Sunday, January 30, 2011

Major winter storm expected to hit Great Plains, eastern states (Reuters)

Major winter storm expected to hit Great Plains, eastern states (Reuters)


Major winter storm expected to hit Great Plains, eastern states (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 09:28 AM PST

Traffic on Interstate 465 moves slowly northbound around Indianapolis, after an overnight snowstorm dumped 10 inches of snow in the Indianapolis metropolitan area in the central part of the state of Indiana, in this December 23, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/Brent SmithReuters - A massive storm system bringing heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain could potentially impact 100 million people as it slams the Rockies, Plains, and Midwest regions early this week before traveling to the eastern seaboard Wednesday, according to forecasts on Sunday.


Giffords husband to decide on space trip in mid-February (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 06:36 AM PST

Reuters - The astronaut husband of a U.S. congresswoman seriously wounded when she was shot in head will decide by mid-February whether to join the last NASA shuttle launch as scheduled, the space agency said Sunday.

Senator moves to ban drug sold under bath salts guise (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 03:15 PM PST

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) speaks about Amtrak President David Gunn on Capitol Hill in Washington November 9, 2005.REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - Two drugs that produce a "meth-like" high and are being sold under the guise of "bath salts" would be banned as federally controlled substances under a bill unveiled on Sunday by Senator Charles Schumer.


Why Your State Sucks: The Great American Map of Fail (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 02:40 PM PST

Time.com - Let's face it, we totally judge people based on where they're from. Here's your handy cheat sheet to each state's worst quality

North Dakota killer of four at large: police (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 03:25 PM PST

Reuters - A man whose killing spree left a mother, her two teenage children, and her boyfriend shot to death in Minot, North Dakota, Friday afternoon, remained at large on Sunday, authorities said.

Microbreweries turning from glass to metal (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 10:03 AM PST

In this Thursday, Jan. 26, 2011 photo, cans of beer  are sorted at the Baxter Brewing Co., in Lewiston, Maine.  The beer company has joined a growing number of small craft-beer breweries distributing their brews in cans, rather than in bottles. A decade ago, it's believed there weren't any U.S. craft breweries canning their suds. Nowadays, nearly 100 are selling at least one beer variety in metal. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)AP - Canned beer isn't just for swilling anymore.


Leaders' power struggle roils 'most livable' Tulsa (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 01:02 PM PST

AP - Tulsa was built by oil barons in the early 1900s, and their stone, columned mansions still adorn the old historic districts. Lately, the city's image has been less ostentatious — as a middle-American family town, with a modest cost of living, comfortable neighborhoods spread across a rolling landscape, and a regular place on the most-livable-cities lists.

Calif. officer wounded, police search for shooter (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 10:59 AM PST

AP - Police searched on Sunday for as many as three men who were involved in the late-night shooting of an anti-gang detective wounded as he drove in a squad car with another officer, authorities said.

Obama to honor 28 victims of 1961 tower collapse (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 10:17 AM PST

AP - He fused its steel with his welder's torch in a Maine shipyard. He was there when this Cold War radar station, known as "Texas Tower No. 4," first stood 80 miles offshore.

Guard strangled at Washington state prison (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 05:46 PM PST

AP - A corrections officer who had raised concerns about being the sole guard in the chapel of a Washington state prison was strangled there over the weekend, and an inmate serving a life sentence is the primary suspect, authorities said Sunday.

Ore. town getting back to normal after manhunt (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 11:04 AM PST

This image taken from security video released by Oregon State Police on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 shows a man identified as David Durham wearing camouflage clothing and a black beret in what appears to be a convenience store, about 30 minutes before Lincoln City police officer Steven Dodds was shot during a traffic stop Sunday night. (AP Photo/Oregon State Police)AP - This enclave for retirees and vacationers on Oregon's coast is trying to return to normal following last week's surge of law officers searching for a man accused of shooting a police officer.


Man arrested with explosives at Michigan mosque (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 05:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2005 file photo, the Islamic Center of America mosque in Dearborn, Mich., is shown. Roger Stockham, a 63-year-old Southern California man, was arrested outside the mosque on Monday evening, Jan. 24, 2011 in the mosque's parking lot. Stockham was charged with possessing explosive and threatening terror at the mosque. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)AP - A 63-year-old Southern California man who was traveling with explosives in his vehicle with the intention of blowing up one of the nation's largest mosques where mourners had gathered for a funeral was arrested in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan authorities said Sunday.


Ivy League case tests Rockefeller drug law change (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:14 PM PST

AP - They were students who juggled an elite education with criminal extracurriculars, dealing an array of drugs from Ivy League dorm rooms and frat houses, prosecutors say.

Elephant refuge starts anew after founder's firing (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 10:17 AM PST

This Dec. 22, 2010 photo shows Tarra, bottom, and Misty, top, as they graze at the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn. An unexpected management change and a lawsuit might give the world a better glimpse of the refuge for elephants that have spent much of their lives in zoos and circuses. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)AP - Nestled on a secluded tract in the wooded hills of rural Tennessee is a sight that would likely startle an outsider, if outsiders were permitted to see it: the nation's largest sanctuary for old, sick and rescued elephants.


As chaos reigns, foreigners advised to leave Egypt (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 03:09 PM PST

Passengers stranded by the curfew and thus prevented from entering the Egyptian capital sleep at Cairo airport, early Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Bertrand Combaldieu)AP - Foreign governments stepped up their warnings Sunday about travel to Egypt, with several urging their citizens to evacuate as soon as possible amid uncertainty over where the Arab nation is headed after nearly a week of mass protests.


Chaplains try a new path to deal with PTSD (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 09:59 PM PST

Carrie Doehring, an associated professor of pastoral care is pictured in a classroom at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, where she teaches chaplains to respond to the stress of deployments amid two protracted wars.   Doehring helped develop the  one-year program for the Air Force, which wanted another way for its  chaplains to respond to the stress of deployments amid two protracted wars. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - A Colorado theology school is teaching Air Force chaplains to consider the religious beliefs of servicemen and women to better help them cope with post-traumatic stress.


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