Friday, August 26, 2011

U.S. on high alert as Hurricane Irene closes in (Reuters)

U.S. on high alert as Hurricane Irene closes in (Reuters)

U.S. on high alert as Hurricane Irene closes in (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:37 PM PDT

Lee Rogers boards up the windows of his friend's house at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Salvo, North Carolina on August 25, 2011, in preparation for Hurricane Irene's approach. Irene, a major Category 3 hurricane, battered the low-lying Bahamas southeast of Florida on Thursday and was expected to sweep northward to hit the North Carolina coast on Saturday, before raking the remaining Atlantic seaboard. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaReuters - Hurricane Irene closed in on the U.S. Atlantic coast on Friday, triggering emergency preparations that included unprecedented mandatory evacuations in New York City as the massive storm approached.

Hurricane Irene turns north-northeast: NHC (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Reuters - Hurricane Irene is turning north-northeast, as tropical storm conditions spread inland over southeastern North Carolina, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said late Friday.

Sporting bodies take scheduling hit from Irene (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:51 PM PDT

Charlie Wi of South Korea lines up his putt on the fifth green during the first round of The Barclays golf tournament in Edison, New Jersey August 25, 2011. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - Safety fears over the possible impact of Hurricane Irene have forced the National Football League (NFL) and other North American sporting bodies to reschedule or cancel events for this weekend.

In the Name of King (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:10 AM PDT

Time.com - While the President's dedication of Washington's Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial has been delayed, the dispute among black leaders like Al Sharpton, Cornel West and Tavis Smiley over Obama's role in King's legacy rages on

Drive an Escalade? Look Out for Car Thieves (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:10 AM PDT

Time.com - Are you gripping the steering wheel of a Cadillac Escalade? Cruisin' with the Bose sound system, subwoofers, climate control mechanism and chrome grille? If so, then grip it tightly because your ride is the nation's biggest target for auto thefts

Alaska files notice of appeal on polar bear listing (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:39 PM PDT

Reuters - The state of Alaska filed notice on Friday that it will appeal a federal judge's ruling upholding the listing of polar bears as a threatened species.

King fraternity holds own dedication of memorial (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:44 PM PDT

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is seen with the Washington Monument behind it in Washington, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. The memorial's dedication ceremony has been postponed due to the impending arrival of Hurrican Irene. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - After more than a quarter of a century of work to get a memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity brothers celebrated the results of their perseverance Friday even as Hurricane Irene churned up the East Coast.

Worry more about Irene's water than storm's wind (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:20 PM PDT

Heavy rains from Hurricane Irene flood an ocean front street in Pawleys Island, S.C., on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. State officials say strong winds, heavy rain and some flooding is expected in Horry and Georgetown counties Friday. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)AP - Forget the wind and fury. Hurricane Irene's most worrisome weapon is water.

Mo. judge blocks Facebook limits for teachers (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 12:31 PM PDT

AP - A new Missouri law prohibiting teachers from having private online conversations with students suffered a double setback Friday. First, a judge blocked it from taking effect because of free speech concerns. Then the governor called for its repeal.

2 million ordered to leave as Irene takes aim (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:41 PM PDT

Heavy rains and wind from Hurricane Irene whip the sand on the beach at Pawleys Island, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Hurricane Irene began lashing the East Coast with rain Friday ahead of a weekend of violent weather that was almost certain to heap punishment on a vast stretch of shoreline from the Carolinas to Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)AP - Whipping up trouble before ever reaching land, Hurricane Irene zeroed in Friday for a catastrophic run up the Eastern Seaboard. More than 2 million people were told to move to safer places, and New York City ordered the nation's biggest subway system shut down for the first time because of a natural disaster.

APNewsBreak: Perry bills feds for housing illegals (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:37 PM PDT

Republican presidential hopeful Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a 'Welcome Home Rally' at Abel's on the Lake in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)AP - Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for nearly $350 million to cover the costs incurred detaining illegal immigrants in state prisons and county jails.

'What am I going to do?' NYC subways ordered shut (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:17 PM PDT

A shopper hunts for water bottles among the empty shelves at a downtown Manhattan supermarket where workers claim over 400 cases were purchased in a few hours, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, in New York. Mayor Bloomberg advised all New Yorkers to gather supplies as the region girded for wind, rain, and flooding as the storm stood poised to bear down on an already saturated New York state. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP - The nation's biggest subway system was ordered shut down as Hurricane Irene bore down Friday, potentially paralyzing movement for millions of carless people even as more than 300,000 were told to evacuate to safer places.

FAA: 4 dead in Missouri medical helicopter crash (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 07:03 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say a medical helicopter has crashed in northwestern Missouri, killing all four people onboard.

Journals, computers seized in missing mom case (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT

FILE - This undated picture made available by Hardman Photography shows Susan Powell. Powell, a 28-year-old mother of two young children, was reported missing Dec. 7, 2009. Two years after the disappearance of Powell, her case has spiraled into a salacious saga of finger-pointing, accusations of inappropriate flirtations with her father-in-law, the release of her teenage diary, a court order separating family members and a renewed search for evidence. (AP Photo/Hardman Photography, Amber Hardman, File) NO SALESAP - The father-in-law of a Utah mother missing for nearly two years said Friday authorities seized computers and journals during an extensive hours-long search of his Washington state home.

AP: Md. teen in custody in Pa. in Jihad Jane plot (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 03:12 PM PDT

FILE - This June 26, 1997 file booking photo provided by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, shows Colleen R. LaRose, also known as Jihad Jane. A U.S. teen from Pakistan is in secret U.S. custody, accused of trying to help recruit terrorists for LaRose according to a source close to the family. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail, File)AP - A Maryland teenager from Pakistan is being held in U.S. custody on terrorism charges, accused of soliciting funds and recruits to help a Pennsylvania woman known as Jihad Jane, two people close to the investigation confirm.

Scientists man bioterror front lines post-9/11 (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:55 AM PDT

Informatics program leader Tom Slezak gestures in front of the mobile lab Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif. Detectors developed by Slezak and other government researchers to sniff the air for germs such as anthrax and smallpox have become a hidden fixture of the country’s post-September 11 urban landscape. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - Just hours after the first death in the 2001 anthrax attacks, Tom Slezak was told to gather his team, collect his gear and get on a plane.

Man gets life term for ordering journalist's death (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:12 PM PDT

AP - The former leader of a once-influential Oakland community group was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for ordering the killing of three men, including a journalist who was working on a story about the financial troubles of the organization.

US: 'Underwear bomber' said he worked for al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 03:50 PM PDT

AP - A Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas 2009 told authorities in the hours after the attack that he was working for al-Qaida and offered details of his "mission, training and radicalization," prosecutors said in court documents filed Friday.

Military widows bond at Alaska retreat (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:37 AM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 18, 2011, ,Julie Robinson of Ligonier, Pa., left, and Jennifer Hankins of San Diego, put on wet suits before a white water rafting trip on Crow Creek, near Girdwood, Alaska during an Alaska Adventure excursion. The event was organized by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors for a group of about 75 widows of military veterans to share memories of loved ones while while hiking rugged trails and rafting the rapids. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)AP - Jennifer Tullis still keeps her husband's camouflage uniform in the closet, all starched, ironed and folded, even though he died 12 years ago.
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