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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Syrian army general assassinated in Damascus (AP)

Syrian army general assassinated in Damascus (AP)

Syrian army general assassinated in Damascus (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 12:31 PM PST

Syrian rebels are seen outside of Idlib, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo)AP - Gunmen assassinated an army general in Damascus Saturday in the first killing of a high ranking military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March, the country's state-run news agency said.

In Maine, Paul vies to extend Romney losing streak (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:20 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks at a caucus held in a school gymnasium, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in New Gloucester, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - Mitt Romney hoped to avoid a fourth straight election setback Saturday in the GOP presidential nomination race, but feisty Ron Paul could extend that losing streak with a victory in Maine's caucuses.

Greek premier defends bailout deal on eve of vote (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 12:44 PM PST

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Greek Parliament in Athens, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Greece's future in the euro grew increasingly precarious Friday as violence erupted on the streets of Athens during a general strike and five politicians resigned from the government after European leaders demanded deeper spending cuts. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - In a televised address, Greece's prime minister defended austerity measures Saturday that include painful wage and pension cuts but would ensure the country receives a euro130 billion ($170 billion) bailout deal and stave off bankruptcy.

White House didn't foresee birth control backlash (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 09:22 AM PST

President Barack Obama pauses while announcing the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - It's not like he wasn't warned.

Remains in Calif. ID'd as serial killers' victim (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:25 AM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections, Wesley Shermantine is shown. Information provided by the California death row inmate who was one of the two notorious 'Speed Freak Killers' led to the discovery Friday Feb. 10, 2012 of a second set of human remains, this time believed to belong to a 16-year-old girl who went missing nearly three decades ago. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections, File)AP - Human remains uncovered in Northern California with the help of a convicted serial killer have been preliminarily identified as one of his victims, and authorities continued to search another site for the remains of as many as 10 people.

Faces of protest are as varied as Russia itself (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:13 AM PST

These Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 photos show a dozen people from the thousands who attended a massive protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule in Bolotnaya square in Moscow. Despite temperatures plunging to minus 20 C (minus 4 F), masses of Russians took to the streets of Moscow to challenge Putin's bid to reclaim presidency in March. Top row from left are Yekaterina, 26, a translator; Artur Gazarov, 43; Liliya Pevter, 62, a pensioner; Kirill, 26, a scientist. Middle row from left are Mikhail Shats, 46, an actor; Nina Lipkina, 53, unemployed; Tatyana Lazareva, 46, a television presenter; Vyacheslav Barannikov, 38, an engineer. Bottom row from left are Igor German, 23, an engineer; Gennady, 73, a pensioner; Dmitry Polosov, 25, a scientist; Yana Romanova, 35, a designer. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) PART OF A PHOTO PACKAGE BY ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKOAP - The faces of the Russian protesters who braved brutal cold to express their discontent were as varied as the vast country itself: youthful and aged, unshaven and elegantly made up, self-confident and shy.

Texans on wrong side of border fence grow anxious (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 10:47 AM PST

In this Jan. 27, 2012 photo, government contractors test a new gate in the border fence in Brownsville, Texas. A year after completion of the border fence the government is installing 44 gates in South Texas. (AP Photo/Chris Sherman)AP - Max Pons is already anticipating the anxiety he'll feel when the heavy steel gate shuts behind him, leaving his home isolated on a strip of land between America's border fence and the violence raging across the Rio Grande in Mexico.

Family, teachers remember Powell boys in Tacoma (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 12:52 PM PST

Chuck Cox and his wife Judy walk past the casket bearing his grandsons, Charlie and Braden, during a funeral service the two boys, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. The boys died Feb. 5, 2012, when their father, Josh Powell, set fire to the home he was living in while they visited. Powell had been a person of interest in the 2009 disappearance of his wife Susan. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool)AP - The family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell thanked police, social workers, teachers and everyone who cared about her two sons at a funeral Saturday for the boys who were killed by their father in a gas-fueled blaze.

First lady walks 'the platypus walk' (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 12:50 PM PST

First lady Michelle Obama dances the platypus dance with Perry the Platypus of the Phineas and Ferb show, left, and choreographer Rosero McCoy, right, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Orlando, Fla., during her three day national tour celebrating the second anniversary of Let's Move. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Add another dance move to Michelle Obama's repertoire. This one has to do with a certain celebrity platypus.

Linsanity: Knicks benchwarmer becomes a star (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 10:49 AM PST

New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin (17) reacts after a making a 3-point basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in New York. Lin scored 38 points as the Knicks won the game 92-85. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - Jeremy Lin came with an intriguing story even before he escaped the New York Knicks' bench.

Greece warns bailout rebels of unknown, dangerous path (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:20 AM PST

Reuters - Greek leaders told a growing band of rebellious lawmakers Saturday to back a deeply unpopular EU/IMF rescue in parliament or send the nation down "an unknown, dangerous path" to default, international economic isolation and a deeply devalued drachma.

Romney, Paul make final pitches to Maine Republicans (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:55 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks at a town hall meeting campaign stop in Portland, Maine February 10, 2012. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - Maine's Republican presidential caucuses look like a two-man race between Mitt Romney, the party's current front-runner who is trying to avoid a fourth straight state loss within a week, and libertarian-leaning Ron Paul.

Obama budget signals election-year tax battle (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:57 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama will seek billions of dollars for jobs and infrastructure in his 2013 budget, an appeal to voters that draws election-year battle lines over taxes and spending as Republicans slammed him for "debt, doubt and decline."

Iran to announce nuclear progress: Ahmadinejad (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 03:43 AM PST

Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that the Islamic Republic, targeted by tougher Western sanctions, would soon announce advances in its nuclear program.

Syria forces shell Homs as Russia to oppose U.N. resolution (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 07:30 AM PST

Demonstrators gather during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Homs February 10, 2012. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Syrian forces bombarded districts of Homs city on Saturday in a campaign to crush a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, whose ally Russia said it would not support an Arab peace plan circulating at the United Nations.

British police arrest five at Murdoch's Sun newspaper (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:49 AM PST

Reuters - British police on Saturday arrested five senior staff at News Corporation's mass-circulation newspaper The Sun as part of investigations into journalists paying police for information.

Exclusive: Pentagon budget eyes $178.8 bln for R&D, procurement (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 12:21 PM PST

Reuters - The Pentagon's $525 billion budget plan for fiscal 2013 calls for spending of $178.8 billion to develop and buy new warships, fighter jets and other major weapons, a 7.5 percent drop from the level initially projected for the coming year, according to a detailed budget document obtained by Reuters.

Top U.S. general discusses NGO case in Cairo (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 08:47 AM PST

Reuters - The top U.S. military officer met Egypt's ruling generals in Cairo on Saturday and discussed the case of U.S. pro-democracy activists charged in an investigation that has strained ties between Cairo and Washington.

Ode to conservatism at CPAC, Romney-style (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 06:19 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Mitt Romney entered the conservative lion’s den and lived to tell about it.

Can birth-control flap rekindle 'repeal ObamaCare' crusade? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 06:18 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama’s scramble to revise a controversial health-care mandate eased, but did not end, a sharp clash with Roman Catholic Church leaders that spread to Capitol Hill and beyond.
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