But Palin says the cover's posed shot of her in running gear, including short black shorts — a photo originally taken for Runner's World magazine — was out of context and sexist. And even some who aren't fans say she has a point. |
LUSAKA, Zambia - A Zambian newspaper editor has been acquitted of pornography charges after she e-mailed officials photos of a woman giving birth unassisted to a baby who did not survive. The photos were taken in the streets of Zambia's capital to illustrate the consequences of a health workers strike.
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SINGAPORE - He couldn't bring home the Olympics, but he's nailed the funny shirt photo. That's one way to view President Barack Obama's announcement that the United States will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hawaii in 2011. "I look forward to seeing you all decked out in flowered shirts and grass skirts," he told the other leaders Sunday.
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The Obama administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court late Friday saying that Gates has invoked new powers blocking the release of the photos. |
GENEVA - Google Inc.'s unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object - Switzerland's strict tradition of personal privacy. The country's privacy watchdog announced Friday that he plans to haul the search engine company before a federal court to force it to make changes to its Street View application.
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The photographer, who was not immediately identified, also was arrested. He suffered a cut to his forehead and was taken to a hospital. It was not known if Tyson was hurt. |
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military has released documents and photos that it says proves Iran was behind the massive shipment of weapons intercepted last week. Israel says the ship seized was carrying 500 tons of Iranian-made weapons to Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. The ship had dozens of containers with Iranian markings on it.
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Thaksin, who was ousted in a coup in 2006, exited a small private airplane at Phnom Penh International Airport and was then escorted into the capital by a convoy of cars under tight security, said an AFP photographer. |
Speaking publicly for the first time since photos of him from a recent musical award ceremony were published on the Internet, Sammy Sosa said that the skin lightening is the result of the use of a facial cosmetic cream.
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The privately funded venture, organized by the Pasadena, California-based Planetary Society, is based on the premise of spaceflight powered not by rocket fuel or chemical propellants but by streams of photons -- light particles -- pushing against a sail in the vacuum of space. |
Thaksin exited a small private airplane at Phnom Penh International Airport and was then escorted into the Cambodian capital by a convoy of cars under tight security, said an AFP photographer at the scene. |
Fairey's lawyers have asked for permission to withdraw after Fairey acknowledged he was mistaken about which AP photo he used to create his famous image and attempted to destroy evidence of his error. |
Oswald, who was shot to death days after being charged with the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, claimed the photo of him holding a rifle in one hand and Marxist newspapers in the other had been doctored. Over the years, many others have pointed out what appear to be inconsistent lighting and shadows. |
Smart claimed unfair treatment by New York prison officials after racy photographs of her in her prison cell appeared in the National Enquirer. She claimed the pictures were taken by a guard who sexually assaulted her. |
BEIJING - Police in China have created a Web site with photos of 60 rescued kidnap victims, mostly boys and many of them infants, in a bid to track down their families.
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Police jeeps with mounted machineguns and fire engines were seen racing through the streets of the capital soon after 7:00 am (0230 GMT), an AFP photographer said. |
The Walt Disney Co. is releasing an iPhone application that rewards users for poking through the Disney.com Web site and could one day offer exclusive bonuses for activities such as shopping at Disney Stores.
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During the wee hours of Monday morning, singer Chris Brown took to Twitter and posted a YouTube link to a photo montage of himself and Rihanna during happier times.
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Michael Beasley has been thrown into another photo flap.
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Phone numbers, photos and other personal data started disappearing from Sidekick phones a week and half ago, because of a breakdown of servers run by Microsoft Corp., which owns the Sidekick maker and runs its data services. |
American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert already cleared up speculation about his sexuality, telling Rolling Stone in June that he is gay, but adding that he does make out with girls from time to time.” Still, despite that, some might be surprised by his recent photo spread in Details magazine.
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NASA's much-hyped mission to hurl a spacecraft into the moon turned out some worthwhile data after all, scientists said.
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Artist Shepard Fairey, who designed the famous Obama "HOPE" poster, says he was mistaken about which Associated Press photo he based his work on and that he tried to hide his wrongdoing.
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But when Sturgis — an honor student, trumpet player and goalie on the school's soccer team — wanted her senior photograph in a tuxedo used in the 2009-10 yearbook, school officials balked. Traditionally, female students dress in drapes and males wear tuxedos. |
The project in North Carolina has already helped nab at least one suspect. Agents are eager to look for more criminals and possibly to expand the effort nationwide. But privacy advocates worry that the method allows authorities to track people who have done nothing wrong. |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Users of Microsoft Corp's Sidekick mobile phone may have permanently lost data such as contacts, photos and calendar entries due to the failure of a Microsoft server computer.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Users of Microsoft Corp's Sidekick mobile phone may have permanently lost data such as contacts, photos and calendar entries due to the failure of a Microsoft server computer.
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KABUL - My closest Afghan friend held out his Taliban-era photo. A decade younger, he had a thick black beard that the oppressive regime forced men to grow. My friend won't grow one again. He is already thinking about when to flee.
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Oct. 8: A new study claims birth control pills are changing the modern mating game. Dr. Nancy Snyderman rates that research, along with Rush Limbaugh’s take on the flu shot and photoshopped models and in “The Spin Doctor.” (Other)
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Oct. 6: Tuesday's New York Post took issue with a photo of a White House staffer passing out lab coats before a photo opportunity in which President Obama is surrounded by a sea of doctors ostensibly supporting health care reform. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)
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NEW YORK - The next time you snap a digital photo and post it to Facebook, you can probably thank the three men who won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday.
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STOCKHOLM - Three Americans who created the technology behind digital photography and helped link the world through fiber-optic networks shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday.
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The 28-year-old Richie was driving a Land Rover on Wilshire Blvd. when she was rear-ended by a photographer who was driving without a license, said Beverly Hills police Lt. Mike Hill. |
STOCKHOLM - Three scientists who created the technology behind digital photography and helped link the world through fiber-optic networks shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday.
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Edgard Garrido, 33, has worked for Reuters for 2-1/2 years as a photographer in Chile and Honduras. A Chilean, he is married with an 18-month-old son. In this story, Garrido recounts his experience being trapped inside an embassy for two weeks with ousted President Manuel Zelaya at the center of Honduras' political crisis.
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BERLIN - Germany's highest-circulation women's magazine says it will stop working with professional models next year in favor of women whose bodies better resemble those of its readers. Andreas Lebert, editor-in-chief for Brigitte magazine, said future photo spreads will feature a mix of prominent and unknown women who "have an identity" instead of those with "protruding bones."
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BERLIN - Guido Westerwelle and his gay partner are Germany's new "power couple" - at least according to the nation's leading daily, which splashed a photo of the pair hugging on election night on the front-page above the fold in Tuesday's paper.
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The president and his wife gamely posed for photos and made small talk as the guests trickled in along a cement entranceway flanked by dozens of cameras. The Obamas sometimes ducked inside the building to escape a light, misting rain between arrivals. Michelle Obama wiped droplets from the shoulders of her husband's dark suit. |
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A Guantanamo prisoner who held up a photo of President Barack Obama as a sign of hope at a war crimes court hearing last year said Wednesday he has lost faith that the American leader will be much different than his predecessor.
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BERLIN - Giovanna, the new companion of Berlin's favorite polar bear, Knut, has star qualities, as well. The female polar bear from Munich delighted photographers and visitors at the Berlin zoo Wednesday by plunging into her pool for a swim while exploring her outside enclosure for the first time - but without Knut.
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