Thursday, March 3, 2011

Wisconsin's Walker says layoff notices imminent (Reuters)

Wisconsin's Walker says layoff notices imminent (Reuters)

Wisconsin's Walker says layoff notices imminent (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:21 PM PST

Reuters - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker warned on Thursday that unless the state legislature approves a plan to reduce the power of public sector unions he will soon begin preparing layoff notices to state workers.

Judge stays healthcare ruling, gives White House deadline (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:44 PM PST

Opponents of the proposed U.S. health care bill are pictured during a rally outside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, March 21, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - A judge on Thursday put on hold his ruling that President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul was unconstitutional, allowing the White House to continue implementing the landmark legislation for now.

Arizona shooting suspect wants prison conduct confidential (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:29 PM PST

Reuters - Lawyers for Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared Lee Loughner are seeking to block federal prison officials from furnishing psychological records and information about his behavior to the FBI and prosecutors while he remains in custody.

Reality Check: Who's Afraid of Reforming Wall Street? (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:20 AM PST

Time.com - Well, pretty much everybody in Washington, except Elizabeth Warren

Don't Bet Against the United States (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:20 AM PST

Time.com - Through good times and bad, Americans have always worried about falling behind. That helps explain why the U.S. remains the world's leading nation

Navy admirals, others censured over lewd videos (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:30 PM PST

In this undated photo released by the U.S. Navy, Navy Capt. Owen Honors is shown in an official portrait. The top officer aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier broadcast to his crew a series of profanity-laced comedy sketches in which he uses gay slurs, mimics masturbation and opens the shower curtain on women pretending to bathe together, a newspaper reported. The Virginian-Pilot reported in its Sunday editions that Capt. Honors appeared in the videos in 2006 and 2007 while he was the USS Enterprise's second-ranking officer, and showed them across the ship on closed-circuit television. He took over as the ship's commander in May. (AP Photo/US Navy)Reuters - Several past top officers of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, including two rear admirals, have been recommended for censure following an investigation into lewd videos shown on the ship, the Navy announced on Thursday.

Police facing growing protest at UC Berkeley (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:59 PM PST

AP - Baton-wielding police in riot gear are facing off with a growing number of protesters lined up at the University of California, Berkeley where other protesters have chained themselves together on the ledge of a building.

APNewsBreak: Harvard to let ROTC back on campus (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:07 PM PST

AP - Harvard University is welcoming the Reserve Officer Training Corps program back to campus after a four-decade banishment caused by dissent over the Vietnam War and disagreement on military policy toward gays.

Navy admiral recommends censures over lewd videos (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:30 PM PST

FILE - In this undated frame grab taken from video obtained by the Virginian-Pilot newspaper, U.S. Navy Capt. Owen Honors, portraying various Navy personnel, is shown three times in one frame of a profanity-laced comedy sketch that was digitally altered by members in the U.S. Navy and broadcast on the USS Enterprise via closed-circuit television. The top officer aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier broadcast to his crew the series of sketches in which he uses gay slurs, mimics masturbation and opens the shower curtain on women pretending to bathe together, The Virginian-Pilot reported. The Navy brusquely fired the captain on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2010, more than three years after he made the lewd videos to boost morale for his crew, timing that put the military under pressure to explain why it acted only after the videos became public. (AP Photo/The Virginian Pilot, File) NO SALESAP - A Navy admiral on Thursday recommended that the captain who produced and starred in a series of raunchy videos shown to thousands of sailors aboard the USS Enterprise be censured along with three other high-ranking officers.

Federal jury in Utah convicts environmentalist (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:59 PM PST

AP - An environmental activist was convicted Thursday of making $1.8 million in false oil and gas drilling bids at a federal auction in a case that became a cause celebre among avid supporters and Hollywood celebrities such as Robert Redford.

Protesters leave Capitol after 17 days of protests (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 07:19 PM PST

Union supporter Sam Schlarb, of Madison, Wis., wakes-up outside of the state Capitol, Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Madison, Wis. Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are in their 16th day of protests. The Wisconsin Department of Administration officials shut the doors to many protesters and some chose to sleep outside. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)AP - Pro-union protesters have vacated the Wisconsin Capitol on the 17th day of round-the-clock demonstrations after a judge ordered the building closed at night.

Searchers angry at CA family in missing girl case (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:57 PM PST

Jesse Bender, seen here in an undated photo provided by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, was taken into child protective custody Wednesday, March 2, 2011, as authorities decide whether to recommend filing charges against her family. Investigators who spent more than a week searching for the 13-year-old girl her family feared had run away with someone she met online found her unharmed in a hotel Wednesday, where she said she had been hiding to avoid being forced into an arranged marriage in Pakistan. (AP Photo/San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department)AP - People who helped search for a California girl reported missing by her family said Thursday that they were outraged to learn the 13-year-old's family gave authorities misleading information as she hid to avoid an alleged arranged marriage in Pakistan.

Ohio union bill speeds toward passage (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:26 PM PST

Protestors against Senate Bill 5 react to it passing in the Senate Wednesday, March 2, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio. Senate Bill 5 will strip public employees of collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)AP - With barely a whimper of the protests that have convulsed Wisconsin, legislation to curb public employee unions is speeding toward passage in Ohio, an even bigger labor stronghold.

LA police chief says King beating won't repeat (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:26 PM PST

FILE - This March 3, 1991 file video tape shot by George Holliday shows what appears to be a group of police officers beating Rodney King with nightsticks and kicking him as other officers look on. Thursday, March 3, 2011, marks the 20th Anniversary of the video taped beating. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck says his department has gone through sweeping reforms since the 1991 Rodney King beating, and he doesn't think his officers would engage in such a videotaped assault today. (AP Photo/George Holliday/Courtesy of KTLA Los Angeles, File) NO SALESAP - Twenty years after the videotaped Rodney King beating exposed racial wounds and ignited passions that eventually sparked a devastating riot, Police Chief Charlie Beck said Thursday he's confident a similar police beating couldn't happen again.

Man questioned in deaths of kids found in canal (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:26 PM PST

A diver, second right, from the Delray Beach Police Department boards a police boat on the C-15 canal, looking for evidence after two children were discovered dead in the canal, dead in the canal, their bodies stuffed into luggage in Delray Beach, Fla., March 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Jon Way)AP - Police were questioning a man Thursday in the deaths of two children whose bodies were stuffed into luggage and dumped into a South Florida canal.

Colo. boy, 12, faces charges in parents' killings (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:27 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by Ron Lee of Evangelical Free Church, Charles and Marilyn Long are shown. The couple were found dead and two children critically wounded in their home Tuesday evening, March 1, 2011, after their 12-year-old son called 911 to report at least three people had been shot at the home. The 12-year old boy was in custody Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ron Lee) NO SALESAP - A 12-year-old boy accused of killing his parents and wounding two of his younger siblings is a "good kid" who is active in his church, often volunteering to hand out bulletins, work audio and video equipment and help other children learn Bible verses, friends and relatives said.

Suspect in Texas day care fire had few credentials (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:35 PM PST

Surrounded by family, Tiffany Dickerson, right, cries at the gravesite of her son Shomari Dickerson, Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Houston. The 3-year-old died in a day care fire Feb. 24. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - Jessica Rene Tata was three months shy of her 22nd birthday when she sought to be registered as a home child-care provider in Texas. Her education ended at high school, and there was no indication of formal training in child care.

Police: AZ beheading tied to Mexican drug cartel (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:25 AM PST

AP - A man who stole drugs from a Mexican cartel was bludgeoned, stabbed and then decapitated in a suburban Phoenix apartment — a gruesome killing that police say was meant to send a message that anyone who betrays the traffickers will get the same treatment.

Anti-abortion groups adopt in-your-face tactics (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 07:39 PM PST

AP - Anti-abortion activists have recently conducted hidden-camera stings at clinics, put up a billboard declaring abortion the No. 1 threat to blacks, and on Wednesday performed ultrasounds on pregnant women in front of Ohio legislators.
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