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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Dow soars 423 points on economic news (AP)

Dow soars 423 points on economic news (AP)

Dow soars 423 points on economic news (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:22 PM PDT

Trader Christopher Cornette, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Stocks are rising at the close of trading after investors latched onto some small signs that the economy might not be headed into another recession.

Spokesman: Gov. Rick Perry running for president (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2011 file photo, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks in Houston. Perry's spokesman said Thursday that Perry is running for president. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)AP - Texas Gov. Rick Perry is running for president, a spokesman confirmed Thursday, a move certain to shake up the race for the GOP nomination much to the delight of conservatives looking for a candidate to embrace.

A mini-debate for Romney before tonight's big one (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, grill pork at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Seven Republican presidential contenders hope to use Thursday's debate in the leadoff caucus state of Iowa to cast themselves as Mitt Romney's strongest rival. Front-runner Romney's day, meanwhile, got off to a rough start with a confrontation with voters at the Iowa State Fair.

Pentagon names troops killed in Afghan shoot down (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:42 PM PDT

Afghan children are seen near the Wreckage of Chinook helicopter shot down last week at Tangi Valley in Wardak province some 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. The Chinook helicopter that insurgents shot down over the weekend burst into flames before hitting the ground, leaving wreckage scattered on both sides of a river in eastern Afghanistan and killing 30 Americans and eight Afghans, witnesses told The Associated Press on Thursday. The crash of the Chinook CH-47, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Kabul, was the deadliest single loss for U.S. forces in the nearly 10-year Afghan war. (AP Photo/ Mohammad Nasir)AP - The American troops killed in the deadliest single mission of the Afghanistan war came from two dozen states and all corners of the nation, mostly young men in their 20s and 30s.

Cameron: UK will seek anti-gang ideas from US (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:21 PM PDT

Metropolitan Police officers prepare to carry out a raid on a property on the Churchill Gardens estate in Pimlico, London during an operation where police hope to recover property stolen during the recent disturbances in the capital Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. British Prime Minister David Cameron says the government is 'acting decisively' to restore order after riots that shocked the country. Cameron told lawmakers that 'we will not allow a culture of fear to exist on our streets.' (AP Photo/Anthony Devlin/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday that Britain would look to the United States for solutions to gang violence after nights of riots and looting, and promised authorities would get strong powers to stop street mayhem erupting again.

'It works' — face transplants now mainstream (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:28 PM PDT

Undated photos provided Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 by the Nash family and Brigham and Women’s Hospital show chimpanzee attack victim Charla Nash before she was attacked by a chimpanzee and a recent photo release by the hospital Thursday Aug. 11, 2011 showing Nash after face transplant surgery, right. Nash was mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009 and received the transplant in May 2011 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts. Nash, 57, said in a statement she's looking forward to doing things she once took for granted, including being able to smell, eat normally, speak clearly and kiss loved ones. (AP Photo/Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Lightchaser Photography)AP - They savor pizza and burgers, no longer frighten children, and many of them can walk the streets without people knowing they have someone else's cheeks, nose, lips and skin. People who have had face transplants increasingly are going public, helping to transform an operation that six years ago was daredevil theory into one that is widely accepted.

Pa. judge gets 28 years in 'kids for cash' case (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:26 PM PDT

AP - A northeastern Pennsylvania judge was ordered Thursday to spend nearly three decades in prison for his role in a massive bribery scandal that prompted the state's high court to toss thousands of juvenile convictions and left lasting scars on the children who appeared in his courtroom and their hapless families.

Stick-on patch proposed for patient monitoring (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:34 PM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by the journal Science shows a piece of electronics with physical properties, i.e. stiffness, bending rigidity, thickness and mass density, matched to the epidermis. Such ‘epidermal’ electronic systems seamlessly integrate and conform to the surface of the skin in a way that is mechanically invisible to the user. The devices have the potential to provide a range of healthcare and non-healthcare related functions. One day monitoring a patient's vital signs like temperature and heart rate could be as simple as sticking on a tiny, wireless patch, sort of like the temporary tattoos popular with the younger set. (AP Photo/John A. Rogers, Science)AP - One day monitoring a patient's vital signs like temperature and heart rate could be a simple as sticking on a tiny, wireless patch, sort of like a temporary tattoo.

Miranda Cosgrove breaks ankle in tour bus accident (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 12:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 11, 2011 file photo, Nickelodeon actress and singer Miranda Cosgrove arrives at ELLE magazine's second annual Women in Music event in Los Angeles. On Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, Cosgrove broke her ankle when her tour bus was in an accident in southern Illinois on Interstate 70 outside Vandalia, about 70 miles outside St. Louis. The accident means that Cosgrove's 'Dancing Crazy Summer Tour' will be postponed until further notice. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)AP - Actress and singer Miranda Cosgrove has broken her ankle in a tour bus accident in southern Illinois. Gina Schulman, a spokeswoman for the star of Nickelodeon's "iCarly," says the accident happened early Thursday on Interstate 70 near Vandalia, 70 miles northeast of St. Louis. Schulman says all five passengers on the bus "will be fine."

Stricker ties majors record, shoots 63 at PGA (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Steve Stricker hits a drive on the ninth hole during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga. (AP Photo/Charlie Krupa)AP - Steve Stricker had a shot at history. Tiger Woods set the wrong kind of mark at the PGA Championship. Stricker missed a 10-foot birdie putt at his final hole Thursday, failing to become the first player to shoot 62 in a major championship. But he had no complaints about settling for a 7-under score and the opening-round lead at Atlanta Athletic Club.

Jobs data helps stocks, credit markets jittery (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:33 PM PDT

A man is reflected in a window as he walks past the indicator boards at the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney August 11, 2011. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - Investors swooped back into world stocks on Thursday after a mildly encouraging U.S. jobs report dulled fears of recession for now, although credit markets faced strains similar to those that preceded the 2008 credit crisis.

Jobs data strikes optimistic note for economy (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:46 PM PDT

Reuters - The number of Americans claiming new jobless benefits fell to a four-month low last week, a sliver of hope for an economy battered for days by a credit rating downgrade and falling share prices.

Sarkozy and Merkel to discuss euro zone on Tuesday (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 09:48 AM PDT

Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss next Tuesday how to make the euro zone work more effectively amid persistent doubts in financial markets over Europe's ability to solve its sovereign debt crisis.

Texas Governor Perry to run for president: report (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:21 PM PDT

Texas Governor Rick Perry greets a supporter during a book signing at the 2011 Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, June 18, 2011. REUTERS/Lee CelanoReuters - Texas Governor Rick Perry will announce on Saturday that he will run for the 2012 Republican nomination for U.S. president, CNN reported on Thursday.

Exclusive: Republican Dave Camp rules nothing out for debt panel (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 12:43 PM PDT

Bogi Johannes, who is dressed as the Statue of Liberty, tries to attract business for Liberty Tax preparers in Falls Church, Virginia April 8, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - A leading Republican lawmaker would not rule out tax increases on Thursday if they fostered economic growth, adding that "everything is on the table" for a U.S. congressional panel charged with forging a deal to cut the deficit.

Syrian forces kill 11 in swoop on northern towns (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:23 PM PDT

EDITOR'S NOTE: REUTERS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT OF THE VIDEO FROM WHICH THIS STILL IMAGE WAS TAKEN People protest in Homs, in this undated still image taken from amateur video, taken August 7, 2011 and made available to Reuters on August 8, 2011. REUTERS/Social media website via Reuters TVReuters - Syrian forces killed 11 people in a raid on a northern town Thursday, activists said, pursuing a military campaign to crush protests against President Bashar al-Assad despite new U.S. sanctions and regional calls to end the bloodshed.

Western Libya rebels strike north towards coast (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 12:09 PM PDT

A rebel fighter fires a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher during training in Geminis August 10, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-FetoriReuters - Libyan rebels said they had captured part of the oil town of Brega Thursday while their forces in the west pushed toward Zawiyah, trying to get within striking distance of Muammar Gaddafi's capital.

Bomb kills five U.S. troops in southern Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 09:13 AM PDT

Reuters - A roadside bomb killed five American troops in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the U.S. military said, less than a week after American forces suffered their worst single loss of the Afghan war when Taliban insurgents shot down a helicopter.
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