Monday, January 16, 2012

Officials: 29 people missing from Italian ship (AP)

Officials: 29 people missing from Italian ship (AP)

Officials: 29 people missing from Italian ship (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:41 PM PST

AP - Italian coast guard officials say the number of people missing from the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner has risen to 29.

SC rally marks MLK day with voting rights message (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:19 PM PST

Hundreds of people take part in a march and rally at the Statehouse, Monday Jan. 16, 2012 in Columbia, S.C. Hundreds of people rallied Monday outside the South Carolina capitol to honor the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and protest the state's voter identification law. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - Thousands commemorating the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday outside South Carolina's capitol heard a message that wouldn't have been out of place during the halcyon days of the civil rights movement a half-century ago: the need to protect all citizens' right to vote.

GOP maps strategy in wake of payroll tax debacle (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:09 AM PST

AP - When last seen in Washington, House Republicans were furious with their own leader, Speaker John Boehner, and angry with their Senate Republican brethren over how the showdown over the Social Security tax cut turned into a year-end political debacle.

Huntsman departure a marginal help to Romney in SC (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:43 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, accompanied by his wife Mary Kaye Huntsman, announces he is ending his campaign, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Republican Jon Huntsman's endorsement of Mitt Romney further cements Romney as the favorite in Saturday's pivotal South Carolina primary, adding another name to the list of party figures calling him best able to beat Democratic President Bararck Obama.

Nigeria fuel strike ends with soldiers in streets (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:56 AM PST

Protesters run away from tear gas fired by police officers during a demonstration against spiraling fuel prices in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. For the first time since protests erupted over spiraling fuel prices, soldiers barricaded key roads Monday in Nigeria's two biggest cities as the president offered a concession to stem demonstrations that he said were being stoked by provocateurs seeking anarchy. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - Labor unions ended a crippling nationwide strike Monday in Nigeria after the country's president partially restored subsidies that keep gasoline prices low, though it took soldiers deployed in the streets to stop demonstrations in Africa's most populous nation.

Hose laid for fuel transfer at iced-in Alaska town (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:51 PM PST

RECROPPED VERSION OF NY115 - In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard the Coast Guard Ice Breaker Healy guides the Russian tanker Renda closer to the fuel transfer mooring point Saturday Jan. 14, 2012. Russian tanker carrying much-needed fuel to Nome moored less than a half mile from the town's iced-in harbor Saturday evening, starting final preparations for delivering the diesel fuel and gasoline, the Coast Guard said. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen)AP - Crews have laid a hose along a half mile stretch of Bering Sea ice and were hoping Monday to soon begin transferring 1.3 million gallons of fuel from a Russian fuel tanker to the iced-in western Alaska city of Nome.

Pakistani court clashes with weakened government (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:02 AM PST

In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 photo, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani pauses during an interview with the Associated Press at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan. A political crisis gripping Pakistan could take a decisive turn Monday when its embattled government appears before the Supreme Court, which is ordering it to reopen a stalled graft probe against the president or face dismissal. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - The political crisis engulfing Pakistan deepened Monday when the nation's top court clashed with a beleaguered government already under attack from the powerful army — a combined assault that could bring down the U.S.-backed administration.

Suspect of killings returned from Iraq changed (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:48 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 - Just months after he was deployed to Iraq in 2008, a Marine veteran now suspected in the deaths of four homeless men in Southern California sent his family a short, upbeat video greeting.

Weird gadgets at CES: Motorized unicycle, anyone? (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 07:58 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, an exhibitor demonstrates a Solowheel at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The one-wheeled device, which has no frame or saddle, uses footboards that fold out from the wheel and a gyroscope that helps keep the rider upright. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)AP - A motorized, seat-less unicycle, a video game you control with your eyes, and a mind-reading headset that serves as a game controller were among the more bizarre gadgets being shown off at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show.

Anderson scores career-best 30, Magic beat Knicks (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:17 PM PST

New York Knicks' Iman Shumpert, right, loses control of the ball while being crowded by teammate Landry Fields, center, and Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard during the first half of an NBA basketball game in New York, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Ryan Anderson scored a career-high 30 points, extending his NBA lead with seven 3-pointers, and the Orlando Magic beat the New York Knicks 102-93 on Monday to complete a perfect four-game road trip.

Huntsman ends campaign, endorses Romney (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:32 AM PST

Jon Huntsman departs the Huckabee Forum 2, a televised event, in Charleston, South Carolina, January 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman suspended his bid for the Republican nomination on Monday, endorsing rival Mitt Romney and calling on his party to end "an onslaught of negative and personal attacks."

Stricken Italian liner shifts, rescuers despair (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:16 AM PST

An Italian Coast guard diver inspects inside the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off the west coast of Italy, at Giglio island January 16, 2012. REUTERS/Guardia Costiera/HandoutReuters - A stricken Italian cruise liner shifted on its rocky resting place on Monday as worsening weather disrupted an increasingly despairing hunt for any survivors among some 16 people still missing.

Germany rejects rescue fund boost, Greece under pressure (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:38 AM PST

Reuters - Germany, the only major euro zone member to retain a top-notch credit rating, refused on Monday to consider boosting the bloc's rescue fund, while Greece was under pressure to urgently break a deadlock in debt swap talks if it is to avoid an unruly default.

Protesters ready igloos to Occupy Davos (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 07:54 AM PST

A member of the Occupy WEF movement uses a shovel to extend the entrance of the first igloo at their camp site in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 16, 2012. The Occupy WEF members will stay in a camp of several igloos to protest during the World Economic Forum (WEF) which takes place from January 25 to 29. REUTERS/Arnd WiegmannReuters - Occupy protesters with their sights set on the World Economic Forum, the annual gathering next week of the rich and powerful in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, unveiled their igloo accommodation on Monday.

Nigeria unions suspend strike after fuel price cut (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:23 AM PST

Members of the Niger Delta People Volunteers Force march in support of Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on fuel subsidies removal in the oil hub city of Port Hacourt, January 13, 2012. REUTERS/Austine EkeindeReuters - Nigerian trade unions called off strikes and protests on Monday, ending a major confrontation over fuel prices after President Goodluck Jonathan said he would cut them by one third.

Greek default fears grow as talks stall (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:56 AM PST

Reuters - Greece's private sector creditors warned on Monday that the Athens government must urgently break a deadlock in debt swap talks triggered by "unreasonable" demands from international lenders if is to avoid a disorderly default.

Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered across the nation (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 12:24 PM PST

Reuters - Americans honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a traditional day of service as well as a new wave of economic injustice protests by Occupy Wall Street.

Cruise ship victims can't use U.S. courts: experts (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 12:54 PM PST

Reuters - Victims of the Italian cruise ship disaster who might seek to sue in the United States, where damages lawsuits are a virtual industry, may be barred from doing so.

'Occupy Congress' attempts to get lawmakers' attention (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:54 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Tuesday marks the debut of Occupy 2.0. Gathering on the steps of the nation’s Capitol building in Washington Tuesday morning, Occupyers from around the United States plan to mark the day dubbed “Occupy Congress.” 

Departing Jon Huntsman decries 'toxic' GOP campaign (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:30 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Jon Huntsman made it official Monday â€" dropping out of the presidential race and endorsing Mitt Romney. In essence, the political world has reacted with a collective shrug.
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