Sunday, January 22, 2012

Rep. Giffords to resign from Congress this week (AP)

Rep. Giffords to resign from Congress this week (AP)

Rep. Giffords to resign from Congress this week (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:34 PM PST

FILE - This Jan. 8, 2012 file photo shows Rep. Gabrielle Giffords waving at the start of a memorial vigil remembering the victims and survivors one year after the Arizona congresswoman was wounded in a shooting that killed six in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords announced, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 she will resign from Congress this week. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file)AP - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona announced Sunday she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on recovering from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt a little more than a year ago that shook the country.

Amid scandal, revered PSU coach Joe Paterno dies (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 01:02 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2011 file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno stands on the field before his team's NCAA college football game against Northwestern, in Evanston, Ill. Paterno, a sainted figure at Penn State for almost half a century but scarred forever by the child sex abuse scandal that brought his career to a stunning end, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at age 85. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching, File)AP - Happy Valley was perfect for Joe Paterno, a place where "JoePa" knew best, where he not only won more football games than any other major college coach, but won them the right way: with integrity and sportsmanship. A place where character came first, championships second.

Extraordinary Gingrich comeback also vindication (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:26 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich prepares to walk off stage with his granddaughter Maggie Cushman, after Gingrich spoke during a South Carolina Republican presidential primary night rally, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Columbia, S.C. Gingrich won the South Carolina primary. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - To say Newt Gingrich capped an extraordinary comeback with a South Carolina victory doesn't quite capture what happened.

Key dates in the Penn State child sex abuse case (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:26 PM PST

AP - A chronological look at the case against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, based on grand jury reports. Some key dates in Penn State football and since the scandal broke are included.

Yemeni president departs for Oman en route to US (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:09 AM PST

Protestors react after receiving the news of the departure of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh from Sanaa to Oman in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 22, 2012. A spokesman for Yemen's embattled president says Ali Abdullah Saleh has left the country for the Persian Gulf country of Oman. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)AP - Yemen's president left his battered nation on Sunday, his spokesman said, after delivering a farewell speech in which he asked for forgiveness and said it was time to hand over power.

AP IMPACT: Health overhaul lags in states (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:52 PM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, Dan and Vicki McCuistion, of Driftwood, Texas, pose for a photo together in Austin, Texas. The McCuistions have been uninsured throughout their 17 years of marriage. An analysis by The Associated Press shows that states, which were supposed to be partners in carrying out President Barack Obama's health overhaul, the biggest health safety net expansion since Medicare and Medicaid, are moving in fits and starts. “It’s not that we want something for free, but we want something we can afford,” said Vicki, who works two part-time jobs. With the nation’s highest uninsured rate, her state, Texas, has made little progress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - Here's a reality check for President Barack Obama's health overhaul: Three out of four uninsured Americans live in states that have yet to figure out how to deliver on its promise of affordable medical care.

Arab League extends Syria mission 1 more month (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:40 AM PST

Syrian army defectors gather at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. President Bashar Assad's forces attacked Zabadani, some 17 miles (27 kilometers) west of the capital, for six days, sparking fierce fighting that involved heavy bombardments and clashes with army defectors. On Wednesday, government tanks and armored vehicles pulled back, leaving the opposition in control of the town. Buoyed by the opposition's control of a town near the Syrian capital, thousands of people held anti-government protests Friday, chanting for the downfall of the regime. At least eight people were killed by security forces across the country, activists said. (AP Photo)AP - A clash between Syrian forces and army defectors erupted Sunday in a suburb of the tightly held capital of Damascus, adding urgency just as the Arab League was extending an observers' mission that so far has failed to end long months of bloody violence.

Italian islanders ache for cruise victims (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:33 AM PST

A fisherman adjusts a net as the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia is seen in background, off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. Rescuers on Sunday resumed searching the above-water section of the capsized Costa Concordia cruise liner, but choppy seas kept divers from exploring the submerged part, where officials have said there could be bodies. Civil protection officials said that until the waves slack off, divers would not swim into the submerged part of the vessel just off the port of Giglio, a tiny Island off the Tuscan coast. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Natives of the tiny Italian island of Giglio renowned for its beauty as far back as ancient Roman times hail from hardy stock whose distant ancestors survived ruthless raids by pirates and where even today many eke out a living from crystal-clear but often perilous seas.

Black leaders to SC gov: You're a minority, too (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:33 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2011 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks in Charleston, S.C. Civil rights leaders in South Carolina are taking a new tactic to fight the governor's support of law requiring voters to show identification at the poll. 'Your governor, a woman of color, could not vote before ’65,” Rev. Jesse Jackson recently said to a crowd at a historically black college, referencing the 1965 Civil Rights Act. 'She got the right to vote with the rest of us.' (AP Photo/Alice Keeney, File)AP - Civil rights leaders bothered by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's stance on issues like requiring voters to show their IDs at the polls are reminding the governor that she is a minority, too.

Death toll in Nigeria attack rises, stuns leader (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:41 AM PST

A group of Nigerian police stand near the site of the police headquarters bombed by a suicide bomber in Kano, Nigeria, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. More than 150 people were killed in a series of coordinated attacks by a radical Islamist sect in north Nigeria's largest city, according to an internal Red Cross document seen Sunday by an Associated Press reporter. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - People in this north Nigeria city once wore surgical masks to block the dust swirling through its sprawling neighborhoods, but swarming children hawked the masks for pennies apiece Sunday to block the stench of death at a hospital overflowing with the dead following a coordinated attack by a radical Islamist sect.

Gabrielle Giffords resigning to focus on recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:46 AM PST

Reuters - Representative Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head in a shooting spree in Tucson a year ago, said Sunday she will step down this week from the U.S. Congress to focus on her recovery,

Former Penn State coach Paterno dies (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:46 AM PST

Reuters - Legendary former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, fired in November after 46 years as head coach in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal involving an assistant, died on Sunday, his family said in a statement.

Stung by defeat, Romney ready to right tax "mistake" (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:19 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a campaign stop at Whiteford's Restaurant in Laurens, South Carolina January 21, 2012. Gingrich won the Republican U.S. presidential primary in South Carolina on Saturday, with Mitt Romney behind in second, television networks projected. REUTERS/Eric ThayerReuters - Humbled by a stunning loss in South Carolina, Mitt Romney said on Sunday he would release this week the tax returns demanded by rivals in his bid to regain the upperhand in the volatile Republican presidential race.

Apple 2012: Smooth sailing, for the most part (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:07 AM PST

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. A statuette of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is displayed next to Apple iPhone 4S packaging at a shop window in Payetakht (Capital) computer centre in northern Tehran January 19, 2012. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS)Reuters - Apple Inc coasts into 2012 with a strong wind in its sails, a clutch of envelope-pushing products in its hold, a record share price, and a steady hand at the tiller.

Islamist insurgents kill over 178 in Nigeria's Kano (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:37 AM PST

Reuters - Gun and bomb attacks by Islamist insurgents in the northern Nigerian city of Kano last week killed at least 178 people, a hospital doctor said on Sunday, underscoring the challenge President Goodluck Jonathan faces to prevent his country sliding further into chaos.

Yemen's Saleh leaves for U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:30 PM PST

Anti-government protesters shout slogans as they react to the departure of Yemen's outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh from the country, in Sanaa January 22, 2012. Saleh left for Oman on Sunday evening on his way to the United States for medical treatment, Yemeni officials said. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Outgoing president Ali Abdullah Saleh apologized for "any shortcoming" in his 33-year rule before leaving Yemen for the United States on Sunday, paving the way for a transfer of power after a year of unrest.

Bernanke near inflation target prize, but jobs a concern (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:36 AM PST

Reuters - The Federal Reserve could take the historic step this week of announcing an explicit target for inflation, a move that would fulfill a multi-year quest of the central bank's chairman, Ben Bernanke.

Analysis: Iran's softer Gulf words don't mean nuclear shift (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:31 AM PST

Reuters - Iran has stepped back from a threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, but while its softened rhetoric appears to be aimed at de-escalating military tensions, it does not indicate any change of stance on its nuclear program.

Newt Gingrich wins South Carolina. Can he do the same in Florida? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 07:08 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In a remarkable turn-around from his lackluster performance in the first two presidential nominating contests, Newt Gingrich won a very clear victory in South Carolina Saturday evening.

If feds can bust Megaupload, why bother with anti-piracy bills? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 11:27 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - It was almost as if the thrums of digital artillery could be felt across millions of keyboards.
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