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Key security agencies lack permanent leaders (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 11:45 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement on health care and climate change at the White House in Washington December 19, 2009. Obama on Monday vowed to track down those behind an attempt to bring down a U.S. passenger airline on Christmas Day as he announced stepped-up measures to ensure U.S. flight safety. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/FilesAP - Two federal agencies charged with keeping potential terrorists off airplanes and out of the country have been without their top leaders for nearly a year.

Obama orders review of airline safety procedures (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:47 AM PST

President Barack Obama speaks to the media about the recent air travel incident, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama has ordered a review of how U.S. intelligence organizations keep the skies safe — or don't, as demonstrated by a failed Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound flight from Amsterdam.

China confirms Briton's execution, despite UK plea (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:35 AM PST

An undated photograph shows Akmal Shaikh in Warsaw, Poland. The British man, reported to have mental health problems, is set to be executed in China on Tuesday for drug smuggling, after last-minute pleas for mercy from his family and the government in London.(AFP/HO/Reprieve/Luis Belmonte Diaz/File)AP - China brushed aside international appeals Tuesday and executed a British drug smuggler whose relatives say was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into crime.

Broadcasters' woes could spell trouble for free TV (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:07 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2009 file photo, the Comcast logo is displayed on a TV set in North Andover, Mass. As the nation's biggest pay-TV provider, Comcast Corp., prepares to take control of NBC, it has not signaled any plans to reorganize the broadcast network. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)AP - For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials. That might not work much longer.

Confusion fills skies after attempted bombing (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 06:25 PM PST

Passengers at O'Hare International Airport prepare to go through security Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, in Chicago. Various levels of elevated security and restrictions at airports and aboard airliners led to confusion Monday about what passengers could or couldn't do during flights in the wake of an attempted Christmas Day terror attack when a Nigerian man attempted to ignite an explosive as the Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight prepared to land. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - You are now free to move about the cabin. Or not. After a two-day security clampdown prompted by a thwarted attempt to bomb a jetliner, some airline officials told The Associated Press that the in-flight restrictions had been eased. And it was now up to captains on each flight to decide whether passengers can have blankets and other items on their laps or can move around during the final phase of flight.

Charlie Sheen's wife claims he threatened her (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 06:30 PM PST

In this Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, picture, actor Charlie Sheen, right, and wife Brooke Mueller arrive at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. A woman who identified herself as the wife of Charlie Sheen said in a 911 call to Aspen police that the actor threatened her with a knife and that she feared for her life. Police released the audio of the call on Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, three days after Sheen was arrested on suspicion of menacing, second-degree assault and criminal mischief. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Charlie Sheen's wife told police the actor pinned her on a bed, put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her in a Christmas Day fight in Aspen that began when she said she wanted a divorce.

Death toll from Karachi bombing reaches 40 (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:04 AM PST

People walk in a market area burned by angry protesters after a suicide attack on aShiite Muslims mourning procession, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009 in Karachi, Pakistan. A suicide bombing targeting a Shiite Muslim procession killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens more, as Shiites across the country marked the key holy day of Ashoura.(AP Photo/Fareed Khan)AP - Authorities appealed for calm Tuesday as the death toll from a bombing against a Shiite Muslim procession in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi increased to 40.

Fewer law enforcement officers died on job in 2009 (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 06:33 PM PST

Graphic shows the number of police deaths by year sinceAP - Law enforcement deaths this year dropped to their lowest level since 1959, while the decade of the 2000s was among the safest for officers — despite the deadliest single day for police on Sept. 11, 2001.

Iran holds bodies of slain protesters (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:17 AM PST

This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows Iranian protestors beating police officers, during anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. (AP Photo) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENTAP - Iranian authorities said Monday that they were holding the bodies of five slain anti-government protesters, including the nephew of the opposition leader, in what appeared to be an attempt to prevent activists from using their funerals as a platform for more demonstrations.

Cutler leads Bears over Vikings, 36-30 in OT (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:32 PM PST

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre (4) congratulates wide receiver Sidney Rice (18) after his touchdown reception in the final minute of the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bears in an NFL football game in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Brett Favre cranked up and made one more impossible throw, zinging a touchdown pass in the fading seconds. Too bad for the Minnesota Vikings, that merely put them into overtime.

Obama says U.S. will pursue plane attackers (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 06:45 PM PST

An ABC NEWS photo shows underwear with explosive packet, a six-inch long packet of the high explosive chemical called PETN, that was smuggled onto the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.(AFP/ABC News)Reuters - A wing of al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Monday for a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound passenger plane, and President Barack Obama vowed to bring "every element" of U.S. power against those who threaten Americans' safety.

Pakistan appeals for calm after Karachi bombing (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:18 AM PST

Soldiers secure the site of a suicide bomb attack near a checkpost in Peshawar, located in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province on December 24, 2009. REUTERS/Fayaz AzizReuters - Pakistan's interior minister appealed for calm on Tuesday in the country's commercial capital Karachi, where shopowners surveyed gutted premises a day after a suicide bomber killed 43 people and triggered a city-center riot.

Air travel hassles worse after scare; shares dip (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 02:20 PM PST

Reuters - Frequent flyers grudgingly remove their shoes and keep liquids in tiny bottles to appease airport security, but measures imposed after a foiled Christmas Day terror plot could tempt frustrated travelers to find alternatives to commercial airlines, experts say.

China, Britain clash over heroin case execution (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 11:59 PM PST

Supporters of British man Akmal Shaikh hold candles during a vigil outside the Chinese Embassy in central London, December 28, 2009. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was appalled at China's execution of a British citizen caught smuggling heroin on Tuesday, prompting China to defend its judicial integrity and denounce interference.

Putin says U.S. missile shield hinders nuclear deal (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:46 PM PST

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin takes part in the launching ceremony of Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline at the Kozmino oil-loading port in the bay of Kozmino, about 100 km (62 miles) east of Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok December 28, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri MaltsevReuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said U.S. plans for a missile defense system were hindering talks on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty.

Drama for Obama as child's injury delays golf game (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 08:03 PM PST

Reuters - Vacationing U.S. President Barack Obama interrupted a golf game on Monday and sped back to his holiday house after the child of friends was hurt in a beach accident.

Obama assures Americans after failed plane attack (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 05:07 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement about airline security at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kailua, Hawaii December 28, 2009. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama assured Americans on Monday the United States will defeat those behind an attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner and sought to blunt criticism that his response to the incident was slow.

China executes British national despite pleas (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:34 AM PST

Handout photo provided by legal aid group Reprieve shows Briton Akmal Shaikh, who has been executed in China. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the execution AFP - A Briton said to have serious mental health problems was executed in China Tuesday for drug smuggling despite last-minute pleas for clemency, a move roundly condemned by the British government.

Iran MPs call for 'maximum punishment' of protesters (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:40 AM PST

An Iranian opposition supporter gestures during clashes with security forces in Tehran on December 27. Iranian MPs called for the AFP - Iranian MPs called for the "maximum punishment" of opposition demonstrators on Tuesday after violent protests erupted during a Shiite religious commemoration and eight people were killed.
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