Monday, November 29, 2010

Official: Hostages released from Wis. high school (AP)

Official: Hostages released from Wis. high school (AP)

Official: Hostages released from Wis. high school (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 07:13 PM PST

Students and parents wait in a parking lot near Marinette High School as they await word on a hostage situation at the school Monday night Nov. 29, 2010 in Marinette, Wis. A student armed with a handgun burst into a classroom at the eastern Wisconsin school on Monday, taking nearly two dozen students and a teacher hostage at the end of the school day, authorities said. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)AP - A student armed with a handgun burst into an eastern Wisconsin high school classroom at the end of the school day and held nearly two dozen students and a teacher hostage for more than five hours Monday, authorities said.

N.O. officer says he burned body after Katrina (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:50 PM PST

New Orleans police officer Gregory McRae, who is charged with burning the body 31 year old Henry Glover and assaulting people trying to help Glover, after he was allegedly fatally shot by police in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, leaves Federal Court in New Orleans, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - A New Orleans police officer on trial for burning the body of a man who was fatally shot by a different officer testified Monday that he set the fire because he didn't want to let another corpse rot in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.

Black Friday: Can Retailers Lure Discount-Minded Shoppers? (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:10 PM PST

Time.com - As American shoppers head into Black Friday, industry experts predict holiday sales will surpass last year's dismal levels, but it will likely take heavy promotions and big discounting to achieve this

Hammered: What Punishment Will Tom DeLay Get? (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:10 PM PST

Time.com - The former House Majority Leader was stunned at his guilty verdict for money laundering but he is unlikely to get the maximum penalty

Father of missing Mich. boys had lost job, custody (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 05:10 PM PST

Volunteer Brett Casey searches a roadside in Holiday City, Ohio Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. Neighbors of three Michigan boys who were last seen the day before their father tried to commit suicide are holding onto hope that the children will be found safe, even though investigators believe the boys are in 'extreme danger.' Police in Morenci, Mich., about 75 miles southwest of Detroit, plan to resume their search Monday for 5-year-old Tanner, 7-year-old Alexander and 9-year-old Andrew Skelton. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - The father of three missing Michigan boys was out of work, his marriage had fallen apart and he'd lost custody of his children in the months before he told police that he gave the boys to an acquaintance and tried to kill himself.

UN agency pushes new rules on air cargo security (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 06:33 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2010 file frame grab taken from WABC-TV video, airport personnel wait for passengers to disembark near an Emirates airliner at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, after the aircraft was escorted from the Canadian border to New York City by two military fighter jets. The fighter escort was a precautionary move after explosive devices had been discovered earlier in the day on aircraft which had some cargo originating in Yemen. The U.N. agency that oversees aviation is pushing new guidelines for cargo security to counter al-Qaida's new mail-bomb strategy, but is stopping short of calling for 100 percent screening of packages, as pilots and some U.S. lawmakers have urged. (AP Photo/WABC-TV, File) MANDATORY CREDITAP - The U.N. agency that oversees aviation is pushing new guidelines for cargo security to counter al-Qaida's new mail-bomb strategy, but is stopping short of calling for 100 percent screening of packages, as pilots and some U.S. lawmakers have urged.

Tennessee Supreme Court halts next 4 executions (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:55 PM PST

AP - The Tennessee Supreme Court on Monday halted the executions of four death row inmates to allow a lower court to examine the constitutionality of the state's new lethal injection procedure.

Man dies after 20-foot fall at Chicago NFL stadium (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 09:07 PM PST

AP - Authorities say a man has died after falling at least 20 feet from a ledge at Soldier Stadium while attending a Chicago Bears game.

US escapes major hurricanes for 5th straight year (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:32 PM PST

AP - The Atlantic hurricane season ends Tuesday, going down as one of the busiest on record but blissfully sparing the U.S. coastline a major hurricane for a fifth straight year.

Swastika case another race issue for NM town (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 06:48 PM PST

This undated photo released by the Farmington, N.M. police shows a swastika shaved on the head of a 22-year-old mentally disabled Navajo man after an April 29, 2010 incident. Three men are accused of branding a swastika onto the victim's arm before shaving the symbol and using markers to scrawl messages and images on his body, marking the latest troubling race-related attack in this New Mexico community. (AP Photo/Farmington Police Department)AP - Three friends had just finished their shifts at a McDonald's when prosecutors say they carried out a gruesome attack on a customer: They allegedly shaped a coat hanger into a swastika, placed it on a heated stove and branded the symbol on the arm of the mentally disabled Navajo man.

Portlanders condemn bomb plot, criticize FBI probe (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 06:45 PM PST

Commuters walk near Pioneer Courthouse Square, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, in Portland, Ore. Terror suspect Mohamed Osman Mohamud and an FBI operative parked a van full of dummy explosives across from Pioneer Courthouse Square just after sundown Friday while thousands gathered in the square for the annual tree lighting. Mohamud is accused of attempting to detonate the explosives. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - Some residents of this famously liberal city are unnerved, not only by a plot to bomb an annual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony last week but also by the police tactics in the case.

Dem state lawmakers defecting to GOP post-election (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 06:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2007 file photo, Rep. Alan Powell, D-Hartwell, reads at his seat in the House in Atlanta. Powell, who served for two decades as a Democrat, joined the Republican caucus in Nov. 2010 after concluding it would allow him to get off the 'sidelines' and again be a player on key issues. In state capitols across the country, at least a dozen Democratic state lawmakers have defected to Republican ranks since the Nov. 2 election. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)AP - Staggering Election Day losses are not the Democratic Party's final indignity this year. At least 13 state lawmakers in five states have defected to Republican ranks since the Nov. 2 election, adding to already huge GOP gains in state legislatures. And that number could grow as next year's legislative sessions draw near.

American prisoners in Iran call families in US (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:35 AM PST

FILE - In this May 20, 2010 file photo, American hikers Shane Bauer, left, Sarah Shourd, center, and Josh Fattal, sit at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran. Cindy Hickey, mother of Shane Bauer, said Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, the two American men held in Iran called their families over the weekend. She said Bauer and Fattal have no details about the case against them. Iran released Shourd on medical grounds in September. A trial in Iran is scheduled for Feb. 6. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - Two Americans held in Iran on espionage charges told their families during brief phone calls over the weekend that they haven't had access to their lawyer and do not know what is happening in their cases, their families said Monday.

Customer shoves 100-year-old Wis. Walmart greeter (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:40 PM PST

AP - A 100-year-old greeter at a Milwaukee Walmart was shoved by a customer after the centenarian tried to stop the woman to determine if she'd paid for items that were in the lower part of her shopping cart, police said Monday.

Recount redux: Minn. sorts ballots in gov. race (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:22 PM PST

A recount worker holds up a ballot for two observers to see as the recount in the Minnesota governor's race began Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 in Minneapolis. Democrat Mark Dayton is hoping the recount confirms his nearly 8,800-vote lead over Republican Tom Emmer. More than 2.1 million votes must be recounted in a process that will run into next week. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - Barely an hour into a statewide recount of Minnesota's close race for governor Monday, a volunteer for Democrat Mark Dayton gestured toward an 8-inch stack of ballots awaiting a second look.

Outgoing Fla. Gov. Crist worries about divisions (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:22 PM PST

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is reflected in a glass table top during an interview with the Associated Press Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP - Outgoing Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who steps down in January after losing an independent bid for the U.S. Senate, says he is concerned that political divisions are preventing elected officials of both parties from working together on the nation's problems.

Walker leads Wake Forest by Marist 81-59 (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 08:18 PM PST

AP - Wake Forest didn't shoot particularly well against Marist on Tuesday night, and its rebounding left a lot to be desired.

'Airplane!', 'Forbidden Planet' actor Nielsen dies (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:35 PM PST

FILE - This file photo taken in November 1991, shows actor Leslie Nielsen. The Canadian-born Nielsen, who went from drama to inspired bumbling as a hapless doctor in 'Airplane!' and the accident-prone detective Frank Drebin in 'The Naked Gun' comedies, has died. He was 84. His agent John S. Kelly says Nielsen died Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010, at a hospital near his home in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where he was being treated for pneumonia. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac, file)AP - Despite decades spent playing sober commanders and serious captains, Leslie Nielsen insisted that he was always made for comedy. He proved it in his career's second act.

Trial resumes for suspect in abduction of Smart (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:30 AM PST

A letter from Brian David Mitchell, the self-styled prophet who calls himself 'Immanuel', on trial for kidnapping Elizabeth Smart in 2002, is shown in this undated photograph admitted into evidence in his federal kidnapping trial in Salt Lake City, Utah. The image was released to Reuters November 29, 2010. REUTERS/United States District Court/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Defense attorneys called a string of witnesses Monday to support an insanity defense for the man charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart.
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