Thursday, January 19, 2012

Perry says he's dropping out of presidential race (AP)

Perry says he's dropping out of presidential race (AP)

Perry says he's dropping out of presidential race (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 10:54 AM PST

Anita Perry, wife of Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry listens at left, during a news conference in North Charleston, S.C., Thursday,Jan. 19, 2012, where Perry announced he was suspending his campaign and endorsing Newt Gingrich. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination and endorsed Newt Gingrich, adding a fresh layer of unpredictability to the campaign two days before the South Carolina primary.

Ex-wife says Gingrich wanted 'open marriage' (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:37 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 1997 photo, House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia and his wife Marianne leave their home for Capitol Hill. Dredging up a past that Newt Gingrich has worked hard to bury, the GOP presidential candidate's ex-wife says Gingrich asked for an 'open marriage' in which he could have both a wife and a mistress. In an interview with ABC News' 'Nightline' scheduled to air Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, Marianne Gingrich said she refused to go along with the proposal that she share her husband with Callista Bisek, who would later become his third wife. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson)AP - Dredging up a past that Newt Gingrich has worked hard to bury, the GOP presidential candidate's second ex-wife says Gingrich asked for an "open marriage" in which he could have both a wife and a mistress.

Seafarers outraged that captain jumped ship (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 11:59 AM PST

In this photo taken on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, and made available Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, Francesco Schettino, right, the captain of the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia, which ran aground Friday off the tiny Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio, is taken into custody by Carabinieri in Porto Santo Stefano, Italy. Schettino, released on Tuesday, and currently under house arrest in his hometown of Meta di Sorrento, southern Italy, is being investigated for possible manslaughter charges and abandoning the ship. (AP Photo/Giacomo Aprili)AP - Seafaring tradition holds that the captain should be last to leave a sinking ship. But is it realistic to expect skippers to suppress their survival instinct amid the horror of a maritime disaster? To ask them to stare down death from the bridge, as the lights go out and the water rises, until everyone else has made it to safety?

Arab League considers extension of Syria mission (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 11:11 AM PST

In this Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 photo, anti-Syrian regime protesters chant slogans and flash the victory sign as they march during a demonstration at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border. As diplomats debated, opposition activists said Syrian troops shelled the mountain resort town of Zabadani, which has come under the control of army defectors. Syria's powerful ally Russia said Wednesday it would block any attempt by the West to secure U.N. support for the use of force against the regime in Damascus, which is under intense international pressure to end its deadly crackdown on dissent. (AP Photo)AP - Syrian government tanks and armored vehicles have pulled back from an embattled mountain town near Damascus, activists and witnesses said Thursday, but at least 16 people were killed by security forces elsewhere as a monthlong Arab League fact-finding mission expired.

Santorum edges Romney in belated Iowa GOP count (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 11:10 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, carries 7-month-old Leah Locklear as he campaigns in Irmo, S.C., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - In a surprise flip, Rick Santorum edged front-runner Mitt Romney by 34 votes in the final tally of the Iowa caucuses, Republican officials said Thursday. But no winner was declared because some votes remain uncertified two weeks after the event's closest contest ever.

APNewsBreak: Feds shut down file-sharing website (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:17 PM PST

This undated image obtained by The Associated Press shows the homepage of the website Megaupload.com. Federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, and charged its founder and others with violating piracy laws. (AP Photo)AP - One of the world's largest file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, and its founder and several company executives were charged with violating piracy laws, federal prosecutors said.

CDC: Many teen moms didn't think it could happen (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:40 PM PST

AP - A new government study suggests a lot of teenage girls are clueless about their chances of getting pregnant.

Murdoch to pay Jude Law, 36 others for hacking (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:27 PM PST

FILE - A Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 photo from files showing actor Jude Law as he poses for photographers at the European Premiere of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, at a central London cinema. Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company on Thursday agreed to pay damages to 36 high-profile victims of tabloid phone-hacking, including actor Jude Law, soccer player Ashley Cole and former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. In the 15 settlements whose financial terms were made public, amounts generally ran into the tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) — although Law received 130,000 pounds (about $200,000/156,000 euro) to settle claims against the now-shuttered News of the World tabloid and its sister paper, The Sun. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - Rupert Murdoch's media empire apologized and agreed to cash payouts Thursday to 37 people — including a movie star, a soccer player, a top British politician and the son of a serial killer — who were harassed and phone-hacked by his tabloid press.

Roddick down and out Down Under at Australian Open (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:25 PM PST

Andy Roddick of the US slips over against Australia's Lleyton Hewitt during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - Andy Roddick lunged for a shot by Lleyton Hewitt and felt a sharp pain in his right leg. He stayed down on his hands and one knee for a few seconds, wondering if his Australian Open was finished.

South Carolina debate critical for Romney as Gingrich looms (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:18 PM PST

Mitt Romney visits his campaign headquarters in Charleston, South Carolina, January 19, 2012. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - Republican presidential candidates meet again on Thursday for perhaps the most crucial debate yet in the 2012 campaign, with front-runner Mitt Romney beginning to look shaky and likely to face fire from nearest challenger Newt Gingrich.

Perry ends presidential run, backs Gingrich (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 09:22 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate and Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks during the Personhood USA presidential forum in Greenville, South Carolina January 18, 2012. REUTERS/Chris KeaneReuters - Texas Governor Rick Perry dropped out of the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on Thursday after a series of gaffes and controversies undercut the campaign of the one-time frontrunner. He endorsed former rival Newt Gingrich.

Momentum to drain from world economy in 2012: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 09:29 AM PST

Reuters - The world economy will lose momentum in 2012 but it will keep moving in the right direction, according to Reuters polls of around 600 economists who said crisis-hit Europe would drag on global growth.

Apple jumps into digital textbooks fray (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:14 PM PST

Reuters - Apple Inc took a big jump into the digital textbooks market with the launch of its iBooks 2 software on Thursday, aiming to revitalize the U.S. education market and quicken the adoption of its market-leading iPad in that sector.

Investors look for tech to rise as behemoth earnings loom (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:50 PM PST

Reuters - As four big tech bellwethers ready their earnings reports after the bell on Thursday, the big question is whether their results will further fuel a solid rally in the tech sector.

Economy improves but obstacles remain (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:16 PM PST

Reuters - The number of Americans filing for new jobless benefits dropped to a near four-year low last week and factory activity in the mid-Atlantic expanded moderately, suggesting the economy carried some momentum into the new year.

Photography pioneer Kodak files for bankruptcy (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 09:17 AM PST

Reuters - Eastman Kodak Co, the photography icon that invented the hand-held camera, has filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to shrink significantly after a prolonged plunge for one of America's best-known companies.

Santorum won January 3 Iowa presidential caucuses (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 06:57 AM PST

Reuters - Former Senator Rick Santorum won the January 3 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses by a razor-thin margin of 34 votes, according to certified results released on Thursday by the Iowa Republican Party.

SOPA and PIPA bills: old answers to 21st-century problems, critics say (+video) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:00 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In the face of an Internet rebellion, both senators and members of the House of Representatives are backing away from two anti-piracy bills now making their way through Congress. 

USS Cole bombing: Judge allows prosecution to use 'sanitized' evidence (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:39 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A military judge at Guantanamo Wednesday cleared the way for the government to prosecute the accused mastermind of the USS Cole bombing based on "sanitized" summaries of classified evidence rather than risk the disclosure of sensitive intelligence sources and methods.
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