Monday, September 10, 2012

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively wed in SC

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively wed in SC

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively wed in SC

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:47 PM PDT

FILE - This June 15, 2011 file photo shows actors Blake Lively, left, and Ryan Reynolds at the premiere of "Green Lantern" in Los Angeles. Reynolds wed Blake Lively in Mount Pleasant, S.C., Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, at Boone Hall Plantation, according to a person familiar with the ceremony who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the matter. While it's Lively's first marriage, Reynolds was previously married to Scarlett Johansson. Their divorce was finalized last summer after three years of marriage. Lively and Reynolds both starred in last year's One of the sexiest men alive is off the market. Again.

Attention on iPhone as holiday lineups unveiled

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:44 PM PDT

Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon, holds the new Amazon Kindle Fire HD at the product's introduction in Santa Monica, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)Attention is turning to Apple this week amid expectations that it's announcing a new iPhone.

Mayor of NJ's capital arrested in corruption probe

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:41 PM PDT

Trenton Mayor Tony Mack, left, is driven in custody into the federal courthouse in Trenton, N.J., Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, after agents arrested him earlier Monday as part of an ongoing corruption investigation into bribery allegations related to a parking garage project that was concocted as part of an FBI sting operation. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)The mayor of New Jersey's capital city has been released from federal custody on $150,000 bond after being arrested on a charge of corruption.

AP Exclusive: Memos show US hushed up Soviet crime

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 1943 file photo, a group of American and British POWs being held by the Germans, including Lt. Col. John H. Van Vliet Jr. and Capt. Donald B. Stewart, look over a mass grave where murdered Polish officers are buried, near Smolensk, Russia. The Soviet secret police killed the Poles in 1940, hoping to eliminate an elite that would have resisted Soviet control of Poland. Van Vliet and Stewart were among a group of British and American prisoners forced to see the horrifying site by the Germans, who wanted word to get out to the world of the Soviet atrocity. Newly declassified documents being opened to the public on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, by the U.S. National Archives show that Van Vliet and Stewart sent coded messages to Washington after their visit saying they believed the German account of Soviet guilt. It is credible evidence that Washington had relatively early on, but of which it still chose to ignore in order not to jeopardize the alliance with Joseph Stalin. (AP Photo/File)The American POWs sent secret coded messages to Washington with news of a Soviet atrocity: In 1943 they saw rows of corpses in an advanced state of decay in the Katyn forest, on the western edge of Russia, proof that the killers could not have been the Nazis who had only recently occupied the area.

Florida firm is source of Apple data in breach

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT

A Florida company said Monday that the database of Apple device information that hackers stole and posted on the Internet last week came from a file the firm had in its computer system.

Editor of David Foster Wallace promoted to CEO

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT

One of the country's top publishers has turned to a man from the editorial side to run its business.

Stocks edge lower ahead of Fed meeting

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:36 PM PDT

In a photo made Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. This week Federal Reserve officials will meet and are expected to announce steps to prop up the ailing U.S. economy. (AP Photo/David Karp)Stocks slipped on Wall Street as troubling economic news from China outweighed optimism about more stimulus from the Federal Reserve.

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:35 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives at his campaign headquarters in Boston, to prepare for the presidential debates, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues:

With $114 million, Obama just out raises Romney in August

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:33 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama speaks at a campaign event in FloridaWASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's campaign and Democratic allies raised more than $114 million in August, narrowly beating Republican rival Mitt Romney for the first time in months as the race for the White House approaches its final stretch. Former Massachusetts Governor Romney and fellow Republicans said on Monday they raised more than $111 million in August, continuing a string of high-dollar hauls that leave him well-equipped to contest the November 6 election. ...

Somalia elects a new president

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Somalia's Parliament elected a new president of the country's fledgling government Monday, a move that members of the international community say is a key step toward the east African nation's transition from a war-torn failed state to a nation with an effective government.

From words to deeds: Why election matters

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 30, 2010 file photo President Barack Obama, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, and others applaud after the president signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 at a community college in Alexandria, Va. When you vote in November 2012, you'll be voting for more than a president; you'll be casting a ballot for and against a checklist of policies that touch your life and shape the country you live in. It can be hard to see through the process that the election is a contest of actual ideas, but it is always so. A candidate's words connect to deeds in office. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)When you vote for Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney in November, you'll be voting for more than a president. You'll be casting a ballot for and against a checklist of policies that touch your life and shape the country you live in.

Senate Dem leader mocks Ryan on marathon time math

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT

The Senate Democratic leader says Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's math doesn't add up — on marathons or budgets.

US consumers cut credit card use for 2nd month

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Americans cut back on their credit card use in July for the second straight month, suggesting many remain cautious in the face of high unemployment and slow growth.

AIG stock sale raises questions about investor appetite

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:25 PM PDT

File image of the logo of American International Group (AIG) is seen at their offices in New York(Reuters) - American International Group shares fell on Monday after the U.S. Treasury Department said it would sell $18 billion of the insurance company's stock, raising questions as to whether the market could absorb such a large sale. The offering represents the government's biggest sell-down of AIG since rescuing the insurer with bailouts in 2008 and 2009. The planned stock sale would be the largest secondary stock offering since December 2009, and the largest equity offering since Facebook Inc's initial public offering in May, according to Thomson Reuters data. ...

Iraqi VP rejects 'unjust' verdict in terror trial

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:24 PM PDT

Iraq's Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks to the media during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president on Monday declared his "absolute innocence" and rejected the terror trial that sentenced him to death on charges of masterminding the murder of rivals as a politically motivated sham. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)From self-exile in Turkey, Iraq's fugitive vice president scoffed Monday at a Baghdad court that sentenced him to the gallows for masterminding death squads against rivals, describing it as a puppet of the prime minister and saying he will not return to appeal the verdict.

16 bodies found in truck in southern Mexico

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:22 PM PDT

Officials in southern Mexico say they have discovered 16 bodies left in a truck in a region plagued by drug violence.

Chicago teachers strike for first time in 25 years

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:22 PM PDT

Chicago teacher Alma Hill walks a picket line outside Benjamin Banneker Elementary School in Chicago, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, after the teachers went on strike for the first time in 25 years. Union and district officials failed to reach a contract agreement despite intense weekend negotiations. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)For the first time in a quarter-century, thousands of Chicago teachers walked off the job Monday, escalating a bitter contract dispute over evaluations, job security and other issues and forcing parents to scramble for somewhere to send idle children.

Jury awards casino mogul $20M in slander case

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2012 file photo, casino mogul Steve Wynn arrives at court for his slander trial in Los Angeles. A Los Angeles jury on Monday Sept. 10, 2012 awarded Wynn a $20 million judgment against A jury on Monday awarded casino mogul Steve Wynn $20 million in his slander case against "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis, who claimed the creator of some of Las Vegas' most upscale resorts threatened to kill him over a gambling debt.

London stages parade to mark end of 2012 Games

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:21 PM PDT

Floats carrying British Olympic and Paralympic athletes take part in a parade as seen from the air as they pass Trafalgar Square, London, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Thousands of people waving British flags lined the streets of London on Monday to toast the athletes behind the country's unprecedented summer of sporting success. (AP Photo/Peter Macdiarmid, Pool)Royal Air Force jets streaked through the sky above Buckingham Palace, leaving a red, white and blue trail of smoke as gold, silver and bronze medals gleamed below.

Amtrak funding in crosshairs in presidential race

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2009 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden announces funding for Amtrak, at Union Station in Washington. Warning to Amtrak from Mitt Romney and Republicans: You're on your own. The platform Republicans adopted at their convention includes a call for full privatization and an end to subsidies for the nation's passenger rail operator, which gobbled up almost $1.5 billion in federal funds last year. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)Warning to Amtrak from Mitt Romney and Republicans: You're on your own.

HP's cost-cutting drive to dump 2,000 more workers

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:19 PM PDT

Hewlett-Packard Co. is planning to cut about 2,000 more jobs than it had previously announced as CEO Meg Whitman tries to turn the company around.

Palestinian protests turn violent in West Bank

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:16 PM PDT

Palestinian demonstrators throw stones towards Palestinian police during a protest near the municipality building in the West Bank city of Hebron, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Palestinian demonstrators fed up with high prices and unpaid salaries shuttered shops, halted traffic with burning tires and closed schools throughout the West Bank on Monday in the largest show of popular discontent with the governing Palestinian Authority in its 18-year history. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)Palestinian demonstrators fed up with high prices and unpaid salaries shuttered shops, halted traffic with burning tires and clashed with riot police in demonstrations across the West Bank on Monday— the largest show of popular discontent with the Palestinian Authority in its 18-year existence.

Finns open 'pop-down' restaurant in limestone mine

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Customers having dinner at Muru Pop Down -restaurant at Tytyri mine in Lohja, Finland on Monday Sept. 10 2012. The award-winning chef, Niklas Ekblom, is opening a new restaurant in Finland that turns the idea of "pop-up" eateries upside-down: it's located 80 meters (260 feet) underground. Discerning food lovers are being served salted salmon, veal tenderloin snails cooked in Pernod, and apple crumble in the "pop-down" restaurant in a limestone mine in the small, southern town of Lohja, 60 kilometers (40 miles) west of Helsinki. A four-course evening meal costs 128 euro ($160), including drinks and transportation down to the mine and back up. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Antti Aimo-Koivisto) FINLAND OUTAn award-winning chef is opening a new restaurant in Finland that turns the idea of "pop-up" eateries upside-down: it's located 80 meters (260 feet) underground.

WHY IT MATTERS: The Economy

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:11 PM PDT

The issue:

Guantanamo prisoner found dead, U.S. military says

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:11 PM PDT

MIAMI (Reuters) - A prisoner was found dead of undetermined causes at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. naval base where foreign captives have been held since shortly after the September 11 attacks, the U.S. military said on Monday. The unidentified prisoner, whose name and nationality were not disclosed pending notification of family, died on Saturday, military officials said. He was the ninth captive to die at the detention camp since it opened in 2002. ...

Studies: Wind potentially could power the world

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:09 PM PDT

Two new studies say Earth has more than enough wind to power the entire world, at least technically.

Egypt hosts meeting of 4 nations in new Syria push

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:09 PM PDT

U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, right and Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby check the time on their watches after giving a press conference following their meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. "I answer to no one except the Syrian people," Brahimi told reporters in Cairo, and confirmed he will travel to Syria this week to meet with regime officials as well as representatives of civil society. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)Diplomats from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Egypt held on Monday the first gathering of a quartet of regional heavyweights aiming to work out a resolution for Syria's civil war.

SAfrica labor unrest spreads; 36,000 miners strike

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:08 PM PDT

Mine workers sing and dance as they march to Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in an attempt to stop operations. Union rivalry is at the root of violent illegal strikes that have been troubling the mining industry that is the engine driving Africa's largest economy. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)Chanting miners wielding machetes, clubs and spears marched from shaft to shaft of South Africa's beleaguered Lonmin platinum mine Monday, trying to intimidate the few workers who reported for duty in the fourth week of a crippling strike whose impact has already included dozens of miners killed by police.

U.S. transfers Bagram prison to Afghan control

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:07 PM PDT

An Afghan National Army soldier, wearing a prison uniform, sits with his comrades during a ceremony handing over the Bagram prison to Afghan authorities, at the U.S. airbase in BagramKABUL (Reuters) - The United States handed control of the controversial giant Bagram prison and its 3,000 suspected Taliban inmates to Afghan authorities on Monday, amid concerns the transfer could leave prisoners vulnerable to further rights abuses. Hundreds of Afghan soldiers watched as an Afghan flag was hoisted in front of the prison at the huge U.S.-run airfield north of Kabul, as part of a plan to withdraw foreign troops from combat operations in 2014. ...

Key moments in Hewlett-Packard's recent history

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:06 PM PDT

FILE - This Feb. 21, 2012 file photo shows a Hewlett Packard logo in Frisco, Texas. Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday, May 23, 2012 that it's laying off 27,000 workers, 8 percent of its work force, as it restructures the business. The Palo Alto, Calif., company said it'll save $3 billion to $3.5 billion annually from cost cuts, including the layoffs. Hewlett-Packard Co. expects to complete the job cuts by the end of fiscal 2014. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)On Monday, Hewlett-Packard Co. says it will cut about 2,000 more jobs than previously announced. The cuts come as the maker of personal computers struggles to compete with mobile devices.

Tunisian police detained on torture suspicions

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:06 PM PDT

Tunisian authorities say four police officers have been detained on suspicion they tortured a robbery suspect who later died.

Syrian defector says opposition can win

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:03 PM PDT

A Syrian rebel fighter holds his rifle as he and other fighters head to Aleppo to fight government forces, at their headquarters in Suran, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)Syria's most prominent defector said in an interview that aired Monday that he opposes any foreign military intervention in the country's civil war and that he is confident the opposition can topple President Bashar Assad's regime.

Falcons CB Grimes tears Achilles tendon

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:02 PM PDT

The Atlanta Falcons have lost cornerback Brent Grimes to a season-ending Achilles tendon injury.

Serena Williams surviving, thriving at age 30

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 11:59 AM PDT

2012 U.S. Open Women's Singles champion Serena Williams poses for a photo with her trophy in Central Park, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in New York. This year alone, Williams claimed the U.S. Open trophy alongside the gold medals she won at the London Olympics and the silver plate she took home from Wimbledon. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Serena Williams says she sang "I Will Survive" at karaoke late Sunday night and the lyrics really hit home.

Ford to add 1,200 workers at Detroit-area plant

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 11:59 AM PDT

Ford is adding 1,200 workers to a suburban Detroit factory to build the Fusion, a sign of confidence that the revamped sedan will be a big hit when it goes on sale this fall.

Jury awards casino mogul Wynn $20M in slander case

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 11:59 AM PDT

A jury says "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis slandered Steve Wynn when he claimed the casino mogul threatened to kill him and bury him in the desert.

Romney: Chicago teachers turning backs on students

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 11:51 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney gets out of his vehicle as he boards his campaign charter plane in Bedford, Mass., Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Monday said Chicago teachers are turning their backs on thousands of students and that President Barack Obama is rooting for the striking educators. Obama's top spokesman said the president has not taken sides but is urging both the teachers and the city to settle quickly.

Professor wins Somalia's presidential election

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 11:51 AM PDT

Somalia's Parliament has elected a new president of the country's fledgling government.

Police: Texas teen killed to prevent testimony

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 11:48 AM PDT

A Texas man has been charged with murder in the death of a 16-year-old girl who police said they believe was killed to keep her from testifying at the man's upcoming sexual assault trial.

Ninth prisoner dies at Guantanamo

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 11:45 AM PDT

A prisoner has died at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the U.S. military said Monday, two days after the man was apparently found unconscious in his cell at the isolated, high-security prison.
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