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Monday, October 17, 2011

Touring NC, Obama seeks jobs votes, piece by piece (AP)

Touring NC, Obama seeks jobs votes, piece by piece (AP)

Touring NC, Obama seeks jobs votes, piece by piece (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:34 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at Asheville Regional Airport in Fletcher, N.C., Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, to begin his three-day bus tour promoting the American Jobs Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Railing against Republicans, President Barack Obama on Monday pushed for a jobs package that Congress is splintering into pieces, with Senate Democrats planning to start with a plan to help states hire teachers, police and firefighters. In campaign mode on the road, Obama accused Republicans senators of saying no to helping Americans.

Cops: IDs, papers found after 4 locked in basement (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:13 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department, Herbert Knowles smiles. Knowles has been identified by police as one of four mentally disabled persons locked in the squalid basement of a Philadelphia building. Police said four mentally disabled adults were rescued from the basement of the northeast Philadelphia apartment building on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, after the landlord shined a flashlight behind a steel door that had been chained shut. One victim had been shackled to the boiler, police said. Detectives have been able to make contact with the families of three of the victims, but were still trying to reach the family of Knowles, (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department)AP - Dozens of pieces of identification and power of attorney documents have been discovered after a Philadelphia landlord found four mentally disabled adults locked in the squalid basement of his building, a discovery that points toward a wide-ranging fraud scheme, police said Monday.

Challenges loom as world population hits 7 billion (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 05:35 AM PDT

In this Oct. 5, 2011 photo, a newborn baby boy is weighed on a scale at a government hospital in Mumbai, India. Already the second most populous country with 1.2 billion people, India is expected to overtake China around 2030 when its population soars to an estimated 1.6 billion. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)AP - She's a 40-year-old mother of eight, with a ninth child due soon. The family homestead in a Burundi village is too small to provide enough food, and three of the children have quit school for lack of money to pay required fees.

Libyan forces seize most of Bani Walid (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 09:45 AM PDT

British Foreign Secretary William Hague, left, shakes hands with Libya's interim leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the head of the governing National Transitional Council in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. Britain's foreign secretary says it's 'very, very important' to catch Moammar Gadhafi and other former Libyan regime figures wanted by the International Criminal Court. William Hague made the comments Monday during a visit to Tripoli. He also promised more humanitarian aid and says the final shipment of Libyan cash that had been frozen in the United Kingdom will be returned soon. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid al-Fergany)AP - Libyan revolutionary forces have captured almost all of Bani Walid, one of Moammar Gadhafi's last remaining strongholds, but still face pockets of resistance as they try to end a weeks-long standoff, officials said Monday.

KC mom admits she was drunk when her baby vanished (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:39 PM PDT

FILE - This file photo provided Oct. 4, 2011, by the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, shows Lisa Irwin. Police and federal authorities have been searching extensively for Irwin who was 10 months old when her parents reported her missing on Oct. 4, 2011. (AP Photo, Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, File)AP - Law enforcement officials launched a new round of searches for a missing Kansas City baby on Monday after her mother went on national television and admitted she was drunk when the girl disappeared but insisted she did nothing to harm the child.

Citigroup earnings rise 74 percent, to $3.8 bln (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 08:34 AM PDT

In this Oct. 13, 2011 photo, people pass a Citibank office, in New York. Citigroup said Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, its earnings rose 74 percent in the third quarter, to $3.8 billion, after the bank recorded lower losses from loans. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Citigroup's strategy of slimming down and focusing on a few core businesses is paying off.

Half of teens shy, but for a few it's more serious (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:45 PM PDT

AP - Does your teen show normal nerves about the weekend party, or always stay home?

'Sesame Street' on YouTube resumes after hacking (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:41 AM PDT

AP - The YouTube channel for "Sesame Street" is back online after hackers forced its shutdown for a day by loading X-rated material.

Early Paul McCartney letter offers drummer tryout (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 09:30 AM PDT

A Christie's employee displays a letter inviting an unknown drummer to audition for The Beatles, at their auction house in London, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. The handwritten letter by Paul McCartney, dated 12 August 1960, inviting an unknown drummer to audition for The Beatles, was discovered folded-up inside a book, by an anonymous collector at a car boot sale in Bootle, Liverpool, England. It is expected to sell at auction for 7,000-9,000 pounds (11,050- 14,200 US dollars). (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Somewhere, an aging drummer (identity unknown) is probably still kicking himself.

2-time Indy 500 winner Wheldon killed in wreck (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 09:16 AM PDT

Drivers crash during a wreck that involved 15 cars during the IndyCar Series' Las Vegas Indy 300 auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. Will Power (12), of Australia, is airborne at left. Dan Wheldon died following the crash. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jessica Ebelhar) LAS VEGAS SUN OUT MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALESAP - Every race car driver heads onto the track understanding this race could be the last and hoping it won't be.

U.S. not "trying that hard" on exports: GE's Immelt (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:38 PM PDT

General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt speaks at a news conference after a Reuters - The United States is not trying hard enough as a nation to win business overseas, and that is contributing to its economic slump, said General Electric Co Chief Executive Jeff Immelt.

Citi posts higher earnings but warns on growth (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:50 AM PDT

A man uses a Citibank automated teller machine at a branch in Washington January 19, 2010. . REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - Citigroup Inc reported higher quarterly earnings, helped by an accounting gain, but warned that developed markets could face weak growth for years, and the bank's shares fell.

New Yorkers support anti-Wall Street protests: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:19 AM PDT

A demonstrator sweeps the pavement outside St Paul's Cathedral in central London October 16, 2011. Around 250 protesters set up camp outside St Paul's Cathedral in the heart of London on Sunday, promising to occupy the site indefinitely to show their anger at bankers and politicians over the global economic crisis. REUTERS/Olivia HarrisReuters - Anti-Wall Street protests have won broad support among New York City voters, who would overwhelmingly favor tougher regulations on the financial industry, new poll results showed on Monday.

BP gets $4 billion from Anadarko for oil spill costs (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:44 AM PDT

A shrimp boat trawls near healthy marsh, bayous and water ways east of the mouth of the Atchafalaya River near Morgan City, Louisiana April 20, 2011. REUTERS/Sean GardnerReuters - Anadarko Petroleum Corp will pay BP Plc $4 billion toward clean-up of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, far less than BP might have won in court, but the deal could reduce the overall cost of the disaster for the British group.

NTC forces celebrate capture of Gaddafi bastion Bani Walid (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:40 PM PDT

Anti-Gaddafi fighters return fire during clashes with Gaddafi forces in the centre of Sirte October 17, 2011. REUTERS/Thaier al-SudaniReuters - Fighters with Libya's interim government fired their guns into the air and hoisted the country's new flag over the center of Bani Walid on Monday to celebrate their capture of one of the final bastions of Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists.

Berlin tempers summit hopes, banks under pressure (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Reuters - Germany said on Monday that a summit of EU leaders next Sunday would not produce a miracle cure for the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis, a warning that pushed down markets after a rise in the past week on expectations of a breakthrough.

Apple sells 4 million iPhones in 3 days (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:03 AM PDT

A sign for the iPhone 4S is seen at an Apple Store in New York, October 14, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Apple Inc said on Monday it sold 4 million iPhone 4S in the new smartphone's first three days on the market, setting up a strong December quarter for the world's largest technology company.

Iran says happy to examine U.S. plot allegations (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 05:44 AM PDT

Manssor Arbabsiar is shown in this 1996 Nueces County, Texas, Sheriff's Office photograph released to Reuters on October 12, 2011. REUTERS/Nueces County Sheriff's Office/HandoutReuters - Iran said on Monday it would examine "seriously and patiently" U.S. allegations it planned to assassinate a Saudi ambassador and called on Washington to send evidence of the plot it has dismissed as baseless propaganda.

MLK Memorial: From China, with love? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:17 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The stern, bulky visage of Martin Luther King Jr. now gracing the National Mall has brought forth tears of joy and redemption from onlookers. But for some Americans, the massive monument will forever be marred by where it was made: China.
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