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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Facebook posts 3Q loss, revenue jumps

Facebook posts 3Q loss, revenue jumps

Facebook posts 3Q loss, revenue jumps

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:24 PM PDT

Facebook is reporting a loss for its third quarter, though revenue rose by nearly a third. The results exceeded Wall Street's expectations.

Mayo Clinic confirms Jackson returns for treatment

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:24 PM PDT

A Mayo Clinic spokesman says Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has returned to the Minnesota hospital for an evaluation.

Facebook third-quarter revenue rises 32 percent to $1.26 billion

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:21 PM PDT

In this photo illustration, a Facebook logo on a computer screen is seen through a magnifying glass held by a woman in BernSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's revenue rose 32 percent in the third quarter to $1.26 billion. The world's No.1 online social network firm posted revenue of $954 million in the year-ago period. Its third-quarter revenue came in slightly above the average analyst expectation of $1.23 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. (Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)

After dramatic spike, Chicago homicides slow down

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:20 PM PDT

In this Oct. 11, 2012 photo, community activist Elce Redmond poses for photos in a community garden on Chicago's West Side. In the coming days, the city is bound to reach another grim milestone when the number of homicides for 2012 surpasses 433, the total for all of last year. Redmond has seen residents cleaning up vacant lots, planting community gardens and boarding up abandoned buildings to prevent gang members and drug dealers from getting inside. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)When the city's gang war intensified last spring, shootings became so frequent they sometimes seemed like a ghastly game of tennis, with each senseless attack followed by a vengeful response.

Guillen fired as manager of last-place Marlins

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:20 PM PDT

Ozzie Guillen was fired Tuesday after one year as manager of the last-place Miami Marlins, whose promising season began to derail in April when his laudatory comments about Fidel Castro caused a backlash.

Obama makes closing case to late-breaking voters

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:18 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as boards Air Force One, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, at West Palm Beach Airport, in West Palm Beach, Fla. enroute to Ohio for a campaign stop after his final debate Monday night against Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)Battling to win late-breaking undecided voters, President Barack Obama is pressing a closing argument that balances economic optimism with second-term specifics, all while raising doubts about Republican Mitt Romney's trustworthiness.

Wine and fracking don't mix, say vineyard owners

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:15 PM PDT

Fred Frank poses for a photo in his vineyard at Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars in Hammondsport, N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. Frank, grandson of Dr. Konstantin Frank, worries the region's carefully tended reputation is in danger if tourists who make the long trip up from the New York City area and elsewhere have to deal with traffic created by gas drilling. (AP Photo/David Duprey)The vineyards of New York's Finger Lakes region make money producing fine Rieslings and inviting tourists to sip white wine by the water's edge. Now winery owners are worried about the prospect of a grittier kind of economic development: gas drilling.

Serena Williams opens WTA Championships with win

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:13 PM PDT

Serena Williams of the USA reacts after her tennis match against Angelique Kerber of Germany during the WTA championship in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo)With the year-end top ranking out of reach, Serena Williams will settle for the title at the WTA Championships.

Aleppans stretched to limit in war for Syrian city

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:12 PM PDT

In this Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 photo, a Syrian street vendor sits in front of his birds in Shaar district in Aleppo, Syria. With death lurking around every corner, the survival instincts of Aleppo's population are being stretched to the limit every day as the battle between Syria's rebels and the regime of President Bashar Assad for the country's largest city stretches through its fourth destructive month. Residents in the rebel-held neighborhoods suffering the war's brunt tell tales of lives filled with fear over the war in their streets, along with an ingenuity and resilience in trying to keep their shattered families going. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)The rumble of engines in the sky immediately set the Aleppo neighborhood below on edge. Men peeked from shops anxiously at the Syrian warplane circling slowly overhead. Housewives emerged on balconies to gauge whether they were about to be hit. But the kids hanging out on the street were unfazed. One kept dribbling his basketball.

Haiti honors Maria Bello for her women's advocacy

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:12 PM PDT

Haiti's President Michel Martelly honored Maria Bello for her advocacy work on behalf of the Caribbean country's women.

WHY IT MATTERS: Afghanistan

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:12 PM PDT

FILE - This June 19, 2012 file photo shows a US soldier, part of the NATO forces, patrols a police station in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. troops are still in Afghanistan, nearly 11 years after they invaded. Why? The answer boils down to one word: al-Qaida. The goal is to damage the terrorist group enough to prevent a repeat of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan, File)The issue:

US may soon become world's top oil producer

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 26, 2011 file photo, Ben Shaw hangs from an oil derrick outside of Williston, N.D. U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer. U.S. production of oil and other liquid hydrocarbons is on track to rise 7 percent in 2012 to an average of 10.9 million barrels per day. It's the fourth straight year of crude increases, and this year drillers are on track to post the biggest single year gain since 1951. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer.

Voters say Obama won debate, but unlikely to shift race: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:10 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Romney talk during the final presidential debate in Boca RatonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voters say U.S. President Barack Obama did a better job than Republican Mitt Romney in Monday's debate but their opinions of each candidate did not shift significantly, according to Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday. Some 47 percent of registered voters surveyed in the online poll judged Obama the victor, while 31 percent believed Romney won. But neither candidate's favorability ratings shifted in the wake of Monday's debate, the last of three televised matchups before the November 6 election. ...

Falcons, Giants 1-2 in AP Pro32 power rankings

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:04 PM PDT

New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz (80) catches a pass as Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Wilson (26) and Madieu Williams pursue him during the second half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Giants won the game 27-23. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)The unbeaten Atlanta Falcons remain first in the AP Pro32 NFL power rankings, with the New York Giants gaining ground after a thrilling win over the Washington Redskins.

Ex-CIA man pleads to leaking operative's identity

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:04 PM PDT

Former CIA officer John Kiriakou leaves U.S. District Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, after pleading guilty, in a plea deal, to leaking the names of covert operatives to journalists. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)A former CIA officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaking the identity of one of the agency's covert operatives to a reporter and will be sentenced to more than two years in prison.

Jamaica braces for advancing Tropical Storm Sandy

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:03 PM PDT

Rain brought by the outer bands of Tropical Storm Sandy fall in the Standpipe neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sandy was expected to become a hurricane as it nears Jamaica on Wednesday. (AP Photo/David McFadden)Jamaicans on Tuesday braced for sheets of rain, lashing winds and a powerful storm surge as strengthening Tropical Storm Sandy took aim at the island as it churned over warm Caribbean waters.

Ozzie Guillen fired as Marlins' manager

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:00 PM PDT

Ozzie Guillen has been fired after one year as manager of the last-place Miami Marlins, whose promising season began to derail in April when his laudatory comments about Fidel Castro caused a backlash.

Al Qaeda goes underground in Yemen against U.S.-driven crackdown

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:56 PM PDT

ADEN (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed military onslaught may have driven Islamist militants from towns in Yemen they seized last year, but many have regrouped into "sleeper cells" threatening anew the areas they vacated, security officials and analysts say. The resilience of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), despite increased U.S. drone strikes to eliminate militants, is worrying for top oil exporter Saudi Arabia next door and the security of major shipping lanes in the seas off Yemen. ...

Buster Posey leads Giants back to World Series

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:55 PM PDT

San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey heads to the batting cage before Game 7 of baseball's National League championship series against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)On a team known for stellar pitching, bushy beards and quirky personalities, the unquestioned leader of the San Francisco Giants is their understated catcher, Buster Posey.

School aide suspended after call about '65 killing

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:55 PM PDT

An Iowa teacher's aide has been suspended after school officials learned she was the member of an Indianapolis family who tortured and killed a girl in the basement of their home in 1965.

Gov't to examine technology for automated cars

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:52 PM PDT

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator David Strickland speaks about policy implications of autonomous vehicles during a seminar at the House of Sweden in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)The government will launch a new research initiative in next few weeks to determine the safety and reliability of technologies that enable cars to drive themselves, an Obama administration safety official said Tuesday.

Police: Pa. baby abducted after grandmother killed

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:48 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office shows Saanvi Venna. Authorities are searching for the 10-month-old girl, who disappeared after her grandmother was fatally beaten inside a suburban Philadelphia apartment. Police issued an Amber Alert for the Venna on Monday Oct. 22, 2012 following the discovery of her grandmother's body at the Marquis Apartments in King of Prussia, Pa. (AP Photo/Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)Authorities searched Tuesday for a 10-month-old girl who was declared missing after her grandmother, who was baby-sitting her, was found slain inside the family's apartment in a Philadelphia suburb.

Holiday gadgets: New iPads, Macs unveiled

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:47 PM PDT

FILE -In this Dec. 7, 2011, file photo, a shopper heads into the Apple store at Legacy Village shopping plaza in Lyndhurst, Ohio. As the holiday-shopping season approaches, Microsoft and Apple have scheduled major events to unveil new gadgets and software. The Microsoft event Thursday Oct. 26, 2012, will focus on Windows 8, a major update to its lucrative operating system. Apple, meanwhile, is expected to unveil a smaller iPad at an event in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)Apple unveiled a smaller iPad, updated its full-sized one and refreshed its line of Mac computers in time for the holiday shopping season.

Coroner: Ala. body may be linked to Tenn. slayings

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Authorities say the slayings of three women and a toddler in southern Tennessee and a death just across the border in Alabama may be linked.

Informant: NYPD paid me to 'bait' Muslims

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:45 PM PDT

This handout photo provided by Jamill Noorata, taken May 3, 2012, shows Shamiur Rahman, left, sitting with Siraj Wahhaj at John Jay Community College in New York. Rahman, a 19-year-old American of Bengali descent who has now denounced his work, was a paid informant for the New York Police Department's intelligence unit was under orders to A paid informant for the New York Police Department's intelligence unit was under orders to "bait" Muslims into saying inflammatory things as he lived a double life, snapping pictures inside mosques and collecting the names of innocent people attending study groups on Islam, he told The Associated Press.

WHY IT MATTERS: An election of tipping points

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 22, 2012 file photo, a pumpjack is silhouetted against the setting sun in Oklahoma City. Americans depend on energy for everything from driving their cars to powering factories, homes and offices _ and of course our smart phones, laptops and tablets. How that energy is produced and where it comes from affect jobs, the economy and the environment. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)Election Day could well determine how much you end up paying in taxes. It could move the bar for fighting future wars. On energy, it could shape the balance between drill-baby-drill (and mine-baby-mine) and some big pollution controls. If you care about Obamacare, this may be your last, best chance to save it or unravel it — with your vote.

Sandusky moved from county jail to state prison

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:43 PM PDT

Jerry Sandusky became a state prison inmate Tuesday with his transfer out of the Centre County jail, his home since he was convicted in June of child molestation.

Oil price drops below $87; pump prices down again

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:41 PM PDT

The price of oil fell to a three-month low Tuesday as big corporations cut earnings forecasts, raising concerns about economic growth and oil demand.

German lawmakers hope to push Iran on human rights

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:39 PM PDT

Three German lawmakers are planning to travel to Iran later this week to discuss with officials the "striking human rights abuses" in the country, one of the parliamentarians said Tuesday. Such a visit by Western officials would be unusual for Iran, where the Islamist government faces increasing isolation over its nuclear program and where authorities have long been sensitive about their treatment of minorities, women and dissidents.

New Bond film 'Skyfall' gets royal world premiere

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:38 PM PDT

Actor Daniel Craig poses at the world premiere of "Skyfall" on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 in London. (Photo by Stewart Wilson/Invision/AP)The latest James Bond movie is getting its world premiere in London on Tuesday, with Prince Charles on hand to give it a royal seal of approval.

Egypt's top court to rule on constitutional panel

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:37 PM PDT

In this Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, second left, observes a military drill dubbed Naval Victory 45, from the frigate Toshka in the Mediterranean sea off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. The drill involved dozens of naval vessels, Chinook helicopters and F-16 fighter jets in a commemoration of the 1967 sinking of the Israeli destroyer Eilat by Egypt. The Israeli military says its largest ever military exercise with the United States, a major air defense drill called Austere Challenge 2012 started Sunday. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)An Egyptian court on Tuesday asked the country's highest tribunal to rule on whether to disband the body tasked with writing a new constitution. The delay in a ruling is a possible blow to liberals, since it could give Islamists time to finish drafting the contested document.

Guantanamo court stalls over right to boycott

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2000 file photo, investigators in a speed boat examine the hull of the USS Cole at the Yemeni port of Aden, after a powerful explosion ripped a hole in the U.S Navy destroyer, killing at least 17 sailors and injuring some 30 others. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national accused in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, faces trial in a special tribunal for war-time offenses known as a military commission for allegedly orchestrating the bombing of the USS Cole as well as attacks on two other ships. But his lawyers say that since the U.S. wasn't at war at that time, the 47-year-old shouldn't be tried at Guantanamo. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis, file)A dispute over whether a defendant must be present during a military tribunal brought proceedings to a halt Tuesday in the case of a Guantanamo prisoner accused in the attack on the Navy destroyer the USS Cole. A potential hurricane raised the prospect of an even longer disruption.

Weak earnings reports pummel stocks

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:37 PM PDT

Trader Thomas Donato looks at a screen as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. Stocks are falling sharply at the opening of trading on Wall Street after 3M and DuPont slashed their earnings forecasts. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Nobody was expecting this round of corporate earnings reports to be great. But companies' underwhelming results are still rattling investors.

MTV devoting platform to Obama interview Friday

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:36 PM PDT

MTV says it will air a live 30-minute interview with President Barack Obama across its various networks and platforms on Friday at 5 p.m. Eastern time and on tape delay at 5 p.m. Pacific time.

NY court: Lap dances are not art and are taxable

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:36 PM PDT

Lap dances are taxable because they don't promote culture in a community the way ballet or other artistic endeavors do, New York's highest court concluded Tuesday in a sharply divided ruling.

Italy earthquake verdict will cause "paralysis:" agency

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:35 PM PDT

File photo shows an Italian military carabinieri walking on debris past destroyed buildings after an earthquake, in AquilaROME (Reuters) - Italy's Civil Protection agency said on Tuesday that the manslaughter conviction of seven scientists and officials over a deadly 2009 earthquake in the central city of L'Aquila would create "paralysis" in disaster assessment and prevention. On Monday, a court sentenced the group to six years in prison for failing to warn of the magnitude 6.3 quake which hit L'Aquila in the early hours of April 6, 2009, killing 308 people and devastating the medieval city. ...

As a Bond villain, Bardem gives 'Skyfall' a jolt

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:34 PM PDT

This film image released by Sony Pictures shows Daniel Craig, left, and Javier Bardem in a scene from the film "Skyfall." Bardem portrays, Raoul Silva, one of the finest arch-enemies in the 50-year history of Bond films. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures, Francois Duhamel)In one long take, Javier Bardem grandly strides into the latest James Bond film.

New iPad, including smaller model, plus new Macs

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:34 PM PDT

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an event to announce new products in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)Apple introduced a smaller iPad, as expected, but also updated its full-sized one. It also unveiled new Mac computers, including a 13-inch version of a MacBook Pro with sharper, "Retina" display and an iMac with a new type of storage drive.

Ohio teen in Craigslist trial: I feared for life

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:34 PM PDT

Teenager Brogan Rafferty leaves the Summit County Common Pleas Courtroom of Judge Lynne Callahan during a lunchtime break in the Craigslist murder trial in on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 in Akron, Ohio. The defense for a teenager charged in the shooting deaths of three men lured by phony Craigslist job offers opened its case Monday. (AP Photo/Phil Masturzo, Akron Beacon Journal pool))The teenage suspect in the slayings of three men lured by phony Craigslist job offers went along with the plan only because he feared he would also die if he didn't, he testified Tuesday at his murder trial.

Court blocks Ind. defunding of Planned Parenthood

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Indiana can't block Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood just because the organization provides abortions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, upholding the crux of a lower court order that said the state couldn't deny patients the right to choose their own health care provider.
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