Monday, February 7, 2011

U.S. fast food caught in immigration crosshairs (Reuters)

U.S. fast food caught in immigration crosshairs (Reuters)

U.S. fast food caught in immigration crosshairs (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 02:25 PM PST

Pedestrians pass a Chipotle Mexican restaurant in Arlington, Virginia February 4, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - Chipotle Mexican Grill has a lot going for it -- an upscale burrito concept, a hip and eco-friendly image, expansion plans galore and a 500 percent-plus stock price gain in just over two years.

Ford recalls new Explorers for seat problem (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 11:48 AM PST

Ford Motor Co unveils the new 2011 Ford Explorer outside the Ford Motor World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan July 26, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca CookReuters - Ford Motor Co is recalling more than 1,600 just-built Explorers for a safety problem with the second row of seats.

Families hope for freedom of Americans held in Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 06:48 PM PST

Reuters - The families of two Americans held by Iran on suspicion of espionage expressed hope on Monday the pair's Sunday court appearance in Tehran moves them closer to freedom, while the United States renewed its call on Iran to release them.

Oklahoma's Crisis: Too Many Women Behind Bars (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 10:10 PM PST

Time.com - The state has the highest rate of female incarceration in the country -- with negative consequences for the next generation. How one program hopes to dent the problem

'Anchor Babies' Issue: Could Conservatives Change 14th Amendment? (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 10:10 PM PST

Time.com - There's nothing necessarily nutty about denying automatic citizenship to all children born in the U.S. But it can't be done without changing the Constitution

Marine gets 6-year prison term for Iraq fraud (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:32 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. Marine Corps captain who last year pleaded guilty to skimming nearly $1.7 million from government contracts in Iraq was sentenced to six years in federal prison on Monday.

New Mexico murders still a mystery after 21 years (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:28 AM PST

In this photo taken Feb. 4, 2011, Detective Mark Myers of the Las Cruces Police Department Criminal Investigations Division stands before what is today Ten Pin Alley, the renamed Las Cruces Bowling Alley in Las Cruces, N.M. On Feb. 10, 1990, seven people were shot and four died, including three children, during a robbery at the bowling alley in Las Cruces. Police are still looking for the two killers 21 years later. (AP Photo/Bill Faulkner)AP - The killers were ruthless.

Planned Parenthood to retrain in reporting risks (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 07:20 PM PST

AP - Planned Parenthood says it will retrain employees who have direct contact with patients in how to report potential risks to minors, following the release of secretly recorded videotapes by an anti-abortion group.

AOL steps up news, ad push with Huffington Post (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 05:14 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Nov. 29, 2010, Arianna Huffington, author, syndicated columnist and co-founder and editor-in-chief of the 'The Huffington Post,' poses in Toronto. Internet company AOL Inc. is buying news hub Huffington Post, in an acquisition announced Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 for $315 million, a deal that represents a bold bet on the future of online news. After the acquisition closes later this year, Arianna Huffington will run AOL's growing array of content, which includes popular technology sites Engadget and TechCrunch, local news sites Patch.com and online mapping service Mapquest. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darren Calabrese, file)AP - AOL Inc.'s $315 million deal to buy news hub Huffington Post signals that it is serious about building its profile as a media company as its legacy dial-up Internet business dies away.

US ports race to keep up with bigger Panama Canal (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 11:09 AM PST

In this photo taken Aug. 27, 2010. the CMA CGM Figaro is shown on the Savannah River in Savannah, Ga. The Figaro had to sail in loaded at half capacity to avoid scraping the river bottom, and even then could only navigate the relatively shallow channel at high tide. East Coast ports from New York to Miami simply aren't deep enough to handle such mammoth vessels as the Figaro, which measures 1,100 feet long with space for 8,500 cargo containers, or double the capacity of most ships using the eastern seaboard. (AP Photo/ Savannah Morning News, Richard Burkhart, File) NO SALESAP - When Savannah welcomed the largest cargo ship ever to call on its booming seaport, the visiting vessel barely fit. The Figaro had to sail in loaded at half capacity to avoid scraping the river bottom, and even then could only navigate the shallow channel at high tide.

Dispute over girl may be factor in Ohio fatal (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 06:18 PM PST

Phil Walls, brother of one of the shooting victims, leaves a house in Youngstown, Ohio Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, where one college student was killed and 11 injured early Sunday. A day after an admired college student was shot dead and 11 people were injured, the governor, college officials and friends were seeking an explanation for the violence. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - While police still worked to piece together what led to a deadly Ohio fraternity house party, witnesses said Monday that an argument over a girl prompted two men to open fire on the crowd, sending party-goers into a panic, injuring 11 people and leaving a college student struggling for his life.

Maurice Sendak mural has new home in Philadelphia (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:10 AM PST

In this Jan. 31, 2011 photo, mural paintings conservator Cassie Myers and conservation technician Lee Dunsmore with Milner + Carr Conservation LLC perform a conservation treatment on Maurice Sendak's 1961 The Chertoff Mural at the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Long before award-winning illustrator and writer Maurice Sendak's world of wild things charmed millions of young readers and changed the notion of what children's literature could look like, some of his now-classic characters frolicked on a wall overlooking New York's Central Park for an audience of two.

Budget-conscious Beverly Hills lays off ambassador (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 12:23 AM PST

In this photo taken Feb. 4, 2011, Gregg Donovan, the ambassador of Beverly Hills, Calif., poses on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Donovan, the jovial, stentorian-voiced actor who has spent much of the past dozen years in top hat and tails giving directions, posing for photos, promoting local businesses and shouting to tourists in dozens of languages, “Welcome to Beverly Hills, you have arrived!” is leaving his post on tony Rodeo Drive. Donovan says he was told the Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau can't afford him anymore. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Just how bad is the economy these days? So bad that even the kingdom of Beverly Hills has had to lay off its ambassador.

Mardi Gras Indians work to copyright costumes (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 12:53 PM PST

FIE - In this Jan. 1, 2008 file photo, 'Big Chief' Alfred Doucette, dances in a parade on Royal Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. When the Mardi Gras Indians take to the street the elaborate beads and waving feathers will stop traffic and start the cameras clicking. Now they hope that when those taking pictures of them and their suits resell them, they will be in line for some of that profit. Ashlye Keaton, an adjunct law professor at Tulane, has been working with the Mardi Gras Indians to help them copyright their costumes. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, File)AP - Chief Howard Miller knows cameras will start clicking next month when his Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians take to the streets with their elaborately beaded and feathered costumes.

Super Bowl ad sends shivers through Motor City (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:01 PM PST

The Monument to Joe Louis is seen in Detroit, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. One of the most talked-about Super Bowl ads showed hip-hop star Eminem driving a sleek Chrysler through the city streets, proudly cruising by the city's landmarks and the hopeful faces of its people. A day after it aired, the ad sent shivers of pride through the battered city. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - To a pulsating beat, hip-hop star Eminem drives a sleek Chrysler through the streets of Detroit, proudly cruising by the city's landmarks, towering skyscrapers and the hopeful faces of its people. His journey ends with an unapologetic message: "This is the Motor City, and this is what we do."

3 teens killed in Mexico, 2 of them US citizens (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 06:50 PM PST

EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT - The bodies of two young boys lie next to cars at the site where three teenage boys were shot to death outside of a car dealership in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Saturday Feb. 5, 2011. At least two of them were U.S. citizens and high school students in Texas, authorities said. (AP Photo)AP - Three teenage boys were shot to death in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, at least two of them U.S. citizens and high school students in Texas, authorities said Monday.
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