Monday, March 28, 2011

Smoke seen, controlled at New Hampshire nuclear plant (Reuters)

Smoke seen, controlled at New Hampshire nuclear plant (Reuters)

Smoke seen, controlled at New Hampshire nuclear plant (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:12 PM PDT

A fishing boat is anchored in the water in front of the nuclear power station in Seabrook, New Hampshire March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - Smoke billowing from an equipment elevator at a New Hampshire nuclear plant briefly triggered an "unusual event" on Monday but did not impact operations or affect any employees, officials said.

Saudi accused in bomb plot pleads not guilty (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:41 AM PDT

Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, is seen in this Lubbock County, Texas, Sheriff's Office booking photograph released to Reuters on February 24, 2011. REUTERS/Lubbock County Sheriff's Office/HandoutReuters - A 20-year-old Saudi student indicted in a bomb plot with targets including the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush pleaded not guilty on Monday.

Carter meets Cuban Jews, no talk of jailed U.S. man (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:37 PM PDT

Reuters - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter met with Cuban Jews on Monday at the start of a private three-day visit to the island, but he did not discuss with them a U.S. aid contractor jailed for allegedly providing illegal Internet access to Jewish groups.

The Pioneer: Geraldine Ferraro (1935-2011) (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Time.com - She had one brief but historic moment in the center stage of American politics. But her political afterlife also provides important lessons

Sign of the Apocalypse? Bunker Sales Increase After Japan Earthquake (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Time.com - In times of natural disaster, war and nuclear fears -- not to mention the Mayan calendar predicting that the world will end in 2012 -- it's only natural that people would consider buying space in luxury fallout shelters

Colorado policeman accused of exploiting 15 year-old girl (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:38 PM PDT

Reuters - An Aurora, Colorado, school policeman accused of coercing a runaway girl to take nude photos of herself was arrested on Monday, becoming the city's second officer to face sex charges in four months.

5 Wash. peace demonstrators sentenced to prison (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:37 PM PDT

The Rev. Bill Bichsel of Tacoma talks to a gathering of supporters outside the federal courthouse in Tacoma before a sentencing hearing Monday, March 28, 2011. Bichsel, along with the Rev. Stephen Kelly of Oakland, Calif.; Lynne Greenwald of Tacoma; Sister Anne Montgomery of Redwood City, Calif.; and Susan Crane of Baltimore cut through fences in November 2009 to reach the weapons storage area at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor where they put up banners, scattered sunflower seeds and prayed to protest submarine nuclear weapons until they were arrested. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Joe Barrentine)AP - Two priests, a nun and two women in their 60s who cut through fences at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor to protest submarine nuclear weapons were sentenced Monday to prison terms ranging from two to 15 months.

SC lawmakers take a dim view of new light bulbs (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 04:39 PM PDT

Linda Smith, front, and Pat Leonhard place screw bases on the bottoms of light bulbs at American Light Bulb Manufacturing Inc. in Mullins, S.C. Monday, March 28, 2011. With incandescent bulbs being phased out under federal law in favor of energy-efficient compact fluorescents, legislators want to exempt South Carolina from the measure, saying Washington has no business telling the state how to light its closets and countertops. American Light Bulb is the last manufacturer of incandescent light bulbs in the United States. (AP Photo/Willis Glassgow)AP - South Carolina lawmakers are taking a stand in favor of states' lights.

Prosecutors to seek death penalty in girl's death (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:20 AM PDT

Jorge Barahona sits with handcuffed, and wearing chains on his ankles in a Miami-Dade courtroom Monday, March 28, 2011. He and his wife Carmen Barahona were arraigned on first degree murder charges in the murder of foster child Nubia Barahona. State prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. (AP Photo/Tim Chapman, Pool)AP - Prosecutors said Monday they would seek the death penalty for a Miami couple accused in the slaying of their 10-year-old adopted daughter, who was found dead in the back of her father's pickup truck while her brother sat in the front seat badly burned by chemicals.

Army: Photos of soldiers with corpses 'disturbing' (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo released by the U.S. Army, Cpl. Jeremy Morlock is shown. The U.S. Army on Monday, March 28, 2011 apologized for any distress caused by recently published photos of Morlock and other American soldiers posing with dead Afghans, calling their content 'disturbing' and 'in striking contrast' to the Army's standards and values. The Army issued the statement in response to graphic images that Rolling Stone magazine posted on its website on Monday รข€AP - The U.S. Army on Monday apologized for any distress caused by recently published photos of American soldiers posing with dead Afghans, calling their content "disturbing" and "in striking contrast" to the Army's standards and values.

Father, son die in San Diego sailboat expedition (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:05 PM PDT

Police work the scene as two bodies lie covered on a dock in San Diego, Calif. Sunday, March 27, 2011, after a sailboat with nine people aboard capsized and sank in the San Diego Bay, leaving two men drowned and seven people injured, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jim Grant)AP - A father and son died when a sailboat carrying 10 people on an excursion organized by a group that helps disabled people capsized in calm water in San Diego Bay, authorities said Monday.

Immediate end to 'don't ask, don't tell' urged (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:37 PM PDT

The New York City Fire Department bagpipes make their on 5th Avenue during the 250th New York City St. Patrick's Parade. The massed march-by of soldiers, bagpipers, fire fighters and hundreds of uniformed New York Police Department officers is a deep-rooted Big Apple ritual celebrating the city's Irish history.(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)AP - Gay rights advocates on Monday filed a challenge to a request by the Obama administration to keep the repealed "don't ask, don't tell" policy in place while the Pentagon prepares for an end to the ban on allowing gays to serve openly in the military.

Police seek bomb-maker in Calif. driveway blast (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 07:04 PM PDT

AP - As residents of a quiet Vacaville street got ready for church or a day of relaxation, an explosion shook their homes Sunday morning. Seconds later, they saw the victim of the violence — a friendly elderly neighbor who shared tomatoes from his garden — spattered with blood and with one finger nearly severed by a bomb that went off when he retrieved a newspaper from the lawn near his driveway.

Obama on Libya: 'We have a responsibility to act' (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:54 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Vigorously defending American attacks in Libya, President Barack Obama declared Monday night that the United States intervened to prevent a slaughter of civilians that would have stained the world's conscience and "been a betrayal of who we are" as Americans. Yet he ruled out targeting Moammar Gadhafi, warning that trying to oust him militarily would be a mistake as costly as the war in Iraq.

Amid Japan crisis, hunt for better radiation care (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 03:27 PM PDT

Medical workers in protective gear gather around an ambulance which arrived at a hospital in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, carrying two workers from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant after they stepped into contaminated water while laying electrical cables in one unit Thursday, March 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Jun Yasukawa) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDITAP - Japan's nuclear emergency highlights a big medical gap: Few treatments exist to help people exposed to large amounts of radiation.

APNewsBreak: Border agent shot man in back 3 times (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:41 PM PDT

AP - A Mexican man was climbing a ladder at an Arizona-Mexico border wall when a Border Patrol agent fatally shot him three times in the back, a sheriff's spokeswoman told The Associated Press on Monday.

Pa. Lutheran college hot among Jewish students (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:32 AM PDT

In this March 19, 2011 photo, Sara Cohen, from left, a sophomore from Livingston, N.J., Lexie Rosenberg, a senior from Roslyn Heights, N.Y., and Jena Verlin, a freshman from Narberth, Pa., enjoy a conversation during a Purim Party at the Hillel House on the campus of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa. Muhlenberg College, which is named for the patriarch of the American Lutheran church, has become one of the hottest campuses in the country for Jewish students who make up approximately 34 percent of its 2,200 students. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)AP - One of the hottest college campuses in the U.S. for Jewish students is also one of the unlikeliest: a small Lutheran school erected around a soaring stone chapel with a cross on top.

Maine labor mural comes down on governor's orders (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:38 PM PDT

AP - A mural depicting Maine's labor history was removed from the lobby of the state Department of Labor headquarters and put into storage over the weekend after a directive from the new Republican governor that it come down.

Wis. contract talks stall amid union law fight (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 04:27 PM PDT

Protesters march around the the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Saturday, March 26, 2011. Wisconsin Republicans insist that the anti-union law that sparked weeks of protests at the state Capitol and that is being challenged in court takes effect Saturday because a state office decided to post it online. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)AP - Gov. Scott Walker's administration took steps Monday to adjust state workers' paychecks to reflect a new collective bargaining law, while the state Justice Department asked a court to agree the law was in effect and stop cases related to blocking its implementation.

Crash kills Ala. man, 4 Ind. teens on spring break (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 05:25 PM PDT

AP - Four northeastern Indiana high school seniors returning from a spring break trip and another man were killed in a three-vehicle crash over the weekend in Alabama.
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