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Monday, January 9, 2012

Romney rivals go after front-runner on primary eve (AP)

Romney rivals go after front-runner on primary eve (AP)

Romney rivals go after front-runner on primary eve (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:11 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, campaigns at Gilchrist Metal Fabricating in Hudson, N.H., Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Mitt Romney's declaration that "I like being able to fire people" set off a tempest on the eve of the New Hampshire Republican primary as his rivals seized a chance to rough up his presidential prospects beyond the race he's expected to win Tuesday.

US condemns Iranian death sentence for American (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:04 PM PST

FILE -- A Dec. 27, 2011 file photo of a video frame grab image made from the Iranian broadcaster IRIB TV, shows U.S. citizen Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, accused by Iran of spying for the CIA, in Tehran's revolutionary court, in Iran. An Iranian court has convicted an American man of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death, state radio reported Monday Jan. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/IRIB/File) NO ACCESS IRAN; BBC PERSIAN TV OUT; VOA PERSIAN TV OUTAP - The Obama administration denied on Monday that an American man sentenced to death in Iran was a CIA spy, and sharply criticized the Islamic republic in Tehran for what it called a pattern of arresting innocent people for political reasons.

Obama announces resignation of chief of staff (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:29 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks about the resignation of White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley, right, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington. Obama announced Jack Lew, left, the administration's current budget director, will replace Daley. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - In an abrupt jolt to the White House, President Barack Obama announced Monday that chief of staff William Daley was quitting and heading home to Chicago, capping a short and rocky tenure that had been expected to last until Election Day in November. Obama budget chief Jack Lew will take over the job.

UN agency confirms Iran nuke work at bunker (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:30 PM PST

FILE - In this April 8, 2008 file photo provided by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran. Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site well protected from possible airstrikes, a leading hardline newspaper reported Sunday, Jan. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, File) NO SALESAP - The U.N. nuclear agency on Monday confirmed that Iran has begun enriching uranium at an underground bunker to a level that can be upgraded more quickly for use in a nuclear weapon than the nation's main enriched stockpile.

America hits the brakes on health care spending (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:02 PM PST

AP - Is health-care relief finally in sight? Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation's economy in 2010 after two back-to-back years of historically low growth, the government reported Monday.

Many US communities are blocking medical marijuana (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:04 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010 file photo, a pedestrian walks past a marijuana leaf neon sign advertising a medical marijuana provider along a street in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles, Calif. States may be saying yes to medical marijuana, but local governments are increasingly using their laws to keep dispensaries out. In California, nearly 200 city and county governments have banned marijuana dispensaries over the last eight years. That̢۪s three times as many as have adopted regulations for them. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)AP - More and more states are saying yes to medical marijuana. But local governments are increasingly using their laws to just say no, not in our backyard.

Muslim man from Kosovo charged in Fla. bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:24 PM PST

This photo provided by the Hillsborough County, Fla., Sheriff's Office shows Sami Osmakac. Osmakac, 25, from the former Yugoslavia, has been charged, federal authorities said Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 with an alleged plot to attack crowded locations in the Tampa area including a night club, with a bomb, assault rifle and other explosives. Osmakac made a video of himself explaining his motives for carrying out the planned violent attack. (AP Photo/Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office)AP - A Kosovo-born Muslim man was charged with plotting to attack crowded locations around Tampa, including nightclubs and a sheriff's office, with a car bomb, assault rifle and other explosives, federal authorities said Monday.

FDA steps up testing for fungicide in orange juice (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:10 PM PST

AP - The Food and Drug Administration says it will step up testing for a fungicide that has been found in low levels in orange juice.

Jay-Z raps about birth of daughter with Beyonce (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:15 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2009 file photo, Beyonce, left, is joined by husband Jay-Z, as she arrives at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Through a rap verse, Jay-Z has confirmed the birth of 'the most beautiful girl in the world' — his newborn daughter. The song 'Glory' made its debut on his social website Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, two days after he and Beyonce reportedly gave birth to a daughter, Blue Ivy. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - Through a rap verse, Jay-Z has confirmed the birth of "the most beautiful" girl in the world — his newborn daughter.

Barry Larkin elected to baseball Hall of Fame (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:25 PM PST

FILE - In this July 28, 2004 file photo, Cincinnati Reds' Barry Larkin takes a curtain call after hitting a pinch-hit grand slam off St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Steve Kline in the fifth inning,in Cincinnati. Larkin has been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. The shortstop received 86 percent of the vote in balloting announced Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. (AP Photo/David Kohl, File)AP - Barry Larkin was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Monday with plenty of room to spare.

Top Obama aide Daley steps down, budget chief takes (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:20 PM PST

President Obama and White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley outside the White House, February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama said on Monday his budget chief Jack Lew would take over as White House chief of staff, replacing former businessman Bill Daley, who is stepping down after a troubled one-year tenure.

U.S. moves toward legal action against Swiss bank: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 03:02 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. authorities are moving toward taking legal action against Wegelin & Co, which could lead to an indictment of one of Switzerland's last pure private banks, on charges that it enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes, according to two persons with knowledge of the case.

Iran sentences U.S.-Iranian man to death for spying (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 09:45 AM PST

Reuters - Iran's Revolutionary Court has sentenced an Iranian-American man to death for spying for the CIA, officials said on Monday, a move likely to aggravate U.S.-Iranian tensions already high because of Tehran's disputed nuclear program.

Analysis: For euro zone, the heat is on again (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 03:39 AM PST

Reuters - The euro zone crisis seemed to vanish from the headlines for a brief moment as 2011 ticked over into 2012, but it is about to return with a vengeance.

U.S. auto market now industry bedrock (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:29 PM PST

Auto Show worker Chuck Standhardt buffs the scratches off of a Cadillac XTS vehicle as he gets it ready for display at the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, January 7, 2012. REUTERS/Rebecca CookReuters - Welcome to an unlikely beacon of hope for the global auto industry -- Detroit.

UAE delays oil pipeline to bypass Hormuz (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 05:40 AM PST

Reuters - The United Arab Emirates has delayed the launch of a crucial oil pipeline to bypass the Straits of Hormuz to mid-2012, which analysts said would add to supply worries at a time when Iran threatens to block the strait for all the Gulf's oil.

Exclusive: Olympus sues current president, ex-directors (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 03:29 AM PST

Reuters - Japan's Olympus Corp has sued its current president and three ex-directors for several million dollars in compensation, sources told Reuters on Monday, as the company seeks to draw a line under one of the nation's worst accounting scandals.

Detroit seeks salvation during Big 3's victory dance (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 09:20 AM PST

Reuters - Bill Perkins, a Detroit-area car dealer, has ample reason to raise a glass in the early days of January.

Supreme Court to enter tangled Texas redistricting case (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 12:42 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A bitter dispute over minority voting rights in Texas arrives at the US Supreme Court on Monday where the justices must decide which legislative districts will be used in upcoming elections.

Gabrielle Giffords: amid somber tributes, questions about reelection grow (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 10:35 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - For the first time since being seriously wounded a year ago, US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) will appear at a large-scale public event in her Arizona hometown Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the Jan. 8, 2011, mass shootings.
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