Archive for May, 2011

Obama tours twister-ravaged neighborhood in Joplin (AP)

Monday, May 30th, 2011

President Barack Obama, second from left, seen with officials and residents, views damage from the tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 29, 2011.  He is joined by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Face to face with the legions of homeless and the bereaved, President Barack Obama on Sunday toured the apocalyptic landscape left by Missouri’s killer tornado, consoled the community and committed the government to helping rebuild shattered lives.


Clashes erupt in Belgrade to protest Mladic arrest (AP)

Monday, May 30th, 2011

Bosnian Serb people holding photos of former Gen. Ratko Mladic during a protest in Kalinovik, Bosnia, hometown of the Bosnian Serb wartime military leader, 70 kms southeast of Sarajevo, Sunday, May 29, 2011. Approximately 3,000 Bosnian Serbs, gathered to show support and anger after the arrest of Mladic. Protestors carried banners and flags and sang songs in his support, he was arrested after 16 years in hiding from the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague. Mladic is to face trial on 15 accounts of war crimes including genocide in Srebrenica in 1995. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)AP – Protesters throwing stones and bottles clashed with baton-wielding riot police Sunday in Belgrade after several thousand Serbian nationalist supporters of jailed war-crimes suspect Ratko Mladic rallied outside the parliament building to demand his release.


Roadside bomb kills 4 Afghan police (AP)

Monday, May 30th, 2011

Afghan youths study amid the ruins of a building destroyed during the war in Afghanistan. President Hamid Karzai has issued a AP – The Afghan government says a roadside bomb has killed four police officers in southern Afghanistan.


AP Exclusive: Syria to end nuclear secrecy (AP)

Monday, May 30th, 2011

AP – In a major turnaround, Syria is pledging full cooperation with U.N. attempts to probe strong evidence that it secretly built a reactor that could have been used to make nuclear arms, according to a confidential document shared with The Associated Press on Sunday.

US soldiers in Afghanistan mark Memorial Day (AP)

Monday, May 30th, 2011

U.S. soldiers holds candles to mark the Memorial Day at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, May 29, 2011. Some U.S. troops in Afghanistan have held a candlelit remembrance for those lost ahead of Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – Nearly a decade later, after more than 1,400 killed in combat, some U.S. troops paused for a moment Sunday to remember what brought America to Afghanistan and to honor the lives that continue to be lost.


Lockheed attack highlights rise in cyber espionage (AP)

Monday, May 30th, 2011

FILE - In this April 9, 2009 file photo, a sign outside the Lockheed Martin plant in Marietta, Ga. is shown. Lockheed Martin on Saturday, May 28, 2011 admitted it was the recent target of a 'significant and tenacious' cyber attack, although the defense contractor and the Department of Homeland Security insist the hack was thwarted before any critical data was stolen. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)AP – This cyber attack didn’t go after people playing war games on their PlayStations. It targeted a company that helps the U.S. military do the real thing.


Shuttle Endeavour leaves space station — forever (AP)

Monday, May 30th, 2011

The crew of space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station gather for a joint news conference from the from the International Space Station Thursday, May 26, 2011. Commander Mark Kelly, second row right, says he can't wait to see his wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., for the first time from orbit and show her some cosmic views of his spaceship and the planet Earth. A videoconference between Kelly and Giffords is planned for Friday. The commander said he will conduct the video session from the space station's cupola, a glassed-in lookout. (AP Photo/ NASA)AP – Endeavour and its crew of six departed the International Space Station late Sunday and headed home to wrap up NASA’s next-to-last shuttle flight.


Singer Sean Kingston crashes watercraft in Fla. (AP)

Monday, May 30th, 2011

File -- In a Feb. 8, 2011 file photo Sean Kingston arrives at the premiere of the documentary film 'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,' in Los Angeles. Kingston has been rushed to a hospital Sunday May 29, 2011, after crashing his personal watercraft into a Miami Beach bridge. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello/File)AP – Authorities say rapper Sean Kingston is hospitalized after a crashing a personal watercraft into a Miami Beach bridge.


Man celebrates 85 years of living with diabetes (AP)

Monday, May 30th, 2011

Bob Krause talks about his life as America’s longest living Type 1 diabetic during his 90th birthday celebration in San Diego, Sunday, May 29, 2011. A leading diabetes research center named the San Diego resident the first American known to live 85 years with the disease, a life that has paralleled — and benefited from — the evolution in treatment. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP – When Bob Krause turned 90 last week, it was by virtue of an unflagging determination and a mentality of precision that kept his body humming after being diagnosed with diabetes as a boy.


Wheldon wins stunning Indy 500 when leader crashes (AP)

Monday, May 30th, 2011

IndyCar driver JR Hildebrand, left, is passed on the final lap by Dan Wheldon, of England, top and middle photo, as he crashes into the wall before the yellow light comes on, bottom photo, as Wheldon goes on to win the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 29, 2011. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)AP – Dan Wheldon was zipping toward the final corner of Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, surely figuring the best he could do was another runner-up finish.