Tuesday, June 28, 2011

More flooding woes along the Missouri, Souris rivers (Reuters)

More flooding woes along the Missouri, Souris rivers (Reuters)

More flooding woes along the Missouri, Souris rivers (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:34 PM PDT

Homes seen in the morning light, are reflected in flood waters, with the earthen levee of one house (C) appearing to remain intact in Minot, North Dakota, June 25, 2011. REUTERS/Allen FredricksonReuters - Missouri River floodwaters lapped at a nuclear power plant north of Omaha, Nebraska, on Tuesday and have cracked more defenses downstream after weeks of sustained pressure on levees running hundreds of miles.

Judge orders hearing on forced medication for Loughner (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 06:52 PM PDT

Tuscon shooting rampage suspect Jared Lee Loughner is pictured in this undated booking photograph released by the U.S. Marshals Service on February 22, 2011. REUTERS/U.S. Marshals Service/HandoutReuters - A federal judge has ordered a hearing on Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared Loughner's petition to stop prison officials from forcibly medicating him with anti-pyschotic drugs.

U.S. Attorney to focus on "most serious" Bulger charges (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 02:41 PM PDT

Accused Boston crime boss James Reuters - Former mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger appeared in federal court in Boston on Tuesday after the Justice Department sought to drop racketeering charges from a 1994 indictment to focus on the most serious accusations, including murder.

Extreme Weather and the Economy: A $485 Billion Price Tag? (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 08:15 AM PDT

Time.com - A study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research estimates that the bottom line cost of all the meteorological craziness is a staggering $485 billion per year in the U.S. alone

In California's Rich Farm Country, How the Poor May Get Poorer (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 08:15 AM PDT

Time.com - As the governor and the legislature wrangle over the budget, social services and education take huge hits in one of the state's poorest yet most agriculturally vibrant counties.

Los Alamos scurries to protect nuclear lab from fire (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:33 PM PDT

Flames from the Las Conchas fire burn in the hills above Los Alamos National Laboratory, a nuclear facility, June 27, 2011. REUTERS/Craig FritzReuters - New Mexico fire managers scrambled on Tuesday to reinforce ground crews battling for a third day against a fierce blaze roaring out of control at the edge of one of the nation's top nuclear weapons production centers.

1 acquitted in fatal ground zero fire (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 03:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 30, 2011 file photo, Salvatore DePaola leaves the court room in criminal court in New York. DePaola on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 was acquitted of manslaughter and all other charges in a blaze that killed two firefighters at a condemned bank tower at ground zero. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)AP - An asbestos-cleanup foreman who said he was a scapegoat for inspectors' failures was acquitted of manslaughter and all other charges Tuesday in a blaze that killed two firefighters at a ground zero bank tower.

NASA confirms July 8 for last shuttle launch (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 02:57 PM PDT

The crew of space shuttle Atlantis, from left, mission specialist Rex Walhiem, mission specialist Sandy Magnus, pilot Doug Hurley and commander Chris Ferguson attend a news conference at Pad 39A during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, June 22, 2011. The launch of Atlantis, the final space shuttle mission, is scheduled for July 8. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - The last space shuttle launch ever is set for July 8.

Kansas abortion doctors sue to block state rules (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:38 PM PDT

AP - Two doctors who perform abortions in Kansas filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to block a new licensing law and regulations that abortion rights advocates fear will make Kansas the first state in the country without an abortion provider.

Ga. execution is fodder for challenges to new drug (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 11:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, death row inmate Roy Willard Blankenship is shown. The execution of Blankenship, who appeared to struggle last week, will be at the center of a push to stop lethal injections using a controversial new sedative, even though they may never be able to prove that it caused the spasms in his last moments. (AP Photo/Georgia Department of Corrections, File)AP - The thrashing, jerking death of Roy Willard Blankenship has lawyers for death row inmates plotting fresh arguments against the drug used to execute him, even though they may never be able to prove that it caused the spasms in his last moments.

Los Alamos nuclear lab under siege from wildfire (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 06:21 PM PDT

Firefighter Chris Teters, of Portland, Ore., mops up hot spots in Pajarito Mountain ski area near Los Alamos, N.M., Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Firefighters battled a vicious wildfire that was spreading Tuesday through the mountains above the northern New Mexico town that is home to a government nuclear laboratory. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - A wildfire burning near the desert birthplace of the atomic bomb advanced on the Los Alamos laboratory and thousands of outdoor drums of plutonium-contaminated waste Tuesday as authorities stepped up efforts to protect the site and monitor the air for radiation.

Prosecutors seek to drop earlier Bulger charges (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:45 PM PDT

This courtroom sketch depicts James 'Whitey' Bulger before U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf during a hearing in a federal courtroom in Boston Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Prosecutors dismissed a 1994 racketeering indictment against Bulger in order to focus on a later indictment that charged the newly captured fugitive with being involved in 19 murders. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins)AP - Federal prosecutors moved Tuesday to dismiss a 1994 racketeering indictment against mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger to focus on a later indictment that charged the newly captured fugitive of participating in 19 murders.

Transit agency to pay $1.3M to Oscar Grant's mom (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 06:25 PM PDT

AP - A San Francisco Bay area transit agency Tuesday agreed to pay $1.3 million to the mother of a 22-year-old unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white transit officer in 2009.

Dozens of Ark. chicken plant workers hospitalized (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 06:33 PM PDT

AP - Five workers exposed to chlorine gas at a Tyson Foods Inc. chicken processing plant are in intensive care and about 50 others remain hospitalized after an accident caused by the unintentional mixing of two chemicals, the company said Tuesday.

Testimony centers on Caylee Anthony's remains (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:37 PM PDT

Casey Anthony sits in court for her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 28, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony, 25, is charged with killing her daughter Caylee in the summer of 2008. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)AP - The defense scrutinized the testimony of a meter reader who it argues moved the remains of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony so he could collect a reward for the discovery and again painted her family as dysfunctional during the murder trial Tuesday of the girl's mother.

Tropical Storm forms in Gulf; heavy rains expected (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:25 PM PDT

In this June 27, 2011 photo, Bruce Hooks stands on a dock at Lake Mangonia in West Palm Beach, Fla. The dock stands nearly four feet above the dried lake bed and extends 60 feet from the shore line. Hooks said this is the worst the lake has been since before Hurricane Andrew hit in 1992. South Florida's drought problem has reached a critical stage. The National Weather Service rates parts of South Florida at drought stage, D4, or the 'exceptional drought' stage. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Arlene has formed in the Gulf of Mexico but is not likely to threaten the U.S. coast.

Blagojevich mess will linger for years in Illinois (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 03:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 27, 2011 file photo, Rod Blagojevich speaks to the media at the Federal Courthouse in Chicago after being convicted on 17 charges in his corruption retrial. The former Illinois governor may be able to keep his famous locks if he's incarcerated. A federal prison manual says there's no limit on hair length as long as it's neat and clean. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)AP - In the end, Rod Blagojevich did not bring doom for his party or the national political figures whose names got dragged into his scandal. But long after he is behind bars, Illinois will still be cleaning up the mess left behind by the state's cartoonish former governor.

Ind. appeals freeing of Planned Parenthood funds (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 04:14 PM PDT

AP - Indiana's attorney general on Tuesday appealed a judge's ruling that blocked key aspects of a new state law that cut some public funding for Planned Parenthood because the organization provides abortions.

Convicted Pa. cop killer is sentenced to death (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 04:28 PM PDT

AP - A jury on Tuesday imposed the death penalty against a Pittsburgh man who gunned down three police officers in April 2009.
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