Monday, May 23, 2011

Tornado devastates Joplin, Missouri, 116 dead (Reuters)

Tornado devastates Joplin, Missouri, 116 dead (Reuters)

Tornado devastates Joplin, Missouri, 116 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2011 06:55 PM PDT

Emergency response vehicles line a highway waiting to be dispatched early May 23, 2011, after a devastating tornado hit Joplin, Missouri. REUTERS/Mike StoneReuters - A monster tornado killed at least 116 people in Joplin, Missouri, when it tore through the heart of the small city, ripping the roof off a hospital and destroying thousands of homes and businesses.

Pirates killed U.S. couples after warning: court papers (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2011 04:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Somali pirates killed two American couples taken hostage aboard their yacht in February after the U.S. military warned them it would block their course to land, according to court papers released on Monday.

Supreme Court orders California prisoner release (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2011 03:03 PM PDT

Prisoners at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California are seen housed in a gymnasium due to overcrowding in this September 14, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Mike Blake/FilesReuters - The Supreme Court on Monday ordered California to release tens of thousands of inmates or take other steps to ease overcrowding in its prisons to prevent "needless suffering and death."

Oprah's Finale: Honoring the Host Who Took the High Road (Time.com)

Posted: 23 May 2011 06:15 PM PDT

Time.com - You can roll your eyes at her maudlin excesses, but you can't deny her clout. When the likes of Ricki Lake and Maury Povich were making hay with trash TV, Oprah Winfrey took the high road -- and won

Pawlenty Announces GOP Presidential Bid: Too Nice to Win? (Time.com)

Posted: 23 May 2011 06:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty is a conservative without the snarl. Will restless Republican voters ever notice him?

Dodger Stadium beating suspect remains in custody (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2011 04:22 PM PDT

Reuters - A 31-year-old ex-convict arrested in the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium on Opening Day remained in custody on Monday on a parole hold, prosecutors said.

Unprecedented photo op for shuttle-space station (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT

This image provided by NASA shows the intersecting thin line of Earth's atmosphere with the International Space Station's solar array wings photographed Thursday May 20, 2011 by an STS-134 crew member while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - In an unprecedented cosmic photo shoot Monday, a departing spaceship snapped close-up glamour pictures of the space shuttle Endeavour attached to the International Space Station.

Inside Missouri hospital, mix of chaos and bravery (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 05:16 PM PDT

A woman looks at the damage to St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011, a day after it was hit by a tornado. Authorities warned Monday that the death toll could climb as search and rescue workers continued their efforts. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Jaime Green)AP - Jonathan Elliott had heard the tornado sirens blaring outside St. John's Regional Medical Center for about a half-hour when things suddenly took a terrifying turn.

Tax cheats among recipients of stimulus money (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 05:27 PM PDT

AP - Thousands of companies that cashed in on President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package owed the government millions in unpaid taxes, congressional investigators have found.

Probe: Speed caused SC train ride derailment (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 04:48 PM PDT

AP - Excessive speed was to blame for the South Carolina miniature train derailment that killed a 6-year-old boy and injured dozens of others, according to authorities who said Monday they used video shot by a young passenger to help determine how fast the ride was moving.

Rescuers race to find survivors of Joplin tornado (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 05:56 PM PDT

Meghan Miller stands in the middle of a destroyed neighborhood as she checks on her sister-in-law's home Monday, May 23, 2011, in Joplin , Mo. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Rescue crews dug through piles of splintered houses and crushed cars Monday in a search for victims of a half-mile-wide tornado that killed at least 116 people when it blasted much of this Missouri town off the map and slammed straight into its hospital.

High court to Calif: Cut prison inmates by 33,000 (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 04:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2009 file photo, several hundred inmates crowd the gymnasium at San Quentin prison in San Quentin, Calif. The Supreme Court on Monday, May 23, 2011, endorsed a court order requiring California to cut its prison population by tens of thousands of inmates to improve health care for those who remain behind bars. The court said in a 5-4 decision that the reduction is 'required by the Constitution' to correct longstanding violations of inmates' rights. The order mandates a prison population of no more than 110,000 inmates, still far above the system's designed capacity. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)AP - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that California must drastically reduce its prison population to relieve severe overcrowding that has exposed inmates to increased violence, disease and death.

Radio host says Rapture actually coming in October (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 07:10 PM PDT

In this photo from Sunday, May 22, 2011, Christian radio host Harold Camping speaks outside of his home in Alameda, Calif. The Christian radio host who predicted the world would end over the weekend said Monday he's ready to talk about why the apocalypse didn't arrive. Harold Camping declined to immediately comment to The Associated Press but said he'll make a full statement in a broadcast through his Oakland-based Family Radio International. (AP Photo/Sprinkle Lab, Brandon Tauszik) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; NO ARCHIVEAP - California preacher Harold Camping said Monday his prophecy that the world would end was off by five months because Judgment Day actually will come on Oct. 21.

FBI: 5.5 percent drop in violent crime (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 03:04 PM PDT

AP - Crime levels fell across the board last year, extending a multi-year downward trend with a 5.5 percent drop in the number of violent crimes in 2010 and a 2.8 percent decline in the number of property crimes.

Headley: Pakistani militant group, ISI coordinated (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 06:20 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 - The government's key witness in the trial of a Chicago businessman accused of helping coordinate the 2008 Mumbai attacks described on Monday how he made multiple scouting trips to India before the rampage and gave frequent updates about his progress to his two Pakistani handlers — one from a militant group and the other from the country's main intelligence agency.

Miss. River partly reopens at Baton Rouge, La. (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 03:06 PM PDT

A farmer drives across a levee to his farm land in Satartia, Miss., Monday, May 23, 2011. Floodwaters from the Yazoo River were kept at bay by the levee, allowing some farmers to plant and tend to their crops even as the water levels grew. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - Some barges were allowed to pass Monday through a stretch of the Mississippi River that had been closed since three of the vessels sank late last week amid high water and fast currents.

Chrysler to repay government loans Tuesday (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 03:04 PM PDT

Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne addresses guests at the opening of the Fiat of Lakeside dealership in Macomb Township, Mich., Monday, May 23, 2011. Marchionne says that his company will save $300 million in interest a year when it repays $7.5 billion in U.S. and Canadian government loans on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said Monday that his company will save $300 million in interest a year when it repays $7.5 billion in U.S. and Canadian government loans on Tuesday.

Songwriter's death in NYC is ruled a suicide (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 02:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 23, 2009 file photo, Oscar-winning songwriter and director Joseph Brooks is shown in New York. Brooks was found dead Sunday, May 22, 2011, of an apparent suicide in his Manhattan apartment, police said. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)AP - The Academy Award-winning songwriter of "You Light Up My Life," who was awaiting trial on rape charges and was found dead in his apartment, committed suicide, the medical examiner's office ruled Monday, citing asphyxia by helium.

Family of beaten Giants fan grateful for arrest (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 03:31 PM PDT

FILE - This May 16, 2011 file photo shows San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow being transported to San Francisco General Hospital from Los Angeles, where he's been in critical condition at Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center. Los Angeles police said Sunday, May 22, 2011, that one person has been arrested and several others detained for questioning after search warrants in the beating were served. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)AP - Relatives of a San Francisco Giants fan who was brutally beaten outside Dodger Stadium two months ago were grateful Monday after police arrested a suspect with a violent criminal record.

Stolen 14th century art recovered in Ky. museum (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 02:54 PM PDT

This photo provided by the United States Attorney's Office shows a stolen 14th-century panel painting featuring the Virgin Mary with a child which has been recovered at an art museum in Kentucky and is being returned to Italian authorities, Monday, May 23, 2011. (AP Photo/United States Attorney's Office)AP - A stolen 14th-century panel painting depicting the Virgin Mary with a child has been recovered at a Kentucky art museum, which agreed Monday to return the piece to Italian authorities.
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