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2012-02-03 17:02	AP Top News	Hiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3 pct. WASHINGTON (AP) - In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January - across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years. The job growth was the fastest since last March and April. Before that, the last month with stronger hiring, excluding months skewed by temporary census jobs, was March 2006....
2012-02-03 17:02	AP Top News	Belichick, Brady, give Pats best shot at NFL title INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Rarely is Bill Belichick outcoached. Tom Brady almost never gets outplayed. The brilliant coach on the sideline and his cerebral leader on the field - winners of three Super Bowls together - are still a notch above their NFL championship game opponent. That's why come Sunday the New England Patriots will beat the New York Giants, a title to be earned with brains as much as brawn....
2012-02-03 16:47	AP Top News	Micron CEO dies in plane crash BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A small experimental plane piloted by the chief executive and chairman of Micron Technology Inc. crashed after take-off Friday at the Boise airport, killing the head of the memory chip company. Steve Appleton, a stunt pilot who survived a similar crash in 2004, was 51....
2012-02-03 16:42	AP Top News	Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD NEW YORK (AP) - Thirty-three civil rights groups from around the country complained to the New York attorney general Friday about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based solely on their religion. The letter urged Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to investigate NYPD's surveillance operations, revealed by an Associated Press investigation, which monitored entire neighborhoods and built databases about everyday life in Muslim communities....
2012-02-03 16:32	AP Top News	Hiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3 pct. WASHINGTON (AP) - In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January - across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years. The job growth was the fastest since last March and April. Before that, the last month with stronger hiring, excluding months skewed by temporary census jobs, was March 2006....
2012-02-03 16:32	AP Top News	Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants NEW YORK (AP) - For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming - and couldn't withstand. Susan G. Komen for the Cure on Friday abandoned plans to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood. The dramatic retreat followed a three-day furor that resounded across the Internet, in Congress and - perhaps most tellingly - among Komen affiliates who openly rebelled, suggesting the leadership had bowed to anti-abortion pressure....
2012-02-03 16:32	AP Top News	Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD NEW YORK (AP) - A small group of protesters are demonstrating near New York Police Department headquarters over the department's surveillance of Muslims. About 150 people were protesting a day after The Associated Press released a police document that recommended surveillance on Americans based on their religion....
2012-02-03 16:22	AP Top News	Hiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3 pct. WASHINGTON (AP) - In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January - across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years. The job growth was the fastest since last March and April. Before that, the last month with stronger hiring, excluding months skewed by temporary census jobs, was March 2006....
2012-02-03 16:22	AP Top News	5 killed in Egypt clashes over deadly soccer riot CAIRO (AP) - Police fired salvos of tear gas and birdshot Friday at rock-throwing protesters in Cairo as popular anger over a deadly soccer riot spilled over into a second day of street violence that left at least five people dead and more than 1,500 injured nationwide, officials said. The protesters blame the police for failing to prevent a melee after a soccer match in the Mediterranean city of Port Said on Wednesday that killed 74 people in the soccer world's worst violence in 15 years. Tensions across the nation have spiked in the wake of the riot, fueling anger at the ruling generals who took power after the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak last February....
2012-02-03 16:15	Reuters UK	US STOCKS SNAPSHOT - Wall St rises on jobs; Nasdaq at 11 yr high
2012-02-03 16:12	AP Top News	Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call LONDON (AP) - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet. Unfortunately for the cyber sleuths, the hackers were in on the call too - and now so is the rest of the world....
2012-02-03 16:07	AP Top News	Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD NEW YORK (AP) - Thirty-three civil rights groups from around the country complained to the New York attorney general Friday about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based solely on their religion. The letter urged Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to investigate NYPD's surveillance operations, revealed by an Associated Press investigation, which monitored entire neighborhoods and built databases about everyday life in Muslim communities....
2012-02-03 16:02	AP Top News	Hiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3 pct. WASHINGTON (AP) - In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January - across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years. The job growth was the fastest since last March and April. Before that, the last month with stronger hiring, excluding months skewed by temporary census jobs, was March 2006....
2012-02-03 15:57	AP Top News	NY's Schneiderman sues banks in foreclosure effort NY's Schneiderman sues banks in foreclosure effortALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's attorney general on Friday accused some of the nation's largest banks of deceit and fraud in using an electronic mortgage registry that he said puts homeowners at a disadvantage in foreclosures while saving banks over $2 billion. Democrat Eric Schneiderman sued Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo over their use of the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., or MERS, claiming the banks submitted court documents containing false and misleading information that appeared to provide the authority for foreclosures when there was none....
2012-02-03 15:57	AP Top News	Micron CEO dies in plane crash BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The head of Idaho memory chip maker Micron died Friday morning when the small experimental plane he was piloting crashed at the Boise airport, the company said. Steve Appleton, 51, was the chief executive and chairman of Micron and a professional stunt pilot who escaped a similar plane crash in 2004 with serious injuries....
2012-02-03 15:52	AP Top News	Stocks jump on strong jobs report for January NEW YORK (AP) - A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years propelled stocks higher Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped more than 130 points, drawing the average to its highest mark since before the financial crisis hit in 2008. The Nasdaq index reached levels last seen in December 2000....
2012-02-03 15:52	AP Top News	AP sources: Taliban leader sent letter to Obama AP sources: Taliban leader sent letter to ObamaWASHINGTON (AP) - Reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar wrote to President Barack Obama last year indicating an interest in talks key to ending the war in Afghanistan, current and former U.S. officials told The Associated Press. The letter purportedly from Omar was unsigned. It was passed through a Taliban intermediary in July and intended for the White House. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the letter and its contents are part of sensitive diplomacy with a fighting force that still targets U.S. troops....
2012-02-03 15:50	Reuters UK	Bakries, Tan seek to oust Rothschild from Bumi board
2012-02-03 15:47	AP Top News	Micron CEO dies in plane crash BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The head of Idaho memory chip maker Micron died Friday morning when the small experimental plane he was piloting crashed at the Boise airport, the company said. Steve Appleton, 51, was the chief executive and chairman of Micron and a professional stunt pilot who escaped a similar plane crash in 2004 with serious injuries....
2012-02-03 15:47	AP Top News	INFLUENCE GAME: Big donors and what they want WASHINGTON (AP) - The millionaires, billionaires and companies giving big sums to political committees supporting Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Barack Obama have important business with the next president. Some are already in trouble with the government. Some are pressing for new laws or regulations that would benefit their interests in energy, mining and high finance. The Associated Press reviewed financial reports, regulatory filings, court records, public statements and more to identify favors that the biggest donors so far in the presidential campaign might want in return for their contributions worth $100,000 or more. In some cases, these donors have given $1 million or more to help Obama's challengers or the president....
2012-02-03 15:42	AP Top News	INFLUENCE GAME: Big donors and what they want WASHINGTON (AP) - The millionaires, billionaires and companies giving big sums to political committees supporting Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Barack Obama have important business with the next president. Some are already in trouble with the government. Some are pressing for new laws or regulations that would benefit their interests in energy, mining and high finance. The Associated Press reviewed financial reports, regulatory filings, court records, public statements and more to identify favors that the biggest donors so far in the presidential campaign might want in return for their contributions worth $100,000 or more. In some cases, these donors have given $1 million or more to help Obama's challengers or the president....
2012-02-03 15:42	AP Top News	Official: 2nd teacher from LA school arrested LOS ANGELES (AP) - A second teacher pulled from a classroom at Miramonte Elementary School this week was arrested Friday, just days after a third-grade teacher was charged with lewd acts involving photographing nearly two dozen children for sexual thrills, authorities said. In a related development, a lawyer on Friday filed a claim against the Los Angeles Unified School District stating that he intended to file a lawsuit on behalf of an unidentified girl who ate a sugar cookie laced with the semen of the first teacher arrested, Mark Berndt....
2012-02-03 15:32	AP Top News	Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants NEW YORK (AP) - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to deny funding to Planned Parenthood. The startling decision came after three days of virulent criticism that resounded across the Internet, jeopardizing Komen's iconic image. "We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives," a Komen statement said....
2012-02-03 15:32	AP Top News	NFL's Goodell says no plans to expand anytime soon INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Sorry, Los Angeles. The only NFL expansion happening anytime soon is to next season's schedule of Thursday night games. During his annual Super Bowl news conference, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that adding to the league's 32 teams "has not been on our agenda" and that he doesn't "see that in the foreseeable future."...
2012-02-03 15:12	AP Top News	Micron CEO dies in plane crash BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The chief executive and chairman of the Boise-based memory chip maker Micron died Friday morning when a small, experimental fixed-wing plane he was piloting crashed at the Boise airport, the company said. Micron spokesman Dan Francisco confirmed Steve Appleton's death in a release, and trading in Micron stocks has been halted....
2012-02-03 15:12	AP Top News	Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPDNEW YORK (AP) - Thirty-two civil rights groups from around the country filed a complaint with the New York attorney general Friday over police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based solely on their religion. The complaint urged Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to investigate NYPD's surveillance operations, revealed by an Associated Press investigation, which monitored entire neighborhoods and built databases about everyday life in Muslim communities....
2012-02-03 15:12	AP Top News	Racy ads for French movie about infidelity pulled PARIS (AP) - What does it take to shock in the land of the Gallic shrug? Ads that suggest adulterous oral sex, according to complaints about new movie "Les Infideles." Posters for the film - which show the contented male stars with faceless women in submissive positions - went up Tuesday but were being taken down Friday following a request from France's self-regulating advertising body....
2012-02-03 15:07	AP Top News	Law enforcement websites under attack by hackers SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Saboteurs have hacked into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective called Anonymous, including in Boston and in Salt Lake City, where police say personal information of confidential informants and tipsters was accessed. The Utah hackers gained access this week to sensitive data, including citizen complaints about drug crimes, including phone numbers, addresses and other personal information, police said....
2012-02-03 15:07	AP Top News	Steven Tyler defends national anthem performance NORTH GREENFIELD, Ind. (AP) - Steven Tyler says he meant to sing the national anthem like that. The Aerosmith frontman and "American Idol" judge endured plenty of jabs after his rendition of the anthem at the AFC Championship game last month, but Tyler says he doesn't understand what all the fuss was about....
2012-02-03 15:02	AP Top News	Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call LONDON (AP) - They trade jokes, chuckle and talk shop about a hacker plot called "Project Mayhem." But at the heart of the conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was a strategy aimed at bringing down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, which has launched a series of embarrassing attacks across the Internet....
2012-02-03 14:57	AP Top News	Activists say 23 dead in Syria violence BEIRUT (AP) - Deadly clashes erupted between government troops and rebels in suburbs of the Syrian capital and villages in the country's south Friday, sparking fighting that killed at least 23 people, including nine soldiers, activists said. President Bashar Assad is trying to crush an 11-month-old uprising with a sweeping crackdown that has so far claimed thousands of lives, but neither the government nor the protesters are backing down and clashes between the military and an increasingly bold and armed opposition has meant much of the country is now engulfed in violence....
2012-02-03 14:42	AP Top News	Hackers take over law enforcement websites Hackers take over law enforcement websitesSALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Hackers have taken over the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective called Anonymous, including in Boston and in Salt Lake City, where police say personal information of confidential informants and tipsters was accessed. The Utah hackers gained access Tuesday to sensitive data, including citizen complaints about drug crimes, including phone numbers, addresses and other personal information, police said....
2012-02-03 14:42	AP Top News	Official: 2nd teacher pulled from LA school held LOS ANGELES (AP) - A second teacher pulled from a classroom at Miramonte Elementary School this week was arrested Friday, just days after a third-grade teacher was charged with lewd acts involving photographing nearly two dozen children for sexual thrills, authorities said Friday. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore confirmed the second arrest but would not immediately release any information on the reason....
2012-02-03 14:32	AP Top News	Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grantsNEW YORK (AP) - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to eliminate grants to Planned Parenthood. The startling decision came after three days of virulent criticism that resounded across the Internet, jeopardizing Komen's iconic image. "We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives," a Komen statement said....
2012-02-03 14:32	AP Top News	AP sources: Taliban leader sent letter to Obama AP sources: Taliban leader sent letter to ObamaWASHINGTON (AP) - Current and former U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar wrote to President Barack Obama last year indicating an interest in talks key to ending the war in Afghanistan. The previously undisclosed communication was considered authentic by people who saw it, but skeptical administration officials say they cannot determine if it actually came from Omar. The unsigned letter was passed through a Taliban intermediary in July. An administration official says it represented views consistent with what Taliban emissaries had been telling U.S. officials....
2012-02-03 14:32	AP Top News	Hackers take over law enforcement websites Hackers take over law enforcement websitesBOSTON (AP) - Hackers have taken over the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective called Anonymous, including in Boston and in Salt Lake City, where police say personal information of confidential informants and tipsters was accessed. The Utah hackers gained access Tuesday to sensitive data, including citizen complaints about drug crimes, including phone numbers, addresses and other personal information, police said....
2012-02-03 14:32	AP Top News	Official: 2nd teacher pulled from LA school held LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says a second teacher removed from a south Los Angeles elementary school this week has been arrested. Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore says the teacher was arrested Friday, but he's not releasing any immediate details on the reason....
2012-02-03 14:25	Reuters UK	Micron CEO Appleton dies in plane crash
2012-02-03 14:20	Reuters UK	Swiss bankers' nerves fray after Wegelin indictment
2012-02-03 14:17	AP Top News	Activists say 23 dead in Syria violence BEIRUT (AP) - Deadly clashes erupted between government troops and rebels in suburbs of the Syrian capital and villages in the country's south Friday, sparking fighting that killed at least 23 people, including nine soldiers, activists said. President Bashar Assad is trying to crush an 11-month-old uprising with a sweeping crackdown that has so far claimed thousands of lives, but neither the government nor the protesters are backing down and clashes between the military and an increasingly bold and armed opposition has meant much of the country is now engulfed in violence....
2012-02-03 14:12	AP Top News	Hackers take over law enforcement websites Hackers take over law enforcement websitesBOSTON (AP) - The hacking collective Anonymous is claiming credit for defacing the Boston Police Department's website, part of a string of online attacks around the world being attributed to the group. A message posted on the website Friday said, "Anonymous hacks Boston Police website in retaliation for police brutality at OWS," apparently a reference to the Occupy Wall Street movement. A police spokesman would not confirm Anonymous was responsible....
2012-02-03 13:57	AP Top News	Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grantsNEW YORK (AP) - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to eliminate grants to Planned Parenthood. The startling decision came after three days of virulent criticism that resounded across the Internet, jeopardizing Komen's iconic image. "We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives," a Komen statement said....
2012-02-03 13:57	AP Top News	Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call LONDON (AP) - They trade jokes, chuckle and talk shop about a hacker plot called "Project Mayhem." But at the heart of the conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was a strategy aimed at bringing down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, which has launched a series of embarrassing attacks across the Internet....
2012-02-03 13:57	AP Top News	Stocks jump on strong jobs report for January NEW YORK (AP) - A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years propelled stocks higher Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped more than 140 points, drawing the average to its highest mark since before the financial crisis hit in 2008. The Nasdaq index reached levels last seen in December 2000....
2012-02-03 13:57	AP Top News	Obama pushes for veterans jobs programs Obama pushes for veterans jobs programsWASHINGTON (AP) - In an effort to cut the unemployment rate among veterans, President Barack Obama is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public lands. The president also will seek more grant money for programs that allow local communities to hire more police officers and firefighters....
2012-02-03 13:52	AP Top News	Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grantsNEW YORK (AP) - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to eliminate grants to Planned Parenthood. The startling decision came after three days of virulent criticism that resounded across the Internet, jeopardizing Komen's iconic image. "We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives," a Komen statement said....
2012-02-03 13:52	AP Top News	NY's Schneiderman sues banks in foreclosure effort NY's Schneiderman sues banks in foreclosure effortALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's attorney general on Friday accused some of the nation's largest banks of deceit and fraud in using an electronic mortgage registry that he said puts homeowners at a disadvantage in foreclosures. Democrat Eric Schneiderman sued Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo over their use of the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., or MERS, claiming the banks submitted court documents containing false and misleading information that appeared to provide the authority for foreclosures when there was none....
2012-02-03 13:52	AP Top News	Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call LONDON (AP) - They trade jokes, chuckle and talk shop about a hacker plot called "Project Mayhem." But at the heart of the conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was a strategy aimed at bringing down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, which has launched a series of embarrassing attacks across the Internet....
2012-02-03 13:50	Reuters UK	Investor's stake in Douglas Holding could hit 25 pct
2012-02-03 13:42	AP Top News	NY's Schneiderman sues banks in foreclosure effort NY's Schneiderman sues banks in foreclosure effortALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's attorney general on Friday accused some of the nation's largest banks of deceit and fraud in using an electronic mortgage registry that he said puts homeowners at a disadvantage in foreclosures. Democrat Eric Schneiderman sued Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo over their use of the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., or MERS, claiming the banks submitted court documents containing false and misleading information that appeared to provide the authority for foreclosures when there was none....


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