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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Shell begins petroleum drilling off Alaska coast

Shell begins petroleum drilling off Alaska coast

Shell begins petroleum drilling off Alaska coast

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:53 PM PDT

More than four years after Royal Dutch Shell paid $2.8 billion to the federal government for petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea, a company vessel on Sunday morning sent a drill bit into the ocean floor, beginning preliminary work on an exploratory well 70 miles off the northwest coast of Alaska.

Cutler, Forte lead way, Bears beat Colts, 41-21

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:47 PM PDT

Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall (15) runs after a reception as Indianapolis Colts defensive end Fili Moala (95) pursues during the first half of an NFL football game in Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)Jay Cutler threw for 333 yards and two touchdowns, Michael Bush added a pair of scoring runs and the Chicago Bears spoiled Andrew Luck's debut in beating the Indianapolis Colts 41-21 Sunday.

Sanchez, defense lead Jets past Bills 48-28

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:44 PM PDT

New York Jets quarterbacks Mark Sanchez, left, and Tim Tebow celebrate after a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)All those doubts, questions and concerns about Rex Ryan's Jets? Well, no worries, after all.

Coldplay, Rihanna, Jay-Z close London Paralympics

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:42 PM PDT

South Africa's Oscar Pistorius wins gold in the men's 400-meter T44 final at the 2012 Paralympics, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)London's spectacular summer of sports was given a rousing send-off Sunday.

16 moderate Muslim preachers killed in Mali

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:42 PM PDT

Sixteen Muslim preachers from a moderate sect were shot dead in central Mali as they traveled by road to a religious conference, the Malian and Mauritanian governments said Sunday. Early reports indicate that the men's long beards aroused the suspicion of Mali's military, which confused them for the extremists who have taken over the nation's north.

Obama maintains post-convention lead over Romney

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:40 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama smiles during a campaign event at the Florida Institute of Technology in MelbourneWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama remained ahead of Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney in a Reuters/Ipsos released on Sunday, maintaining a boost in popularity that followed the Democratic National Convention. Of the 1,419 likely voters polled online over the previous four days, 47 percent said they would vote for Obama and 43 percent for Romney if the November 6 U.S. election were held today. ...

Djokovic beats Ferrer; into 3rd Open final in row

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:39 PM PDT

Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after beating Spain's David Ferrer during a semifinal match at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)The weather was much better at the U.S. Open on Sunday. So was Novak Djokovic.

Egypt's tour guides protest lack of security

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:37 PM PDT

Two Egyptian tour guides display their Union membership cards during a protest demanding higher pay in front of the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. Egypt's tour guides are protesting lack of security at the country's tourist attractions, such as the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, or Cairo's Islamic Medieval Citadel, leaving them and their foreign clients vulnerable to attacks from thugs and peddlers and hurting the already ailing tourism industry. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)Egypt's tour guides demonstrated Sunday, protesting that they are attacked by souvenir vendors and unlicensed competitors at famed sites like the Valley of the Kings tombs in Luxor or Cairo's medieval citadel.

Peterson returns, Vikings edge Jaguars 26-23 in OT

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:28 PM PDT

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson reacts after scoring a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Genevieve Ross)Rookie Blair Walsh kicked four field goals, including a 55-yarder as regulation time expired and another one in overtime, and Adrian Peterson returned from a left knee injury to lift the Minnesota Vikings to a 26-23 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.

No sign of killings in isolated Amazon village

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:25 PM PDT

In this photo taken Sept. 7, 2012, Yanomami Indians dance in their village called Irotatheri in Venezuela's Amazon region. A Venezuelan army spokesman, who traveled with other military officers and journalists, said that officials found no sign of any killings and that all was peaceful in the area, which is located 19 kilometers (12 miles) from the border with Brazil, despite a report of a mass killing there. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Venezuelan officials and journalists investigating reports of a possible massacre in a remote indigenous village in the Amazon have found people peacefully cooking plantains over a communal fire, and no sign of any killings.

Patriots open season with 34-13 rout of Titans

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:25 PM PDT

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady passes against the Tennessee Titans in the second quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)The New England Patriots simply don't lose season openers.

Jewish groups upset by Estonian mock ad

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:25 PM PDT

Jewish organizations have denounced an Estonian newspaper for publishing a mock ad for weight-loss pills depicting emaciated prisoners at a Nazi concentration camp.

Greece's lenders object to parts of its austerity plan

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:24 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's foreign lenders have rejected parts of a nearly 12-billion-euro austerity package prepared by the government, Greek officials said on Sunday as the two sides resumed talks after a month-long hiatus. The so-called "troika" of inspectors from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund returned to Athens on Friday to conclude a report on Greece's progress in meeting the terms of its latest bailout. The inspectors, who held talks with Greece's finance minister on Sunday, must approve the plan to trim roughly 11. ...

Girl golfer in Idaho fights to play with the boys

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:55 PM PDT

For a golf ball waiting to be clubbed, physics are everything. Swing outside-in and the dimpled sphere slices into the rough. Hit it too high and the ball is transformed into a turf-bound, worm-burning projectile.

'Possession' remains No. 1 at weak box office

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:20 PM PDT

"The Possession" occupied the top spot at a nearly comatose box office.

Car bomb kills 17 in north Syrian city of Aleppo

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:17 PM PDT

A car bomb ripped through Syria's largest city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least 17 people and wounding 40 in one of the main battlegrounds of the country's civil war, state-run media said.

Obama vies for health care edge in Florida

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:16 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, right, is picked-up and lifted off the ground by Scott Van Duzer, left, owner of Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant during an unannounced stop, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Ft. Pierce, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Mitt Romney said he would retain some popular parts of the new health care law he has pledged to repeal, while President Barack Obama focused attention in all-important Florida on the Republican ticket's stand on Medicare, an issue that's been more favorable to Democrats.

Iraq's fugitive VP convicted as attacks kill 92

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was sentenced Sunday to death by hanging on charges he masterminded death squads against rivals in a terror trial that has fueled sectarian tensions in the country. Underscoring the instability, insurgents unleashed an onslaught of bombings and shootings across Iraq, killing at least 92 people in one of the deadliest days this year.

Ex-candidate quits Mexico's main leftist party

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:01 PM PDT

The man who led Mexico's main leftist party in the past two presidential elections announced Sunday he is leaving it behind and may start a new party, throwing uncertainty over the future of the nation's political left.

Parents plan for kids if Chicago teachers strike

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:59 PM PDT

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union distribute strike signage at the Chicago Teachers Union strike headquarters on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 in Chicago. The union has vowed to strike on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, should it fail to reach an agreement over teachers' contracts with Chicago Public Schools by that date. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)Chicago parents made child care plans Sunday as negotiations between the teachers union and school district continued in an effort to avert the first teachers strike in the city in a quarter century.

Iraq's fugitive VP convicted as attacks kill 82

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was sentenced Sunday to death by hanging on charges he masterminded death squads against rivals in a terror trial that has fueled sectarian tensions in the country. Underscoring the instability, insurgents unleashed an onslaught of bombings and shootings across Iraq, killing at least 82 people in one of the deadliest days this year.

Explosion hits Syrian city of Aleppo, kills 17: state media

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:55 PM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - An explosion ripped through the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday killing 17 people and wounding 40, the official Syrian state news agency said. The agency said the explosion occurred near a hospital and a school, which residents said were being used to house soldiers fighting an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. (Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Amman newsroom, editing by Diana Abdallah)

Errani, Vinci win US Open women's doubles title

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:53 PM PDT

Italy's Sara Errani, left, and Roberta Vinci kiss the women's doubles championship trophy after defeating Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, both of the Czech Republic, at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci both got to celebrate this time.

Weir wins 4th gold at London Paralympics

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:51 PM PDT

Britain's David Weir celebrates after winning the men's 800m T54 final at the 2012 Paralympics, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)Oscar Pistorius secured his status as the icon of the London Paralympics by winning gold in the final track event in the Olympic Stadium.

Obama gets a rise out of a Fla. supporter

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:47 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, right, is picked-up and lifted off the ground by Scott Van Duzer, left, owner of Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant during an unannounced stop, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Ft. Pierce, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)If President Barack Obama was looking for a lift in Florida, he got one from Scott Van Duzer.

Paralympics close to end 6-week festival of sport

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:46 PM PDT

South Africa's Oscar Pistorius wins gold in the men's 400-meter T44 final at the 2012 Paralympics, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)London's spectacular summer of sports is all set for a rousing send-off.

Egypt: Most flights back on schedule after strikes

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, April 21, 2008 file photo, tourists wait for their flight, as an Egyptair plane is seen, background, at a waiting hall in Cairo's international airport, in Egypt. Cairo airport officials are rushing to process a backlog of delayed flights and angry passengers following two days of labor strikes that disrupted travel and grounded planes. Officials say that more 90 percent of flights of the national carrier are back on track. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)Officials at Egypt's main international airport were working off a backlog of delayed flights and trying to placate angry passengers on Sunday, after two days of strikes left planes grounded and some travelers stranded.

Syria: Car bomb kills 17 in Aleppo

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:42 PM PDT

FSA soldiers help a severely wounded colleague after being shot by a Syrian Army sniper in Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Sept 8, 2012. On Friday, U.S. Senators John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsay Graham, who have toured the volatile Middle East in recent days, urged Washington to help arm Syria's rebels with weapons and create a safe zone inside the country for a transition government. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)A car bomb ripped through Syria's largest city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least 17 people and wounding 40 in one of the main battlegrounds of the country's civil war, state-run media said.

Images, not frequency, make NYC twisters notable

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:37 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Gothamist, dark clouds loom over the skyline, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in New York. Two tornadoes struck New York City on Saturday, one swept out of the sea and hit a beachfront neighborhood and the second, stronger twister hit moments later, hurling debris in the air, knocking out power and startling residents who once thought of twisters as a Midwestern phenomenon. (AP Photo/Gothamist, Jake Dobkin) MANDATORY CREDITMost people wouldn't say New York and tornado in the same breath.

Greek gov't fails to agree on spending cuts

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT

International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission chief Poul Thomsen arrives for a meeting between Greece's Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras and the debt inspectors from the European Central Bank, European Commission and International Monetary Fund, known as the troika at Greece's Finance ministry in Athens, on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said that the last round of austerity measures contains painful and unjust cuts in wages and pensions but is necessary for Greece to restore its credibility and continue to receive much needed funding from its creditors.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)The leaders of the three parties in Greece's coalition government failed to agree Sunday on a package of spending cuts worth €11.5 billion ($14.7 billion), a raft of measures the prime minister had said is crucial to restoring the country's financial credibility and sustaining its bailout funding.

Doctor: Unclear if Tulane player is paralyzed

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:28 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the University of Tulsa, Tulane's Devon Walker, bottom right, and Julius Warmsley (92) tackle Tulsa's Kenny Welcome, bottom left, during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. On this play, Walker was seriously hurt. (AP Photo/University of Tulsa, John Lew)It's too soon to tell if Tulane safety Devon Walker will be paralyzed as the result of a spinal fracture he suffered while making a tackle, and the full extent of his injury may not be known for days, the team's doctor said Sunday.

Deadliest attacks in Iraq since US troop pullout

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:27 PM PDT

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)A look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011:

Factbox: Chicago teachers dispute is over school reform, money

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:26 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Chicago public school teachers are threatening to strike on Monday for the first time since 1987 in a clash with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that has national implications because many states and cities are grappling with similar tight budgets and underperforming schools. Here are some of the key issues, and the stakes, in the Chicago dispute. NATIONAL SCOPE: A walkout by Chicago teachers would be the largest private- or public-sector strike in the United States in a year. ...

Djokovic beats Ferrer to reach 3rd US Open final

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:24 PM PDT

Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns a shot to Spain's David Ferrer during a semifinal match at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in New York. The U.S. Open will finish on a Monday for the fifth consecutive year. With a potentially dangerous storm expected Saturday night in Flushing Meadows, the tournament suspended play for the day while David Ferrer was leading Novak Djokovic 5-2 in the first set of their semifinal. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)The weather was much better at the U.S. Open on Sunday. So was Novak Djokovic.

What clothes? Skin is ever in at NY Fashion Week

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:12 PM PDT

The Alexander Wang Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Bikini season may be over, but this is no time to tone down the workout. Many of the styles on the runway at New York Fashion Week flash a bit of skin here or there: bare midriffs, cutout backs, keyhole necklines.

Soldier who lost leg works US Open semifinal

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2012 file photo, ball person Ryan McIntosh of San Antonio, Texas chases down a ball during the match between Lukas Lacko and James Blake in the first round of play at the 2012 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. McIntosh, 23, an Army specialist, was walking with his platoon through a river valley near Kandahar in December 2010 when he stepped on a pressure-plate land mine. He now wears a prosthetic right leg. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Ryan McIntosh, the ballperson who lost his leg when he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan, was working the men's semifinal Sunday between Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer at the U.S. Open.

Dorothy McGuire of McGuire Sisters dies at 84

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:57 AM PDT

FILE - Singer Dorothy McGuire, seen here in a file photo taken Thursday, Oct. 10, 1986, poses outside Radio City Music Hall in New York City. McGuire, of the popular 1950s musical trio, the McGuire Sisters, has died of natural causes at the age of 84 in the Phoenix, Ariz., area Friday. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey, File)Dorothy McGuire Williamson, who teamed with sisters Christine and Phyllis for a string of hits in the 50s and 60s as the popular McGuire Sisters singing group, has died. She was 84.

Car bomb kills 11 in Shiite stronghold in Baghdad

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:49 AM PDT

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)Iraqi officials say a late-night car bomb has killed 11 people in a Shiite stronghold in Baghdad in an attack that has brought the day's death toll to 75.

German MP makes new court complaint against euro plans

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:28 AM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - A lawmaker from Angela Merkel's conservatives has lodged a new complaint with Germany's top court over euro zone bailouts, but legal experts and MPs say this is unlikely to prevent the court from making a key ruling on the bloc's rescue fund this week. Germany's constitutional court holds the fate of the euro in its hands when it rules on Wednesday whether the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) can go ahead, after already holding it up for several months. ...

Iran says U.N. Syria envoy Brahimi to visit Tehran

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:26 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - New U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi will visit Iran, a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, after a fact-finding trip to Syria itself, an official in the Iranian Foreign Ministry was quoted as saying on Sunday. Brahimi, a veteran Algerian diplomat, succeeded Kofi Annan as envoy this month and has said he would talk to Iran as he tries to push forward with his difficult quest to end the 17-month-old conflict in Syria. In Geneva, Brahimi's spokesman Ahmad Fawzi told Reuters that the U.N. ...
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