Monday, January 31, 2011

California governor calls for vote, compares to Egypt (Reuters)

California governor calls for vote, compares to Egypt (Reuters)

California governor calls for vote, compares to Egypt (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 07:00 PM PST

California Governor Jerry Brown walks into the State Assembly Chambers to deliver the State of the State address in Sacramento, California January 31, 2011. REUTERS/Max WhittakerReuters - Governor Jerry Brown pressed California lawmakers in his state-of-the-state address on Monday to let voters decide on his budget plan, saying any attempt to block a special election would be irresponsible in light of protests in Egypt and Tunisia.

Midwest braces for monster winter blizzard (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:41 PM PST

Reuters - The Midwest braced for a massive and potentially dangerous winter storm on Monday with forecasts of up to 2 feet of snow and strong winds that could make travel virtually impossible.

Judge approves moving Arizona shooting case to Tucson (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:04 PM PST

An artist's depiction shows Jared Lee Loughner (L), the Arizona man accused of shooting 20 people while trying to assassinate U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords over the weekend, and his attorney public defender Judy Clarke during a court appearance in Phoenix, Arizona January 10, 2011. REUTERS/Joan AndrewReuters - PHOENIX (Reuters) A federal judge has approved moving court proceedings to Tucson, Arizona from Phoenix for Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year-old college dropout accused in a shooting rampage there, court filings said on Monday.

Even Girl Scout Cookies Are Victims of the Recession (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:30 PM PST

Time.com - When efforts to tighten economic and health-realted belts collide, adorable Girl Scouts lose.

Dennis Kucinich, Self-Described 'Courageous Congressman,' Sues Congress (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:30 PM PST

Time.com - From fighting for the people, to fighting an olive pit

Three charged with being Guggenheim fraudsters (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 02:30 PM PST

Reuters - Three people have been charged with posing as representatives of the wealthy Guggenheim family in an effort to defraud investors, federal prosecutors announced on Monday.

Dems: Oil, gas drillers pumped diesel into ground (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 01:13 PM PST

AP - Oil and gas companies have injected more than 32 million gallons of fluids containing diesel fuel underground without first getting government approval as required, a report by congressional Democrats said Monday.

Report: Fla. mom hit teen daughter before shooting (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 03:53 PM PST

In this Jan. 30, 2011 booking photo provided by the Hillsborough County Jail shows Julie Schenecker. Schenecker was arrested Jan. 28, 2011 and charged with two counts of first degree premeditated murder after she allegedly shot and killed her two teenage children. Schenecker allegedly told investigators she shot her children because they talked back and were 'mouthy.' (AP Photo/Hillsborough County Jail)AP - A suburban Florida soccer mom showed signs of trouble in the months before she was accused of killing her two teenage children: Her 16-year-old daughter told authorities in November she had been hit by her mother on two occasions, and troopers investigating a car crash that same month thought the woman's glassy eyes and "mush mouth" indicated she had been using drugs.

TSA chief: airports won't hire private screeners (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 05:41 PM PST

A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent waits for passengers to pass through a magnetometer at Los Angeles International Airport. Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader said the body scans and enhanced security pat-downs at US airports are eating away at Americans' freedoms and called the agency that conducts them a AP - The Transportation Security Administration said it will not hire private contractors to screen airline passengers, despite calls from a powerful Florida congressman to do so and passenger complaints about federal screeners.

Guatemalan father of US Marine deported (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 05:13 PM PST

AP - The Guatemalan father of a U.S. Marine assigned to duty in Afghanistan was deported after being denied a last-ditch effort to plead his case to stay in this country.

Serial rapist suspected of strangling Wash. guard (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:25 PM PST

AP - An inmate suspected of strangling a female guard with a microphone cord in a prison chapel is a rapist who once doused a woman in gasoline and set her on fire.

NYC mayor conducts gun-sale sting in Arizona (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:22 PM PST

This photo provided by the New York NYC Mayor's Office shows Mayor Michael Bloomberg showing an undercover video at City Hall in New York, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Bloomberg said undercover investigators working for New York City were not required to pass a background check on Jan. 23 at a Phoenix, Arizona gun show when they bought a pistol with an extended magazine, 'like the weapon used in Tucson.' He said the sale just days after the mass shooting in Tucson exposes a 'dangerous gap' in federal gun laws. (AP Photo/NYC Mayor's Office, Edward Reed)AP - Weeks after the shooting in Tucson, sellers at an Arizona gun show allowed undercover investigators hired by New York City to buy semiautomatic pistols even after they said they probably couldn't pass a background check, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday.

Bar manager: Mosque bomb plot suspect vowed blast (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:43 PM PST

In a booking photo provided by the Dearborn, Mich., police department, Roger Stockham is shown. Stockham, of Imperial Beach, Calif, was arrested on Jan. 24, 2011 outside the Islamic Center of America mosque in Dearborn, Mich. Stockham was arraigned Wednesday on charges of making a false report or threat of terrorism and possessing explosives with an unlawful intent. (AP Photo/Dearborn Police, HO)AP - Hours before his arrest outside a popular Detroit-area mosque, a 63-year-old California man held court at a nearby sports bar, telling an employee that he was a Vietnam veteran-turned Muslim holy warrior, that he planned to set off a "big explosion," and that he was "going to be part of making history," the employees said Monday.

91,000 Gulf oil spill claims, just 1 final payment (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 02:13 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2011 file photo, attorney Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator in charge of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, BP's compensation fund for Gulf oil spill victims, speaks during a town hall meeting in Bay St. Louis, Miss. The fund has issued a final settlement payment to just one of the thousands of people and businesses waiting for checks, records show, and that $10 million payout went to a company after BP intervened on its behalf. (AP Photo/The Sun Herald, Amanda McCoy, File) TV OUT; ONLINE OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT: MISSISSIPPI PRESS OUTAP - BP's compensation fund for Gulf oil spill victims has issued a final settlement payment to just one of the thousands of people and businesses waiting for checks, records show, and that $10 million payout went to a company after the oil giant intervened on its behalf.

Monster winter storm takes aim at one-third of US (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:29 PM PST

Danielle Sampliner, 27, and her dog, Aleca, brave the frigid weather to run a couple of miles along the shores of Lake Erie Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, in Cleveland. Temperatures will stay in the teens for northeast Ohio on Monday. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - A monster winter storm took aim at a third of the nation Monday, threatening to lay a potentially deadly path of heavy snow and ice from the Rockies to New England, followed by a wave of bitter, bone-rattling cold that could affect tens of millions of people.

Judge: Obama's health overhaul unconstitutional (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:22 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers a statement on Egypt in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - A federal judge in Florida ruled Monday that President Barack Obama's entire health care overhaul law is unconstitutional, placing even noncontroversial provisions under a cloud in a broad challenge that seems certain to be resolved only by the Supreme Court.

Feds probe Calif. 'sham university' for visa fraud (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 03:00 PM PST

AP - The government of India is condemning the use of ankle monitors on Indian students who were enrolled at a "sham university" in California that authorities say was a front for illegal immigration.

Cut down on salt, government says — and calories (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 02:34 PM PST

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack listens during a news conference at George Washington University in Washington, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, announcing new dietary guidelines to help Americans make healthier food choices and confront obesity epidemic. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - You should eat less salt, the government says. A lot less.

Report: Immigration law not enforced consistently (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:56 PM PST

AP - Some local law enforcement agencies, particularly in the Southeast, are turning over illegal immigrants who commit even minor offenses to federal authorities for deportation, while others are focused on deporting more violent criminals, according to a report released Monday.

Canadian who ran child sex ring gets 25 years (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 11:31 AM PST

AP - A Canadian was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday after admitting to running what amounted to a brothel for pedophiles in Thailand that exploited children as young as 4.
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