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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Romney to announce VP pick by smartphone app

Romney to announce VP pick by smartphone app

Romney to announce VP pick by smartphone app

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 18, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Bowling Green, Ohio. Want to be among the first to know who Romney picks for a running mate? There's an app for that. Romney's campaign on Tuesday announced an iPhone and Android application to alert supporters when Romney makes his vice presidential pick. The campaign promises they can find out who Romney chooses "before the press and just about everyone else (except maybe Ann)." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Want to be among the first to know who Mitt Romney picks for a running mate? There's an app for that.

Philadelphia Orchestra emerges from bankruptcy

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:17 PM PDT

The Philadelphia Orchestra is out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

India power cut hits millions, among world's worst outages

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:13 PM PDT

A customer holds a candle as he gets his haircut at a barber's shop during a power-cut in KolkataNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Hundreds of millions of people across India were left without power on Tuesday in one of the world's worst blackouts, trapping miners, stranding train travelers and plunging hospitals into darkness when grids collapsed for the second time in two days. Stretching from Assam, near China, to the Himalayas and the northwestern deserts of Rajasthan, the outage covered states where half of India's 1.2 billion people live and embarrassed the government, which has failed to build up enough power capacity to meet soaring demand. ...

Justice Dept: Fast and Furious report distorted

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:12 PM PDT

The Justice Department said Tuesday that Republican lawmakers are engaging in distortions by asserting that Operation Fast and Furious arose from a strategy created by the Obama administration.

Texas Senate runoff gives GOP voters stark choice

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is backed by supporters outside a Houston deli as he answers reporters questions Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Dewhurst faces former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz in the Republican primary runoff election for U.S. Senator. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)The question for voters in Tuesday's Texas runoff isn't whether a Republican will likely succeed Kay Bailey Hutchison in the U.S. Senate, but what kind of Republican? The answer figures to reverberate far beyond the Lone Star State.

Obama orders new sanctions on Iran

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Seeking to ratchet up pressure on Iran, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered new sanctions on Iran's energy sector and on foreign banks in China and Iraq that the U.S. says help the Islamic republic evade international penalties.

Review: NBC offers plenty of live Olympics online

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:06 PM PDT

This image made from an NBC Sports website shows their live gymnastics coverage on Sunday, July 29, 2012. For the first time, NBC Sports is showing all competition and medal ceremonies live over the Internet in the U.S. (AP Photo)Soccer and balance beam gymnastics on the desktop. Swimming and badminton on the laptop. Boxing on the iPhone. Gymnasts' floor exercises on the iPad. Vault routines on an Android phone. And rowing on TiVo.

Cuba Gooding Jr. sought on warrant in New Orleans

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:05 PM PDT

FILE - This May 25, 2012 file photo shows actor Cuba Gooding Jr arriving for the screening of "Cosmopolis" at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. New Orleans police say an arrest warrant has been issued on a municipal battery charge for actor Cuba Gooding after an incident Tuesday, July 31, at a New Orleans bar. Gooding was in New Orleans filming. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file)New Orleans police say an arrest warrant has been issued for actor Cuba Gooding Jr. after an incident at a Bourbon Street bar.

US judge strikes down EPA water rules for mines

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:56 PM PDT

A federal judge says the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its powers by setting up water-quality criteria for coal mining operations in Appalachia.

Israel to end draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:53 PM PDT

In an step that could intensify a major rift among Israelis, the defense minister on Tuesday ordered the army to prepare for a universal draft of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men.

House, Senate negotiators back new Iran sanctions

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 file photo, an Iranian security guard stands at the Maroun Petrochemical plant at the Imam Khomeini port, southwestern Iran. Iranian officials unleashed sharper attacks against tightening Western sanctions Tuesday, equating the financial pressure to ``warfare'' and vowing to counter by retooling the country's oil-dependent economy. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)A new package of severe sanctions on Iran's energy, shipping and financial sectors gained strong congressional support Tuesday as lawmakers sought to ratchet up the economic pressure in hopes of halting Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons program.

Olympics awash in Twitter, for better or worse

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 08:56 AM PDT

FILE- Greece's Voula Papachristou lands in the sand after her jump at the Women's Triple Jump final at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, in this file photo dated Friday, June 29, 2012. The Hellenic Olympic Committee has removed triple jumper Voula Papachristou from the team taking part in the upcoming London Olympic Games over comments she made on twitter making fun of African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right party. It's amazing how much trouble can be stirred up in 140 characters or less.

Rowling webcast will promote new Potter kids club

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:34 PM PDT

FILE - This July 7, 2011 file photo shows British author JK Rowling at the world premiere of "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2," in London. Rowling's next book is for adults, but she will be on hand this fall to help promote a new club for kids, the Harry Potter Reading Club. Scholastic Inc. announced Tuesday, July 31, 2012 that Rowling will participate in a live webcast at noon, Oct. 11 from her hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland, taking live questions from her young fans for the first time since 2007, when the last Potter book came out. The discussion will take place on www.scholastic.com/hpreadingclub , the website for an online Potter club launched Tuesday by Scholastic. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file)J.K. Rowling's next book is for adults, but she will be on hand this fall to help promote a new club for kids, the Harry Potter Reading Club.

Apple lawyer: Samsung deliberately chose to copy iPhone

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:29 PM PDT

An employee of South Korean mobile carrier KT holds an Apple Inc's iPhone 4 smartphone and a Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S II smartphone as he poses for photographs at a registration desk at KT's headquarters in SeoulSAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - Apple Inc told jurors on Tuesday that Samsung's internal documents show it made a decision to copy the iPhone because the South Korean company could not compete in the smartphone market on its own. However, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd contended that Apple could not claim a "monopoly" over the rectangular design with rounded corners, as it was invented before the iPhone. "Samsung is not some copyist, some Johnny come lately doing knockoffs," Samsung attorney Charles Verhoeven told the jurors. Opening statements began on Tuesday in the high profile U.S. ...

Police make arrest over tweets to diver Daley

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:26 PM PDT

Britain's Tom Daley rests in between dives in the men's synchronised 10m platform final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics CentreLONDON (Reuters) - UK police have issued a harassment warning to a teenager arrested on Tuesday after offensive tweets were sent to British diver Tom Daley when he failed to win a medal in his first event at the London Olympics. The Olympic poster boy and his partner Pete Waterfield were in with a chance of grabbing the host nation's first gold of the Games in the synchronised 10-metre platform event on Monday, but fluffed their fourth dive and wound up just outside the medals. ...

White House prepping for budget cuts, to shield military pay

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:24 PM PDT

The White House is pictured after sunrise in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it was starting to get ready for potentially painful year-end spending cuts, and was committed to shielding U.S. military pay from any government budget crunch. Jeffrey Zients, acting director of President Barack Obama's Office of Management and Budget, said discussions would start soon on how to weather the looming automatic spending cuts, known as "sequestration," that would take place if Congress cannot achieve a deficit reduction deal. ...

NY couple, 85, to remarry 48 years after divorce

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:23 PM PDT

They got hitched while still in their teens, divorced 20 years and four children later, and are getting remarried after nearly a half-century apart.

Oil prices fall as stimulus hopes fade

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:23 PM PDT

Oil prices fell Tuesday as hopes faded for a new round of economic stimulus in the U.S.

Rising home prices show traction in housing recovery

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:22 PM PDT

File photo of a house for sale in Alexandria, VirginiaNEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home prices rose for the fourth month in a row in May, suggesting the recovery in the housing market continued to gain traction, even as the broader economy wobbles. Other data on Tuesday showed consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in July but spending fell in June for the first time in nearly a year as Americans saved more. The S&P/Case-Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.9 percent in May from April on a seasonally adjusted basis, topping economists' expectations for a 0.5 percent gain. ...

Wild West town for sale in Utah for $3.9 million

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:17 PM PDT

A llamas walks freely in Woodside, Utah, in Emery County on July 27, 2012. The family that owns the 700-acre townsite has put it up for sale. They are seeking $3.9 million. Woodside once bustled with about 300 residents in the early 1900s when it was a water stop for steam engines. Now the town sits empty. (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Geoff Liesik) SALT LAKE TRIBUNE OUT; PROVO DAILY HERALD OUT; MAGS OUTThe real estate listing reads like a Wild West exhibit: An old gold mine, a geyser, and a supposed hideout of famed outlaws.

Reid, Boehner announce stopgap spending pact

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:12 PM PDT

The top Republican and Democrat on Capitol Hill have announced an agreement to keep the government running on autopilot for six months when the current budget year ends on Sept. 30.

Gervais to launch Web series 'Learn English'

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:10 PM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 9, 2011 file photo shows British actor-comedian Ricky Gervais at the New York Comedy Festival's Stand Up For Heroes benefit in New York. Gervais announced Tuesday, July 31, 2012, on his blog that he's working on a Web series called Ricky Gervais wants to teach you English.

Stark choice for GOP voters in Texas Senate runoff

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:10 PM PDT

Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, center, is surrounded by supporters and media at a voting precinct Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston. Cruz faces Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Republican primary runoff election for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)The question for voters in Tuesday's Texas runoff isn't whether a Republican will likely succeed Kay Bailey Hutchison in the U.S. Senate, but what kind of Republican? The answer figures to reverberate far beyond the Lone Star State.

Greek coalition chiefs to hold new austerity talks

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:09 PM PDT

The heads of the three parties in Greece's new coalition government are to meet again Wednesday to try and agree on further austerity cuts strenuously demanded by the country's bailout creditors.

Regulator rejects government mortgage write-down plan

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:09 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top housing regulator rebuffed the offer of taxpayer funds to reduce mortgages held by struggling homeowners on Tuesday, a blow to the Obama administration which is keen to show voters it can help fix the housing market. Calling it a challenging decision, the regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said using funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program would not make a meaningful improvement in reducing foreclosures in a cost-effective way for taxpayers. ...

AdWatch: Ad glosses over Romney's Mass. record

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:09 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks with Polish WWII veterans and a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp after laying a wreath at the Warsaw 1944 Uprising monument in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)TITLE: "Believe In Our Future"

Philly library features Colbert with Joyce, Sendak

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:07 PM PDT

The children's book "I Am A Pole (And So Can You!),Talk show host Stephen Colbert's foray into children's books has landed him alongside some exalted literary company.

Snoop Dogg becomes Snoop Lion, readies reggae CD

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:06 PM PDT

This Monday, July 30, 2012 photo shows Snoop Dogg, who now goes by Snoop Lion, posing for a portrait at Miss Lily's in New York. Snoop Dogg says he was Snoop Dogg wants you to know that he's tired of hip-hop, is Bob Marley reincarnated and is embracing reggae instead of the culture of guns he once rapped about.

Panetta: Egypt's leaders promise full democracy

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:03 PM PDT

Egypt's newly elected President Mohammed Morsi, right, meets with US defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Panetta is seeking assurances from Egypt's new Islamist government that the country will remain a military partner at a time of political tumult in the Middle East and growing worry about Iran's nuclear ambitions. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta left meetings with Egypt's new leaders Tuesday with an optimistic outlook for the valuable American ally emerging from its Arab Spring revolution, saying that he believes new Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and the country's military chief both are committed to democratic rule.

Humanitarian problems grow in besieged Aleppo

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:02 PM PDT

This image made from amateur video released by the Ugarit News and accessed Monday, July 30, 2012, purports to show Free Syrian Army soldiers in Anadan 16 kilometers (10 miles), from Aleppo, Syria. Syrian government forces mounted new ground attacks against rebel-controlled neighborhoods in Syria's commercial hub of Aleppo, the state media said Monday, July 30, but failed to dislodge the opposition from their strongholds, according to activists. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOHumanitarian conditions have grown even more dire in the besieged Syria city of Aleppo with activists reporting on Tuesday dwindling stocks of food and cooking gas and only intermittent electricity supplies as droves of residents flee 11 days of intense clashes between rebels and regime forces.

New alliance further fractures Syria opposition

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:59 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - A group of exiled Syrian activists announced a new opposition alliance on Tuesday that aims to form a transitional government - a challenge to the Syrian National Council (SNC), a longer established group that they said had failed. The launch of the "Council for the Syrian Revolution" marks the latest effort by Syria's divided opposition to forge a political alternative to President Bashar al-Assad whose forces are trying to put down a 16-month armed uprising. ...

Obama team sees promise in 3rd party candidacies

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:57 AM PDT

President Barack Obama arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Monday, July 30, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)President Barack Obama's re-election effort is paying close attention to two candidates mounting third-party campaigns for the presidency, believing they could draw votes from Republican rival Mitt Romney and help Obama win a few tightly contested states.

Pfizer 2Q net income rises 25 pct on lower costs

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:57 AM PDT

FILE- In this Thursday, July 12, 2012, file photo, Centrum multivitamins are shown on the packaging line at the Pfizer plant in Montreal. Pfizer Inc.'s second-quarter net income jumped 25 percent as sharply lower costs for production, marketing and restructuring more than offset a plunge in revenue from cholesterol fighter Lipitor caused by generic competition. The Viagra maker said Tuesday, July 31, 2012, that net income was $3.25 billion, or 43 cents per share, up from $2.61 billion, or 33 cents per share, a year earlier. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes, File)Pfizer Inc. posted a 25 percent jump in second-quarter net income Tuesday due to aggressive cost cutting and lower restructuring and other charges, shaking off the expected plunge in revenue from generic competition to cholesterol fighter Lipitor, the world's top-selling drug ever.

Shell Oil scales back Arctic drilling plan

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:55 AM PDT

Shell Oil Co. says it has downsized its plan for off-shore drilling in the Arctic this year.

US wants tougher Pakistani action against Haqqanis

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:48 AM PDT

U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan-nominee Richard G. Olson, arrives for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The Obama administration expressed renewed frustration with Pakistan on Tuesday, urging its reluctant counterterrorism ally to break remaining links between its security services and the Haqqani network and stem the flow of bomb-making material into Afghanistan.

Drew Peterson murder trial under way in Illinois

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:36 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 23, 2012 file photo, Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow leaves court during a lunch break on the first day of jury selection in former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson's murder trial in Joliet, Ill. Glasgow will be the lead prosecutor when opening statements begin Tuesday, July 31. Peterson, 58, is charged with killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio, in 2004. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)Drew Peterson's murder trial began Tuesday with dueling stories.

Jamey Johnson salutes songwriter with duets album

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:35 AM PDT

FILE - A Jan. 12, 2009 file photo shows singer and songwriter Jamey Johnson in Nashville, Tenn. Johnson's new album, "Living For a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran," is set for an Oct. 16 release. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)Jamey Johnson sang at Hank Cochran's bedside in the hours before his death. Now he's showing his love for the legendary songwriter again.

Stocks waver ahead of crucial Fed, ECB meetings

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:33 AM PDT

Trader William McInerney, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, July 31, 2012. U.S. stocks are opening mostly lower ahead of a two-day policy meeting at the Federal Reserve. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Stocks were wavering Tuesday as investors held back ahead of three critical events this week: policy meetings at both the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank and a closely watched report on the U.S. labor market.

QUICKQUOTE: 10 OUT OF 10

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:32 AM PDT

American women's gymnastics coach Martha Karolyi on McKayla Maroney's vault in the team final.

THE RACE: Economic train wreck may lie ahead

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:25 AM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, facing camera, speaks with Polish WWII veterans and a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp after laying a wreath at the Warsaw 1944 Uprising monument in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)A "fiscal cliff" of steep tax increases and deep spending cuts scheduled to begin next year looms darkly over the presidential race.
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