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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Penn State shaken after firing of Paterno (AP)

Penn State shaken after firing of Paterno (AP)

Penn State shaken after firing of Paterno (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 12:20 PM PST

Assistant coach Larry Johnson, left, and others leave former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's home Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - After nearly a half-century on the job, Joe Paterno says he is still getting used to the idea of not being Penn State's football coach. So is the rest of the shaken campus, after one of the most tumultuous days in its history.

As Cain, Perry scramble, Gingrich seeks an opening (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 12:27 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain shakes hands with Jeff Balaka, of Chelsea, Mich., while speaking at the Big Sky Diner in Ypsilanti, Mich., Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Mitt Romney chugged ahead Thursday as the conservative-fueled drive to deny him the Republican presidential nomination reached a difficult new phase: Once-surging rivals Rick Perry and Herman Cain scrambled to control serious damage, while an old face sought new ways to exploit their problems.

Progress in Italy, Greece on debt sends stocks up (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 12:13 PM PST

Specialists William Bott, left, Christian Sanfilippo, third from left, and floor official Chris Casaliggi second left, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. Stocks are opening broadly higher after an unexpected drop in unemployment claims and signs of progress in Europe's debt crisis. The gains came one day after the Dow Jones industrial average sank nearly 400 points. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - An unexpected drop in unemployment claims and signs of progress in Europe's debt crisis pushed stocks higher in afternoon trading Thursday. The gains came a day after the Dow Jones industrial average dropped nearly 400 points.

Senate approves jobs benefits for veterans (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 12:25 PM PST

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. speaks about the expected Senate passage of the 'VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011,' Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - A united Senate emphatically approved legislation Thursday intended to help unemployed veterans and companies doing business with the government, endorsing a measure that includes the first small slice of President Barack Obama's jobs plan that is likely to become law.

Perry says blunder won't force him to quit race (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 12:16 PM PST

Republican presidential candidates Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speak during a Republican Presidential Debate at Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Mich., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Rick Perry says he "stepped in it" when he couldn't remember the third federal department he would abolish if elected, but insisted the debate blunder wouldn't force him out of the Republican presidential field.

Unemployment aid hits 7-month low, trade gap falls (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 12:24 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2011 file photo, a man pauses by a window as job seekers wait to get information and drop off resumes during a job fair in Boston. Applications for unemployment benefits fall to 390,000 Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, lowest level since mid-April. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)AP - The outlook for American jobs and trade looked a little brighter Thursday, despite growing uncertainty overseas. The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week fell to a seasonally adjusted 390,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. That's the fewest since April.

Nixon defended his legacy in grand jury tape (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 1974, file photo, Richard Nixon says goodbye to members of his staff outside the White House in Washington as he boards a helicopter for Andrews Air Force Base after resigning the presidency in Washington. Nixon's grand jury testimony about the Watergate scandal that destroyed his presidency is finally coming to light. Four months after a judge ordered the June 1975 records unsealed, the government's Nixon Presidential Library was making them available online and at the California facility Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/File)AP - Feisty and cagey, ex-President Richard Nixon defended his shredded legacy and shady Watergate-era actions in grand jury testimony that he thought would never come out. On Thursday, it did.

Arab Christians, minorities, reshaping US enclaves (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 12:12 PM PST

This Nov. 7, 2011 photo shows George Saade, 39, of Albuquerque, N.M. taking Communion at a mass in Arabic at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Byzantine Catholic Church in Albuquerque. Archdiocese of Santa Fe officials believe the Catholic Mass in Arabic was the first in New Mexico's history. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)AP - Jordanian immigrants take Communion at an Arabic-language Mass in Albuquerque. Lebanese-Americans help raise nearly $2 million for major improvements to a West Virginia church. Iraqi refugees who practice an ancient religion that views John the Baptist as their teacher hold baptisms in a Massachusetts pond popular for rowing regattas.

Astronomers shed light on early stars in cosmos (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 12:04 PM PST

This computer simulation image made available by Science Express on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 shows gas around a forming galaxy for a paper by Dr. Michele Fumagalli and colleagues. After decades of scouring the universe, astronomers finally have found two immense clouds of gas that are pristine - free of the metals fired out into the cosmos by stars. The findings, published in Thursday's Science journal, provide the first solid detection of primitive, uncontaminated gas and support the long-standing theory as to how the chemical elements were formed in the early universe. It is these types of pure gas clouds that formed the first stars. The pristine gas detected by astronomers could lie in one of the filamentary regions. (AP Photo/Science Express, Ceverino, Dekel and Primack)AP - After decades of scouring the universe, astronomers finally have found two immense clouds of gas that are pristine — free of the metals fired out into the cosmos by stars.

Venezuela vows all-out hunt for Nationals' Ramos (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 12:33 PM PST

FILE - In this June 4, 2011, file photo, Washington Nationals' Wilson Ramos looks on during a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix. According to Kathe Vilera, a spokeswoman for Ramos' Venezuelan League team, the Aragua Tigers, four armed men kidnapped Ramos on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, from his home in central Venezuela. (AP Photo/Paul Connors, File)AP - Venezuela's government said Thursday it has sent its top investigators to solve the kidnapping of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos, a case that has shaken the nation's elite athletes and focused attention on the country's sharp rise in kidnappings for ransom.

Italy eyes unity cabinet as EU dithers on crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 09:38 AM PST

Reuters - Italy moved closer to a national unity government on Thursday, following Greece's lead in seeking a respected veteran technocrat to pilot painful economic reforms in an effort to avert a euro zone bond market meltdown.

New Italian government seen within days (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 09:43 AM PST

Reuters - Respected former European Commissioner Mario Monti looked set on Thursday to be appointed within days to head an emergency Italian government, as politicians rushed to combat a crisis threatening the entire euro zone.

Bernanke keeps focus on jobs, warns on Europe (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 12:20 PM PST

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pauses during a news conference following a two-day policy session in Washington November 2, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Defending the Federal Reserve on the turf of his harshest critics, central bank chief Ben Bernanke said the Fed was "intently" focused on lowering unemployment and warned strains from Europe could trigger global economic shocks.

ICE calls for MF client cash; CFTC confirms probe (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 12:24 PM PST

The sign marking the MF Global Holdings Ltd. offices at 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan is seen in New York November 2, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - The trustee liquidating bankrupt broker MF Global on Thursday deflected intensifying pressure to disperse billions of dollars of customer cash frozen in commodity accounts, saying that he could not yet legally release individuals' funds.

Exclusive: New Keystone pipeline route sought (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 11:10 AM PST

Demonstrators carry a giant mock pipeline while calling for the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline during a rally in front of the White House in Washington November 6, 2011. Protesters are unhappy about TransCanada Corp's plan to build the massive pipeline to transport crude from Alberta, Canada, to Texas. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsReuters - The United States will study a new route for the Keystone XL Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline, U.S. officials said on Thursday, delaying any final approval beyond the 2012 election and sparing President Barack Obama a politically risky decision for now.

Job, trade data hint at stronger growth (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 08:49 AM PST

Reuters - New U.S. claims for jobless benefits fell last week to their lowest level since early April and the trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in September, pointing to a slight improvement in the sluggish economy.

Murdoch limits damage in parliament grilling (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 11:41 AM PST

News Corp executive James Murdoch speaks to a parliamentarians in London November 10, 2011. REUTERS/Parbul TV via Reuters TVReuters - James Murdoch, fighting for his career, held his line that he was innocent of covering up phone-hacking at the News of the World tabloid and blamed other former executives in a UK parliamentary hearing on Thursday.

Greece names Papademos to lead salvation coalition (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 09:36 AM PST

Incoming Prime Minister Lucas Papademos stands outside the Presidential palace after a meeting with Greek political leaders in Athens November 10, 2011. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - Greece named former European Central Bank vice-president Lucas Papademos on Thursday to head a crisis government, ending a chaotic search for a leader to save the country from default, bankruptcy and an exit from the euro zone.

USS Cole bombing: Defense grills judge as suspect is arraigned in Cuba (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 06:41 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Suspected Al Qaeda operative Abdal Rahim al-Nashiri appeared before a military judge at the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Wednesday to face war crimes charges that he masterminded the Oct. 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.

Did the national Emergency Alert System mistakenly play Lady Gaga? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 02:03 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Reaction to the first-ever national test of the Emergency Alert System shows a range of public reaction and quite a few technological bumps in the road.
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