Thursday, June 2, 2011

In jail visits, Casey Anthony's mother sought answers (Reuters)

In jail visits, Casey Anthony's mother sought answers (Reuters)

In jail visits, Casey Anthony's mother sought answers (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:59 PM PDT

Casey Anthony sits at the defense table during the second day of testimony in her first-degree murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida May 25, 2011. REUTERS/Red Huber/PoolReuters - The mother of accused child killer Casey Anthony asked pointed questions about 2-year-old granddaughter Caylee's fate in a video of a jailhouse visit played on Thursday for jurors.

Murder victim's remains found in trash can and flower pots (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:32 PM PDT

Reuters - A Southern California woman has been charged with murder after police found her wheeling around a trash barrel filled with dirt and the partial remains of her slain boyfriend, authorities said on Thursday.

Shooting in Yuma, Arizona, leaves 6 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:06 PM PDT

Reuters - A man apparently angry over a divorce case went on a shooting spree in and around Yuma, Arizona, on Thursday, killing five people and wounding another before taking his own life, authorities said.

Medicare Debate: How Obama, Paul Ryan Fooled Themselves (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:45 PM PDT

Time.com - How Barack Obama and Paul Ryan both misread their mandates

New App Lets Unborn Babies Choose Their Own Names (Wait, Seriously?) (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Soon-to-be parents no longer have to endure the trouble of sifting through a seemingly endless book of baby names in search of the perfect one

Blagojevich combative and argumentative at trial (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:43 PM PDT

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (L) speaks to the media as his attorney Sheldon Sorosky looks on as they leave the Dirksen federal building after his arraignment hearing in Chicago, Illinois April 14, 2009. REUTERS/Frank PolichReuters - Rod Blagojevich was combative and argumentative when prosecutors in his corruption trial began their long-awaited cross-examination of the former Illinois governor on Thursday.

Mass. towns give thanks tornado toll wasn't worse (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:04 PM PDT

A car is lifted ontop another from a tornado the day before in West Springfield, Mass., Thursday, June 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP - The sight of flattened homes, peeled-off roofs and the toppled steeple of a 140-year-old church stunned New Englanders after deadly tornadoes swept through Massachusetts, striking an area of the country that rarely sees such severe twisters.

FBI trying to confirm ID of Somalia suicide bomber (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:58 PM PDT

AP - Federal authorities said they are trying to confirm the identity of a suicide bomber who carried out a deadly attack in Somalia after a militant group claimed Thursday that the man was a Somali-American from Minnesota.

Finals under way at National Spelling Bee (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:04 PM PDT

Sriram Jagadeesh Hathwar, 11, from Corning, N.Y., far right, jumps in the air next to eight other finalists, upon on being told that they made it into the final round of the National Spelling Bee, Thursday, June 2, 2011, in Oxon Hill, Md. From left are, Lily Jordan, 14, Cape Elizabeth, Maine; Sukanya Roy, 14, Newton Ransom, Pa.; Joanna Z. Ye, 14, Carlisle, Pa.; Mashad Nair Arora, 14, Los Fresnos, Texas; Nabeel Rahman, 13, Williamsville, N.Y.; Prakash Mishra, 13, Marvin, N.C.; Samuel George Estep, 13, Berryville, Va.; Dakota Jones, 14, Las Vegas, and Hathwar. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - The finals of the 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee began Thursday night by remembering its first two champions.

Food pyramid out, 'My Plate' in for healthy eating (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:08 PM PDT

This undated handout image provided by the Agriculture Department shows the department's new healthy eating symbol: My Plate. The Agriculture Department says its new healthy eating symbol — called 'My Plate' — will show Americans that nutrition doesn't have to be complicated. (AP Photo/Agriculture Department)AP - There's a new U.S. symbol for healthful eating: The Agriculture Department unveiled "My Plate" on Thursday, abandoning the food pyramid that had guided many Americans but merely confused others.

Debt fight continues despite Wall St. warning (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:04 PM PDT

From Left, Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., walk from the White House after a meeting with President Barack Obama regarding the debt ceiling, Thursday, June 2, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Facing a dire warning from a credit rating agency, the Obama administration lobbied some of Congress' most conservative members Thursday for an increase in the nation's debt limit. Republicans responded that the surest way to reassure financial markets was to enact deep deficit cuts.

CA woman held 18 years too afraid to try escape (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Katie Callaway Hall speaks outside a Placerville, Calif., courthouse Thursday, June 2, 2011. Hall was abducted and raped by Phillip Garrido for 8 hours in 1976. Another victim of Garrido, Jaycee Dugard made her first public statement about her 18 year ordeal with Garrido in an emotional declaration her mother read on her behalf Thursday at the ongoing sentencing hearing for defendants Phillip and Nancy Garrido. Dugard did not attend the hearing. The defendants pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping Dugard when she was 11. She was confined to a hidden backyard compound where she eventually lived with two daughters fathered by Phillip Garrido. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - A woman who was kidnapped, raped and held captive for 18 years was so afraid of her abductors that she never tried to escape, according to court documents released Thursday.

Kelly, Giffords reunite, hold hands for 2 hours (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:37 PM PDT

AP - Endeavour commander Mark Kelly and wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are back together and they're not letting go.

Police: Ariz. man kills 5 before taking own life (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:04 PM PDT

AP - A 73-year-old man's shooting rampage in towns near the Arizona border left six people dead Thursday, including the suspect and the attorney who represented his ex-wife in their divorce.

NJ governor reimburses state for chopper flights (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:04 PM PDT

In this May 31, 2011 photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, exits a state helicopter to attend his son's high school baseball game in Montvale, N.J. State police say it costs $2,500 an hour to fly a state helicopter, but that flying Christie to his son's high school baseball game didn’t cost taxpayers anything extra. (AP Photo/PATCH.com, Christopher Costa) MANDATORY CREDITAP - After taking a beating for more than a day, Gov. Chris Christie agreed Thursday to reimburse the state for personal use of a police helicopter to fly to two of his son's high school baseball games and a political dinner with GOP donors.

Jurors hear Anthony police interview, jail visits (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:04 PM PDT

Casey Anthony listens as audio recordings are played during her trail at the Orange County Courthouse on Thursday, June 2, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony, 25, is charged with murder in the 2008 death of her daughter Caylee. If convicted, she could be sentenced to death. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)AP - Jurors in Casey Anthony's murder trial listened Thursday to the woman's nearly hour-long interview with detectives the day after her 2-year-old daughter was reported missing in 2008, as well as recordings of jailhouse visits she had with family members following her arrest.

Mullen: Pace of Afghanistan withdrawal undecided (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:45 PM PDT

Food supplies for US Marines hanging off small parachutes are dropped from a plane outside Forward Operating Base Edi in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan, Thursday, June 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - As the Obama administration awaits the Pentagon's recommendation on troop cuts in Afghanistan, military leaders said Thursday that the reduction must not jeopardize the progress made in securing the country in the past year.

Prosecutor, Blagojevich clash in cross-examination (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 2, 2011 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich addresses the media accompanied by his wife Patti, at federal court after opening arguments in his second corruption trial in Chicago. Blagojevich is set to return to the witness stand for a third day Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at his political corruption retrial, which is now heading into its fifth week of testimony. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - A prosecutor who waited years to grill Rod Blagojevich on a witness stand struck hard and fast Thursday when he finally got his chance.

E. coli outbreak points to gaps in US food system (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:29 PM PDT

Chief of the laboratory in research into the Escherichia Coli bacterium at the Brno research institute, Pavel Alexa, left, and his assistant Gabriela Glocknerova, right, take samples from a cucumber for a molecular biological test in Brno, Czech Republic, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. The ongoing outbreak of E. coli has claimed 16 people and infected around 1500 across Europe. The laboratory is testing the vegetables for the Czech market. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - The nasty form of E. coli hitting Europe points out gaps in the U.S. food safety system that raise concern that similar outbreaks might happen here.

Auction of Unabomber mementos net $175K so far (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo from May 18, 2011, the hoodie and sunglasses used by Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, are displayed as Kaczynski's personal items are auctioned off online with proceeds to benefit the victims' families in Atlanta. The online auction of Unabomber memorabilia ends today with bidders vying for the most popular items: hoodie, sunglasses and hand-written manifesto. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)AP - The very technology that the Unabomber railed against during his murderous spree was used Thursday to help some of his victims.
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