Tuesday, April 26, 2011

More twisters, flooding expected in mid-South (Reuters)

More twisters, flooding expected in mid-South (Reuters)

More twisters, flooding expected in mid-South (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 04:31 PM PDT

Storm systems are seen over the U.S. in an infrared satellite photo taken April 26, 2011. REUTERS/NOAA/HandoutReuters - Tornadoes and floods, which have killed at least 10 people in Arkansas this week, threatened more destruction in the mid-South and Ohio Valley region Tuesday and Wednesday, forecasters said.

U.S. may see several hurricane landfalls in 2011: WSI (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 02:34 PM PDT

Dark clouds pass over downtown Miami, Florida August 15, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will be active with the energy-rich U.S. Gulf Coast facing a significant threat of a hurricane landfall, a leading private weather forecaster predicted on Tuesday.

L.A. Zoo's elderly lion, Lionel, dies at 23 (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 06:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Lionel, one of two lions at the Los Angeles Zoo for years, has died at the advanced age of 23, well beyond the life expectancy of lions in the wild and old even by comparison with some counterparts in captivity.

Libya: Why John McCain Thinks the West Can Still Win (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 02:15 AM PDT

Time.com - The Arizona Senator thinks the West has the tools to take Gaddafi down, even without a major commitment of U.S. military force

For U.S. Economy, Short-Term Good News Is Bad News (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 07:10 PM PDT

Time.com - How the U.S.'s economic strength overseas prevents it from facing its debt crisis

Wildfire roars out of West Texas canyons to menace homes (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 06:31 PM PDT

Reuters - Gale-force winds whipped flames from a stubborn wildfire in West Texas out of deep mountain canyons and back in the direction of populated areas on Tuesday, prompting an evacuation of some nearby homes.

Number of 100-year-olds is booming in US (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 02:26 PM PDT

In this April 12, 2011 photo, Karie MacDonald, left, resident services director at the Edgewater Pointe Estates retirement community in Boca Raton, Fla., lights candles on a cake during a birthday celebration for residents with April birthdays. Lonny Fried, third from left, was celebrating her 100th birthday. Not too long ago, Fried's achievement would have dropped jaws. TV and newspaper reporters would have showed up at her door. She would have been fussed over and given a big party. But turning 100 isn't such a big deal anymore. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - Not too long ago, Lonny Fried's achievement would have dropped jaws. TV and newspaper reporters would have showed up at her door. She would have been fussed over and given a big party.

Caesars CEO: Poker indictments present opportunity (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:10 PM PDT

AP - Federal indictments targeting the three largest online poker companies present an opportunity for the United States to fully legalize and regulate the $6 billion industry, the chief executive of the world's largest casino company said Tuesday.

Countdown begins for next-to-last shuttle launch (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 03:23 PM PDT

STS-134 crew members, from left, Mission Specialists Greg Chamitoff of Canada, Drew Feustel, Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Greg Johnson, Mission Specialists Mike Fincke, and Roberto Vittori of Italy, wave to the media after arriving at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Kelly is the husband of wounded Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. The space shuttle Endeavour and her crew of six astronauts, is scheduled to lift off Friday afternoon on an 14-day mission to the international space station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP - The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords arrived at NASA's launch site Tuesday for this week's flight of space shuttle Endeavour, and said his wife would be following him "pretty soon" — in plenty of time for liftoff.

Blagojevich jury selection enters last stretch (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 06:52 PM PDT

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at federal court, briefcase in hand, as jury selection continues in his second corruption trial, Monday, April 25, 2011, in Chicago. Blagojevich who was convicted of one count of lying to the FBI in his original trial, faces 20 federal counts at his second trial, including allegations that he tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama's former Senate seat. As Blagojevich entered the courhouse he raised his briefcase towards the press area and said, 'I'm working today.' (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - The judge in the retrial of impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich spent a third day questioning potential jurors Tuesday, including a man who had downloaded cell phone ring tones of Blagojevich's infamous curses.

Colo. mall bomb suspect caught; no word on motive (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 04:37 PM PDT

FILE - This undated photo released by the Denver FBI shows Earl Albert Moore, 65, who was captured Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at a grocery store after being suspected of leaving a pipe bomb and two propane tanks at a Denver-area shopping mall on April 20. (AP Photo/FBI Denver Division)AP - A man suspected of leaving a homemade bomb at a Colorado shopping mall was captured without a fight outside a grocery store some 30 miles away Tuesday following a nationwide alert in which the FBI warned he should be considered armed and dangerous.

Shrinking funds pull plug on alien search devices (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 03:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2007 file photo, the Allen Telescope Array is seen adjacent to a cow pasture in Hat Creek, Calif. Astronomers at the SETI Institute in Northern California say a steep drop in state and federal funds has forced the shutdown of a key program to search for extraterrestrial life. Dozens of radio dishes that make up the Allen Telescope Array in the mountains of far Northern California have scanned deep space since 2007 for alien signals. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)AP - In the mountains of Northern California, a field of radio dishes that look like giant dinner plates waited for years for the first call from intelligent life among the stars.

Tornado warnings in Ark. as more storms roll in (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 07:34 PM PDT

Carla Arendal looks at some jewelry she salvaged from her home on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, after a tornado destroyed the building in Vilonia, Ark. Arendal and her husband, Jay, were in the home during the storm and survived unhurt. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - A day after a series of powerful storms in Arkansas killed 10 people in flooding and a tornado that twisted a tractor-trailer like a wrung dish rag, residents in several states braced Tuesday for a second straight night of violent weather as forecasters again called for twisters to hammer the region.

Floodwaters threaten to overrun Midwest levees (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 06:05 PM PDT

Detective Corey Mitchell with the Poplar Bluff Police Department adjusts traffic cones near a temporary levee holding back water from the Black River Tuesday, April 26, 2011, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Powerful storms that swept through the nation's midsection have pushed river levels to dangerous heights and are threatening to flood several towns in Missouri and officials now report another levee area protecting Poplar Bluff from the Black River has breached. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Floodwaters threatened earthen levees protecting thousands of homes in the nation's midsection Tuesday, rising so fast in some places that panicked residents didn't have time to pile up sandbags.

Experts: Judge's sexual orientation is non-issue (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 06:02 PM PDT

In this photo taken Nov. 19, 2010, Chief District Judge Vaughn R. Walker, of the Northern District of California, speaks at a legal conference in Seattle. The sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban say the recent disclosure by Walker that he is in a long-term relationship with another man has given them new grounds to appeal the ruling that struck down Proposition 8 last summer. Walker retired from the bench at the end of February. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - The sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban insist they are not trying to disqualify the federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 because he is gay.

Congressional Republicans go home to mixed reviews (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 04:47 PM PDT

Jim Callahan, 52, of Orlando, raises a sign during a town hall meeting held by Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Fla., in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Congressional Republicans are getting mixed reviews as they pitch their budget plan to constituents back home. Webster faced heckling, boos and shouting matches between supporters and opponents during an hour-long meeting. Webster defended the budget blueprint authored by Ryan that would cut social safety-net programs such as food stamps and Medicaid. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)AP - Freshman Rep. Daniel Webster was armed with a rainbow of graphs and pie charts, ready to make the GOP's case for budget cuts before his own constituents. He was barely a minute into his prepared remarks Tuesday when the yelling started.

Kan. man accused in Rwandan genocide faces trial (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 04:13 PM PDT

AP - An 84-year-old immigrant accused of participating in the 1994 Rwandan genocide went on trial Tuesday in Kansas in an immigration case that the Justice Department says is the first of its kind in the U.S.

Kate Middleton (not that one) in royal mix-up (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 11:16 AM PDT

Kate Middleton, who shares the same name with the future bride of Prince William, poses in Concord, Mass., Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Recently, Facebook accused the Boston Middleton of being an impostor and deleted her account. Various media reporters also keep showing up at ATA Cycle, a Concord, Massachusetts bicycling shop where she works, and asking her to speak in a British accent.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - Yes, she really is Kate Middleton.

Wis. union battle casts shadow over local races (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 01:18 AM PDT

AP - When the race for Green Bay mayor began months ago, the main issues looked clear-cut: planning downtown development, dealing with dwindling state aid and debating whether the city should have spent millions to build a replica of Elvis Presley's favorite roller coaster.

Endeavour's last skipper thrives on speed, risk (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:36 PM PDT

STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly waves to the media after arriving at Kennedy Space Center with his fellow crew members in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Kelly is the husband of wounded Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. The space shuttle Endeavour and her crew of six astronauts, is scheduled to lift off Friday afternoon on an 14-day mission to the international space station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP - Space shuttle Endeavour's commander, Mark Kelly, has spent his entire military career considering the options, weighing the risks, making a decision, then forging ahead.
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