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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Russia's stunning protests end with hint of change (AP)

Russia's stunning protests end with hint of change (AP)

Russia's stunning protests end with hint of change (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 11:05 AM PST

Protesters shout slogans during a rally in downtown St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. More than ten thousands people have protested in St. Petersburg against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his party, which won the largest share of a parliamentary election that observers said was rigged. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AP - Tens of thousands of people held the largest anti-government protests that post-Soviet Russia has ever seen on Saturday to criticize electoral fraud and demand an end to Vladimir Putin's rule. Police showed surprising restraint and state-controlled TV gave the nationwide demonstrations unexpected airtime, but there is no indication the opposition is strong enough to push for real change from the prime minister or his ruling party.

Echoes of 2007 color reactions to Va Tech shooting (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 08:53 AM PST

This photo provided by the Virginia State Police shows Ross Truett Ashley, age 22. Police identified the Virginia Tech gunman on Friday as Ross Truett Ashley, a part-time college student from nearby Radford University, though they still have not been able to say what led him to kill a police officer and then himself. (AP Photo/Virginia State Police)AP - Four and a half years ago, the sound of horns and alarms did not have the same effect on Jerzy Nowak.

Gingrich prime focus of rivals in latest debate (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2011, file photo Republican presidential candidates former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and former House speaker Newt Gingrich shake hands after a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Fla. Gingrich is facing his first debate as the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination Saturday night, Dec. 10, 2011. Standing next to him will be Romney, whose campaign has launched an all-out offensive against Gingrich's record and leadership style. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)AP - Newt Gingrich has leapfrogged Mitt Romney to become the GOP front-runner and prime target of his rivals at their latest presidential debate less than a month before the leadoff vote to determine President Barack Obama's challenger.

Iraq: A war of muddled goals, painful sacrifice (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:31 PM PST

FILE - In this March 20, 2003 file photo, smoke rises from the Trade Ministry in Baghdad after it was hit by a missile during US-led forces attacks. In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world. Nearly 4,500 American and more than 100,000 Iraqi lives later, the objective now is simply to get out — and leave behind a country where democracy has at least a chance, where Iran does not dominate and where conditions may not be good but 'good enough.' (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)AP - In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world.

Conference in overtime on future of climate talks (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 09:22 AM PST

U.N. climate official Christiana Figueres walk out of the negotiation room as the climate change summit nears it's end in the city of Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Dec 10, 2011. Some ministers and top climate negotiators left Durban without an agreement Saturday, with time running out and the prospect of an inconclusive end jeopardizing new momentum in the fight against global warming. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP - A package of documents was submitted to a marathon U.N. climate conference Saturday that would set a new course for the global fight against climate change for more than a decade to come.

Filipino militants free US teen after 5 months (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 07:17 AM PST

AP - A 14-year-old American boy who was abducted with his mother and cousin by suspected Muslim militants in the southern Philippines was released Saturday from five months of jungle captivity, the Philippine military said.

Officials: Calif. parents asked man to beat child (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:56 PM PST

AP - An Irvine couple who suspected their 15-year-old son of smoking turned to a man believed to be relied on in their church to violently discipline children, authorities said.

Sky-watchers get rare treat: total lunar eclipse (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:57 PM PST

Photographers shoot the moon as it sets in eclipse over the Golden Gate Bridge Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in San Francisco. The next full eclipse of the moon will not happen until April 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - Moon watchers in the western U.S., Hawaii and elsewhere across the globe were treated Saturday to a rare celestial phenomenon: a total lunar eclipse.

'Dallas' returns to city it made famous (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:11 PM PST

AP - J.R. Ewing has returned to Dallas.

Unorthodox Pa. lawyer preps for Sandusky hearing (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST

Joe Amendola, attorney for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, waits near his vehicle as members of the media attempt to talk to him outside the office of Centre County District Justice Daniel R. Hoffman in Bellefonte, Pa., on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Sandusky was arrested and jailed Wednesday on new child sex abuse charges brought by two new accusers, including one who claims Sandusky molested him numerous times in a basement bedroom, according to authorities. (AP Photo/The Patriot-News, Andy Colwell)AP - As he defends a sports figure charged with sexually abusing 10 young boys, and manages a case that led to the firing of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, defense lawyer Joseph Amendola has defied conventional wisdom and come out swinging.

Thousands of Russians protest against Putin (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:13 PM PST

People walk in the city centre to attend a sanctioned rally in Bolotnaya square to protest against violations at the parliamentary elections in Moscow December 10, 2011. REUTERS/Anton GolubevReuters - Tens of thousands of people in Moscow and thousands more in cities across Russia demanded an end to Vladimir Putin's rule and a rerun of a parliamentary election on Saturday in the biggest opposition protests since he rose to power 12 years ago.

Libya leaders send UN new appeal to unfreeze funds (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:34 PM PST

Reuters - Senior figures in Libya's new leadership have written a letter to the United Nations asking it to release funds still frozen three months after the country's civil war ended, the central bank chief said on Saturday.

47 arrested after police clear Boston protest camp (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 09:10 AM PST

Reuters - Police cleared an anti-Wall Street tent camp in Boston's financial district early on Saturday morning, arresting 47 people in one of the few remaining major U.S. cities where authorities had not yet evicted demonstrators.

Gingrich vs Romney rivalry in Iowa debate spotlight (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:25 PM PST

Reuters - The budding rivalry between surging Newt Gingrich and former frontrunner Mitt Romney will take center stage on Saturday in the first of two Republican presidential debates in Iowa over the next five days.

Olympus ousted CEO to visit Japan (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 04:15 AM PST

Reuters - Olympus Corp's ousted CEO, Michael Woodford, flies to Japan on Tuesday to press on with a battle to win back his job, as media reported that prosecutors plan to raid the homes of suspects in a $1.7 billion accounting fraud at the camera maker.

Yemen leader will choose war, not quit: Nobel winner (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 10:45 AM PST

Reuters - The world's conscience should be haunted for its failure to help the democratic uprising in Yemen, where President Ali Abdullah Saleh will choose civil war rather than quit, said an activist accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday.

Gingrich fuels more Mideast conflict: Palestinians (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 04:58 AM PST

Reuters - Palestinian leaders said on Saturday U.S. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich had invited more conflict in the Middle East by calling the Palestinians an "invented" people who want to destroy Israel.

West warns Syria against storming rebel city (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 08:44 AM PST

Reuters - France called on world powers to "save the Syrian people" on Saturday as it joined the United States and Britain in raising an alarm that President Bashar al-Assad's forces may be about to storm the rebel stronghold of Homs.

Inside terror: Canadian charged in murder of 5 US soldiers in Iraq (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:47 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - An Iraqi national living in Canada was indicted in New York on Friday on charges that he helped run a secret network that sent potential suicide bombers from Tunisia to Iraq to target US military forces.

Chris Paul trade rejected: Was it really to save NBA parity? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 03:59 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - When National Basketball Association owners and players salvaged a good portion of the current season with a new collective bargaining agreement, sports-labor experts were split over whether or not it would fix the main problem it set out to address: inequality between small-and large-market teams.
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