Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Hardy Chicago brought to standstill by blizzard (Reuters)

Hardy Chicago brought to standstill by blizzard (Reuters)

Hardy Chicago brought to standstill by blizzard (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:54 PM PST

Chicago's State Street is covered in snow February 2, 2011. REUTERS/John Gress (Reuters - Chicago, a city that usually sneers at winter, was brought to a near standstill on Wednesday by a blizzard packing the third highest snowfall in the city's history.

Judge finds Ken Feinberg not independent of BP (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:08 PM PST

Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Victim Compensation Fund, testifies before the House Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on Reuters - The administrator of BP's Plc $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the Gulf oil spill is not independent and the oil company must refrain from calling him "neutral," a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

Would the Supreme Court Reject the Affordable Care Act? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:05 AM PST

Time.com - The health care reform suits that the Supreme Court will have to decide could end up profoundly redefining the limits of congressional power

No Junk Food for You! Parents and Principals Not Pleased About Coming School Lunch Guidelines (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:05 AM PST

Time.com - The war on obesity has the USDA proposing sweeping new regulations. One problem: it's not exactly funding all of those changes

Son of Nebraska deputy governor injured in shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:55 PM PST

Reuters - The son of Nebraska's lieutenant governor accidentally shot himself with a handgun at his Omaha apartment on Wednesday.

NASA spots 54 potentially life-friendly planets (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:25 PM PST

This artist rendering provided by NASA, shows Kepler-11, a sun-like star around which six planets orbit. A planet-hunting telescope is finding whole new worlds of possibilities in the search for alien life, including more than 50 potential planets that initially appear to be in habitable zones. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - An orbiting NASA telescope is finding whole new worlds of possibilities in the search for alien life, spotting more than 50 potential planets that appear to be in the habitable zone.

US judge: Spill claims czar not independent of BP (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:18 PM PST

Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Victim Compensation Fund, testifies before the House Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on AP - The administrator of the $20 billion compensation fund for Gulf oil spill victims is not independent from BP and must stop telling potential claimants that he is, a federal judge said in a ruling Wednesday that may spur more people to sue rather than settle.

In Alaska, reluctance to accept end of earmarks (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:17 PM PST

AP - For Alaskans, the recent ban on federal earmarks brings to an end a decades-long era in which the young and still-developing state has routinely, and heavily, relied upon those funds for basics like roads or sewer systems.

NYC smoking ban extended to parks, Times Square (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:58 PM PST

AP - New York City's parks, beaches and even Times Square will be off-limits to smokers under one of the nation's toughest anti-cigarette laws passed Wednesday by the City Council.

Blizzard spreads snowy shroud over nearly half US (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:31 PM PST

Snow accumulates in a pickup truck that was stranded and left open on Lake Shore Drive, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city's showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)AP - A fearsome storm spread a smothering shroud of white over nearly half the nation Wednesday, snarling transportation from Oklahoma to New England, burying parts of the Midwest under 2 feet of snow and laying down dangerously heavy ice in the Northeast that was too much for some buildings to bear.

A fearful, frigid night on iconic Chicago road (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:40 PM PST

Paul Saini makes a call from inside of a Chicago Transit bus that was stranded overnight on Lake Shore Drive Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city's showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)AP - Lindsey Wilson was on Lake Shore Drive, but she couldn't tell where. It was dark, and the snow swirling around the stranded bus made it impossible to see anything but the closest cars.

Astronaut's choice: Fly to space or stay with wife (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:44 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords, left, is shown with her husband, NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. There are hints that astronaut Mark Kelly will take a shuttle into space in April. That would mean leaving his wounded wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, to continue her rehab work without him for at least a few weeks. Scott Kelly, also an astronaut, said his brother would decide “fairly soon” whether to fly the space shuttle mission in April. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, File)AP - Will he fly or not?

Del. diocese settles with abuse claimants for $77M (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 07:01 PM PST

AP - Lawyers say that 146 people who allege they were sexually abused by Diocese of Wilmington priests have settled a lawsuit that would provide them with money from a $77 million trust fund.

Principal shot, killed at Calif. elementary school (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:31 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Placerville Police Department, John Leubbers is shown. Authorities arrested Leubbers, a janitor, after an administrator was shot at a Northern California elementary school Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011l. Leubbers was arrested at his home about an hour after authorities launched a manhunt, Placerville police Capt. Mike Scott told KCRA. (AP Photo/Placerville Police Department)AP - A school janitor was arrested Wednesday in the killing of a Northern California elementary school principal who was hailed as a role model for other educators.

La Nina helping direct winter storm to Midwest (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:53 PM PST

A pedestrian walks along the shore line of Lake Michigan Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city's showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)AP - Millions of Americans raised on tales of great storms past now have one of their own to talk about — and something to blame: La Nina.

Plea hearing set for alleged NC terror plot leader (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:58 AM PST

AP - The North Carolina man accused of leading a circle of people indicted on terrorism charges is set to appear in federal court next week for a suddenly rescheduled plea hearing, according to court documents released Wednesday.

Farrah Fawcett's red swimsuit goes to Smithsonian (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:21 PM PST

Actor Ryan O'Neal waves goodbye to Farrah Fawcett's red swimsuit, and seen in a poster at right, and other Fawcett memorabilia, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, where he donated objects from the private collection of Farrah Fawcett's estate. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - The red swimsuit that helped make "Charlie's Angels" actress Farrah Fawcett a 1970s icon became part of the Smithsonian's collection Wednesday on what would have been her 64th birthday.

Mistrial in rape case of man who killed TV anchor (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:20 PM PST

AP - An Arkansas judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the rape case of a man who was separately convicted of murdering a television anchorwoman.

Fiancee stands by Yale lab killing suspect (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 09:08 AM PST

AP - The fiancee of a Yale University lab tech continues to faithfully visit him in prison as he awaits trial on charges of murdering a graduate student and stuffing her body behind a wall in a lab building in 2009, records show.
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