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Sunday, November 6, 2011

US: Sect bomb attacks possible in Nigeria capital (AP)

US: Sect bomb attacks possible in Nigeria capital (AP)

US: Sect bomb attacks possible in Nigeria capital (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 11:41 AM PST

In this image made from television released by the state-run Nigerian Television Authority Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, corpses are seen laid out in Damatura, Nigeria, following a series of coordinated attacks Friday that killed at least 69 people and left a new police headquarters in ruins, government offices burned and symbols of state power destroyed. A radical Muslim sect known locally as Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attacks in Borno and Yobe states, with the worst damage done in and around the city of Damaturu. (AP Photo/Nigerian Television Authority) NIGERIA OUTAP - After a weekend of violence and fear, U.S. officials warned Sunday that luxury hotels frequented by foreigners and Nigeria's elite may be bombed by a radical Muslim sect as the death toll from attacks in the country's northeast rises to more than 100.

USGS: 10 aftershocks following 5.6 quake in Okla. (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 09:37 AM PST

A cookie jar lies in pieces on the kitchen counter as Jesse Richards describes what the earthquake felt like in Sparks, Okla., Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. Oklahoma residents more accustomed to tornadoes than earthquakes have been shaken by weekend temblors that cracked buildings, buckled a highway and rattled nerves. One quake late Saturday was the state's strongest ever and jolted a college football stadium 50 miles away. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP - Oklahoma residents more accustomed to tornadoes than earthquakes have been shaken by weekend temblors that cracked buildings, buckled a highway and rattled nerves. One quake late Saturday was the state's strongest ever and jolted a college football stadium 50 miles away.

Political crisis grips Greece (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 12:12 PM PST

Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou exits after a cabinet meeting at the parliament in Athens on Sunday, Nov. 6 2011. Greek leaders struggled for a second day to end an ongoing political crisis, under intense pressure to ensure the country doesn't go bankrupt in the next few weeks and that it remains in the eurozone. Papandreou informed cabinet members that he asked Greek President Karolos Papoulias for an urgent meeting with opposition leader Antonis Samaras. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)AP - Greece's president convened crisis talks between the country's embattled prime minister and the head of the conservative opposition Sunday in an effort to hammer out a solution on forming an interim government and ending a political crisis that threatens the country's solvency and cherished eurozone membership.

Accusations of child sex, cover-up rock Penn State (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 10:47 AM PST

In this photo provided by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, former Penn State football defensive coordinator Gerald 'Jerry' Sandusky, center, is placed in a police car iin Bellefonte, Pa. to be taken to the office of a Centre County Magisterial District judge on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. Sandusky is charged with sexually abusing eight young men. Also, Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and Penn State vice president for finance and business Gary Schultz, 62, are expected to turn themselves in on Monday on charges of perjury and failure to report under Pennsylvania’s child protective services law in connection with the investigation into the abuse allegations against Sandusky. (AP Photo/Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Commonwealth Media Services)AP - An explosive sex abuse scandal and allegations of a cover-up rocked Happy Valley after former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, once considered Joe Paterno's heir apparent, was charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over 15 years. Among the allegations was that a graduate assistant saw Sandusky assault a boy in the shower at the team's practice center in 2002.

Racial politics return with Cain allegations (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 09:12 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2011, file photo Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) in Washington. Cain does not shy away from using race as a talking point, much to the consternation of liberal and independent blacks. He said blacks have been 'brainwashed' into voting for Democrats in large numbers and shuns the term 'African-American,' preferring to call himself an 'American black conservative.' (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Herman Cain's rise as a presidential contender was supposed to prove that race didn't matter in the Republican Party. Cain is fast making it the only thing that does.

Syrian troops kill 11 despite Arab League accord (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 11:02 AM PST

A Syrian Protester covers her face with a Syrian flag as she attends an anti-Syrian regime protest in front of the Arab league headquarters in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. Over 100 people protested outside the Arab League's Cairo headquarters where foreign ministers met Wednesday, waving the tri-colored Syrian flag and chanting slogans against Assad. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Syrians in the restive region of Homs performed special prayers for a major Muslim holiday to the sound of explosions and gunfire as government troops pushed forward their assault on the area, killing at least 11 people Sunday, residents and activists said.

Occupy protests inspires T-shirts, trademark bids (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 10:21 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2011 file photo, Walter Lichtenberg sits on a park bench selling shirts and buttons at the Occupy Portland camp in downtown Portland, Ore. Enterprising silk-screeners, merchandise hucksters and others are expected to join the movement seeking to profit from the nationwide Occupy movements that are ostensibly protesting excessive profiteering in the United States. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)AP - The revolution will be trademarked and put on T-shirts if an increasing number of entrepreneurs succeed in their attempts to profit from the Occupy demonstrations.

Analysis: Is student loan, education bubble next? (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 11:41 AM PST

AP - First the dot.coms popped, then mortgages. Are student loans and higher education the next bubble, the latest investment craze inflating on borrowed money and misplaced faith it can never go bad?

$9M richer, informant unmasks himself at NY trial (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 10:43 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2010 file photo, Viktor Bout, then a suspected Russian arms dealer, is escorted by prison officials as he arrives at the criminal court in Bangkok. The conviction of the ex-Soviet officer known at the Merchant of Death can be credited in part to the work of a U.S. informant who has made more than $9 million for his undercover work over the past 15 years. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)AP - The most bankable star witness at the trial of an ex-Soviet officer known as the Merchant of Death was a former drug dealer turned U.S. government-sponsored actor who became one of the highest paid informants in history.

Geoffrey Mutai, Firehiwot Dado win at NYC Marathon (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 11:26 AM PST

Geoffrey Mutai, of Kenya, runs along 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York on his way to winning with a course record in the men's division at the New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - Geoffrey Mutai likes his chances in any championship-style marathon.

Greek PM, opposition leader reach deal on new government (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 12:21 PM PST

Greek President Karolos Papoulias shakes hands with leader of conservative New Democracy party Antonis Samaras (L) inside the presidential palace in Athens November 6, 2011. REUTERS/John KolesidisReuters - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and opposition leader Antonis Samaras have agreed on a new coalition government, the office of the country's president said on Sunday.

Insight: Euro has new politburo but no solution yet (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 05:59 AM PST

Reuters - Europe has a new informal leadership directorate intent on finding a solution to the euro zone's debt crisis, but it has yet to prove its ability to come up with a lasting formula.

Euro zone countries could split, says Goldman Sachs exec (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 09:45 AM PST

Reuters - Countries in the euro zone will find it increasingly unattractive to stay in the single currency, if there is a German-led fiscal integration, the chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management said in a Sunday Telegraph interview.

Markets abandoning hopes for lasting euro zone solution (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 11:48 AM PST

Reuters - After another week of confusion and turmoil in Europe, investors are ditching whatever hopes they once had for a conclusive solution to the debt crisis.

Analysis: Stores gear up for "dogfight" in TV aisles (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 09:31 AM PST

Reuters - It may not be a blood bath, but it will definitely be a dogfight.

Intrigue, betrayal in Rome as Berlusconi fights on (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 07:37 AM PST

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi talks to the media as he leaves a euro zone leaders summit in Brussels October 27, 2011. REUTERS/Francois LenoirReuters - With Silvio Berlusconi's fate resting on a group of party rebels threatening to pull the rug from under his government next week, the Italian prime minister is using carrot and stick to try to win over the doubters and pull off yet another parliamentary escape.

IAEA report on Iran set to raise Middle East tension (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 05:16 AM PST

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano attends a news conference during an IAEA board of governors meeting at the United Nations headquarters in Vienna June 6, 2011. REUTERS/Herwig PrammerReuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog is expected this week to issue its most detailed report yet on research in Iran seen as geared to developing atomic bombs, heightening international suspicions of Tehran's agenda and stoking Middle East tensions.

Syrian forces kill 13 at start of Eid, Arabs to meet (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 11:00 AM PST

Soldiers are seen at an army checkpoint in Hula, near Homs November 4, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Syrian forces shot dead at least 13 civilians on Sunday in a continued military assault on the restive city of Homs and in attacks on pro-democracy demonstrations that erupted after prayers marking the main Muslim feast, activists said.

Speaking frankly costs an Army general his job (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 01:13 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A US Army general in Afghanistan has been fired â€" “relieved of command,” in military jargon â€" for speaking critically of Afghan military and political officials, including President Hamid Karzai.

Ohio voters to decide bargaining rights for public employees (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 11:57 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Ohio voters this coming Tuesday will decide whether or not to uphold a controversial labor law designed to change the face of the public sector labor force in the state.
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