Sunday, September 4, 2011

Burning Man anti-consumerism celebration goes non-profit (Reuters)

Burning Man anti-consumerism celebration goes non-profit (Reuters)

Burning Man anti-consumerism celebration goes non-profit (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 06:47 PM PDT

Firefighters stand near the remains of The Man after it was burned during the Burning Man 2011 Reuters - When the 50-foot tall effigy known as "The Man" burned to the ground on Saturday night before tens of thousands of screaming people, it marked a new age for the iconic celebration known as Burning Man.

New Orleans holds up under Tropical Storm Lee (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:49 PM PDT

NASA handout image shows a visible image of Tropical Storm Lee taken from the GOES-13 satellite at 9:32 a.m. EDT on September 3, 2011. REUTERS/NASA/NOAA GOES Project/HandoutReuters - Tropical Storm Lee, packing heavy rains, edged across southern Louisiana on Sunday as New Orleans' flood defenses appeared to pass one of their biggest tests since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005.

No apology from N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg over aide's arrest (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 03:53 PM PDT

Reuters - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg declined to apologize on Sunday for how he handled the resignation of a former deputy mayor, who was arrested on a domestic violence charge.

Maya Angelou: MLK Memorial Quote 'Makes Him Seem Like an Egotist' (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 07:30 AM PDT

Time.com - Poet and author Maya Angelou is irked by an inscription on the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial that she believes "minimizes the man"

Why Texas' Drought May Have Global Effects (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 07:30 AM PDT

Time.com - Soaring temperatures have kept the Lone Star State dry as a bone and ensure the drought will have a huge, negative economic impact on the U.S. and the world

Tropical Storm Lee spawns tornadoes on Gulf Coast (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 10:47 AM PDT

Rick Porche (bottom right) walks through his flooded yard as Tropical Storm Lee slowly makes landfall in Lafitte, Louisiana USA on September 4, 2011. REUTERS/Dan AndersonReuters - Tropical Storm Lee spawned tornado sightings and alerts from the Louisiana Gulf Coast to the Florida panhandle on Sunday, and at least one death was reported from a traffic accident related to the storm.

Cheney: US different if Hillary Clinton president (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 08:38 AM PDT

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, left, is interviewed on the 'Fox & friends' television program, about his book 'in My Time,' in New York Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton isn't president, but Dick Cheney says that if she were in the White House rather than Barack Obama, then things might be different today in the country.

Tea party forcefully shaping 2012 GOP race (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:11 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is greeted by supporters after giving a speach at a Tea Party Express rally, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011 in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - The tea party is forcefully shaping the race for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination as candidates parrot the movement's language and promote its agenda while jostling to win its favor.

White House wants quick jobs action by Congress (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 09:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2011, file photo President Barack Obama gestures after delivering a statement in the White House Rose Garden where in he urged Congress to pass a federal highway bill. In his weekly radio Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, Obama called on Congress to pass a transportation bill to ensure funding for roads and construction jobs, saying time is running out and 'political posturing' may stand in the way. 'There's no reason to put more jobs at risk in an industry that has been one of the hardest-hit in this recession,' he said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - The White House says President Barack Obama hopes that when Congress returns this coming week from its summer break, lawmakers will share his sense of urgency in taking steps to create jobs and help the economy.

The post-9/11 'new normal' looks much like the old (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2006 file photo, former 9/11 Commission Co-Chairmen Lee Hamilton, right, and Thomas Kean, participate in a luncheon forum at the National Press Club in Washington. We are safer, but not safe enough. In the decade since the 9/11 attacks, the government has taken giant steps to protect the nation from terrorists, spending eye-popping sums to smarten up the federal bureaucracy, hunt down enemies, strengthen airline security, secure U.S. borders, reshape America's image and more. But the effort remains a work in progress, and in some cases a work stalled. The bipartisan 9/11 Commission in 2004 laid out a 585-page road map to create an America that is 'safer, stronger, wiser.' Many of the commission's recommendations are now reality. But in some cases, results haven't lived up to expectations. And other proposals still are just that, ideas awaiting action. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - In the crucible of Sept. 11, no one could imagine things would ever be the same again.

Lee drenches Gulf Coast, could cause inland floods (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 07:37 PM PDT

A band of dark rain clouds approaches the shore Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011 in Dauphin Island, Ala. as the center of slow crawling Tropical Storm Lee made landfall Sunday on the Louisiana coast. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)AP - Tropical Storm Lee dumped more than a foot of rain in New Orleans and spun off tornadoes elsewhere Sunday as its center came ashore in a slow crawl north that raised fears of inland flash flooding in the Deep South and beyond.

Storm-socked Vermont girds for more flooding (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 02:58 PM PDT

AP - When the rain-swollen White River rose up and overflowed, it laid waste to the 125-year-old Perley dairy farm.

AP Exclusive: Slain boy's mom discusses cult life (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 02:35 PM PDT

In this July 28, 2011 photo, Ria Ramkissoon turns a light off in a bedroom at a a faith-based treatment center in Westminster, Md. Ramkissoon is rebuilding her life after following a cult leader who ordered her not to feed her toddler son, who eventually died of starvation and was discovered more than a year later by investigators. Now living and working at the treatment center, Ramkissoon freely uses the word 'crazy' to describe her actions, which were set in motion by her desire to provide a better home for her son. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - When Ria Ramkissoon's spiritual mentor ordered her to deny food and water to her toddler son, she didn't know what to think or do. She was paralyzed by fear and confusion.

Cities, states back off bonds amid budget concerns (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 10:43 AM PDT

Logo to accompany stories in the Broken Budgets seriesAP - Uncertainty about where their next dollar is coming from has chilled the municipal bond market, meaning cities and states will be breaking ground on fewer public works projects, canceling or delaying projects worth tens of billions of dollars and providing yet another blow to economic-recovery efforts.

Obama pledges federal help for Irene recovery (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 04:14 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, center, talks to reporters on the Temple Street Bridge over the Passaic River as he visits areas damaged by Hurricane Irene, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, in Paterson, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie stands left of Obama. (AP Photo/John O'Boyle, Pool)AP - President Barack Obama stood on a bridge overlooking the rain-swollen and fast-rushing Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey's third-largest city, and said Sunday the federal government would work to rebuild towns recovering from Hurricane Irene's wrath.

Labor unions adjust to new reality under Obama (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 07:31 AM PDT

In this March 5, 2011, file photo, people protest against legislative efforts to do away with teachers' collective bargaining rights in Nashville, Tenn. The measure passed in Tennessee this year and ended collective bargaining for teachers unions in the state. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)AP - In the early days of the Obama administration, organized labor had grand visions of pushing through a sweeping agenda that would help boost sagging membership and help revive union strength.

Earthquake prediction still stymies scientists (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 02:49 PM PDT

File-In this Tuesday Aug.23,2011 file photo office workers gather on the sidewalk in downtown Washington, moments after a 5.9 magnitude erthquake. The East Coast earthquake left more than just residents unaccustomed to feeling the ground shake and sway in a daze. It also surprised scientists who spend their careers trying to untangle the mysteries of sudden ground shifts. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite,File)AP - The East Coast earthquake left more than just residents unaccustomed to feeling the ground shake and sway in a daze. It also surprised some scientists who spend their careers trying to untangle the mysteries of sudden ground shifts.

Culinary school grads claim they were ripped off (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 02:24 PM PDT

In this Sept. 1, 2011 photo is the California Culinary Academy, which is part of the Le Cordon Bleu chain of for-profit cooking schools, in San Francisco. The chain is coming under fire for its marketing practices as its graduates struggle to find culinary jobs and pay off their hefty student loans. Across the country, for-profit vocational schools are facing heavy criticism for former students who can't find jobs that pay enough to repay their student loans, most of which are subsidized by the federal government. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - Food enthusiasts have been enrolling in culinary school in growing numbers, lured by dreams of working as gourmet chefs or opening their own restaurants.
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