Thursday, January 20, 2011

U.S. arrests 119 in biggest Mafia bust (Reuters)

U.S. arrests 119 in biggest Mafia bust (Reuters)

U.S. arrests 119 in biggest Mafia bust (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 05:52 PM PST

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents arrest more than 100 organized crime suspects in New York, in this still image taken from WNBC-TV video footage from early January 20, 2011. REUTERS/WNBC-TVReuters - Authorities arrested 119 organized crime suspects on Thursday in what the FBI called the largest single-day operation against the Mafia in history.

California governor declares fiscal emergency (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 05:23 PM PST

Reuters - California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of fiscal emergency on Thursday for the government of the most populous U.S. state to press lawmakers to tackle its $25.4 billion budget gap.

Giffords taken outside for first time (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 05:48 PM PST

Get well wishes written on paper plates for U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and other victims are seen at a memorial at University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona January 17, 2011. REUTERS/Eric ThayerReuters - U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords can now stand with assistance, has tried to speak, and on Thursday got her first breath of fresh air since she was shot in the head 12 days ago, doctors and her husband said.

U.N. Resolution on Israeli Settlements Puts Obama in a Diplomatic Bind (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:05 AM PST

Time.com - The U.S. wants to shield Israel from U.N. condemnation, but doing so could weaken Washington's role as the sole mediator of the peace process

Hillary Clinton's Next Step: More Diplomacy or Move to Defense? (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 09:20 AM PST

Time.com - Will she become the first female Secretary of Defense or stay in the State Department?

Colorado lobbyist charged with pranks against ex-wife (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 05:55 PM PST

Reuters - A longtime lobbyist in the Colorado state Legislature was charged on Thursday with breaking into his ex-wife's house, placing raw chicken parts in the heating ducts and pouring bleach inside a piano.

DA: Missed chances to shut Philly clinic abounded (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 06:42 PM PST

In this undated photo released by the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, Dr. Kermit Gosnell is shown. Gosnell, 69, a family practice physician, was arraigned Thursday, Jan. 20 2011, on eight counts of murder in the deaths of seven babies and one patient. Nine employees of his Women's Medical Society clinic also have been charged, including four with murder. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department via Philadelphia District Attorney's Office)AP - A lack of follow-up on reports of venereal disease, political sensitivities and unfulfilled promises made to health inspectors all added up to missed chances to stop a doctor from performing illegal abortions that killed at least two patients and hundreds of newborns, prosecutors said.

Doctor: Giffords felt sunshine from hospital deck (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 04:49 PM PST

Handout photo issued by the website Giffords For Congress shows shot Democratic lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords in 2010. Giffords, shot through the left side of her brain, has been upgraded to AP - Gabrielle Giffords on Thursday felt the sunshine on her face for the first time since she was shot, as doctors prepared her to leave behind the Arizona hospital where she dazzled them with her rapid recovery.

More than 120 busted in Northeast Mafia crackdown (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 04:21 PM PST

In this frame grab taken from Associated Press Television News video, a suspect sits handcuffed Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Federal agents dealt another major blow to New York's five Mafia crime families by arresting more than 100 suspected mobsters throughout the Northeast on charges including murder, extortion and narcotics trafficking. (AP Photo/APTN, Pool)AP - Federal authorities orchestrated one of the biggest Mafia takedowns in FBI history Thursday, charging 127 suspected mobsters and associates in the Northeast with murders, extortion and other crimes spanning decades.

Bush, ex-officials mark Gulf War anniversary (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 05:48 PM PST

Former President George H.W. Bush, right, welcomes former Vice President Dan Quayle, left, during a meeting of his administration̢۪s key decision-makers to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the start of military operations to liberate Kuwait from occupation by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Bob Levey)AP - Former President George H.W. Bush and top officials from his administration are remembering the Gulf War as a time in history when the world stood united against a tyrant as well as a "textbook example" of how to go to battle.

Wal-Mart gives boost to push for healthier food (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 02:14 PM PST

Wal-Mart President and CEO Bill Simon looks on as First lady Michelle Obama takes part in Wal-Mart's announcement of a comprehensive effort to provide healthier and more affordable food choices to their customers, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Attention, Walmart shoppers: The food in your cart, from fruit drinks to salad dressing, may soon get healthier.

Woman kidnapped in 1987 reunites with NY family (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 06:41 PM PST

Joy White, center, birth mother of Carlina White, exits a hotel with two unidentified women Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 in New York. Carlina White was abducted in 1987 when she was 19 days old. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)AP - A woman stolen as an infant from a hospital crib two decades ago spent Thursday at a Manhattan hotel with her long-lost mother as investigators sought the evidence they need to identify and arrest her kidnapper.

On JFK 50th, Kennedy family gathers in Washington (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 06:50 PM PST

FILE — U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivers his inaugural address after taking the oath of office at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. in this Jan. 20, 1961 file photo. The 14-minute inaugural's Cold War-era content, shaped by a World War II veteran for a country on the brink of cultural upheaval, is certainly outdated. Were it uttered by a modern politician, Kennedy's famous 'ask not' call to service might well be derided as a socialist pitch for more government. 'Unfortunately, in today's environment, speeches are more likely to say, 'Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what you can do for your party,' says Mark McKinnon, a former adviser to both Republicans and Democrats who recently helped establish the nonpartisan organization No Labels. (AP Photo, File)AP - Fifty years ago Thursday, President John F. Kennedy told the world that "the torch had been passed to a new generation of Americans" whom he challenged to "ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."

NASA gives go-ahead to another shuttle flight (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 06:24 PM PST

FILE - In this May 14, 2010 file photo, space shuttle Atlantis lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA doesn't know yet where it will get the money, but the space agency on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 officially added another space shuttle launch to its schedule — the final one for the fleet. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)AP - NASA doesn't know yet where it will get the money, but on Thursday the space agency officially added another space shuttle launch to its schedule — the final one for the fleet.

Chinese president makes first visit to Chicago (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 06:21 PM PST

Chicago mayor Richard Daley, left, introduces his wife Maggie, right, to China's President Hu Jintao before a meeting of business leaders Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Mayor Richard Daley's long effort to build ties with the world's second-largest economy seemed to pay off Thursday as Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived for his first visit to Chicago, his only stop outside Washington during this trip.

2 officers, suspect killed during Miami shootout (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 04:21 PM PST

A U.S. Marshal is seen with a weapon as he walks toward a fallen female Miami-Dade Police officer, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, in Miami. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez says a Miami-Dade police officer has died during surgery after a shootout with a suspect in Miami. Alvarez said Thursday that the suspect, who was also killed, shot at police as they served a warrant and then they shot at him. (AP Photo)AP - A shootout erupted Thursday in a notoriously crime-ridden section of Miami as a team of heavily armed law enforcement agents tried to serve a murder warrant, leaving two officers and a suspect dead, authorities said.

Spared slaughter, some bison migrate into Montana (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 05:27 PM PST

FILE - In this May 17, 2006 file photo, bison graze along a river in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. For the first time since the 1800s, a group of wild bison are being allowed to follow their historical migratory route from Yellowstone National Park into southern Montana. The move will provide at least some relief from government-sponsored mass slaughters of the iconic Western animals, also known as buffalo. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)AP - For the first time since the 1800s, a small group of wild bison was herded Wednesday through fresh-fallen snow to reach their historical grazing grounds north of Yellowstone National Park.

Barbour: Memory 'not much' of MS civil rights era (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 04:41 PM PST

AP - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he has little personal recollection of Freedom Summer activities in his state in 1964, when the slayings of three civil rights workers outraged the nation.

Charlie Manson follower has slim chance at parole (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 06:23 PM PST

**ADDS NAMES OF SUSAN ATKINS AND LESLIE VAN HOUTEN** FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 20, 1970, Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel, center, is seen walking to court with Susan Atkins, left, and Leslie Van Houten, to appear for her role in the 1969 cult killings of seven people in Los Angeles, Calif. Krenwinkel , one of two surviving women followers of Charles Manson convicted in the notorious Sharon Tate killings, is facing a parole hearing Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, after four decades behind bars. (AP Photo/George Brich, File)AP - A follower of Charles Manson who has been imprisoned longer than any other woman in California told a parole board Thursday she threw away everything good in herself and became a "monster" after she met Manson.

Arizona lawmakers back governor on Medicaid waiver (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 05:04 PM PST

Arizona legislators gather Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 at the Capitol in Phoenix to open a special session. The session was called to authorize Gov. Jan Brewer to ask the Obama administration for a waiver that would let Arizona suspend coverage for a fifth of its Medicaid enrollment to help close a budget shortfall. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - The Arizona Legislature on Thursday authorized Republican Gov. Jan Brewer to seek a federal waiver allowing the cash-short state to temporarily remove nearly 300,000 people from its Medicaid rolls in the first such request by a state.
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