Monday, January 2, 2012

Romney looks to fend off Santorum, Paul (AP)

Romney looks to fend off Santorum, Paul (AP)

Romney looks to fend off Santorum, Paul (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:55 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum smiles as he waits to speak to local residents during a campaign stop at the Daily Grind coffee shop, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, in Sioux City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Challenging Mitt Romney one day before the lead-off presidential caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Monday implored legions of undecided voters to "not settle for someone as your nominee who might be able to win the election but it might be a pyrrhic victory" that comes at too great a cost.

Arab League: Syrian tanks withdraw, killings go on (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:32 AM PST

This image from amateur video made available by the Ugarit News group on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, purports to show observers talking with protesters in Hama, Syria.(AP Photo/Ugarit News Group via APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL. TV OUTAP - Syrian security forces are still killing anti-government protesters despite the presence of foreign monitors in the country, the head of the Arab League said Monday. But he insisted the observer mission has yielded important concessions from the Damascus regime, such as the withdrawal of heavy weapons from cities.

Man arrested in connection with LA arson spree (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 01:26 PM PST

Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters extinguishes numerous cars on fire in a carport in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. For the fifth night in a row, a spate of arson fires has sent firefighters scrambling to extinguish car fires in the Hollywood, Hollywood Hills, Studio City, and Sherman Oaks neighborhoods of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Fire Department confirms a person of interest has been detained and is being questioned in connection with the arson spree. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Authorities arrested a man Monday in connection with dozens of suspected arson fires that destroyed parked cars, scorched buildings and rattled Los Angeles residents over the New Year's weekend.

Rainier gunman's body might have been found (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 12:30 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Pierce County Sheriff's Dept., Benjamin Colton Barnes, is shown. Officials said Barnes is a person of interest in the fatal shooting of a park ranger at Mount Rainier National Park, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 in Washington State. (AP Photo/Pierce County Sheriff's Dept.)AP - A plane searching the slopes of Mount Rainier National Park for an Iraq War veteran suspected in the slaying of a park ranger found a body believed to be his lying face down in chest-deep snow Monday, authorities said.

Road funds at risk in some states over safety rule (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:57 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2007 file photo, a truck drives on the Highway 40 bridge over I-70 near Midway, Mo. Unless Missouri acts soon, it could lose millions of federal highway dollars as a penalty for not adopting new safety requirements for commercial truckers. Approximately one-third of the states, including Missouri, have indicated they may not meet a Jan. 30 deadline for their drivers’ license offices to require interstate truck drivers to provide proof from a medical professional that they are healthy enough to drive. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson, File)AP - Stuck in a financial pothole, Missouri's highway department has been selling equipment and eliminating employees to scrounge up enough money to repair its roads. Unless it also changes state law, it could lose tens of millions of federal highway dollars as a penalty for not adopting new safety requirements for commercial truck drivers.

Authorities probe fire attacks on 4 NYC sites (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 12:21 PM PST

AP - While members of an Islamic cultural center gathered for a Sunday evening dinner, a Molotov cocktail hurled by an unknown assailant and made from a Starbucks bottle burst and shattered against the center's main entrance. Another was thrown at the sign for the center's school.

Children rescued from icy Utah river back home (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 01:20 PM PST

This photo provided by Chris Willden shows a car in the Logan River in Utah Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, after it was flipped upright by rescuers who saved three children trapped inside. The car had plunged off an embankment into the river and Willden shot out the car's window with a handgun and cut a seat belt to help free the children after the accident. (AP Photo/Chris Willden)AP - Three children trapped in an upturned car after it skidded into a river were released Monday from a hospital, two days after they were saved by several passers-by.

Aretha Franklin is engaged to longtime friend (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 12:17 PM PST

FILE - In this May 17, 2011 file photo, singer Aretha Franklin appears at a taping of 'Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular,' in Chicago. Franklin released a statement Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, saying she's ready to tie the knot with longtime friend William “Willie” Wilkerson. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - Aretha Franklin is engaged to longtime friend William "Willie" Wilkerson.

Movie sword-fight master Bob Anderson dies at 89 (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:40 AM PST

In this Sept 2009 photo made available by Leon Hill, Bob Anderson attends the diamond jubilee celebrations of the British Academy of Fencing in Warwick, England. The Olympic fencer and movie sword master appeared in some of film's most famous dueling scenes — though few viewers knew it. Anderson who worked with actors from Errol Flynn to Antonio Banderas during five decades as a sword master, fight director and stunt performer, including light saber action scenes in two Star Wars movies, died early New Year's Day at an English hospital, it was announced Monday Jan. 2 2012. (AP Photo/ Leon Hill)AP - Olympic fencer and movie sword master Bob Anderson appeared in some of film's most famous dueling scenes — though few viewers knew it.

Occupy protest follows 123rd annual Rose Parade (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 01:09 PM PST

A dragon breathes fire on China Airlines' 'Prosperity And Harmony' float, winner of the International Trophy, in the 123rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - The 2012 Tournament of Roses brought its flowery floats and strutting bands to a worldwide audience Monday under clear blue skies, and in its wake came a scruffier parade — hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters.

Iowa sleeper Santorum sends caucus rivals scrambling (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:41 AM PST

Mitt Romney speaks to supporters in Council Bluffs, Iowa, January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Rick WilkingReuters - With time running out, rivals of surging Republican Rick Santorum raised doubts about his conservative record on Monday in hopes of heading off a last-minute victory by the former senator a day before Iowa kicks off the 2012 presidential election season.

Rebels capture Syrian troops in north: opposition (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:29 AM PST

Arab League observers speak to each other in Idlib December 30, 2011. Syrian security forces, undaunted by the presence of Arab League observers, have killed at least 12 protesters as hundreds of thousands demonstrated against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, opposition activists said. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Armed Syrian rebels captured dozens of members of the security forces by seizing two military checkpoints on Monday, the opposition said, even as the Arab League chief reported cautious progress in a peace monitoring mission.

Iran test-fires missiles in Gulf exercise (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 04:59 AM PST

An Iranian warship launches a missile in an unknown location in this still image taken from footage released by Islamic Republic of Iran News Network on January 1, 2012. REUTERS/IRINN via Reuters TVReuters - Iran said on Monday it had successfully test-fired what it described as two long-range missiles, flexing its military muscle in the face of mounting Western pressure over its nuclear program.

New York firebomb attacks hit mosque, Hindu site (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:00 AM PST

Reuters - New York police are investigating as bias crimes four Molotov cocktail attacks on Sunday night including one against a mosque with 75 people inside and another against a Hindu place of worship.

Sarkozy, Merkel to meet as Europe seeks crisis exit (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:17 AM PST

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy talk while on their way to a working dinner during an European Union summit in Brussels, December 8, 2011. REUTERS/Guido Bergmann/Bundesregierung/PoolReuters - France's Nicolas Sarkozy will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on January 9 for talks that are likely to centre on new rules to enforce budget discipline across the European Union.

Factory output subdued going into 2012 (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 04:22 AM PST

Reuters - Global manufacturing activity was subdued going into 2012, with the euro zone's industrial sector suffering its fifth straight month of declines in December and Asian factories mostly stuck in a rut.

Nigerian anger heats up as petrol prices rocket (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 12:49 PM PST

Reuters - Nigerian motorists and unions vented their anger Monday at a sudden more than doubling of fuel prices, a day after government subsidies were removed in a sweeping economic reform that could trigger mass protests.

Libyans linked to Gaddafi can't run in election: draft (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 07:46 AM PST

Reuters - Libyans with ties to ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi will be banned from running in elections under a bill drafted by the country's new rulers.

Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg: 'Republican Party is in trouble' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 09:00 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg is chairman of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and cofounder, with James Carville, of Democracy Corps, a liberal research and strategy group. He was the guest speaker at the Dec. 16 Monitor breakfast in Washington.

Occupy the Rose Bowl Parade: Protesters gearing up to march behind the roses (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 01:58 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Will a marquee New Year’s event be advanced or marred by the inclusion of protesters?
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