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Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto

AP - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 AM ET

WASHINGTON - Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.

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  1. The logo of social networking website 'Facebook' is displayed on a computer screen in London inr 2007. Facebook can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)
    Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo AP - Sun Nov 22, 1:20 PM ETSent 3,811 times

    BROMONT, Quebec - A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.

  2. This undated photo released by Census of Marine Life and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at about 2 cm per minute while sweeping detritus-rich sediment into its mouth at 2,750 meters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Thousands of marine species eke out an existence in the ocean's pitch-black depths by feeding on the snowlike decaying matter that cascades down, and even sunken whale bones, according to a report released Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Larry Madin) NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
    Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean AP - Sun Nov 22, 3:51 PM ETSent 359 times

    NEW ORLEANS - The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive "dumbos" that flap ear-like fins, and tubeworms that feed on oil deposits.

  3. India may get $1 billion in IT outsourcing contracts: report Reuters - Sun Nov 22, 10:55 PM ETSent 321 times

    MUMBAI (Reuters) - Leading Indian outsourcers such as Tata Consultancy , Infosys and Wipro stand to gain contracts worth about $1 billion in the next one or two years as U.S. banks emerge from the troubled asset relief program, the Economic Times reported on Monday.

  4. Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto AP - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 AM ETSent 104 times

    WASHINGTON - Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.

  5. Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin speaks to a reporter in Riverside, R.I., Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Tobin said Sunday that he asked U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy in a 2007 letter to stop receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, because of the congressman's public stance on moral issues. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
    Kennedy dispute reveals divide among Catholics AP - 1 hour, 13 minutes agoSent 67 times

    EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion has revealed the depth of the divide among Catholics over how politicians should reconcile their faith with their public duties.

  6. Beating of SoCal student may be tied to Facebook AP - Sun Nov 22, 4:34 PM ETSent 61 times

    CALABASAS, Calif. - Authorities say a 12-year-old boy assaulted by a group of middle school classmates in Southern California may have been targeted after an Internet posting urged students to beat up redheads.

  7. Study: kids watching hours of TV at home daycare AP - 40 minutes agoSent 59 times

    SEATTLE - Parents who thought their preschoolers were spending time in home-based day cares, taking naps, eating healthy snacks and learning to play nicely with others may be surprised to discover they are sitting as many as two hours a day in front of a TV, according to a study published Monday.

  8. NRC: Three Mile Island radiation not significant AP - Sun Nov 22, 9:14 PM ETSent 52 times

    MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is not significant.

  9. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., right, and Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa looks on. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    Gaps for consumers in Democrat health care bills AP - 58 minutes agoSent 47 times

    WASHINGTON - For consumers, the health care bills taking final shape in Congress don't rate close to a perfect 10.

  10. Jermaine Jackson accepts the award for best soul R&B favorite male artist on behalf of his late brother Michael Jackson at the 37th Annual American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
    Michael Jackson wins 4 at AMAs; Swift top artist AP - 31 minutes agoSent 46 times

    LOS ANGELES - The King of Pop is still winning awards and setting records doing it.

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  1. Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo AP - Sun Nov 22, 1:20 PM ET

    BROMONT, Quebec - A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.

  2. Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean AP - Sun Nov 22, 3:51 PM ET

    NEW ORLEANS - The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive "dumbos" that flap ear-like fins, and tubeworms that feed on oil deposits.

  3. Kennedy dispute reveals divide among Catholics AP - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

    EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion has revealed the depth of the divide among Catholics over how politicians should reconcile their faith with their public duties.

  4. US President Barack Obama boards Air Force One as he leaves South Korea at a US military airbase in Osan, south of Seoul, on November 19. Obama's top domestic priority, remaking US health care, cleared a major Senate hurdle but strong opposition Sunday to key parts of the proposals augured a tough battle ahead.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)
    Gaps for consumers in Democrat health care bills AP - 58 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - For consumers, the health care bills taking final shape in Congress don't rate close to a perfect 10.

  5. ME: Teen killed by NYC police was shot 11 times AP - Sun Nov 22, 11:13 PM ET

    NEW YORK - A teenager killed in a confrontation with New York City police over the weekend was shot 11 times, the medical examiner's office said Sunday.

  6. India may get $1 billion in IT outsourcing contracts: report Reuters - Sun Nov 22, 10:55 PM ET

    MUMBAI (Reuters) - Leading Indian outsourcers such as Tata Consultancy , Infosys and Wipro stand to gain contracts worth about $1 billion in the next one or two years as U.S. banks emerge from the troubled asset relief program, the Economic Times reported on Monday.

  7. Jennifer Lopez performs at the 37th Annual American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
    Michael Jackson wins 4 at AMAs; Swift top artist AP - 31 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES - The King of Pop is still winning awards and setting records doing it.

  8. NRC: Three Mile Island radiation not significant AP - Sun Nov 22, 9:14 PM ET

    MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is not significant.

  9. Rescuers sits on the railway trolley preparing to enter the site of Saturday's gas explosion for search and rescue at the Xinxing Coal Mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang province, China, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach tens of miners trapped underground Sunday. (AP Photo)
    Miners' families want answers in China mine blast AP - 55 minutes ago

    HEGANG, China - Grieving family members demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China.

  10. FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2009 file photo, Tom Cruise attends a photo call to promote his movie 'Valkyrie' in Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes, File)
    Bulls escape on set of film starring Cruise, Diaz AP - Sun Nov 22, 9:38 PM ET

    MADRID - Seven bulls being used on the set of a film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have broken free in Spain and slightly injured two people.

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  1. A forensic scientist displays human bones found in the jungle of Huanuco in this undated picture provided by the police. Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang suspected of killing dozens of people and selling their fat to buyers to be used for making cosmetics. Four Peruvians were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, murder and trafficking in human fat. REUTERS/Handout
    Gang accused of killing to sell human fat Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 11:03 AM ET

    LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.

  2. FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2002 file photo, then-Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is embraced by her uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., at a campaign rally at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md. The late Sen. Edward Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. Kennedy's brain-cancer death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted plenty of speculation that the family's long-running political dynasty is over. (AP Photo/Roberto Borea, File)
    Sizing up the Kennedy dynasty's next generation AP - Sun Nov 22, 12:14 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over.

  3. NRC: Three Mile Island radiation not significant AP - Sun Nov 22, 9:14 PM ET

    MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is not significant.

  4. NFL to have teams work with neurologists AP - Sun Nov 22, 5:17 PM ET

    NEW YORK - NFL teams will soon be working with independent neurologists on concussion issues.

  5. Iranian technicians remove a container of radioactive uranium at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities in 2005. Iran's envoy to the UN atomic watchdog said that Tehran wants a guaranteed supply of fuel for a research reactor as a military chief warned that any attack on its nuclear sites would be crushed.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)
    Iran wants nuclear fuel guarantees, warns against air attack AFP - Sun Nov 22, 2:47 PM ET

    TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's envoy to the UN atomic watchdog said on Sunday that Tehran wants a guaranteed supply of fuel for a research reactor as a military chief warned that any attack on its nuclear sites would be crushed.

  6. Demostrators rally against the Senate's health care reform bill outside Capitol Hill on November 21, in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama's top domestic priority, remaking US health care, cleared a major Senate hurdle but strong opposition Sunday to key parts of the proposals augured a tough battle ahead.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brendan Hoffman)
    Gaps for consumers in Democrat health care bills AP - 58 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - For consumers, the health care bills taking final shape in Congress don't rate close to a perfect 10.

  7. Morning commuters drive past the Federal Reserve Bank building in Washington March 18, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
    Analysis: Fed under fire as public anger mounts AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.

  8. This combination of undated photos shows, from left: Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, Waleed bin Attash, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Ramzi Binalshibh. The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photos)
    Lawyer: 9/11 defendants want platform for views AP - Sun Nov 22, 10:28 PM ET

    NEW YORK - The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.

  9. Taylor Swift reacts on satellite television picture after winning artist of the year at the 2009 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California November 22, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
    Taylor Swift wins five American Music Awards Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 1:42 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country crossover star Taylor Swift overshadowed the late Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards on Sunday, winning five prizes including artist of the year.

  10. Iranian short-range missile is test-launched during war games in Qom, September 2009. A commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said that air defence forces would "annihilate" Israeli warplanes if they attacked the Islamic republic, as the forces began five days of war games.(AFP/File/Shaigan)
    Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites AP - Sun Nov 22, 7:45 PM ET

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military strike by Israel.

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