Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Voters carry anxiety, disappointment to the polls (AP)

Voters carry anxiety, disappointment to the polls (AP)

Voters carry anxiety, disappointment to the polls (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 01:53 PM PDT

A sticker is handed to a voter on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, in Waterville, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - The millions of Americans voting in midterm elections Tuesday were not always sure what they wanted, or even whom. But many knew they were unhappy รข€" uneasy about the economy, frustrated with the direction of the country and dissatisfied with politics.

Electrical problem on shuttle delays launch (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:19 PM PDT

Storm clouds are seen at launch pad 39A over space Shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Discovery is scheduled to launch on Wednesday and weather predictions for launch are favorable. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - The final launch of space shuttle Discovery has been delayed again, this time because of an electrical problem.

Despite dry run, timing midair explosion not easy (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 07:05 PM PDT

Yemeni policemen stand alert outside the state security court in San'a,Yemen, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 where the trial of a U.S.-born radical cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, take place in absentia , accusing him and two other men with plotting to kill foreigners and of being members of al-Qaida. The trial came as the country faces heavy pressure to crack down on the terror network following the interception of two mail bombs intercepted in Dubai and Britain last week. (AP Photo)AP - Even after a suspected test run in September, last week's attempted mail bombings from Yemen were a shot in the dark for al-Qaida, which could not have known exactly where its packages were when they were set to explode, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

JFK Adviser Theodore Sorensen Dies at 82: A Remembrance (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:20 PM PDT

Time.com - The last of the Kennedy old guard, Theodore C. Sorensen was a tireless defender of the 35th President's legacy

In a Surreal Race, Reid's Fate Hinges on Turnout (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Senate majority leader Harry Reid is fighting for his political life and the Nevada midterms race is so much about him, it hardly matters who is running against him. The fact that his opponent is Tea Party darling Sharron Angle simply adds more color

Gunfire targets 5th military-related site near DC (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 01:18 PM PDT

Law enforcement investigators looks at a door at the Coast Guard recruiting station in Woodbridge, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Police in northern Virginia say shots were fired overnight at a Coast Guard recruiting station, the latest case of someone shooting at military-related buildings in the Washington area. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)AP - At least one shot was fired overnight at a Coast Guard recruiting office in northern Virginia, police said Tuesday, the fifth case since last month of unexplained gunfire targeting military-related buildings in the Washington area.

Man caught in Dallas bombing plot withdraws appeal (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:03 PM PDT

FILE - An undated file photo provided by the Ellis County Sheriff's Department, shows Hosam Maher Smadi. Smadi's sentencing hearing is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 in federal court in Dallas.(AP Photo/Ellis County Sheriff's Department, File)AP - The Jordanian man sentenced to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper has withdrawn his appeal of the sentence.

Wyo. sheriff: No survivors in crash of small plane (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:24 AM PDT

This 2009 photo shows Luke Bucklin, president of the Web development company Sierra Bravo Corp. in Bloomington, Minn. Searchers in helicopters and on the ground began scouring a rugged western Wyoming mountain range Tuesday Oct. 26, 2010 for Bucklin, a Minnesota executive and his three children missing since their plane took off in snowy weather a day earlier. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Dick Youngblood)AP - The wreckage of a small plane carrying four members of a Minneapolis family has been found in a rugged Wyoming mountain range a week after it disappeared, and searchers said there were no survivors.

Legalize-pot activists push for upset win in Calif (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:14 PM PDT

California Proposition 19, the legalization of marijuana initiative, supporter Kainoa Ignacio, from Honolulu, holds up a sign as he makes a Hawaiian greetings sign during a rally at Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif., Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. The rally was sponsored by the Students for Sensible Drug Policy, UC Berkeley Chapter. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - California voters decided Tuesday whether to make their state the first to legalize recreational marijuana, drawing worldwide attention atop the 160 ballot measures in 37 states that also included divisive proposals to slash taxes and ban abortion.

NM tribe bans newspaper after story of killing (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 07:00 PM PDT

AP - The leaders of a small Indian reservation nestled in northern New Mexico's mesas and red rocks were horrified by the seven-paragraph story recounting a gruesome murder in their community.

Astronauts cast early ballots from space station (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:57 AM PDT

US astronaut Scott Kelly, crew member of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, gestures prior the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AP - Red states. Blue states. And now voting from a weightless state.

Future teachers must show, not just tell, skills (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 01:15 PM PDT

In this Oct. 13, 2010 photo, St. Catherine University student and aspiring teacher Jasmine Zeppa works with her fourth grade class at Crossroads Elementary in St Paul, Minn. Under a new system being tested in 19 states, video of student teachers in their classroom will be evaluated and candidates must show they can prepare a lesson, tailor it to different levels of students and present it effectively. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)AP - Standing at the edge of a pond surrounded by her class of fourth-graders, Jasmine Zeppa filled a bucket with brown water and lectured her pupils on the science of observing and recording data. Many of the children seemed more interested in nearby geese, a passing jogger and the crunchy leaves underfoot.

BP's oil spill costs grow, Gulf residents react (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:00 PM PDT

BP PLC Chief Executive Bob Dudley speaks at a press conference at their headquarters in London, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. BP PLC returned to profit in the third quarter but said it doesn't plan to rush back into the Gulf of Mexico as it raised the likely cost of the devastating oil spill there by $7.7 billion to $40 billion. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - BP PLC is once again reporting profits even with an estimated $40 billion price tag for the response to its blown out well in the Gulf of Mexico.

Penpal: Levy killing suspect wrote of 'dead girl' (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:39 PM PDT

Former Congressman Gary Condit, center, leaves the District of Columbia Superior Court building after testifying in the trial of Ingmar Guandique, the man charged with the murder of Chandra Levy, in Washington Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - While in prison, the man charged with murdering Washington intern Chandra Levy wrote a penpal admitting that he was involved in a crime that involved a "dead girl," a witness testified Tuesday, though her memory of the letter came under scrutiny in cross-examination.

US judge: no Argentine extradition in killings (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:29 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge has denied Argentina's extradition request for a former military officer accused of taking part in a 1972 massacre of leftist guerrillas in his homeland.

'Lion King' actress dies from leukemia (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 01:03 PM PDT

In this March 25, 2010 photo provided by Disney Theatrical Productions, actress Shannon Tavarez is seen backstage at the Minskoff theater in New York where she was playing the part of Young Nala in the Broadway musical, 'The Lion King.' Tavarez, 11, died Monday Nov. 1, 2010, after losing her battle with Leukemia. A founder of the bone marrow donor center DKMS, said Tavarez died at Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, on Long Island. (AP Photo/Disney Theatrical Productions, Jenny Anderson)AP - Shannon Tavarez, the 11-year-old who starred on Broadway in "The Lion King" and whose battle with leukemia won the hearts of many, including Alicia Keys, Rihanna and 50 Cent, has died.

Prosecutors: DeLay had major role in PAC (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010, file photo, Tom DeLay, right, answers questions from members of the media with his attorney, Dick DeGuerin, left, at the Travis County courthouse in Austin, Texas. Opening statements began Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, in the trial of the former U.S. House Majority Leader, who is accused of helping to illegally finance Texas legislative races in 2002. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)AP - Prosecutors on Tuesday tried to imply to jurors that former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was the driving force behind a political action committee authorities say was involved in illegally funneling $190,000 in corporate donations into Texas legislative races eight years ago.

Pfizer 3Q profit down 70 percent due to charges (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 12:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2009 file photo, a sign at Pfizer world headquarters in New York is shown. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, revenue in the third quarter jumped 39 percent due to its acquisition of fellow drugmaker Wyeth, but hefty charges dragged its profit down 70 percent. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc.'s mega-acquisition of Wyeth boosted its third-quarter revenue 39 percent, but hefty charges and a higher tax rate, both related to that $68 billion purchase, dragged its profit down 70 percent, the company said Tuesday.

Mich. mom sells handwritten Obama letter for $7K (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:43 AM PDT

AP - Jennifer Cline said having President Barack Obama think enough about her family's struggles to send a handwritten letter promising "things will keep getting better" was priceless — until she was offered $7,000 for the handwritten note.
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