Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Wounded Rep. Giffords speaking again: reports (Reuters)

Wounded Rep. Giffords speaking again: reports (Reuters)

Wounded Rep. Giffords speaking again: reports (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:58 PM PST

Reuters - Representative Gabrielle Giffords has begun to regain her speech a month after being shot in the head in an assassination attempt, and has even requested toast for breakfast, her spokesman said on Wednesday.

North Carolina man guilty in terrorism case (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:10 PM PST

Reuters - The leader of a small militant group in North Carolina pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to carry out acts of terrorism overseas and scheming to helping other militants, the Justice Department said.

New Jersey rating cut while Arizona outlook negative (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:47 PM PST

Reuters - Standard & Poor's on Wednesday cut New Jersey's bond rating a notch due to an unfunded pension shortfall and high debt, while Moody's Investors Service warned Arizona of a possible downgrade by revising its outlook on the state to negative from stable.

Super Bowl Ticket Scandal: Are Fans Planning A Suit? (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:20 AM PST

Time.com - Matthew Rush, 40, is a die-hard Steelers fan who spent over $4,000 to attend this year's Super Bowl. That's an awfully pricey trip to the sports bar, so he may sue the NFL

Stalker Tries to Friend Mark Zuckerberg in Real Life; Police Unfriend Him (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:20 AM PST

Time.com - Facebook founder obtained a restaining order against stalker

Chipotle flagged immigrant worker audits last year (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:47 PM PST

A Chipotle Mexican Grill sign hangs in a window of one of the chains restaurants under construction in downtown Los Angeles February 8, 2011. REUTERS/Sam MircovichReuters - Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc, now in the midst of a widening federal crackdown on its undocumented work force, warned investors a year ago that it was subject to immigration audits and that it may have been employing workers in the country illegally.

Lohan pleads not guilty to felony theft charge (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 06:52 PM PST

Actress Lindsay Lohan arrives at the LAX Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, to be arraigned on a felony grand theft charge that prosecutors say they will file over a $2,500 necklace reported stolen by an upscale jewelry store. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Lindsay Lohan pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony grand theft of a $2,500 necklace — the most serious charge yet filed against the troubled starlet who has wrestled with drug and alcohol abuse for years.

Rep. Giffords speaks for first time since shooting (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 05:39 PM PST

FILE - This March, 2010 file photo provided by her office shows Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. Giffords spoke for the first time since she was shot in the forehead, her spokesman said Wednesday Feb. 9, 2011, yet another significant milestone in her recovery from a traumatic brain injury. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, File)AP - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is able to speak: She asked for toast at breakfast one recent morning.

Feds: Mobster fugitive captured in rural Idaho (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 06:03 PM PST

This 1994 photo provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Enrico Ponzo. To his neighbors, he was Jeff Shaw, a guy who fixed computers, raised cows and enjoyed hunting. To the FBI, he was Enrico Ponzo, a New England mobster who vanished in 1994 after a botched attempt to whack the boss. His arrest in a town that doesn't even have an Italian restaurant left many scratching their heads. Federal prosecutors have charged Ponzo in the 1989 attempted murder of Frank Salemme, the former head of the Patriarca Family of La Cosa Nostra. (AP Photo/Federal Bureau of Investigation)AP - To his neighbors, he was Jay Shaw, the guy with the vaguely New York accent. He was known for fixing computers, buying everything with cash, raising cows and knowing how to handle a gun.

Va. Sen. Jim Webb won't seek re-election in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:48 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 20101 file photo, Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. speaks at the Newseum in Washington. The first-term Democratic says he will retire when his term is up next year. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - Freshman Democratic Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia announced Wednesday he will retire when his term ends next year, deepening the challenge to his party as it struggles to maintain a Senate majority in the 2012 elections.

NY Rep. Lee resigns after shirtless photo story (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 06:35 PM PST

In this image provided by the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Christopher Lee, R-N.Y., is seen in Washington. Lee is abruptly resigning his seat, saying he regrets actions that have hurt his family and others after a gossip web site reported Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, that Lee, a married two-term Republican lawmaker, had sent a shirtless photo of himself to a woman he met on Craigslist. (AP Photo/House of Representatives)AP - A married New York congressman accused of sending a shirtless photo of himself to a woman abruptly resigned Wednesday, saying he regretted actions that had hurt his family and others.

White House says no to emergency AK-47 regulation (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 06:48 PM PST

AP - The White House says tracking the bulk sale of high-powered rifles from border states gunshops which legally sell thousands of assault weapons that end up in Mexico each year is not an emergency, and has rejected a request from the U.S. agency that monitors weapons sales to do so without public review.

Families remember 9 killed in submarine collision (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 06:41 PM PST

Chiaki Horie helps place pictures of several students and a crew member on the Ehime Maru Memorial at Kakaako Waterfront Park Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011 in Honolulu. Nine boys and men who died when a Navy submarine collided with their Japanese fishing vessel were honored and remembered in a service marking the 10-year anniversary of the tragedy. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)AP - Nine boys and men who died when a Navy submarine collided with their Japanese fishing vessel were honored and remembered in a service Wednesday marking the 10-year anniversary of the tragedy.

Mom: Woman who left baby in toilet can't remember (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 05:09 PM PST

Jessica Ann Blackham, left, appears in at the Greenville Municpal Court in Greenville, S.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, surrounded by her family for a bond hearing. Blackham was charged Tuesday with one count of felony child abuse and one count of unlawful neglect toward a child. Blackham's bond was set at $30,000. If convicted of both charges, she could face up to 30 years in prison. (AP/The Greenville News/Heidi Heilbrunn)AP - The South Carolina woman accused of giving birth in an arena toilet during the circus and leaving the baby told her family afterward she was bleeding heavily, but didn't know why.

Fetal surgery better for kids with spine defect (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 02:10 PM PST

AP - Pregnant women were afraid to have it. Doctors were afraid to do it. Hospitals stopped performing the surgery because the government wanted evidence it was safe and worth doing.

Strokes are rising fast among young, middle-aged (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 05:22 PM PST

Chart compares hospitalizations for stroke, by age group, for 1994-’95 and 2006-’AP - Strokes are rising dramatically among young and middle-aged Americans while dropping in older people, a sign that the obesity epidemic may be starting to shift the age burden of the disease.

Rural Nev. home fire kills 3 children, babysitter (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 06:17 PM PST

This image provided by the Pahrump Valley Times shows Pahrump fire Chief Scott Lewis carrying a fire victim to a waiting ambulance, during a mobile home fire Wednesday Feb. 9, 2011 iin Pahrump, Nev. Authorities in this rural area of Nevada say three young children and a babysitter were killed in this house fire, and at least four people were injured trying to rescue them. No additional information.(AP Photo/Pahrump Valley Times, Horace Langford Jr.) ** MANDATORY CREDIT **AP - A babysitter and three young boys were killed in a rural Nevada house fire Wednesday morning that also left at least four rescuers injured, authorities said.

Second blizzard howls through weary Okla., Ark. (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 06:37 PM PST

Postman Rick Langkford delivers mail in Tulsa, Okla., in deep and blowing snow Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. More than two feet of snow was reported in some parts of northeast Oklahoma Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Tulsa World, Tom Gilbert)AP - Another powerful blizzard howled through the nation's midsection Wednesday, piling up to 2 feet of new snow on parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas still struggling to clean up from last week's epic storm.

Feds: Young Muslims revered NC terrorism leader (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 02:53 PM PST

Armed Federal Marshal's secure the area before Daniel Patrick Boyd is taken away from the Federal Courthouse in New Bern, N.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Daniel Patrick Boyd pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide support to terrorists and conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss several other counts against him. He is to be sentenced in about three months and could serve up to life in prison. (AP Photo/The News and Observer, Chris Seward)AP - Daniel Patrick Boyd developed a following in his local Muslim community as believers learned about his time waging war against the Soviets in Afghanistan, and he used that stature to tell young followers about the need for violent jihad, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Missing Texas plant worker was in area of fire (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:25 PM PST

This frame grab from video made available by KPRC-TV, shows a fire burning at the Mont Belvieu petroleum plant east of Houston on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/KPRC-TV) NO SALESAP - A contract worker who remains missing a day after a gas pipeline explosion at a Houston-area petroleum plant was near where the fire is thought to have happened, a company spokesman said Wednesday.
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