Monday, June 27, 2011

Blagojevich jurors say tapes made case against ex-governor (Reuters)

Blagojevich jurors say tapes made case against ex-governor (Reuters)

Blagojevich jurors say tapes made case against ex-governor (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:36 PM PDT

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (R) and his wife Patti enter the Dirksen Federal building for the start of his corruption trial in Chicago, Illinois June 3, 2010. REUTERS/Frank PolichReuters - The jurors who found Rod Blagojevich guilty of federal corruption charges on Monday said they deliberated methodically and began with the presumption that he was innocent.

Trial opens for accused Cleveland serial killer (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:56 PM PDT

Anthony Sowell is pictured in an undated booking photo made available to Reuters November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Cayuga County Sheriff's Office/HandoutReuters - Prosecutors named each of the 11 women Anthony Sowell is alleged to have murdered and where their decomposing bodies were found buried in or around his house in opening statements for his trial on Monday.

Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team files bankruptcy (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:26 PM PDT

Grounds crew remove a rain protecting tarp from the field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles October 14, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonReuters - The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, blaming Major League Baseball for rejecting a television deal that would have given the storied baseball team an urgent injection of cash.

The New U.S. "Smalls" Air Force Over Afghanistan (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Even as U.S. troops begin pulling out of Afghanistan, the Army is preparing to send a veritable air force of an additional 300 small drones into the Afghan campaign over the next three months

America's First Zero-Packaging Grocery Store to Open in Austin (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Ever feel a pang of guilt throwing away glass bottles, plastic containers, and loads of other completely reusable packaging materials?

Immigration restrictions take 1 step forward, 1 back, in South (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:39 PM PDT

Reuters - A federal judge on Monday blocked two key parts of Georgia's crackdown on illegal immigration, just as the governor in neighboring South Carolina signed a measure to impose new immigration restrictions there.

Recession forces states to rethink tourism funding (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:56 PM PDT

FILE -In this Aug. 2004 file photo, the Cascade Range inside the North Cascades National Park near Marblemount, Wash., are shown. By the end of this week, Washington will close its official tourism agency and become the only state to cease all state funding for self-promotion. It's just one example of how states are coping with budget deficits brought on by slumping tax revenue. (AP Photo/Chris Rodkey, file)AP - Like a business trying to sell a product, Washington state has for years attracted visitors by promoting stunning images of some of the nation's most majestic scenery — from the snowcapped peaks of the Cascades to the rainforests and thundering waterfalls of the Olympic Peninsula.

Cell phone of driver in Amtrak crash found (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 07:25 PM PDT

Amtrak passenger cars sit still smoldering after the train was struck by a semi truck on US 95 north of Fallon, Nev., Friday June 24, 2011. The driver of the truck and a passenger were killed, and officials must let the wreck cool off before they continue their search. (AP Photo/Liz Margerum - Reno Gazette Journal)AP - Workers wearing hazmat suits dug through burnt-out rail cars and twisted metal on Monday at the scene of a horrific collision between a tractor-trailer and an Amtrak train as new details surfaced about the spotty driving record of the man at the wheel of the truck.

LA sheriff warns of cocaine additive reactions (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 06:07 PM PDT

AP - Cocaine cut with a livestock de-worming medication is causing severe skin reactions in drug users, authorities warned Monday.

Trial opens for cops charged in Katrina shootings (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:21 PM PDT

CORRECTS DATE TO MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2011 Lorna Madison, right, sister of Ronald Madison, who was killed by New Orleans police on the Danziger Bridge in Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath, enters Federal court with Fuki Madison, Ronald's mother, center, and Micheal Jenkins, his friend, in New Orleans, Monday, June 27, 2011. The trial for five current or former New Orleans police officers charged in the deadly shootings of the unarmed civilians, and its subsequent coverup, begins Monday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - A woman who survived a barrage of police bullets but lost her arm in the shooting testified Monday that she never heard police issue a warning or identify themselves before they opened fire on her family during a deadly encounter on a bridge in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.

Next gay-marriage showdown could be in Minnesota (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 19, 2011 file photo, a state trooper stands by as demonstrators on both sides of the gay marriage issue gather outside the Minnesota House in St. Paul, Minn. With New York soon allowing gay couples to wed, the battle lines are being drawn for the next set of showdowns, most notably next year in Minnesota. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)AP - With New York now gearing up for same-sex weddings, the battle lines are forming for the next skirmishes over gay marriage — and the most dramatic could come in Minnesota.

Jurors liked Blagojevich, but didn't believe him (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 07:41 PM PDT

Left, the jury foreman, speaks out, following a guilty verdict on former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, at the Dirksen U.S. courthouse in Chicago, Monday, June 27, 2011. A federal jury today convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich on 17 of 20 counts, finding he abused the powers of his office in attempted shakedowns captured on undercover government recordings. (AP Photo/Antonio Perez, Pool)AP - Jurors who convicted Rod Blagojevich of corruption Monday said it wasn't that they disliked the former Illinois governor. They just didn't believe him.

Wanna cash in on gay marriage? NYers say 'I do' (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 06:27 PM PDT

Amy DeGiulio owner of Sugar Flower Cake Shop decorates a white cake with strawberry buttercream filling and chocolate buttercream icing, Monday, June 27, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - New York legislators had voted just hours before to legalize same-sex marriage, and already the phone was ringing at the Falls Wedding Chapel. It was a lesbian couple in central New York, looking forward to an August wedding after 28 years together.

Wildfire shuts Los Alamos lab, forces evacuations (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 06:41 PM PDT

Dee Morrison looks up at the smoke filled sky while packing up her families' belongings following a mandatory evacuation ordered for Los Alamos, N.M., Monday, June 27, 2011. Thousands of residents calmly fled the town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory as a rapidly-growing wildfire approached, sending up towering plumes of smoke, raining down ash and charring the fringes of the sprawling lab's property. The blaze, which began Sunday, had destroyed 30 structures south of Los Alamos and forced the closure of the lab. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)AP - Thousands of residents calmly fled Monday from the mesa-top town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory, ahead of an approaching wildfire that sent up towering plumes of smoke, rained down ash and sparked a spot fire on lab property where scientists 50 years ago conducted underground tests of radioactive explosives.

Texas lawmakers pass weakened airport groping bill (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 07:14 PM PDT

AP - Texas lawmakers gave their initial backing Monday to legislation that would criminalize intentional, inappropriate touching during airport security pat-downs, but it was so watered down it provoked angry outbursts from conservative activists, who decried it as toothless.

Casey Anthony found competent, trial resumes (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:37 PM PDT

Casey Anthony, center, sits at the defense table with her attorneys Cheney Mason, left, and Anne Finnell, right, before the start of her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla. on Monday, June 27, 2011.Anthony, 25, is charged with the murder of her 2-year old daughter in 2008.(AP Photo/Red Huber,Pool)AP - Casey Anthony is competent to remain on trial for murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, a judge ruled Monday after examining reports by three psychologists who examined her over the weekend.

Norma Lyon, Iowa fair's 'butter cow lady,' dies (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 06:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 1999, file photo, Norma 'Duffy' Lyon works on her version of 'The Last Supper', a sculpture in butter, at the Iowa State Fair, in Des Moines. Lyon, who famously sculpted butter into cows, Elvis and even Jesus for the Iowa State Fair, has died. She was 81. (AP Photo/Rodney White)AP - Norma "Duffy" Lyon, whose life-size butter sculptures of cows, Elvis and even Jesus and his disciples delighted Iowa state fairgoers for nearly half a century, has died. She was 81.

Friends praise strength of Ind. teen hurt in crash (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:17 PM PDT

AP - An Indiana basketball standout injured in a plane crash that killed his father bounced back from a similar tragedy eight years ago to establish strong relationships with many people are ready to support him, friends said Monday.

Planned Parenthood sues over Kan. blocking funds (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:52 PM PDT

AP - Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit Monday over a provision in Kansas' next state budget that prevents the organization from receiving federal family planning funding, marking the first of what could be several legal challenges to policies successfully pushed by abortion opponents this year.
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