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Sunday, December 11, 2011

FACT CHECK: Plenty to question in GOP debate (AP)

FACT CHECK: Plenty to question in GOP debate (AP)

FACT CHECK: Plenty to question in GOP debate (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 01:36 PM PST

Republican presidential candidates, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, left and, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, talk prior to the Republican debate, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - When Michele Bachmann accused Newt Gingrich in the latest Republican debate of once supporting a cap-and-trade program to curb global warming, he huffily denied it and told her she should get her facts straight.

Trailing rivals question Gingrich, Romney records (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 01:28 PM PST

Republican presidential candidates former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, right, talk during a break in the Republican debate, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. Attacked as a lifelong Washington insider, Gingrich parried criticism from Mitt Romney Saturday night, telling the former Massachusetts governor, 'The only reason you didn't become a career politician is because you lost to Teddy Kennedy in 1994.' (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich's trailing rivals derided the leading presidential contenders on Sunday as insufficiently conservative, each trying to find a second wind in the race to become the Republican nominee with time running out before voting begins.

Panama's Noriega returning home to serve time (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 12:44 PM PST

A police car, second from right, believed to be carrying former Panamanian military strongman Manuel Noriega arrives at Orly airport, south of Paris, after leaving La Sante Prison Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011. Noriega left France Sunday for further punishment in his homeland after more than 20 years in U.S. and French jails for drug trafficking and money laundering. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - Former military strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega was flown home to Panama on Sunday to be punished once again for crimes he committed during a career that saw him transformed from a close Cold War ally of Washington to the vilified target of a U.S. invasion.

Iran says it will not return US drone (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 12:06 PM PST

This photo released on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, claims to show US RQ-170 Sentinel drone which Tehran says its forces downed earlier this week, as the chief of the aerospace division of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, right, listens to an unidentified colonel, in an undisclosed location, Iran. (AP Photo/Sepahnews) EDS NOTE: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE.AP - Iran will not return a U.S. surveillance drone captured by its armed forces, a senior commander of the country's elite Revolutionary Guard said Sunday.

Democrats encouraged about Obama in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 01:38 PM PST

** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP ** FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2011, file photo President Barack Obama talks about the economy at Osawatomie High School in Osawatomie, Kansas. Interviews with more than a dozen Democratic activists across the nation found support for Obama's more forceful message against Republicans in Congress and interest in rebutting the GOP presidential field. Several pointed to his speech in Kansas, where he argued that the nation's middle class had been under duress for the past decade and economic policies must give everyone a 'fair shot and a fair share.' (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - After a dreary summer marred by the fight over government borrowing, rank-and-file Democrats say they are growing more optimistic about President Barack Obama's political prospects in 2012. They cite his tougher, more populist tone and what they view as a chaotic primary fight among Republicans.

US proposes unmanned border crossing with Mexico (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 12:14 PM PST

In this Oct. 31, 2011 photo, work is underway in Big Bend National Park, Texas, on a planned remotely-operated port of entry at the Rio Grande. It would be the first of its kind on the U.S.-Mexico border and provide access to Boquillas del Carmen, Mexico, seen in the distance. (AP Photo/Christopher Sherman)AP - The bloody drug war in Mexico shows no sign of relenting. Neither do calls for tighter border security amid rising fears of spillover violence.

Northeast states cut heating aid to poor (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 12:17 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2008, file photo, heating oil is delivered to a home in Barre, Vt. Thousands of poor people across the Northeast are bracing for a difficult 2011 winter with substantially less home heating aid coming from the federal government. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)AP - Mary Power is 92 and worried about surviving another frigid New England winter because deep cuts in federal home heating assistance benefits mean she probably can't afford enough heating oil to stay warm.

Mo. officials: Ex-deputy shot ex-wife, boyfriend (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 12:57 PM PST

This undated image provided by the Dent County Sheriff shows Marvin Rice, age 44, of Salem, Missouri, a former Dent County Sheriff’s Deputy. Authorities say they chased Rice, suspected in a double slaying, down a Missouri highway and then on foot into a hotel lobby where he was shot and wounded in an exchange of shots Saturday Dec. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Dent County Sheriff)AP - A former rural Missouri sheriff's deputy is suspected of killing his ex-wife and her new boyfriend before leading officers on a high-speed chase that ended with a shootout at an upscale hotel hosting a Christmas party for hundreds of doctors, nurses and their families, authorities said Sunday.

Feds, SF tussle over America's Cup use of Alcatraz (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 01:23 PM PST

FILE - In this June 3, 2011 file photo, an Oracle Racing AC45, skippered by James Spithill makes its way past Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. The island will offer some of the best views of sailing's most prestigious competition when multi-million dollar boats take to the San Francisco Bay in 2012 and 2013. Alcatraz sits almost directly in the middle of the proposed race course and offers 360-degree views of the bay. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file)AP - The latest battle for control of Alcatraz Island is under way. Many have laid claim to the wind-swept rock in the middle of the San Francisco Bay since the last prisoner left the federal land in 1963. American Indians occupied the island for 19 months ending in 1972. And politicians have floated the idea of building a casino or even a new San Francisco 49ers football stadium on Alcatraz.

Brewers' Braun doesn't fit steroid user stereotype (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 01:18 PM PST

FILE - This Feb. 24, 2011, file photo, shows Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun in Phoenix. ESPN is reporting that National League MVP Braun has tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug and is facing a 50-game suspension. A spokesman for Braun said in a statement issued to ESPN and The Associated Press by his representatives, Creative Artists Agency, that 'there are highly unusual circumstances surrounding this case which will support Ryan's complete innocence.' (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)AP - Ryan Braun certainly doesn't fit the image fans conjure up when they hear that a baseball slugger has been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs.

Gingrich fights off rivals in Iowa debate (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 09:05 PM PST

Reuters - Surging frontrunner Newt Gingrich fought off heavy attacks in a presidential debate in Iowa on Saturday from Republican rivals who portrayed him as a Washington insider and questioned his judgment.

New U.N. climate deal struck, critics say gains modest (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 11:57 AM PST

United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres speaks with Brazil's Minister of Environment Izabella Teixeira (L) and chief climate envoy Luiz alberto Figueiredo during a plenary session at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17) in Durban December 10, 2011. The conference has gone an extra day in an attempt to iron out an agreement on climate change policies. REUTERS/Rogan WardReuters - Countries from around the globe agreed on Sunday to forge a new deal forcing all the biggest polluters for the first time to limit greenhouse gas emissions, but critics said the plan was too timid to slow global warming.

Online spending stays strong in early December (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 12:51 PM PST

Reuters - Online spending remained strong in early December, a period that usually marks a lull in the U.S. holiday shopping frenzy, comScore said on Sunday.

Greece braces for troika scrutiny and creditor talks (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 09:28 AM PST

Reuters - Inspectors for Greece's international lenders and private creditors kick off a round of meetings with the government on Monday to prepare for a new 130-billion euro ($173.75 billion) bailout plan and bond swap scheme to keep the country afloat.

Medvedev orders Russia poll inquiry, gets insults (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 12:18 PM PST

Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev ordered an investigation on Sunday into allegations of fraud in Russia's parliamentary election, one day after tens of thousands of protesters demanded it be annulled and rerun.

Long-term jobless eye bleak future as benefits end (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 03:19 AM PST

Reuters - George Parks has been out of work for 21 months and his unemployment benefits will run out at the end of the month.

Iran says EU will not impose oil sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 11:41 AM PST

Reuters - The European Union "definitely" will not impose sanctions on OPEC member Iran's oil exports because such a measure would harm the global crude market, Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said on Sunday.

Analysis: As U.S. leaves, Iraqi forces still under construction (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 08:07 AM PST

Reuters - Nearly nine years after the United States threw out Saddam Hussein and dissolved his feared security machine, Iraq's rebuilt military is a long way from matching up with regional powers like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Israel.

Faced with evictions, occupy movement protesters look to new tactics (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 02:31 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As the Occupy movement heads into the cold winter months, the movement is counting on ingenuity, good luck and â€" in one case â€" the federal courts to keep it mobilized outside financial districts and city halls across the United States.

Shooter at Virginia Tech was student at nearby school (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 11:52 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Virginia State Police have identified the man they say is responsible for the murder-suicide that took place Thursday at the Virginia Tech campus.
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