Thursday, December 8, 2011

Va. Tech locks down after officer, 1 other killed (AP)

Va. Tech locks down after officer, 1 other killed (AP)

Va. Tech locks down after officer, 1 other killed (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:42 PM PST

A police officer secures the scene where a gunman killed a police officer and another person after a traffic stop Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 on the campus of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, Va. The school said a police officer pulled someone over for a traffic stop and was shot and killed. The shooter ran toward a nearby parking lot, where a second person was found dead. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Matt Gentry)AP - A man killed a police officer and another person after a traffic stop Thursday at Virginia Tech, sending a shudder through campus as students and faculty were told to stay inside and police searched for the gunman, school officials said.

Corzine blames predecessors for MF Global's fall (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 11:11 AM PST

Former New Jersey Gov. and Sen. Jon Corzine testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, before the House Agriculture Committee hearing regarding the collapse of MF Global. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Jon Corzine told a congressional panel Thursday that he never intended to break rules requiring failed securities firm MF Global to safeguard client funds. He also said he doesn't know what happened to an estimated $1.2 billion that went missing.

European Union weighs greater unity to save euro (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 11:35 AM PST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. During a two-day summit German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will try to build support for their plan for eurozone nations to submit their national budgets to much greater scrutiny. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - The leaders of Germany and France are pushing their European counterparts to save the ambitious project of continental unity that grew from the ashes of World War II.

GOP leaders hope for agreement on payroll tax cut (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:33 PM PST

President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, in the White House briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - The Senate rejected dueling Democratic and Republican plans for extending the Social Security payroll tax on Thursday as partisan skirmishing continued over a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's plan for breathing life back into the American job market.

Republican: Heads must roll in Fast and Furious (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:56 PM PST

AP - Republican lawmakers told Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday to fire some Justice Department subordinates over the flawed arms-trafficking investigation called Operation Fast and Furious.

Iran shows video of purported US drone (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:55 PM PST

This photo released on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and taken at an undisclosed location claims to show the US RQ-170 Sentinel drone which Tehran says its forces downed earlier this week. In the banner in background depicting Iranian flag tover which the text reads: 'God is Great', 'Down with America', 'Down with Israel', 'Down with England'. (AP Photo/Sepahnews) EDS NOTE: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE.AP - Iranian state TV broadcast video Thursday of what it said was the high-tech U.S. drone that Tehran says its forces downed earlier this week, and lodged a diplomatic complaint over the violation of its airspace.

French TV shows Strauss-Kahn surveillance videos (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:20 PM PST

AP - Surveillance videos publicly aired for the first time Thursday show Dominique Strauss-Kahn leisurely checking out of a New York hotel where he was accused of committing sexual assault and show his accuser appearing to act out the alleged attack.

The Misplaced Stuff: NASA loses moon, space rocks (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:34 PM PST

This undated handout photo provided by NASA shows a six-inch lunar sample disk containing three rock pieces and three clumps of lunar dirt, similar to the one shown here, went missing after it was loaned to a Delaware observatory in 1978. NASA’s Inspector General says the space agency has lost or had stolen hundreds of pieces of moon rocks, meteorites and other space samples. In one case. The loan expired in 2010 and when NASA asked what happened, the observatory said the person in charge of the sample had died and they couldn’t find it. It is still missing. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - NASA's Inspector General says the space agency seems to have misplaced some pieces of the moon, meteorites and other space stuff.

Jodie Foster's dad convicted of housing scheme (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:59 PM PST

Jodie Foster poses at the premiere of the film 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. The film is released in theaters on Friday, December 16. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Jodie Foster's estranged father faces more than 25 years behind bars after being convicted of bilking more than $100,000 from the poor and elderly in a home-building scheme.

Pujols, Angels agree to $254 million, 10-year deal (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 10:59 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols reacts after hitting a two RBI double during the third inning of Game 2 of baseball's National League championship series against the Milwaukee Brewers, in Milwaukee. A person familiar with the negotiations says that three-time NL MVP Albert Pujols has agreed to a 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, because the deal had not been announced. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)AP - Three-time NL MVP Albert Pujols agreed Thursday to a $254 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, leaving the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals after more than a decade for a new baseball life in southern California.

Two dead in Virginia Tech shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:54 PM PST

Reuters - A gunman killed a police officer and another person on Thursday at Virginia Tech University, the site of one of the worst shooting rampages in U.S. history, school officials said.

MF Global's Corzine: I did not intend to break rules (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:12 PM PST

Reuters - Jon Corzine said he "never intended to break any rules" while he was chief of MF Global and that he doesn't know what happened to the hundreds of millions of dollars in missing customer money.

EU leaders commit to new "fiscal compact": draft (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:44 PM PST

Reuters - EU leaders are committed to a new "fiscal compact" for the euro zone, including much tighter budget deficit rules and debt issuance procedures, draft conclusions from a summit of EU heads of state showed on Thursday.

Jobless claims at 9-month low as recovery quickens (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 10:40 AM PST

Reuters - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to a nine-month low last week, suggesting the labor market's recovery was gaining momentum.

ECB cool on more bond buying, lending to IMF (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 08:36 AM PST

Reuters - The European Central Bank doused hopes on Thursday it will ramp up its bond-buying program to fight the bloc's debt crisis, unnerving markets hours before a high-stakes EU summit they had hoped would produce a 'grand bargain' to end the turmoil.

Cain may find pot of gold at end of campaign trail (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 11:59 AM PST

Reuters - The campaign trail did not end at the White House for Herman Cain, but it might yet lead him to a pot of gold.

Putin says U.S. stoked Russian protests (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:23 AM PST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin presents documentation for his presidential candidacy at the Central Electoral Commission in Moscow, December 7, 2011. REUTERS/Sergei KarpukhinReuters - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Thursday of stirring up protests against his 12-year rule and said foreign countries were spending hundreds of millions of dollars to influence Russian elections.

Zynga says can double number of paying players (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:34 PM PST

Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) Zynga Inc Chief Executive Mark Pincus said the social networking games company can double the number of its paying players, but he and other executives sidestepped questions about player retention and churn rates at an IPO roadshow luncheon in Boston.

Gay marriage: Court weighs validity of Prop. 8 ruling by gay judge (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:58 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A federal appeals court in California is set to hear argument Thursday on whether to disqualify a federal judge who ruled that the US Constitution guarantees a right to gay marriage.

Is Eric Holder's grip on the 'Fast and Furious' fiasco slipping? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 05:47 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Facing a chorus of calls for his resignation, Attorney General Eric Holder is readying for a session of pointed inquiries and probable political bombast as he heads to Capitol Hill Thursday to answer more questions about the Justice Department's involvement in a botched border gun interdiction program known as “Fast and Furious.”
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