Friday, November 26, 2010

What recession? Shoppers eat up Black Friday deals (AP)

What recession? Shoppers eat up Black Friday deals (AP)

What recession? Shoppers eat up Black Friday deals (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:28 PM PST

Shoppers walk in front of a tour bus with an Express clothing store ad on the side Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 in Chicago. Nationwide, early signs pointed to a solid turnout for the traditional start to the holiday shopping season. In an encouraging sign for retailers and for the economy, more shoppers appeared to be buying for themselves than last year, when such indulgences were limited. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - For one day at least, you could almost imagine the recession never happened. Millions of the nation's shoppers braved rain and cold to crowd stores while others grabbed online bargains on what could be the busiest Black Friday ever.

DeLay's conviction starts lengthy appeals process (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:14 PM PST

Tom DeLay, pictured in October 2010, the former Republican congressional leader known as AP - The conviction of Tom DeLay, once one of the most powerful Republican wheelers-and-dealers in Congress, marks the beginning of a lengthy and vehement appeals process that will seek to cleanse the name and record of the former House majority leader.

San Diego drug tunnel had railcar, tons of pot (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:19 PM PST

In this Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010 photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a task force agent crouches inside a cross-border tunnel that authorities say was used as an underground drug passage, in San Diego. The tunnel found Thursday is 2,200 feet long, more than seven football fields, and runs from the kitchen of a home in Tijuana, Mexico, to two warehouses in San Diego's Otay Mesa industrial district, said Mike Unzueta, head of investigations at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Diego. (AP Photo/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)AP - A sophisticated cross-border tunnel equipped with a rail system, ventilation and fluorescent lighting has been shut down by U.S. and Mexican officials — the second discovery of a major underground drug passage in San Diego this month, authorities said Friday.

Turkey Techniques: Try Something New This Thanksgiving (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:35 AM PST

Time.com - This being Thanksgiving week, here are a few ways you can make this year's bird better than the one eaten by your parents

Why Ending Elections for Senators Is a Bad Tea Party Idea (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:05 AM PST

Time.com - Some Tea Party activists have jumped on board a curious, misguided campaign to repeal the 17th Amendment, which gives the people the right to vote directly for their Senators

Backlash feared as some in GOP push social issues (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:06 PM PST

FILE - In this April 28, 2010 file photo Miles Hall, founder and president of H&H Gun Range - Shooting Sports Outlet, looks over a Henry Golden Boy rifle, in his store in Oklahoma City. In Oklahoma, where Republicans won all eight Democrat-held statewide offices and extended their legislative majorities, GOP lawmakers are planning to bring back firearms bills vetoed last year by outgoing Democratic Gov. Brad Henry. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)AP - Although fixing the economy is the top priority, Republicans who won greater control of state governments in this month's election are considering how to pursue action on a range of social issues, including abortion, gun rights and even divorce laws.

More challenges to Emanuel's Chicago residency (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 03:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2010 file photo, Rahm Emanuel leaves the stage after announcing his candidacy for Mayor of Chicago at the John C. Coonley School in Chicago. Five Chicago residents have filed petitions seeking to push mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel off the February ballot by challenging his status as a city resident. A sixth challenge is expected Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 from Chicago election attorney Burt Odelson. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)AP - A longtime Chicago election attorney joined the effort Friday to push mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel off the February ballot over his residency status, even as Emanuel's supporters say the challenges are a frivolous distraction.

During boring classes, texting is the new doodling (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 07:44 AM PST

In this Nov. 22, 2010 photo, Tom Markley, 21, of Lehighton, Pa., a senior at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., poses with his phone in a Wilkes classroom. A recent survey by two Wilkes psychology professors found that more than 90 percent of students at the university admit to sending text messages during class. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)AP - When his professors drone, Dan Kautz whips out his phone.

US-Mexico project IDs border-crossing victims (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:48 AM PST

Lorenia Ton-Quevedo is backdropped by the names of deceased migrants Friday, Oct. 16, 2010 at the Mexican Consulates office in Tucson, Ariz. Ton-Quevedo visits morgues in the area to go through the personal effects of migrants whose remains are discovered in the desert in order to identify them and get them returned to their families. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - Lorenia Ton visits the morgues of southern Arizona searching for clues among the unclaimed bodies and belongings of people who tried to cross the desert.

Lesbian cadet who quit seeks return to West Point (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:41 AM PST

In this Nov. 24, 2010 photo, Katherine Miller, a former cadet at the U.S. Military Academy who quit over the 'don't ask, don't tell policy, poses for a photo in her hometown of Findlay, Ohio. Miller got pretty good at hiding her sexuality in high school, brushing off questions about her weekend plans and referring to her girlfriend, Kristin, as 'Kris.' She figured she could pull it off at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, too. After all, 'don't ask, don't tell' sounded a lot like how she had gotten through her teen years. (AP Photo/John Seewer)AP - Katherine Miller got pretty good at hiding her sexuality in high school, brushing off questions about her weekend plans and referring to her girlfriend, Kristin, as "Kris."

Feline media sensation Prince Chunk dies in NJ (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 06:19 PM PST

AP - An enormously fat cat named Prince Chunk who became famous when he was found wandering in New Jersey after his owner lost her home to foreclosure has died.

Colo. shopper possibly trapped in store collapse (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 05:53 PM PST

AP - Firefighters were carefully making their way through rubble from the partial collapse of a Colorado thrift store's ceiling Friday to see if a shopper was trapped underneath the debris.

Mother, 2 kids stabbed to death in Ohio; beau hurt (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:12 PM PST

AP - A woman and her two children were found stabbed to death in their central Ohio apartment on Friday after she didn't show up for Thanksgiving dinner or work the following day.

2 SC women killed on Thanksgiving, found in woods (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:11 PM PST

AP - Authorities in Georgia were looking Friday for a man who may know something about the Thanksgiving killing of two young women from South Carolina.

Colorado weighs difficulties of pot regulations (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:21 AM PST

In this Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 picture, samples of marijuana are tested in an oven at Full Spectrum Laboratories in Denver. 'You don't go into a Walgreens with a headache and put on a blindfold and pick something off a shelf. But that's what some people are doing when they buy marijuana,' said Buckie Minor of Full Spectrum Laboratories, which currently does voluntary marijuana analysis for about 100 growers and dispensaries. Minor and others in the pot business say industry standards are needed. But Colorado officials are having a tough time writing regulations for a product that's never been scrutinized or safety-tested before. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - What's in that joint, and how can you be sure it's safe?

Hershey sues Mars over similar candy packaging (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:55 AM PST

AP - Bitter rivals in the candy aisle may also duke it out in court.

SC man accused of threatening to shoot president (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:05 AM PST

This booking photo taken Nov. 23, 2010, and provided by the Spartanburg County jail, shows Michael Stephen Bowden of Woodruff, S.C. Bowden, 78, a former New York City policeman, was arrested earlier this month after he told a nurse at a Veterans Affairs clinic in Spartanburg he was thinking about killing President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Spartanburg County Detention Center)AP - A 78-year-old South Carolina man with more than a dozen weapons in his home has been arrested after federal authorities say he told a nurse he wanted to kill President Barack Obama.

17 rare sea turtles rescued off Cape Cod, Mass. (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:38 AM PST

This Nov. 25, 2010 photo, provided by Don Lewis and Sue Wieber Nourse, shows a small Green Sea Turtle, one of several warm-water sea turtles rescued on the beach at Brewster, Mass., on Cape Cod. Most were suffering from hypothermia, dehydration and malnourishment, and are being cared for at the New England Aquarium's animal care center in Quincy, Mass. (AP Photo/Don Lewis) NO SALESAP - Seventeen rare sea turtles suffering a variety of ailments are recovering at the New England Aquarium after being rescued over the past two days off of Cape Cod, Mass.

Officials pull out of CA bomb factory, cite danger (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:59 AM PST

AP - Explosives experts have pulled out of a San Diego County home described as a virtual bomb-making factory because it's too dangerous to remove some of the materials discovered inside the rental property earlier this month.
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