Saturday, February 18, 2012

Whitney Houston remembered at NJ hometown funeral (AP)

Whitney Houston remembered at NJ hometown funeral (AP)

Whitney Houston remembered at NJ hometown funeral (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 12:50 PM PST

A coffin holding the remains of singer Whitney Houston is carried into the New Hope Baptist Church before her funeral services in Newark, N.J. on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - The funeral for Whitney Houston is ending at the New Jersey church she attended as a child.

NYPD monitored Muslim students all over Northeast (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 12:46 PM PST

This Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 photo shows Jawad Rasul near the City College of New York where he is a student. Rasul’s name ended up in a New York Police Department report after an undercover officer accompanied him and other Muslim students on a whitewater rafting trip in upstate New York. The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)AP - The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, The Associated Press has learned.

AP Exclusive: Iran poised for big nuke jump (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 12:41 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 2007 file picture an anti-aircraft gun position is seen at Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, Iran. Iran has put finishing touches for the installation of thousands of new-generation machines at a cavernous underground bunker that would allow it speed up production of material that can be used to arm nuclear warheads, diplomats tell The Associated Press, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. While saying that the electrical circuitry, piping and supporting equipment for the new centrifuges was in place, the diplomats emphasized that Tehran had not started installing more efficient centrifuges at its Fordow facilty and could not say whether it was planning to. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)AP - Iran is poised to greatly expand uranium enrichment at a fortified underground bunker to a point that would boost how quickly it could make nuclear warheads, diplomats tell The Associated Press.

Syrian forces fire on funeral in Damascus, kill 1 (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 10:26 AM PST

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun speaks to the media in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Jun said China was 'extremely concerned' about the escalation of the crisis in Syria. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)AP - BEIRUT — Syrian security forces fired live rounds and tear gas Saturday at thousands of people marching in a funeral procession that turned into one of the largest protests in Damascus since the 11-month uprising against President Bashar Assad began.

GOP contenders face 13-state test after brief lull (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 06:37 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign stop, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Georgetown, Ohio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - A resurgent Rick Santorum hopes to spring his next big surprise in Michigan. Newt Gingrich looks for a campaign revival in the Bible Belt. Mitt Romney has his home state of Massachusetts, and the luxury of picking his spots elsewhere, if not everywhere, as the race for the Republican presidential nomination roars back to life.

22 cardinals join club to elect pope's successor (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 08:30 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to preside over a consistory in St. Peter's basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI is bringing 22 new Catholic churchmen into the elite club of cardinals who will elect his successor amid signs the 84-year-old pontiff is slowing down. Benedict was presiding over a ceremony Saturday in St. Peter's Basilica to formally create the 22 cardinals, who include the archbishops of New York, Prague, Hong Kong and Toronto as well as the heads of several Vatican offices. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday brought 22 Catholic churchmen into the elite club of cardinals who will elect his successor, cementing the Italian majority in a future conclave but also giving New York's garrulous archbishop a position of prominence.

Mercury workers gather 50 years after Glenn launch (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 12:47 PM PST

Astronaut Scott Carpenter listens to a question from the media about his experience in space, at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. John Glenn fever has taken hold in the U.S. once again. Three days before the 50th anniversary of his historic flight, the first American to orbit the Earth addressed employees at Kennedy Space Center. (AP Photo/Michael Brown)AP - Veterans of NASA's Project Mercury reunited Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's momentous orbital flight, visiting the old launch pad and marveling over what they accomplished.

Gas prices are highest ever for this time of year (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 07:09 AM PST

In this Feb. 16, 2012 photo, a customer fills up at an Irving Oil gas station, in Berlin, Vt. Gasoline prices have never been higher at this time of year. At $3.51 a gallon, gas is up 23 percent since Jan. 1. And experts say motorists could pay a record $4.25 a gallon by late April. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Gasoline prices have never been higher this time of the year.

Boldest nuclear cutters recently? It's been GOP (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 09:27 AM PST

Chart shows changes in numbers of deployed U.S. strategic nuclear weapons sinceAP - The Obama administration's consideration of severe cuts in nuclear weapons generated a flurry of GOP criticism — "reckless lunacy" in the words of Arizona Rep. Trent Franks. But the historical record shows that in the two decades since the Cold War ended, Republicans have been the boldest cutters of the nuclear arsenal.

We kissed at Carnival: Brazil blog aids lost loves (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 09:55 AM PST

Revelers kiss during the Cordao da Bola Preta carnival parade in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday Feb. 18, 2012. Thousands of people gathered Saturday to march with one of Rio's most popular and traditional blocos or parade groups, created in the early 1900's and believed to be named for a beautiful woman in a black and white polka-dress. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP - It's the typical tale of doomed Carnival romance: Boy spots girl in the sweaty crush of a street party. Moments later, they're locked in a passionate embrace. Then the crowd surges, and the human tide wrenches them apart, forever.

Syrian forces fire on anti-Assad crowd in capital (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 07:37 AM PST

Reuters - Syrian security forces fired on a huge protest against President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Saturday, soon after a Chinese envoy had appealed for a halt to 11 months of violence, opposition activists said.

Greece targets debt swap from March 8: government (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 10:22 AM PST

Policemen rush to detain a protester during an anti-austerity rally at central Syntagma square in Athens February 17, 2012. REUTERS/John KolesidisReuters - Greece's cabinet agreed on Saturday to launch a debt swap for private creditors on March 8 with the aim of completing it by March 11, a government official said.

Congress ends bitter tax battle with bill passage (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:03 PM PST

Reuters - Congress ended a three-month battle on Friday by passing legislation to extend a tax cut for 160 million workers, a boon for both the economy and Democratic President Barack Obama in this election year.

China's Xi sells U.S. trade elixir, personal chemistry (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 08:59 AM PST

Reuters - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Friday swiped away fears that his country's economic growth could stumble, and turned to courting American companies, film-makers and governors hungry for a slice of that growth on the final day of his U.S. visit.

Prostitution probe to quiz Strauss-Kahn: source (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 06:13 AM PST

Reuters - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is to be questioned next week by police investigating an alleged prostitution ring in Lille, northern France, a police source said.

Egypt trial on U.S. democracy activists set for February 26 (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:16 AM PST

Reuters - An Egyptian court will start the trial on February 26 of activists from mostly American civil society groups accused of working illegally in Egypt, in a case which has strained U.S.-Egyptian ties.

Obama's slogan: looking to replace Hope and Change (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:07 PM PST

Reuters - Winning The Future. Greater Together. We Don't Quit.

Foiled suicide bombing of US Capitol: plot is both familiar and strange (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:11 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The man accused of attempting a suicide bombing at the US Capitol building fell into what has become a typical trap set for would-be terrorist attackers in the United States.

Payroll tax vote exposes divisions within each party (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:00 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In a rush to recess, Congress on Friday extended a payroll tax holiday and other expiring measures through the end of the year in rare bipartisan votes that nevertheless exposed internal divisions in both parties.
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