- Congress hopes to wrap up work on payroll tax cuts (AP)
- Syria: Twin suicide bombs shake capital, 40 dead (AP)
- NYPD's spying programs produced mixed results (AP)
- Pakistani army rejects US report on airstrikes (AP)
- Indonesia girl back with family after 2004 tsunami (AP)
- France recommends removal of risky breast implants (AP)
- Santa Claus still flying high in new poll (AP)
- Cuban-Americans stream to the island for holidays (AP)
- Tis' the season to steal (AP)
- Colts get past Houston 19-16 for 2nd straight win (AP)
- Congress poised to pass payroll tax cut deal (Reuters)
- Forty killed, 100 wounded in Damascus blasts: Syrian TV (Reuters)
- In ad for newsletter, Ron Paul forecast "race war" (Reuters)
- Analysis: Economy to show stamina as global growth slows (Reuters)
- Pakistan army chief says coup speculation false (Reuters)
- World leaders bid farewell to Vaclav Havel (Reuters)
- U.S. intelligence warned of strife after Iraq pullout (Reuters)
- Less wooden Romney hits New Hampshire campaign trail (Reuters)
- Democrats turn tables on GOP as Boehner relents on payroll-tax deal (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Is Sheriff Joe Arpaio using racial profiling to find illegal immigrants? (The Christian Science Monitor)
Showing posts with label Friday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friday. Show all posts
2011-12-23
Today's Headlines -- Friday
2011-12-16
Today's Headlines -- Friday
- Bargainers reach deal to head off gov't shutdown (AP)
- Gingrich assailed by debate rivals, fights back (AP)
- Christopher Hitchens, militant pundit, dies at 62 (AP)
- Russian fishing ship lists badly near Antarctica (AP)
- Anonymous donors pay off Kmart layaway accounts (AP)
- US formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare (AP)
- Feds issue scathing report against Ariz. sheriff (AP)
- Full ban on driver calls could be tough to enforce (AP)
- 'Batman' star Bale tries to visit China activist (AP)
- Ryan, Abraham lead Falcons to 41-14 rout of Jags (AP)
- Gingrich under attack at Iowa presidential debate (Reuters)
- Deal reached to avert government shutdown (Reuters)
- NY Times CEO exiting, without explanation (Reuters)
- Zynga prices IPO at top end of range (Reuters)
- Accused Army document leaker faces hearing (Reuters)
- Exclusive: Made in Texas: Apple's A5 iPhone chip (Reuters)
- Japan aims to bolster M&A disclosure after Olympus scandal (Reuters)
- Military marks end to nearly nine bloody years in Iraq (Reuters)
- Jon Huntsman leapfrogs Ron Paul in New Hampshire, says poll (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Is falling US marriage rate a bad thing? Some find positives in the data. (The Christian Science Monitor)
2011-12-09
Today's Headlines -- Friday
2011-12-02
Today's Headlines -- Friday
- Unemployment rate falls to lowest since March 2009 (AP)
- Europe, facing abyss, embraces German might (AP)
- Icon of US military now in Iraqi hands (AP)
- His candidacy uncertain, Cain to meet with wife (AP)
- Ultraconservative Islamists make gains in Egypt (AP)
- UK media inquiry a lesson in tabloid skullduggery (AP)
- Man sentenced for killing wife; she strangled son (AP)
- House panel votes to subpoena Corzine on MF Global (AP)
- Violent wind storm leaves path of destruction (AP)
- Experts reclassify painting as real Rembrandt (AP)
- Germany's Merkel fights for euro, Cameron for UK (Reuters)
- Jobless rate drops to 2-1/2 year low (Reuters)
- Zynga IPO values company as high as $9.04 billion (Reuters)
- Obama promises big push on payroll tax cut (Reuters)
- GE, Rolls Royce drop effort to build F35 engines (Reuters)
- Over 20 arrested at U.S. London embassy protest (Reuters)
- U.S. hands main war base, Saddam palaces back to Iraq (Reuters)
- Fed hawks say central banks can't solve fiscal woes (Reuters)
- Pasadena on emergency footing as powerful winds whip Southern California (VIDEO) (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Clinton urges Burma (Myanmar) to deepen reforms, announces modest US moves (The Christian Science Monitor)
2011-11-25
Today's Headlines -- Friday
- Earlier deals, longer hours woo Friday shoppers (AP)
- Supercar makers chase China's superrich motorheads (AP)
- Egyptian court orders release of 3 US students (AP)
- Egypt military rulers reject calls to step down (AP)
- Protesters reject Yemen president's power transfer (AP)
- Occupy movements nationwide celebrate Thanksgiving (AP)
- 26 bodies dumped in mass slaying in Guadalajara (AP)
- Ruth Stone, award-winning poet, dies in Vt. at 96 (AP)
- Ravens beat 49ers 16-6 in duel of Harbaughs (AP)
- Packers beat Lions 27-15 to improve to 11-0 (AP)
- Worried shoppers greet "Black Friday" sales (Reuters)
- Sarkozy, Merkel agree to stop sniping on ECB crisis (Reuters)
- Olympus ex-CEO Woodford says willing but not begging to return (Reuters)
- AT&T braces for T-Mobile deal collapse (Reuters)
- Syria faces Arab sanctions deadline over monitors (Reuters)
- Egypt braces for fresh rally against army rule (Reuters)
- Lawmakers to look at Corzine, rating firms' ties: report (Reuters)
- Australia approves $11 billion Foster's sale to SABMiller (Reuters)
- Occupy Wall Street: Can filmmaking website unify the movement? (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Illinois utility targeted by cybersaboteurs? US pours water on the idea. (The Christian Science Monitor)
2011-11-18
Today's Headlines -- Friday
Oh, YES! It's finally Friday and it's going to be a great weekend. I can feel it now! Okay...well, here are today's headlines...enjoy!
- Obama: Clinton to travel to Myanmar (AP)
- Occupy protesters march nationwide; 300 arrested (AP)
- A GOP debt plan would hit some popular tax breaks (AP)
- Idaho man charged with trying to assassinate Obama (AP)
- Perry picks fight with Pelosi (AP)
- Chu: Solyndra loan based on merits, not politics (AP)
- Cain receives Secret Service protection (AP)
- States ramp up use of teacher evaluations (AP)
- APNewsBreak: Demi Moore to divorce Ashton Kutcher (AP)
- Tebow, Broncos top Jets 17-13 on last-minute drive (AP)
- Authorities foil NY protest bid to shut Wall Street (Reuters)
- Greeks protest as France, Spain squeezed (Reuters)
- Man charged with trying to assassinate Obama (Reuters)
- More than 1 in 5 U.S. children poor, Census says (Reuters)
- Deficit-cutting panel may scale back efforts (Reuters)
- U.S.-China tensions risk spilling over into Asia summit (Reuters)
- Syrian troops shell villages, Arab deadline looms (Reuters)
- Jobs, housing data bolster growth outlook (Reuters)
- Financial fallout for Penn State: $2 billion fundraising drive in danger? (The Christian Science Monitor)
- New US training base in Australia is all about the rise of China (The Christian Science Monitor)
2011-11-11
Today's Headlines -- Friday
- Paterno gone, but questions at Penn State remain (AP)
- For Obama, an Asian agenda with an eye on home (AP)
- 11-11-11 brings hopes of good luck (AP)
- Economy trumps social issues in conservative SC (AP)
- Detroit prayer event puts Muslim community on edge (AP)
- Romney readies Iowa ad as Cain, Perry address woes (AP)
- APNewsBreak: Farmers avoiding fed loan program (AP)
- Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 dominates Latin Grammys (AP)
- Palmer leads Raiders to 24-17 win over Bolts (AP)
- HRW finds 'crimes against humanity' in Syria (AP)
- Italy to vote on cuts, U.S. applies pressure (Reuters)
- Exclusive: Politics stymie China's EU aid offer (Reuters)
- Stock index futures signal gains; Disney eyed (Reuters)
- Analysis: Olympus medical business too big to fail (Reuters)
- Exclusive: New Keystone pipeline route sought (Reuters)
- Cain defamation lawyer hired to monitor accusations (Reuters)
- Greeks welcome news on PM, await crisis cabinet (Reuters)
- Lenders to grill Japan's Olympus as delisting looms: source (Reuters)
- USS Cole bombing: Defense grills judge as suspect is arraigned in Cuba (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Did the national Emergency Alert System mistakenly play Lady Gaga? (The Christian Science Monitor)
2011-11-04
Today's Headlines -- Friday
- Economy poised for modest job gains in October (AP)
- Japan OKs aid for tsunami-hit nuke plant operator (AP)
- Cain struggles to overcome allegations controversy (AP)
- Occupy protesters disavow Oakland violence (AP)
- After snowstorm, Irene, East is low on snow days (AP)
- Senate GOP blocks Obama infrastructure plan (AP)
- Case against Michael Jackson's doctor goes to jury (AP)
- Police: Judge won't be charged over video beating (AP)
- Groupon raises $700M with IPO at $20 per share (AP)
- Union meets, says more talks with NBA owners ahead (AP)
- Greek PM ready to go, dump referendum, for euro deal (Reuters)
- Groupon raises $700 million in biggest Internet IPO since Google (Reuters)
- Greek prime minister faces knife-edge survival vote (Reuters)
- Insight: MF board seen beholden to Corzine as risk grew (Reuters)
- Obama advisers fret over pipeline's political risks (Reuters)
- Olympus delays earnings announcement; shares plunge (Reuters)
- Japan: Tokyo Elec to post $7.4 billion net loss in 2011/12 (Reuters)
- Regulators dig in at MF Global in money pursuit (Reuters)
- Is Herman Cain getting good advice on his campaign? (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Oakland strike: For Occupy protesters, frenzied rumors before march on port (The Christian Science Monitor)
2011-10-28
Today's Headlines -- Friday
- Obama lost many donors from '08 presidential race (AP)
- Wall Street protesters prepare for harsh weather (AP)
- Top Cain aide has checkered past (AP)
- Turkey survivor emerges from quake rubble (AP)
- In Pakistan, a militant deal sours (AP)
- Feds tighten belt by cutting agriculture reports (AP)
- Earth-observing satellite boosted into orbit (AP)
- Rally fed by European debt deal begins to slow (AP)
- 7 dead after semi-truck slams into minivan in Ind. (AP)
- Cardinals stun Texas, force World Series to Game 7 (AP)
- Euro fund head sees no quick China deal (Reuters)
- Stock futures signal lower open after rally (Reuters)
- HP ditches costly PC unit spin-off (Reuters)
- Olympus risks lawsuits unless probe truly independent: TSE (Reuters)
- Fresh post-vote clashes in cradle of Tunisia's revolt (Reuters)
- Gaddafi son seeking plane to Hague: NTC official (Reuters)
- Insight: Thai flood crisis puts swamped PM in firing line (Reuters)
- Iran oil blast kills one, separate incident hits refinery (Reuters)
- Is Rick Perry on the comeback trail? (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Reforming the Taliban: US aims to teach Afghan fighters new livelihoods (The Christian Science Monitor)
2011-10-21
Today's Headlines -- Friday
- Pulled from drain pipe, Gadhafi was shown no mercy (AP)
- With warped vision, Gadhafi maddened Libya, West (AP)
- Senate rejects slimmed-down Obama jobs bill (AP)
- Senate rejects GOP effort on terrorist trials (AP)
- Floodwaters begin seeping into outer Bangkok areas (AP)
- Clinton holds more talks with Pakistan officials (AP)
- Ohio man who freed wild animals was deep in debt (AP)
- 2 Minn. women guilty of aiding Somali terror group (AP)
- Largest study on cellphones, cancer finds no link (AP)
- Rangers rally in 9th, beat Cards to even Series (AP)
- Gaddafi killed in hometown, Libya eyes future (Reuters)
- Obama: Gaddafi death is warning to iron-fist rulers (Reuters)
- Fed debate about more easing heats up (Reuters)
- Exclusive: Nasdaq hackers spied on company boards (Reuters)
- Competing fiscal plans blocked in divided Senate (Reuters)
- Franco-German split over bailout fund threatens crisis plan (Reuters)
- U.S. grand jury indicts two men in Saudi envoy plot (Reuters)
- Analysis: Republican candidates' tax plans may fall flat (Reuters)
- With proper treatment, Michael Jackson would be alive, expert says (The Christian Science Monitor)
- New Obama jobs bill: Do too many Democrats view it as 'bailout lite'? (The Christian Science Monitor)
2011-10-14
Today's Headlines -- Friday
2011-09-30
Today's Headlines -- Friday
Wow...it's Friday already. What seemed like a long week has abruptly ended for me and thank goodness. It's been an unpredictable ride. Hope everyone has a great weekend. I know I will be relaxing.
- Listeria leaves Colorado town stunned and scared (AP)
- Iran to Syria: Save regime and preserve alliance (AP)
- US-led coalition: Afghan insurgent attacks falling (AP)
- Watchdog: Regulators bowed to banks on bailout (AP)
- Myanmar to stop construction of controversial dam (AP)
- GOP starting line inches toward New Year's Day (AP)
- Paramedics up next in trial of Jackson's doctor (AP)
- Asia reels from floods; Vietnam braces for storm (AP)
- More bad news for bank customers: Debit card fees (AP)
- With eye on clock, NBA owners, players seek deal (AP)
- Europe set for worst quarter since 2008 (Reuters)
- Bank of America to charge debit card use fee (Reuters)
- Europe again steps back from brink in debt crisis (Reuters)
- Japan fires fresh salvo on yen as economic upswing tails off (Reuters)
- Recovery next year for world stocks: poll (Reuters)
- UK hacking like Watergate scandal, Bernstein says (Reuters)
- Jobless claims, GDP data ease economic fears (Reuters)
- Exclusive: Justice Department probing Chinese accounting (Reuters)
- Would Obama's jobs plan help avoid a recession? (The Christian Science Monitor)
- When is a terrorist not a terrorist? America's Haqqani conundrum. (The Christian Science Monitor)
2011-09-23
Today's Headlines -- Friday
- Palestinians submit UN statehood bid (AP)
- Global leaders struggle to calm recession fears (AP)
- Yemen president returns, adds confusion to crisis (AP)
- Senate blocks House disaster aid bill (AP)
- Pope meets with German sex abuse victims (AP)
- AP IMPACT: Hospital drug shortages deadly, costly (AP)
- Obama lets states opt out of federal school rules (AP)
- Falling satellite slows down, Earth strike delayed (AP)
- Physicists wary of junking light speed limit yet (AP)
- NBA postpones camps, cancels 43 preseason games (AP)
- Europe, under fire, seeks to get ahead of crisis (Reuters)
- Senate delays disaster aid bill until Monday (Reuters)
- Gold slumps to 7-week low (Reuters)
- Abbas stakes Palestinian claim to state at U.N. (Reuters)
- Greece says not seeking new way out of crisis (Reuters)
- Libya NTC to announce "crisis" government in days (Reuters)
- UK lawyer to start News Corp action in U.S. (Reuters)
- G20 pledges bank support, eyes bolder euro fund (Reuters)
- GOP debate: Did Rick Perry survive the attacks of his fellow Republicans? (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Why tax code appears to offer deficit 'super committee' rare common ground (The Christian Science Monitor)
2011-09-16
Today's Headlines -- Friday
- Eurozone decision on Greek loan payout due in Oct (AP)
- Libyan fighters move on Gadhafi area (AP)
- UBS under pressure to explain $2B trading scandal (AP)
- Ultrasecret satellite spy shop NRO turns 50 (AP)
- Soyuz lands safely in Kazakhstan, rattles nerves (AP)
- At 9/11 memorial, mourners take home rubbings (AP)
- Texas execution halted amid Supreme Court review (AP)
- Calif. group seeks to interest blacks in farming (AP)
- Charlie Sheen says he's not mad at 'Men' anymore (AP)
- NBA players present unified front in labor impasse (AP)
- UBS $2 billion loss to trigger investment bank retreat (Reuters)
- Geithner urges unity in tackling euro zone crisis (Reuters)
- Anti-Gaddafi forces storm desert stronghold (Reuters)
- RIM's market share slipping faster than expected (Reuters)
- Exclusive: U.S. tax-evasion probe turns to Israeli banks (Reuters)
- Senate approves $6.9 billion in disaster aid (Reuters)
- Obama backs away from Social Security in deficits plan (Reuters)
- Senate panel keeps budget boosts for SEC, CFTC (Reuters)
- Majority of blame for Gulf oil spill lies with BP, two US agencies find (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Future NASA rocket unveiled, designed to reach moon and beyond (The Christian Science Monitor)
2011-09-09
Today's Headlines -- Friday
- Officials chase unconfirmed al-Qaida bomb threat (AP)
- Obama to Congress: 'Pass this jobs bill' (AP)
- Outage affects millions in Southwest, Mexico (AP)
- ESSAY: After 9/11, searching for American optimism (AP)
- River levels start falling in flooded NY city (AP)
- TSA chief: optimist about everything but terror (AP)
- Slipping Bachmann seeks jolt for GOP campaign (AP)
- Captain Jihad: Ex-terrorist is now comic book hero (AP)
- Book: Kennedy scorned idea of Johnson as president (AP)
- Rodgers throws 3 TDs, Packers outlast Saints 42-34 (AP)
- U.S. sees credible September 11 threat (Reuters)
- Huge blackout hits Southern California, Mexican border (Reuters)
- Stocks fall on U.S. growth worries; euro slumps (Reuters)
- BofA discussing about 40,000 job cuts: report (Reuters)
- Economic gloom piles pressure on G7 finance talks (Reuters)
- On the Afghan frontline, U.S. soldiers see longer war ahead (Reuters)
- IMF says policymakers should use all measures (Reuters)
- Major Yahoo shareholder calls for new board (Reuters)
- 9/11 lessons not learned: three failed reforms (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Texas wildfires leave survivors with little but gratitude to be alive (The Christian Science Monitor)
2011-09-02
Today's Headlines -- Friday
- Gadhafi, in hiding, vows no surrender in Libya (AP)
- Frustrations rise for those still without power (AP)
- Tropical warnings for Gulf, heavy rain expected (AP)
- Jobs report could show signs of modest growth (AP)
- AP IMPACT: Quakes pose greater risk to US reactors (AP)
- Robo-signed mortgage docs date back to late 1990s (AP)
- Dems want Obama's job speech to contrast with GOP (AP)
- US marks first month with no troop deaths in Iraq (AP)
- Mars rover Opportunity studying new surroundings (AP)
- 'DWTS' producer: Give Chaz Bono a chance to dance (AP)
- Slumping confidence likely curbed August hiring (Reuters)
- U.S. to sue big banks over mortgage securities: report (Reuters)
- Exclusive: China curbs Iran energy work (Reuters)
- Gaddafi defiant as world frees Libya funds (Reuters)
- AT&T prepares two-track plan to save T-Mobile deal (Reuters)
- Starz to pull content from Netflix as talks fail (Reuters)
- Citi poaches Deutsche's Murphy in Asia prime broking push (Reuters)
- 9/11 firefighters have higher cancer risk: study (Reuters)
- Clegg visits London riot site (AFP)
- Debt crisis resists assault by ECB and global leaders (AFP)
2011-08-26
Today's Headlines -- Friday
- Hurricane Irene brings rain, heavy seas to coast (AP)
- 16 killed in bombing on UN building in Nigeria (AP)
- Bernanke proposes no new steps to boost economy (AP)
- NATO hits Gadhafi hometown, Tripoli celebrates (AP)
- Mexican president declares 3 days of mourning (AP)
- AP-GfK Poll: Most Republicans happy with GOP field (AP)
- Palestinian: US warns of aid cut for statehood bid (AP)
- Troops photograph every Arlington grave (AP)
- China bars some Lady Gaga hits from download sites (AP)
- Cano, Martin, Granderson hit slams, Yanks romp (AP)
- Bernanke quiet on next Fed moves, stresses job crisis (Reuters)
- Obama says Hurricane Irene "extremely dangerous" (Reuters)
- Hurricane Irene targets East Coast, many evacuate, cities brace (Reuters)
- Tripoli prays for peace as rebels hunt Gaddafi (Reuters)
- Second-quarter growth cut on inventories, trade (Reuters)
- Google chairman Schmidt to woo TV elite (Reuters)
- Mexico's Calderon berates U.S. after casino attack (Reuters)
- At least 18 die in car bomb attack on Nigeria U.N. HQ (Reuters)
- Clegg visits London riot site (AFP)
- Debt crisis resists assault by ECB and global leaders (AFP)
2011-08-19
Today's Headlines -- Friday
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