Saturday, July 23, 2011

APNewsBreak: Oslo bomb was 'Oklahoma City-type' (AP)

APNewsBreak: Oslo bomb was 'Oklahoma City-type' (AP)

APNewsBreak: Oslo bomb was 'Oklahoma City-type' (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:01 PM PDT

This is an undated image obtained from the Twitter page of Anders Behring Breivik, 32, who was arrested Friday July 22, 2011 in connection to the twin attacks on a youth camp and a government building in Oslo, Norway. Breivik is a suspect in both the shootings and the Oslo explosion Friday. (AP Photo/Twitter, Anders Behring Breivik)AP - A police official has told The Associated Press that the bomb used in the attack at the Norwegian prime minister's office was "some kind of Oklahoma City-type" device made of fertilizer and diesel fuel.

McConnell: Congress committed to prevent default (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:37 AM PDT

President Barack Obama meets with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Saturday, July 23, 2011, in Washington, to discuss the debt. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama met for less than an hour Saturday with congressional leaders in debt crisis talks, and a leading Republican said afterward that top lawmakers were "committed to working on new legislation" to cut federal spending and avert an unprecedented U.S. default.

Troubled diva Amy Winehouse dead at 27 (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2007 file photo, British singer Amy Winehouse poses for photographs at a studio in north London. Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday, July 23, 2011, in her London home, police said. She was 27. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)AP - Few artists summed up their own career in a single song — a single line — as well as Amy Winehouse.

Chinese state media say 32 dead in train accident (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Emergency workers and people work to help passengers from the wreckage of train after two carriages from a high-speed train derailed and fell off a bridge in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang province Saturday July 23, 2011. A Chinese news agency says there is no immediate word on casualties. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - A Chinese bullet train lost power after being struck by lightning Saturday and was hit from behind by another train, knocking two of its carriages off a bridge in eastern China, killing at least 32 people, state media reported.

Walter Reed to close after more than a century (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:19 AM PDT

U.S. Army Col. Norvell V. Coots gestures during an interview in the main lobby of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2001. Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the military's flagship hospital where privates to presidents have gone for care for more than a century, is closing its doors. Hundreds of thousands of the nation's war wounded from World War I to today have received treatment at Walter Reed, including 18,000 troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)AP - Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Army's flagship hospital where privates to presidents have gone for care, is closing its doors after more than a century.

Reagan looms over debt debate inspiring both sides (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 1981, file photo, President Ronald Reagan shows his boot following the signing of his tax bill at his California vacation home, Rancho del Cielo, near Santa Barbara, Ca. Reagan might as well be sitting in on the troubled debt talks of 2011, so frequently is his memory invoked by both sides. But for vastly different reasons. Conservative Republicans praise the 40th president's steely advocacy for smaller government and lower taxes. President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies praise Reagan because, they say, he was the sublime compromiser, willing to work with Democrats to forge landmark tax and Social Security deals and willing to raise the federal debt ceiling so the government could keep borrowing to pay its bills. (AP Photo/File)AP - Ronald Reagan might as well be sitting in on the troubled debt talks, so frequently is his memory invoked by both sides. But for vastly different reasons. Conservative Republicans praise the 40th president's steely advocacy for smaller government and lower taxes.

APNewsBreak: Wu to talk with Congress leaders (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2010 file photo, Congressman David Wu, D-Ore., speaks during an interview in Portland, Ore. Wu is calling a published report about an alleged unwanted sexual encounter with a young woman 'very serious' but has not yet said whether the accusation is true. The Oregonian reports that a young woman from California has accused the Democrat of an unwanted sexual encounter last November. The newspaper said the information came from sources who wanted to remain anonymous. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)AP - A source says Congressman David Wu will likely be speaking with congressional leaders Saturday about a newspaper report that a young woman has accused the Democrat of an unwanted sexual encounter.

Some flyers may not see savings from expired taxes (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2008 file photo, passengers arrive for flights out of Cleveland Hopkins Airport in Cleveland. Some airline customers won't see savings this weekend even though several federal taxes on tickets have expired. The taxes expired after midnight Friday, July 22, 2011, when Congress failed to pass legislation to keep the Federal Aviation Administration running. A number of airlines say they've raised fares to offset any tax savings. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)AP - Some airline customers won't see savings this weekend even though several federal taxes on tickets have expired.

Daunting space task — send astronauts to asteroid (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:19 AM PDT

FILE - This file image released by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday, July 18, 2011 shows the asteroid Vesta, photographed by the Dawn spacecraft on July 17, 2011. The image was taken from a distance of about 9,500 miles (15,000 kilometers) away. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL, File)AP - With the space shuttle now history, NASA's next great mission is so audacious, the agency's best minds are wrestling with how to pull it off: Send astronauts to an asteroid in less than 15 years.

Cadel Evans set to become 1st Aussie to win Tour (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:22 PM PDT

New overall leader Cadel Evans of Australia celebrates on the podium of the 20th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 42.5 kilometers (26.4 miles) starting and finishing in Grenoble, Alps region, France, Saturday July 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - Cadel Evans seized the Tour de France yellow jersey in the next-to-last stage Saturday, all but giving Australia its first victory in cycling's showpiece event and capping one of the most dramatic races in years.

Norway death toll may rise to 98, police say (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 09:51 AM PDT

Rescue workers work at the scene of a powerful explosion that rocked central Oslo July 22, 2011. REUTERS/Berit Roald/ScanpixReuters - Norwegian police searched for more victims and a possible second gunman on Saturday after a suspected right-wing zealot killed up to 98 people in a shooting spree and bomb attack that have traumatised a once-placid country.

Obama, lawmakers seek to salvage debt deal (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:51 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama participates in a town hall meeting on U.S. debt reduction talks at the University of Maryland in College Park near Washington, July 22, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Congress scrambled on Saturday to draft a deficit plan that bridges the gap between Democrats and Republicans over taxes and keeps the United States from a catastrophic debt default now just days away.

Fitch calls default, Greece pledges no let-up on debt (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 01:40 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy attend a meeting in Brussels July 21, 2011. REUTERS/Bundesregierung/Steffen Kugler/PoolReuters - Fitch ratings agency declared Greece would be in temporary default as the result of a second bailout, which Athens said had bought it breathing space.

At least 32 die in east China high-speed train crash (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:52 AM PDT

Rescuers carry out rescue operations after two carriages from a bullet train derailed and fell off a bridge in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province July 23, 2011. REUTERS/China DailyReuters - At least 32 people died when a high-speed train smashed into a stalled train in front of it in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Saturday, state media said, raising new questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network.

U.S. wastes $34 billion in Afghan and Iraq contracting (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 09:04 AM PDT

Reuters - The United States has wasted some $34 billion on service contracts with the private sector in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a study being finalized for Congress.

Libya wants more talks as NATO strikes hit capital (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 07:52 AM PDT

This photo taken in June 2011, shows Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade during a press conference in the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya. Hundreds of thousands turned out in support of Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade on Saturday, in a massive show of force by the 85-year-old leader who is seeking a controversial third term in office.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)Reuters - Libya is ready to hold more talks with the United States and with rebels trying to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, but the Libyan leader will not bow to demands he quit, a government spokesman said.

China's most wanted fugitive arrested after extradition (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:39 AM PDT

Alleged smuggling kingpin Lai Changxing (C) is escorted by policemen as he signs a warrant issued for his arrest at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, July 23, 2011 in this photo distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. REUTERS/Xinhua/Zhang JianxinReuters - China arrested its most wanted fugitive in the capital Beijing Saturday after Canada deported him to end a decades-long saga that had plagued Sino-Canadian relations, but concerns remained among activists about whether he would receive a fair trial.

Pakistan foreign minister says no need for cajoling on militancy (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 04:43 AM PDT

Reuters - Pakistan's new foreign minister, who held talks on Saturday with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, said the two countries shared the strategic objective of combating terror groups and Islamabad did not need any cajoling on the issue.

Norway mourns 92 victims after 'hell on paradise island' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:03 PM PDT

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (L) reacts as he embraces Eskil Pedersen, the leader of the Norwegian Labour Youth league and survivor of the Utoeya island shooting, at a hotel where survivors of the youth camp attack are being reunited with their families in Sundvolden, south west of Oslo. Norway mourns 92 victims killed in Friday's attacks.(AFP/Odd Andersen)AFP - Police said they were questioning a right-wing Christian on Saturday over the massacre of 92 people in a killing spree that Norway's prime minister said had turned an island paradise into hell on earth.

China double high-speed train crash kills 32 (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:09 PM PDT

Chinese firefighters work on the mangled carriage to rescue survivors, after a Chinese high-speed train derailed and two of its carriages fell off a bridge after a lightning strike knocked out power on the line, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. At least 16 people were killed in the accident.(AFP)AFP - A Chinese high-speed train derailed Saturday when it was hit by another express, state media said, throwing two carriages off a viaduct and killing at least 32 people.
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