Saturday, July 2, 2011

Los Alamos lab prepares to reopen as fire threat eases (Reuters)

Los Alamos lab prepares to reopen as fire threat eases (Reuters)

Los Alamos lab prepares to reopen as fire threat eases (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 02:42 PM PDT

A fire crew member is seen as fire crews are deployed in order to attack hotspots from the Las Conchas wildfire near Los Alamos, New Mexico June 30, 2011. REUTERS/Eric DraperReuters - The Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory has ended a state of emergency and was taking small steps on Saturday toward reopening as the threat from a record New Mexico wildfire subsided.

Small plane strays into Camp David airspace while Obama there (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 03:24 PM PDT

Reuters - A small plane wandered into the airspace around Camp David, Maryland, on Saturday while President Barack Obama was there, prompting an F-15 fighter jet to scramble to intercept it, authorities said.

Oil spill on Montana's Yellowstone River forces evacuation (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:12 PM PDT

Reuters - An undetermined amount of crude oil spilled from an ExxonMobil pipeline into the Yellowstone River in Montana, prompting evacuations of nearby residents on Saturday, authorities said.

The Yellowstone Effect: How a Weak Dollar is Boosting Domestic Travel (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Time.com - It becomes clear that there is at least one striking upside of our down-in-the-dumps dollar: domestic tourism

Behind the Perils of Political Pledges (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Time.com - The political pledge is a handy weapon in the political advocate's arsenal. They work

Judge orders man held over girl's 1957 disappearance (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 06:48 PM PDT

Judge Eileen Kato presides over the probable cause hearing of Jack Daniels McCullough (also know as John Tessier), in the courtroom at the King County Jail in Seattle, Washington, July 2, 2011. REUTERS/Marcus DonnerReuters - A judge ordered a Seattle man now in a local hospital held without bond on Saturday after his arrest in connection with the disappearance and death of a 7-year-old girl from a town in Illinois 54 years ago.

Bachmann trying to woo Iowa ahead of key GOP poll (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 04:09 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, right, looks at the tattoos on the arm of Sam Maynard of Iowa City, Iowa, during a breakfast chat at the Bluebird Diner on Saturday, July 2, 2011, in Iowa City. The event kicks off Bachmann's Iowa Bus Tour. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Jim Slosiarek)AP - Republican candidate Michele Bachmann spent Saturday shaking hands in Iowa diners and strolling through a bustling farmers market as she tried to capitalize on her early popularity in the state that kicks off the presidential campaign season.

NYers ask how gay marriage will affect benefits (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 02:49 PM PDT

Andrew Troup, left, and his husband Darren Major pose for a photograph Thursday June 30, 2011 in New York. The couple, who live in New York, were legally wed in Canada in 2008. As gay marriage becomes legal in New York, companies and individuals are wrestling with changes to their financial lives. Gay couples who get married can file jointly on state returns but not federal. Big corporations that extend benefits to domestic partners must decide whether to continue in light of the new state law. That means some couples might have to head to the altar to maintain their benefits. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)AP - As same-sex marriage becomes legal in New York — a world financial capital that often sets the corporate tone for businesses everywhere, and a city with a large gay and lesbian community — companies and individuals are wrestling with the changing complexities of their financial realities.

Administration supports lesbian employee's case (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 03:26 PM PDT

AP - In a strongly worded legal brief, the Obama administration has said the federal act that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman was motivated by hostility toward gays and lesbians and is unconstitutional.

Fierce storm surprises Wis. campers, child killed (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 02:55 PM PDT

Storm clouds hover over Target field delaying the baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Minnesota Twins, Friday, July 1, 2011 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Andy King)AP - A fierce thunderstorm swept through a normally rural Wisconsin county that was packed with holiday campers, toppling trees that killed an 11-year-old girl, blowing boats ashore and injuring more than three dozen people, officials said Saturday.

Strauss-Kahn leaves NYC house, returns hours later (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 07:13 PM PDT

Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his temporary residence in Tribeca, Saturday, July 2, 2011, in New York. A judge released him Friday without bail or home confinement in the sexual assault case against him after prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault. The criminal case against him stands. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP - Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn spent his first day of freedom from house arrest in a sexual-assault case by ducking out of his rented townhouse with his wife on Saturday, returning a few hours later and heading quickly back inside.

Exxon oil spill in Mont. river prompts evacuations (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 05:38 PM PDT

A contractor for ExxonMobil tends to an oil containment boom along the Yellowstone River near Laurel, Mont., after a pipeline that runs under the river ruptured Saturday July 2, 2011. The pipeline break was contained early Saturday morning but the spill stretched over dozens of miles. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)AP - An ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River in Montana ruptured Saturday and leaked hundreds of barrels of oil into the waterway, causing a 25-mile plume that fouled the riverbank and forced municipalities and irrigation districts downstream to close intakes.

US Senate battleground heats up far from Beltway (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 05:27 PM PDT

This June 3, 2011 photo shows Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, left, meeting with veterans at the opening of a new Helena, Mont., medical facility for a constituency he has made a priority during his first term in office. The Democrat is already locked in a tough reelection battle with U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg. (AP Photo/Matt Gouras)AP - With more than 16 months to go before the 2012 general election, Montana voters are already getting a steady sample of the acrimony to come as Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and his challenger, Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg, seek an early opening in what's expected to be one of the closest races in the nation.

Plumbing the conscience of the Unabomber's brother (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 03:24 PM PDT

This June 10, 2011 photo shows David Kaczynski in a park near a family member's home in Wheaton, Ill. Kaczynski gives talks about how he decided to turn in his older brother, Ted, leading to his conviction as the Unabomber, the anti-technology terrorist who conducted a two-decade mail bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others. Since his decision, the bomber's brother has become a tireless advocate for victims of violence. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - The seventh graders find their seats quickly and quietly. They look up expectantly from rows of desks, studying the unfamiliar man with salt-and-pepper hair, dressed in a navy sport jacket, who steps to the front of Room 30 without any introduction.

Afghan war's deadly toll on US forces hasn't eased (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 02:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, March 14, 2011 file photo, Patricia Weaver, center is comforted by Chief Warrant Officer Wesley Norris, right, and family members of Army Sgt. Jason Weaver from Anaheim, Calif., at a Hero Welcome and and Memorial Service at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, Calif. Weaver died March 3, 2011 in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. Despite U.S. claims of success on the battlefield, American troops have been dying in the first half of this year at the same pace as in 2010, according to a tally by The Associated Press. The numbers indicate the war's deadly toll on American forces has not eased as the Obama administration moves to shift the burden onto its Afghan allies. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)AP - Despite U.S. reports of progress on the battlefield, American troops were killed in the first half of this year at the same pace as in 2010 — an indication that the war's toll on U.S. forces has not eased as the Obama administration moves to shift the burden to the Afghans.

Obama: 'Nothing can be off-limits' in budget (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 30, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Philadelphia. Time for a critical deal to raise the government's borrowing limit and slash spending may be even shorter than it seems. Even if quarreling lawmakers can somehow agree soon, it is doubtful that Congress can write it up in binding fashion and pass it before an Aug. 2 deadline that the Treasury Department reconfirmed Friday is the day it will start running short of money to pay bills. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday that "nothing can be off-limits" in the budget debate — even though Republicans have said tax increases are. The president said every tax break and federal program must come under scrutiny.

New York DA suffers new setback with Strauss-Kahn (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 02:56 PM PDT

Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his temporary residence in Tribeca, Saturday, July 2, 2011, in New York. A judge released him Friday without bail or home confinement in the sexual assault case against him after prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault. The criminal case against him stands. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP - It was a sensational caseload that would put any prosecutor's office on the map — or on the spot.
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