Archive for September, 2010

Dozens of NATO oil tankers attacked in Pakistan (AP)

Map provides details of major U.S./NATO supply routes through Pakistan and locates the Khyber Pass where Pakistan has blocked the northern routeAP – Police say at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan have been attacked in southern Pakistan.


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Ecuador troops rescue president from rebel cops (AP)

A supporter of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa waves a picture of Correa as tires burn in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010.  Ecuador's government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angry over a law that would cut their benefits, plunged Ecuador into chaos, roughing up Correa, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike.   (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)AP – Ecuadorean soldiers firing automatic weapons and concussion grenades rescued President Rafael Correa late Thursday from a hospital where he was trapped most of the day by police rebelling over a cut in benefits.


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Massive storms blamed for 4 deaths in the East (AP)

A Pike Electric Inc., crew takes down a utility line running to a house after a large tree fell and damaged a significant portion of the home in Greensboro, N.C., Wednesday, September 30, 2010.  (AP Photo/News & Record, Nelson Kepley)AP – A massive rainstorm drenched the East Coast from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, causing at least four deaths, flooding roads and washing away months of dry weather.


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Shorts-gate: White House sorry for turning away vet’s family memer for wearing shorts

The White House apologized Thursday for turning the family of a Medal of Honor recipient away from an exclusive tour last week because the late veteran’s 10-year-old grandson was wearing shorts.

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Storms drench much of the East Coast; 4 killed (AP)

Flood waters surround a condominium's pool in Carolina Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP – A massive rainstorm drenched the East Coast from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, causing at least four deaths, flooding roads and washing away months of dry weather.


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Officials slam ‘callous’ program for using families as test subjects

City officials called for a halt yesterday to a “callous” Department of Homeless Services experiment that uses 200 struggling families as test subjects.

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Calif. governor’s race upended by immigrant maid (AP)

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, with he husband Griff Harsh, talks to reporters in Santa Monica, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP – Meg Whitman’s campaign for governor was thrown into turmoil Thursday as the Republican sought to fend off new evidence that she knowingly had an illegal immigrant housekeeper on her payroll for nearly a decade.


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