Sunday, April 24, 2011

Paroled robber suspected of planting bomb near Columbine (Reuters)

Paroled robber suspected of planting bomb near Columbine (Reuters)

Paroled robber suspected of planting bomb near Columbine (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 04:58 PM PDT

A man, described by investigators as a person of interest, is seen in a surveillance video in this handout photo released by FBI Denver on April 20, 2011. REUTERS/FBI Denver/HandoutReuters - The FBI on Sunday identified a recently paroled bank robber as the man suspected of planting a bomb at a crowded shopping mall near Columbine High School last week on the 12th anniversary of the school massacre.

Texas firefighters race against clock to beat fires (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:36 PM PDT

Texas Dept. of Public Safety officers block the road leading to the out of control wild fires in Palo Pinto County, Texas April 19, 2011. REUTERS/Tim SharpReuters - Hundreds of weary firefighters were racing against the clock on Sunday, pushing back massive brush fires that have destroyed near-record swatches of Texas countryside.

Boeing plant lapse eyed in jet tear probe: report (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:56 PM PDT

Pentagon acquisitions chief Ashton Carter takes a reporter's question after it was announced that Boeing won a contract to build new refueling planes for the U.S. Air Force at the Pentagon in Washington, February 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - U.S. investigators suspect a manufacturing lapse at a Boeing Co plant 15 years ago could be to blame for a midair tear in a Southwest Airlines Co aircraft earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Sunday.

Idaho miner trapped for nine days presumed dead (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 03:58 PM PDT

Reuters - A silver miner trapped more than a mile underground since a cave-in nine days ago in northern Idaho is now presumed to have perished in the accident, mining company executives said on Sunday.

Giffords standing on own, trying to improve gait (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 04:43 PM PDT

FILE - Dr. Gerard Francisco, chief medical officer of TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation center, speaks at a press conference regarding the treatment planned for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at the hospital in this Jan. 26, 2011 file photo taken in Houston. Francisco says the Arizona congresswoman is able to make limited use of her right arm and leg. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)AP - Doctors say Rep. Gabrielle Giffords can walk a little and is even trying to improve her gait. But the report Sunday in The Arizona Republic adds the congresswoman herself is planning to "walk a mountain."

Texas firefighter grants missed fire-prone areas (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 10:41 AM PDT

FILE - This April 16, 2011 file photo shows volunteer firefighter Steve Forbus pausing while he talks about the firefighter that was killed while trying to escape a wildfire that burned the truck, rear, in Eastland County near Gorman, Texas. Millions of dollars in state funds designated for training and equipping volunteer fire departments in Texas haven’t been distributed in most of the counties with the greatest risk for wildfires, including some where massive fires are raging. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)AP - Some of the Texas counties that endured the worst damage from this month's out-of-control wildfires received only a small portion of the more than $128 million the state awarded to volunteer fire departments over about a decade for training and equipment, a state report found.

NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 12:35 PM PDT

In this April 21, 2011 photo, Wi-Fi logos are shown on a computer screen search engine in Buffalo, N.Y. The poll conducted for the Wi-Fi Alliance, the industry group that promotes wireless technology standards, found that 32 percent of respondents acknowledged trying to access a Wi-Fi network that wasn’t theirs. An estimated 201 million households worldwide use Wi-Fi networks, according to the alliance. The same study, conducted by Wakefield Research, found that 40 percent said they would be more likely to trust someone with their house key than with their Wi-Fi network password. (AP Photo/David Duprey)AP - Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of "pedophile!" and "pornographer!" stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn't need long to figure out the reason for the early morning wake-up call from a swarm of federal agents.

Scientists fret over BP funds for Gulf research (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 12:16 PM PDT

AP - Scientists say it is taking far too long to dole out millions of dollars in BP funds for badly needed Gulf oil spill research, and it could be too late to assess the crude's impact on pelicans, shrimp and other species by the time studies begin.

Workers recovered body of trapped Idaho miner (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:34 PM PDT

A Lucky Friday miner is positioned at the front entrance of the mine in Mullan, Idaho on Monday, April 18, 2011. He was keeping out the general public while crews worked to free trapped miner Larry Marek. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Kathy Plonka)AP - The operator of a northern Idaho silver mine says workers have recovered the body of a miner who was trapped when a tunnel collapsed nine days ago.

Kelly: Giffords cleared to attend shuttle launch (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 04:22 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shows her, left, with her husband, NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. Looking back on the horror of Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, this seems miraculous today: that Kelly would indeed command the next-to-last space shuttle flight and that his wounded wife would be in Florida watching. Yet that is what is expected to happen Friday, April 29, 2011 provided doctors approve her travel. The Kelly-Giffords ordeal has been a national drama since the congresswoman was shot in the head at a meet-and-greet in her hometown of Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, File)AP - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will attend husband Mark Kelly's space shuttle launch in Florida on Friday, Kelly said, allowing the Arizona congresswoman to travel for the first time since she was flown from Tucson to Houston more than three months ago to recover from a gunshot wound to the head.

NY's Easter parade tradition both elegant and zany (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 03:08 PM PDT

Leah, 11, foreground second from left, and her friend Rachel, 10, foreground second from right, both from New Jersey, pose for photographers with others wearing hats as they as they take part in the Easter Parade along New York's Fifth Avenue Sunday April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)AP - Bonnets both elegant and zany took center stage at this year's Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue — along with spirited talk about Christ's resurrection and gay marriage.

Tragic romance eclipses 2nd-to-last shuttle flight (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 04:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly, stands with his wife as she looks from her bed at the Santa Catalina Mountains while on an outdoor deck at University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz. Looking back on the horror of Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, this seems miraculous today: that Kelly would indeed command the next-to-last space shuttle flight and that his wounded wife would be in Florida watching. Yet that is what is expected to happen Friday, April 29, 2011 provided doctors approve her travel. The Kelly-Giffords ordeal has been a national drama since the congresswoman was shot in the head at a meet-and-greet in her hometown of Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords)AP - Looking back on the horror of that Saturday in January, this seems miraculous today: that Mark Kelly would indeed command the next-to-last space shuttle flight and that his wounded wife, Gabrielle Giffords, would be here in Florida watching.

No deaths in St. Louis tornado called a miracle (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 03:56 PM PDT

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon speaks during a news conference inside Lambert-St. Louis International Airport Saturday, April 23, 2011, in St. Louis. The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado that struck the airport, causing several injuries and sending people scurrying for shelter as plated glass shattered around them also caused damage in several St. Louis County communities. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - The St. Louis area's most powerful tornado in 44 years rips into an airport and through a densely populated suburban area, destroying up to 100 homes, shattering hundreds of panes of glass at the main terminal and blowing a shuttle bus on top of a roof. Yet no one is killed, or even seriously hurt, and the airport reopens less than 24 hours later. How?

Colo. mall fire suspect was just freed from prison (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:09 PM PDT

This undated photo released by the Denver FBI shows Earl Albert Moore. Authorities say they're searching for Moore, 65, in connection with the attempted attack on Southwest Plaza Mall in Littleton, Colo. on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. (AP Photo/FBI Denver Division)AP - The man authorities say they suspect of carrying out an apparent attempted bombing at a Colorado shopping mall had been released from prison a week earlier.

'Rio' speaks louder than 'Madea,' repeats at No. 1 (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 10:32 AM PDT

In this publicity image released by 20th Century Fox, animated characters, from left, Raphael, voiced by George Lopez, Blu, voiced by Jesse Eisenberg, and Jewel, voiced by Anne Hathaway, are shown in a scene from 'Rio.' (AP Photo/20th Century Fox)AP - Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg's talking birds have edged out Tyler Perry's sass-talking grandma at the weekend box office.

Texas sheriff: Deputy killed; suspect shot dead (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 02:42 AM PDT

An emotional Sheriff Bob Alford, left, stands by as Texas Ranger Clayton McGee talks to media at JPS Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas about the officer that was killed in Venus, Texas, on Saturday April 23, 2011. The officer died en route to the hospital. (AP Photo/Star-Telegram, Ron T. Ennis)AP - A North Texas deputy has died after being shot in the line of duty in a small town south of Dallas-Fort Worth and a suspect also was fatally shot, authorities said.

US default could be disastrous choice for economy (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 08:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2009 file photo, James Dimon, chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co., speaks in New York. The United States has never defaulted on its debt and leaders from both parties say they don’t want it to happen now. But with partisan acrimony running at fever pitch, and Democrats and Republicans far apart on how to tame the deficit, anything could happen. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - The United States has never defaulted on its debt and Democrats and Republicans say they don't want it to happen now. But with partisan acrimony running at fever pitch, and Democrats and Republicans so far apart on how to tame the deficit, the unthinkable is suddenly being pondered.
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