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Monday, January 16, 2012

Environmental fears mount in Italian cruise wreck (AP)

Environmental fears mount in Italian cruise wreck (AP)

Environmental fears mount in Italian cruise wreck (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 12:47 PM PST

An Italian firefighter helicopter airlifts a rescued passenger from the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. Firefighters worked Sunday to rescue a crew member with a suspected broken leg from the overturned hulk of the luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia, 36 hours after it ran aground. More than 40 people are still unaccounted-for. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Italy's cruise liner tragedy turned into an environmental crisis Monday, as rough seas battering the stricken mega-ship raised fears that fuel might leak into pristine waters off Tuscany that are part of a protected sanctuary for dolphins, porpoises and whales.

Huntsman quits GOP race (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:24 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, accompanied by his wife Mary Kaye Huntsman, announces he is ending his campaign, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Jon Huntsman abandoned his once-promising campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday and endorsed Mitt Romney as the man "best equipped to defeat Barack Obama."

GOP maps strategy in wake of payroll tax debacle (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:09 AM PST

AP - When last seen in Washington, House Republicans were furious with their own leader, Speaker John Boehner, and angry with their Senate Republican brethren over how the showdown over the Social Security tax cut turned into a year-end political debacle.

Nigeria fuel strike ends with soldiers in streets (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:56 AM PST

Protesters run away from tear gas fired by police officers during a demonstration against spiraling fuel prices in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. For the first time since protests erupted over spiraling fuel prices, soldiers barricaded key roads Monday in Nigeria's two biggest cities as the president offered a concession to stem demonstrations that he said were being stoked by provocateurs seeking anarchy. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - Labor unions ended a crippling nationwide strike Monday in Nigeria after the country's president partially restored subsidies that keep gasoline prices low, though it took soldiers deployed in the streets to stop demonstrations in Africa's most populous nation.

Pakistani court clashes with weakened government (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:02 AM PST

In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 photo, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani pauses during an interview with the Associated Press at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan. A political crisis gripping Pakistan could take a decisive turn Monday when its embattled government appears before the Supreme Court, which is ordering it to reopen a stalled graft probe against the president or face dismissal. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - The political crisis engulfing Pakistan deepened Monday when the nation's top court clashed with a beleaguered government already under attack from the powerful army — a combined assault that could bring down the U.S.-backed administration.

Ireland's former richest person declared bankrupt (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:55 AM PST

AP - A famed entrepreneur who was once rated Ireland's richest person was declared bankrupt Monday as a bank pursues him for debts exceeding euro2.1 billion ($2.7 billion).

Hackers disrupt Israel airline, stock market sites (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:47 AM PST

A security guard stands at the entrance of the national Israeli air carrier El Al sales offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. Hackers disrupted the websites of Israel's stock exchange and El Al on Monday in a deepening cyber war launched earlier this month by a group claiming to be Saudis. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - A hacker network that claims to be based in Saudi Arabia paralyzed the websites of Israel's stock exchange and national airline on Monday, escalating an international cyber war that has jolted this security-obsessed country.

Father of Calif. killings suspect is also homeless (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 12:23 PM PST

A relative holds a government military photo of Itzcoatl Ocampo, a former Marine who saw combat in Iraq, in Yorba Linda, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. Ocampo has been named as a suspect in a series of killings of homeless men in Orange County, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Just months after he was deployed to Iraq in 2008, a Marine veteran now suspected in the deaths of four homeless men in Southern California sent his family a short, upbeat video greeting.

Weird gadgets at CES: Motorized unicycle, anyone? (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 07:58 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, an exhibitor demonstrates a Solowheel at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The one-wheeled device, which has no frame or saddle, uses footboards that fold out from the wheel and a gyroscope that helps keep the rider upright. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)AP - A motorized, seat-less unicycle, a video game you control with your eyes, and a mind-reading headset that serves as a game controller were among the more bizarre gadgets being shown off at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show.

UK: No public funding for new royal yacht (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:43 AM PST

FILE - A June 23, 1997 photo from files showing the Royal Yacht Britannia passing the new Hong Kong Convention Center in Hong Kong Harbor. What do you get for a monarch who has almost everything? Not, apparently, a new yacht, at least not one paid for with taxpayer funds. That was the message Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, as a brief boomlet of support for the idea of providing Queen Elizabeth II with a new royal yacht to mark her Diamond Jubilee was quickly deflated by Prime Minister David Cameron. It is estimated that a new yacht would cost at least 60 million pounds ($92 million/72,455,000 euro). Cameron's spokesman Steve Field said it would not be appropriate for public funds to be spent on a new yacht during times of economic hardship. (AP Photo/Pool, File)AP - What do you get for a monarch who has almost everything? Not, apparently, a new yacht, at least not one paid for with taxpayer funds.

Huntsman ends campaign, endorses Romney (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:32 AM PST

Jon Huntsman departs the Huckabee Forum 2, a televised event, in Charleston, South Carolina, January 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman suspended his bid for the Republican nomination on Monday, endorsing rival Mitt Romney and calling on his party to end "an onslaught of negative and personal attacks."

Stricken Italian liner shifts, rescuers despair (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:16 AM PST

An Italian Coast guard diver inspects inside the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off the west coast of Italy, at Giglio island January 16, 2012. REUTERS/Guardia Costiera/HandoutReuters - A stricken Italian cruise liner shifted on its rocky resting place on Monday as worsening weather disrupted an increasingly despairing hunt for any survivors among some 16 people still missing.

Germany rejects rescue fund boost, Greece under pressure (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:38 AM PST

Reuters - Germany, the only major euro zone member to retain a top-notch credit rating, refused on Monday to consider boosting the bloc's rescue fund, while Greece was under pressure to urgently break a deadlock in debt swap talks if it is to avoid an unruly default.

Protesters ready igloos to Occupy Davos (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 07:54 AM PST

A member of the Occupy WEF movement uses a shovel to extend the entrance of the first igloo at their camp site in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 16, 2012. The Occupy WEF members will stay in a camp of several igloos to protest during the World Economic Forum (WEF) which takes place from January 25 to 29. REUTERS/Arnd WiegmannReuters - Occupy protesters with their sights set on the World Economic Forum, the annual gathering next week of the rich and powerful in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, unveiled their igloo accommodation on Monday.

Nigeria unions suspend strike after fuel price cut (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:23 AM PST

Members of the Niger Delta People Volunteers Force march in support of Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on fuel subsidies removal in the oil hub city of Port Hacourt, January 13, 2012. REUTERS/Austine EkeindeReuters - Nigerian trade unions called off strikes and protests on Monday, ending a major confrontation over fuel prices after President Goodluck Jonathan said he would cut them by one third.

Greek default fears grow as talks stall (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:56 AM PST

Reuters - Greece's private sector creditors warned on Monday that the Athens government must urgently break a deadlock in debt swap talks triggered by "unreasonable" demands from international lenders if is to avoid a disorderly default.

Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered across the nation (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 12:24 PM PST

Reuters - Americans honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a traditional day of service as well as a new wave of economic injustice protests by Occupy Wall Street.

Analysis: Swift takeover for Olympus unlikely (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:42 AM PST

Reuters - Olympus Corp should be the easiest of takeover targets: a profitable business with its share price in tatters, its management in utter disgrace and its balance sheet in need of fresh capital. But not in Japan.

Jon Huntsman set to drop out, back Romney. Will it make a difference? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 08:43 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - And then there were five. Jon Huntsman’s withdrawal from the 2012 presidential race, announced Sunday, reduces the number of GOP hopefuls. But it’s unlikely to hasten the eventual selection of the Republican nominee, and it’s unclear who will be helped most by the former Utah governor’s move â€" even though he’s endorsing Mitt Romney.

Next stop South Carolina: Can Romney's train keep chugging ahead? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 09:25 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Ask Fred Kline whom he likes most for president, and he says Ron Paul, the libertarian Republican congressman from Texas. Then ask him whom he voted for in the New Hampshire primary: Mitt Romney.
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