Friday, June 22, 2012

Zynga.com to show Facebook ads

Zynga.com to show Facebook ads

Zynga.com to show Facebook ads

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:00 PM PDT

Zynga is starting to show ads from Facebook on Zynga.com, its stand-alone website that lets people play its online games away from Facebook.

Buffett's Berkshire buys Waco newspaper

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:58 PM PDT

Billionaire Warren Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is expanding its newsprint division, buying the Waco Tribune-Herald, its second newspaper in Texas, the company announced Friday.

Euro 2012 Germany vs Greece: Live Report

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Greece's goal led a charmed life until the 39th minute goal by Philippe Lahm (right)1955 GMT: Match resumes. It's looking just like the first half. You've guessed it: the German mount regular assaults.

It's an isolated life for Sandusky trial jurors

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:57 PM PDT

In this June 20, 2012 photo, Matt Sandusky, adopted son of Jerry Sandusky, right, leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Just a few hours into jury deliberations. On Thursday, June 22, 2012, Matt Sandusky, came forward for the first time to say in a statement that his father had abused him. The statement didn't detail the abuse allegation. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)There's no Twitter, Facebook or radio. Smartphones, iPads or laptops? No way. And the phones and televisions were removed from their hotel rooms.

FACT CHECK: Romney, Obama on immigration plans

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:57 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials' Annual Conference at the Walt Disney World Resort, Friday, June 22, 2012, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)President Barack Obama flatly blamed Republicans on Friday for failing to support immigration reforms in the last few years.

Hill bargainers: Student loan deal seems near

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:57 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 21, 2012, in Washington, to call on Congress to stop interest rates on student loans from doubling on July 1. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Congressional bargainers seem near an agreement that would avert a July 1 doubling of interest rates on federal loans to 7.4 million college students and end an election-year battle between President Barack Obama and Congress, Senate aides from both parties said Friday.

Heat took the tougher road to this title

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:56 PM PDT

Miami Heat small forward LeBron James rests his hand on the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy during a news conference after Game 5 of the NBA finals basketball series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Friday, June 22, 2012, in Miami. The Heat won 121-106 to become the 2012 NBA Champions. His most valuable player trophy is at right. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)The Miami Heat did not take an easy path to the NBA championship.

NYPD: Man swipes Dali painting from art gallery

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:56 PM PDT

This image provided by the New York Police Department shows a 1949 Salvador Dali painting, called "Cartel des Don Juan Tenorio." A man is suspected of stealing the $150,000 Salvador Dali painting from a Manhattan art gallery Thursday June 21, 2012. Police say the man walked into the Venus Over Manhattan art gallery on Madison Avenue posing as a customer and removed the watercolor and ink painting from the wall, put it in a bag, and fled. The 1949 painting, called "Cartel des Don Juan Tenorio," was part of the gallery's inaugural exhibition. (AP Photo/New York Police Department)A thief who swiped a Salvador Dali painting off the wall of a New York art gallery may have escaped, but experts say the painting will likely be recovered when it comes back onto the art market.

Kaneria to appeal lifetime ban

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:55 PM PDT

Danish Kaneria has not played for Pakistan since making the last of his 61 Test appearances in 2010Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria said Friday he will appeal the lifetime ban handed down to him by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for his role in a spot-fixing scandal.

Financially-strapped Nevada city declared disaster

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:55 PM PDT

A visitor to the new North Las Vegas City Hall building walks down an outdoor corridor lined with marble columns, Thursday, June 21, 2012, in North Las Vegas, Nev. Despite its suburban trimmings, this blue-collar, family-oriented city outside Las Vegas is officially a disaster area. After five years of declining property taxes, massive layoffs and questionable spending choices, North Las Vegas city leaders declared a state of emergency earlier this month. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)There are no signs of rioters, wind-damaged homes or flooding. The brand new City Hall features gleaming marble floors and the public recreation centers offer Zumba, karate and Pilates classes.

EURO 2012 LIVE: Germany 1, Greece 0

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:53 PM PDT

Germany's Philipp Lahm, left, celebrates after scoring during the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Gdansk, Poland, Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)In the second quarterfinal at Euro 2012, Germany plays Greece on Friday. Here's the best of the action and match-day excitement. All times are local to Poland.

Pakistan gets new PM amid political turmoil

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:52 PM PDT

Pakistan's premier-designate Raja Pervaiz Ashraf meets his supporters in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday, June 22, 2012. Pakistan's ruling party named a loyalist tainted both by corruption allegations and failure to end the country's energy crisis as its candidate for prime minister, setting up what is likely to be a short and turbulent premiership. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)Pakistani lawmakers elected a ruling party loyalist with a checkered past as prime minister on Friday, restoring government to the country after days of political turmoil.

Analysis: Sizing up Penn State's liability in abuse scandal

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:48 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Jerry Sandusky trial has been loaded with detailed allegations of child sex abuse against the one-time Penn State assistant football coach, but it has revealed little about the university's potential liability in the scandal. That is likely to change in a related prosecution of two former university officials: athletic director Tim Curley and finance official Gary Schultz. ...

Brotherhood insists on Egypt vote win, Tahrir presses

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:48 PM PDT

Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi said the Brotherhood wants neither "confrontation nor violence"The Muslim Brotherhood expects its anticipated presidential election win to be respected, its candidate said Friday, as the group's supporters packed Cairo's Tahrir Square to pressure Egypt's ruling military.

European stimulus pushes oil higher

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Europe's latest attempt to revive its economy drove the price of oil 2 percent higher Friday, reversing a sharp, two-day drop.

A battle for Internet freedom as UN meeting nears

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 13, 2012, file photo United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center, speaks with Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU),during a photo session of the UN Chief Executive Board in Geneva, Switzerland. Secret negotiations, preparing for a first-ever summit on international telecommunications, have sparked a wave of rumors, the juiciest of which has the UN seizing control of the Internet from a coalition of nongovernmental organizations that establish web policies, standards and rules. Toure, who will be running the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai this December calls the rumor A year after the Internet helped fuel the Arab Spring uprisings, the role cyberspace plays in launching revolutions is being threatened by proposed changes to a United Nations telecommunications treaty that could allow countries to clamp down on the free flow of information.

Moody's downgrades $45 billion of U.S. muni debt

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:44 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service downgraded a total of $45 billion of U.S. obligations issued by 1,675 public finance issuers on Friday, saying they were dependent upon the credit ratings of the 15 banks the agency cut the day before. The banks involved provided "support (that) includes letters of credit, standby bond purchase agreements, and other liquidity facilities," Moody's said in a statement. Moody's late on Thursday cut the credit ratings of 15 of the world's leading banks by one to three notches to reflect the risk of losses they face in volatile capital markets. ...

Annan presses for unity on Syria, including Iran

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:43 PM PDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran must be part of any solution to end the crisis in Syria and pave the way for a political transition, but time is running out because world powers are failing to agree on the next steps, international mediator Kofi Annan warned on Friday. Iran, an ally and neighbor of Syria, is the subject of a standoff between the United States and Russia, which differ not only on resolving Syria, but also on Iran's nuclear program. Annan wants the five permanent members of the U.N. ...

Azerbaijan pardons prisoners jailed after protests

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:43 PM PDT

The president of Azerbaijan has pardoned 66 convicts, including nine youth activists arrested during a wave of anti-government protests last year inspired by the Arab Spring.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:42 PM PDT

Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

2 Iranian terror suspects arrested in Kenya

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:42 PM PDT

A Kenyan official says police officers have arrested two Iranians suspected of being involved in terrorism.

U.S. probes visit by Egyptian militant group member

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:38 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Friday said it was investigating the case of an Egyptian lawmaker who visited Washington for official talks despite saying he was a member of a group the United States bans as a "foreign terrorist organization." State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland declined to discuss specifics of the case involving Hani Nour Eldin, who the online Daily Beast reported was both a member of parliament and a self-proclaimed member of Gama'a al-Islamiyya (IG), blamed for a spate of violence in Egypt in the 1990s. ...

Expert: Poor plan led to Calif cop-on-cop shooting

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:37 PM PDT

Knowing that one of their officers was having sex with a 17-year-old Explorer, police in the central coast city of Santa Maria hatched a plan to immediately arrest him after he indicated he would rather kill himself than go to jail.

Eurozone big four vow billions to boost growth

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:37 PM PDT

Angela Merkel speaks to Mario Monti at the end of a joint press conference at Villa Madama in RomeThe leaders of the eurozone's four biggest economies on Friday vowed measures worth up to 130 billion euros ($163 billion) to tackle the bloc's relentless debt crisis.

Wolf whistle billboard at NJ mall draws protest

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:31 PM PDT

A construction billboard inside a New Jersey mall has come down after a protest that its message about wolf whistles treated sex harassment as a joke.

Pa. Catholic official convicted of endangerment

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:30 PM PDT

Monsignor William Lynn walks to the Criminal Justice Center, Wednesday, June 20, 2012, in Philadelphia. Lynn is the first Roman Catholic church official in the U.S. ever charged with child endangerment, for allegedly keeping co-defendants former priest Edward V. Avery and the Rev. James J. Brennan, and other accused predators, in ministry. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)A Roman Catholic church official was convicted Friday of child endangerment but acquitted of conspiracy in a groundbreaking clergy-abuse trial, becoming the first U.S. church official convicted of a crime for how he handled abuse claims.

GM recalls popular Cruze over fire risk

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2012 file photo, a line of 2012 Chevrolet Cruze sedans sit at a dealership in the south Denver suburb of Englewood, Colo. The risk of engine fires is forcing General Motors to recall its Chevrolet Cruze compact cars, the company announced Friday, June 22, 2012. GM says the fires happen when fluids drip onto a plastic shield below the engine and ignite. GM knows of 30 fires caused by the problem. No injuries have been reported. The recall covers cars built from September 2010 through May 2012. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)Engine fires are forcing General Motors to recall the Chevy Cruze, a popular model that has helped GM win back small-car buyers.

Obama says he will fight for immigration reform

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:29 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials' Annual Conference at the Walt Disney World Resort, Friday, June 22, 2012, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)President Barack Obama on Friday tailored his economic message to the Hispanic voters who could help swing the election, saying he would build up-middle-class opportunity for Latinos while Republican rival Mitt Romney would gut it with "top-down economics" favoring only the rich.

Ecuador's quandary over asylum for WikiLeaks chief

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa gestures during meeting about the Yasuni-ITT Initiative at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed up at Ecuador's embassy in London, is seeking political asylum in the South American nation. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)President Rafael Correa's objections to what he deems American interventionism in Latin America and his delight in Julian Assange's massive uncorking of U.S. secrets appear to have persuaded the WikiLeaks chief that Ecuador offers his best shot at avoiding extradition to Sweden.

California voters narrowly reject new tobacco tax

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:28 PM PDT

A closely-watched effort to impose a new tax on tobacco to pay for cancer research in the nation's most populous state has failed by less than a percentage point after remaining too close to call for more than two weeks.

Facebook signs apps privacy agreement

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Facebook became the seventh company to agree to give people advance warning if its mobile applications pull personal information from mobile phones and tablet computers.

Russia warns against issuing ultimatums to Iran

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, June 15, 2012 file photo Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a news conference in Moscow, Russia. Lavrov said Friday, June 22, 2012 that Iran shouldn't face threats over its nuclear program and that a quick settlement of the standoff over it isn't realistic. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)Russia's foreign minister said Friday that Iran shouldn't face threats over its nuclear program and that a quick settlement of the standoff over it isn't realistic.

Egypt army talks tough as Tahrir protests

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:23 PM PDT

Protesters demonstrate at Tahrir Square in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Cairo's Tahrir Square relived its glory days of the revolution on Friday as tens of thousands of flag-waving protesters called on the Egyptian army to relinquish power, in defiance of a stern communiqué from the generals criticizing the Muslim Brotherhood. All day, through weekly prayers in the baking midday sun to an evening clamor for change, demonstrators, mostly marshaled by the Islamist movement and its allies, called on the military to make good on promises to hand over to a civilian and end the prolonged uncertainty over last weekend's presidential election. ...

Rangers recovering 1 of their own after fatal fall

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:23 PM PDT

FILE - The west entrance to Mount Rainier National Park is shown in this Jan. 1, 2012 file photo taken in Washington State. A Mount Rainier ranger slid more than 3,000 feet to his death Thursday June 21, 2012 as he helped in efforts to rescue four injured climbers who fell on a glacier, a National Park Service spokesman said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)The family of a Mount Rainier National Park ranger who died while helping rescue four climbers both grieved and celebrated his life Friday, as authorities faced the grim task of recovering the body of one of their own.

Bolivian police mutiny over pay widens

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:21 PM PDT

Police demanding salary increases shout slogans on the roof of a police internal affairs building that was sacked and its content burned, in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, June 22, 2012. Protesters were demanding salaries on par with soldiers and a pension equal to 100 percent of their salaries. Bolivian police earn about $144 a month and were not appeased by a 7 percent government-decreed wage increase this year. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)A mutiny by rank-and-file Bolivian police demanding higher wages spread across the nation on Friday, with an estimated 4,000 officers occupying barracks.

Turkey: One of its warplanes missing off Syria

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:21 PM PDT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish air force jet went down in Syrian waters on Friday, but Turkey's prime minister said he could not confirm media reports that it had been shot down by Syrian forces.

EURO 2012 LIVE: Germany vs. Greece

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:20 PM PDT

Germany's Miroslav Klose, center, gets the ball past Greece's Giorgos Tzavelas, left, and Sokratis Papastathopoulos during the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Gdansk, Poland, Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)In the second quarterfinal at Euro 2012, Germany plays Greece on Friday. Here's the best of the action and match-day excitement. All times are local to Poland.

Wall Street rebounds after steep drop, banks lead

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:15 PM PDT

A Specialist trader gives out a price on the floor of the New York Stock ExchangeNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Friday, led by gains in bank shares, as the S&P 500 index bounced back from its second-worst decline of the year. The benchmark index slid 2.2 percent on Thursday, its biggest drop since June 1, on signs of a global slowdown in manufacturing growth. Bank shares, among the worst hit on Thursday, rose after Moody's Investors Service announced credit downgrades, ranging from one to three notches, for 15 of the world's largest banks. The downgrades reflected the banks' risk of losses from volatile capital market activities. ...

Breivik ends massacre trial by defending attacks

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Terror charged Anders Behring Breivik seen in court in Oslo, Friday, June 22, 2012. On the last day of his trial, Anders Behring Breivik's defense lawyers on Friday tried to cast the confessed mass killer as a political militant motivated by an extreme right-wing ideology rather than a delusional madman who killed 77 people for the sake of killing. (AP Photo/Heiko Junge/pool)With a rambling monologue depicting Norway's worst peacetime massacre as a necessary evil, confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik got the last word as his 10-week trial ended Friday amid conflicting claims about his sanity.

How stocks will fare in court ruling on health law

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:13 PM PDT

Trader Jason Harper works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, June 22, 2012. Stocks are bouncing back in early trading, a day after suffering their second-worst loss this year. The unlikely leaders: banks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Insurers and other health care companies are facing costly new restrictions and fees under the new law. The Republicans, the party most associated big business, hate it. So if President Obama's health care overhaul is repealed by the Supreme Court this month, companies would rejoice, right?
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