Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Yemen president of 33 years quits amid uprising (AP)

Yemen president of 33 years quits amid uprising (AP)

Yemen president of 33 years quits amid uprising (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 01:03 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2010 file photo, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, center, with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, and his Yemeni counterpart Ali Abdullah Saleh, left, pose during a group picture with Arab and African leaders during the second Afro-Arab summit in Sirte, Libya. Saleh has signed an agreement to transfer power to his vice president. Saleh was shown on Arabic satellite television stations Wednesday Nov. 23, 2011signing a proposal by his country's powerful Gulf Arab neighbors to end his country's 9-month old uprising. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)AP - Yemen's authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed Wednesday to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 years in power. The U.S. and its powerful Gulf allies pressed for the deal, concerned that a security collapse in the impoverished Arab nation was allowing an active al-Qaida franchise to gain a firmer foothold.

Supercommittee failure complicates election year (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 01:01 PM PST

President Barack Obama gestures during an address on the American Jobs Act, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, at Central High School in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - The failure of Congress' supercommittee adds a new dimension to the 2012 political contests by drawing political battle lines around broad tax increases and massive spending cuts that are now scheduled to begin automatically in 2013.

Medvedev: Russia may target US missile shield (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 01:07 PM PST

In this Saturday, May 9, 2009 file photo, a column of Russia's Topol intercontinental ballistic missiles rolls across Moscow's Red Square, during the annual Victory Day parade. If Washington continues to ignore Russia's demands about a proposed U.S. missile shield in Europe, Russia will deploy new missiles aimed at it and put arms control on hold, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)AP - Russia threatened on Wednesday to deploy missiles to target the U.S. missile shield in Europe if Washington fails to assuage Moscow's concerns about its plans, a harsh warning that reflected deep cracks in U.S.-Russian ties despite President Barack Obama's efforts to "reset" relations with the Kremlin.

GOP's Romney defends ad's use of Obama 2008 line (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:13 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, accompanied by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to a group of workers at Nationwide Insurance Company, Wednesday Nov. 23, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is defending a TV ad that quotes President Barack Obama out of context, signaling he's ready for bare-knuckled campaigning despite sharp complaints from Democrats and some neutral observers.

Thanksgiving travel rush is under way across US (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:13 PM PST

Lori Tempesta, of Falls Church, Va., left, holds her baby Ashlyn Tempesta, next to daughter Elena Tempesta, 3, and husband Anthony Tempesta, as they check in for a flight to Dallas for Thanksgiving, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, at Washington's at Ronald Reagan National Airport. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Undeterred by costlier gas and airfare, millions of Americans set out Wednesday to see friends and family in what is expected to be the nation's busiest Thanksgiving weekend since the financial meltdown more than three years ago.

Medicare chief steps aside in political impasse (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:14 PM PST

FILE - In this April 12, 2011 file photo, Medicare Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick answers questions during an interview at the Associated Press in Washington. Berwick, the point man for carrying out President Barack Obama's health care law will be stepping down after Republicans succeeded in blocking his confirmation by the Senate, an official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)AP - The point man for carrying out President Barack Obama's health care law will be stepping down after Republicans succeeded in blocking his confirmation by the Senate, the White House announced Wednesday.

Bachmann: Fallon song choice shows sexism, bias (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:20 PM PST

In this image released by NBC, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, of Minnesota, left, points to a photo of host Jimmy Fallon, dressed as Bachmann, during a visit to 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,' that aired early Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/NBC, Lloyd Bishop)AP - GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann lashed out Wednesday at NBC for not apologizing or taking immediate disciplinary action for an off-color song played during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon's "Late Night."

Sticky goo on Pa. turnpike disables about 150 cars (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 11:23 AM PST

A car with its wheels covered in driveway sealant sits in a parking lot in Harmar, Pa., after exiting the Pennsylvania Turnpike Tuesday night, Nov. 22, 2011. A flood of the gooey material dropped from a tanker truck disabled more than 100 cars and damaged an unknown number of other vehicles along a nearly 40-mile stretch of the Turnpike, officials said. (AP Photo/Valley News Dispatch, Erica Hilliard) PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE OUT; BUTLER EAGLE OUTAP - A flood of gooey black muck dropped from a tanker truck disabled about 150 cars and damaged an unknown number of other vehicles along a nearly 40-mile stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, officials said.

FBI arrests 7 in Amish haircut attacks in Ohio (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:31 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, Sam Mullet stands in the front yard of his home in Bergholz, Ohio. The FBI and local sheriff's deputies arrested seven men, including Mullet, reputed leader of a breakaway Amish sect, on federal hate crime charges early Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - The leader of a breakaway Amish group allowed the beatings of those who disobeyed him, made some members sleep in a chicken coop and had sexual relations with married women to "cleanse them," federal authorities said as they charged him and six others with hate crimes in hair-cutting attacks against other Amish.

Settlement in Hulk Hogan divorce case in Fla. (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 11:25 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2006 file photo, Hulk Hogan and his wife Linda arrive at the 48th annual Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles. Court records show a financial settlement has been agreed upon between wrestler Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan, and his ex-wife Linda. The St. Petersburg Times reports Linda Bollea received a little more than 70 percent of the couple's liquid assets in their divorce settlement. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, file)AP - Court records show a financial settlement has been agreed upon between wrestler Terry Bollea — better known as Hulk Hogan — and his ex-wife.

"Disastrous" bond sale shakes confidence in Germany (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 11:00 AM PST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a session of the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament in Berlin. REUTERS/Thomas PeterReuters - A "disastrous" German bond sale on Wednesday sparked fears that Europe's debt crisis was starting to threaten even Berlin, with the leaders of the euro zone's two biggest economies still at odds over a longer-term structural solution.

Republicans bash Pakistan in debate (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 08:05 PM PST

Republican presidential candidates businessman Herman Cain (L), former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (2nd from L), Texas Governor Rick Perry (2nd from R), and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (R) look on as former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich (C) makes a point during a Republican party presidential debate in Spartanburg, South Carolina, November 12, 2011. REUTERS/Chris KeaneReuters - The Republican presidential hopefuls criticized U.S. policy toward Pakistan and called for placing sanctions on Iran's central bank in a lively and substantive foreign policy debate on Tuesday.

China factory sector shrinks most in 32 months (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 07:28 AM PST

Reuters - China's factory sector shrank the most in 32 months in November on signs of domestic economic weakness, a preliminary PMI survey showed, reviving worries that China may be slipping toward a hard landing and fuelling fears of a global recession.

Yemen's Saleh signs deal to give up power (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:51 PM PST

A protester shouts and gestures during a demonstration against proposed immunity for Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh under a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-sponsored deal for his ouster in Sanaa November 23, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a deal on Wednesday under which he will step down after 33 years in power and 10 months of protests against his rule that brought the country to the brink of civil war.

ANP says suspends Chevron drilling rights in Brazil (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:44 PM PST

Reuters - Brazil's National Oil Regulator (ANP) said on Wednesday that it is suspending the drilling rights of U.S. oil major Chevron in national territory until it clarifies conditions of the recent oil spill in its Frade field.

Cairo clashes flare after dark (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 11:48 AM PST

A protester throws a tear gas canister, which was earlier thrown by riot police during clashes along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 22, 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Rocks, teargas, firebombs and gunfire made darkened streets in central Cairo a battle zone on Wednesday as hard-core protesters demanding an immediate end to army rule fought riot police around government buildings close to Tahrir Square.

Officials say plan on al Qaeda detainees would harm probes (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 11:58 AM PST

Reuters - A Senate plan requiring that all foreign al Qaeda suspects found in the United States be turned over to the military instead of civilian law enforcement could gravely damage counter-terrorism investigations, the Obama administration warned.

James Murdoch quits UK newspaper boards (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:55 PM PST

Reuters - James Murdoch has resigned from the boards of the publishing units within News Corp's British newspaper arm, which used to include the now-defunct News of the World tabloid at the center of the phone hacking scandal, regulatory filings show.

Obama visits New Hampshire, but is the state swinging against him? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 05:01 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama carried an urgent message of middle-class economic empowerment to the Granite State on Tuesday, providing a taste of the 2012 pitch that he’ll make to voters in this small but crucial swing state â€" and across the nation.

Can 'lone wolf' terror suspect claim entrapment? It will be hard to prove. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 04:05 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - According to the New York Police Department, Jose Pimentel was a “lone wolf” terrorist intent on bombing Post Offices and banks and assassinating US soldiers coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan. And, when he was arrested last Saturday night, the police say he was within an hour of having a working bomb.
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