Thursday, January 5, 2012

Seeking NH buzz, Romney hits Obama; rest swat him (AP)

Seeking NH buzz, Romney hits Obama; rest swat him (AP)

Seeking NH buzz, Romney hits Obama; rest swat him (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:22 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a town hall meeting, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, in Littleton, N.H. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Reaching for a big New Hampshire boost, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney ran down President Barack Obama's economic policies on Thursday as his GOP rivals leveled a one-two-three punch at any notion of inevitability for the former Massachusetts governor.

Obama vows US will stay world's top military power (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:22 PM PST

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, to discuss briefing defense strategic guidance. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama vowed Thursday the United States will remain the world's pre-eminent military power even as the Pentagon scales back spending, shrinks the Army and Marine Corps and pulls back from Europe.

Scores killed in Iraq bombings targeting Shiites (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:22 PM PST

People inspect the scene of a bomb attack in Kazimiyah in the north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Wave of explosions struck two Shiite neighborhoods on Thursday, killing and injuring dozens of Iraqis, police said, and intensifying fears that insurgents are stepping up attacks after the U.S. troop withdrawal that was completed last month. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - An apparently coordinated wave of bombings targeting Shiite Muslims killed at least 78 people in Iraq on Thursday, the second large-scale assault by militants since U.S. forces pulled out last month.

Conservatives: Time to rally around a not-Romney (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:22 PM PST

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens at left as Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a Boys and Girls Club, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, in Salem, N.H. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Conservative leaders say it's time to rally behind a single Republican presidential candidate — and fast — to prevent Mitt Romney from winning the GOP nomination.

Utah officer killed, 6 others wounded in shootout (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:22 PM PST

This undated image provided by the Ogden Police Department on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2011 shows Officer Jared Francom who was killed Jan. 4, 2012 during a drug raid in Ogden, Utah. The shootout that erupted when police raided a Utah house on Wednesday also wounded five other officers and the suspect, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ogden Police Department)AP - A shootout erupted when police raided a Utah house on Wednesday evening, killing an officer and seriously wounding five others and the suspect, authorities said.

IRS contacts 1 in 8 millionaires for extra taxes (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 12:54 PM PST

AP - The Internal Revenue Service says it sought extra tax payments last year from 1 in 8 people earning more than $1 million annually.

New year starts with hopeful outlook on hiring (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 12:34 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2011 file photo, people talk with a recruiter, center, at a job fair sponsored by National Career Fairs, in New York. The average number of people seeking unemployment benefits in the past month fell to the lowest level in three and a half years, a positive sign for hiring one day ahead of Friday’s December employment report. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - The job market is looking a little brighter at the start of the new year.

Dog found alive 4 days after Montana avalanche (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:26 PM PST

In this photo released by Natasha Baydakova on Wednesday Jan. 4,2011 showing a Welsh corgi dog named Ole that showed up at a Cooke City motel four days after the dog and its owner were swept up in an avalanche. The dog’s owner died. The dog returned to this motel where they had been staying before going backcountry skiing. (AP Photo/Natasha Baydakova)AP - A dog that was feared dead after it was swept away in a weekend avalanche that killed its owner showed up four days later at the Montana motel where its owners had stayed the night before going backcountry skiing.

Like magic, Harry Potter's owl spotted across US (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:43 PM PST

AP - Famous for its role as Harry Potter's companion in the books and movies, a species of majestic, mostly white owls is being sighted in abundant numbers this winter far from both Hogwarts and its native Arctic habitat.

Pujols: $240 million and 4 season tickets (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 12:42 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2011 file photo, Los Angeles Angels' Albert Pujols puts on his new jersey as his wife Deidre Pujols, left, and his son Alberto Pujols, Jr. look on during a baseball news conference in Anaheim, Calif. Pujols officially joined the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, when Major League Baseball and the players' association confirmed the terms of the first baseman's 10-year contract and agreed its guaranteed value is $240 million. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, FIle)AP - Guess $240 million wasn't quite enough for Albert Pujols. In addition to his salary, the Los Angeles Angels are giving the slugger four season tickets to home games over the next decade.

New Pentagon strategy stresses Asia, cyber, drones (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:02 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama unveiled a defense strategy on Thursday that would expand the U.S. military presence in Asia but shrink the overall size of the force as the Pentagon seeks to reduce spending by nearly half a trillion dollars after a decade of war.

Screws tighten on Iran as big buyers shun its oil (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:18 AM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 file photo, an Iranian money changer holds currency with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's image in Tehran, Iran. The latest U.S. sanctions to be imposed on Iran have not only unveiled the depth of the country's economic woes, but exposed new fault lines within the government just two months before parliamentary elections that should bolster the control of the ruling clerics. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)Reuters - Iran faced the prospect on Thursday of cutbacks in its oil sales to China and Japan as new measures to cut off Tehran's crude exports appeared to be driving its economy to the wall.

Private hiring soars; seasonal issues cloud gain (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:13 AM PST

Reuters - The jobs recovery gathered pace as a measure of private-sector hiring surged in December and claims for unemployment benefits fell, suggesting the battered labor market may continue to strengthen in 2012.

Cordray says politics won't distract consumer cop (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 12:47 PM PST

Reuters - In his first full day as chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray sought to lower the political heat around the agency, saying it would earnestly get to work targeting all the bad actors in the lending industry.

Congress presses rating agencies on MF Global (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:48 AM PST

Reuters - Congressional investigators have launched an inquiry into the work of credit rating firms that examined MF Global Holdings Ltd's risky bets on European government bonds and whether they overlooked crucial information in their evaluations.

Barnes & Noble may split off Nook, cuts forecast (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:10 AM PST

Reuters - Barnes & Noble Inc cut its Nook sales forecast for this year and shocked investors by saying it was considering a sale of the electronic reader and tablet business, sending its shares down more than 20 percent.

Bombs target Iraqi Shi'ites, kill at least 73 (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 09:18 AM PST

People grieve outside a morgue before claiming the body of a relative who was killed in a bomb attack in Sadr city in eastern Baghdad January 5, 2012. Four bombs in mainly Shi'ite Muslim areas in Iraq's capital Baghdad killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens of others on Thursday, police and hospital sources said. REUTERS/Kareem RaheemReuters - Bomb attacks in mainly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Iraq killed at least 73 people and wounded scores on Thursday, police and hospital sources said, raising fears of an increase in sectarian strife.

Santorum faces closer scrutiny in New Hampshire (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 12:46 PM PST

Reuters - Rising Republican presidential upstart Rick Santorum found himself under increasing scrutiny on Thursday as front-runner Mitt Romney tried to chip away at his record ahead of the key New Hampshire primary.

Did $98.5 billion high-speed rail project just hit a wall in California? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 05:01 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Drawing a battle line over a high-speed rail project in California â€" and adding a yellow caution light nationally â€" a trusted and independent review panel has recommended that California not move forward on its proposed $98.5 billion bullet train, saying it poses “an immense financial risk.”

The scold in Mother Nature's cold: It's winter! Wear a coat! (VIDEO) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:47 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Mother Nature poured bitter Arctic temperatures into the eastern third of the nation Wednesday, reminding people from Maine to Florida that they’ll need their parkas this winter after all.
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