Posts Tagged ‘block’

Tensions high, US warns Iran not to block shipping (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2012 file photo, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks at the Pentagon. Tensions flaring, the Obama administration warns Iran through public and private channels against any action that threatens the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf. Some experts fear the risk of open conflict with Tehran appears higher than at any point since President Barack Obama took office, perhaps from U.S. moves to enforce open shipping through the Strait of Hormuz or even a military strike from Israel.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP – Tensions rising by the day, the Obama administration said Friday it is warning Iran through public and private channels against any action that threatens the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf.


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Rivals hope to block Romney trifecta in SC (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, celebrates his New Hampshire primary election win in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – Mitt Romney says he’s ready for an uphill climb in South Carolina after coasting through New Hampshire. As the Republican presidential contest moves south, his rivals are sharpening their attacks and hoping to win over tea partyers and religious conservatives who feel uncomfortable with the front-runner.


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Rivals go south, frantic to block Romney trifecta (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, celebrates his New Hampshire primary election win in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – Next up, South Carolina. And it’s shaping up to be a dogfight.


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Leaders block quick Senate vote on payroll tax (AP)

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, joined by Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, at right, talks to reporters after passage of legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – The Senate has wrapped itself into a partisan tangle over its year-end tax and spending business.


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UFT loads buses to block charter 

The teachers union is literally driving the opposition to a new Brooklyn charter, union officials acknowledged Tuesday. Four union-chartered buses are expected to deliver parents opposed to the Success Academy Cobble Hill — along with Occupy Wall Street-affiliated protesters — to a contentious meeting in Queens on Wednesday.

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Protesters block some gates at western US ports (AP)

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is seen in the background as protesters block one of the entrances to the Port of Oakland, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Anti-Wall Street protesters along the West Coast joined an effort Monday to blockade some of the nation's busiest docks, with the idea that if they cut off the ports, they cut into corporate profits.   (AP Photo/Beck Diefenbach)AP – Hundreds of Wall Street protesters blocked gates at some of the West Coast’s busiest ports on Monday, delaying truck traffic in a day of demonstrations that organizers hope will cut into the profits of the corporations that run the docks.


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Ice Block: Giants beat Cowboys with timeout, blocked FG

Eli Manning has been saving games for the Giants all season long. This time he saved their season. The Comeback Quarterback did it again when he led the Giants to their most important comeback win of the season, 37-34 over the Dallas Cowboys.

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