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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Libyan rebels hunt Gadhafi, try to secure capital (AP)

Libyan rebels hunt Gadhafi, try to secure capital (AP)

Libyan rebels hunt Gadhafi, try to secure capital (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:29 PM PDT

Rebel fighters tear up a portrait of Moammar Gadhafi inside his compound Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Hundreds of Libyan rebels stormed Gadhafi's compound Tuesday, charging wildly through the symbolic heart of the crumbling regime as they killed loyalist troops, looted armories and knocked the head off a statue of the besieged dictator. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - Libyans hunting Moammar Gadhafi offered a $2 million bounty on the fallen dictator's head and amnesty for anyone who kills or captures him as rebels battled Wednesday to clear the last pockets of resistance from the capital Tripoli.

Evacuations begin on tiny NC island ahead of Irene (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:29 PM PDT

Jeremy Pickett cut pieces of boards to protect the windows in a shopping store in Cape Hatteras in preparation for Hurricane Irene at Cape Hatteras. N.C. on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Evacuations began on Ocracoke Island off North Carolina as Hurricane Irene strengthened to a major Category 3 storm over the Bahamas on Wednesday with the East Coast in its sights. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - Tourists began evacuating from a tiny barrier island off North Carolina on Wednesday as Hurricane Irene strengthened to a major Category 3 storm over the Bahamas with the East Coast in its sights.

With CIA help, NYPD moves covertly in Muslim areas (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:29 PM PDT

In this photo made Aug. 18, 2011, people pass below a New York Police security camera, upper left, situated above a mosque on Fulton St., in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant in New York. After the attacks of Sept. 11, the New York Police Department has dispatched teams of undercover officers into minority neighborhoods and used informants to monitor sermons at mosques, even when there’s no evidence of wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - In New Brunswick, N.J., a building superintendent opened the door to apartment No. 1076 one balmy Tuesday and discovered an alarming scene: terrorist literature strewn about the table and computer and surveillance equipment set up in the next room.

Journalists freed from Tripoli hotel after days (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:29 PM PDT

A journalist arrives at the Corinthia hotel after being evacuated from the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli in this image taken from TV Wednesday Aug. 24, 2011. International journalists were freed from the Rixos Hotel on Wednesday after being held for five days by armed men loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. The dozens of journalists were taken in Red Cross cars and vans to another Tripoli hotel, where they hugged friends and colleagues, many crying. (AP PHoto/APTN) TV OUTAP - Dozens of international journalists were freed from a Tripoli hotel on Wednesday after five grueling days of sniper fire, power cuts, dwindling supplies and threats by armed men loyal to Moammar Gadhafi.

Budget deficit slips to $1.28T; red ink continues (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:15 PM PDT

AP - After months of unrelieved gloom and discord, Congress and President Barack Obama are starting to make a dent in the federal budget deficit. It's projected to shrink slightly to $1.28 trillion this year, and bigger savings from this month's debt ceiling deal are forecast over the next decade.

Firefighters try bold step to end Calif. rail fire (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 12:57 PM PDT

Firefighters pour water on a burning a rail car loaded with 29,000 gallons of liquid propane in Lincoln, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. The fire, which started Tuesday, forced the evacuation of about 4,800 homes in the area. Firefighters have set up four fixed hoses to soak the tanker and to keep down its temperatures while the propane burns off, a process that could take several days. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Firefighters on Wednesday will try to siphon propane from a burning rail car in a bold maneuver meant to head off an explosion after the blaze forced the evacuation of thousands of people in a Sacramento suburb.

Ky. jury rules against penis amputation patient (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 12:41 PM PDT

Phillip Seaton, right, and his wife Deborah are shown Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 in Shelby County Circuit courtroom in Shelbyville, Ky. Phillip Seaton is suing a Kentucky doctor for amputating part of his penis during surgery that was initially meant to be a simple circumcision to relieve inflammation. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)AP - A jury on Wednesday ruled against a Kentucky truck driver who sued his urologist claiming the doctor amputated part of his penis without his consent.

Survey: Employers consider ending health coverage (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 12:02 PM PDT

AP - Nearly one of every 10 midsized or big employers expects to stop offering health coverage to workers once federal insurance exchanges start in 2014, according to a new survey from a large benefits consultant.

Google settles pharmacy ad probe for $500 million (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Peter Neronha, U.S. attorney for the district of Rhode Island, announces a $500 million settlement with Internet giant Google over Canadian drug advertisements Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, in Providence, R.I. The agreement settles a federal investigation into Google's distribution of online ads from Canadian pharmacies that were illegally selling prescription and non-prescription drugs to American consumers. (AP Photo/Joe Giblin)AP - Google Inc. has agreed to pay $500 million to settle a U.S. government investigation into the Internet search leader's distribution of online ads from Canadian pharmacies illegally selling prescription drugs to American consumers.

Russian supply ship for space station crashes (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 12:04 PM PDT

In this image made from Rossiya 24 television channel a Soyuz rocket booster carrying Progress supply ship is launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. An unmanned Russian supply ship bound for the International Space Station failed to reach its planned orbit Wednesday, and pieces of it fell in Siberia amid a thunderous explosion, officials said. (AP Photo/Rossiya 24 TV Channel) TV OUTAP - A Russian space station supply ship failed to reach orbit and crashed with a thunderous boom into Siberia on Wednesday, rattling NASA and others in this new era without any shuttles to bail out the orbiting outpost.

Price on Gaddafi's head as fighting goes on (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 12:29 PM PDT

Libyan rebels atop a vehicle celebrate at Bab Al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Louafi LarbiReuters - Libya's new masters offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday, after he urged his men to fight on in battles across the capital.

Foreign journalists leave Tripoli hotel (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 11:44 AM PDT

A member of the media runs because due to the noise from gunfire at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - All the foreign journalists who were held in a Tripoli hotel for days by armed Gaddafi loyalists left it unharmed on Wednesday.

Hurricane Irene could be "big threat" to Northeast (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 11:50 AM PDT

Reuters - Powerful Hurricane Irene began battering the Bahamas on Wednesday on a track to the North Carolina coast that forecasters say could threaten the densely populated Northeast, including New York, starting Sunday.

Wall Street gains at gold's expense (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:33 PM PDT

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 322.11 points, or 2.97 percent, at 11,176.76. REUTERS/GraphicReuters - U.S. stocks posted strong gains for a second day on Wednesday as investors jumped back into beaten-down financial shares and backed away from safer assets like gold in volatile trading.

Deficit "super" panel eyes schedule, past work (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Reuters - The co-chairmen of a U.S. congressional "super committee" on deficit reduction said on Wednesday they are discussing rules and a schedule of meetings for the 12-member panel, but offered no immediate details.

U.S. budget deal brightens fiscal outlook: CBO (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 12:37 PM PDT

Reuters - A sweeping U.S. budget deal has brightened the country's fiscal outlook but its gains could evaporate if Congress extends tax breaks in coming years, nonpartisan congressional forecasters said on Wednesday.

North Korea set to consider nuclear moratorium: Kremlin (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 11:41 AM PDT

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il walk during their meeting at the Reuters - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il promised on Wednesday to consider suspending nuclear arms tests and production if international talks on Pyongyang's atomic program resume, a Kremlin spokeswoman said.

China on track for modern military by 2020: Pentagon (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 11:51 AM PDT

An aircraft that is reported to be a Chinese stealth fighter is seen in Chengdu, Sichuan province, in this picture taken January 7, 2011, and released by Kyodo news agency January 8, 2011. REUTERS/KyodoReuters - China appears on track to build a modern, regionally-focused military by 2020, but often-touted advances like its stealth fighter jet are years away from being operational, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
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