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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Home prices rise in nearly all major US cities

Home prices rise in nearly all major US cities

Home prices rise in nearly all major US cities

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:40 PM PDT

FILE-In this April 26, 2012, file photo, a sign advertises a pending residential real estate sale in Framingham, Mass. Home prices rose in nearly all major U.S. cities in April from March, further evidence that the housing market is slowly improving even while the job market slumps. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)Home prices rose in nearly all major U.S. cities in April from March, further evidence of a housing market that is slowly improving even while the job market slumps.

Tropical Storm Debby puts damper on Fla. vacations

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:39 PM PDT

Boats are sunken and thrown up on a dock at the Rock Landing Marina in Panacea, Fla., Tuesday, June 26, 2012. High winds and heavy rains spawned by the approaching Tropical Storm Debby caused the damage. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)Debby, the guest that wouldn't leave, is ruining things for a lot of other visitors.

Consumer confidence slipped in June

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:39 PM PDT

FILE-In this June 13, 2012 file photo, job seekers have their resumes reviewed at a job fair expo in Anaheim, Calif.Consumer confidence fell in June for the fourth month in a row as some Americans worry about slow hiring, low home values, the stock market and a worsening European economy that some fear will hurt the U.S. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Gilr)Americans can't seem to shake their uneasy feeling about the economy.

Coca-Cola bets big on India as growth slows in US

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:39 PM PDT

Coca-Cola Co. Chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent pauses during a meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. The world's biggest beverage maker plans to invest US$5 billion in India from 2012 to 2020. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)The Coca-Cola Co. and its bottlers plan to invest an additional $3 billion in India over the next eight years to boost the soda giant's stake in the rapidly growing market.

Homebuilders lead stocks up on Wall Street

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:36 PM PDT

Specialist Christopher Trotta works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, June 25, 2012. Wall Street was poised for a muted open Tuesday June 26, 2012, with both Dow futures and the broader S&P 500 futures up 0.2 percent. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Homebuilders led stocks up on Tuesday, helping major indexes recoup some losses from the day before. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. surged after the media conglomerate said it may split into two companies.

Much a-Youuu about nothing? Obama zinger gets buzz

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:35 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at Symphony Hall, Monday, June 25, 2012, in Boston. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Were they booing the president? Or were they "Youuuk-ing" him?

Presidents hear college football playoff pitch

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:33 PM PDT

And here's the playoff pitch.

On tape, Sandusky's son Matt talks of sex abuse

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 20, 2012 file photo, Matt Sandusky, right, adopted son of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., where his father was being tried on charges of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. Matt Sandusky, who released a statement on June 22, 2012 that his father had sexually abused him as well, describes being abused as an 8-year-old boy by his father on a police interview tape obtained by NBC News. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)Jerry Sandusky's son told police he was sexually abused starting when he was 8, a decade before the former Penn State assistant football coach adopted him, according to a police interview recording obtained by NBC News.

Kansas man gets life term in cheerleader's murder

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 6, 2012, file photo, Adam Longoria appears in court as his guilty verdict read for his capital murder trial in the death of Alicia DeBolt at Barton County District Court in Great Bend, Kan. Longoria, who killed the 14-year-old cheerleader and burned her body at the asphalt plant where he worked, was sentenced Tuesday, June 26, 2012, to spend the rest of his life behind bars. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, Pool, File)A Kansas man who killed a 14-year-old cheerleader and burned her body at the asphalt plant where he worked was sentenced Tuesday to spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Hispanics looking for November gains in US House

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2011 file photo, former NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez announces his candidacy for Congress from California's 10th congressional district, in Modesto, Calif. It's looking like a big election year for Hispanics in Congress. Their House contingent _ now 25 _ is all but sure to grow by three or four because of redistricting that's created Hispanic majority districts in California and Texas. On top of that, Hispanics could win seats in New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and Florida. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)Jose Hernandez worked in farm fields with his Mexican-immigrant parents before becoming an astronaut. Iraq War veteran Julius Melendez is the third generation of his Puerto Rican family to serve in the military. And Tony Cardenas, the youngest of 11 children of immigrant farmers from Jalisco, Mexico, has served in the California Assembly and on the Los Angeles City Council.

New Greek govt hit by yet another resignation

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 22, 2012 file photo shows Yannis Stournaras leaves from Premier's office at Maximos Mansion. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has named prominent economist Yannis Stournaras as the country's new finance minister on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Eurokinissi, Giannis Panagopoulos,File)Can there be one day without bad news for the new Greek government?

Report: Larry Bird leaving Indiana Pacers

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:29 PM PDT

David Morway has resigned as general manager of the Indiana Pacers amid reports that Larry Bird is on the way out, too.

Facebook draws user ire with email switcheroo

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:28 PM PDT

FILE- In this Thursday, July 16, 2009, file photo, a Facebook user logs into their account in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In yet another change that irked users, Facebook has replaced the email address you picked to display on your profile page when you signed up for the online social network with an (at)facebook.com address. Previously, users may have had a yahoo.com or gmail.com address displayed, so that if people wanted to contact them outside of Facebook, they could. Sending an email to a Facebook.com address will land the email in the messages section of your Facebook profile. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)In yet another change that upset users, Facebook has replaced the email addresses users chose to display on their profile pages with (at)facebook.com addresses.

Zynga expands game line-up amid investor doubts

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:27 PM PDT

Jim Veevaert, Zynga General Manager, talks about Facebook during an announcement at Zynga headquarters in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Zynga said Tuesday it is expected to add more Web games to its digital arcade and introduce more ways to play them as it tries to lessen its dependence on Facebook and generate more revenue. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)Web game maker Zynga is trying to turn its digital playground into an even more entertaining place amid investor doubts about its ability to build a long-lasting business.

Some Democrats may follow NRA and support contempt

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:25 PM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 26, 2012, Attorney General Eric Holder speaks in Boston. With a vote looming to hold Holder in contempt of Congress, a House committee chairman is challenging President Barack Obama's claim of executive privilege, invoked to maintain secrecy for some documents related to a failed gun-tracking operation. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)Now that the politically potent National Rifle Association is keeping score, some Democrats may join House Republicans if there's a vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress in a dispute over documents related to a botched gun-tracking operation.

Eurozone integration drive speeds up ahead of summit

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:23 PM PDT

Herman van Rompuy (right) is backing greater powers for the eurozone over national budgetsTop eurozone finance ministers meet in Paris on Tuesday in a last-minute effort to ensure that a summit this week launches the EU on far deeper integration and stops debt contagion from engulfing Spain.

ABC's 'Glass House' not shattering any records

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:23 PM PDT

This June 18, 2012 photo released by ABC shows contestants Apollo, left, and Jeffrey are shown during the premiere episode of "The Glass House." A federal judge on Friday sided with ABC that Now that ABC's "The Glass House" is on the air, it's hard not to wonder why CBS was so upset.

Ex-RR administrator: Crash sounds like human error

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:20 PM PDT

Smoke rises from two cargo trains that collided two miles east of Goodwell, Okla. on Sunday, June 24, 2012. A total of four people were on the trains, and one was reportedly killed in the accident. (AP Photo/The Guymon Daily Herald, Trudy Hart)A former Federal Railroad Administration official says early findings suggest human error led to a head-on collision between two Union Pacific trains in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

Number of Haitians displaced by quake is falling

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 16, 2012 file photo, six-year-old Charles Kerby hold his 11-month-old sister Mikerlina Dragon at the Saint Therese camp, set up for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The number of people living in the precarious settlements that became glaring symbols of the Haitian earthquake's devastation has dropped below 400,000 for the first time since the January 2010 disaster, according to an aid group's report released Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, file)The number of people living in the precarious settlements that became glaring symbols of the Haitian earthquake's devastation has dropped below 400,000 for the first time since the January 2010 disaster, according to an aid group's report released Tuesday.

McCaskill to skip Democratic National Convention

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2011 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. Claire McCaskill, one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for re-election in 2012, plans to skip the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. McCaskill's campaign said Tuesday she will spend the week campaigning in her home state instead. (AP Photo Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for re-election in 2012, plans to skip the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.

Lead detective in Trayvon Martin case reassigned

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:19 PM PDT

Sanford police say the lead detective in the Trayvon Martin case has been reassigned to the patrol division at his request.

Kvitova overcomes shaky start in Wimbledon defense

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic reacts during a first round women's singles match against Akgul Amanmurad of Uzbekistan at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)Returning to the court where she won her first Grand Slam championship a year ago, Petra Kvitova overcame a shaky start and a late rain delay Tuesday to open her Wimbledon title defense with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Akgul Amanmuradova.

Roche closing NJ site in 2013, cutting 1K jobs

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG is closing its former U.S. headquarters, a sprawling facility where the groundbreaking drugs Valium and interferon were invented.

'Suspicious' blast destroys UK house, kills child

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:16 PM PDT

Damaged houses are seen at the scene of a suspected gas explosion in the Shaw area of Oldham England Tuesday June 26, 2012. Emergency services are at the scene of the "very serious" incident, which is believed to involve a number of terrace properties in the Shaw area of Oldham. Local police said one child was killed in the explosion. (AP Photo/ Adam Pollard/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTA suspected gas explosion reduced a house to smoking rubble, killed a 2-year-old boy and left a man seriously burned in northwest England on Tuesday, police and rescue workers said.

Campaign money case could propel more deregulation

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2006 file photo, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court's ruling Monday upholding limitless corporate donations to politicians And it came with an important addendum: Don't expect things to change anytime soon. In turn, the public will likely see a continued onslaught of hundreds of millions of dollars in outside spending that is helping presidential campaigns in particular. So get ready to see outside groups emboldened to push the envelope with the remaining rules _ or go to court to chip away at what's left. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)If you thought the money race in the presidential campaign was already the Wild West, you haven't seen anything yet.

Austrian fund for victims of Nazis to shut down

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:10 PM PDT

An Austrian fund to compensate victims of Nazi persecution is shutting down after paying out $210 million (nearly 168 million euros) — for just a fraction of the claims it recognized over its 11 years of existence.

'Today' host Ann Curry takes hit, counts tomorrows

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:42 PM PDT

This image released by NBC shows co-hosts Ann Curry, left, and Matt Lauer, center, with actor Jimmie Walker from the 1970s series "Good Times," on the "Today" show, Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in New York. Walker was promoting his memoir "Dynomite!: Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times." Curry got thumped by a Tuesday morning, Ann Curry got thumped by a "Today" TV camera.

S. Africa cloned skin recipient to leave hospital

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:04 PM PDT

Burn survivor, Isabella "Pippie" Kruger is comforted by her mother Anice, as she recovers from surgery after undergoing a skin transplant operation two weeks ago in Johannesburg, Tuesday June 26, 2012. Kruger became the recipient of pioneering surgery when her burnt skin was layered with cloned skin grown from her own cells in a US laboratory. It was the first operation of it's kind in South Africa. Kruger suffered 3rd degree burns to 80 per cent of her body on New Year's eve when a gel firelighter exploded while her father was preparing a barbecue. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)A surgeon says a 3-year-old South African girl who received a cloned skin transplant is likely to discharged from the hospital next week.

Evading Ticketmaster Louis C.K. sells tour himself

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 28, 2012 file photo, comedian Louis C.K. from the FX comedy "Louie" appears onstage at The 2012 Comedy Awards in New York. After selling a comedy special directly to fans and upending the comedy business, Louis C.K. is taking the same approach with tickets to his next tour. The comedian announced Monday, June 25, that he'll charge a flat, no-fee rate of $45 to all of the shows on a 39-city tour he kicks off in October. Tickets will bypass ticketing services and be available only through louisck.com. Louis C.K.'s show After selling a comedy special directly to fans and upending the comedy business, Louis C.K. is taking the same approach with tickets to his next tour.

50 Cent in car accident, released from hospital

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:03 PM PDT

FILE - This March 19, 2012 file image released by Fuse shows rapper 50 Cent, also known as Curtis Jackson, performing during the Fuse Live: Shady 2.0 SXSW concert at the Austin Music Hall in Austin, Texas. 50 Cent is out of the hospital after he was injured in a car accident in New York on Tuesday, June 26. A spokesperson for the 36-year-old says the rapper was taken to New York Hospital Queens and treated for A representative for 50 Cent says the rapper is out of the hospital after being injured in a car accident in New York on Tuesday morning.

Getty Center to restore key Jackson Pollock work

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:03 PM PDT

"Mural," the seminal, larger-than-life work that represented a sea change in abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock's career, will be traveling from Iowa to Los Angeles this summer for a little nip and tuck.

Cyprus: no figure yet on size of EU bailout sought

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:02 PM PDT

Cyprus has yet to figure out how much European Union bailout money it will ask for to prop up its Greece-exposed banking sector and ailing economy, the eurozone country's finance minister said Tuesday.

Famed Galapagos tortoise to be embalmed, displayed

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:02 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Galapagos National Park Direction, DPNG, the body of the famed Galapagos giant tortoise Lonesome George is removed on stretcher from a corral at the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Sunday, June 24, 2012. The Galapagos National Park says in a statement that the tortoise estimated to be about 100 years old died Sunday. Various mates had been provided for Lonesome George over the years in unsuccessful attempts to keep his subspecies alive. (AP Photo/Galapagos National Park Direction)The beloved Galapagos Islands giant tortoise known as Lonesome George will remain a tourist attraction even in death.

Federal court upholds EPA's global warming rules

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2009 file photo, demonstrators hold a picture of President Barack Obama and signs during a demonstration outside the Bella Center, the venue of the U.N. Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the first-ever regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the first-ever regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming, handing down perhaps the most significant decision on the issue since a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that greenhouse gases could be controlled as air pollutants.

Assad says Syria in a "real state of war"

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:59 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday his country was in a state of war and ordered his newly appointed government to direct all its efforts towards vanquishing the uprising against him. "We live in a real state of war from all angles," Assad told a cabinet he appointed on Tuesday in a speech aired on Syrian state television. "When we are in a war, all policies and all sides and all sectors need to be directed at winning this war." Assad dismissed the arguments of Western countries that have been calling for him to step aside. ...

Turkey warns Syria away from its border

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:56 PM PDT

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his Justice and Development Party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. " Any Syrian military element that approaches Turkish border will be regarded as threat " Erdogan said four days after a Turkish warplane was shot down by Syria.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)Turkey warned Syria on Tuesday to keep its forces away from the countries' troubled border or risk an armed response — a furious reply to the downing of a Turkish military plane last week by the Damascus regime.

Review: Garfield a restless, reckless 'Spider-Man'

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:51 PM PDT

In this film image released by Sony Pictures, Andrew Garfield portrays Peter Parker and Spider-Man in a scene from "The Amazing Spider-Man, set for release on July 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Columbia - Sony Pictures, Jaimie Trueblood)It's impossible to avoid the comparisons, so we may as well just get them out of the way early so we can move on.

Report: Nuclear safety chief bullied workers

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2011 file photo, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Gregory Jaczko prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington. An internal investigation has concluded that Jaczko, the departing chairman of the NRC engaged in bullying and intimidation, creating a tense working environment at the agency. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)An internal investigation has concluded that the departing chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission engaged in bullying and intimidation, creating a tense working environment at the agency.

Record heat hampers efforts to fight wildfires

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:46 PM PDT

A plume of smoke rises above the Waldo Canyon wildfire west of Manitou Springs, Colo., on Monday afternoon, June 25, 2012. The fire, one of at least eight wildfires in Colorado on Monday, has blackened 5.3 square miles and displaced about 6,000 people since it started Saturday, June 23, but no homes have been destroyed. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)Searing, record-setting heat in the interior West kept its grip on firefighters struggling to contain blazes in Colorado, Utah and other Rocky Mountain states on Tuesday.

UK banking software glitch delays payments, bills

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:45 PM PDT

A British banking group says it has almost fully cleared up a weeklong banking glitch which delayed posting credits and debits to millions of customers with its NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland accounts.
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