Sunday, November 20, 2011

Debt panel poised to admit failure (AP)

Debt panel poised to admit failure (AP)

Debt panel poised to admit failure (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:28 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2011 file photo Supercommittee co-chairs Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., right, confer as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction meets to hear testimony about the national debt from the Congressional Budget Office director on Capitol Hill in Washington. Fanning out to the sets of various talk shows Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, Democrat and Republican Supercommittee members blamed one another other for a deepening impasse that has all but doomed any chances for accord. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - A special deficit-reduction supercommittee appears likely to admit failure on Monday, unable or unwilling to compromise on a mix of spending cuts and tax increases required to meet its assignment of saving taxpayers at least $1.2 trillion over the coming decade.

Officers in pepper spray incident placed on leave (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:00 PM PST

In this image made from video, a police officer uses pepper spray as he walks down a line of Occupy demonstrators sitting on the ground at the University of California, Davis on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. The video - posted on YouTube - was shot Friday as police moved in on more than a dozen tents erected on campus and arrested 10 people, nine of them students. (AP Photo/Thomas K. Fowler)AP - Two University of California, Davis police officers involved in the pepper spraying of seated protesters were placed on administrative leave Sunday, as the school's chancellor accelerated an investigation of the incident and made plans to meet with protesters amid calls for her resignation.

Libya says Gadhafi son to be tried at home (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:01 PM PST

In this image provided by the Zintan Media Center, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, left, is guarded by a Libyan fighter as he is transported to Zintan, Libya, by a transport aircraft following his capture near the Niger border early Saturday Nov 19 2011. Moammar Gadhafi's son, the only wanted member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large — was captured as he traveled with aides in a convoy in Libya's southern desert. (AP Photo / Zintan Media Center,HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY LOGO MUST BE USED MANDATORY CREDITAP - Libya's new leaders said Sunday they will try Moammar Gadhafi's son at home and not hand him over to the International Criminal Court where he's charged with crimes against humanity. The government also announced the capture of the toppled regime's intelligence minister, who is also wanted by the court.

Financier Theodore Forstmann dies (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:19 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 1996 file photo, takeover artist Ted Forstmann poses in his office in New York. Forstmann, a longtime financier who counted the iconic baseball card company Topps and business jet company Gulfstream Aerospace among his buyouts, died Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, at the age of 71. The cause was brain cancer, according to a statement from sports agency IMG. Forstmann was the chairman and CEO of IMG and was the senior founding partner of the investment firm Forstmann Little & Co. Forstmann Little bought IMG in 2004. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Theodore J. Forstmann, a longtime financier who counted the iconic baseball card company Topps and business jet company Gulfstream Aerospace among his buyouts, died Sunday at the age of 71.

Police burn protest tents to clear Cairo's Tahrir (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:17 PM PST

Protesters take a cover during clashes with Egyptian riot police near the interior ministry in downtown cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. Firing tear gas and rubber bullets, Egyptian riot police on Sunday clashed for a second day with thousands of rock-throwing protesters demanding that the ruling military quickly announce a date to hand over power to an elected government. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Egyptian soldiers and police set fire to protest tents in Cairo's Tahrir Square and fired tear gas and rubber bullets in a major assault Sunday to drive out thousands demanding that the military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government. At least 11 protesters were killed and hundreds were injured.

Anything can-happen feel in Iowa's 2012 vote (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:09 PM PST

Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pauses while speaking during a town hall event in Peterborough, N.H., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. Romney is campaigning for the nation's earliest presidential primary, which is less than two months away. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP - The race for the Republican presidential nomination is deeply unsettled with an anything-can-happen feel six weeks before Iowans start the state-by-state process of choosing a GOP challenger for President Barack Obama.

Grenade blasts bring violence to Syrian capital (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:09 PM PST

A general view of the ruling Baath party headquarters, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Nov. 20, 2011. Residents in the Syrian capital awoke to two loud explosions Sunday amid reports from activists that the Damascus headquarters of the ruling Baath party had been hit by several rocket-propelled grenades. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)AP - Rocket-propelled grenades struck the headquarters of Syria's ruling party Sunday, bringing the violence that has engulfed much of the country to the heart of its capital for the first time, activists said.

Romney urges Obama to stop looming military cuts (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:09 PM PST

Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, greets a young supporter during a town hall event in Peterborough, N.H., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. Romney is campaigning for the nation's earliest presidential primary, which is less than two months away. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney is calling on President Obama to block looming military cuts.

Police: Fake doc injected cement in woman's rear (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 11:59 AM PST

AP - A woman who wanted to work at a nightclub started searching for someone who could perform plastic surgery at a cheap price to give her a curvier body. Police say what she found was a woman posing as a doctor who filled her buttocks with cement, mineral oil and flat-tire sealant.

Palmer, Raiders hold on to beat Vikings, 27-21 (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:23 PM PST

Oakland Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer, top left, throws a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Andy King)AP - Carson Palmer threw for 164 yards and a touchdown and the Oakland Raiders capitalized on mistakes by Minnesota in a 27-21 victory over the Vikings on Sunday.

Debt-reduction panel careening toward failure (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 11:15 AM PST

Reuters - The congressional deficit-reduction committee is likely on Monday to concede failure in its efforts to strike a deal, barring an unforeseen breakthrough to bridge deep partisan differences over taxes and spending, congressional aides said.

Center-right wins Spain election (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:26 PM PST

People wait in front of electoral posters of prime ministerial candidate Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba (L) of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Espanol) and centre-right People's Party (Partido Popular) leader Mariano Rajoy, at a bus stop in the Andalusian capital of Seville November 19, 2011. REUTERS/Marcelo del PozoReuters - The opposition People's Party (PP) won a crushing victory in Spain's election on Sunday as voters vented their rage on the ruling Socialists for the worst economic crisis in generations.

Exclusive: The capture of Gaddafi's son (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 12:56 PM PST

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is seen sitting in a plane in Zintan November 19, 2011. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi told Reuters on Saturday that he was feeling fine after being captured by some of the fighters who overthrew his father and he said injuries to his right hand were suffered during a NATO air strike a month ago. REUTERS/Ismail ZitounyReuters - The chic black sweater and jeans were gone. So too the combat khaki T-shirt of his televised last stand in Tripoli. Designer stubble had become bushy black beard after months on the run.

Insight: Anger rises as MF Global clients see billions frozen (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 12:18 PM PST

Reuters - Three weeks after MF Global's collapse, furious former customers are still fighting for access to billions of dollars as they question why as much as two-thirds of their money is still frozen.

Retailers adapt as mobile holiday shopping booms (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 12:39 PM PST

Reuters - When it comes to holiday shopping, more people are phoning it in, forcing retailers to embrace new ways to connect or else lose sales.

Army, police charge Egypt protesters who vow to stay (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:31 PM PST

Reuters - Police backed by the army used batons and teargas on Sunday to charge protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square demanding Egypt's ruling generals swiftly hand power to civilians, in some of the worst violence since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.

Private equity pioneer Ted Forstmann dies at 71 (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:15 PM PST

Reuters - Billionaire private equity investor Ted Forstmann died on Sunday of brain cancer, IMG, the global sports and entertainment company he led, said in a statement.

Qantas hopes can reach deal with unions Monday (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:13 PM PST

Reuters - Qantas Airways is holding out hope it can reach an agreement with its pilots, engineers and baggage handlers, a spokeswoman said on Monday, the deadline for reaching a deal or bowing to a settlement set by Australia's industrial umpire.

UC Davis pepper spray, smear tactics: 'Occupy' protests face rougher response (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 02:16 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Two months after the Occupy Wall Street protests began, the movement's nationwide expression appears to be meeting an increasingly tough response from opponents and from police.

Five days left: Would failure by budget super committee matter? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 11:33 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - After weeks of bargaining, a bipartisan "super committee" on federal finances is drawing toward its deadline with no deal in sight.
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