Thursday, May 26, 2011

Joplin tornado chaos leaves hundreds still missing (Reuters)

Joplin tornado chaos leaves hundreds still missing (Reuters)

Joplin tornado chaos leaves hundreds still missing (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 05:54 PM PDT

An American flag is is seen in front of a destroyed church in Joplin, Missouri May 26, 2011.REUTERS/Eric ThayerReuters - On the wall of the Red Cross shelter in Joplin was taped a poster with a picture of Emma Marie Hamp-Haines, on which someone had scrawled "FOUND."

Severe weather batters 11 states, no deaths (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:41 PM PDT

Tamera Wirick climbs a ladder to her aunt's destroyed apartment building in Joplin, Missouri May 25, 2011. REUTERS/Eric ThayerReuters - Communities across the middle of the country cleaned up on Thursday from more tornadoes and high winds after another stormy night.

Judge voids controversial Wisconsin union law (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:01 PM PDT

Reuters - A Wisconsin judge on Thursday voided a controversial Republican-backed law restricting the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions in the state.

Survey: Women Who Use 'Guy Humor' Get All the Guys (Time.com)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:10 PM PDT

Time.com - What do guys want? Themselves, apparently

Who's Keeping an Eye on Strauss-Kahn? (Time.com)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:10 PM PDT

Time.com - The "Jungle Cat" Security Firm Stroz Friedberg

Texas governor appeals fire disaster declaration (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT

Reuters - Texas Governor Rick Perry on Thursday appealed the federal government's denial of a major disaster declaration for wildfires in the Lone Star State.

Census: US men narrowing the gender gap of old age (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 02:38 PM PDT

AP - Women still outlive men, but the gender gap among U.S. seniors is narrowing.

Headley is a rare breed among admitted terrorists (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:11 PM PDT

In this courtroom sketch, David Coleman Headley is shown in federal court Monday, May 23, 2011, in Chicago. Headley, the government's main witness, is cooperating with prosecutors after pleading guilty to taking photos and videos of targets in Mumbai before the rampage that killed 160 people including six Americans over three days. Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana is accused of providing cover for Headley by allowing him to use his Chicago-based immigration services business as a cover when he traveled to India. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)AP - In 2000, David Coleman Headley called a phone number he saw on a recruiting poster in a mosque in Pakistan, and in doing so launched a nearly decade-long career as a terrorist.

Towns hit by twisters offer rebuilding road map (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 02:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2007 file photo, Widespread destruction in shown in Greensburg, Kan. after the city of 1,400 was ravaged by a F-5 tornado. Less than a week after one of the nation's deadliest tornadoes wiped a big chunk of Joplin, Missouri off the map, the city is beginning to shift its focus toward the next challenge: rising from the ruins. Not far from Joplin, Greensburg, Kan., rebuilt piece by piece after a 2007 twister leveled the town and killed 11. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)AP - Less than a week after one of the nation's deadliest tornadoes wiped a big chunk of Joplin off the map, the city is beginning to shift its focus toward the next challenge: rising from the ruins. And the town that gained fame as a stop along Route 66 can use the road maps drawn by other storm-savaged communities that have endured the same long journey.

APNewsBreak: Calif to change sex-offender tracking (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 06:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2011 file photo, Phillip Garrido is seen at the El Dorado County Superior Court in Placerville, Calif. Corrections officials, seeking to avoid a repeat of the lapses that allowed paroled rapist Garrido to keep a woman captive for 18 years, fear the lack of personal contact might embolden released sex offenders to harass their previous victims or commit new crimes. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)AP - Buried under a tidal wave of electronic data, California parole agents next week will significantly change how they monitor and respond to alarms from tracking devices that are affixed to released sex offenders, The Associated Press has learned.

NJ plans to pull out of greenhouse gas initiative (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT

AP - New Jersey is dropping out of the Northeast's program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Republican Gov. Chris Christie announced Thursday, calling the pact a failure at cutting pollution and a burden to taxpayers.

War-weary lawmakers send Obama a message (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:56 PM PDT

AP - War-weary Republicans and Democrats on Thursday sent the strongest message yet to President Barack Obama to end the war in Afghanistan as the commander in chief decides how many U.S. troops to withdraw this summer.

Lawyer: Sex lawsuit involving Ga. pastor resolved (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 02:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2010 file photo Bishop Eddie Long speaks near in Lithonia, Ga. A lawsuit filed by four young men who accused Long of sexual misconduct has been resolved, attorneys for both sides said Thursday, bringing a quiet end to a blockbuster legal complaint that targeted one of the nation's most powerful church leaders. (AP Photo/John Amis, Pool, File)AP - Lawsuits brought by four young men who accused a Georgia megachurch pastor of sexual misconduct have been resolved, attorneys for both sides said Thursday, bringing a quiet end to a blockbuster legal complaint that targeted a powerful national religious leader.

AP Enterprise: Tornado victims often uninsured (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 06:04 PM PDT

This image provided by GeoEye shows, some the destruction in an area of Joplin, Mo. Tuesday May 24, 2011, two days after a devastating tornado tore through the city, killing at least 122 people. (AP Photo/GeoEye)AP - Many of the states hammered by what's already the deadliest year for tornadoes in more than half a century have among the nation's highest rates of homes without hazard insurance despite being among the most twister-prone, data analyzed by The Associated Press shows.

Astronaut eager for 1st look at wife from orbit (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 01:01 PM PDT

The crew of space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station gather for a joint news conference from the from the International Space Station Thursday, May 26, 2011. Commander Mark Kelly, second row right, says he can't wait to see his wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., for the first time from orbit and show her some cosmic views of his spaceship and the planet Earth. A videoconference between Kelly and Giffords is planned for Friday. The commander said he will conduct the video session from the space station's cupola, a glassed-in lookout. (AP Photo/ NASA)AP - Shuttle Endeavour's' commander, Mark Kelly, can't wait to see his congresswoman wife for the first time from orbit and show her some cosmic views of his spaceship and the planet Earth.

State: Fla mom acting normal day before arrest (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:51 PM PDT

Casey Anthony during the second day of her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee. If convicted she could face the death penalty. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)AP - A lengthy list of friends and ex-boyfriends on Thursday depicted a woman on trial in the killing of her 2-year-old daughter as someone living a carefree, leisurely life around the time her child is believed to have been missing, including just a day before her arrest.

2 NYPD officers acquitted of rape in '08 encounter (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 19, 2011 photo, Police officer Ken Moreno enters State Supreme court on the second day of jury deliberations in New York. Moreno and partner Franklin Mata have been acquitted of rape, but convicted of official misconduct on Thursday, May 26, 2011. The officers were called to help a drunken woman get out of a taxi in December 2008. The woman testified that she passed out and awoke to being raped in her apartment. Moreno told jurors he lay alongside her in her bed for a while, but they didn't have sex. Mata was accused of acting as a lookout. He said he was napping in the living room while the others were in the bedroom. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP - Two police officers were acquitted Thursday of raping a drunken woman they'd been called to help, with a jury convicting them only of misdemeanor official misconduct charges in a case that pitted a stunning claim of police abuse against the officers' insistence that it simply didn't happen.
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