Monday, May 30, 2011

Missouri officials continue identifying tornado dead (Reuters)

Missouri officials continue identifying tornado dead (Reuters)

Missouri officials continue identifying tornado dead (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 06:42 PM PDT

A volunteer stands in a destroyed neighborhood in Joplin, Missouri May 27, 2011. REUTERS/Eric ThayerReuters - Missouri officials continued on Monday the process of identifying the remains of bodies recovered from the devastating Joplin tornado and reduced the number of missing people to 29.

Joplin tornado leaves thousands with no place to call home (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:29 PM PDT

A man looks through a destroyed home in Joplin, Missouri May 30, 2011. REUTERS/Eric ThayerReuters - It's been four shelters in eight days for Rosalee Wilson, one of thousands of Joplin residents left homeless by the massive May 22 tornado.

Snowmelt, rain worsen flooding in northern Plains (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Reuters - Historic flooding in the Missouri River basin spurred voluntary evacuations in North Dakota on Monday, while in Montana emergency workers ferried food and water to a town cut off by flood waters.

Los Angeles: A Skate Park Controversy at the Watts Towers (Time.com)

Posted: 28 May 2011 11:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Locals adore their modernist icon and are appalled that an athletic facility is going to go up next to it. But politicians argue that it's good for the kids

Wild fires destroy twelve homes in Texas Panhandle (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Wild fires fed by high winds and severe drought swept through seven high-end homes on the outskirts of Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle on Monday, bringing to 12 the number of residences destroyed by fires in the area over Memorial Day weekend.

Hackers post phony Tupac story on PBS website (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT

This frame grab of the PBS website shows a screen that appeared Monday, May 30, 2011, as PBS officials confirmed early Monday on its official Twitter account that the website had been hacked. (AP Photo)AP - PBS officials say hackers have cracked the network's website, posting a phony story claiming dead rapper Tupac Shakur was alive in New Zealand, and a group that claimed responsibility for the hacking complained about a recent "Frontline" investigative news program on WikiLeaks.

Chiquita sued over Colombian paramilitary payments (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 08:35 AM PDT

AP - Each name is next to a number, in black type on a thick legal document. They are the mothers and fathers, spouses, sisters and brothers of thousands of Colombians who were killed or vanished during a bloody civil conflict between leftist guerrillas and right-wing paramilitary groups whose victims have largely been civilians.

Gen. Dempsey chosen to head Joint Chiefs of Staff (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 06:48 PM PDT

President Barack Obama announces his nominee for the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, right, during an announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)AP - President Barack Obama moved Monday to seal an overhaul of his national security team, selecting Army Gen. Martin Dempsey as the next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman amid protracted battle in Afghanistan, U.S. involvement in the NATO-led effort against Libya's Moammar Gadhafi and a winding down of the war in Iraq.

Swimming pools dry up after draining city budgets (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:38 AM PDT

In this May 11, 2011 photo, swim team instructor Tariq Turner gives instructions to members of the Anderson Swim Team at the Sheppard Swim Center, in Anderson, S.C. The swim team is running the pool after city officials closed it to the public because of budget woes. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)AP - On those summer days when the temperature soars into the 90s and the haze blurs the horizon, city pools across the U.S. have beckoned people from all over to take a cool dip.

Memorial Day marked by parades, flyovers, flags (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:39 PM PDT

People applaud as President Barack Obama pays tribute to Adm. Mike Mullen, outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during the Memorial Day ceremony in the amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Americans from the nation's capital to Alaska marked Memorial Day with parades, somber reflection and even a climbing expedition in a holiday infused with fresh meaning by the approaching 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Wildfires destroy 12 homes in Texas Panhandle (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:54 PM PDT

AP - Two wildfires have destroyed at least 12 homes on the outskirts of the Texas Panhandle city of Amarillo.

Residents return to flood-damaged homes in Miss. (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:09 PM PDT

Javier Campos believes that helping an elderly neighbor start cleaning out their home in Cutoff, Miss., will result in his getting assistance with his own cleanup in the same unincorporated Tunica County community, Monday, May 30, 2011. Residents are coming back to their flood-damaged homes, many built on stilts, for cleanup or simply to assess the damage and determine what to keep or toss. The community was underwater from Tunica Lake backwater forced by the Mississippi River for almost a month, leaving behind a toxic sludge, mold and stench. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - Javier Campos returned to his neighborhood for the first time in nearly a month Monday to find the serene little enclave of fishing camps and homes a putrid, mud-caked mess after the historic flooding of the Mississippi River.

Women breaking barriers in Navy, not SEALs yet (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 06:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2011, file photo Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is interviewed by the Associated Press at the Pentagon. While America's military women have been propelled into new and riskier roles over the last ten years of war, some doors remain closed, chief among them special operations forces. Mabus noted that there's a ban on moving women into combat and infantry jobs, but said more women are working in support roles with special operations forces. He did not rule out that a qualified woman could eventually become an elite commando, but cautioned 'We're going to have to take some careful, well-thought-out steps in that direction.' (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - It's a dramatic tale.

APNewsBreak: Joplin victims offered existing homes (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:46 PM PDT

FILE - This May 24, 2011 aerial file photograph shows a neighborhood destroyed by a powerful tornado in Joplin, Mo. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday, May 30, 2011 that it will consider bringing in trailers, as it did for New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, if enough homes are not available. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)AP - Some of the people left homeless by the Joplin tornado could be placed in rental homes nearly an hour's drive away, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday it will consider bringing in trailers, as it did for New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, if enough homes are not available.

SF sheriff wants to use new immigration policy (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:24 PM PDT

AP - If the San Francisco sheriff's plan becomes reality, illegal immigrants arrested for petty crimes won't be held in jail longer than necessary, even if federal immigration agents may want them detained for possible deportation.

Judge to rule on spat over seals at SoCal beach (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:43 PM PDT

AP - A squabble over a Southern California cove has people taking sides between two unlikely, but equally adorable, causes.

Towns in Pa., Ohio reflect on tornado anniversary (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:48 AM PDT

Map shows towns hit by 1985 tornadoesAP - As they dig out, tornado victims in the South and Midwest might find it hard to see past the wreckage of their communities to a future in which homes and businesses are rebuilt, trees are once again standing tall and proud, and life is back to normal.

Hospitals hunt substitutes as drug shortages rise (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:41 AM PDT

AP - A growing shortage of medications for a host of illnesses — from cancer to cystic fibrosis to cardiac arrest — has hospitals scrambling for substitutes to avoid patient harm, and sometimes even delaying treatment.

On the stand: Blagojevich holds jurors' attention (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, arrives at federal court before taking the stand in his second corruption trial, Thursday, May 26, 2011, in Chicago. Blagojevich's attorneys called him to the stand Thursday morning. Blagojevich introduced himself by telling jurors 'I used to be your governor' and 'I'm here today to tell you the truth.' 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. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Rod Blagojevich captivates a crowd — but is he still convincing?
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