Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Italian captain being placed under house arrest (AP)

Italian captain being placed under house arrest (AP)

Italian captain being placed under house arrest (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:16 PM PST

A scuba diver recovers a body from the cruise ship Costa Concordia, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Italian media say five bodies have been found aboard a cruise ship capsized off the coast of Tuscany, raising the official death toll to 11. Teams have been searching the ship for passengers and crew missing since the Costa Concordia struck rocks Friday evening and capsized. Rescuers exploded four holes in the hull of the ship earlier Tuesday to gain easier access to areas that had not yet been searched. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - An Italian coast guard official vehemently demanded that the captain go back to his crippled cruise ship to oversee its evacuation, but the captain repeatedly resisted, according to a shocking audiotape made public Tuesday.

Romney says he pays about 15 percent in income tax (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:16 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at the Florence Civic Center in Florence, S.C., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - After weeks of stalling, Mitt Romney did an about-face on Tuesday and said he will release his tax returns in April and that they will show he pays close to 15 percent of his income in taxes.

Romney goes after Santorum on felons voting (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:16 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at the Florence Civic Center in Florence, S.C., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Seeking to protect his standing here, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney on Tuesday assailed challenger Rick Santorum's record on voting rights for felons, an issue that resonates strongly with conservatives. Santorum accused the former Massachusetts governor of promoting lies about him as the two intensified their dispute from the previous night's GOP debate.

Groups filing signatures to recall Wis. gov. (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:22 PM PST

In a Dec. 14, 2011 photo recall advocate Matthew Mita collects a signature from Kurt Engelen, 30, of Madison as an effort to force recall elections against Governor Scott Walker, Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and several other state legislators. Republicans have decried the recalls as a frivolous power grab that the state can't afford. Democrats maintain Wisconsin can't take Walker for another three years. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)AP - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he expects voters to stand by him in any recall election and will campaign on his record.

AP Exclusive: Border Patrol to toughen policy (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:16 PM PST

A Border Patrol agent works in front of a color-coded chart at a detention center Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, in Imperial Beach, Calif. The Border Patrol is moving to end its revolving-door policy of turning migrants around to Mexico without any punishment in what amounted to an invitation to immediately try their luck again. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)AP - The U.S. Border Patrol is moving to halt a revolving-door policy of sending migrants back to Mexico without any punishment.

More accustomed to rain, Seattle braces for snow (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:07 PM PST

A snow-covered pickup truck exits Interstate 90 where the pass ahead was closed Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, near North Bend, Wash. Snow has been falling steadily in various parts of western Washington since the weekend, but meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Seattle said that the biggest snowfall could come on Wednesday. Forecasts issued Tuesday morning called for about 5 to 10 inches of snow for the Seattle metropolitan area with communities along the Interstate corridor south of Seattle expected to get heavier amounts. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Seattle, a city more accustomed to rain than snow, prepared for a potentially major snow storm to hit Wednesday as the city's mayor urged residents to stay off roads and school officials prepared for the worst.

DA: Homeless killings suspect stalked victims (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:02 PM PST

A relative holds a government military photo of Itzcoatl Ocampo, a former Marine who saw combat in Iraq, in Yorba Linda, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. Ocampo has been named as a suspect in a series of killings of homeless men in Orange County, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - A 23-year-old Iraq War veteran charged with the stabbing deaths of four homeless men in a rampage that terrorized Southern California had selected additional victims, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:20 PM PST

This handout photo provided by Darryl Pitt of the Macovich Collection shows an external view of a Martian meteorite recovered in December 2011 near Foumzgit, Morocco following a meteorite shower believed to have occurred in July 2011. Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars — meteorite chunks that fell from the red planet over Morocco last summer. Meteorites from Mars are more than 1 million times rarer than gold. And this is only the fifth time experts have chemically confirmed fresh Martian rocks fell to Earth. The last time was in 1962. Scientists believe this meteorite fell last July because there were sightings of it. (AP Photo/Darryl Pitt, Macovich Collection)AP - They came from Mars, not in peace, but in pieces. Scientists are confirming that 15 pounds of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower last July.

Paula Deen teams with Novo Nordisk on diabetes (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:20 PM PST

FILE - In this April 7, 2010 file photo, celebrity chef and Food Network star Paula Deen poses for a portrait in New York. Deen is teaming with drug maker Novo Nordisk to launch a program that aims to help people live with Type 2 diabetes and promote a Novo diabetes drug. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)AP - Celebrity chef and Food Network star Paula Deen is teaming with drug maker Novo Nordisk to launch a program that aims to help people live with Type 2 diabetes and promote a Novo diabetes drug.

Colts fire coach Jim Caldwell after 3 seasons (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:22 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2011, file photo, Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Caldwell walks off the field after the Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the Cots 17-3 in an NFL football game in Indianapolis. The Colts fired Caldwell on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Caldwell just finished his third and worst season as head coach of the Colts, who stumbled to a 2-14 finish without injured quarterback Peyton Manning. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)AP - The Indianapolis Colts' sudden crash has cost coach Jim Caldwell his job.

Romney unscathed from debate attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:07 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney shakes hands with supporters during a campaign stop at the American Legion Post in Sumpter, South Carolina, January 14, 2012. REUTERS/Chris KeaneReuters - Republican presidential hopefuls attacked Mitt Romney's record in business and government on Monday and challenged him to release his tax returns, but the front-runner emerged largely unscathed from a South Carolina debate.

SEC Inspector General Kotz leaving agency (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:27 PM PST

Reuters - David Kotz, the tough internal watchdog at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is leaving the agency at the end of January, the SEC said on Tuesday.

Citigroup profit falls 11 percent, misses Street view (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 09:10 AM PST

People walk by a Citibank branch in New York January 17, 2012. Citigroup Inc fourth-quarter profit fell 11 percent and missed Wall Street estimates as the European debt crisis battered capital markets, hurting trading revenue and discouraging clients from doing deals. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)Reuters - Citigroup Inc's fourth-quarter profit fell 11 percent and missed Wall Street estimates as the European debt crisis battered capital markets, hurting trading revenue and discouraging clients from doing deals.

Kraft to cut 1,600 jobs in split (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 09:59 AM PST

Reuters - Kraft Foods Inc said that splitting into two companies would lead it to cut about 1,600 jobs in North America this year and that its 2011 profit should be slightly higher than it had previously forecast.

Treasury dips into pension funds to avoid debt (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 01:09 PM PST

Reuters - The Treasury on Tuesday started dipping into federal pension funds in order to give the Obama administration more credit to pay government bills.

Accused White House gunman faces attempted assassination count (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 11:35 AM PST

Reuters - An Idaho man was formally indicted on Tuesday for attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama and on other criminal charges after he allegedly opened fire on the White House in November.

Guantanamo commander summoned to testify in court (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 11:54 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2002 file photo, released by the U.S. Department of Defense, detainees wearing orange jump suits sit in a holding area as military police patrol during in-processing at the temporary detention facility Camp X-Ray on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. British spies escaped immediate criminal charges over torture complicity Thursday, but the country's top prosecutor ordered a new investigation into claims that intelligence shared with Moammar Gadhafi's regime led to the torture or rendition of Libyans. Prosecutors have been investigating claims of mistreatment by detainees who were eventually sent to the United States prison in Guantanamo, Cuba. Most of the torture allegations come from terror suspects who were either initially held in Pakistan and Afghanistan, or sent to other countries such as Morocco for interrogation. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Shane T.McCoy, File)Reuters - A U.S. military judge ordered the commander of the Guantanamo detention camp to testify on Tuesday about orders he gave that limit the mail prisoners can receive from their lawyers.

RIM shares jump on report of sale efforts (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 11:48 AM PST

Reuters - Shares of Research In Motion jumped more than 10 percent on Tuesday after a tech blog said the BlackBerry maker was actively seeking to sell itself to South Korean smartphone rival Samsung Electronics.

Is Romney ‘inevitable?’ Here’s how he lines up against Obama (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:06 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - If electability trumps ideology in the Republican nominating contest â€" and in the end it almost always does (Barry Goldwater in 1964 was an exception) â€" then the 2012 presidential race inevitably will boil down to Romney vs. Obama.

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the decline in what younger generations know about him (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:25 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - At the corner of Martin Luther King Blvd. and Crenshaw in Los Angeles, the Michael Brown family is settling into folding camp chairs early for a good view of the annual MLK parade. This is the man that changed their lives forever “by setting the path,” as Mr. Brown puts it, rattling off King’s accomplishments from boycotts to marches to speeches.
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