Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Federal investigation underway on NY snow cleanup (Reuters)

Federal investigation underway on NY snow cleanup (Reuters)

Federal investigation underway on NY snow cleanup (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 01:55 PM PST

Reuters - A federal investigation is underway to determine if sanitation workers were deliberately slow in removing snow from last week's massive blizzard, officials said on Wednesday.

Police arrest Arizona mall shooter, hostages freed (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:57 PM PST

A man comes out of a Baja Fresh restaurant with his hands up Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 in Chandler, Ariz. Chandler police spokesman Sgt. Joe Favazzo says a gunman entered a Baja Fresh restaurant and fired a gun in what police think was a warning to customers following a shooting at the Chandler Mall.(AP Photo/Matt York)Reuters - Police arrested a gunman on Wednesday who fired shots, fled to a shopping mall and then barricaded himself inside a Phoenix valley fast-food restaurant with hostages.

State lawmakers target children of illegal immigrants (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:16 PM PST

Reuters - State lawmakers launched a controversial drive on Wednesday to deny citizenship to the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants, a move that angered some Hispanics.

Why Did Thousands of Birds Drop Dead in the Arkansas Sky? (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:20 AM PST

Time.com - New Year's Day should be about turning over a new leaf. But for residents of Beebe, Arkansas, January 1, 2011 meant turning over thousands of bird carcasses

Actor Pete Postlethwaite Dies at 64 (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 02:10 PM PST

Time.com - Europe's film community is reeling at the beginning of 2011 from what is believed to be two significant deaths

Two principals shot at Omaha high school, gunman dead (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:51 PM PST

Students react in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, outside the Millard South high school in Omaha, after a student shot and wounded two adults and caused students to rush into a school kitchen to take cover before his body was found in a car about a mile away. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)Reuters - The son of a police detective shot and wounded the principal and assistant principal of his high school on Wednesday, then shot himself in his car a few blocks away, authorities said.

Journal: Study linking vaccine to autism was fraud (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:50 PM PST

AP - The first study to link a childhood vaccine to autism was based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a new report on the widely discredited research.

Boehner moved to tears as he moves to speakership (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:58 PM PST

House Speaker-designate John Boehner of Ohio wipes away tears as he waits to receive the gavel from outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. during the first session of the 112th Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The chin started trembling partway down the center aisle as the applause rose to a roar. John Boehner, the emotional Ohioan about to become the House's new speaker, took his time, shaking hands with colleagues and their children on his way to the rostrum. At its foot, the hankie came out.

Ore. police chief killed in struggle with suspect (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:55 PM PST

AP - The popular police chief of a small Oregon town was shot to death Wednesday while investigating a report of an attempted car theft at a strip mall, authorities said.

2nd person denied Ariz. transplant coverage dies (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:01 PM PST

AP - A second person denied transplant coverage by Arizona under a state budget cut has died, with this death "most likely" resulting from the coverage reduction, a hospital spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Omaha student shoots principal, asst., kills self (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:21 PM PST

Unidentified students clasp hands as they leave Millard South high school in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Police say a 17-year-old who opened fire in the school fatally shot himself after leaving the school. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - The son of a police detective opened fire at a Nebraska high school Wednesday, wounding the principal and assistant principal and forcing panicked students to take cover in the kitchen of the building just as they returned from holiday break.

Homeless man's voice prompts job offers (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:43 PM PST

In this photo taken in late December, 2010, Ted Williams holds a sign advertising his smooth radio voice near a highway ramp in Columbus, Ohio. Williams, who is homeless, became an online video sensation when the Columbus Dispatch posted a video of him speaking in his deep baritone voice on its website this week. The Cleveland Cavaliers contacted him on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 to offer him an announcing job. (AP Photo/Columbus Dispatch, Doral Chenoweth III)AP - With a deep, refined voice, Ted Williams simply asked for help to get off the streets.

Man in custody following Arizona standoff (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:16 PM PST

A man is handcuffed outside a Baja Fresh restaurant Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 in Chandler, Ariz. Chandler police spokesman Sgt. Joe Favazzo says a gunman entered a Baja Fresh restaurant and fired a gun in what police think was a warning to customers following a shooting at the Chandler Mall.(AP Photo/Matt York)AP - A shootout at an upscale shopping center in suburban Phoenix sent shoppers fleeing and prompted a mall lockdown Wednesday as the suspect who had exchanged gunfire with officers holed up in a fast food restaurant, authorities said.

Qualcomm makes $3.2B buy to ride new gadget wave (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:34 PM PST

FILE - This undated file image provided by Atheros Communications shows Atheros' XSPAN(TM) logo. Qualcomm Inc., the developer of chips and other technology for cell phones, says it has agreed to buy chip maker Atheros Communications Inc. for $3.2 billion in cash. (AP Photo/Atheros Communications, Inc., File) NO SALESAP - Tech companies are sweating it out to keep ahead of what consumers want from their gadgets. Just look at Qualcomm Inc., which struck a $3.2 billion deal Wednesday in hopes of tapping into the explosion of Wi-Fi connected devices such as tablet computers and TVs.

Scientist haunted by misuse of drugs he invented (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:28 PM PST

This handout photo provided by Purdue University shows David Nichols in a lab at the university in West Lafayette, Ind., Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Nichols studies the way psychedelic drugs act in the brains of rats. But he's haunted by how his work is being hijacked by humans selling street drugs. (AP Photo/Purdue University, Mark Simons)AP - David Nichols studies the way psychedelic drugs act in the brains of rats. But he's haunted by how humans hijack his work to make street drugs, sometimes causing overdose deaths.

Bodyguard: Jackson doc said to put vials in bag (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:34 PM PST

Security guard Alberto Alvarez, center, and his attorney Carl Douglas, left rear, they leave the preliminary hearing for Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray, charged in the death of the singer, at Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - As Michael Jackson's lifeless body lay on a bed in his palatial mansion, a bodyguard obeyed a frantic doctor's instructions to bag up medicine bottles and intravenous bags and shield the Jackson children from seeing their father — all before being told to call 911, court testimony revealed Wednesday.

Polygamist sect leader fires his new attorney (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:19 PM PST

AP - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs fired his attorney Wednesday just hours after hiring him, prompting a West Texas judge to delay a trial on sexual assault charges after Jeffs said he would need more time to find a lawyer who "suits my needs."

3 charged in drive-by slaying of Ala. child (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:16 PM PST

AP - Three people were charged Wednesday in the drive-by shooting death of a 6-year-old Alabama girl who was killed in her bed when up to 18 rounds were fired from a rifle through the home where she was sleeping.

Winner steps forward in Wash.; Idaho in suspense (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:00 PM PST

Idaho Lottery Director Jeff Anderson addresses the media during a news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 at the Idaho Lottery Commission in Boise, Idaho. One of two winning Mega Millions tickets with a $380 million jackpot was sold in Post Falls, Idaho and the other at a Safeway supermarket in the eastern Washington town of Ephrata. (AP Photo/Charlie Litchfield)AP - The suspense over who bought the two winning tickets in the $380 million Mega Millions lottery focused Wednesday on two small towns nestled just 125 miles apart in the snow-covered Pacific Northwest.

Relative: Disabled NC girl died of natural causes (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:02 PM PST

AP - A relative of Zahra Baker's stepmother said Wednesday that the jailed woman told her the 10-year-old girl died of an illness and that her parents "went wild," dismembering and hiding her remains.
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