Saturday, January 1, 2011

DC-bound plane loses radio contact, pilot erred (AP)

DC-bound plane loses radio contact, pilot erred (AP)

DC-bound plane loses radio contact, pilot erred (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 03:32 PM PST

AP - A passenger plane briefly lost radio contact with air traffic controllers when the pilot turned to the wrong frequency as he approached Washington, leading to the scrambling of fighter jets and the evacuation of the U.S. Capitol, federal officials said Saturday.

Spending showdowns will test new Congress leaders (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2010, file photo House Speaker-designate John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks with media on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two early showdowns on spending and debt will signal whether the 112th Congress can find common ground despite its partisan divisions, or whether it's destined for gridlock and brinkmanship that could threaten the nation's economic health. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Two early showdowns on spending and debt will signal whether the new Congress can find common ground despite its partisan divisions or whether it's destined for gridlock and brinkmanship that could threaten the nation's economic health.

7th person dies after New Year's Eve tornadoes (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:21 PM PST

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF SISEMORE ** Margie Sisemore, left, and Tammy Borden, right, clean up in the aftermath of a tornado that tore through the small town of Cincinnati, Ark., in western Washington County early in the morning on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. A tornado fueled by an unusually warm winter air sliced through parts of northwestern Arkansas early on Friday. (AP Photo/April L. Brown)AP - Shaken residents spent New Year's Day sifting through the wreckage wrought by tornadoes that touched down in several states on the last day of 2010, killing seven people and injuring dozens of others.

2010's Top-Earning Movies: Like It or Not, 3-D Is King (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:05 AM PST

Time.com - The lesson Hollywood should have learned this year? Have animation and/or 3-D, will rake in cash

Record Crowds at Disneyland Temporarily Halt Admission (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:05 AM PST

Time.com - The home of Mickey and Minnie and pals on the West Coast temporarily halted admission on Tuesday as record numbers of visitors arrived at the parks.

Millions gather worldwide to ring in 2011 (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 06:32 AM PST

Shae Moxley, left, from Ashburn, Va., and others take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square Friday Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)AP - Revelers smooched and cheered the famous ball drop in New York's Times Square as the largest New Year's Eve celebration in the U.S. ushered in 2011. Most tried to set aside concerns about the worldwide economic downturn as partiers from New Zealand to Asia to Europe toasted to hopes of a more prosperous year to come.

4 children, 1 man killed in Seattle suburb fire (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 06:08 PM PST

Redmond firefighters and investigators insepct the scene of an apartment fire that claimed the lives of five people in Redmond, Wash. on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)AP - A mother could only watch in agony as her four young children and a man were killed by an intense apartment fire that broke out a few hours into the new year, her neighbors in the apartment complex said Saturday.

For once, snowstorm nearly shuts down nonstop NYC (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 01:48 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2010 file photo, visitors in New York's Times Square navigate through slush three days after snow fell across every corner of the city. The city has cleaned up from big storms before with ease, but this blizzard became unlike anything New Yorkers had seen in decades. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)AP - When nearly 2 feet of thick snow fell across the city the day after Christmas, New Yorkers did what they usually do: move forward, confident that they could.

Schwarzenegger's next act: return to LA, go green (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 12:09 PM PST

FILE - This Jan. 5, 2007 file photo, shows Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger after his inaugural speech in Sacramento, Calif. Schwarzenegger is sifting through a stack of corporate, Hollywood and real estate offers as the celebrity politician nears an inevitable career crossroad: On Jan. 3, he's out of a job. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)AP - The Terminator always said he'd be back.

Deputy, suspect dead in Ohio trailer park standoff (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 07:33 PM PST

** ADDS NAME OF OFFICER AT RIGHT ** A Clark County deputy, left, and German Township Patrolman Jeremy Blum, right, open fire on a trailer Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011, at Enon Beach near Enon, Ohio. Authorities say two Ohio law enforcement officers have been shot after they responded to reports of gunshots at the trailer home. (AP Photo/Springfield News-Sun, Marshall Gorby)AP - A sheriff's deputy investigating a report of gunfire at a trailer park was shot dead Saturday, and the shooting suspect was killed after a gun battle with police, authorities said. A police officer was wounded.

War hero's tour: A humble soldier adjusts to fame (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:56 PM PST

In this Dec. 12, 2010 photo, Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, first living Medal of Honor recipient for service in Iraq or Afghanistan and the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, salute during the National Anthem before an NFL football game between New England Patriots and Chicago Bears in Chicago. The award has thrust Giunta into the spotlight. But through it all, the 25-year-old-combat veteran has remained a modest man in a 'look at me' world. He insists he's an average soldier, but the gold five-point star around his neck says otherwise. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)AP - It was years in the making, so Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta had time to talk with his wife about the "what if" question. He'd been recommended for the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration. If chosen, his name would be in headlines. His face in the spotlight. He'd be a celebrity.

After storms, sun shines brightly on Rose Parade (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 02:48 PM PST

Rose Parade spectator Riley DeGeorge, 9, from Martinez, Calif. carries his sleeping bag, as he moves to his parade spot where he and his family will spend the night, ahead of the New Year's 122nd Rose Parade Friday, Dec.31, 2010, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - After a holiday season of relentless rain in Southern California, the 122nd Rose Parade was bathed Saturday in abundant sunshine.

Miller ending legal battle, conceding Senate race (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 01:22 AM PST

Alaskan Tea Party Senate candidate Joe Miller, pictured here on November 2010, finally conceded defeat Friday, nearly two months after an election result he had appealed against as far as the state's supreme court.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)AP - Republican Joe Miller has conceded the Alaska U.S. Senate race to party rival Sen. Lisa Murkowski, ending nearly two months of debate and court litigation.
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