Tuesday, August 2, 2011

High heat in Midwest and South (Reuters)

High heat in Midwest and South (Reuters)

High heat in Midwest and South (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:21 PM PDT

A boy cools off at the Crown Fountain at Millennium Park in Chicago, July 21, 2011. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - Record-breaking heat continued to broil central and southern states on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Emily threatened to dampen the Southeast, forecasters said.

Regulators to keep closer tabs on chemical used in bombings (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:36 PM PDT

Reuters - The Department of Homeland Security proposed new security measures on Tuesday to monitor sales of ammonium nitrate, a chemical compound widely used in fertilizer but also the key ingredient in some bombs.

Wild mustangs spared roundup in Wyoming for now (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:15 PM PDT

A helicopter is used by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to gather wild horses in the Conger Mountains near Border in Utah in this September 7, 2010 file photo. Wild horses home on the range in Wyoming will continue to roam free for now after a planned roundup by the BLM was postponed, opponents to the roundup said on August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/FilesReuters - Wild horses on the vast rangelands of Wyoming can continue to roam free, for now, after the U.S. government's Bureau of Land Management postponed a planned roundup, horse advocates said on Tuesday.

Five Things for Liberals to Like in the Debt Ceiling Deal (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 04:10 AM PDT

Time.com - As the broad strokes of the debt ceiling deal began to leak out over the weekend, progressive groups filled reporters' inboxes with outraged e-mails

Trading Hostages: Why Lobbyists Are a Key Part of the Debt-Limit Deal (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:55 AM PDT

Time.com - Both Democratic and Republicans leaders have realized that they don't have enough political heft on their own to cut a deal

New Jersey Democrat resigns after nude photos circulated (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:00 PM PDT

Reuters - After an online sexting scandal brought down Congressman Anthony Weiner, the last thing a politician would even consider is sending a nude self-portrait over the Internet. Apparently not.

Ga. probes earlier death after body found in well (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 05:50 PM PDT

AP - Investigators who charged a Georgia man with killing his third wife and dumping her body in a well are taking another look at the circumstances of his first wife's apparent suicide, authorities said Tuesday.

School voucher bills flood GOP-led statehouses (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:45 AM PDT

AP - More states than ever before have considered school vouchers this year, driven by resurgent Republicans who see the lagging economy as an opportunity for a fresh push on one of their most contentious education policies.

Giffords' political future still uncertain (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:16 PM PDT

RETRANSMISSION TO FIX ASPECT RATIO - In this image from House Television, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., appears on the floor of the House of Representatives Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, in Washington. Giffords was on the floor for the first time since her shooting earlier this year, attending a vote on the debt standoff compromise. (AP Photo/House Television)AP - Like many Americans, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was watching with a sense of disgust in recent days as lawmakers on Capitol Hill flirted with the notion of defaulting on the country's debt.

Jury hears tapes of polygamist discussing sex (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 05:35 PM PDT

AP - Prosecutors played two audio recordings Tuesday of a polygamist sect leader instructing his 14-year-old "spiritual wife" and several other young women on how to please him sexually, and thus win favor with God.

Video shows Nancy Garrido luring girl into van (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 05:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2, 2011 file photo, Nancy Garrido takes a seat as her husband, Phillip Garrido, background, looks on at the El Dorado County Superior Court in Placerville, Calif. Disturbing new video released Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, shows Nancy Garrido, the wife of convicted kidnapper and rapist Phillip Garrido, luring a young girl into the couple's van, asking her to do the splits and videotaping her, two years after the couple kidnapped 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard. (AP photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)AP - Disturbing new video released Tuesday shows the wife of convicted kidnapper and rapist Phillip Garrido luring a young girl into the couple's van, asking her to do the splits and videotaping her, two years after the couple kidnapped 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard.

Indian tribe in Wash. approves same-sex marriage (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 06:35 PM PDT

Heather Purser, a Suquamish tribal member who worked to change the tribes marriage ordinance to include same-sex couples, stands near a memorial for Chief Seattle on the tribe's reservation Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, in Suquamish, Wash. The change in tribal law came after a four-year campaign by Purser, 28, to get the American Indian Tribe in Washington state to adopt a law recognizing gay marriage. The Suquamish Tribal Council voted Monday, Aug. 1, to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples on its reservation near Seattle, making it only the second tribe in the country known to do so. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - An American Indian Tribe in Washington state has adopted a law recognizing gay marriage, making it only the second tribe in the country known to do so.

Autopsy can't find cause of NH girl's death (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 06:27 PM PDT

Investigators search near the dam where the body of Celina Cass was found on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011 in Stewartstown, N.H. Investigators hope an autopsy set for Tuesday on Celina Cass's body will shed light on her disappearance and death. Divers recovered Cass' body from the Connecticut River on Monday a quarter-mile from her home. She had been missing since July 25. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - An autopsy conducted Tuesday on an 11-year-old girl found in a river nearly a week after she disappeared failed to determine how she died, frustrating a community anxious for answers.

Calif. death, 76 illnesses linked to ground turkey (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 06:39 PM PDT

Map shows cases of Salmonella Heidelberg since March 1.AP - The government is scrambling to find the source of a salmonella outbreak likely linked to ground turkey that has killed one and sickened dozens more.

FAA shutdown to continue as Congress leaves (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:24 PM PDT

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, left, talks to American Airlines pilot Jesse J. Perkins after a news conference at which LaHood spoke of the interruption of federal funding for airport construction projects and contractors, at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Monday, August 1, 2011. The FAA's operating authority expired at midnight Friday, forcing a partial shutdown of the agency. Dozens of airport construction projects across the country have been put on hold and thousands of federal employees were out of work. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - The government is likely to lose more than $1 billion in airline ticket taxes because lawmakers have left town for a month without resolving a partisan standoff over a bill to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration.

NRC members divided on timeframe for safety review (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:30 PM PDT

AP - Members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission pledged quick action on a task force report recommending sweeping safety changes for the U.S. nuclear industry.

Wis. Dems cry foul over recall ballot mailing (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 01:51 PM PDT

AP - The Wisconsin Democratic Party on Tuesday called for an investigation into whether a conservative group tried to suppress turnout in next week's recall elections targeting Republican state senators by telling voters that absentee ballots received a day after election day would be counted.

Judge asked to unseal Casey Anthony case documents (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:58 PM PDT

AP - A newspaper is asking a Florida judge to make public most of the sealed documents from the trial of Casey Anthony, who left jail last month after being acquitted of a murder charge in the death of her 2-year-old daughter.

Woman sets Appalachian Trail fastest-hike record (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:51 PM PDT

AP - Jennifer Pharr Davis set the unofficial record for the fastest hike of the entire Appalachian Trail, yet she said she never ignored the beauty of the 2,180-mile trek from Maine to Georgia.
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