Friday, January 6, 2012

Nation adds 200,000 jobs in December hiring surge (AP)

Nation adds 200,000 jobs in December hiring surge (AP)

Nation adds 200,000 jobs in December hiring surge (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:15 PM PST

A construction worker guides a rafter into position at a construction site, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, in Dayton, Ohio. A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)AP - Four painful years after the Great Recession struck and wiped out 8.7 million jobs, the United States may finally be in an elusive pattern known as the virtuous cycle — an escalating loop of robust job growth, healthier spending and higher demand.

Romney raps Obama in SC; GOP rivals pile on in NH (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:27 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at a campaign town hall in Northfield, N.H. Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Looking beyond an expected win in New Hampshire, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney reached out to South Carolina voters Friday with a two-track argument that President Barack Obama has mishandled the economy and devised an "inexcusable, unthinkable" plan to shrink the U.S. military. His GOP rivals kept up an anti-Romney drumbeat in New Hampshire, hoping to chip away at his support and slow his momentum.

Bombing in Syrian capital of Damascus kills 25 (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:27 PM PST

Syrian investigators, inspect next to damaged police cars at the scene bomb at Midan neighborhood, in Damascus, Syria, on Friday Jan. 6, 2012. An explosion ripped through a busy intersection in the Syrian capital Friday, hitting a police bus and killing at least 11 people and possibly many more in an attack that left pools of blood in the streets and marked the second deadly attack in the capital in as many weeks, Syrian authorities said. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)AP - A bomb exploded Friday at a busy Damascus intersection, killing 25 people and wounding dozens in the second major attack in the Syrian capital in as many weeks, officials said, vowing to respond to further security threats with an "iron fist."

US redefines rape; adds men, others as victims (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:22 PM PST

AP - The Obama administration on Friday expanded the FBI's more than eight-decade-old definition of rape to count men as victims for the first time and to drop the requirement that victims must have physically resisted their attackers.

US Navy rescues Iranian fishing boat from pirates (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:55 AM PST

In this Jan. 5, 2012 handout photo released by the US Navy, A U.S. Navy SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter provides support to a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team in a 7-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100). The VBSS team boarded the Iranian-flagged fishing dhow Al Molai after the dhow's master claimed he was being held captive by pirates. Kidd's VBSS team detained 15 suspected pirates who were reportedly holding a 13-member Iranian crew hostage for the last two months. Kidd is conducting counter-piracy and maritime security operations while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. military officials say the Navy has rescued an Iranian fishing boat that had been commandeered by suspected Somali pirates. The rescue Thursday comes amid escalating threats from Iran that it could block the Strait of Hormuz in response to stronger economic sanctions against Tehran over its disputed nuclear enrichment program.(AP Photo/ U.S. Navy)AP - A U.S. Navy destroyer has rescued an Iranian fishing boat that had been commandeered by suspected pirates just days after Tehran warned the U.S. to keep its warships out of the Persian Gulf.

Texas teen deported to Colombia headed back to US (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:07 AM PST

This undated file photo provided by WFAA-TV News shows Jakadrien Lorece Turner, a Texas teen who ran away more than a year ago, her family said. Immigration officials say they're investigating the circumstances under which Turner was deported to Colombia after providing a false identity. She was located in Bogota by Dallas police, with help from Colombian and U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Courtesy of WFAA-TV)AP - A 15-year-old Texas girl who was deported in May to South America after claiming to be an illegal immigrant was headed back to the United States on Friday, Colombian and U.S. officials said.

Joran van der Sloot hints he'll plead guilty (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:57 PM PST

Joran Van der Sloot looks over his shoulder as he leaves the courtroom after his murder trial was postponed at the San Jorge prison in Lima, Peru, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot asked for more time Friday to decide how to plead in his trial for the 2010 murder of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman. His case was postponed until Jan. 11. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)AP - Joran van der Sloot appears ready to accept responsibility for the killing of a Peruvian woman five years to the day after the disappearance in Aruba of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway, for which he remains the prime suspect.

NASA questions Apollo 13 commander's sale of list (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 06:26 AM PST

CORRECTS THAT PHOTO IS A FILE PHOTO -- FILE- A Nov. 23, 2011 file photo released by Heritage Auctions shows a a key page from the Apollo 13 Lunar Module Checklist with handwriting by Commander James Lovell. The list shows calculations made by Commander James Lovell that helped him and his crew navigate the damaged aircraft back to earth. NASA is questioning whether Lovell has the right to sell a 70-page checklist from the flight that included his handwritten calculations. The document was sold at auction in November for $388.000. The sale has been suspended pending the outcome of the inquiry. (AP Photo/Heritage Auctions,File)AP - NASA is questioning whether Apollo 13 commander James Lovell has the right to sell a 70-page checklist from the flight that includes his handwritten calculations that were crucial in guiding the damaged spacecraft back to Earth.

Pastor opens tattoo parlor inside Michigan church (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:00 PM PST

AP - A Michigan pastor has opened a tattoo parlor inside his church.

Patriots' O'Brien, Penn State finalizing contract (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:57 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2011, file photo, New England Patriots offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Bill O'Brien talks with quarterback Tom Brady (12) during NFL football practice in Foxborough, Mass. O'Brien's agent said he was interviewing Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, for the vacant Penn State head-coaching position. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)AP - New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien has agreed to become Penn State's first new head football coach in nearly a half-century.

Job growth quickens; unemployment near 3-year low (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:27 AM PST

Reuters - Employment growth accelerated last month and the jobless rate dropped to a near three-year low of 8.5 percent, the strongest evidence yet the economic recovery is gaining steam.

Iran plans more war games in strait as sanctions bite (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:42 PM PST

The guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) responds to a distress call from the master of the Iranian-flagged fishing dhow Al Molai, who claimed he was being held captive by pirates in the Arabian Sea, in this handout photo taken January 5, 2012. Kidd's visit, board, search and seizure team detained 15 suspected pirates, who were holding a 13-member Iranian crew hostage for the last two months, according to the members of the crew. Kidd is conducting counter-piracy and maritime security operations while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. REUTERS/U.S. Navy photo/Handout (ARABIAN SEA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSReuters - Iran announced plans on Friday for new military exercises in the world's most important oil shipping lane, the latest in weeks of bellicose gestures towards the West as new sanctions threaten Tehran's oil exports.

Exclusive: West readies oil plan in case of Iran crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:36 PM PST

Reuters - Western powers this week readied a contingency plan to tap a record volume from emergency stockpiles to replace nearly all the Gulf oil that would be lost if Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz, industry sources and diplomats told Reuters.

Soros says EU break-up would be catastrophic: report (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:51 AM PST

Chairman of Soros foundation George Soros attends the Avoided Deforestation Partners organization conference on a sidelines of the UN climate talks in Cancun December 8, 2010. REUTERS/Jorge SilvaReuters - A collapse of the euro and break-up of the European Union would have catastrophic consequences for the global financial system, billionaire investor George Soros was quoted as saying.

Woodford to sue Olympus over firing, drops CEO bid (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 04:17 AM PST

Former Olympus CEO Michael Woodford holds a briefing for reporters ahead of a news conference in Tokyo January 6, 2012. REUTERS/Issei KatoReuters - The ousted British CEO of disgraced Olympus Corp, who blew the whistle on a $1.7 billion accounting fraud, dropped his bid to return to lead the medical device maker, blaming cozy ties between its management and big Japanese shareholders and saying the saga had taken its toll on his family.

CME faces regulatory probe on MF Global: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:58 AM PST

Reuters - The futures regulator has been investigating whether the CME Group did enough to safeguard customer money before the collapse of MF Global last year, sources said on Friday.

Suicide bomb kills 26 in Syria: interior minister (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:02 AM PST

Demonstrators protesting against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad wait for the arrival of Arab League observers in Deir Balaba near Homs January 1, 2012. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - A suicide bomber killed 26 people and wounded 63 in Damascus on Friday, Syria's interior minister said, vowing an "iron fist" response to the carnage in the heart of the Syrian capital after similar attacks two weeks ago.

ECB policymaker wants banks off Greece bailout hook (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:40 AM PST

European Central Bank governing council member and Cyprus Central Bank Governor Athanasios Orphanides addresses parliament in Nicosia, November 27, 2009. REUTERS/Andreas ManolisReuters - European Central Bank policymaker Athanasios Orphanides called for euro zone leaders to abandon plans to make private sector investors help reduce Greece's debts, but his push showed no sign of gaining any traction in Europe's capitals on Friday.

Under new defense strategy, what is biggest threat facing US now? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:42 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - So just what kind of wars will the United States be fighting in the years to come? And whom does the Pentagon now see as the greatest threats to America?

Indiana braces for Wisconsin-style showdown over union bill - again (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 03:24 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Democrats in Indiana are replaying a scene from last year by refusing to allow the state’s House to come to session and vote on a controversial bill that they say will weaken unions.
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