Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Obama says he won't release bin Laden death photos (AP)

Obama says he won't release bin Laden death photos (AP)

Obama says he won't release bin Laden death photos (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:08 PM PDT

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney tells reporters that President Barack Obama will not release photos of Osama bin Laden's body, Wednesday, May 4, 2011, during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama said Wednesday he's decided not to release death photos of terrorist Osama bin Laden because their graphic nature could incite violence and create national security risks for the United States.

Property records give new insights into bin Laden (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:08 PM PDT

Pakistani police officers stand guard at the main gate of a house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. The residents of Abbottabad, Pakistan, were still confused and suspicious on Wednesday about the killing of Osama bin Laden, which took place in their midst before dawn on Monday. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - The Pakistani who owned the compound that was Osama bin Laden's final hideaway meticulously bought up adjoining plots of land over two years and once cryptically told a seller that the property he bought for "an uncle" had become very valuable.

APNewsBreak: Tribe seeks apology for code name (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:10 PM PDT

FILE - This 1887 file photo provided by the National Archives shows the famed Indian warrior Geronimo, a Chiricahua Apache, posing with a rifle. The leader of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe is looking for a formal apology from President Barack Obama for the government's use of the code name 'Geronimo' for Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/National Archives, Ben Wittick, File)AP - The leader of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe is asking President Barack Obama for a formal apology for the government's use of the code name "Geronimo" for Osama bin Laden.

Navy SEAL team likely honored in secret for raid (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:08 PM PDT

Former U.S. Navy SEAL Craig Sawyer poses for a portrait in Los Angeles Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The raid that killed Osama bin Laden will go down in history as the most important covert operation since the Sept. 11 attacks, earning the elite Navy SEAL team that carried it out permanent bragging rights for finishing off the most-wanted terrorist on Earth. 'Officially, Team Six doesn't exist,' says Sawyer, 47, who advises Hollywood and acts in movies about the military. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - The highly secretive Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden will likely be honored in the only way such a covert group can be: in private with nobody but themselves and their commanders in the know.

Flood fears spread south along the Mississippi (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:08 PM PDT

Flooded fields are seen from a National Guard helicopter in northwestern Tennessee on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)AP - Flood worries that prompted the U.S. government to blast open a Missouri levee to ease pressure on some towns are rippling down the Mississippi River, leading to more evacuations and unease as the Army Corps of Engineers weighs whether to purposely inundate more land with water.

Fatah, Hamas proclaim landmark reconciliation pact (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:08 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Hamas Media Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center-left, and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, center-right, speak to each other at a ceremony in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas on Wednesday proclaimed a landmark, Egyptian-mediated reconciliation pact aimed at ending their bitter four-year rift, at a declaration ceremony in the Egyptian capital Cairo. (AP Photo/Hamas Media Office) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES **AP - Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas on Wednesday proclaimed a landmark reconciliation pact aimed at ending their bitter four-year rift that has left them with competing governments in the territories envisioned for a future Palestinian state, but Israel's leader denounced it as a "mortal blow to peace."

APNewsBreak: Feds suing more abortion activists (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 20, 2011 file photo, Angel Dillard of Valley Center, Kan. arrives at the U.S. Federal District Courthouse in Wichita, Kan. A civil court lawsuit was filed in April 2011 against the abortion opponent who allegedly sent a threatening letter to a doctor. The government sued Angel Dillard when she wrote that thousands of people across the nation where watching the doctor and suggested she check under her car daily for explosives. Citing First Amendment protections, Judge J. Thomas Marten ruled that Dillard’s letter was not a “true threat” because she did not personally intend to harm the doctor. He refused to issue a preliminary injunction that would have kept her 250 feet away from the doctor, her clinic and her home. The lawsuit is still pending while the judge awaits arguments on whether to dismiss the case entirely. (AP Photo/Jeff Tuttle, File)AP - The Justice Department under President Barack Obama has taken a harder line against anti-abortion activists accused of trying to block access to clinics, suing at least a half-dozen of them under a federal law that lay mostly dormant during the Bush administration.

Minn. man who helped coax 2 to suicide gets jail (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, William Melchert-Dinkel, center, leaves the Rice County Courthouse in Faribault, Minn., with his attorney Terry Watkins, right, and wife, Joyce Melchert-Dinkel, after waiving his right to a jury trial. Melchert-Dinkel, 48, of Faribault, was found guilty Tuesday, March 15, 2011 of aiding the suicides of 18-year-old Kajouji of Brampton, Ontario, who jumped into a river in 2008, and 32-year-old Mark Drybrough of Coventry, England, who hung himself in 2005. (AP Photo/Robb Long, File)AP - A former nurse who helped persuade two people he met online to kill themselves was sentenced Wednesday to nearly a year in jail, a punishment tailored to force him to return to jail each year for a decade to spend the anniversaries of his victims' deaths behind bars.

Sony was victim of sophisticated cyber-attack (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 10, 2011 file photo, a man heads to the headquarters of Sony Corp. in Tokyo. Sony said on Monday May 2, 2011 that hackers may have taken personal information from an additional 24.6 million user accounts after a review of the recent PlayStation Network breach found an intrusion at a division that makes multiplayer online games. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)AP - The data breach that hit Sony's PlayStation Network resulted from a "very carefully planned, very professional, highly sophisticated criminal cyber-attack designed to steal personal and credit card information for illegal purposes," a Sony executive said.

AP Source: Dodgers lack cash for May 31 payroll (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 12:42 PM PDT

Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt smiles, as he gets ready for a Dodger's game, after talking with the media about his meetings with Major League Baseball to oversee the team's daily operations, during an interview with The Associated Press at his office at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Friday, April 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Major League Baseball believes the Los Angeles Dodgers do not have enough money to make their end of May payroll, a person familiar with the team's finances told The Associated Press.

U.S. says bin Laden was lawful military target (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2011 09:56 AM PDT

A boy looks over a wall in front of the compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad May 3, 2011. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - The United States said on Wednesday that killing al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was an act of national self-defense, countering allegations the raid by U.S. commandos on his Pakistani hide-out was illegal.

Obama won't release bin Laden photos, cites risks (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2011 12:54 PM PDT

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney listens to questions during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, May 4, 2011. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama said in a television interview on Wednesday he decided not to release photos of Osama bin Laden's body because it could incite violence and be used as an al Qaeda propaganda tool.

ICC prosecutor seeks 3 arrest warrants on Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2011 10:54 AM PDT

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo speaks during an exclusive interview with Reuters in the Hague April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Jerry LampenReuters - The International Criminal Court prosecutor will request three arrest warrants for his investigation into killings of pro-democracy demonstrators in Libya and said on Wednesday states should prepare for arrests.

Treasury suggests $2 trillion debt cap raise: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:09 PM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner answers questions from the audience during a meeting of the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, April 28, 2011. REUTERS/Rebecca CookReuters - The Treasury has told lawmakers a roughly $2 trillion rise in the legal limit on federal debt would be needed to ensure the government can keep borrowing through the 2012 presidential election, sources with knowledge of the discussions said.

Data signals weakness in recovery in April (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2011 10:20 AM PDT

Reuters - Signs of weakness in the U.S. economic recovery mounted as reports on Wednesday showed a sharp slowdown in the vast services sector and less hiring by private companies in April.

Buffett Foundation gives $4 million for sorghum in Africa (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2011 11:10 AM PDT

A Sudanese family sit in the shadow while they dry sorghum in Akuem village in the southern Sudan September 14, 2005. REUTERS/David MwangiReuters - Efforts to develop sorghum fortified with vitamins that will grow in Africa got a boost on Wednesday from a $4 million grant from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation.

Rajaratnam jury restarts, asks for more phone taps (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2011 12:46 PM PDT

Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam arrives at Federal Court in New York March 28, 2011.REUETRS/Mike SegarReuters - The jury in Raj Rajaratnam's insider trading trial started to consider the case anew after one panelist was excused for medical reasons and replaced, while the ailing hedge fund founder was absent from court.

Glencore $11 billion IPO to make billionaires of bosses (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2011 10:16 AM PDT

The company's logo is seen in front of the headquarters of Swiss commodities trader Glencore in Baar near Zurich April 13, 2011. REUTERS/Arnd WiegmannReuters - Glencore Chief Executive Ivan Glasenberg could be worth $10 billion after the commodities trader makes its debut later this month in a record public offering valuing the commodities group at some $60 billion.

Pakistan says world shares bin Laden blame (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 11:21 AM PDT

Local residents look at a burnt compound at the hideout house of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. Pakistan said Wednesday the world must share the blame for failing to unearth Osama bin Laden as a furore swelled over how the slain Al-Qaeda kingpin had managed to live undisturbed near Islamabad.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Pakistan said Wednesday the world must share the blame for failing to unearth Osama bin Laden as a furore swelled over how the slain Al-Qaeda kingpin had managed to live undisturbed near Islamabad.

Palestinian leaders hail end to four-year rift (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Palestinian and Fatah flags are waved on a scooter as Palestinians celebrate the unity deal between rival factions Hamas and Fatah at the Unknown Soldier square in Gaza City. Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on Wednesday pledged to end years of bitter rivalry at a ceremony in Cairo in a deal slammed by Israel as a AFP - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on Wednesday pledged to end years of bitter rivalry at a ceremony in Cairo in a deal slammed by Israel as a "victory for terrorism."
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