Wednesday, January 4, 2012

After Iowa, Romney now hopes to pull away in NH (AP)

After Iowa, Romney now hopes to pull away in NH (AP)

After Iowa, Romney now hopes to pull away in NH (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:37 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney listens at left, as Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a town hall style meeting in Manchester, N.H., Jan. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - Mitt Romney eagerly pocketed an endorsement from two-time New Hampshire primary winner John McCain on Wednesday and bid to convert a single-digit victory in Iowa into a Republican presidential campaign juggernaut. Unimpressed, Newt Gingrich ridiculed the former Massachusetts governor as a liberal turned moderate now masquerading as a conservative.

Obama bypasses Senate, installs new consumer chief (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:11 PM PST

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Richard Cordray at Shaker Heights High School,Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in Shaker Heights, Ohio. In a defiant display of executive power, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will buck GOP opposition and name Cordray as the nation's chief consumer watchdog. Outraged Republican leaders in Congress suggested that courts would determine the appointment was illegal. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - A defiant President Barack Obama, tired of Senate Republicans stalling his nominee to lead a new consumer protection agency, put him in charge Wednesday over their opposition.

Gingrich takes tougher tone in criticism of Romney (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:10 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, accompanied by his wife Callista, speaks during a campaign stop, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich touched down in New Hampshire on Wednesday and wasted no time launching a blistering attack on Mitt Romney in what is essentially the former Massachusetts governor's home turf.

Some find hope in Afghan outcry over bride's abuse (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:17 PM PST

In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 file photo, 15-year-old Sahar Gul, is carried into hospital in Baghlan north of Kabul, Afghanistan. According to officials in northeastern Baghlan province, Gul's in-laws kept her in a basement for six months, ripped her fingernails out, tortured her with hot irons and broke her fingers — all in an attempt to force her into prostitution. Police freed her last week after her uncle called authorities. Horrific images of Sahar, bruised and bloodied, captured on video, transfixed Afghanistan and set off a storm of condemnation. President Hamid Karzai set up a commission to investigate, and his health minister visited her bedside at a Kabul hospital. The in-laws have been arrested — they deny abusing her — and a warrant has been issued for her husband, who serves in the Afghan army. (AP Photo/Jawed Basharat, File)AP - Just 15 years old, Sahar Gul has become the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan. The teenage bride's eyes were swollen nearly shut as she was wheeled into the hospital seven months after her arranged marriage. Black scabs crusted her fingertips where her nails used to be.

SC police: Mother won't tell them where son is (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:53 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Richland County Jail, shows Zinah Jennings. Columbia police are in a desperate search for Jennings 18-month-old son after she refused to tell them of his whereabouts. Jennings and her son were missing for a month before Jennings was found after she was in a traffic wreck on Christmas Eve. (AP Photo/Richland County Jail)AP - A former college student who became depressed and erratic after becoming a mother is charged with lying about where her missing 18-month-old son has been for more than a month, police said Wednesday.

Ind. House Dems plan to stay out of session (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:34 PM PST

Bob Hedrick, Max Hutka and Steve Adams, from left, wait outside of the Statehouse, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012 in Indianapolis. The Legislature prepares to convene and Republicans vow to push to make Indiana the first state in a decade to enact labor legislation that would ban labor contracts requiring all workers to pay union fees, minority Democrats consider their options for blocking the bill. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)AP - Indiana's House Democratic leader said Wednesday that party lawmakers will stall work in the chamber until certain demands are met over a Republican right-to-work bill that was blocked last year by their five-week boycott.

Police: Illinois man gouges out uncle's eyes (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:54 PM PST

This undated photo provided Jan. 4, 2012 by the Will County Sheriff's Office in Joliet, Ill., shows 32-year-old Exulam Holman. Holman was arrested on a charge of aggravated domestic battery on Dec. 31, 2011, accused of gouging his uncle's eyes out during a fight over a remote control. Officials with the Will County Sheriff's Department say they were called to a Joliet Township home on where a deputy found the 62-year-old victim with blood streaming from his eyes. (AP Photo/Will County Sheriff's Office)AP - An Illinois man has been charged with gouging out his uncle's eyes then pushing him down the stairs in a fight over a remote control, authorities said.

Now you see it, now you don't: Time cloak created (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 11:56 AM PST

In this 2011 illustration, provided by Cornell University, scientists demonstrate how they have have created, a new invisibility technique that doesn’t just cloak an object — like in Harry Potter books and movies — but masks an entire event. It is a time masker that works by briefly bending the speed of light around an event. Cornell scientists explain what they are talking about in this 2011 illustration that shows that if this technique is ever scaled up an art thief can walk into a museum and steal a painting without setting of laser beam alarms or even showing up on surveillance cameras or your eyes. (AP Photo/Heather Deal, Cornell University)AP - It's one thing to make an object invisible, like Harry Potter's mythical cloak. But scientists have made an entire event impossible to see. They have invented a time masker.

APNewsBreak: Lower cutoff for lead poisoning urged (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:25 PM PST

AP - A federal panel is recommending lowering the threshold for lead poisoning in children.

Torre quits MLB to pursue Dodgers ownership (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 11:53 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2011 file photo, Joe Torre, Major League Baseball's executive vice president for baseball operations, gestures during a news conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. Torre has resigned as Major League Baseball's executive vice president for baseball operations to join a group trying to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)AP - Joe Torre resigned Wednesday as Major League Baseball's executive vice president for baseball operations to join a group trying to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Yahoo names PayPal's Thompson as CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:21 PM PST

PayPal President Scott Thompson poses in this undated handout released to Reuters January 4, 2012. Yahoo Inc said on January 4, 2012 it has appointed Thompson as its chief executive, effective from Jan. 9, replacing interim CEO Tim Morse who will resume his role as chief financial officer. Thompson, who was previously president of PayPal, a unit of eBay Inc, will also join Yahoo's board. REUTERS/PayPal/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS HEADSHOT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSReuters - Yahoo named PayPal President Scott Thompson as its chief executive on Wednesday, hoping the well-regarded Internet technology and e-commerce expert will replicate his success at eBay Inc and turn around the struggling company.

Exclusive: EU agrees to embargo on Iranian crude (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 11:37 AM PST

The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis transits the Straits of Hormuz in this U.S. Navy handout photo dated November 12, 2011. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Abbate/HandoutReuters - European governments have agreed in principle to ban imports of Iranian oil, EU diplomats said on Wednesday, dealing a blow to Tehran that crowns new Western sanctions months before an Iranian election.

Bachmann off, Perry on the Republican rollercoaster (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 10:50 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R) stands with his wife Karen Garver Santorum (C) and daughter Elizabeth as he reacts to Iowa Caucus voting results at a caucus rally in Johnston, Iowa, January 3, 2012. REUTERS/John GressReuters - The rough-and-tumble Republican race for the White House became even more entangled on Wednesday when Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann quit and Texas Governor Rick Perry decided to stay in after all.

Syrian activists say government armor still in cities (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:12 PM PST

Pro-government Syrian police faces protesters during demonstrations against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Douma December 30, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Opposition activists said on Wednesday armored vehicles were still in the streets of Syrian cities ready to act against protesters, contradicting statements by Arab League peace monitors that troops had withdrawn.

Obama defies Republicans with consumer agency pick (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:21 PM PST

President Barack Obama (L) announces that Richard Cordray is his choice to serve as the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 18, 2011. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama plans to bypass Congress and install Richard Cordray as head of the country's new consumer financial watchdog, escalating an election-year fight with Republicans who questioned the legality of the move.

Wall Street ends near flat in low volume (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:07 PM PST

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange January 4, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)Reuters - Stocks ended nearly flat in a low-volume session on Wednesday, but some investors were encouraged to see equities avoid a selloff amid lingering euro zone debt problems.

Michele Bachmann ends campaign (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 10:13 AM PST

A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann places signs in support of Bachmann outside the 2012 Iowa Caucus site at Walnut Hills Elementary school in Urbandale, Iowa, January 3, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha SaisReuters - Representative Michele Bachmann ended her campaign to become the 2012 Republican presidential nominee on Wednesday and called on supporters to rally behind the party's eventual choice.

Analysis: Doubts over Syria rebel army after escalation threat (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 10:57 AM PST

Reuters - Threats by Syrian armed insurgents to step up attacks on security forces, just days after their leader announced a truce that was largely ignored, have reinforced doubts over the control top officers exert over rebel fighters on the ground.

Iowa caucus results: Deadlock looks unlikely to provide clarity (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:43 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - With 92 percent of the votes tallied from the Iowa Republican caucuses, two candidates from different wings of the party were locked in a near-tie â€" moderate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and conservative former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania each had 24.7 percent. Only 13 votes separated the two.

Ron Paul: Can Kelly Clarkson and Chuck Norris help Paul win in Iowa? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As Iowans will soon start casting ballots tonight, we figured we’d turn our attention to Republican candidates … and the B-list celebrities who love them.
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