Sunday, June 26, 2011

"Boil order" issued after Minot water supply breach (Reuters)

"Boil order" issued after Minot water supply breach (Reuters)

"Boil order" issued after Minot water supply breach (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT

A car speeds down a flooded residential street in Minot, North Dakota, as flood waters from the Souris River spills over levees and dikes June 24, 2011. REUTERS/Allen FredricksonReuters - As record floodwaters began to ebb on Sunday, the swollen Souris River infiltrated the city of Minot's drinking water supply forcing officials to turn their attention disease prevention.

Floodwaters surround nuke plant after breach (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 03:03 PM PDT

Reuters - A tear on Sunday in a temporary berm allowed Missouri River flood waters to surround containment buildings and other vital areas of a Nebraska nuclear plant, but reactor systems were not affected.

Wildfire triggers evacuations near Los Alamos (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 05:20 PM PDT

Reuters - Authorities in New Mexico evacuated two communities after a fast-moving wildfire broke out a few miles from Los Alamos, authorities said on Sunday.

Patriot Act Debate: Is the FBI Collecting Your Phone Data? (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:55 PM PDT

Time.com - The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee met to consider worries that the Justice Department's interpretation of a section of the Patriot Act -- a section President Obama once objected to -- is overly broad

U.S. gas prices dip slightly to near $3.63/gallon (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 01:27 PM PDT

Gas prices of more than $4.00 a gallon are displayed at a gas station in Burbank, California. The United States is seeing a natural gas boom thanks to discoveries of abundant shale gas, and at the same time a groundswell of opposition from critics who say the environmental risks from drilling are too great.(AFP/Getty Images/FIle/Kevork Djansezian)Reuters - U.S. average retail gasoline prices fell over the past two weeks and could ease a bit more in coming weeks due in part to the release of crude oil from the U.S. strategic energy reserve, according to the latest nationwide Lundberg survey.

In SD, abortion counseling meant to discourage (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 12:20 PM PDT

In this April 13, 2011 photo, Leslee Unruh, founder of the Alpha Center crisis pregnancy center, shows a model of a 3-month-old fetus aboard the center's mobile pregnancy center in Sioux Falls, S.D. A new South Dakota law would require women to wait 72 hours before getting an abortion, and first undergo counseling. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)AP - The small sign outside the Alpha Center in Sioux Falls quietly announces a roster of available services: "Free pregnancy tests, abortion information, STD testing."

New England Mafia is weakened but still pursued (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 12:55 PM PDT

This booking photograph, obtained by WBUR 90.9 - NPR Radio Boston, shows Boston mob boss James 'Whitey' Bulger. Bulger, the FBI's most-wanted man and a feared underworld figure linked to 19 murders, was captured Wednesday, June 22, 2011, in Santa Monica, Calif., after one of the biggest manhunts in U.S. history. (AP Photo/WBUR 90.9) MANDATORY CREDITAP - When James "Whitey" Bulger ruled the streets of South Boston, the New England crime scene was a battleground for a bloody turf war between the Italian Mafia and Irish street crews.

Crews fully contain 1 of 3 major Arizona wildfires (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 06:32 PM PDT

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists and volunteers use nets to remove two species of trout from a creek in the Chiricahua National Forest near Elfrida, Ariz., in this photo made on June 17, 2011. Unlike some major wildfires that inflict a serious human toll, perhaps the biggest impact from the largest wildfire in Arizona history will fall squarely on an ecosystem that’s home to numerous endangered species. (AP Photo/Humberto Rodriguez, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)AP - One of three major wildfires burning in Arizona was declared fully contained Sunday, a second was nearly out, and a third was growing only in a rugged area with only a handful of residents.

Flood berm collapses at Nebraska nuclear plant (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 06:30 PM PDT

AP - A berm holding the flooded Missouri River back from a Nebraska nuclear power station collapsed early Sunday, but federal regulators said they were monitoring the situation and there was no danger.

Truck company in Nev. train wreck had citations (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 07:19 PM PDT

Emergency crews work around two cars at the site of a collision between an Amtrak westbound train and a truck on U.S. 95 about 4 miles south of Interstate 80 on Friday, June 24, 2011, 70 miles east of Reno, Nev. The truck driver and one person on the train were killed said Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Dan Lopez. An unknown number of other people on the train were injured and were being taken by ambulances to the hospital (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Marilyn Newton) NEVADA APPEAL OUT; NO SALESAP - A Nevada trucking company under scrutiny for a fiery crash with an Amtrak train that left at least six dead has been cited repeatedly by state authorities for crashes, unsafe driving and operating a truck with tires so bald the vehicle had to be taken off the road.

A decade, and counting, of publicly mourning 9/11 (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 01:06 PM PDT

In this June 22, 2011 photo, Victor, left, and Ben Ortega, brothers from El Paso, Texas, walk along the September 11 memorial outside the New York, New York Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas. Across the country, an extravagant ritual of public grief for 'our losses' has not abated in a decade, from public memorials of steel and photos to the palpable sadness of strangers. Experts say Americans are still processing the most tragic public event of their lifetimes, before they can begin to let go. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Carla Gilkerson, a 54-year-old school bus driver, sits at a table with friends at Abner's diner on Main Street in this small Ohio town. She's never been to New York City and doesn't know a soul who died on Sept. 11 — but talk of the terror attacks a decade ago immediately moves her to tears.

Pride parade celebrates passage of gay marriage (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 06:02 PM PDT

Paola Perez, left, and her partner Linda Collazo, march in the annual Gay Pride parade in Greenwich Village, Sunday, June 26, 2011 in New York. One of the world's oldest and largest gay pride parades was expected to become a victory celebration Sunday after New York's historic decision to legalize same-sex marriage. The law signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday doesn't take effect for 30 days. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - The floats were there, the music and dancing, too — all the usual staples of one of the world's oldest and largest gay pride parades. But this year, something new joined the spectacle on the streets of New York City: proposals and wedding plans.

As water ebbs in Minot, thoughts of recovery (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 06:02 PM PDT

Floodwaters from the Souris River surround a home and truck in the Oak Park neighborhood of Minot, N.D., Sunday, June 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - The Souris River began a long, slow retreat in Minot on Sunday, leaving behind an arduous rebuilding job for more than 4,000 homeowners and hundreds of business operators, most of whom lack insurance to pay for it.

23 hurt as Pa. school bus overturns on interstate (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 07:34 PM PDT

AP - State police say a school bus that overturned on Interstate 81 in central Pennsylvania, injuring nearly two dozen adults and children, struck a car that had veered into its lane before flipping over.

Home Depot accused of violating Buy American Act (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 02:02 PM PDT

AP - The photograph on Home Depot's website shows a line of smiling soldiers unloading a truck stacked with power tools and other company wares.

Bachmann: 2012 bid not 'personal' against Obama (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 06:02 PM PDT

This photo released by CBS News Sunday, June 26, 2011, shows Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaking on CBS's 'Face the Nation' in Washington. Bachmann told CBS that she is gratified by the Iowa Poll that was released Saturday and showed she was in a statistical tie with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for first place among likely Iowa caucus-goers. Romney had 23 percent support while Bachmann had 22 percent. (AP Photo/CBS, Chris Usher)AP - Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann said Sunday her bid to unseat President Barack Obama shouldn't be viewed as "anything personal" against the Democrat — he's "just wrong" on his policies for America.

Detroit Schools boss: 'Focus on educating kids' (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:26 AM PDT

In this June 24, 2011 photo, Detroit schools emergency manager Roy Roberts is interviewed in Detroit. Roberts knew that the job he was being asked to take was difficult, just as the Detroit Public Schools' $327 million budget deficit was massive. The former General Motors Corp. exec and venture capitalist didn’t realize just how bad things were in the district that had considered bankruptcy and was heading toward systemic collapse. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - After only about a month as top boss of Detroit Public Schools, Roy Roberts, a 72-year-old former General Motors executive and private equity firm founder, is well aware that some people already want him gone.
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