Monday, July 25, 2011

Back to business for NFL as labor dispute settled (Reuters)

Back to business for NFL as labor dispute settled (Reuters)


Back to business for NFL as labor dispute settled (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:18 PM PDT

San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers is featured on a banner outside the team's store at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego July 20, 2011. REUTERS/Mike BlakeReuters - The National Football League (NFL) and its players ended their months-long row over how to carve up their financial empire Monday by agreeing to a multi-billion dollar, 10-year deal.


Oregon lawmaker accused of sexual misconduct will not run (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 05:55 PM PDT

Reuters - Oregon Democratic Congressman David Wu, accused of an unwanted sexual encounter with the teenage daughter of a campaign contributor, has decided not to run for reelection next year, a spokesman said on Monday.

One Million Workers: How a Debt-Ceiling Deal Could Kill Jobs (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 11:10 PM PDT

Time.com - A debt-ceiling deal won't be a non-economic event. And it wouldn't be pleasant either, particularly for people who are looking for a job. Here's why

Religious groups set prayer vigil for debt deal (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:09 PM PDT

Reuters - Across the street from the Capitol in the small north lawn of the United Methodist Building, Christians, Muslims and Jews will pray on Tuesday for the country's budget, and hope to teach Republicans and Democrats a lesson in compromise.

Teen thought he would die in Alaska bear attack (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 04:48 PM PDT

Samuel Gottsegen, 17, recounts his experiences as one of the victims of a bear attack that occurred Saturday evening near Talkeenta, Alaska, as he recovers in an Anchorage hospital on Monday July 25, 2011. Gottsegen was taking part in an outdoor education course from the National Outdoor Leadership School. (AP Photo/Loren Holmes)AP - As the grizzly furiously thrashed him about in the Alaska wilderness, all Sam Gottsegen could think about was what he would miss: college, traveling, life.


Calif. law opens private aid to Illegal students (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 04:14 PM PDT

AP - Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed a bill that will let students who entered the country illegally receive private financial aid at California's public colleges, even as debate continues over a more contentious bill that would allow access to public funding.

Defense: polygamist leaders' rights were violated (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:49 PM PDT

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs arrives at the Tom Green County Courthouse, Monday, July 25, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas, where jury selection is scheduled to begin. Jeffs faces two counts of sexual assault of a child.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - The first hint of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs' defense strategy came Monday when his attorney said his right to freedom of religion was trampled by Texas prosecutors, who claim he sexually assaulted two underage girls after manipulating them into "spiritual marriages."


Lawmakers trade blame over airport project delays (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 04:32 PM PDT

AP - House and Senate leaders exchanged blame Monday for the legislative stalemate that precipitated a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration while making no overture to resolve the dispute.

Lawyer: Army Guardsman shot Afghan in self-defense (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 05:31 PM PDT

AP - The attorney for a U.S. Army National Guardsman charged in the death of an Afghan man argued in military court Monday that the shooting was in self-defense.

Democrat David Wu won't seek re-election to House (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2010 file photo, Congressman David Wu, D-Ore., speaks during an interview in Portland, Ore. Wu is calling a published report about an alleged unwanted sexual encounter with a young woman 'very serious' but has not yet said whether the accusation is true. The Oregonian reports that a young woman from California has accused the Democrat of an unwanted sexual encounter last November. The newspaper said the information came from sources who wanted to remain anonymous. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)AP - Rep. David Wu, facing an accusation of an unwanted sexual encounter with an 18-year-old woman and a request for an investigation by the House Ethics Committee, will not seek re-election next year and was pondering whether he would complete his term, a spokesman for the Oregon Democrat said Monday.


Obama: Halt '3-ring-circus' of debt-limit debate (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:35 PM PDT

President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 25, 2011, on the approaching debt limit deadline. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)AP - Decrying a "partisan three-ring circus" in the nation's capital, President Barack Obama criticized a newly minted Republican plan to avert an unprecedented government default Monday night and said congressional leaders must produce a compromise that can reach his desk before the Aug. 2 deadline.


Authorities: DNA may link rape suspect to Md. case (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 03:45 PM PDT

AP - DNA evidence may link a man suspected in rape cases along the East Coast to another sexual assault in Maryland, and police there said they plan to file charges if lab tests confirm a match, authorities said Monday.

Shooter in Ark. soldier killing sentenced to life (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:12 PM PDT

Abdulhakim Muhammad is escorted to a courtroom at the Pulaski County Courthouse in Little Rock, Ark., Monday, July 25, 2011, where he is on trial for the 2009 shooting death of an Army recruiter and wounding another soldier. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - A man who killed one Arkansas soldier and wounded another — an act he called retribution for the deaths of Muslims abroad — took an unexpected plea deal Monday that abruptly ended his murder trial and spared him the death penalty.


Strauss-Kahn maid public, probe goes on privately (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 04:49 PM PDT

FILE -- In a July 1, 2011 file photo former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn listens to proceedings in New York State Supreme court in New York.  The hotel maid accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan hotel room said in a published report that the former International Monetary Fund leader grabbed and attacked her as she implored him to stop.   (AP Photo/Todd Heisler, file)AP - She's on a magazine cover and national television, telling her emotional and explicit story of being sexually attacked by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and pressing for him to be tried.


Pelosi calls for ethics probe into Wu sex report (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2010 file photo, Congressman David Wu, D-Ore., speaks during an interview in Portland, Ore. Wu is calling a published report about an alleged unwanted sexual encounter with a young woman 'very serious' but has not yet said whether the accusation is true. The Oregonian reports that a young woman from California has accused the Democrat of an unwanted sexual encounter last November. The newspaper said the information came from sources who wanted to remain anonymous. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)AP - Oregon Democratic Rep. David Wu faced increased pressure Monday after House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called for an ethics investigation over an 18-year-old woman's claim of an "unwanted sexual encounter" with him.


Eye anatomy at camp? Kids get taste of med careers (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:21 PM PDT

Lark Nash, 14, holds up a donated human eye so her lab partner can take a picture during a medical camp session on removing corneas from eyes at Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton, Va., in this photo taken Wednesday, July 13, 2011.  Dissecting human eyes isn't the normal fare of summer camp. It's part of an unusual program at a small Virginia hospital that aims to hook kids as early as middle school on the possibilities of a medical career. It's not for the squeamish. But no one's ever fainted over the eyes.  (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)AP - Again and again, 12-year-old Brianna Bowens cautiously pokes the human eyeball. On purpose.


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