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Security reviews under way after airliner attack (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:05 PM PST

Northwest Airlines flight 253 sits on the tarmac after requesting emergency help at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. A passenger onboard the same Northwest Airlines flight route that was attacked on Christmas Day was taken into custody in Detroit on Sunday after becoming disruptive, officials said. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Investigators piecing together a brazen attempt to bring down a trans-Atlantic airliner said Sunday the suspect tucked a small bag holding his deadly concoction on his body, using an explosive that would have been easily detected with the right airport equipment.

Bomb suspect came from elite family, best schools (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 05:10 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Web site saharareporters.com and verified by an Associated Press reporter present at the subject's arraignment, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is shown. Abdulmutallab, who claimed ties to al-Qaida, was charged Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009 with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner, just a month after his father warned U.S. officials of concerns about his son's religious beliefs. (AP Photo/saharareporters.com) NO SALESAP - As a member of an uppercrust Nigerian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London.

No danger on Sunday flight — just an ill passenger (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 05:40 PM PST

Jane Jeronimus, right, talks about her familie's flight from Amsterdam as her husband Hans and children Emma and Tim listen after clearing customs at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009 in Romulus, Mich. The Jeronimus' were aboard Northwest flight 253 that was kept on the tarmac on Sunday. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Armed officers on Sunday rushed aboard the same Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day, but the perceived threat wasn't much of a danger — just an ill traveler who spent too much time in the bathroom.

Percy Sutton, Harlem political pioneer, dies at 89 (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 06:48 PM PST

FILE - Percy Sutton, who rescued the Apollo Theater in New York City from extinction eight years ago, poses under the Marquee in this July, 1991 file photo. Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, died Saturday Dec. 26, 2009 at age 89. (AP Photo/ David Cantor, File)AP - Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, has died. He was 89.

TSA: 2 passengers detained after flight to Phoenix (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 05:02 PM PST

AP - Two men thought to have been acting suspicious aboard a flight bound for Phoenix were detained and questioned by federal anti-terrorism authorities before they were released, the FBI said Sunday.

Jon Gosselin's NYC apartment trashed over holidays (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:17 PM PST

FILE - This image released by TLC, shows Jon Gosselin, right, and his wife Kate Gosselin, from the TLC series 'Jon & Kate Plus 8,' in Hawaii. (AP Photo/TLC, Mark Arbeit)AP - Jon Gosselin's apartment was ransacked by someone who slashed furniture, stole his TV and left a note pinned to his dresser with a butcher knife while he visited his children for Christmas, his lawyer said Sunday.

Meyer expects to be leading Gators in '10 (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 05:41 PM PST

Florida coach Urban Meyer discusses his leave of absence after arriving in New Orleans, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. Less than 24 hours after he resigned, Meyer is instead taking an indefinite leave of absence and opening the door for a return to the Gators. Florida will face Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - It took an emotional team meeting, a sleepless night and about an hour of practice for coach Urban Meyer to change his mind about resigning at Florida.

Indian tribes buy back thousands of acres of land (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:42 AM PST

This Jan. 30, 2009 photo shows statues depicting the various clans within the Winnebago tribe, overlooking a housing development north of Winnebago, Neb., which was built on land purchased by the tribe. Native American tribes tired of waiting for the U.S. government to honor centuries-old treaties are buying back land where their ancestors lived and putting it in federal trust. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Native American tribes tired of waiting for the U.S. government to honor centuries-old treaties are buying back land where their ancestors lived and putting it in federal trust.

Car showrooms are reborn as places to play, learn (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:17 PM PST

In this Oct. 6, 2009 photo, Sean Donovan displays a painting that shows how the private residence building he is standing in front of originally looked when it was built by Henry Ford to display Model T Ford automobiles in Cincinnati. The entrance to the building still has the original tile with Ford's name. As auto showrooms close nationwide, schools, day care centers, stores and other activities are filling some of the void. Architects and historians say depressed real estate values and enthusiasm for green energy are contributing to a high level of interest in reusing showrooms. The showrooms are especially sturdy, naturally lit and often ideally located in high-traffic areas. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)AP - With hard times in the auto industry and car dealerships closing around the country, the gleaming showrooms that once featured next year's models are becoming this year's new store, restaurant, school, day care center or yoga studio.

9 fires in western Massachusetts leave 2 dead (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 06:45 PM PST

A firefighter stands in front of the remains of a house fire on 17 Fair St. in Northampton, Mass., Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. A father and son died in the house fire early Sunday morning as firefighters struggled to put out more than a half dozen blazes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP - Authorities say nine fires that left two people dead in a western Massachusetts town are "suspicious" and they're treating them as potential crimes.

NYC's New Year's Eve ball gets new crystal (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 02:06 PM PST

AP - The New Year's Eve crystal ball that drops in Times Square will have a new kind of sparkle when it descends at the stroke of midnight Thursday, and revelers will be able to toast 2010 without popping a cork.

22 and counting: Mystery fires rattle Houston (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:40 AM PST

In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, a home destroyed by fire in the Heights neighborhood of Houston is shwon. Since August, the calm of the neighborhood in north central Houston has been overrun by fear and tension as a string of 22 arson fires, most in the middle of the night, have damaged homes and other structures. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)AP - A four-foot pile of ash and charred debris is all that remains of the Rodriguez family's two-story garage, which had been stuffed with tools, machinery, couches and appliances when a mysterious fire ripped through it earlier this month.

Officials say man on Sunday flight posed no threat (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 02:26 PM PST

Aircrafts from Delta-Northwest are being supplied and loaded before departure at Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam on December 26. The White House warned political foes Sunday not to provoke a partisan tug of war over terrorism, with President Barack Obama yet to publicly address the thwarted attack on a US airliner.(AFP/ANP/File/Marcel Antonisse)AP - The same Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day saw another security scare Sunday during a confrontation with a sick passenger from Nigeria, officials said.

Merry Xmas in Hollywood: Box-office record falls (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 01:45 PM PST

Film Director James Cameron, center, poses with his film producer Jon Landau, left, and Jim Gianopulos, chief executive of Fox Filmed Entertainment, right, after promote their new 3D movie 'Avatar' in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. James Cameron says China's film industry stands to gain a lot if the country opened its doors to foreign films, after the World Trade Organization upheld a ruling this week that China was illegally restricting imports of movies and other media. The restrictions have been a key complaint by Western countries, who complain that China's rapid rise as a trade power has been in part aided by unfair policies that boost sales of Chinese goods abroad while limiting imports into its market. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - It was a memorable and merry Christmas in Hollywood as moviegoers shattered box-office records, responding in droves to a diverse array of high-profile releases over the holiday weekend.

Democrat eyeing Kennedy seat avoids family legacy (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:35 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2009 file photo Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Martha Coakley waits for the start of a taped debate at the WBZ-TV studios in Boston. Coakley is running to fill the seat vacated by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, but is crafting a campaign largely free of the Kennedy mystique. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)AP - Attorney General Martha Coakley may be the front-runner in the race to fill the late Edward Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat, but she is crafting a campaign largely free of the Kennedy mystique.

RI field fight part of bigger church-state dispute (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:12 AM PST

In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 photo members of the St. Raphael Academy high school football team depart the Dennis M. O'Brien Memorial Field in Pawtucket, R.I. following a team practice. A fight over athletic fields in this city goes well beyond who gets to play soccer where, and is raising thorny questions about separation of church and state and public aid to religious institutions — divisive issues that have flared repeatedly in heavily Catholic Rhode Island. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - A fight over athletic fields in this city goes beyond who gets to play soccer where and raises thorny questions about separation of church and state and public aid to religious institutions — divisive issues that have flared repeatedly in heavily Catholic Rhode Island.
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US probing if al Qaeda linked to airplane incident - Reuters

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:24 AM PST


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US probing if al Qaeda linked to airplane incident
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WASHINGTON, Dec 27 (Reuters) - The United States is investigating whether al Qaeda was involved in a Christmas Day attempt to blow up a passenger jet, but there is no early evidence the Nigerian suspect in the case was part of a larger ...
Bomb Suspect's Teacher, Family Dismayed, ShockedNew York Times
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Anti-government protests turn deadly in Tehran - Washington Post

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 08:32 AM PST


Times Online
Anti-government protests turn deadly in Tehran
Washington Post
TEHRAN -- Security forces opened fire at crowds demonstrating against the government in the capital on Sunday, killing at least four people, including the nephew of opposition political leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, witnesses and Web ...
Clashes Continue in Tehran for 2nd Day as Protesters Defy GovernmentVoice of America
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Senate Dems Push, With Little Resistance, Their Version of Health Overhaul - FOXNews

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:31 AM PST


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Senate Dems Push, With Little Resistance, Their Version of Health Overhaul
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They aren't willing to say they'll roll over, but House Democrats on Sunday demonstrated an understanding of the narrow room for compromise Senate Democrats are able to offer on a massive health insurance overhaul that passed the Senate with no margin ...
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Shi'ite Muslims conclude Ashura pilgrimage in Iraq - Reuters

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:21 AM PST


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Shi'ite Muslims conclude Ashura pilgrimage in Iraq
Reuters
KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - The Shi'ite Muslim religious festival of Ashura passed without major violence in Iraq on Sunday, after tight security was deployed to safeguard millions from the bloody attacks that marred past pilgrimages. ...
Holiday in Iraq Is Largely PeacefulNew York Times
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Percy Sutton, Politician, Power Broker, Activist, Dies At 89 - Gothamist

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:41 AM PST


Washington Post
Percy Sutton, Politician, Power Broker, Activist, Dies At 89
Gothamist
Percy Sutton, described by the NY Times as "one of the nation's most prominent black political and business leaders," died yesterday at age 89. Governor Paterson's spokeswoman confirmed Sutton's death, but did not know the cause. ...
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Northampton: Two Dead In Apparent Arson Fires - Hartford Courant

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 08:17 AM PST


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Northampton: Two Dead In Apparent Arson Fires
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NORTHAMPTON - A string of apparent arson fires set in about an hour period early Sunday morning on the outskirts of downtown has left two people dead and investigators scurrying to determine who set the fires. Investigators aren't releasing the names ...
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Commander to Rescind a Provision on Pregnancy - New York Times

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 04:31 PM PST


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Commander to Rescind a Provision on Pregnancy
New York Times
By AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The top United States commander in Iraq intends to rescind a policy that had placed pregnant soldiers at risk of discipline. The commander, Gen. Ray Odierno, has drafted a broad new policy for American forces in Iraq that will ...
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Nigerian man charged in Christmas airliner attack (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:35 PM PST

Police enter the basement of a building where police are searching in Mansfield Street in London, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. The search was reportedly in connection with the attempted terrorist attack on a Northwestern Airline flight as it prepared to land in Detroit on Friday , (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - A 23-year-old Nigerian man who claimed ties to al-Qaida was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner, just a month after his father warned U.S. officials of concerns about his son's religious beliefs.

Winter weather leaves behind flooding concerns (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:51 AM PST

A truck is covered with ice and snow as it waits at a truck stop near Gretna, Neb., Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009 for Interstate 80 to reopen. Treacherous weather has forced the closing of I-80 and plagued much of the country for days and stranded road and air travelers .(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Snow and rain storms that have battered a much of the country for days have started subsiding, leaving behind concerns about flooding in some areas.

Alleged terrorst known but not considered a threat (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:36 AM PST

AP - The alleged Christmas Day terrorist had been in one of the U.S. government's many terror databases since November, which is when his father brought him to the attention of embassy officials in Nigeria.

Witnesses report fierce clashes at Tehran protest (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:34 AM PST

A man wearing a green band in support of the Iranian opposition holds a picture of Iran's leading dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri during Montazeri's funeral in the holy city of Qom December 21, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer/iranAP - Iranian police fired warning shots in the air and beat opposition protesters in central Tehran Sunday, witnesses and opposition Web sites said.

Bomb kills gov't official, family in NW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:30 PM PST

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard as another with a snuffer dog searches area ahead of Shiite Muslims procession on the eighth day of the mourning month of Muharram, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar is observed around the world for ten days of mourning in remembrance of martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - A bomb ripped through a government official's house in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing him and his five family members in an attack that police said was in retaliation for military operations targeting Taliban in the area.

Ferry sinks in Philippines; 3 dead, 22 missing (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:16 PM PST

Norma Mauhay, left, and her daughter Leslie grieve as they wait for news about the fate of her son Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009 at the port in Batangas City, south of Manila, Philippines. A passenger ferry sank in the northern Philippines in a second sea disaster in three days. Three bodies were recovered and 22 were missing, the coast guard said Sunday. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - A passenger ferry sank in the northern Philippines in a second sea disaster in three days. The bodies of three children were recovered and 22 people were missing Sunday.

Bomb kills 5 Shiite pilgrims in northeastern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:28 PM PST

Shiite Muslim worshippers, stained by their own blood from self inflicted wounds, hold knives during the festival of Ashoura, when faithful show their grief over the 7th-century killing of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein, in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - A blast in northeastern Iraq killed five people Sunday in a crowd of pilgrims who had gathered for the most important Shiite religious observance of the year, authorities said.

First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 09:01 PM PST

This Oct. 5, 2009 photo shows an unidentified tuberculosis and HIV patient on his bed at Wat Prabat Nampu in Lopburi, Thailand. Simple TB is simple to treat, a $10 course of medication, but the pills must be taken in specific combinations for six months to completely wipe out the bacteria. If treatment is stopped short, the TB learns to fight back against the drugs, mutating into a tougher strain for which few, if any, medications exist. It can cost $100,000 a year or more to cure drug-resistant TB, which is described as multi-drug-resistant (MDR), extremely drug-resistant (XDR) and completely drug-resistant (CDR). (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.

Percy Sutton, attorney for Malcolm X, dead at 89 (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:48 PM PST

FILE - Former New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins, left, and Civil Rights activist Percy Sutton attend the 80th anniversary celebration of Harlem's Schomburg Center at Lincoln Center in New York, in this Oct. 6, 2006 file photo. Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, died Saturday Dec. 26, 2009 at age 89. (AP Photo/Rick Maiman, File)AP - Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, died Saturday at age 89.

Florida's Meyer resigns amid health concerns (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 09:49 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2009 file photo, Florida head coach Urban Meyer walks past a Florida logo in the Georgia Dome before a practice in Atlanta. Meyer resigned Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009, due to health concerns. Meyer is calling it quits after five seasons in Gainesville and two national titles. He leaves Florida with a 56-10 record that includes a 32-8 mark in league play and a school-record 22-game winning streak snapped early this month against Alabama. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)AP - While his coaching successes mounted and his tough-as-nails reputation grew, Urban Meyer admits there was one thing he didn't pay much attention to — his health.

Nigerian charged with trying to blow up U.S. jet (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 06:33 PM PST

A Delta Airbus 330 airliner sits on a runway at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan in this video grab made December 25, 2009. REUTERS/WDIV TV/HandoutReuters - U.S. authorities on Saturday charged a Nigerian man with trying to blow up a U.S. passenger jet with high explosives and were investigating his claim that he had links to al Qaeda.

Bomb hits Hamas car in Beirut, casualties unclear (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 02:09 PM PST

Reuters - A bomb exploded in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Saturday, targeting a car used by members of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

Security tightened for U.S.-bound air passengers (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 06:45 PM PST

Reuters - Airline passengers headed for the United States faced tighter security measures on Saturday after an attempt to blow up a U.S. jet bound for Detroit, including pat-downs and an order to stay seated during the last hour of flight, airlines and security officials said.

Oklahoma firm recalling beef products in six states (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 09:31 AM PST

Reuters - An Oklahoma company said it was voluntarily recalling 248,000 lbs (112,000 kg) of beef products in six states following an outbreak of illnesses involving E. coli bacteria.

Israel kills six Palestinians in West Bank,Gaza (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 07:53 AM PST

Palestinians carry the body of Ghassan Abu Sharach, who was killed during an Israeli army raid, during his funeral in the West Bank City of Nablus December 26, 2009. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Israeli soldiers killed six Palestinians on Saturday in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the bloodiest violent outbreak in months.

Nigerian charged over attempted US airliner bomb (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:28 AM PST

An Airport policeman and his bomb-sniffing dog Spencer patrol at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. US investigators on Sunday tried to piece together terrorism connections of a Nigerian man who has been charged with attempting to blow up a US jetliner after reportedly confessing that he had been trained by Al-Qaeda in Yemen.(AFP/Getty Images/Bill Pugliano)AFP - US investigators on Sunday tried to piece together terrorism connections of a Nigerian man who has been charged with attempting to blow up a US jetliner after reportedly confessing that he had been trained by Al-Qaeda in Yemen.

Fresh Iran police, protester clashes: witnesses (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:37 AM PST

Young Iranian boys wave flags with the Arabic writing, AFP - Iranian police fired tear gas and beat protesters in clashes Sunday with thousands of opposition supporters chanting anti-government slogans during a Shiite mourning event, witnesses said.
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