Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Christie: 'Now is not my time' for White House bid (AP)

Christie: 'Now is not my time' for White House bid (AP)

Christie: 'Now is not my time' for White House bid (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:30 AM PDT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stands in the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, as he announces that he will not run for president in 2012. 'Now is not my time,' Christie told reporters at the New Jersey Statehouse. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday announced he would not run for president, refusing to bow to pressure from GOP donors, fans and luminaries clamoring for another option in the search for a strong Republican to challenge President Barack Obama next fall.

Bernanke says economic recovery close to faltering (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 09:15 AM PDT

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, before the Joint Economic Committee hearing on the economic outlook. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the economic recovery "is close to faltering" and the central bank is prepared to take further steps to support it.

Jackson doctor's girlfriend talks calls, shipments (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:59 AM PDT

Prosecution witness Nicole Alvarez is sworn in before her testimony in Dr. Conrad Murray's trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson in Los Angeles, Monday, Oct. 4, 2011. Dr. Conrad Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical license if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Mario Anzuoni, Pool)AP - Prosecutors on Tuesday called the girlfriend of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death to detail the physician's busy schedule on the day the singer died and her own interactions with the late King of Pop.

Apple unveils faster, more powerful iPhone (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:35 PM PDT

Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures during the announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Apple Inc. unveiled a new iPhone on Tuesday that is faster and more powerful but stops short of a more radical upgrade. It said Sprint customers will now be able to use one.

Stocks stage late rally, erasing early losses (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:58 PM PDT

Specialist Michael Gagliano, foreground right, calls out prices at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Stocks are rising in a late afternoon rally, erasing an earlier loss that put the S&P 500 index through the threshold indicating a bear market.

Rescue official: Truck bomb in Somalia kills 70 (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:02 AM PDT

Somalis carry the body of a man killed at the scene of an explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. A car laden with explosives blew up in front of the Ministry of Education in the Somali capital Tuesday, killing scores of people in the biggest attack since an Islamist insurgent group withdrew from Mogadishu, a rescue official said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)AP - Al-Qaida-linked militants launched their deadliest single bomb attack ever in Somalia on Tuesday, killing at least 70 people and demonstrating how the group that blocked aid to famine victims can still mount devastating violence even after most of its fighters fled the capital in August.

3 win Nobel for showing universe is speeding up (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:53 PM PDT

Nobel Prizes winner for physics Saul Perlmutter smiles as he poses with his daughter's telescope at his home in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 after hearing he had won. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said American Perlmutter would share the 10 million kronor ($1.5 million) award with U.S.-Australian Brian Schmidt and U.S. scientist Adam Riess. Working in two separate research teams during the 1990s, Perlmutter in one and Schmidt and Riess in the other, the scientists raced to map the universe's expansion by analyzing a particular type of supernovas, or exploding stars. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Three U.S.-born scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discovering that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace, a stunning revelation that suggests the cosmos could be headed for a colder, bleaker future, nearly devoid of light.

Knox, family head home to US after her acquittal (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:07 PM PDT

Amanda Knox cries following the verdict that overturns her conviction and acquits her of murdering her British roomate Meredith Kercher, at the Perugia court, Italy, Monday Oct. 3, 2011. An Italian appeals court has thrown out Amanda Knox's murder conviction and ordered the young American freed after nearly four years in prison for the death of her British roommate. Knox collapsed in tears after the verdict was read out Monday. Her co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, also was cleared of killing 21-year-old Meredith Kercher in 2007. (AP Photo/Lapresse) ITALY OUTAP - After Italian prisoners gave her a boisterous goodbye, Amanda Knox made her way home to America on Tuesday, holing up with family on the upper deck of a jetliner to Seattle as she enjoyed her first full day of freedom since her murder conviction was reversed.

Airline attack suspect starts trial with outburst (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 09:29 AM PDT

FILE - This December 2009 file photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich. The stakes are significant as the government prosecutes Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab for the first terrorist attack in the U.S. during the Obama administration, a failed suicide strike that forced the rapid deployment of full-body scanners at American airports and revealed the rise of a new al-Qaida group. Jury selection in his trial begins Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service, File)AP - A Nigerian man accused of trying to bring down an international jetliner with a bomb in his underwear walked into the start of his federal trial Tuesday and declared that a radical Islamic cleric killed by the U.S. military is alive.

Michigan homecoming queen kicks winning field goal (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:58 AM PDT

In this Oct. 1, 2011, photo Brianna Amat poses at Pinckney Community High School in Pinckney, Mich. Shortly after being named homecoming queen, Brianna kicked the field goal that proved to be the difference as Pinckneybeat Grand Blanc 9-7 on Friday, Sept. 30. (AP Photo/Daily Press & Argus, Alan Ward)AP - Shortly after being named homecoming queen, a Michigan girl gave her fellow students another big reason to cheer: Brianna Amat kicked the field goal that proved to be the difference as Pinckney Community High School beat Grand Blanc 9-7 on Friday.

Boehner: Bill on China yuan "dangerous" (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 10:49 AM PDT

A 100 yuan banknote (R) is placed next to a $100 banknote in this picture illustration taken in Beijing November 7, 2010. REUTERS/Petar KujundzicReuters - A U.S. bill to pressure China into letting its currency rise in value, which has drawn warnings from Beijing of a possible trade war, ran into opposition from the top Republican in Congress on Tuesday.

Congress settles funding fight, for now (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:31 AM PDT

People rally at the Capitol Building in Washington, September 21, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that puts the government on stable financial footing for six weeks but does nothing to resolve a battle over spending that is likely to flare again.

EU preparing bank rescues amid Greece doubts (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:35 AM PDT

Reuters - European finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to prepare action to safeguard their banks as doubts grew about whether a planned second bailout package for debt-laden Greece would go ahead.

New Jersey's Christie keeps word, passes on 2012 candidacy (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California September 27, 2011. REUTERS/Jason RedmondReuters - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie dashed hopes on Tuesday that he might make a late leap into the 2012 Republican presidential race in a move that sets up a final battle between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry.

U.S. "close to faltering," Fed ready to act: Bernanke (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 09:58 AM PDT

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke makes remarks at the start of a conference on systemic risk, at the Federal Reserve in Washington September 15, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - The Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to help an economy that is "close to faltering," Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday in his bleakest assessment yet of the fragile U.S. recovery.

New Apple iPhone fails to wow investors, fans (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:54 PM PDT

The Apple logo is displayed onstage before a product unveiling event at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - Apple Inc's newest iPhone left Wall Street and fans wishing for more than a faster version of last year's device, drawing a rare outburst of criticism and disappointment on the Internet.

Ford, UAW agree on new labor contract (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:29 AM PDT

The Ford Motor Co's logo is seen on top of the Ford Motor Company World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Rebecca CookReuters - Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers union said on Tuesday they had reached a tentative four-year contract that would allow the automaker to invest almost $5 billion in U.S. plants and create an additional 5,750 jobs.

Amanda Knox heads for home after acquittal (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 07:37 AM PDT

Reuters - American student Amanda Knox flew home free on Tuesday after spending four years in an Italian jail, leaving the family of murdered British student Meredith Kercher racked with anguish that they are no closer to the truth about her killing.

EPA on scene at massive Texas chemical fire to test for toxic fumes (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 04:44 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Firefighters battled a blaze at a small, privately-held chemical plant in Waxahachie, Texas, Monday, amid concerns that the fumes from the plant could be toxic.

Leon Panetta in Israel: Will his urgent messages bring action? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 04:02 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, traveling at a time of what some analysts say are profound and lasting changes in the US-Israel relationship, is carrying a couple of high-priority messages to America’s closest ally in the Middle East.
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