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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Libyans claim gains in Gadhafi hometown offensive (AP)

Libyans claim gains in Gadhafi hometown offensive (AP)

Libyans claim gains in Gadhafi hometown offensive (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 12:46 PM PDT

Libyan revolutionary fighters hide behind a trench during an attack against pro-Gadhafi forces in Sirte, Libya, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. Rebel forces have besieged Sirte since mid September, but have not managed to penetrate the heart of the city because of fierce resistance from loyalists inside the home town of Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Libyan revolutionary forces claimed to have captured parts of a sprawling convention center that loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi have used as their main base in the ousted leader's hometown and were shelling the city to try to rout snipers from rooftops in their offensive aimed at crushing this key bastion of the old regime.

Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis dead at 82 (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 12:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2006 file photo, Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis listens to questions during a news conference at an NFL football training camp in Napa, Calif. Davis has died, the Oakland Raiders announced Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)AP - Al Davis, the renegade owner of the Oakland Raiders who bucked NFL authority while exhorting his silver-and-black team to "Just win, baby!," died Saturday. He was 82.

Yemen president says he wants to leave power (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 09:27 AM PDT

In this image made from video, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks on Yemen State Television broadcast Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. The TV broadcast showed Saleh talking to unidentified members of the Yemen parliament, railing against the opposition and calling the crisis a 'conspiracy' against him. (AP Photo/Yemen State TV)AP - President Ali Abdullah Saleh made vague comments Saturday that he is willing to leave power in his first major speech since returning Yemen, but he gave no concrete plan for the future of the country. Yemen's opposition cast doubt that the embattled leader was serious.

Perry, Romney court religious conservatives (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 01:02 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. The cultural conservatives at the summit care deeply about abortion, gay marriage and other social issues. But this year, pocketbook issues seem to matter more than pulpit preaching, and at least some are willing to embrace Romney, who many have long looked at skeptically for his reversals on some of their priorities and his Mormon faith. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Saturday denounced "poisonous language" against faiths as he grappled with a flare-up over religion sparked by a prominent supporter of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, his rival. Perry steered well clear of that simmering issue and pushed another hot button instead: Social Security.

Protesters want world to know they're just like us (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 11:34 AM PDT

AP - As other protesters chanted vigorously around her, Nancy Pi-Sunyer stood off to the side at the Occupy Wall Street rally, clutching her sign, looking a little like a new teacher on the first day of school.

AP Interview: George W. Bush still supports troops (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 11:00 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2011 file photo, former President George W. Bush, left, and his wife, Laura Bush, hug after she introduced him at a 'topping out' ceremony of his library at SMU in Dallas. Bush says that after eight years in the White House, he’s happy to be back home in Texas and out of the spotlight. But the former commander-in-chief tells The Associated Press there’s one aspect of his presidency he still misses: interaction with U.S. troops. And Bush, who sent them to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, says that despite his desire to remain largely out of the public eye, he wants to make sure veterans and military members know they still have his support. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)AP - George W. Bush says that after eight years in the White House, he's happy to be back home in Texas and out of the spotlight.

Christians fear Islamist pressure in Egypt (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:41 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, an Egyptian Copt, holding a Christian cross, chants slogans as he attends a demonstration against the sectarian violence, in downtown Cairo, Egypt. In the past few weeks, riots have broken out at two churches in southern Egypt, prompted by Muslim crowds angered by rumors that Christians were building new churches. The violence is particularly frustrating for Christians because soon after Mubarak's fall the new government promised to review and lift heavy restrictions on building or renovating churches that Mubarak's regime had long enforced. The promise raised hopes among Christians that they would be put on equal footing with Muslims and establish a clear legal right to build, resolving an issue that in recent years has increasingly sparked riots. But the review never came, and ultraconservative Muslim clerics have increased their rhetoric against Christians, including accusing them of seeking to spread their faith with new churches. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)AP - On her first day to school, 15-year-old Christian student Ferial Habib was stopped at the doorstep of her new high school with clear instructions: either put on a headscarf or no school this year.

Report: Computer virus hits military drone program (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 01:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. A computer virus that captures the strokes on a keyboard has infected networks used by pilots who control U.S. Air Force drones flown on the warfront, according to a published report. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)AP - A computer virus that captures the strokes on a keyboard has infected networks used by pilots who control U.S. Air Force drones flown on the warfront, according to a published report.

Spain: bullfighter survives terrifying face goring (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 08:13 AM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla lies on the arena after being gored in the face by a bull during a bullfight in the northeastern city of Zaragoza, Spain. A Spanish bullfighter is likely to suffer facial paralysis and lose the sight in one eye after a terrifying goring, the hospital treating him said Saturday. Padilla, 39, suffered eye, bone, muscle and skin damage when the bull pinned him to the ground and gored him. Surgeons had not been able to repair a severed facial nerve, the statement from the Miguel Servet Hospital said. (AP Photo/Elena Munoz)AP - A Spanish bullfighter is likely to suffer facial paralysis and lose the sight in one eye after a terrifying goring, the hospital treating him said Saturday.

Shhh! Mimes tackle traffic chaos in Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 09:38 AM PDT

Mimes gesture as they stand in a crosswalk in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday Oct. 7, 2011. The mayor of the city's eastern district of Sucre has launched a unique program aimed to encourage civility among reckless drivers and careless pedestrians, putting 120 mimes at intersections to politely and silently scold violators. The campaign kicked off this week as mimes posted at busy intersections mocked people who jaywalked or acted brutish behind the wheel. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - A part of Venezuela's capital is giving dangerous drivers the silent treatment, sending mimes into the streets to do what police alone have not: tame the lawless traffic.

Emails raise fresh questions on Obama energy loan (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:36 PM PDT

The headquarters of bankrupt Solyndra LLC is shown in Fremont, California September 20, 2011. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - An Obama administration appointee at the Energy Department pressed White House analysts to sign off on a $535 million loan to Solyndra even though his wife worked for the failed solar panel maker's law firm, according to internal emails made public on Friday.

Obama ups pressure ahead of Senate jobs bill vote (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 03:07 AM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama maintained his attack against congressional Republicans over his jobs bill on Saturday, upping pressure before it faces a vote in the Senate next week.

Yemen's Saleh says will step down in coming days (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 12:24 PM PDT

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrives at a rally of his supporters in Sanaa, in this May 6, 2011 file picture. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/FilesReuters - Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh said Saturday he would step down in "the coming days" after months of protests against his 33-year rule that risked tipping the dirt-poor country into civil war, but the government said his exit was not imminent.

Romney still holds wide lead in New Hampshire: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 08:54 AM PDT

Reuters - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney holds a wide lead in the early primary state of New Hampshire, with former pizza executive Herman Cain a distant second place, a poll showed.

Europe eyes buoying banks to weather debt storm (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 11:32 AM PDT

Reuters - European banks may need more than 100 billion euros ($135 billion) to withstand the sovereign debt crisis, Ireland estimated on Saturday ahead of a meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to work out how to recapitalize the lenders.

Belgium, France set for Sunday talks on Dexia: Belgian PM (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 12:32 PM PDT

A man walks past the logo of Belgian-French financial services group Dexia outside the bank headquarters in central Brussels October 7, 2011. REUTERS/Yves HermanReuters - Belgium and France will hold talks to determine the fate of stricken Franco-Belgian bank Dexia in Brussels on Sunday, Belgian caretaker Prime Minister Yves Leterme said after a meeting of core members of his cabinet on Saturday.

Paulson loses more in September, fund now off 47 percent (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Reuters - Hedge fund manager John Paulson lost more money in September thanks to ill-timed bets on an elusive economic recovery that left one of his biggest funds off 47 percent, two people who saw the numbers said on Saturday.

What did Conrad Murray tell police after Michael Jackson's death? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 06:19 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Jurors at the trial of Michael Jackson’s personal physician heard portions of a dramatic tape recording on Friday of Conrad Murray’s first statement to police, given two days after the pop legend died of an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol.

Illinois train explosion: How safe are ethanol tankers? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:56 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Fire crews in a central Illinois town are fighting to prevent a possible chemical explosion following the derailment of a freight train that contains tankers of burning ethanol, a component used in gasoline production.
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