Friday, February 17, 2012

Fast vote: Congress sends payroll tax cut to Obama (AP)

Fast vote: Congress sends payroll tax cut to Obama (AP)

Fast vote: Congress sends payroll tax cut to Obama (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:12 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, for the payroll tax cut vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Congress swiftly approved legislation Friday renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million American workers and jobless benefits for millions more, backing the main items on President Barack Obama's jobs agenda in a rare burst of Washington bipartisanship.

Terror suspect arrested near Capitol in FBI sting (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:42 PM PST

Capitol Police officer Angel Morales, stands on guard on the West side of the Capitol in Washington Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. A 29-year-old Moroccan man was arrested Friday in an FBI sting operation near the U.S. Capitol while planning to detonate what police say he thought were live explosives. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - A 29-year-old Moroccan man was arrested Friday near the U.S. Capitol as he was planning to detonate what he thought was a suicide vest, given to him by FBI undercover operatives, said police and government officials.

Activists say Syrian tanks shell Homs intensively (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:45 AM PST

Civilians flee from fighting after Syrian army tanks enter the northwestern city of Idlib, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Syrian government forces renewed their assault on the rebellious city of Homs on Tuesday in what activists described as the heaviest shelling in days, as the U.N. human rights chief raised fears of civil war. (AP Photo)AP - Syrian troops intensively shelled rebel-held neighborhoods in the restive central city of Homs Friday and killed at least 13 people, activists said. Britain and France urged the opposition to unite and said it needs more international support to resist the deadly government crackdown.

Mountain man scares owners of remote Utah cabins (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:48 AM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Iron County Sheriff's Office in January, a man is seen walking past a cabin in the remote southern Utah wildness near Zion National Park. Authorities believe the man in the photo, captured by a motion-triggered surveillance camera sometime in December, is a suspect responsible for more than two dozen cabin burglaries over the past five years. (AP Photo/Iron County Sheriff)AP - He's eluded authorities for more than five years, a mountain man who roams the wilderness of southern Utah, breaking into remote cabins in winter, living in luxury off hot food, alcohol and coffee before stealing provisions and vanishing into the woods.

Global clearinghouse ready to evict Iranian banks (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:42 PM PST

FILE - A currency exchange bureau worker counts US dollars, as Iranian bank notes are seen at right with portrait of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in downtown Tehran, Iran, in this Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 file photo. An international banking clearinghouse crucial to Iran's oil sales said Friday Feb 17 2012 that it is preparing to discontinue services to Iranian financial institutions, an unprecedented and potentially devastating blow to Tehran as the West ramps up a campaign to stop its nuclear program.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, file)AP - An international banking clearinghouse crucial to Iran's oil sales said Friday that it is preparing to discontinue services to Iranian financial institutions, an unprecedented and potentially devastating blow to Tehran as the West ramps up a campaign to stop its nuclear program.

Obama raises $29 million for campaign, Dem Party (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:47 AM PST

President Barack Obama speaks at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Obama is on a three-day trip to the West Coast for fundraising. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama raised $29.1 million for his campaign and for the Democratic Party in January, a strong fundraising month that put him ahead of the pace he set in the last quarter of 2011.

Consumer prices up as gas, clothing costs rise (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:37 AM PST

This Feb, 13, 2012 photo shows gas prices at Exxon and BP Mini-mart in Scott Township, Pa. Consumer prices rose a modest 0.2 percent in January, pushed up by higher gas, clothing costs. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - Consumer prices rose modestly in January on higher costs for food, gas, rent and clothing.

John Glenn fever gripping Cape Canaveral — again (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:20 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 1962 photo provided by NASA, astronaut John Glenn climbs into the Friendship 7 space capsule atop an Atlas rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla. for the flight which made him the first American to orbit the earth. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - John Glenn fever gripped Cape Canaveral on Friday, just as it did half a century ago when America was on the verge of launching its first man into orbit.

Man tries to evict 98-year-old mom from Conn. home (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:55 AM PST

AP - A Connecticut woman whose son served her with eviction papers on her 98th birthday says she's upset and wants to stay in the home where she raised her children.

LeBron tells Miami Heat fans not to worry (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:21 AM PST

FILE - In this March 29, 2011, file photo, Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) signals a play against the Cleveland Cavaliers in an NBA basketball game in Cleveland. In recent weeks, James' future has been a topic of conversation in Cleveland, where some fans wonder if there could be a day when he plays for the Cavaliers again. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)AP - Relax, Miami, LeBron James isn't leaving the Heat.

More work needed yet on elusive Greek bailout deal (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:24 AM PST

Reuters - European leaders expressed optimism on Friday that Greece would secure a new rescue package worth 130 billion euros ($171 billion) though policymakers admitted urgent work was still needed to get its debt-cutting program back on track.

Italian police seize $6 trillion of fake U.S. bonds (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:29 AM PST

Reuters - Italian police said on Friday they had seized about $6 trillion worth of fake U.S. Treasury bonds and other securities in Switzerland, and arrested eight Italians accused of international fraud and other financial crimes.

More protests, attacks in Syria after U.N. condemnation (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:48 AM PST

Reuters - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces, disregarding U.N. condemnation of their violent suppression of a nationwide revolt, renewed a bombardment of the opposition stronghold of Homs and attacks on rebels in Deraa on Friday.

Congress extends payroll tax cut, sends to Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:39 AM PST

Reuters - Congress on Friday passed legislation extending a tax cut for 160 million workers through December and continuing long-term jobless benefits, handing President Barack Obama a major victory in this election year.

Suspect arrested in Capitol suicide attack plot (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:20 PM PST

Reuters - An illegal immigrant from Morocco was arrested near the Capitol on Friday after an undercover investigation into an alleged plot to carry out a suicide attack on the national landmark that houses Congress, U.S. officials said.

German president resigns in setback for Merkel (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:08 AM PST

German President Christian Wulff (C) sits in his limousine as he is leaving his home in Berlin February 17, 2012. German state prosecutors have asked the Bundestag to end the legal immunity of President whom they suspect of accepting undue privileges, in an escalating scandal that could hurt Chancellor Angela Merkel. Wullf has come embroiled over the past two months in a scandal over money, power and political favours that could cost him his job and damage Merkel who installed him in the largely ceremonial office in 2010. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschReuters - Angela Merkel's hand-picked choice for the ceremonial post of president resigned Friday in a scandal over political favors, dealing a blow to the German chancellor in the midst of the euro zone debt crisis.

Lehman creditors push for testimony from Geithner (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:59 AM PST

Reuters - A committee of Lehman Brothers creditors is seeking to force U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to testify in connection with an $8.6 billion dispute between Lehman and JPMorgan Chase & Co, Lehman's banker before its collapse.

Foreclosure abuse rampant across U.S., experts say (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:25 PM PST

Reuters - A report this week showing rampant foreclosure abuse in San Francisco reflects similar levels of lender fraud and faulty documentation across the United States, say experts and officials who have done studies in other parts of the country.

Rick Santorum donor makes weird contraception comment (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 06:55 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Foster Friess, the billionaire pumping plenty of cash into Rick Santorum’s super PAC, went on Andrea Mitchell’s MSNBC show Thursday afternoon and had the following exchange:

Could Al Qaeda get Syria's chemical weapons? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 06:17 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Add to the list of worries about an extended and deepening conflict in Syria the potential threat posed by the government’s stockpiles of chemical and other mass-destruction weapons.
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