Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Obama out to seize momentum from Romney in debate

Obama out to seize momentum from Romney in debate

Obama out to seize momentum from Romney in debate

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama greets people as he arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in New York, en rout to Hempstead, N.Y. and a presidential debate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)President Barack Obama was looking to rebound in a White House debate rematch Tuesday, promising a more aggressive charge against rival Mitt Romney to stop the Republican's gains since their first face-off two weeks ago.

Govt to let Cubans travel freely

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:41 PM PDT

People read adjustments to the migratory policy, posted on a wrought iron fence of an immigration office in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012. The Cuban government announced Tuesday that it will no longer require islanders to apply for an exit visa, eliminating a much-loathed bureaucratic procedure that has been a major impediment for many seeking to travel overseas for more than a half-century. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)The Cuban government announced Tuesday that it will eliminate a half-century-old restriction that requires citizens to get an exit visa to leave the country.

Clinton: I'm responsible for consulate security

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:40 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pauses while delivering a speech after meeting Peru's President Ollanta Humala in Lima, Peru, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Taking responsibility for security at the U.S. consulate in Libya where an attack by extremists last month killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, Clinton said Monday in Lima, that security at all of America's diplomatic missions abroad is her job, not that of the White House. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton repeated on Tuesday her statement taking sole responsibility for security at all of America's diplomatic missions, an attempt to clear a political obstacle for her boss, President Barack Obama ahead of his second debate with Republican Mitt Romney.

Bettman, NHL make new offer in hope of full season

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:37 PM PDT

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, center, arrives with deputy commissioner Bill Daly, right, as the NHL and its locked-out player resume negotiations in Toronto on Wednesday Oct. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)The NHL has made a new offer to the players' association that proposes a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenue and a full 82-game season starting Nov. 2.

Analysis: Obama's crucial 2nd chance for 2nd term

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:33 PM PDT

A worker walks past a sign in the media filing center before Tuesday's presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)Suddenly, the second presidential debate is Barack Obama's second chance.

Stocks higher on 3Q profits; Mattel jumps

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 file photo, specialists Edward Zelles, left, and Patrick Murphy work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stock futures rose Tuesday for a second day as the earnings season kicked into high gear, with major players in the health care, banking and consumer industries reporting quarterly results. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Inflation is low, earnings are high, investors are happy.

Battery maker A123 files for bankruptcy protection

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2007, file photo, President Bush, center, listens to Dave Vieau, President and CEO of A123 Systems, right, as he is shown a Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid car utilizing a lithium power battery during a demonstration of alternative fuel automobiles on the South Lawn of the White House. Short of cash and hurting from slow sales of electric cars, battery maker A123 Systems Inc. sent its U.S. operations into bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, and quickly sold its automotive assets. The filing is likely to stoke the debate in Washington over the Obama administration's funding of alternative energy companies. In 2009, A123 got a $249 million Department of Energy grant to help it build U.S. factories. Republicans have accused Obama of wasting stimulus money on the companies after the failure of politically connected and now-bankrupt solar power company Solyndra LLC, which left taxpayers on the hook for $528 million. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)The U.S. operations of electric car battery maker A123 Systems filed for bankruptcy protection and its automotive assets are being acquired by Johnson Controls for $125 million.

Earnhardt visits concussion specialist in Pa.

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:24 PM PDT

Dale Earnhardt Jr pauses as he talks about missing the next two races with his second concussion in the past six weeks during a news conference prior to practice for Saturday's NASCAR Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race in Concord, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)Dale Earnhardt Jr. visited a noted concussion specialist in Pittsburgh on Tuesday as part of the planned rehabilitation program to get NASCAR's most popular driver back in a car.

Browns sale to Haslam approved; Holmgren to leave

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:19 PM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 3, 2012 file photo shows Jimmy Haslam III during a news conference in Berea, Ohio. The sale of the Cleveland Browns to Haslam III was unanimously approved by NFL owners Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, and team President Mike Holmgren will be leaving the Browns at the end of the season. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)Mike Holmgren won't be finishing the job he went to do in Cleveland.

Ohio official: Courts shouldn't set voting rules

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2012 file photo, voters stand in line outside the Hamilton County Board of Elections just before it opened for early voting, in Cincinnati. The Supreme Court is siding with Democrats in refusing to block early voting in the battleground state of Ohio. The court on Tuesday refused a Republican request to get involved in a dispute over early voting in the state on the three days before Election Day. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)Ohio's elections chief says it's time to move on after the Supreme Court refused his request to get involved in a dispute over early voting in the battleground state.

NY stop-and-frisk debate gains political spotlight

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:18 PM PDT

After more than a decade of complaints, the New York Police Department's practice of stopping and frisking people on the streets has suddenly moved to the forefront as a combustible political issue.

French satellite group cuts Iran channels over sanctions

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:18 PM PDT

PARIS/DUBAI (Reuters) - One of Europe's leading satellite providers said it had taken Iranian state television and radio channels off the air to comply with tougher European Union sanctions on the Islamic state. Iranian officials said the move by Paris-based Eutelsat was illegal and against the West's own principles of free speech, state media reported on Tuesday. The Eutelsat decision hit 19 channels provided by Iran's state broadcasting network (IRIB) including English-language Press TV - used by Tehran to broadcast its news and views beyond the country's borders. ...

Sen. Paul running pro-Akin ad in Mo. Senate race

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:12 PM PDT

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is coming to the aid of Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin with a new advertising campaign.

Miller's Heisman chase could be Ohio State's bowl

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:12 PM PDT

Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller runs for a first down during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Indiana in Bloomington, Ind., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Sam Riche)For Braxton Miller and No. 7 Ohio State, the Heisman could be their championship trophy.

US industrial output rises but factories stay weak

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, file photo, workers form a large spindle at Solmet Technologies in Canton, Ohio. U.S. industrial production increased only modestly in September, held back by weak growth in factory output. The Federal Reserve says U.S. industrial production rose 0.4 percent in September after a 1.4 percent decline in August. The August decline partly reflected precautionary shutdowns before Hurricane Isaac hit the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)U.S. industrial production increased only modestly in September, held back by weak growth in factory output.

More expensive gas pushes US consumer prices up

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, file photo, a boogie boarder walks past a sign displaying high gas prices in Laguna Beach, Calif. Higher gas costs drove up U.S. consumer prices in September for the second straight month. But outside energy, there was little sign of inflation. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)Higher gas costs drove up U.S. consumer prices in September for the second straight month. Outside energy, there was little sign of inflation.

Oil price ends higher amid mixed economic data

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:11 PM PDT

The price of oil finished slightly higher Tuesday, following a day of wavering between small gains and losses as traders mulled mixed economic data.

Tame US prices, more confident builders aid growth

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, file photo, a gas truck delivery driver fills the tanks at a gas station in Garden Grove, Calif. Higher gas costs drove up U.S. consumer prices in September for the second straight month. But outside energy, there was little sign of inflation. NYB (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)The outlook for the U.S. economy brightened a little Tuesday after reports that consumer prices stayed tame and homebuilder confidence rose to the highest level in six years.

Medical marijuana advocates want drug reclassified

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:05 PM PDT

A federal appeals court in Washington is considering whether marijuana should be reclassified from its current status as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use.

Picasso, Monets stolen in Dutch heist

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:04 PM PDT

This photo released by the police in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, shows the 1901 painting 'Charing Cross Bridge, London' by Claude Monet. Dutch police say seven paintings stolen from the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam include one by Pablo Picasso, one by Henri Matisse, and two by Claude Monet. The heist, one of the largest in years in the Netherlands, occurred while the private Triton Foundation collection was being exhibited publicly as a group for the first time. (AP Photo/Police Rotterdam)Thieves broke into a Rotterdam museum on Tuesday and walked off with works from the likes of Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Matisse potentially worth hundreds of millions.

Surf guitarist Dick Dale's son, ex-wife arrested

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:03 PM PDT

The son and ex-wife of 1960s "King of the Surf Guitar" Dick Dale were arrested after they allegedly blew up a propane tank in a Southern California desert town.

CDC says another 19 people diagnosed with meningitis in U.S. outbreak

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:01 PM PDT

Vials of the steroid distributed by New England Compounding Center (NECC) - implicated in a meningitis outbreak - are pictured in this undated handout photo(Reuters) - Another 19 people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 231. The CDC said there were two additional cases of infection in joints after a steroid injection but these were not confirmed as meningitis, bringing the total of infections nationwide to 233. The death toll from the unprecedented outbreak was unchanged at 15, the CDC said. ...

Court hears arguments in Calif. clean fuels case

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:59 AM PDT

In a case seeking to stop California's first-in-the-nation mandate requiring fuel producers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, federal justices on Tuesday focused their questions on whether the law discriminates against out-of-state businesses.

Key moments in Cuban emigration

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:57 AM PDT

More than 1 million people of Cuban descent live in the United States and thousands more make their homes in Europe or Latin America. The elimination of exit visas announced Tuesday could swell those numbers. Some key moments in Cuban emigration:

Supreme Court denies Ohio request to curtail early voting

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:54 AM PDT

Voters arrive to cast their ballots at a Franklin County polling location on the first day of in-person absentee voting in Columbus(Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Ohio's request to curtail early voting in the state leading up to the November 6 presidential election. Ohio, critical to the election hopes of Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, began early in-person voting earlier this month but planned to cut it off on November 2, the Friday before the election, except for members of the military. The Obama campaign, the Democratic National Committee and the Ohio Democratic Party had sued Ohio officials to restore early voting right up to election day eve. ...

GOP-leaning group plans new $11 million ad blitz

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:53 AM PDT

A Republican-leaning independent group supporting Mitt Romney's presidential bid is spending $11.1 million on new television ads aimed at women.

Citi's CEO Pandit exits abruptly after board clash

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:53 AM PDT

File photograph of Citigroup's CEO Vikram Pandit giving an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc's Vikram Pandit quit as chief executive on Tuesday after months of simmering tensions with the board - an abrupt change that surprised investors and employees of the third-largest U.S. bank. Pandit told Reuters the decision to leave was his own, and that he had been contemplating the move for some time. Multiple sources within and outside the bank said Pandit's departure followed months of tension with Chairman Michael O'Neill over a range of issues, including compensation and the role of Chief Operating Officer John Havens. On Tuesday, Havens also resigned. ...

Court throws out conviction of bin Laden driver

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:51 AM PDT

A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out the conviction of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden who served a prison term for material support for terrorism.

90 dead in Syrian regime attacks on rebel areas

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:49 AM PDT

In this Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 photo provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, damaged houses lie in ruins following attacks by Syrian government forces in the town of Maarat al-Numan, in Idlib province, northern Syria. (AP Photo/Idlib News Network ENN)The Syrian military unleashed heavy airstrikes and artillery bombardments targeting rebel strongholds in the north on Tuesday, killing at least 90 people according to activists.

EU regulators ask Google to change privacy policy

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:48 AM PDT

File - In this Oct. 2, 2006 file photo, a Google receptionist works at the front desk in the company's office in New York. European regulators asked Google, Tuesday Oct. 16, 2012, to clarify its new privacy policy and make it easier for users to opt out of it because of concerns that the web giant may be collecting too much data and holding it for too long. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)European regulators have asked Google to clarify its new privacy policy and make it easier for users to opt out of it because of concerns that the web giant may be collecting too much data and holding it for too long.

Gitmo war court back in session minus 3 defendants

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:47 AM PDT

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, Merrilly Noeth, a relative of a victim of the Sept. 11 attacks, watches behind sound-proof glass on the second day of the Military Commissions pretrial hearing against the five Guantanamo prisoners accused of the terrorist attacks at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. The military tribunal for the Sept. 11 terrorism case resumed Tuesday without three of the five defendants, the result of a judge's ruling that the men could not be forced to attend the session. Those who showed up in court were Yemenis Walid bin Attash and Ramzi Binalshibh. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)Three of the five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks skipped their military tribunal hearing Tuesday after a judge ruled the men could not be forced to attend the session.

FCC lets cable cos encrypt signals to foil theft

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, Comcast logos are displayed on installation trucks in Pittsburgh. Federal regulators announced Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 that they are letting cable companies scramble all their TV signals, closing a loophole that lets many households watch basic cable channels for free. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)Federal regulators are letting cable companies scramble all their TV signals, closing a loophole that lets many households watch basic cable channels for free.

Suicide bomber kills 6 in Yemeni civilian militia

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:45 AM PDT

Yemeni security officials say a suicide bomber has attacked a checkpoint manned by civilian fighters outside a southern town, killing six.

UK blocks extradition of alleged hacker to US

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:44 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday May 10, 2006 file photo Gary McKinnon, accused of mounting the largest ever hack of United States government computer networks, listens to a reporter's question outside the Bow Magistrates Court in central London. Britain's Home Secretary is set to rule on Tuesday Oct. 16, 2012, whether to extradite a British hacker to America to face charges for breaking into sensitive computer networks at U.S. military and space installations. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)A British computer hacker's decade-long struggle to avoid trial in the U.S. over alleged breaches of military and NASA networks ended in success Tuesday, as the U.K. government ruled he was unfit to face charges there.

Shot Pakistani girl responding well to treatment

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:43 AM PDT

Malala Yousufzai, 14, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by Taliban gunmen, is transferred from the plane aboard a stretcher as she arrives at Birmingham Airport, England, Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Malala Yousufzai, will receive medical care by doctors and nurses who are specialists in helping British soldiers wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq, after she was shot on a bus in front of her friends for promoting girls' education and criticizing militants. (AP Photo/David Jones, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVESA teenage Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls' education has responded well to treatment and impressed doctors with her strength, the British hospital where she was being treated said Tuesday.

Smaller iPad expected at Oct. 23 Apple event

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:43 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 7, 2012 file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook announces a new iPad during an Apple announcement in San Francisco. Apple is sending out invites Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, to reporters for an event next Tuesday, Oct. 23, where it's expected to announce the release of a smaller iPad. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)Apple Inc. has sent out invites for an event next Tuesday, where it's expected to announce the release of a smaller iPad.

After spat, La. to have 1st black chief justice

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:42 AM PDT

The Louisiana Supreme Court resolved a racially-tinged power struggle inside its own ranks, ruling Tuesday that Bernette Johnson should be the state's first black chief justice.

Judges wants to see NFL bounty documents

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:42 AM PDT

FILE - From left are NFL football players Jonathan Vilma, in 2011; Anthony Hargrove, in 2010; Will Smith, in 2011; and Scott Fujita, in 2011. All four players punished in the NFL's bounty investigation have filed appeals with the league. People familiar with the situation say the players have asked Commissioner Roger Goodell to remove himself as arbitrator because they do not believe he can be impartial. (AP Photo/File)A federal magistrate judge has ordered NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to provide the court with documents related to the league's bounty investigation of the New Orleans Saints.

Turkey's Erdogan moots three-way regional talks on Syria

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:41 AM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he had suggested to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad three-way talks including Egypt on the Syria crisis, given the apparent Saudi objection to Iranian involvement in a current quartet. Egypt formed that group with Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, but the latter stayed away from a meeting hosted by Cairo last month. Riyadh's no-show was seen by diplomats as a reaction to the presence of Shi'ite Muslim Iran, the major rival of the Sunni Muslim kingdom for regional power and influence. ...

Vikram Pandit steps down as Citigroup CEO

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 15, 2009, file photo, Citigroup CEO Vikram S. Pandit speaks at the National Summit in Detroit. Pandit abruptly severed his ties with Citigroup on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, stepping down as CEO and a director, after steering the bank through the 2008 financial crisis and the choppy years that followed. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)Vikram Pandit abruptly stepped down as CEO of Citigroup on Tuesday, shocking Wall Street, after steering the bank through the 2008 financial crisis and the choppy years that followed.
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