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- Stocks soar after Fed pledges low rates into '13
(AP) - Sources: US is moving toward calling for Syrian leader to step down
- Reid taps Murray to co-chair debt committee
- Trouble erupts in English cities
- Military launches probe into helicopter crash
(AP) - Polygamist leader gets life in prison for assault
(AP) - Britain's most wanted
- London rioting prompts calls for tougher policing
- A nation struggles to understand why
- Federal Reserve to keep rates low through 2013
- HIV-positive Alberta teen denied bail
- Candidates flock to Iowa this week, but not all for straw poll
- Shares rise in volatile trading
- Santorum earmarks could spell tea party trouble
- Markets end wild day with rally
- Comedy Central’s Colbert to run Iowa ad
- Diana Nyad back in U.S. after abandoning Cuba to Florida swim
- Report: Nitrate transport down Mississippi causing ‘dead zones’ in Gulf
- Paul Ryan, Democrats plan ad battle in Iowa
- Killer mother jailed for 32 years
- Misery in world's largest refugee camp
- Libya says Nato raid kills dozens
- Sonny Bill linked to NSW
- Carney's future in jeopardy
- 'Not a political statement'
- Race is on for local TV services
- NASA Selects Seven Firms To Provide Near-Space Flight Services
- NASA Offers Media Access To Mars-Bound Rover On Aug. 12
- NASA Research Shows DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space
- Cosmic ray spectral hardening due to dispersion in the source injection spectra
- Dark matter in the Kim-Nilles mechanism
- Asymmetric dark matter and effective operators
Stocks soar after Fed pledges low rates into '13 (AP)
August 09, 2011
WASHINGTON – A plunging stock market and a stalled U.S. economy may force the Federal Reserve to use the dwindling number of tools it has left in an effort to boost growth and keep the country from sliding back into recession.
At the very least, the central bank is expected to acknowledge all the adverse things that have occurred since its policymaking committee last met in June.
But many private economists say they believe that the situation has grown so dark in recent days that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues will be forced to do more.
...Sources: US is moving toward calling for Syrian leader to step down
August 09, 2011
- The move is expected to be announced in coming days, sources say
- U.S. officials will first consult with the United Nations Security Council
- The White House is more eager than is the State Department to make the move, the sources say
Washington (CNN) -- The United States is moving toward issuing an explicit call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, U.S. government sources told CNN Tuesday.
The move is expected to be announced in coming days after U.S. officials consult with the United Nations Security Council, the sources said.
Officials described the White House as being more ...
Reid taps Murray to co-chair debt committee
August 09, 2011
- NEW: A Republican aide says Boehner has "not yet" made his picks
- NEW: Leaders have until August 16 to appoint members
- Reid's other appointments are Sens. Max Baucus and John Kerry
- A panel of 12 legislators will be created with members from both parties
Washington (CNN)-- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said Tuesday that he would appoint Sen. Patty Murray, Sen. Max Baucus of Montana and ...
Trouble erupts in English cities
August 09, 2011
Amateur footage appears to show a gang of youths charging at police in south-east London
Parliament is being recalled on Thursday in response to rioting in England, the Prime Minister has said.
The government's emergency committee Cobra met on Tuesday after rioting spread across London, with violence flaring in other major cities.
"We will do everything necessary to restore order to Britain's ...
Military launches probe into helicopter crash (AP)
August 09, 2011
WASHINGTON – The military has opened an investigation into Saturday's devastating helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan that killed 30 U.S. troops and eight Afghans.
Pentagon officials would not discuss the details of the probe, but it will no doubt address a host of questions surrounding the crash, including a look at the insurgent threat and the instructions given to the special operations team crowded into the Chinook helicopter as it raced to assist other U.S. forces.
According to officials, the team, which included 22 Navy SEAL personnel, three Air Force troops, a five-member Army air crew and a military ...
Polygamist leader gets life in prison for assault (AP)
August 09, 2011
SAN ANGELO, Texas – Softly telling five girls to "set aside all your inhibitions," convicted polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was heard Monday giving his child brides instructions on how to please him sexually during a graphic 10-minute tape played for a Texas jury.
Prosecutors later rested their case, and jurors could hand down their punishment to Jeffs as early as Tuesday. He faces life in prison after being the same jury convicted him last week of sexually assaulting two of his "brides," who were 12 and 15.
Jeffs' attorneys rested without calling any witnesses. They did so as Jeffs ...
Britain's most wanted
August 09, 2011
Wanted ... Young women captured on CCTV in Croydon. Photo: The Met
- LATEST: Police station firebombed as riots spread north
- 'No evidence' man fired on police
- Kitchen staff chase rioters with rolling pins
- Pride of the Met put to the test
- ANALYSIS: Britain's youth turn on their own
Police in London have released images of the "most wanted" suspects behind the ransacking of the English capital as stories emerge of the incredible behaviour of emboldened looters.
Shattered retailers estimate the riots have cost them at least £100 million ($157 million) as eBay overnight pledged to help catch anyone caught ...
London rioting prompts calls for tougher policing
August 09, 2011
- British politicians, pundits and citizens urge police to step up methods to quell rioting
- Use of rubber or plastic bullets, water cannon and tear gas are among the suggestions
- British police officers don't carry firearms except in exceptional cases
- London's Metropolitan Police may be ready to use plastic bullets for the first time
(CNN) -- Three nights of violence in London have provoked a furious debate in Britain about police readiness and riot control methods, with ordinary citizens, newspapers and politicians calling for the use of rubber or plastic bullets, water cannon and tear gas.
While tear gas and ...
A nation struggles to understand why
August 09, 2011
Frustration with officials over riots
London's mayor clutched a broom and attempted to quell locals' frustration as they cleaned up after another night of violence in the capital.
Federal Reserve to keep rates low through 2013
August 09, 2011
The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington. Charles Dharapak/AP
Markets are looking Tuesday for signs from the U.S. Federal Reserve that it stands ready to provide further stimulate the U.S. economy if necessary.
In a statement to be released at about 2:15 p.m. ET following its regularly scheduled meeting on monetary policy, the central bank is expected at the very least to acknowledge all the adverse things that have occurred since its policymaking committee last met in June.
But many private economists say they believe that the situation has grown so dark in recent days that chairman Ben ...
HIV-positive Alberta teen denied bail
August 09, 2011
The teenaged Alberta girl accused of having unprotected sex without disclosing that she is HIV-positive is to appear in court Tuesday to face two charges of aggravated sexual assault.
Following complaints about her last month from two males, Edmonton police took the unusual step of obtaining a court order that allowed them to release the 17-year-old's name and photograph on Friday as part of their effort to find her.
She was arrested the next day in Edson, Alta., charged and can no longer be named because of prohibitions in the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Shortly after her name and ...
Candidates flock to Iowa this week, but not all for straw poll
August 09, 2011
GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney will make pre-straw poll appearances in Iowa this week to meet voters, campaign staff announced.
The former Massachusetts Governor will skip the Straw Poll this time around, though he is confirmed to participate in Thursday’s GOP presidential debate in Ames, and is on the poll ballot.
Romney is scheduled to hold a business roundtable at Vermeer Corporation in Pella Wednesday, followed by a Polk County Republican fundraiser in the capital city. The next day, the former Governor will take in the Iowa State Fair before the Ames debate.
Also headed to the Hawkeye State ...
Shares rise in volatile trading
August 09, 2011
Last Updated at 03:28 ET
| Dow Jones | 10809.85 | Down | -634.76 | -5.55% |
| Nasdaq | 2357.69 | Down | -174.72 | -6.90% |
| S&P 500 | 1119.46 | Down | -79.92 | -6.66% |
| FTSE 100 | 5105.19 | Up | 36.24 | 0.71% |
| Dax | 6010.20 | Up | 86.93 | 1.47% |
| BBC Global 30 | 5028.99 | Down | -16.35 | -0.32% |
European shares have opened steadier after Asian shares recovered some of their losses in a choppy session overnight.
London's 100 index and Frankfurt's ...
Santorum earmarks could spell tea party trouble
August 09, 2011
With austerity measures and gay rights emerging as seminal campaign issues in the run up to the GOP nomination for president, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum’s record on both is coming under scrutiny. Santorum helped secure federal earmarks for an anti-gay group that later campaigned for him in 2006, yet as recently as last week, he criticized GOP lawmakers for not cutting enough from the federal budget.
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Markets end wild day with rally
August 09, 2011
A woman meditates on the steps of Federal Hall near the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Monday, when Dow Jones industrials fell 634.76 points, the sixth-worst point decline for the Dow in the last 112 years. Wall Street appeared headed for further losses Tuesday. (Jin Lee/Associated Press)
Asian stocks markets were thrown into a tailspin Tuesday as flustered investors fearing a possible global recession continued to flee stocks.
Hong Kong slid six per cent and South Korea at one point plummeted nearly 10 per cent. Oil prices tumbled to their lowest in almost a year below ...
Comedy Central’s Colbert to run Iowa ad
August 09, 2011
Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert might be ready to flex the muscles of his newly established Super PAC, and he seems willing to begin the work-out in Iowa.
On The Colbert Report Monday night, the comedian told other potential PACs hoping to back Texas Gov. Rick Perry to back off, “I saw him first.”
According to Colbert, he will premiere an ad offering in Iowa Wednesday night during news broadcasts in the Des Moines area. A clip of that portion of the show is embedded below:
Perry, a long-time rumored candidate for 2012, is expected to clear the air on ...
Diana Nyad back in U.S. after abandoning Cuba to Florida swim
August 09, 2011
- NEW: Strong currents blow her off course, her team says
NEW: Nyad: "To swim between these two neighbors ... is a moving thing"- She struggles through ocean swells, shoulder pain and asthma
- Nyad began Sunday night and hoped to swim the 103-mile span in 60 hours
Look for more updates on The Chart. And watch for Dr. Sanjay Gupta's documentary, "Diana Nyad:Xtreme Dream," Saturday, September 17, 8 p.m. ET
(CNN)-- Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad, who attempted ...
Report: Nitrate transport down Mississippi causing ‘dead zones’ in Gulf
August 09, 2011
A newly released study by the United States Geological Survey shows that nitrate concentrations in the Mississippi River Basin did not consistently decline from 1980 to 2008. The increased nitrate levels directly affect the Gulf of Mexico, where they contribute to “dead zones,” or hypoxia.
Dead zones come about when oxygen levels are so low that marine life in bottom and near-bottom waters cannot be supported.
According to the Geological Survey study, “state and federal partners serving on the Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force are striving to decrease nutrients transported to the Gulf to reduce the ...
Paul Ryan, Democrats plan ad battle in Iowa
August 09, 2011
More political ads will likely soon fly across the Iowa airwaves, and they won’t be the product of the 2012 campaigns.
U.S. House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) sent out a supporter email Tuesday, asking for donations to help him mount a new ad campaign in Iowa. The campaign is needed, he said to counter an effort already announced and underway by national Democrats.
On Monday, the Democratic National Committee sought to connect the dots between cuts to senior citizens and the middle class to the tea party, congressional Republicans and, subsequently, to the 2012 GOP candidates n their ...
Killer mother jailed for 32 years
August 09, 2011
The children's bodies were found in holdalls in the boot of their mother's car near their former home
A mother accused of killing her two young children has been found guilty of their murders.
Fiona Donnison, 45, of Lightwater, Surrey, had denied the murder of Harry, aged three, and two-year-old Elise, in a trial at Lewes Crown Court.
Their bodies were found in holdalls in the boot of Ms Donnison's car, near the former family home in East Sussex.
The prosecution claimed she killed them to hurt their father, Paul. The ...
Misery in world's largest refugee camp
August 09, 2011
- Dust and starvation are nearly everywhere at the world's largest refugee camp
- Smell is acrid sweetness associated with malnourishment, anxious sweat and diesel fuel
- Lack of water, loss of crops and death of livestock have caused massive famine
On Tuesday night, Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta report live from Somalia with more on the disturbing hunger situation. "AC360º" is now at 8 and 10 ET weeknights on CNN.
Dadaab, Kenya (CNN) -- Right now, this may be the most desperate place on Earth.
A drought, not seen in 60 years, compounded ...
Libya says Nato raid kills dozens
August 09, 2011
There has been fierce fighting in the key western front line town of Zlitan
The Libyan government has accused Nato of killing dozens of civilians in an attack on a village in western Libya.
Col Muammar Gaddafi's administration said Nato bombed Majar, south of the city of Zlitan, on Monday to allow rebel fighters to enter the area.
Officials say 85 civilians were killed, but Nato says the target was a military one, ...
Sonny Bill linked to NSW
August 09, 2011
"If the question is would we ever want him in our squad if we could fulfil any financial demands - of course, without a doubt" ... Waratahs chief executive, Jason Allen on Sonny Bill Williams, above. Photo: Getty Images
THE Waratahs have emerged as shock contenders for the signature of Sonny Bill Williams next year, as the Kiwi superstar considers walking away from the All Blacks after the World Cup.
While Williams has verbally agreed to stay in New Zealand for another 12 months, he has yet to sign with the New Zealand Rugby Union and there is no ...
Carney's future in jeopardy
August 09, 2011
Todd Carney ... has he used up all his chances? Photo: Getty Images
FURIOUS Sydney Roosters captain Braith Anasta and other senior players will help decide the fate of Todd Carney, Nate Myles and Frank Paul Nuuausala after they broke a self-imposed team booze ban by drinking until 2am yesterday.
Last night, Roosters officials were refusing to rule out the possibility that Carney would be sacked after his latest alcohol-related incident but that seems unlikely, particularly as there is no suggestion of anti-social behaviour.
However, the likes of Anasta, fullback Anthony Minichiello and prop Jason Ryles are understood to ...
'Not a political statement'
August 09, 2011
''I am a public figure and these sorts of things come with the territory. But she's not'' ... Penny Wong with her partner, Sophie Allouache.
PENNY WONG understands that some in the community are uncomfortable with the concept of two women having a baby.
But her announcement yesterday that she and her partner, Sophie Allouache, were expecting a child in December, was not about making a political point.
''You have a child because you want a family and you want to have the opportunity of raising a child together. You don't have a child to make a political statement,'' ...
Race is on for local TV services
August 09, 2011
Regional TV has been one of Mr Hunt's long term aims
More than 60 towns and cities are in the running to host the UK's first local television services, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.
Licences will be advertised later this year, and Mr Hunt will urge local communities to make their case to be included in the first wave.
The first licences are due to be awarded next year.
The licence fee will finance some start-up costs, but advertising is likely to fund the services.
"There's a huge appetite for ...
NASA Selects Seven Firms To Provide Near-Space Flight Services
August 09, 2011
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NASA Offers Media Access To Mars-Bound Rover On Aug. 12
August 09, 2011
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NASA Research Shows DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space
August 09, 2011
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Cosmic ray spectral hardening due to dispersion in the source injection spectra
August 09, 2011
Dark matter in the Kim-Nilles mechanism
August 09, 2011
The Kim-Nilles mechanism relates the μ term with the axion scale fa, leading to the axino-Higgsino-Higgs Yukawa coupling of order μ/fa. This can bring a dangerous thermal production of axinos. If the axino is stable, its mass has to be as small as O(0.1 keV), or the reheat temperature should be lower than O(10 GeV) taking the lower axion scale 1010 GeVin order not to overclose the Universe. If the axino decays to a neutralino, the overproduced neutralinos can reannihilate appropriately to saturate the observed dark matter density if the ...
Asymmetric dark matter and effective operators
August 09, 2011
In order to annihilate in the early Universe to levels well below the measured dark matter density, asymmetric dark matter must possess large couplings to the standard model. In this paper, we consider effective operators which allow asymmetric dark matter to annihilate into quarks. In addition to a bound from requiring sufficient annihilation, the energy scale of such operators can be constrained by limits from direct detection and monojet searches at colliders. We show that the allowed parameter space for these operators is highly constrained, leading to nontrivial requirements that any model of asymmetric dark matter must satisfy.
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