Saturday, October 30, 2010

Yemeni arrested, al-Qaida bomber eyed in mail plot (AP)

Yemeni arrested, al-Qaida bomber eyed in mail plot (AP)

Yemeni arrested, al-Qaida bomber eyed in mail plot (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:07 PM PDT

This undated photo released by the Dubai Police via the state Emirates News Agency (WAM) on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, claims to show parts of a computer printer with explosives loaded into its toner cartridge found in a package onboard a cargo plane coming from Yemen, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai police say the bomb, discovered in the ink cartridge of a computer printer in a shipment of air cargo from Yemen bound for the United States, contained the powerful explosive PETN and bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida. (AP Photo/Dubai Police via Emirates News Agency) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALESAP - Yemeni police arrested a woman on suspicion of mailing a pair of bombs powerful enough to take down airplanes, officials said Saturday as details emerged about a terrorist plot aimed at the U.S. that exploited security gaps in the worldwide shipping system.

Desegregation offers lessons for gay troops debate (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 09:47 AM PDT

In this Oct., 27, 2010 photo, Thomas J. Woods, 78, holds his graduation photo from the Marine Corps in 1951 in his home in Fayetteville, Ga. The stories of Woods and other black veterans who served among the military's first desegregated units during the Korean War offer an iconic history lesson amid the debate over whether gays should be allowed to serve openly in uniform. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - Thomas J. Woods joined the military after graduating from an all-black high school in 1950, when Jim Crow laws forced him to the back of buses and Savannah shop clerks would greet him with a surly, "What you want, boy?"

The New GOP Revival of O'Donnell, Paul, Rubio, Whitman (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:30 AM PDT

Time.com - How a new breed of Republican candidates -- including Christine O'Donnell, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Meg Whitman -- tapped into voter rage and upset the Establishment

School Diversity: The Problems with Economic Integration (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:30 AM PDT

Time.com - Education reform: despite its allure, the economic integration of schools is not a panacea

Authorities lift fire evacuations in Colorado (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:20 AM PDT

A firefighting aircraft drops slurry on a wildfire in the foothills west of Boulder, Colo., on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010.(AP Photo/ Ed Andrieski)AP - More than 1,700 people evacuated because of a wildfire west of Boulder are being allowed to return to their homes after firefighters worked through the night to stop the fire from spreading.

Fox, Cablevision reach deal to end NY blackout (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 05:37 PM PDT

AP - Fox and Cablevision reached an agreement Saturday that will restore programming to more than 3 million New York-area subscribers who have been without some of their favorite shows and baseball playoff games for two weeks.

Obama warns of progress reversal if GOP wins (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:45 PM PDT

Only days before the crucial midterm election, President Barack Obama makes a final get-out-the-vote push for Democratic candidates at Temple University in Philadelphia, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. In Pennsylvania, polls show Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., in a close race with Republican Pat Toomey for a Senate seat that Democrats currently hold. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama made a final-weekend plea to his hometown supporters to defy expectations and tamp down a Republican tide that many people expect to crest in Tuesday's elections.

In election's shadow, rally draws laughs, activism (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 03:08 PM PDT

Comedians Stephen Colbert, right, and Jon Stewart perform in front of the U.S. Capitol during their Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. The 'sanity' rally blending laughs and political activism drew thousands to the mall with Stewart and Colbert casting themselves as the unlikely maestros of moderation and civility in polarized times. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - In the shadow of the Capitol and the election, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert entertained a huge throng Saturday at a "sanity" rally poking fun at the nation's ill-tempered politics, fear-mongers and doomsayers.

Man could face death penalty in Ill. student death (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:57 PM PDT

This photo provided Oct. 29, 2010 by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department shows William Curl, 34, of DeKalb, Ill. Curl was charged Friday, Oct. 29 with first-degree murder in the slaying of 18-year-old Northern Illinois University freshman Antinette 'Toni' Keller. Curl was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Covington, La., and extradited to Illinois. (AP Photo/DeKalb County Sheriff's Department)AP - An Illinois man may face the death penalty if convicted in the slaying of a college freshman who went missing earlier this month.

Some may live in DC, but they vote somewhere else (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 01:16 PM PDT

AP - Alex lives in Washington but votes at a church in Virginia. Kathleen signed a lease here but casts her ballot in Pennsylvania. Nicolas moved to the nation's capital a year ago, but his polling place is in Connecticut.

Soldiers say work helped after Fort Hood shootings (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:13 PM PDT

Sgt. Kara Kortenkamp, right, Staff Sgt. Dick Hurtig and Maj. Laura Suttinger, left, all of the 467th Combat Stress Control Detachment, reflect on their return home during a press conference Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, in Madison, Wis., after returning home from deployment in Afghanistan. Three soldiers were killed in their unit along with 10 others at Fort Hood, in Killleen, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2009, in a shooting rampage by suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)AP - For nearly a year in Afghanistan, a tightly knit Army Reserve unit kept the memories of their comrades killed during a shooting rampage Fort Hood close. But not too close.

Repairs delay Discovery's final launch another day (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 09:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2010 file photo, Space shuttle Discovery begins its 3.4-mile journey to Launch Pad 39A after leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Last-minute leak repairs have again pushed back space shuttle Discovery's final launch, this time until Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. NASA delayed Discovery's flight to the International Space Station yet another day because more work was needed than initially thought to replace a pair of leaking pipe hookups near the shuttle's tail, NASA test director Jeff Spaulding said Saturday, Oct. 30.(AP Photo/John Raoux, File)AP - Last-minute leak repairs have again pushed back space shuttle Discovery's final launch, this time until Wednesday.

Artist's study of island brings the dead to life (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 08:07 AM PDT

This Aug. 2, 2010 picture shows a few of the photographs Melinda Hunt has acquired while researching people who are buried in New York's Hart Island. The charcoal drawing by Hunt shows Kazimierz Czymanski, who died on Jan. 1, 1998, and was buried in July 1998 on Hart Island. Since 1869, more than 800,000 have been laid to rest at the potter's field on the island that lies in the waters just off the Bronx borough of New York City. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - When the dead are delivered, four mornings a week, the ferry Michael Cosgrove is waiting.

Experts say end of NJ tunnel project hurts region (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 09:36 AM PDT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gestures Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, in Trenton, N.J., as he announces that he's standing by his decision to kill the nation's biggest public works project, a train tunnel connecting New Jersey to New York City. Christie, a rising star in the Republican Party for his fearless budget-slashing, has argued that his cash-strapped state can't afford to pay for any overruns on the $9 billion-plus rail tunnel under the Hudson River. The state is on the hook for $2.7 billion plus overruns. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - When he killed the construction of a new rail line to New York under the Hudson River, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie saved his state's taxpayers at least $3 billion.
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