Thursday, September 2, 2010

Earl weaker, still powerful, winds hit Outer Banks (AP)

Earl weaker, still powerful, winds hit Outer Banks (AP)

Earl weaker, still powerful, winds hit Outer Banks (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 07:55 PM PDT

People stand on a pier as waves crash below them in Southern Shores, North Carolina. Hurricane Earl bore down on a vast stretch of the US East Coast on Thursday, as tens of thousands of people fled North Carolina's barrier islands to avoid dangerous winds and surf.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)AP - Forecasters say Hurricane Earl is weakening as it passes over North Carolina's Outer Banks but is still packing powerful winds as it heads up the Eastern Seaboard.

Oil platform explodes off La. coast; crew rescued (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 07:41 PM PDT

Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed.

Comfort Inn a hurricane hostel in NC (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:37 PM PDT

Lee Taylor, of Harlow, N.C., buys ice for his family to ride out the storm as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - A two-story Comfort Inn has become a makeshift hurricane hostel on North Carolina's Outer Banks for those who want to stay close to their homes but know they need better shelter from the outslaught of Earl.

LA police ID owner of trunk containing baby bodies (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 07:43 PM PDT

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, left, stands with Captain Fabian Lizarraga during a news conference to discuss the mummified infants case in Los Angeles Thursday, Sept 2, 2010. Los Angeles police identified the owner of a trunk, belonging to Janet M. Barrie, in which the mummified remains of a baby and a fetus were found. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Investigators have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of two babies were found, bringing them a step closer to solving the intriguing international mystery.

Pearl Harbor marks 65th anniversary of WWII's end (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 07:38 PM PDT

Frank Borrell, 94,of Beacon, N.Y. and Orlando, Fla. talks to reporters on board the decomissioned battleship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after a Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. Borrell served aboard the USS Missouri during the war and came to Hawaii to see his ship one last time. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)AP - Don Fosburg recalled friends and family killed in World War II as he marked the 65th anniversary of the end of the conflict on Thursday.

FBI: 6 accused in forced labor of 400 Thai workers (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 07:40 PM PDT

AP - Six recruiters were accused Thursday of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment that the FBI called the largest human-trafficking case ever charged in U.S. history.

Phoenix airport worker arrested in luggage thefts (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 07:37 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by Phoenix Police, 23-year-old Michael Hegstad is shown. Police say Hegstad was arrested on suspicion he stole items worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from the luggage of passengers passing through Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, and that there could be hundreds of victims from around the world. Hegstad was a contract worker at the airport. (AP Photo/Phoenix Police)AP - A man who worked at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport was arrested Thursday on suspicion that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of items from the luggage of passengers in a case that could include hundreds of victims from around the world.

Embattled Illinois prisons chief resigns (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:33 PM PDT

AP - Illinois' prison chief, who became a political liability to Gov. Pat Quinn during an election year because of a secret prisoner release program he oversaw, is stepping down, the governor said Thursday.

Wash. woman in acid attack recounts agonizing pain (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 04:26 PM PDT

This image provided by the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center shows Bethany Storro prior to surgery. Storro has undergone surgery at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center according to hospital spokeswoman Amber Shoebridge Wednesday night Sept. 1, 2010. An unidentified woman threw acid in her face in downtown Vancouver Monday evening. (AP Photo/Legacy Emanuel Medical Center)AP - Bethany Storro had just bought a pair of sunglasses and was celebrating a new job when a woman walked up to her with a cup and said: "Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?"

Arizona governor stumbles during debate (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 07:42 PM PDT

From left; Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Barry Hess, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, Republican, moderator Ted Simons, democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry Goddard and Green Party candidate Larry Gist and go over rules prior to a televised Arizona gubernatorial debate Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - It will go down as one of the most painful openings to a political debate in recent memory.

Police: Discovery Channel hostages planned escape (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 06:45 PM PDT

In this image released by the Montgomery County Police, James J. Lee is seen is a booking mugshot from 2008 on disorderly conduct. Lee, 43, a gunman with what police described as 'concerns' with the Discovery Channel networks took at least one person hostage in the company's Silver Spring, Md., headquarters Wednesday, Spet. 1, 2010. A law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing said authorities have identified Lee as the likely suspect. (AP Photo/Montgomery County (Md.) Police)AP - Police had been negotiating with James Jae Lee for several hours and intended to keep him talking for as long as it took to safely resolve the standoff at the Discovery Channel's headquarters. Inside the lobby, Lee's three hostages had no intention of waiting.

Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 04:49 PM PDT

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks to the media after learning the U.S. Justice Department is suing Arpaio saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The Justice Department sued the nation's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" on Thursday, calling Joe Arpaio's defiance of an investigation into his office's alleged discrimination against Hispanics "unprecedented."

Can home cooking be hazardous to your health? (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 06:55 PM PDT

AP - Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?

Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 01:06 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as she hosts the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas — the Islamic militant group that controls one of the two Palestinian territories and rejects negotiations.

Chicago gangs to top cop: You're not playing fair (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 04:06 PM PDT

Jim Allen, a member of the Vice Lords speaks at a news conference, joined by several current and former gang members Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Chicago. The 32-year-old describes his gang as devoted to social support, and he says police can't hold the group responsible for the criminal acts of individuals. He calls the superintendent's so-called 'gang summit' initiative to crack down on crime 'a joke' that won't stem violence. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Calling the Chicago police chief's ultimatum to stop resorting to violence a waste of time, current and former members of some of the city's most notorious street gangs held an unlikely news conference on Thursday to send their own message to police: You're not playing fair.

Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:17 PM PDT

FILE-In a Nov.10, 2009 file photo, Robert 'Joe' Halderman, who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian's office affairs, listens as his attorney Gerald Shargel speaks to the media outside Manhattan criminal court following his court appearance in New York. Halderman was released from a New York City jail Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. He served four months of his six-month sentence and got time off for good behavior. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano,File)AP - The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon's office affairs, city Correction Department records show.

Judge punishes Michigan juror for Facebook post (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 06:44 AM PDT

In this May 19, 2010 photo, Desiree Francisco, left, with other members of her family, stand by a box containing the remains of her father, Siegfried Francisco, at the International Airport in Port-au-Prince. Francisco, 57, who was attending a conference at the Hotel Montana, died during the Jan 12 earthquake but it took until April to identify his remains. The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the quake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti's best hotel. A few hours later, the search went online with a Facebook page dedicated to the Hotel Montana. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - A Detroit-area woman who was removed from a jury for commenting about the ongoing case on Facebook has a longer writing task ahead: a five-page essay about the constitutional right to a fair trial.

Temporary cap that stopped oil gusher removed (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 02:55 PM PDT

Boats spray water to extinguish a fire on an oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy off the Louisiana coast September 2, 2010.REUTERS/Lee CelanoAP - Engineers removed a temporary cap Thursday that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July. No more oil was expected to leak into the sea, but crews were standing by with collection vessels just in case.

Army: Chaplain is 1st killed in action since '70 (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 01:56 PM PDT

AP - A chaplain killed in Afghanistan this week was the first Army clergyman killed in action since the Vietnam War, the military said Thursday.
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