Jumat, 27 November 2009

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Rush starts as holiday shopping season revs up (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:29 AM PST

Black Friday holiday shoppers James Trichler, left, and Ashley Trichler second from left, both of New Cumberland, Pa., wait in line in the rain at Toys 'R' Us in Camp Hill, Pa., late Thursday night, Nov. 26, 2009. The store opens their doors at midnight. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - The nation's retailers are ushering in the traditional start of the holiday shopping season with expanded hours and deep discounts on everything from toys to TVs to lure crowds of shoppers.

Asian stocks tumble amid Dubai fears, dollar slump (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:43 PM PST

A money trader work at a dealing room the U.S. dollar rate against Japanese yen on the Foreign Exchange Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. The U.S. dollar fell to the 84 yen level Friday Morning. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Asian stock markets tumbled Friday, with Hong Kong and South Korea down about 5 percent, as fears mounted over the fallout from Dubai's massive debt problems and the dollar continued its slide against the Japanese yen.

Was president in danger from dinner crashers? (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:11 AM PST

This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, left, with Michaele Salahi and Tareq Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - The Secret Service maintains that President Barack Obama was never in danger at a state dinner after an uninvited Virginia couple got through security, but it wouldn't comment on whether anyone is screened for radiological or biological weapons.

In tobacco-loving Va., bars to quit cold-turkey (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:15 AM PST

Progress in the effort to reduce smoking, seen as the leading cause of preventable death, has stalled since 2005 despite aggressive and expensive campaigns, a government report said Thursday.(AFP/File/Frederick Florin)AP - The bluish haze that has hung over the Third Street Diner's bar and booths for decades finally lifts next month as a new anti-smoking law takes hold in Virginia, a huge shift for a state whose tobacco habit dates to the Jamestown settlement some 400 years ago.

Pirates pitcher digs spikes into farming policy (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:48 AM PST

Though better known for his 95mph sinking fastball, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Ross Ohlendorf, a graduate of Princeton University, is spending the off-season doing research as an intern at the Agriculture Department, is seen at the department in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - An e-mail requesting an internship arrived at the Agriculture Department this summer with an impressive resume: Princeton University degree in operations research and financial engineering, 3.8 college GPA, 1520 SATs.

Man who died in Utah mishap was experienced caver (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:32 AM PST

This Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009 photo provided by the Utah County Sheriff's Office shows an unidentified volunteer rescuer during a rescue effort in Nutty Putty Cave, near Elberta, Utah. John Jones, 26, of Stansbury Park, died Thursday Nov. 26, 2009 nearly 28 hours after he became stuck upside-down in Nutty Putty Cave, a popular spelunking site about 80 miles south of Salt Lake City. His death is the first known fatality at the cave, according to the Utah County sheriff's office. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Utah County Sheriff's Office)AP - A medical student who died Thursday after a daylong effort to rescue him 150 feet underground was an outdoors lover and experienced caver who was expecting the birth of his second child next year, officials and family members said.

NATO teams train Afghans on the front line (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:30 AM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009, Afghan National Army soldiers from the 'Kandak 3-4' walk in the base they share with a French Operational Mentor and Liaison Team (OMLT) in Naghlu, Tagab Valley, some 50 kilometers east of Kabul, Afghanistan. The 1,500 trainers from 20 countries live with Afghan forces on the front lines. Their goal: to improve the skills of soldiers in the field, part of the effort to build up the army and police so they can control the country on their own. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - As President Barack Obama prepares to pour up to 35,000 more U.S. troops into Afghanistan, a much smaller contingent of NATO trainers — many of them European — form a crucial part of the strategy to win the war and get foreign troops home.

Filipino who lost wife in massacre files candidacy (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:32 AM PST

Gubernatorial candidate and Vice Mayor Ismael Mangudadatu shows his certificate of candidacy for governor as he files it at the Commission on Elections office in the Maguindanao provincial capital of Shariff Aguak, southern Philippines on Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Mangudadatu whose wife and relatives were among 57 people massacred in an apparent bid to stop him from running for governor filed his candidacy for the election. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - A politician whose wife and relatives were among 57 people massacred in the southern Philippines in an apparent bid to stop him from running for governor filed his candidacy Friday for the election.

Air Force captain wins new car on 'Jay Leno Show' (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:34 AM PST

FILE - In this March 19, 2009 file photo, host Jay Leno is shown on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)AP - An audience member at "The Jay Leno Show" is especially grateful this Thanksgiving. He won a new car.

Broncos end 4-game skid with 26-6 win over Giants (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:33 AM PST

New York Giants wide receiver Steve Smith (12) is tackled by Denver Broncos cornerback Ty Law, left, and safety Brian Dawkins during the first quarter of an NFL football game in Denver, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)AP - The Denver Broncos still have their troubles with the red zone and yellow flags. The dark cloud that hung over them during their month of misery, though, is gone.

U.S. shoppers hit Black Friday sales with pared budgets (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:10 PM PST

Reuters - Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves.

Dubai debt delays revive fear of financial crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:06 AM PST

An early evening view of the Burj Dubai (top right) and Burj Al Arab (back left) with construction work in the foreground, late November 15, 2008. REUTERS/Steve CrispReuters - Investors recoiled from risky assets on Friday and dumped shares in Asian banks and builders, fearing a Dubai debt default could reignite the financial turmoil of the credit crisis.

Husband of Philippine massacre victim files candidacy (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:06 PM PST

Soldiers stop villagers at a checkpoint near the site of a massacre of a political clan that included several journalists in the outskirts of Ampatuan, Maguindanao in southern Philippines November 25, 2009. Philippine security forces found 11 more bodies Wednesday at the site of an election-related massacre in the south of the country, taking the toll to 57 dead, officials said. REUTERS/Erik de CastroReuters - A politician whose wife, sisters and relatives were among 57 people killed in the southern Philippines because he wanted to contest elections next year, registered his candidacy on Friday.

Karzai reaches out to Afghan Taliban on holiday (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:02 AM PST

Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai reached out to the Taliban on Friday, part of a call for reconciliation that the palace says will be the main focus of his second term that began last week.

Israeli air strike wounds four Gaza militants (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:35 AM PST

Palestinian men wait in line to be released from prison ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Gaza City, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip released about 100 prisoners Thursday as a good will gesture for the upcoming Eid al-Adha festival starting Friday. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)Reuters - An Israeli air strike wounded four Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the Israeli military and Palestinian medical workers said.

Magnitude 5.5 quake hits Venezuela: USGS (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:47 AM PST

Reuters - A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Venezuela on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Years of living dangerously for journalists in the Philippines (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:12 AM PST

Reuters - The Philippines was already considered among the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist even before 27 were killed on Monday in an election-related massacre.

German military chief resigns over Afghan air strike (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:00 AM PST

File photo of Chief of Staff (Generalinspekteur) of the German Army, Bundeswehr, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, talking to the media in Berlin, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz/FilesReuters - The head of Germany's armed forces and a senior Defense Ministry official were forced to resign on Thursday over reports the military withheld details about a September 4 air strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan.

Philippine politician ordered massacre: witnesses (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 07:49 PM PST

An activist at a rally near Manila denouncing the massacre in the southern Philippines, that left 57 people dead, 22 of them were believed to be journalists. The Philippine politician accused of masterminding the election-linked killing has surrendered to authorities but insisted he was innocent.(AFP/Noel Celis)AFP - A Philippine politician ordered soldiers, police and other gunmen to kill at least 57 defenceless people in a horrifying slaughter that saw women shot in the genitals, the government alleged Friday.

K.Rouge jail head makes shock demand for acquittal (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:41 AM PST

Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch (centre) has asked Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court to acquit and release him, in a surprise development on the final day of arguments in his nine-month trial.(AFP/ECCC/HO)AFP - Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch stunned Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court Friday by asking judges to acquit and release him on the final day of arguments in his trial.
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