Friday, August 27, 2010

Feds probing post-Katrina 'shoot looters' claim (AP)

Feds probing post-Katrina 'shoot looters' claim (AP)

Feds probing post-Katrina 'shoot looters' claim (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 06:26 PM PDT

AP - Federal authorities are investigating allegations that New Orleans police were told after Hurricane Katrina to "take the city back and shoot the looters."

Recession may have pushed US birth rate to new low (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:27 PM PDT

Graphic shows number of births in the U.S. since 1930.AP - Forget the Dow and the GDP. Here's the latest economic indicator: The U.S. birth rate has fallen to its lowest level in at least a century as many people apparently decided they couldn't afford more mouths to feed.

Homes evacuated overnight near Montana wildfire (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:52 PM PDT

Flames from a prescribed burn that turned into a wildfire are visible from Highway 279 on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 near Canyon Creek, Mont. Forest spokeswoman Kathy Bushnell says the wind kicked up at about 1 p.m. driving the fire beyond the boundaries of the prescribed burn. (AP Photos/Lisa Holshue)AP - Authorities in western Montana roused people from their beds early Friday to flee an approaching wildfire, as thunderstorms sparked dozens more in blazes across the West in Idaho and Nevada.

Body of Las Vegas woman found in clutter at home (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 06:36 PM PDT

A pick-up truck and dumpster are seen parked outside the home of Billie Jean James Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 in Las Vegas. The Clark County Coroner's office said Friday the corpse found in the clutter-filled home belongs to 67-year-old Billie Jean James. A spokeswoman says it could take weeks to determine when and how she died. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - A four-month search for a missing Las Vegas woman came to a ghastly end this week when her husband found her corpse in their home amid a labyrinth of squalor that had been impassable even to search dogs.

Tepid response from US public to Pakistan floods (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 picture, Pakistani flood survivors wait their turn to get relief food distributed by naval officials in Sangi Village near Sukkur, in southern Pakistan. U.S. donors are giving a paltry amount for Pakistan relief efforts for reasons that include the slow-motion nature of the calamity, relatively scant TV coverage and — unmistakably — the fact that the strategic Muslim ally is viewed warily by many Americans. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - Americans are giving a paltry amount for relief efforts in flood-stricken Pakistan compared to other overseas disasters. They were more than 40 times more generous for the Haiti earthquake.

Guard troops to deploy to Arizona border on Monday (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 06:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, April 22, 2010 photo, the American Flag flies along the international border in Nogales, Ariz. The first of 532 National Guard troops are set to begin their mission in the southern Arizona desert on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 under President Barack Obama's plan to beef up U.S.-Mexico border security, although they won't have any law enforcement authority. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - The first of 532 National Guard troops are set to begin their mission in the southern Arizona desert on Monday under President Barack Obama's plan to beef up U.S.-Mexico border security, although they won't have any law enforcement authority.

Marquee homes languish on Calif. housing market (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 06:10 PM PDT

AP - Southern California's homes-sale listings are beginning to resemble an index to the country's most famous mid-20th-century architects, as marquee properties languish on the market as the well-heeled become increasingly reluctant to buy.

Tweet by AK Senate candidate's staffer causes stir (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:55 PM PDT

AP - Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Joe Miller apologized on Twitter and a campaign staffer was told to exercise more caution Friday after someone in Miller's campaign sent a tweet that appeared to liken a possible party switch by Sen. Lisa Murkowski to prostitution.

Blagojevich trial holdout juror breaks her silence (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:15 PM PDT

AP - As attorneys and defendants scanned jurors' faces for favorable signs during ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial, most couldn't get a read on the pokerfaced grandmother at the far end of the jury box taking meticulous notes.

Officials: Suspect ambushed, killed Utah deputy (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:52 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office shows Scott Curley. Searchers are combing a remote desert area in northern Arizona for a gunman who allegedly shot and killed a Utah sheriff's deputy. Officials say the 41-year-old Brian Harris was chasing 23-year-old burglary suspect Scott Curley on foot Thursday Aug. 26, 2010 when the suspect allegedly opened fire. (AP Photo/Coconino County Sheriff's Office)AP - An attempted burglary suspect laid in wait and used a high-powered rifle to fatally ambush a Utah sheriff's deputy who was pursuing him, authorities said Friday.

US ambassador's daughter, 17, dies in NYC fall (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:11 PM PDT

The 25-story Herald Towers high-rise apartment building in midtown Manhattan is seen Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in New York where the 17-year-old daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Thailand plummeted to her death overnight. Police said Nicole John fell at about 4:15 a.m., apparently from the top floor. An incoming freshman at the Parsons The New School for Design slipped off her shoes and stepped out onto the ledge of a Manhattan high-rise apartment with a camera before falling. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)AP - The 17-year-old daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Thailand slipped off her shoes and climbed out onto a window ledge Friday at a Manhattan apartment before plummeting more than 20 stories to her death, police said.

Man accused of aiding suicides claims insanity (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:42 PM PDT

AP - A Minnesota lawyer for an ex-nurse charged with encouraging two people to kill themselves via online conversations wants his client's confession thrown out, saying police stressed his client so much he was rendered insane.

Brewer condemns report to UN mentioning Ariz. law (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 06:36 PM PDT

Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer speaks at a League of Arizona Cities and Towns Annual Conference luncheon Thursday Aug. 26, 2010, in Glendale, Ariz. Brewer was joined by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as the two are traveling the state on a Arizona Victory Tour campaigning for the November general election. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer demanded Friday that a reference to the state's controversial immigration law be removed from a State Department report to the United Nations' human rights commissioner.

NJ schools chief fired after Race to the Top gaffe (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 7, 2010 file photo, New Jersey Education Commissioner Bret Schundler gestures as he speaks to a group in Trenton, N.J., about plans for tying teachers' pay to how well their students perform. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced he was firing Schundler Friday Aug. 27, 2010 , days after it was revealed that a simple mistake on an application form might have cost the state a $400 million education grant. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)AP - Gov. Chris Christie fired his education commissioner Friday, days after it was revealed that a simple mistake on an application might have cost New Jersey a $400 million education grant.

Fundraising effort begins for NYC Islamic center (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:27 PM PDT

A Christian group supports Muslims outside their mosque as local citizens protest across the street from a business warehouse where the Islamic Center of Temecula Valley currently hold their services in Temlecula, California July 30, 2010. The Islamic Center is planning to build a 25,000 sq ft (2,322 sq m) mosque next to the local Baptist church in the community. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)AP - The developer behind plans to build an Islamic community center and mosque two blocks from ground zero kicked off fundraising for the project Friday by raising $10,000 in just a few minutes from a congregation of Muslim worshippers.

Theft charges filed in probe of Kan. girl's death (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:54 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Kansas Attorney General's office shows Adam Joseph Longoria of Great Bend, Kan. Longoria is a person of interest in the death of 14 year-old-Alicia Debolt also from Great Bend. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is asking for the public's help in finding Adam Joseph Longoria of Great Bend. The 36-year-old man is believed to be driving a stolen 2002 white Ford Explorer with 'Venture Corporation' lettering on the doors. The license plate is UGJ 366. (AP Photo/Kansas Attorney General's office)AP - Authorities filed burglary and theft charges Friday against the man they were seeking in connection with the death of a 14-year-old central Kansas girl whose charred body was discovered at an asphalt plant.

Ex-Army analyst from OK arrested at Minn. airport (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:23 PM PDT

AP - A former U.S. Army analyst from Oklahoma was arrested in Minneapolis while trying to board a one-way flight to China with electronic files containing a restricted Army field manual, authorities said Friday.

School's race rule prompts mom to pull kids out (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:33 PM PDT

AP - A policy intended to achieve racial equality at a north Mississippi school has long meant that only white kids can run for some class offices one year, black kids the next. But Brandy Springer, a mother of four mixed race children, was stunned when she moved to the area from Florida and learned her 12-year-old daughter couldn't run for class reporter because she wasn't the right race.

American imprisoned in N. Korea returns to Boston (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:18 PM PDT

Former President Jimmy Carter waves to onlookers after arriving at Logan International Airport with Aijalon Gomes, right, in Boston, Aug. 27, 2010. Carter flew to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, this week on a private mission to secure a pardon for the 31-year-old American who was detained in January after crossing into the country from China. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)AP - An American held captive for seven months in North Korea stepped off a plane in his hometown Friday, looking thin but joyful as he hugged the former president who had helped win his release and family and friends surrounded him in a group embrace.

Engineers to remove temporary cap from Gulf well (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:08 PM PDT

** ADDS NUNGESSERS TITLE ** FILE - In this May 28, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser, center, and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, gets a briefing on the oil spill at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Grand Isle, La. For months, the U.S. government talked with a boot-on-the-neck toughness about BP, with the president wondering aloud about whose butt to kick. But privately, it worked hand-in-hand with the oil giant to cap the runaway Gulf well and chose to effectively be the company's banker — allowing future drilling revenues to potentially be used as collateral for a victim compensation fund. Now, with a new round of investigative hearings set to begin Monday on BP's home turf and the disaster largely off the front pages, there's worry BP PLC could get a slap on the wrist from its behind-the-scenes partner. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - Engineers will soon start the delicate work of detaching the temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing from BP's blown-out Gulf of Mexico well and the hulking device that failed to prevent the leak — all while trying to avoid more damage to the environment.
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