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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Smaller memorials on 11th anniversary of 9/11

Smaller memorials on 11th anniversary of 9/11

Smaller memorials on 11th anniversary of 9/11

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:25 PM PDT

Scott Willens, who joined the United States Army three days after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, pauses by the South Pool of the World Trade Center Memorial during the 11th anniversary observance, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Justin Lane, Pool)There were still the tearful messages to loved ones, clutches of photos and flowers, and moments of silence. But 11 years after Sept. 11, Americans appeared to enter a new, scaled-back chapter of collective mourning for the worst terror attack in U.S history.

Double factory blazes in Pakistan kill 45

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:25 PM PDT

A Pakistani fireman tries to extinguish a factory fire on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Lahore, Pakistan. A fire that broke out in a factory in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday after sparks from a generator hit chemicals used to make shoes killed dozens of people, a Pakistani police officer said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)Factory fires in two of Pakistan's major cities killed 45 people and injured dozens more on Tuesday, including some who had to break through barred windows and leap to the ground to escape the flames, said officials and survivors.

Patriots on top of AP Pro32 power rankings

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) leaves the field after defeating the Tennessee Titans 34-13 in an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)The New England Patriots have taken over the top spot in the AP Pro32 power rankings with their convincing victory at Tennessee, while the Green Bay Packers have tumbled to fifth after their home loss to San Francisco.

Teachers union president says strike will continue

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:27 PM PDT

The president of the Chicago Teachers Union says teachers and the school district are still far apart in their contract dispute and that the walkout will almost certainly extend into a third day on Wednesday.

US lawsuits target Carnival in Italy cruise crash

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:20 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 31, 2012 file photo shows an Italian firefighter being lowered from a helicopter onto the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. Despite legal obstacles that might force them to sue in Italy, hundreds of Costa Concordia passengers and up to 1,000 businesses on the island where the capsized cruise ship ran aground are pressing ahead with U.S. lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages from Miami-based Carnival Corp. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, file)Despite legal obstacles that might force them to sue in Italy, hundreds of Costa Concordia passengers and up to 1,000 businesses on the island where the capsized cruise ship ran aground are pressing ahead with U.S. lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages from Miami-based Carnival Corp.

Sonar to give best view yet of Civil War shipwreck

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:20 PM PDT

A sonar image of the wreckage of the USS Hatteras emerges on a computer screen as part of a mapping expedition in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas Coast Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. The Hatteras was sunk in 1863 during a battle with a Confederate ship, the CSS Alabama. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)The world will soon get its first good look at the wreckage of the only U.S. Navy ship sunk in combat in the Gulf of Mexico during the Civil War, thanks to sophisticated 3-D sonar images that divers have been collecting this week in the Gulf's murky depths.

Salvadoran accused in 1989 killings admits US lies

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:17 PM PDT

A former El Salvadoran military official accused of colluding in the 1989 slayings of six Jesuit priests admitted Tuesday that he lied to U.S. immigration officials, a guilty plea that could allow him to be extradited to Spain for prosecution in the killings.

U.S. House leader says support lacking for Russia trade bill

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:17 PM PDT

House Majoity Leader Cantor smiles before start of third session of Republican National Convention in TampaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor said on Tuesday he did not see adequate support emerging to pass legislation upgrading American trade relations with Russia. "Unfortunately, we don't see the bipartisan coalition we need to pass it," Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House, told reporters. He added that House Republicans were continuing to work with Senate leaders to try to find support for the measure. Congress is under pressure to approve "permanent normal trade relations" with Russia to ensure that U.S. ...

US stocks rise ahead of Fed meeting

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:15 PM PDT

FILE-In a Friday Sept. 7, 2012, file photo, a specialist works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks slipped Monday, Sept 10, 2012, as troubling economic news from China and the U.S. outweighed optimism about more stimulus from the Federal Reserve. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Stock indexes are finishing higher as investors look toward two events sure to move markets this week: a Federal Reserve meeting and a court decision on whether Germany can support its struggling neighbors.

Retail group says it opposes card fee settlement

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:14 PM PDT

The National Retail Federation is opposing a proposed $7.25 billion settlement that Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and major banks have agreed to pay retailers for alleged fee fixing.

Avril Lavigne promises 'badass' wedding gown

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:10 PM PDT

This image released by Starpix shows Avril Lavigne at the showing of her Abbey Dawn by Avril Lavigne Spring 2013 collection, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Starpix, Kristina Bumphrey)Pop star Avril Lavigne, the designer, promises a "badass" wedding dress she might make herself when she marries rocker Chad Kroeger.

US-Israel divisions over Iran boil over

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh waves as he arrives for the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)Israel is sounding increasingly agitated over what it views as American dithering with economic sanctions too weak to force Iran to end its suspected drive toward nuclear weapons.

US marshals capture man who fled Texas rape trial

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:09 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file booking photo provided by the Liberty County Sheriff's Department in Liberty, Texas, shows Eric McGowen. McGowan, who fled his trial before being convicted in the repeated group sexual assault of an 11-year-old Texas girl, has been captured by authorities. He vanished Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 during a break in the proceedings in Liberty, Texas, following emotionally charged testimony from the alleged victim. McGowen, is among 14 adults charged in the case. (AP Photo/Courtesy the Liberty County Sheriff's Department, File)A man who fled his trial a day before being convicted and sentenced in the repeated group sexual assault of an 11-year-old Southeast Texas girl was captured Tuesday after being a fugitive for nearly two weeks, authorities said.

Now what? 11 things to do with your old iPhone

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:06 PM PDT

FILE-In this Thursday, June 24, 2010 file photo, Piotr Kubiak of Oakland, Ill., shows off his new iPhone 4, right, next to his old iPhone outside of an Apple store, in Chicago. Millions of people will likely buy new iPhones after Apple's expected announcement of a new model on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The new phones would join some 244 million iPhones already sold since the first one launched in 2007. Some have been lost, some stolen and some are still in use. But it's fair to say that millions of iPhones are languishing in desk drawers or gathering dust. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)In case you haven't heard by now, Apple is unveiling its latest iPhone on Wednesday. That leaves the question: What should you do with your old one?

Ex-prof pleads guilty to killing Ala. colleagues

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:03 PM PDT

An ex-professor pleaded guilty Tuesday to fatally shooting three colleagues and wounding three others during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2010, court officials said.

Dry Northwest burns as fire season in West extends

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:02 PM PDT

Clouds turn red from the setting sun where a wildfire burns nearby Monday evening, Sept. 10, 2012, near Wenatchee, Wash. Crews in central Washington and Wyoming worked Monday to protect homes from two of the many wildfires burning throughout the West as a destructive fire season stretches into September with no relief expected from the weather anytime soon. The National Weather service issued red-flag warnings for wide swaths of eastern Washington and Oregon, Idaho, Montana and all of Wyoming, meaning conditions could exacerbate blazes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)A haze of thick smoke formed Tuesday over vast swaths of the West as wildfires forced more residents to flee their homes in several states.

Patriots on top of AP Pro32 power

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:01 PM PDT

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) leaves the field after defeating the Tennessee Titans 34-13 in an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)The New England Patriots have taken over the top spot in the AP Pro32 power rankings with their convincing victory at Tennessee, while the Green Bay Packers have tumbled to fifth after their home loss to San Francisco.

Egyptian protesters scale US Embassy wall in Cairo

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Egyptian protesters, largely ultra conservative Islamists, have climbed the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, went into the courtyard and brought down the flag, replacing it with a black flag with Islamic inscription, in protest of a film deemed offensive of Islam. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)Main ultraconservative Islamist protesters climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Egypt's capital Tuesday and brought down the flag, replacing it with a black flag with an Islamic inscription to protest a video attacking Islam's prophet, Muhammad.

Congress courts veterans leading up to election

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:54 PM PDT

Both parties are using a brief pre-election session of Congress to make campaign appeals to returning veterans.

Judge: US civil trials at risk without budget deal

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT

Federal civil jury trials in the United States probably would grind to a halt if Congress fails to reach a budget deal and $600 billion in automatic spending cuts kick in next year, a leading federal judge said Tuesday.

Lack of Southerners on US presidential tickets

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2012 file photo, Rep. John Lewis of Georgia waves to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. For decades, Southerners put a firm imprint on national politics from both sides of the aisle, holding the White House for 25 of the last 50 years and producing a legion of Capitol Hill giants throughout the 20th century. But that kind of obvious power has waned as Democrats and Republicans in the region navigate the consequences of tidal shifts in demographics, migration and party identity. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)For decades, Southerners put a firm imprint on national politics from both sides of the aisle, holding the White House for 25 of the past 50 years and producing a legion of Capitol Hill giants during the 20th century. But that kind of obvious power has waned as Democrats and Republicans in the region navigate the consequences of tidal shifts in demographics, migration and party identity.

Double factory blazes in Pakistan kill 39

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT

A Pakistani fireman tries to extinguish a factory fire on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Lahore, Pakistan. A fire that broke out in a factory in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday after sparks from a generator hit chemicals used to make shoes killed dozens of people, a Pakistani police officer said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)Factory fires in two of Pakistan's major cities killed 39 people and injured dozens more on Tuesday, including some who had to break through barred windows and leap to the ground to escape the flames.

Is America safer? Presidential candidates disagree

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, joined by members of the White House staff pause during a moment of silence to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept, 11th, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Looking to win voters even as they swore off negative attacks, the presidential candidates clashed over whether the country is a safer place on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Murray caps Britain's golden sports summer

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:46 PM PDT

2012 U.S. Open tennis men's singles champion Andy Murray, of Britain, poses in Central Park on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)First came the victory in the Tour de France. Then there were the stacks of medals at a dazzling Olympics at home.

Chicago mayor and union spar on second day of teachers strike

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:45 PM PDT

Chicago teachers take over the streets outside the headquarters of Chicago Public Schools in ChicagoCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and unionized teachers argued publicly on Tuesday over how to improve struggling inner-city schools as negotiations remained deadlocked on the second day of a strike that has closed the nation's third-largest school district. The two sides could not even agree on how far apart they were in the bitter negotiations over a new contract for some 29,000 teachers and support staff. Speaking at a school where children affected by the strike are being supervised and fed for half a day, Emanuel repeated that an agreement with the union was close. ...

US employers posted fewer open jobs in July

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:44 PM PDT

FILE-In this Tuesday, July 17, 2012, file photo, business employment specialist Linda Reynolds, right, helps job searcher D'Andre Preston at WorkSource Oregon in Tualatin, Ore. U.S. employers posted fewer jobs in July than in June, the latest evidence that hiring is weak. Job openings fell to a seasonally adjusted 3.67 million, the Labor Department said Tuesday. That down from June's 3.72 million job openings, which was revised lower.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)U.S. employers posted fewer jobs in July than in June, further evidence that hiring may stay weak in the coming months.

NY Fashion Week inspired by faraway lands

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:42 PM PDT

The Vera Wang Spring 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Every so often at Fashion Week, there is a moment when the runway is transported from the bustle of New York to a different time or place.

SAfrican politician calls for national mine strike

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:41 PM PDT

Striking mine workers listen to firebrand politician Julius Malema, nicknamed Juju, addressing them at the Goldfields Mine, Grootfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. In a speech punctuated by cheers of thousands of miners and the blowing of whistles and vuvuzelas, firebrand politician Julius Malema called Tuesday for a national strike in all of South Africa's mines, encouraging a step-up of a strike that has already halted production at several platinum and gold mines. (AP Photo)In a speech punctuated by the cheers of thousands of miners and the blowing of whistles and vuvuzelas, firebrand politician Julius Malema called Tuesday for a national strike in all of South Africa's mines, encouraging the escalation of labor unrest that has already halted production at two platinum and gold mines.

Wounded flood hospitals in Syria's largest city

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:39 PM PDT

Medics carry Fatima Qassem, 6, whose legs were badly injured when government forces fired on her family's car, into the emergency room in a hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)It had been a calm day in Aleppo's Shifa Hospital, said Dr. Osman al-Haj Osman, his face etched with exhaustion from just three hours of sleep. Then, a man burst in bearing the shrieking bundle of a 6-year-old girl who'd had a machine-gun bullet rip through both her knees.

Calif. bank robbed; bomb squad investigates object

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT

A gunman wearing military-style clothing robbed a bank on Tuesday and left behind an object that resembles an explosive device, authorities said.

Obama: 9/11 victims never to be forgotten

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:37 PM PDT

Obama and first lady Michelle look at the headstone of a grave during their visit to Arlington National Cemetery on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks near WashingtoNEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The victims of September 11 will be remembered "no matter how many years pass," President Barack Obama said on Tuesday during one of three main ceremonies marking the 11th anniversary of the attacks in which nearly 3,000 people were killed by airliners hijacked by Islamist militants. Two of the passenger jets brought down the Twin Towers of New York City's World Trade Center, another hit the Pentagon outside Washington and a fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania when passengers aboard that flight fought back against the hijackers. ...

Chicago teacher strike poses test for unions

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:37 PM PDT

A woman pushes a stroller past a group of public school teachers picketing outside Amundsen High School, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in Chicago. The school is one of more than 140 schools in the Chicago Public Schools' "Children First" contingency plan, which feeds and houses students for four hours during the teachers strike started by the Chicago Teachers Union Monday. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)The massive teacher strike in Chicago offers a high-profile test for the nation's teacher unions, which have seen their political influence threatened as a growing reform movement seeks to expand charter schools, get private companies involved with failing schools and link teacher evaluations to student test scores.

Guantanamo prisoner who died battled confinement

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:25 PM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by Marc Falkoff , an attorney representing Adnan Latif shows Latif, the Guantanamo prisoner who was found unconscious in his cell on Saturday, Sept. 8. 2012 and later declared dead at a hospital on the U.S. base in Cuba. Latif, a 32-year-old from Yemen, had been held at Guantanamo without charge since January 2002. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Marc Falkoff)The latest prisoner to die at the U.S. base in Guantanamo, Cuba, was identified Tuesday as a Yemeni man with a history of mental illness who battled guards inside the prison and challenged his confinement all the way to the Supreme Court.

GOP leaders seek vote to block welfare waivers

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Senior Republicans are pushing for votes in Congress to block the Obama administration from waiving some provisions of the nation's landmark welfare-to-work law.

NBC's 'Today' skips 9/11 moment for Kardashian

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:33 PM PDT

This image released by NBC shows host Savannah Guthrie, left, listening to TV personality Kris Jenner from "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," during an interview on the "Today" show in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/NBC, Peter Kramer)Kardashian family matriarch Kris Jenner talked about her breast augmentation on NBC's "Today" show at the same time other news outlets were airing the solemn commemoration of the first plane striking New York's World Trade Center 11 years ago.

How the nation and world are commemorating 9/11

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden, center, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, right, walk in front of The Wall of Names, containing the names of the 40 passengers and crew of Flight 93, as they arrive for a memorial service at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)A look at some commemorations outside New York and around the world on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks:

Autopsy: Man killed self after officer's shooting

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:27 PM PDT

This photo provided by the West Bloomfield Police shows officer Pat O'Rourke. Police evacuated an upscale neighborhood and surrounded a house Monday in suburban Detroit, hours after O'Rourke was fatally shot while responding to a 911 call about trouble at the address. O'Rourke was shot about 10 p.m. Sunday inside the home in West Bloomfield Township and later died at a hospital, police Lt. Timothy Diamond said. (AP Photo/West Bloomfield Police)A business executive who gunned down a police officer responding to a trouble call at his suburban Detroit house committed suicide, an autopsy found Tuesday.

BoE's Miles says is "open minded" about more QE

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:26 PM PDT

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Bank of England policymaker David Miles said on Tuesday that he was currently open minded about whether the central bank should expand its programme of asset purchases once the current round is complete in November. Speaking to reporters after a Scottish Economic Society event in Edinburgh, he said that the economy had been "anaemic" over the previous 12 months, but that he would need to see more data before deciding if further stimulus was warranted. "I am open minded at the moment about what the next move should be," he said. ...

WHY IT MATTERS: The Economy

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 file photo, job seekers wait in line at a construction job fair in New York. The U.S. economy is weak and the job market brutal. President Barack Obama wants to create jobs with government spending on public works and targeted tax breaks to businesses. Mitt Romney aims to generate hiring by keeping income taxes low, slashing corporate taxes, relaxing or repealing regulations on businesses and encouraging production of oil and natural gas. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)The issue:

Putin: Romney helped Russia by calling it top foe

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:23 PM PDT

President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that a comment made by U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney has made Russia feel justified in opposing America's missile defense plans in Europe.
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