Saturday, May 28, 2011

List of names puts human face on Joplin toll (Reuters)

List of names puts human face on Joplin toll (Reuters)

List of names puts human face on Joplin toll (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2011 04:14 PM PDT

A van is seen in front of a destroyed home in Joplin, Missouri May 28, 2011. REUTERS/Eric ThayerReuters - They range from one-year old Hayze Howard to 92-year-old Margaret Tuit, but the official list of 52 Joplin tornado victims does not tell their stories, or that of teenager Will Norton killed on his graduation day.

Children orphaned by tornadoes carry on, and grieve (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2011 06:55 AM PDT

A Sunday church service is held amid devastioan, at the site of the Phil Campbell Church of God, destroyed in a deadly tornado April 27, in Phil Campbell, Alabama May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Lee CelanoReuters - Five-year-old Garrett LeClere survived the devastating twister that struck Phil Campbell, Alabama on April 27 with two broken arms and a fractured skull.

2011 equals deadliest U.S. tornado year on record (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2011 12:42 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States on Saturday equaled the record for deaths from tornadoes in a single year with 519 killed in 2011, and more than a month still to go in the tornado season, The National Weather Service said.

Joplin prepares for grim task of funerals, closed caskets (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2011 12:45 PM PDT

Reuters - For some families, goodbye to victims of a powerful tornado that crushed buildings like twigs may only be a glimpse of a hand.

For ground zero workers, another 9/11 anniversary (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 02:15 PM PDT

This Sept. 24, 2001 file photo shows the tangle of debris in the pit that once was home to the World Trade Center before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Just 8½ months after the attacks, an estimated 1.8 million tons of tangled steel and pulverized cement were painstakingly removed, transforming a mountainous pile into a 16-acre hole. Fires at the site hadn't stopped burning until mid-December, yet the project was still finished months ahead of schedule and under budget. By Memorial Day 2002, it was all but over.(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool, File)AP - The men and women who build New York City's skyscrapers aren't a soft bunch, but even the toughest were unprepared for the job that took over their lives in September of 2001.

Del. pediatrician faces trial in sex abuse case (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:46 AM PDT

This Dec. 23, 2009 photo shows Dr. Earl B. Bradley's Office 'BayBees' in Georgetown, Del. From the outside, Bradley’s office looked like a fun place to visit: a merry-go-round and miniature Ferris wheel twirled in the yard, a statue of Buzz Lightyear perched on the roof and a purple hippo swung from a sign. Prosecutors say the doctor’s office complex nestled up against heavily traveled U.S. 1 in Lewes wasn’t an amusement park, but a chamber of horrors where Bradley sexually abused scores of mostly female patients. Authorities say he videotaped some of the abuse in exam rooms decorated with artwork from the Disney films “Pinocchio” and “The Little Mermaid.” Bradley faces hundreds of charges when he goes on trial Wednesday, June 1, 2011, in Georgetown, Del. (AP Photo/Chuck Snyder)AP - Delaware pediatrician Earl Bradley's office looked like a fun place to visit: a merry-go-round and miniature Ferris wheel twirled in the yard, a statue of Buzz Lightyear perched on the roof and a purple hippo swung from a sign. But prosecutors say the office on heavily traveled Route 1 was less like a carnival and more like a house of horrors.

Casey Anthony's mother, ex-boyfriend testify (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 12:24 PM PDT

Casey Anthony listens to the testimony of Mallory Parker during Anthony's trial at the Orange County Courthouse, Friday, May 27, 2011 in Orlando, Fla. Anthony, 25, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder of her daughter, 2-year-old Caylee Anthony, in the summer of 2008. If convicted, she could be sentenced to death. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)AP - The mother of a Florida woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter gave a tour of the family home, including a playhouse built for the toddler and the above-ground pool the defense team claims the girl drowned in.

Woman: Daughter charged in boy's death needs help (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 02:00 PM PDT

Ian McCrery, dressed in his Naval uniform, is hugged after the memorial service for his younger brother, Camden Pierce Hughes on Saturday, May 28, 2011, at Calvary Baptist Church in Grand Priaire, Texas. Julianne McCrery of the Dallas suburb of Irving is being held without bail on second-degree murder charges in New Hampshire. She's accused of killing her son there two weeks ago and dumping his body in Maine. Preliminary autopsy findings show he died of asphyxiation. (AP Photo/Jeffery Washington)AP - A woman charged with killing her 6-year-old son did not do it out of malice but "something snapped" and she needs help, the boy's grandmother told mourners at his funeral Saturday.

Science can't design away tornadoes' deadly threat (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 03:46 PM PDT

In this April 27, 2011 file photo, a tornado moves through Tuscaloosa, Ala. Storm science has greatly improved tornado warnings in recent years. But if that’s led anyone into a sense of security, that feeling has taken a beating in recent weeks. Super Outbreak 2011, on April 25-28, killed more than 300 people in the South and Midwest. Less than a month later, a devastating tornado took more than 100 lives around Joplin, Mo. There have been more than 500 deaths and counting so far this year, a toll not seen in more than a half-century. (AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Dusty Compton, File)AP - Storm science has greatly improved tornado warnings in recent years. But if that's led anyone into a sense of security, that feeling has taken a beating in recent weeks.

Joplin official lowers tornado death toll to 139 (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 06:38 PM PDT

Unidentified friends of Will Norton console each other before a news conference with family members at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. Saturday, May 28, 2011. Norton's body was found Friday in a pond after he was pulled out of his vehicle on his way home from his high school graduation Sunday by an EF-5 tornado that tore through much of the city killing at least 139 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - The numbers look increasingly bleak for families hoping for the best after a monster tornado that devastated the town of Joplin, as the city has raised the death toll to at least 139 and state officials say 100 people are still missing.

Delta jet has rough landing in Atlanta; 4 hurt (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 05:45 PM PDT

A plane takes off as a Delta Air Lines jet sits at Atlanta's Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Saturday, May 28, 2011. The landing gear apparently caught fire during a rough landing, but the flight's approximately 50 passengers and crew were evacuated safely, authorities said. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - The landing gear of a Delta Air Lines jet apparently caught fire during a rough landing Saturday afternoon at Atlanta's main airport, but the flight's approximately 50 passengers and crew were evacuated safely, authorities said.

Women plunge from window of Atlanta hotel; 1 dead (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 06:08 PM PDT

AP - A model celebrating her birthday died and another woman was critically injured when they plunged from a 10th-story window of a luxury Atlanta hotel early Saturday morning, investigators said.

Texas deputy gunned down at traffic light (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 06:35 PM PDT

AP - Authorities in south-central Texas say a veteran sheriff's deputy was shot and killed while waiting at a traffic light in his patrol vehicle.

Deploying soldier has Ky. hospital wedding (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 06:45 PM PDT

AP - A soldier preparing to deploy to Iraq wanted to get married before he left, but his pregnant fiance was ordered to stay on bed rest at a Kentucky hospital.

Philly mob, once written off, has bounced back (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:42 AM PDT

U.S. Attorney Zane Memeger, center, answers a question during a news conference as the the FBI's George Venizelos, left, and the Asst. Attorney Gen. Lanny Breuer look on, Monday, May 23, 2011, in Philadelphia. The reputed boss of the Philadelphia mob and a dozen others are facing charges following a series of arrests by federal authorities. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - Just a few years ago, federal authorities thought they had the Philadelphia-area mob close to sleeping with the fishes: One boss had turned government informant, his successor was convicted of racketeering and the underworld organization seemed in disarray.

Astronauts pack up on next-to-last shuttle flight (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 06:54 AM 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 - Endeavour's astronauts took care of some last-minute space station chores Saturday before packing up to come home and end the next-to-last shuttle flight.

Atlanta mayor juggles national profile, local aims (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 08:41 AM PDT

In this Dec. 22, 2010 photo, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed works on the balcony of his city hall office in Atlanta. In the nearly 18 months since he’s been at the helm, Reed finds himself at a crossroads. As Atlanta’s 59th mayor, he has been a fixture in Washington during his tenure, meeting with federal officials to press the city’s and the state’s priorities to the administration, while juggling city priorities like the budget and jobs and cementing Atlanta’s role as the capital of the South in the tradition of his predecessors. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - Mayor Kasim Reed spent a recent morning in Washington announcing the results of a transportation survey of the country's mayors before flying back to Atlanta to lead a nighttime rally for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. That week he was also fighting to sell a city budget that could cut 130 employees and pushing an unpopular pension proposal for firefighters and police.

Aunt: Teen missing after graduation has died (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 12:41 PM PDT

AP - The family of a teenager believed to have been ejected or sucked from a vehicle in the massive Joplin tornado last week on the way home from graduation has been found dead in pond near the truck.
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