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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Egypt military rulers reject calls to step down (AP)

Egypt military rulers reject calls to step down (AP)

Egypt military rulers reject calls to step down (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:46 PM PST

In this Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011 photo, an Egyptian riot police officer aims his rifle at a man near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Police and protesters demanding that Egypt's ruling military council step down are observing a truce after five days of deadly street battles in which dozens have died. (AP Photo/Tahsin Bakr)AP - Egypt's military rulers rejected protester demands for them to step down immediately and said Thursday they would start the first round of parliamentary elections on time next week despite serious unrest in Cairo and other cities.

Giffords serves Thanksgiving meal at Ariz. base (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:41 PM PST

PREMIUM CONTENT--HIGHER RATES APPLY FOR NON-PHOTOSTREAM MEMBERS - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., waves to airmen while serving a Thanksgiving meal at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords helped serve a Thanksgiving meal to service members and retirees at a military base in her hometown of Tucson, Ariz.

Triple bombings in south Iraq kill 19, injure 64 (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:28 AM PST

Police inspect the scene of a bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. Three bombs went off in a popular open-air market Thursday evening, killing and wounding scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - A string of bombings in a southern oil city killed 19 people Thursday evening and injured dozens more, a grim sign of the security challenges Iraq will face after American troops go home.

Germany deflects calls for ECB to have more power (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:34 AM PST

AP - Germany deflected calls for the European Central Bank to play a bigger role in solving Europe's debt crisis but did win the backing of France and Italy to unite the troubled 17-nation eurozone more closely.

Protesters reject Yemen president's power transfer (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:22 PM PST

A man carries a wounded protester during clashes with security forces in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. A medic at a field hospital in Sanaa says several people have been killed by security forces and regime supporters who fired upon crowds demanding that President Ali Abdullah Saleh be put on trial. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)AP - A U.S.-backed deal for Yemen's authoritarian president to step down fell far short of the demands of protesters who fought regime supporters on the streets of Sanaa Thursday in clashes that left five dead.

Top Marine spends Thanksgiving in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:33 AM PST

AP - A turkey trot it was not.

Festive Thanksgiving Day Parade heads through NYC (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:57 AM PST

The 'Spiderman' float is seen during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Times Square in New York on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. The parade premiered in 1924, this is its 85th year. (AP Photo/Andrew Burton)AP - Spectators cheered and sang on Thursday as the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade made its way through the crowded streets of Manhattan beneath brilliant sunshine.

Gingrich could draw GOP ire on immigration (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 04:35 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential hopeful former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista buy a pork chop lunch as they campaign at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. Gingrich has never been a conventional Republican and he certainly doesn't see it as the way to catch Mitt Romney. He's not backing away from his unorthodox stand on immigration, which critics call amnesty. But party insiders wonder if a thrice-married, 68-year-old with a multimillion-dollar Freddie Mac contract is the best choice to face President Barack Obama. Gingrich has never been a conventional Republican and he certainly doesn't see it as the way to catch Mitt Romney. He's not backing away from his unorthodox stand on immigration, which critics call amnesty. But party insiders wonder if a thrice-married, 68-year-old with a multimillion-dollar Freddie Mac contract is the best choice to face President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Newt Gingrich has charged into the fray over illegal immigration, risking conservative ire just as his Republican presidential campaign — once declared all but dead — has vaulted into front-runner status.

JK Rowling: UK press left me feeling under siege (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:56 AM PST

In this image made from television, 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling, who has campaigned to keep her children out of the media glare, gives evidence about media intrusion during a media ethics inquiry in London, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. The inquiry, led by Judge Brian Leveson, plans to issue a report next year and could recommend major changes to media regulation in Britain. (AP Photo/Parliamentary Recording Unit via APTN) NO ARCHIVESAP - Writer J.K. Rowling and actress Sienna Miller gave a London courtroom a vivid picture on Thursday of the anxiety, anger and fear produced by living in the glare of Britain's tabloid media, describing how press intrusion made them feel like prisoners in their own homes.

Older athletes get caught cheating, too (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:46 PM PST

AP - The anti-doping police are sending out a new message to the AARP crowd: We're keeping an eye on you, too.

Sarkozy, Merkel agree to stop sniping on ECB crisis role (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 10:24 AM PST

Reuters - France and Germany agreed on Thursday to stop arguing in public over whether the European Central Bank should do more to rescue the euro zone from a deepening sovereign debt crisis.

Arabs give Syria one day to agree monitors or face sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 10:18 AM PST

Demonstrators march against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Homs November 21, 2011. The banners (C) read Reuters - The Arab League gave Syria one day to sign a protocol allowing monitors into the country or face sanctions over its crackdown on protests including halting flights and suspending transactions with the central bank.

AT&T braces for T-Mobile deal collapse (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:19 AM PST

Reuters - AT&T said it would take a $4 billion charge in case its takeover of T-Mobile USA fails, reflecting the dwindling chances for the deal seen as job-destroying by powerful political opponents.

Thanksgiving kicks off fight for holiday sales (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 08:35 AM PST

Reuters - The holiday shopping season starts in earnest on Thursday, with retailers anxious to see how willing U.S. consumers are to spend despite an endless stream of scary headlines about the fragile economy and their own precarious finances.

Egypt truce holds, protesters plan huge Friday rally (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 10:24 AM PST

A protester throws a tear gas canister, which was earlier thrown by riot police during clashes in a road, which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 23, 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Egyptian protesters and police observed a truce on Thursday after clashes that killed 39 people in five days, but activists said they would intensify pressure for an end to army rule with a mass rally on Friday.

German bonds fall; stocks, euro vulnerable (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:34 AM PST

Occupy for Jobs protesters stop to rally at the top of Wall Street in New York November 23, 2011. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST)Reuters - German government bond yields hit their highest in nearly a month and world stocks held near 7-week lows Thursday, a day after a weak debt sale in Berlin fanned fears the euro zone debt crisis is starting to threaten its biggest > falling 115 ticks on the day to 134.66, the lowest since October 31.

Olympus execs quit before showdown with ex-CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 06:39 AM PST

Reuters - Three executives of Japan's Olympus Corp resigned on Thursday ahead of a boardroom showdown with ousted CEO Michael Woodford, as the British whistleblower said he would not be surprised if "some criminality" were involved in the scandal engulfing the once-venerable firm.

James Turley to retire as Ernst & Young CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:58 AM PST

Reuters - Accounting and consulting firm Ernst & Young said chairman and chief executive James Turley will retire in June 2013.

Occupy Wall Street: Can filmmaking website unify the movement? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 03:08 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Amid the rumbling backdrop of incessant drumming in the 450-tent strong encampment here, Lisa Clapier is demonstrating the newest, high-tech tool that some in the Occupy Wall Street movement say may finally help them unify their message worldwide.

Illinois utility targeted by cybersaboteurs? US pours water on the idea. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 02:11 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - An Illinois water utility suspected of being the first piece of critical infrastructure on US soil to be successfully targeted by foreign cybersaboteurs was not sabotaged at all, a Department of Homeland Security investigation found.
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