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Monday, September 19, 2011

Obama announces debt plan built on taxes on rich (AP)

Obama announces debt plan built on taxes on rich (AP)

Obama announces debt plan built on taxes on rich (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 01:19 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - In a blunt rejoinder to congressional Republicans, President Barack Obama called for $1.5 trillion in new taxes Monday, part of a total 10-year deficit reduction package totaling more than $3 trillion. He vowed to veto any deficit reduction package that cuts benefits to Medicare recipients but does not raise taxes on the wealthy and big corporations.

Yemen protesters storm elite military base; 50 die (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 01:20 PM PDT

Anti-government protestors carry a wounded protestor from the site of clashes with security forces to a field hospitanl in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. Pro-regime forces, including snipers picking off protesters from rooftops, killed several people Monday in a second day of clashes shaking Yemen's capital, medical and security officials said.(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)AP - Thousands of protesters backed by military defectors seized a base of the elite Republican Guards on Monday, weakening the control of Yemen's embattled president over this poor, fractured Arab nation. His forces fired on unarmed demonstrators elsewhere in the capital, killing scores, wounding hundreds and sparking international condemnation.

US intensifies effort to head off UN showdown (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 01:20 PM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, bottom, signs a book while surrounded by his advisors before a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the 66th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - The United States pressed ahead Monday with intensive talks aimed at averting a showdown over Palestinian statehood at the United Nations this week, asking key Muslim ally Turkey not to allow its rift with Israel to grow wider and hoping to coax cooperation from a noncommittal Russia.

Rivals ask: Is Perry weak on the right, or left? (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 01:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks in Jefferson, Iowa. Perry still sits atop polls for the GOP presidential nomination race. His Republican rivals struggling to find a coherent, easy-to-grasp argument against the Texas governor. Republican voters who watched last week's presidential debate and its aftermath might wonder: should I see Perry as too conservative, or too moderate? (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)AP - Rick Perry's Republican rivals are struggling to find a coherent, easy-to-grasp argument against the Texas governor, who tops GOP presidential polls despite attacks from all sides.

Obama endorses ending one day of mail delivery (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 01:28 PM PDT

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe gestures during a news conference on changes to the Postal Service that could potentially save as much as $3 billion, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Barack Obama said Monday the U.S. Postal Service should be allowed to reduce mail delivery to five-days-a-week to help cut its massive losses.

Court says Padilla terror sentence was too lenient (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2006 file photo, Jose Padilla, center, is escorted to a waiting police vehicle by federal marshals near downtown Miami. The 17-year prison sentence imposed on the convicted terrorism plotter is far too lenient for someone who trained to kill at an al-Qaida camp and also has a long, violent criminal history, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, as it threw out the sentence. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, File)AP - The 17-year prison sentence imposed on convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla is far too lenient for someone who trained to kill at an al-Qaida camp and also has a long, violent criminal history, a federal appeals court ruled Monday as it threw out the sentence.

3 earthquakes rock Guatemala, 1 confirmed dead (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 01:26 PM PDT

AP - Three earthquakes shook a major part of Guatemala in less than 90 minutes Monday afternoon, killing at least one person, authorities said.

Death toll for Nevada air crash rises to 10 (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2011 file photo, a crowd gathers around debris after a P-51 Mustang airplane crased at the Reno Air show in Reno Nev. Amid the horrific aftermath of the nation's deadliest air racing disaster, a crash that killed nine and sent about 70 people to Reno-area hospitals, a sort of calm pervaded. Witnesses were spattered with blood and pieces of flesh, yet video of the scene shows paramedics, police and spectators attending to the wounded with a control that seems contradictory to the devastation. (AP Photo/Grass Valley Union, Tim O'Brien, File) MANDATORY CREDITAP - Moments after the nation's deadliest air racing disaster, a sense of calm pervaded.

Pentagon: Ready for gay ban repeal Tuesday (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:51 PM PDT

This June 2011 photo provided by the family shows Heather Lamb, and her infant son, Jacob, at their home in Alexandria, Va., when he was 8-weeks-old. Lamb has been in a relationship for six years with a woman serving in the Air Force, and they have just gotten engaged to be married now that “don’t ask, don’t tell” - the policy that prevented  gays and lesbians in the military from being open about their sexual orientation - is being repealed. (AP Photo)AP - The military has begun accepting applications from openly gay recruits but will not act on them until the legal ban on openly gay service is lifted Tuesday, says a Pentagon official.

You can't reinvent the burger; you can remake it (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:52 PM PDT

In this Sept. 15, 2011 photo, Liz Shires, Wendy's research and development laboratory coordinator, works on cooking two hamburger patties for the new Dave's Hot 'N Juicy Cheeseburger in the lab at the company's international headquarters in Dublin, Ohio. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)AP - When Wendy's decided to remake its 42-year-old hamburger, the chain agonized over every detail. A pickle chemist was consulted. Customers were quizzed on their lettuce knowledge. And executives went on a cross-country burger-eating tour.

Obama offers $3 trillion debt plan, tax hikes on rich (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:53 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks before signing the American Invents Act at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia, September 16, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama laid out a $3 trillion plan on Monday to cut U.S. deficits by raising taxes on the rich, but Republicans rejected it as a political stunt and made clear the proposal has little chance of becoming law.

Greece must shrink state to avoid default: lenders (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:13 PM PDT

Reuters - International lenders told Greece on Monday it must shrink its public sector and improve tax collection to avoid running out of money within weeks as investors spooked by political setbacks in Europe dumped risky euro zone assets.

Netflix DVDs to be Qwikster, on separate site (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 01:13 PM PDT

Reuters - Top video rental company Netflix Inc will rename its DVD-by-mail business and split it off to a separate website, sparking a new round of customer complaints and concern by some analysts that customers might drop the service.

News International to pay $4.7 million to settle hacking (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:42 AM PDT

Reuters - News International is expected to pay three million pounds ($4.7 million) to settle hacking claims by the family of murder victim Milly Dowler against Britain's now defunct News of the World newspaper, sources close to the issue told Reuters on Monday.

Strauss-Kahn apology seen contrived, staged (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 06:40 AM PDT

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former International Monetary Fund chief (IMF), in this still image taken from TF1 television footage, holds a document as he appears on their prime time news programme in their studios in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, September 18, 2011. REUTERS/TF1/HandoutReuters - The French media scorned what it called an insincere and staged TV apology by Dominique Strauss-Kahn for his sexual encounter with a New York hotel maid, with many noting he left the door ajar for a eventual political comeback.

U.S. spy agencies struggle with post-9/11 languages (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:14 PM PDT

Reuters - Despite intense focus on Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Middle East in the last decade, U.S. spy agencies are still lacking in language skills needed to talk to locals, translate intercepted intelligence and analyze data, according to top intelligence officials.

UBS starts probe into $2.3 billion rogue trade loss (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 06:59 AM PDT

Reuters - UBS has kicked off an internal investigation into the catastrophic failure of its risk systems after rogue equity trades cost the Swiss bank $2.3 billion, raising the pressure on top management.

Lawyers sum up latest insider trading trial (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:37 AM PDT

Reuters - The trial of a former Silicon Valley sales manager accused in the U.S. government's crackdown on insider trading closed with prosecution and defense arguing over whether he stole information about public companies and shared it illegally.

As Reno rethinks air races, possible cause of crash is seen (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 01:19 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Although it will be months before official investigations are completed, one likely cause has emerged from initial data gathered about Friday’s crash at the Reno Air Races.

Can Obama turn it around? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 08:49 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Sometimes in politics, style matters as much as substance. Texas Gov. Rick Perry has shot to the top of the Republican presidential field as much on his charisma as on his record.
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