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  • File photo of Dominique Strauss-Kahn smiling as he departs a hearing at the New York State Supreme Courthouse in New York
    Prosecutor to drop Strauss-Kahn case: report Reuters - 1 hr 44 mins ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors will ask a judge to dismiss all charges in the sexual assault case against former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn at a court hearing on Tuesday, the New York Post reported on Sunday, citing … More »Prosecutor to drop Strauss-Kahn case: report

    File photo of Dominique Strauss-Kahn smiling as he departs a hearing at the New York State Supreme Courthouse in New York

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors will ask a judge to dismiss all charges in the sexual assault case against former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn at a court hearing on Tuesday, the New York Post reported on Sunday, citing unnamed sources.

  • Palestinians inspect the wreckage of a car after it was hit by an Israeli missile strike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
    Gaza militants renew rocket fire despite truce AP - 29 mins ago

    Palestinian militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip fired rockets and mortars into southern Israel early Monday, despite an unofficial truce meant to defuse days of escalating violence. More »Gaza militants renew rocket fire despite truce

    Palestinians inspect the wreckage of a car after it was hit by an Israeli missile strike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

    Palestinian militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip fired rockets and mortars into southern Israel early Monday, despite an unofficial truce meant to defuse days of escalating violence.

  • Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad shout slogans and wave their national flag, as they protest to show their solidarity to their president, in Damascus, Syria, on Friday Aug. 19, 2011. Assad, who inherited power from his father in 2000, is facing the most serious international isolation of his rule. On Thursday, the United States and its European allies demanded he step down. Syrian security forces killed at least 20 protesters Friday despite promises by President Bashar Assad that the military operations against the 5-month-old uprising are over. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
    2 Syrians killed as pro-regime gunmen open fire AP - 1 hr 57 mins ago

    Activists say Syrian pro-regime gunmen shooting in celebration after televised comments by President Bashar Assad killed two people overnight. More »2 Syrians killed as pro-regime gunmen open fire

    Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad shout slogans and wave their national flag, as they protest to show their solidarity to their president, in Damascus, Syria, on Friday Aug. 19, 2011. Assad, who inherited power from his father in 2000, is facing the most serious international isolation of his rule. On Thursday, the United States and its European allies demanded he step down. Syrian security forces killed at least 20 protesters Friday despite promises by President Bashar Assad that the military operations against the 5-month-old uprising are over. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

    Activists say Syrian pro-regime gunmen shooting in celebration after televised comments by President Bashar Assad killed two people overnight.

  • FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2010, file photo Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue responds to questions at a hearing in Akron, Ohio. A Senate oversight committee told Astrue the agency hasn't done enough to trim its disability claims backlog. Applications are up nearly 50 percent over a decade ago as people with disabilities lose their jobs and can’t find new ones in an economy that has shed nearly 7 million jobs. Many wait two years or more before their cases are resolved. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
    Social Security disability on verge of insolvency AP - 4 hrs ago

    Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security's disability program with benefit claims, pushing the financially strapped system toward the brink of insolvency. More »Social Security disability on verge of insolvency

    FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2010, file photo Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue responds to questions at a hearing in Akron, Ohio. A Senate oversight committee told Astrue the agency hasn't done enough to trim its disability claims backlog. Applications are up nearly 50 percent over a decade ago as people with disabilities lose their jobs and can’t find new ones in an economy that has shed nearly 7 million jobs. Many wait two years or more before their cases are resolved. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

    Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security's disability program with benefit claims, pushing the financially strapped system toward the brink of insolvency.

  • This combination of screen captures shows maps of the Buffalo, N.Y. airport available on the Bing website, left, and Google maps services website on Aug. 18, 2011. In the post-9/11 world, the blurred image of this and other sites is the product of New York state's homeland security apparatus. (AP Photo)
    AP IMPACT: 9/11 grip on info can still be wacky AP - 1 hr 24 mins ago

    Take a virtual tour of New York on Google Maps and some blurry images appear. More »AP IMPACT: 9/11 grip on info can still be wacky

    This combination of screen captures shows maps of the Buffalo, N.Y. airport available on the Bing website, left, and Google maps services website on Aug. 18, 2011. In the post-9/11 world, the blurred image of this and other sites is the product of New York state's homeland security apparatus. (AP Photo)

    Take a virtual tour of New York on Google Maps and some blurry images appear.

  • Hurricane Irene slams Puerto Rico; could hit US AP - 42 mins ago
    A surfer walks into the ocean as tropical storm Irene approaches to the island in Luquillo, Puerto Rico, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. The storm, packing winds of about 50 mph (85 kph) and tracking westward at 20 mph (32 kph), was expected to strengthen and pass near the U.S. island of Puerto Rico later Sunday or early Monday. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

    Puerto Ricans awoke to flooded and debris-strewn streets Monday following the overnight passage of Hurricane Irene, which next took aim at the Dominican Republic on a path that could take the storm to the U.S. by the end of the week.

  • Kim's Russia trip focusing on energy issue AP - 1 hr 34 mins ago
    North Korean leader Kim Jong Il,, is welcomed with bread and salt in front of his armored train upon his arrival at the Bureya railway station, eastern Siberia, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. Kim crossed into Russia on his armored train Saturday at the invitation of President Dmitry Medvedev, with the two leaders expected to meet later in the week to discuss the restart of nuclear disarmament talks and the construction of a pipeline that would stream Russian natural gas to North and South Korea. (AP Photo/IA Port Amur, www.portamur.ru)

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's armored train rolled through the resource-rich far east of Russia Monday, taking in major Russian power projects en route to a summit with President Dmitry Medvedev expected to focus on energy cooperation and nuclear disarmament.

  • Iran moves some centrifuges to underground site AP - 2 hrs 33 mins ago

    Iran has moved some of its centrifuge machines to an underground enrichment site that offers better protection from possible airstrikes, the country's vice president said Monday.

  • Gunmen kill 4 in Pakistani city; 18 dead in 2 days AP - 2 hrs 10 mins ago

    A senior government official says gunmen have killed four people in Pakistan's largest city, taking the death toll in Karachi to 18 in two days.

  • Red Cross: 29,000 have lost homes in NKorea floods AP - 1 hr 51 mins ago

    The Red Cross says over 29,000 people in North Korea have lost their homes from storms and flooding in the past three months.

  • Experts push disclosure of failed foster adoptions AP - 2 hrs 50 mins ago
    In this July 10, 2011 photo, Deb Carlson, left, and her husband Doug, right, have lunch with their adopted sons in Valrico, Fla. The Carlsons' adopted sons have trashed bedrooms, stolen credit cards and threatened to kill them, one drew a disturbing pictures of throwing a party after beheading the southwest Florida couple. While the overwhelming majority of adoptions end happily, some families like the Carlsons say they weren’t told about their new child’s psychological problems and can’t get help from the government agencies that recruited them. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

    Deb and Doug Carlsons' adopted sons have trashed bedrooms, stolen credit cards and threatened to kill them. One drew a disturbing picture of beheading the southwest Florida couple and throwing a party.

  • Public to get first glimpse of King memorial AP - 51 mins ago
    A part of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is seen on the National Mall in Washington, Sunday, Aug., 21, 2011. The memorial to the late civil rights leader is scheduled to be dedicated later this week. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

    Tourists and Washingtonians were about to get their first up-close look Monday at the memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Cops increasingly under siege after homeless death AP - 3 hrs ago
    Kimberly Holifield sits in a bus as a man visits the memorial site for Kelly Thomas in Fullerton, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. Until last month, the most pressing political issue in the Southern California suburb of Fullerton was a debate over whether to build homes and retail on hundreds of acres of rolling hills north of the city. Today, the historic town that's home to five colleges and a vibrant nightlife is the target of international outrage after the mentally ill homeless man died following a violent fight with six police officers that was captured on camera. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

    Until last month, the most pressing issues in this quiet Southern California suburb were whether to build homes on rolling hills north of the city, how best to preserve a historic movie theater and a downtown bar scene that got a little too popular for its own good.

  • Berlin library returning books stolen by Nazis AP - 1 hr 27 mins ago

    Berlin's Central and Regional Library says it will return books the Nazis stole from the Social Democratic Party, including an English-language copy of the Communist Manifesto.

  • 'UFO' Over Chinese Airport Just an Unusual Cloud SPACE.com - 1 hr 56 mins ago

    According to the newspaper Shanghai Daily, air traffic at a major Chinese airport was temporarily halted on Wednesday (Aug. 17) — not because of a power failure or bad weather, but because of a potentially threatening Unidentified Floating Object.

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