Spain could ask for bank bailout this weekend
Spain could ask for a European rescue of its troubled banks this weekend when European finance ministers hold an emergency conference call Saturday to discuss the nation's hurting lending sector, a move that would turn the nation into the fourth from the 17-nation eurozone to seek outside help since the continent's financial crisis erupted two years ago.Read More ...
Holder appoints two attorneys to lead leak investigations
Attorney General Eric Holder has appointed two U.S. attorneys to lead investigations into the possible unauthorized disclosure of classified information. A statement from the Justice Department says the prosecutors assigned to direct criminal probes already being conducted by the FBI are Ronald C. Machen Jr., the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Rod [...]Read More ...
Cost to lunch with Buffett: $3.5 million
The cost to dine with investor Warren Buffett has apparently spiked in value, with one deep-pocketed bidder forking over nearly $3.5 million during a charity auction.Read More ...
Pole climbing students and more top photos
Students participating in Pacific Gas and Electric's (PG&E) PowerPathway Pole Climbing Capstone course climb utility poles at the PG&E pole climbing training facility on June 8, 2012 in Oakland, California. Students who are aspiring utility workers from Oakland's Cypress Mandela Training Center and Workforce Institute, a Division of San Jose/Evergreen Community College District, are participating in PG&E's PowerPathway program Pole Climbing Capstone course, a three week course that teaches skills to better prepare individuals to compete for jobs such as pre-apprentice lineworker within the utility industry. The free course is held at the new pole climbing training facility at PG&E's Oakport Service Center. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Read More ...
Syrian army kills 17 civilians amid massacre anger
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U.N. team sees massacre site in Syrian village
U.N. observers could smell the stench of burned corpses Friday and saw body parts scattered around a Syrian farming hamlet that was the site of a massacre this week in which nearly 80 men, women and children were reported slain. The scene held evidence of a "horrific crime," a U.N. spokeswoman said.Read More ...
Activists jab Obama and Romney on economy
Separated at rival conferences by 1,000 miles and a world of political ideology, liberal and conservative activists are finding themselves united by a deep disappointment with the nation's economy.Read More ...
Obama clarifies: ‘The economy’s not doing fine’
On defense over the defining issue of his reelection fight, President Barack Obama clarified Friday that "the economy is not doing fine" and accused Republicans of playing "political games" by turning his own earlier words against him. Obama had triggered the onslaught a few hours beforehand by telling reporters that "the private sector is doing [...]Read More ...
Report: China plans manned space launch this month
China will launch three astronauts this month to dock with an orbiting experimental module, and the crew might include its first female space traveler, a government news agency said Saturday.Read More ...
Lindsay Lohan OK after wreck on coastal highway
Lindsay Lohan emerged uninjured from a collision with a dump truck on a coastal highway near Los Angeles on Friday, returning to the set of her new movie hours after the accident left the sports car she was driving crumpled.Read More ...
Mariners 6-pack hurls no-hitter vs. Dodgers
Mariners catcher Jesus Montero ran around with his arms in the air looking for someone to join in the party.Read More ...
Flashlight bombs puzzle Phoenix authorities
Flick the switch on these flashlights and they don't light up. They blow up.Read More ...
Is La. governor being vetted by the Romney camp?
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has enjoyed endorsements from influential conservatives who want to see him on the ballot with Mitt Romney in November, but he won't divulge if he's being considered. After a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Chicago Friday, Jindal declined to answer when asked specifically if Romney's [...]Read More ...
S&P says U.S. to avoid 'fiscal cliff,' risks remain
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's said on Friday it expects U.S. lawmakers to set aside their differences to prevent a combination of tax hikes and spending cuts from hurting the economy in early 2013. The rating agency affirmed the AA-plus rating of the world's biggest economy but cautioned that its outlook remains negative. The affirmation of the rating restarts the six- to 24-month period in which the agency could again cut the U.S. rating. "One thing we do expect Republicans and Democrats to agree on -- given an unemployment rate of about 8 percent and continued risks to the U.S. ...
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Miss Universe pageant fights back on rigging claim
The Miss Universe Organization says a former contestant should be made to pay for her "defamatory" claims that this year's Miss USA pageant was a sham.Read More ...
Seven U.N. peacekeepers killed in Ivory Coast
Seven UN peacekeepers from Niger were killed in an ambush in western Ivory Coast, in the deadliest attack on the force since its deployment in 2004, a UN spokesman said.Read More ...
Kansas farmer builds replica of Golden Gate Bridge
Larry Richardson of Mulvane, Kan., was on a bus headed for a tour of duty in Vietnam when he spotted San Francisco’s famed Golden Gate Bridge. That was 1968, but the sight made a lasting impression, so much so that the 62-year-old decided to build...
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Giants coach knocks Congress as team visits White House
If President Barack Obama plans to run against Congress this year, he might be able to enlist Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, who poked fun at squabbling lawmakers as his Super Bowl champion team visited the White House on Friday. Coughlin paid homage to his players, saying they set aside "pettiness" and came together as [...]Read More ...
Obama backs Philippines over South China Sea
The United States and the Philippines called for freedom of navigation in the tense South China Sea as the White House offered a robust show of support for President Benigno Aquino.Read More ...
Two men sentenced in Palin lawyer harassment case
Two Pennsylvania men convicted of harassing Sarah Palin's Alaska lawyers were sentenced Friday to time served and five years' probation, with the proceedings briefly halted after a short outburst in court by one of the defendants.Read More ...
Casino robbery suspect: ‘I was sleepwalking’
A Connecticut man accused of robbing an 81-year-old woman outside a casino at knifepoint says he was sleepwalking and has no memory of the alleged incident. An attorney for Winston A. Riley says he will enter a "medical defense" for his client, the Norwich Bulletin reports. 27-year-old Riley was arrested back on the morning of [...]
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Hungry Jack syrup truck spills onto Buttermilk Pike
A highway truck accident never sounded so delicious. A semitrailer hauling Hungry Jack pancake syrup collided with a highway median at the Buttermilk Pike overpass in northern Kentucky, causing the truckload of syrup to spill all over the highway. "Every lane of southbound I-75 was covered in pancake syrup," Fort Mitchell Police Officer Mark Spanyer [...]
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