effectively running out of money and being forced to shut down.
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