Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Republicans press Obama on spending (AP)

Republicans press Obama on spending (AP)

Republicans press Obama on spending (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:32 AM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, second from right, accompanied by, from left: House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif.; House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va.; and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., leave the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 1, 2011, after their meeting with President Barack Obama regarding the debt ceiling. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Top House Republicans pressed President Barack Obama Wednesday for a detailed plan on budget cuts, and one leading lawmaker accused him of distorting a GOP Medicare proposal at the center of the partisan divide over spending.

Street battles in Yemeni capital leave 41 dead (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:07 AM PDT

Yemeni medics tend to an injured tribesman loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, after being wounded in clashes with Yemeni security forces, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Republican Guard shelling and pre-dawn street battles between government forces and rival tribal fighters killed at least 41 people in the capital Wednesday. There were growing signs of disarray in beleaguered President Ali Abdullah Saleh's military.(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)AP - Government forces and tribal fighters exchanged gun and artillery fire in Yemen's capital early Wednesday, sending the crackle of gunfire and resounding booms over the city in fresh fighting that killed at least 41 people. The fighting spread to new areas, with tribesmen from the powerful Hasid confederation seizing buildings in neighborhoods in the city's south and northwest.

European food outbreak soars; mystery deepens (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:04 PM PDT

Employees of Czech center of national reference laboratories prepare samples of vegetables for molecular testing on EHEC bacteria (bacterium Escherichia coli.) in Brno June 1, 2011. Samples of vegetables imported from various countries are tested for E.Coli at the laboratory. REUTERS/David W Cerny (CZECH REPUBLICAGRICULTURE DRINK TECH - Tags: AGRICULTURE HEALTH SCI TECH FOOD)AP - The number of people hit by a massive European outbreak of foodborne bacterial infections is one third higher than previously known and a stunningly high number of patients suffer from a potentially deadly complication than can shut down their kidneys, officials said Wednesday.

AP NewsBreak: Taxpayer identity theft is soaring (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:02 PM PDT

AP - Imagine filing your tax return and learning that someone else got your refund. With your name and Social Security number, no less.

Images of dead children fan Syria's protests (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:56 PM PDT

Syrian Kurds hold a huge Syrian flag during a pro-democracy demonstration calling for political changes in Syria in the predominantly Kurdish northern Syrian city of Qamishli in May 2011. AFP was not permitted to cover this event. This photo came from an alternative source. AFP is not in a position to independently verify the authenticity of the photo.(AFP/File)AP - The images grow no less shocking with time — a gaping wound on a tiny skull, the hair matted with blood; a gunshot that pierced the skin of a small torso and went straight toward the kidney; and finally, the broken neck and severed penis of a 13-year-old boy, his mangled body contorted on a plastic sheet.

NY rep says he didn't send Twitter photo (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:23 PM PDT

Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y. walks from his office to an elevator in the Rayburn House Office Building for a vote, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wed., June 1, 2011. Weiner denied Wednesday sending a lewd photo from his Twitter account to a 21-year-old woman, trying to calm a media furor that has only increased by the day and wasn't put to rest by the combative lawmaker's latest comments. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Anthony Weiner's attempt to end the media storm surrounding a lewd photo sent from his Twitter account is only stirring up the situation as he flatly denies he sent the photo, but he can't say for sure that the shot of a man in underpants isn't him.

2nd last space shuttle lands; final on launch pad (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:39 PM PDT

The space shuttle Endeavour touches down on runway 15 after completing her final flight at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Endeavour , and her crew of six astronauts, wrapped up a 16 day mission to the international space station. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - NASA's 30-year shuttle program inched closer to the end Wednesday, wrapping up its next-to-last mission and moving Atlantis to the launch pad for next month's final flight.

Octomom's fertility doctor has license revoked (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:16 PM PDT

AP - California medical officials revoked the license of the fertility doctor who helped "Octomom" Nadya Suleman become the mother of 14 children through repeated in vitro treatments, according to a decision made public Wednesday.

Bridge chicks: NYC hatches 9 fuzzy baby falcons (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:17 PM PDT

**CORRECTS AGE OF GUN TURRET TO WORLD WAR II GUN TURRET, NOT WORLD WAR I** In this undated photograph provided by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, a female peregrine falcon flaps her wings to protect her three chicks, born in late April or early May, as she reacts to a photographer who snapped a family portrait atop the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge in New York. The birds are among three new sets of nine peregrine falcon chicks recently hatched atop MTA bridges, including the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, the Throgs Neck Bridge, and the Marine Parkway Bridge. The three pictured here were born inside a World War II gun turret 215-feet up on the Rockaway Tower of the bridge. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Transit Authority, Chris Nadareski)AP - Where do YOU go for a little peace and quiet?

Shaq says on Twitter: 'I'm about to retire' (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:10 PM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 5, 2005, file photo shows Miami Heat's injured center Shaquille O'Neal saluting a fan during the game against the Los Angeles Clippers, in Los Angeles. O'Neal says on Twitter that he's 'about to retire.'(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)AP - Shaquille O'Neal, who struggled to get on the court for the Boston Celtics because of leg injuries, said on Twitter on Wednesday that he is going to retire after a 19-year career in which he won four NBA titles and the 2000 league Most Valuable Player award.

Jobs and factory slowdown pile on recovery fears (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:15 PM PDT

A customer counts his cash at the register while purchasing an item at a Best Buy store in Flushing, New York March 27, 2010. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - U.S. companies hired far fewer workers than expected in May and output in the manufacturing sector slowed to its lowest level since 2009, adding to concerns that the U.S. recovery is running out of steam.

At White House, Obama presses Republicans on debt cap (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:46 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama gestures as he delivers remarks to delegates at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference in Washington, May 22, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - President Barack Obama warned Republicans on Wednesday of "dire" consequences if they do not raise the debt limit, but a White House meeting did little to end a political standoff over federal spending cuts.

Greece nears IMF/EU deal and dismisses drachma talk (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:44 AM PDT

People walk past the Bank of Greece in Athens May 9, 2011. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - Greece should complete talks by the end of the week with EU and IMF inspectors on a medium-term budget plan plus a vital next slice of international aid, sources close to the negotiations said on Wednesday.

Libya's oil chief Ghanem defects, in Rome now (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Shokri Ghanem listens to a reporter's question during an interview with Reuters at his office in Tripoli March 2, 2011. REUTERS/Chris HelgrenReuters - Libya's top oil official Shokri Ghanem appeared in Rome on Wednesday, saying he had defected because of relentless bloodshed under Muammar Gaddafi's rule.

Treasury yet to determine price and timing of GM share sale (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:50 AM PDT

Reuters - The Treasury has yet to determine a target price or timeframe for selling its remaining shares in General Motors Co, a White House official said on Wednesday.

Dead Syrian boy emerges as symbol for protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:23 AM PDT

An image grab taken from YouTube on May 28 shows a Syrian man holding a picture of 13-year-old boy Hamza al-Khatib during his funeral on May 25 in the flashpoint region of Daraa. Killings and torture by Syrian security forces in the southern city of Daraa over the past two months may qualify as crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch has said.(AFP/YouTube)Reuters - A Syrian boy, who activists say was tortured and killed by security forces, has emerged as a powerful symbol in protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad which have been met with a bloody crackdown.

Sealed Air adds cleaning products with $2.9 billion Diversey buy (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:18 AM PDT

Reuters - Sealed Air Corp, best known for its Bubble Wrap and Jiffy envelopes, is heading into the $40 billion chemical cleaning and hygiene industry with the acquisition of privately held Diversey Holdings for $2.9 billion.

Two Chinese citizens plead guilty in U.S. export case (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:01 PM PDT

Reuters - Two Chinese nationals pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Wednesday to conspiring to violate American export control laws by attempting to buy microchips for use in China's military and space programs.

Blatter wins landslide vote, vows FIFA clean-up (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:37 AM PDT

FIFA President Sepp Blatter gives a press conference after his re-election at the 61st FIFA congress at the Zurich Hallenstadion in Oerlikon near Zurich. Blatter vowed to clean up the body's tarnished image after months of explosive corruption allegations.(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - FIFA president Sepp Blatter was re-elected head of world football on Wednesday, vowing to clean up the body's tarnished image after months of explosive corruption allegations.

UN denounces Libya war crimes, NATO extends air blitz (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:35 PM PDT

Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem speaks during a press conference in Tripoli in March 2011. Ghanem announced in Italy meanwhile that he had resigned and left Libya to join the uprising against Kadhafi AFP - The UN Wednesday accused Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's regime of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity while trying to crush a revolt, as NATO extended its Libya air war by three months.
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