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30 August 2010

Arizona police say gunman kills 5, then self (AP)

Arizona police say gunman kills 5, then self (AP)

Arizona police say gunman kills 5, then self (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:07 PM PDT

In this undated photo released by the Lake Havasu City Police Department Brian Diez, 26 of Havasu, Ariz. Police say Diez killed five people after entering a home in the Arizona community and started shooting, and then fled with his two children. Diez on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 was found dead in California of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and the two young children were safe with relatives. (AP Photo/Lake Havasu City Police Department)AP - A gunman entered a western Arizona home and killed the mother of his two children and three others before fleeing with the kids to California, where he fatally shot himself, police said Sunday.

Newcomers 'Glee,' 'Modern Family' seek Emmy love (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:03 PM PDT

An Emmy statue is displayed inside the Governors Ball following Sunday's 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, during Emmy Awards Press Preview Day in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - "Glee" is about to learn if the Emmys care to sing its praises. The hit musical-comedy show about a high school glee club was a leading nominee at Sunday's Emmy Awards, including bids for best comedy series and cast members Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele, Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer.

Newborn Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:03 PM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 01:45 PM EDT shows Category 1 Hurricane Danielle, located about 500 nautical miles northeast of Bermuda, moving northeastward at 23 knots. Danielle is beginning to weaken as it picks up speed in forward motion. Scattered moderate and isolated strong convective activity continues to accompany Danielle. To the south, Category 1 Hurricane Earl, centered about 165 nautical miles east of Antigua, is moving northwestward at 15 knots. Earl is forecast to strengthen over the next couple of days and could reach major hurricane status by Tuesday. Meanwhile, an area of low pressure located midway between the west coast of Africa and the Lesser Antilles has a high chance, 80 percent, of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next couple of days. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)AP - Islanders set up emergency shelters and airlines canceled flights Sunday as newly born Hurricane Earl churned toward the northern Caribbean. Cruise lines diverted ships to avoid the storm's path.

Internet may phase out printed Oxford Dictionary (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:03 PM PDT

An Oxford English Dictionary is shown at the headquarters of the Associated Press in New York on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. It's been in print for over a century, but in future the Oxford English Dictionary — the authoritative guide to the English language — may only be available online. Oxford University Press, the publisher, said Sunday that burgeoning demand for the dictionary's online version has far outpaced demand for the printed versions. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)AP - It weighs in at more than 130 pounds, but the authoritative guide to the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary, may eventually slim down to nothing. Oxford University Press, the publisher, said Sunday so many people prefer to look up words using its online product that it's uncertain whether the 126-year-old dictionary's next edition will be printed on paper at all.

Lincoln turns re-election bid into earmark defense (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:03 PM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 18, 2010, U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., is interviewed at her campaign headquarters in Little Rock, Ark. Ignoring Republican complaints about wasteful federal spending, Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln is reminding voters — in dollars — of what's she's done for Arkansas during nearly 12 years in Washington. Defending projects typically derided as pork is a tricky stance for a vulnerable incumbent, but Lincoln has turned her re-election fight into an argument for pet projects.(AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Ignoring Republican complaints about wasteful federal spending, Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln is reminding voters — in dollars — of what's she's done for Arkansas during nearly 16 years in Washington.

Abbas: No peace talks with settlement building (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:03 PM PDT

Israeli children walk past Ariel's new Theater in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel , Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. Leading Israeli theater artists have pledged not to perform in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, stirring a heated debate in Israel on Sunday about the dozens of communities just as Israelis and Palestinians are to embark on a new round of peace talks.The settlements, deemed illegal by the international community and built on occupied land the Palestinians want for their state, could derail talks shortly after they are launched Thursday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned Sunday that he will not back down from his threat to pull out of new peace talks with Israel if it resumes construction in West Bank settlements.

7 US troops killed in latest Afghanistan fighting (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:03 PM PDT

Abdul Manan, a candidate for the September Parliament elections is brought to a hospital, after being shot, in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. On Saturday evening in Herat province, a candidate running for a seat in parliament was shot and killed as he was on his way to a mosque, said Lal Mohammad Omarzai, deputy governor of Shindand district. He said two men on a motorbike opened fire on the candidate, Abdul Manan, who died of his wounds. (AP Photo/ Reza Shirmohammadi)AP - Seven U.S. troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan's embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials found the bodies Sunday of five kidnapped campaign aides working for a female candidate in the western province of Herat.

AP Impact: U.S. wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:03 PM PDT

In this Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010 photo, a worker walks through the nearly-complete waste water treatment site in Fallujah, Iraq, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad. The system is almost finished — at a cost of more than three times the original estimate and four years past the initial deadline. This site is among hundreds of projects funded by U.S. taxpayers that remain abandoned or incomplete, wasting more than $5 billion, according to auditors. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million children's hospital goes unused in the south. A $100 million waste water treatment system in Fallujah has cost three times more than projected, yet sewage still runs through the streets

Obama pledges Gulf support on Katrina anniversary (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:03 PM PDT

President Barack Obama talks with resident Maude Smith and her grandson David Robichaux Jr., 9, in her Columbia Parc Development home in New Orleans, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Five years after Hurricane Katrina's wrath, President Barack Obama sought to reassure disaster-weary Gulf Coast residents Sunday that he would not abandon their cause. "My administration is going to stand with you, and fight alongside you, until the job is done," Obama said to cheers at Xavier University, a historically black, Catholic university that was badly flooded by the storm.

Sanofi Reveals $18.5 Billion Offer for Genzyme

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 03:02 PM PDT

The French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis disclosed its $18.5 billion bid for the American biotechnology firm Genzyme.
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