Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Americans view debt deadlock with worry and scorn (Reuters)

Americans view debt deadlock with worry and scorn (Reuters)

Americans view debt deadlock with worry and scorn (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:28 AM PDT

Pedestrians walk past The National Debt Clock, which displays the current United States gross national debt and each American family's share, on a wall in midtown Manhattan, in New York July 13, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Americans already concerned about their jobs Wednesday begged Washington politicians to stop dithering, cut the budget and resolve a debt crisis they fear could lead to higher interest rates, or worse.

Officer says was stricken by fear before post-Katrina shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:16 PM PDT

Reuters - A New Orleans police officer who killed an unarmed man during a police shooting after Hurricane Katrina told a jury on Wednesday he felt "indescribable fear" in the moments before the shooting.

Florida murderer caught 32 years after prison escape (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 05:31 PM PDT

Reuters - Authorities on Wednesday captured a man in Colorado who escaped nearly 32 years ago from the Florida prison where he was serving a life sentence for murder.

Glenn Beck: Site of Norway Massacre 'Sounds like the Hitler Youth' (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Conservative commentator Glenn Beck has compared the Norwegian summer camp on Utoya, site of the massacre where many of the 76 victims tragically died, to the Hitler Youth of Nazi Germany

Six Possible Paths Ahead in the Debt-Ceiling Debate (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Time.com - According to President Obama, Congress has become mired in negotiations to raise the debt ceiling and trim federal deficits

Obama healthcare battle appealed to Supreme Court (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:56 PM PDT

Reuters - A Michigan-based legal group on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to review and overturn a decision that found President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law constitutional.

FBI abduction team searches for missing NH girl (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:19 PM PDT

This 2010 photo provided by the New Hampshire State Police shows Celina Cass of West Stewartstown, N.H., in a basketball team uniform in Canann, Vt. Law enforcement officials are searching for Cass, who they say was last seen at her home the night of Monday, July 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Don Whipple)AP - The disappearance of an 11-year-old girl from her house just a mile from the Canadian border rattled nerves in her small town Wednesday as crews searched the Connecticut River and cordoned the house with police tape and the FBI deployed a team that specializes in child abductions.

Pilot rescued from Lake Huron: People depend on me (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:17 PM PDT

AP - A New York pilot who crashed into Lake Huron and survived without a life jacket by swimming and treading water for about 17 hours says he was finally rescued Wednesday when he frantically waved a sock to get the attention of people on a boat.

Okla. City bomb survivor offers strength to Norway (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 05:26 PM PDT

AP - An Oklahoma City bombing survivor and a family member of one of the blast's 168 victims shared their stories Wednesday with a broadcaster from Norway, drawing parallels between the 1995 attack and a deadly bombing and shooting spree in Norway that killed at least 76 people.

Authorities examine body of girl killed in 1957 (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:09 PM PDT

AP - Illinois authorities on Wednesday began examining the remains of a 7-year-old girl who was abducted and killed more than 50 years ago, trying to find clues that would help them put together a criminal case against a 71-year-old former neighbor.

Teen crosses cultural lines, sings Chinese opera (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:05 PM PDT

In this photo taken June 11, 2011, Tyler Thompson gets a hand from a fellow Great Wall Youth Orchestra member during a rehearsal in Oakland, Calif. Thompson is an unlikely star in the world of Chinese opera. The African American teenager from Oakland has captivated audiences in the U.S. and China with his ability to sing pitch-perfect Mandarin and perform the ancient Chinese art form. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)AP - Tyler Thompson is an unlikely star in the world of Chinese opera.

Lawmaker: 40 Americans join terrorists in Somalia (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:34 PM PDT

CORRECTS KING'S PARTY TO REPUBLICAN - House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., left, speaks with, from second from left, committee members, Rep. Bennie Thompson, R-Miss., the committee's ranking Democrat; Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif.; and Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 27, 2011, before the committee's hearing on Islamic radicalization in the US, focusing on recruitment within the Muslim American community. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Twice as many Americans as previously reported by law enforcement have traveled overseas to join an al-Qaida-linked organization, a congressional investigation found.

9/11 families to meet with AG on Murdoch scandal (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:32 PM PDT

AP - Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to meet Aug. 24 with some of the 9/11 family members regarding the FBI inquiry into the allegations surrounding Rupert Murdoch's media empire, a lawyer said Wednesday.

Rural US disappearing? Population share hits low (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:22 PM PDT

FILE - In Feb. 24, 2011 file photo, the closed Hott Spot Grill, along with a couple of other businesses that remain on Main Street is seen in downtown Hugo, Colo. Rural places account for just 16 percent of the nation's population, the lowest share ever, while metro areas are booming into sprawling megalopolises. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)AP - Rural America now accounts for just 16 percent of the nation's population, the lowest ever.

Lawyer: Strauss-Kahn maid's remarks misportrayed (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:37 PM PDT

Hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo, center, arrives at Manhattan criminal court for a meeting with New York City prosecutors investigating the sex assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn Wednesday, July 27, 2011, in New York. Diallo broke her silence in recent days with interviews in Newsweek and on a series of ABC News programs. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP - The hotel maid accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sex assault has been wrongfully portrayed as a money-grubbing opportunist in accounts of her recorded remarks to an incarcerated friend, her lawyer said Wednesday after they reviewed the tapes during a nearly eight-hour meeting with prosecutors.

Court backs WV school in online bullying case (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:34 PM PDT

AP - A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the suspension of a West Virginia student who created a web page suggesting another student had a sexually transmitted disease and invited classmates to comment.

Soldier found guilty of killing Afghan civilian (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:15 PM PDT

AP - A U.S. Army National Guardsman was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with the chance of parole for the murder of an Afghan civilian.

Romney looks past primary, campaigns against Obama (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 30, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks with reporters in Allentown, Pa. Forget his GOP primary opponents. Republican front-runner Romney is focused on a match-up against President Barack Obama. The former Massachusetts governor ignores swipes from his Republican rivals, criticizes Obama on the economy, and visits swing states like Ohio as often as states that vote early in the GOP primary. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz, File)AP - Forget his GOP primary opponents. Republican front-runner Mitt Romney is focused on a match-up against President Barack Obama.

Experts: Case against Drew Peterson in jeopardy (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:11 PM PDT

AP - The high-profile murder case against former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson, accused of killing his third wife, may never make it to trial, experts say, after a court agreed prosecutors shouldn't be allowed to use certain hearsay statements as evidence.

Bogus court filings spotlight little-known sect (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:06 AM PDT

Christopher Bennett-Bey, grand sheikh of the Charlotte temple of the Moorish Science Temple of America poses at the Mecklenburg County courthouse in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Members of the Moorish Science Temple of America, a group previously known primarily to scholars of black American religion, are raising their public profile in an effort to counteract what they say has been a rampant hijacking of their faith’s name and symbols by “radicals” who have nothing to do with the group’s nearly century-old traditions. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - From New Jersey to California, police, courthouse officials and real estate agents are being confronted with a baffling new problem: bogus legal documents filed by people claiming to follow an obscure religion called Moorish Science. Their motives range from financial gain to simply causing a nuisance.
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