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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Syria faces army defectors, worldwide isolation (AP)

Syria faces army defectors, worldwide isolation (AP)

Syria faces army defectors, worldwide isolation (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:29 PM PST

The Arab League foreign ministers meet in Rabat, Morocco, Wednesday, Nov 16. 2011. Foreign ministers from the 22-member Arab League on Wednesday are expected to formalize their weekend decision to suspend Syria for refusing to end its bloody crackdown against anti-government protesters. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)AP - Syria's president faced a growing challenge to his iron rule from home and abroad Wednesday, with renegade troops launching their most daring attack yet on the military and world leaders looking at possibilities for a regime without Bashar Assad.

Stronger factories, lower prices lift economy (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:54 PM PST

This Oct. 28, 2011 photo, shows new seats for a United Airlines, Boeing 777 plane that is being retrofitted at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. U.S. factory output increased in October by the most in three months on strong demand for business equipment, electronics and autos. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)AP - U.S. manufacturing is recovering from a slump, and inflation may be peaking.

New judge assigned in Penn St. sex-abuse case (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:33 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2011 file photo, former Penn State football defensive coordinator Gerald 'Jerry' Sandusky sits in a car as he leaves the office of Centre County Magisterial District Judge Leslie A. Dutchcot in State College, Pa. Sandusky, who is charged with sexually abusing eight boys in a scandal that has rocked the university, said in an telephone interview with Bob Costas Monday night on NBC News' 'Rock Center' that there was no abuse and that any activities in a campus shower with a boy were just horseplay, not molestation. (AP Photo/The Patriot-News, Andy Colwell, File)AP - A new judge was assigned to handle Jerry Sandusky's child sex-abuse charges on Wednesday as a lawyer for a boy who accuses the former Penn State assistant football coach of abuse took aim at his televised defense.

Gingrich defends big contracts with Freddie Mac (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:00 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a Republican Presidential Debate at Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Mich. Rising in national polls, Gingrich found himself on the defensive Wednesday over huge payments he received over the past decade from the housing mortgage giant Freddie Mac. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)AP - Rising in polls and receiving greater scrutiny, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich found himself on the defensive Wednesday over huge payments he received over the past decade from the mortgage giant Freddie Mac.

Countering China, US sets training in Australia (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:48 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. Obama announced an agreement Wednesday to expand the U.S. military presence in Australia, underscoring growing concern over an increasingly assertive China. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, Pool)AP - Signaling U.S. determination to counter a rising China, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he will send military aircraft and up to 2,500 Marines to northern Australia for a training hub to help allies and protect American interests across Asia. He declared the U.S. is not afraid of China, by far the biggest and most powerful country in the region.

Suspect in shooting near White House arrested (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:55 PM PST

Law enforcement officers photograph a window at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, as seen from the South Lawn. A bullet hit an exterior window of the White House and was stopped by ballistic glass, the Secret Service said. An additional round of ammunition was found on the White House exterior. The bullets were found Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - A man wanted in an investigation of shots fired near the White House was arrested Wednesday in Pennsylvania, a day after agents discovered two bullets had struck the executive mansion while President Barack Obama was away, the U.S. Secret Service said.

Monti forms new Italian govt with no politicians (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:54 PM PST

Italian premier Mario Monti, left, receives a small bell from former premier Silvio Berlusconi at Chigi palace premiers office after the swearing ceremony, in Rome Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. The bell is used by the Prime Minister to call for attention during cabinet meetings. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Italian Premier Mario Monti formed a government of bankers, diplomats and business executives Wednesday, saying the absence of politicians in his Cabinet will spare political parties the "embarrassment" of taking the tough decisions needed to steer the country from financial disaster.

Crackdowns reach epicenter of Wall Street protests (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 10:10 AM PST

AP - The encampment is gone, but the movement lives on. What nobody knows is just how long it can survive without a literal place to call home.

Facebook warns of recent wave of spam (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:33 PM PST

AP - Facebook said Wednesday that it has stopped most of the spam that has flooded many users' pages with pictures showing graphic sex and violence.

Women more likely to have 'broken heart syndrome' (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:11 PM PST

AP - A woman's heart breaks more easily than a man's.

Wall Street falls, eyes banking contagion (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:41 PM PST

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange November 14, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Stocks fell on Wednesday, with selling accelerating late in the session on more warnings about the potential impact of the euro zone's debt crisis on the global economy and the banking system.

Canada pipeline firms sprint to end U.S. oil glut (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:40 PM PST

Reuters - Enbridge Inc and TransCanada Corp have raced forward with new pipeline plans in the fierce battle to unclog a year-long U.S. oil bottleneck, which could quickly end an unprecedented distortion in crude markets.

Deficit committee locked in budget stalemate (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:49 PM PST

(L-R) Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and Alice Rivlin and Pete Domenici, co-chairmen of the Bipartisan Policy Center's Debt Reduction Task Force, arrive to testify before the U.S. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 1, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Budget talks in Congress were locked in stalemate on Wednesday as Democrats and Republicans showed no sign of moving toward a compromise on taxes and health care.

Arab League pressure builds on Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:38 PM PST

Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad gather in Hula, near Homs November 13, 2011. REUTERS/Handout (Reuters - The Arab League gave Syria three days Wednesday to end an eight-month-old crackdown on protests and allow in teams of observers, signaling its patience with Damascus was running out.

Gingrich acknowledges Freddie Mac consulting fees (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:54 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) addresses the Family Research Council's Values Voters Summit in Washington, October 7, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich acknowledged on Wednesday that he had received consulting fees from troubled mortgage giant Freddie Mac for providing "strategic advice."

October consumer prices fall, giving Fed more room (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 09:57 AM PST

Reuters - Consumer prices fell in October for the first time in four months, taking pressure off strapped households and giving the Federal Reserve more room to ease monetary policy if the economy falters.

Italy gets new technocrat government (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 08:53 AM PST

Angelino Alfano (C), secretary of Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) party, speaks to reporters following a meeting with Prime Minister-designate Mario Monti in Rome November 15, 2011. REUTERS/Tony GentileReuters - Mario Monti formed a new technocrat government in Italy on Wednesday to tackle a major debt crisis threatening the entire euro zone and said he hoped it would placate financial markets.

Consumer regulator looking at student loans (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:05 AM PST

Reuters - The new consumer financial agency is setting its sites on the private student lending industry, announcing on Wednesday that it is seeking information on how to oversee these lenders.

Wisconsin recall: How powerful super PACs could influence the battle (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 05:11 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - If hundreds of thousands of protesters camping for weeks on the front lawn of the statehouse in Madison early this year made you think the battle between union organizers and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) had reached an all-time high, think again.

Judge tells Occupy Wall Street: You can't sleep in Zuccotti Park anymore (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 04:08 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - It looks as if the Occupy Wall Street protesters will have to bundle up real good this winter.
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