Thursday, March 31, 2011

Wisconsin suspends enforcement of anti-union law (Reuters)

Wisconsin suspends enforcement of anti-union law (Reuters)

Wisconsin suspends enforcement of anti-union law (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:26 PM PDT

Wisconsin State Governor Scott Walker speaks after signing the ceremonial bill, after the Republican-controlled House and Senate eliminated almost all collective bargaining for most public workers, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Darren HauckReuters - Wisconsin suspended enforcement of a new law reducing public sector union powers on Thursday after a judge ruled it had not taken effect, while Ohio enacted a similar measure curbing collective bargaining by state employees.

Ohio governor signs anti-union bill (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:57 PM PDT

Union supporters file into the Ohio Statehouse as Gov. John Kasich delivers the State of the State address in Columbus, Ohio, March 8, 2011. REUTERS/Matt SullivanReuters - Governor John Kasich signed on Thursday a bill that curbs collective bargaining rights and bans strikes affecting about 360,000 public workers, making Ohio the most populous state to pass anti-union legislation this year.

NY's Bloomberg hit with "third term-itis": poll (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:02 PM PDT

Reuters - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is suffering so-called "third term-itis," with only 40 percent of voters approving of his job as good or excellent, a poll found on Thursday, down nearly 30 percent from 2008.

Can Jerry Brown Solve California's Perpetual Crisis? (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 07:25 AM PDT

Time.com - The new governor faces the same budget problems of his predecessor Arnold Schwarzenegger -- and it seems as intractable as ever.

Obama's Libya Speech: No 'Doctrine,' but a Peek at Priorities (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 07:25 AM PDT

Time.com - What drives the President's decisions during the historic convulsions of the 2011 Arab Spring

Birmingham probes beating of black man by white police (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Police have placed two officers on paid administrative leave as part of an investigation into the apparent beating of a black man that was caught on tape.

7 injured in tent collapse from storms in Florida (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT

AP - Windy, rainy weather furiously swept through central Florida on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people, flooding roads and toppling trucks and small planes.

Families urge Obama to end deportations (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:10 PM PDT

AP - Hispanic families and immigrant advocates criticized President Barack Obama Thursday for failing to keep campaign promises to change the U.S. immigration system.

Ex-cops go to prison in post-Katrina killing (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Edna Glover, second left, mother of Henry Glover, leaves Federal Court holding his photo, after the sentencing of two former New Orleans police oficers in his shooting death and burning of his body in New Orleans, Thursday, March 31, 2011. Former officer David Warren was sentenced to more than 25 years for shooting Glover without justification after Hurricane Katrina, and his ex-colleague Gregory McRae was given just over 17 years for burning the body. Right is Corey Glover, cousin of Henry, and background right is Patrice Glover, sister of Henry. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Calling the crimes inexcusable and barbaric, a judge sentenced two former New Orleans police officers to prison Thursday for their roles in the shooting death of an unarmed man whose body was later set on fire in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Joke's on Northeast as April Fools' snow nears (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:17 PM PDT

A spring blossom is seen near the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., during a light rain Thursday, March 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - A no-joke April Fools' snowstorm swirled toward the Northeast on Thursday, a cruel prank on a region that was finally enjoying a reprieve from its long, white winter.

Bronx Zoo cobra found in its reptile house (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:18 PM PDT

A recovered Egyptian cobra is displayed at the Bronx Zoo in this handout photograph taken and released on March 31, 2011. The cobra, missing for nearly a week from the zoo, was captured on Thursday less than 200 feet from its cage to the relief of neighbors and disappointment of 200,000 people following a Twitter feed in its honor. Lured with wood shavings reeking of mice and rats, the poisonous Egyptian Cobra was trapped at Thursday morning in a dark corner of the Reptile House, its home since it arrived at the zoo in February, zoo officials said. REUTERS/Bronx Zoo/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAP - A highly venomous Egyptian cobra that went missing at the Bronx Zoo was found Thursday after nearly a week on the lam in the reptile house, zoo officials said.

Ohio police, firefighters decry bargaining limits (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:29 PM PDT

Cleveland partrolman Henry Steel, 21-year Cleveland veteran, talks about the effects Senate Bill 5 Thursday, March 31, 2011, in Cleveland. As Ohio Gov. John Kasich prepares to sign a bill that limits collective bargaining rights for 350,000 public workers across the state, police officers and firefighters are refusing to give up the fight to block the legislation. Unlike Wisconsin’s high-profile effort to limit collective bargaining rights for public workers, Ohio’s newly passed bill includes police and firefighters, who say the new law that sped through the Legislature threatens the safety of both their officers and the people they are paid to protect. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - Unlike Wisconsin's high-profile effort to limit collective bargaining rights for public workers, Ohio's new law includes police officers and firefighters — who say it threatens the safety of them and the people they protect.

Experts say don't worry about radiation in US milk (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Milk waiting to be tested sit on shelves in a cooler at the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory in Montgomery, Ala., Thursday, March 24, 2011. The laboratory has added a few extra contract workers because of the threat from Japan, officials say. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - So now Japan's radioactive fallout is showing up in milk on the U.S. West Coast. Not to worry, though. It turns out that traces of radioactivity are in many foods we eat, the air we breathe and the water we swim in.

Wis. judge halts gov's union law, at least for now (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:24 PM PDT

Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) answers questions from the media after he read to Anna Greenman's third grade class at Hope Christian school Prima in Milwaukee, Thursday, March 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck)AP - A Wisconsin judge on Thursday did what thousands of pro-union protesters and boycotting Democratic lawmakers couldn't, halting Republican Gov. Scott Walker's plans — at least temporarily — to cut most public workers' pay and strip them of most of their union rights.

Nixon library offers candid new take on Watergate (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Visitors Colleen Green, left, Darlene Sky, middle, and Maggie Zwart tour The Watergate Gallery, a new exhibit on the history of the Watergate scandal leading to the resignation of former President Richard Nixon, at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, Calif., Thursday, March 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - For years, Richard Nixon's presidential library was accused of committing another Watergate cover-up. But now, archivists say, the stonewalling is over.

Pardon unlikely for sisters awaiting transplant (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2011 file photo, Jamie Scott, left, and her sister Gladys Scott answer questions during a news conference in Jackson, Miss., following the suspension of their life sentences from a Mississippi prison after serving 16 years for an armed robbery on the condition that one donate a kidney to the other. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told The Associated Press Thursday, March 31, 2011 that he doesn't plan to pardon the sisters. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)AP - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told The Associated Press on Thursday he doesn't plan to pardon two sisters he released from prison earlier this year on the condition that one donates a kidney to the other.

Mitt and mittens: Baseball off to a chilly start (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:31 PM PDT

Billy Ward, 7, stands outside Busch Stadium before the start of a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals on opening day Thursday, March 31, 2011, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - With a hot beverage cup in both hands and a white parka pulled over her hooded sweat shirt, Marie Denissen was more than happy to be at Nationals Park.

Mass. DA shows evidence in '09 Craigslist killing (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:12 PM PDT

This April 20, 2009 police evidence photo released Thursday, March 31, 2011 by the Suffolk District Attorney's Office in Boston, shows shoes on the feet of Philip Markoff after his arrest, stained with the blood of his alleged victim Julissa Brisman. Markoff, a former Boston University medical student, was charged in connection with her killing, and committed suicide in jail in 2010 while awaiting trial. (AP Photo/Suffolk District Attorney's Office)AP - Amid the thousands of pieces of evidence released Thursday in the case of a medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist, one stands out as a grisly reminder of the brutality of the crime: a pair of brown leather shoes stained with her blood.

Gates calls for limited role aiding Libyan rebels (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:59 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2011, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on military operations in Libya. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - The U.S. should avoid developing a closer relationship with Libyan opposition forces, defense leaders said Thursday, telling an often hostile Congress that foreign nations must now take over airstrike responsibilities and any effort to train and equip the rebels.

Mo. to drop extended benefits for unemployed (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:30 PM PDT

In a March 30, 2011 photo, Peter Gordon poses for a photo in his apartment building, in St. Louis. Gordon, who has been out of work for a year, could lose his unemployment benefits in coming months because of efforts by several Republican Missouri state senators to block the use of an estimated $105 million of federal unemployment benefits. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Thousands of people in Missouri who have been unemployed for more than a year soon will lose their jobless benefits, marking a significant victory for Republican fiscal hawks who are crusading against government spending.
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