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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Microsoft accepts orders for upgrade to Windows 8

Microsoft accepts orders for upgrade to Windows 8

Microsoft accepts orders for upgrade to Windows 8

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:25 PM PDT

The window to upgrade to the next version of Microsoft's computer operating system is now open.

Obama shifts to Ryan education plan

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:27 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event at Capital University, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)President Barack Obama charged rival Mitt Romney with being oblivious to the burdens of paying for college on Tuesday, telling young voters in battleground Ohio that his opponent's education policies amounted to having students borrow from their parents or "shop around" for the best deal.

Kimmel moving into thick of late-night fight

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:24 PM PDT

This July 25, 2012 photo released by ABC shows Jimmy Kimmel hosting his late night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live," in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. ABC says it's moving "Jimmy Kimmel Live" into the thick of the late-night fight against Jay Leno and David Letterman. Starting in January, Kimmel's talk show will take over the 11:35 p.m. time slot long held by the news magazine "Nightline," ABC said Tuesday, Aug. 21. (AP Photo/ABC, Richard Cartwright)ABC says it's moving "Jimmy Kimmel Live" into the thick of the late-night fight against Jay Leno and David Letterman.

Police: Neb. woman faked attack to spark change

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:23 PM PDT

CORRECTS TO BASKETBALL, NOT VOLLEYBALL - In a Dec. 12, 1999 photo, Nebraska's Charlie Rogers (33), guards Creighton's Corey Sweeney (22) during a women's basketball match in Lincoln, Neb. Rogers, who told police she was the victim of a vicious hate crime in July, 2012, was charged with making a false report Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 and pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge. Authorities issued an arrest warrant for Rogers Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Lincoln Journal Star, William Lauer)Police say a former University of Nebraska women's basketball star faked an attack in which she allegedly carved anti-gay slurs into her skin because she felt it would spark change.

American CEO of Czech truck-maker charged in graft case

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:23 PM PDT

Ronald Adams, pictured in 2008American Ronald Adams, the chief executive and owner of the Czech-based truck-maker Tatra has denied graft allegations linked to a Czech defence contract for which he has been charged, Tatra said Tuesday.

USDA eyes whether tainted beef entered food supply

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:21 PM PDT

This still image made from video provided by Compassion Over Killing, appears to show workers at a Central California slaughterhouse bungling the slaughter of cows. Federal regulators shut down the slaughterhouse Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, after receiving the animal welfare video, and are investigating whether beef from sick cows reached the human food supply. (AP Photo/Compassion Over Killing)Federal regulators who shut down a Central California slaughterhouse after receiving an animal welfare video were investigating Tuesday whether beef from sick cows reached the human food supply.

Friends tweet before dying in Md. train derailment

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:20 PM PDT

Officials inspect part of a CSX freight train that derailed alongside a parking lot overnight in Ellicott City, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Authorities say the train, hauling coal from West Virginia to Maryland, derailed and fell from a bridge near Baltimore, killing two college students who were on the tracks. Howard County officials say 21 of the train's 80 cars flipped over around midnight Monday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)They were seemingly ordinary tweets from two friends hanging out on a railroad bridge in their hometown, enjoying one last summer night together before heading back to college.

'The Office' will end its run on NBC next season

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:19 PM PDT

This undated image released by NBC shows Steve Carell as Michael Scott in a scene from "The Office." Producer Greg Daniels says the NBC comedy will conclude business at Dunder Mifflin after the upcoming ninth season. He said Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, that the final year will be exciting and memorable and will take creative chances. (AP Photo/NBC, Byron Cohen)"The Office" will be closing next year.

Balkans heat wave fuels forest fires in Bosnia

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:26 PM PDT

Bosnians watch a forest fire at Boracko Lake near the town of Konjic, 50 km south of Sarajevo in Bosnia, Tuesday Aug. 21. 2012. Citizens and tourists began evacuating from Boracko Lake as wildfires reached the houses and tourist camps in the area. (AP Photo/Sulejman Omerbasic)Authorities on Tuesday declared a state of emergency around a town in Bosnia's northeast and a tourist area was evacuated in the country's south as a heat wave fuelled wildfires across the Balkans and left people suffering heat exhaustion.

Biden: Wall St. reform critics 'squealing pigs'

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:16 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden addresses a grassroots rally, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)Vice President Joe Biden is defending the Obama administration's efforts to reform Wall Street — and comparing Republican critics of the law to "squealing pigs."

Court overturns border-crossing pollution rule

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:16 PM PDT

A divided federal appeals court Tuesday overturned a regulation clamping down on power plant pollution that contributes to unhealthy air in neighboring states.

Romney calls on Akin to exit Missouri Senate race

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:16 PM PDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday joined a chorus of Republicans calling on Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin to pull out of his race after inflammatory remarks he made about rape. Romney, who had called fellow Republican Akin's remarks "indefensible" on Monday but stopped short of demanding he withdraw from the race, was more definitive in a statement on Tuesday. ...

Jaguars commit to four home games in London

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:13 PM PDT

The Jacksonville Jaguars celebrate after an interception during a game against the Indianapolis Colts in January 2012London's Wembley Stadium is set to become the Jacksonville Jaguars' home away from home as the NFL team announced Tuesday it would play a home game there in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

S&P touches highest level since 2008, then falls

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:12 PM PDT

FILE- In this Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, file photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. Stocks slipped Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, in one of the quietest trading sessions of the year. Worries about European debt crept up again, and Apple became the most valuable company of all time. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)The Standard & Poor's 500 index is closing lower after hitting a four-year high.

Website of court that sentenced Pussy Riot hacked

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 file photo, feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova show the court's verdict as they sit in a glass cage at a courtroom in Moscow. The two-year prison sentence handed down to Pussy Riot for a provocative protest inside a Moscow cathedral called attention to just how hard President Vladimir Putin is clamping down on minor displays of dissent. But Russia isn't the only country where people are punished for offenses that many in the West might consider trivial. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)Russian hackers on Tuesday attacked the website of the Moscow court where three members of the Pussy Riot punk band were tried and sentenced to two years in prison for an irreverent protest.

Romney urges Missouri lawmaker to quit Senate race

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:11 PM PDT

White House hopeful Mitt Romney urged a fellow Republican to bow out of his race for a US Senate seat Tuesday, after the Missouri lawmaker's shock comments about rape sparked a political firestorm.

Union head Michael Weiner treated for brain tumor

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:04 PM PDT

FILE - This April 21, 2011 file photo shows baseball players union head Michael Weiner speaking at a news conference in New York. Weiner is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor. The union said Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, that he began treatment a day earlier. The union anticipates he will continue to work from its New York office on a daily basis. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)Baseball players' union head Michael Weiner is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor.

Akin won't quit Missouri Senate race over rape comments

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:02 PM PDT

Handout of U.S. Representative Todd Akin in this undated official portrait provided courtesy of the House of RepresentativesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Todd Akin, under fire for controversial remarks on abortion and rape, insisted on Tuesday he would not leave the Missouri Senate race, despite pressure from fellow Republicans and talk of who might replace him on the November 6 ballot. Akin - a staunch abortion opponent - vowed to stay in the contest against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, indicating he represents a conservative movement that must be heard. "We are going to continue in this race for U.S. ...

Mars rover Curiosity prepares for test drive

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:59 PM PDT

Scientists on Tuesday prepared to send Curiosity on its first test drive over the billion-year-old rocks of Mars and said a busted wind sensor won't jeopardize its mission of determining whether life could exist there.

AP Exclusive: Unheard King audio found in attic

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Stephon Tull was looking through dusty old boxes in his father's attic in Chattanooga a few months ago when he stumbled onto something startling: an audio reel labeled, "Dr. King interview, Dec. 21, 1960."

Olympics gone, so are many viewers

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:56 PM PDT

With the Olympics gone, so are many of broadcast television's prime-time viewers.

Feds, university test cars that can communicate

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:50 PM PDT

In a few weeks, about 2,800 cars, trucks and buses will start talking to each other on the streets of Ann Arbor, Mich., in a giant experiment that government officials are hoping will lead to safer roads.

Apple-Samsung smartphone clash heads to jury

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Individuals line up to watch Apple and Samsung face each other in federal district court in San Jose, California in JulyThe mammoth Apple-Samsung patent trial moved to the jury Tuesday, setting the stage for a verdict that could have huge implications for the hot market in smartphones and tablet computers.

Health safety advocates want melon farm identified

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Food safety advocates are calling on federal officials to release the name of an Indiana farm that recalled its cantaloupes amid a deadly salmonella outbreak.

Romania court puts president Basescu back in office

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Romania's Presiden Traian BasescuRomania's Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that a referendum to impeach the country's president was invalid, leaving Traian Basescu in power and dealing a blow to the centre-left ruling coalition.

Distant tropical threat on GOP convention radar

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:44 PM PDT

Forecasters are keeping a wary eye on a tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean that poses a potential threat to Florida during next week's Republican National Convention in Tampa.

Oil resumes upward march, hits 3-month high

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:41 PM PDT

The price of oil resumed climbing Tuesday, reaching its highest point since early May.

Lawyer: NJ girl charged in home arson 'distraught'

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:40 PM PDT

Defense attorney Richard Josselson answers a question after a juvenile detention hearing in Woodbury, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, for a 15-year-old New Jersey girl charged with setting her family home ablaze, injuring six people. Josselson says the the girl will be detained while she under goes a mental-health evaluation. He says the girl is a good student who has never gotten in trouble before. He describes her as "very distraught and very upset about what happened." (AP Photo/Mel Evans)A 15-year-old girl charged with setting her home ablaze and trying to kill family members sleeping inside will be detained while she undergoes a mental health evaluation, her lawyer said Tuesday.

Americans tune out Afghan war as fighting rages on

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama looks out over graves in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., where he paid his respects to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the past decade. It was once President Barack Obama's "war of necessity." Now, it's America's forgotten war. The Afghan conflict generates barely a whisper on the U.S. presidential campaign trail. It's not a hot topic at the office water cooler or in the halls of Congress _ even though 88,000 American troops are still fighting here and dying at a rate of one a day.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)It was once President Barack Obama's "war of necessity." Now, it's America's forgotten war.

Mo. congressman renews vow to stay in Senate race

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:36 PM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 10, 2012 file photo shows Todd Akin, Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Missouri taking questions after speaking at the Missouri Farm Bureau candidate interview and endorsement meeting in Jefferson City, Mo. Akin fought to salvage his Senate campaign Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, even as members of his own party turned against him and a key source of campaign funding was cut off in outrage over the Missouri congressman's comments that women are able to prevent pregnancies in cases of "legitimate rape." (AP Photo/St. Louis Pos-Dispatch, Christian Gooden)Rep. Todd Akin renewed his vow to carry on with his embattled Senate campaign Tuesday, even as a key deadline loomed to withdraw from the race over his comments that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of "legitimate rape."

Lonmin backs off mine sackings after South Africa killings

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:36 PM PDT

Striking platinum miners gather at London-listed Lonmin's Marikana platinum minePlatinum giant Lonmin eased off its threat to fire miners who failed to return to work Tuesday, as South Africa identified the last of the 44 people killed during a wildcat strike.

World leaders mourn death of Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Meles Zenawi, giving his first press conference in Addis Ababa, after his troops took over the capital in 1991US President Barack Obama on Tuesday led tributes to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi with high praise after the strongman's more than two decades in power and despite his chequered human rights record.

Injury-prone Vick down again for Eagles

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:31 PM PDT

**RETRANSMITTED WITH ALTERNATE CROP FBO110**Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick (7) holds his mid-section after getting hit hard by New England Patriots linebacker Jermaine Cunningham (96) during the first quarter of an NFL preseason football game in Foxborough, Mass., Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Vick left the game after the play. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Michael Vick has required four medical tests and completed four passes in the first two preseason games.

Syrian official warns US against intervention

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:23 PM PDT

An image of Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto is shown on a large monitor screen in Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 during a TV news broadcast reporting her death in Syria. Yamamoto, a veteran war correspondent with The Japan Press, an independent TV news provider that specializes in conflict zone coverage, was killed Monday in the northwestern city of Aleppo, said Masaru Sato, a spokesman with the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)A Syrian government official warned the United States Tuesday that military intervention in Syria could lead to regional turmoil as regime forces bombed a northern village and stormed a rebel-held Damascus suburb, killing dozens of people, activists said.

Huge fire burns to edge of 3 small Calif. towns

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:22 PM PDT

Firefighter Chuck Mitchell hoses down a hot spot of the Ponderosa Fire near Viola, Calif., Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. More than 1,400 fire fighters are battling the fire that has destroyed seven homes, burned 23 square miles. The fire that started Saturday is just 5 percent contained. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Aided by a shift in wind direction, firefighters on Tuesday are making a stand against a huge lightning-sparked wildfire burning on the edge of three small Northern California towns.

Clemens hopes to have fun in return to baseball

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:21 PM PDT

Hours after Roger Clemens agreed to join the Sugar Land Skeeters, he was back on the field playing in an over-50 softball league.

5 children killed in SUV crash in East Texas

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:18 PM PDT

A tire exploded on an overloaded SUV, causing a rollover crash that killed five children and injured five other family members as they headed to a Texas waterpark, investigators said Tuesday.

Court ruling lets Romania president return to post

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:17 PM PDT

A protester shouts anti presidential slogans in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Romania's Constitutional Court ruled that a referendum to oust the country's president is invalid ending weeks of political uncertainty that sent the national currency plummeting to record lows. President Traian Basescu will return to his post as president, after being suspended by parliament. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)Romania's constitutional court ruled Tuesday that a referendum on whether to oust the country's president had failed because the minimum voter threshold was not reached, clearing the way for Traian Basescu to return to his post. But comments from a top government official calling Basescu "an illegitimate president" suggested that the power struggles in the eastern European country were by no means over.

Storms, stings push Nyad to end Cuba-to-Fla. swim

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:17 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad rests after she was pulled out of the water between Cuba and the Florida Keys early Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Nyad has ended her fourth bid to swim from Cuba to Florida after four days of storms, jellyfish stings and shark threats.(AP Photo/Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, Christi Barli)Diana Nyad ended her fourth attempt in nearly 35 years to swim across the Straits of Florida on Tuesday, her dream of setting a record thwarted by storms, jellyfish stings, shark threats, hypothermia and swollen lips.

Syrian minister warns US against intervention

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Tuesday Aug. 21, 2012 (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)President Barack Obama's warning over chemical weapons in Syria indicates the West is looking for a pretext for military intervention, a senior Syrian government official said Tuesday following talks in Moscow.
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