Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Obama urges students to keep learning to help U.S. (Reuters)

Obama urges students to keep learning to help U.S. (Reuters)

Obama urges students to keep learning to help U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:52 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers his third annual back-to-school speech at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, September 28, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama urged students on Wednesday to pursue learning after high school to brighten the United States' future and restore its preeminence in education.

U.S. launches new push to solve 2001 murder of prosecutor (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:49 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday announced a new media push by state, federal and local authorities to solve the nearly decade-old murder of a federal prosecutor.

U.S. man charged in Pentagon, Capitol explosive plot (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:24 PM PDT

A surveillance photo of the Pentagon, said to be taken by Rezwan Ferdaus who was arrested and charged with plotting to attack the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol by using remote-controlled aircraft filled with plastic explosives, is shown in this handout photo. REUTERS/Department of Justice/HandoutReuters - U.S. authorities on Wednesday arrested and charged a Massachusetts man with plotting to damage or destroy the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol by using remote-controlled aircraft filled with plastic explosives.

Baking Battle: Student Group Under Fire For Its Anti-Affirmative Action Bake Sale (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:15 AM PDT

Time.com - A student group at UC Berkeley cooks up controversy with its anti-affirmative action bake sale

Convict Finds Freedom Overwhelming, Starts a Fire and Heads Back to Jail (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:15 AM PDT

Time.com - What's scarier than being locked up in a Texas prison for 26 years? Returning to a world you no longer recognize

Judge lets key parts of Alabama immigration law stand (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT

Reuters - A federal judge on Wednesday blocked parts of Alabama's crackdown on illegal immigration but let stand a provision requiring public schools to determine the legal residency of children.

ATF: Illegal to sell guns to med marijuana users (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:26 PM PDT

AP - Firearms dealers in states that allow medical marijuana can't sell guns or ammunition to registered users of the drug, a policy that marijuana and gun-rights groups say denies Second Amendment rights to individuals who are following state law.

AP Exclusive: US fugitive hid in Portugal hamlet (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 1972 file photo, an FBI agent, left, wearing only a pair of swim trunks, per the hijacker’s instructions, carries a case containing a $1 million ransom to the opened door of a hijacked Delta DC8 jet in Miami. The hijackers demanded the ransom in exchange for freeing 86 people on board and free passage to Algeria. George Wright, a 1970s militant who carried out one of the most brazen plane hijackings in U.S. history, was taken into custody by local police in Almocageme, Portugal, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011 at the request of the U.S. government, which is seeking his extradition for escaping from a New Jersey jail on Aug. 19, 1970 after being convicted of murder. Wright was also named as one of the hijackers of the Delta flight in 1972. (AP Photo/James Kerlin, File)AP - He lived the sweet life for decades. But nobody knew he was on the run. After breaking out of a New Jersey prison 41 years ago, George Wright settled in a picturesque seaside town in Portugal.

Fla. man executed for killing police officer (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:53 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Florida Department of Corrections shows Manuel Valle, 61, convicted of killing Coral Gables police officer Louis Pena 33 years ago is set to finally serve his death sentence. Valle is scheduled to be executed at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, more than eight weeks after the execution date on his death warrant. He'll be the first Florida prisoner executed with a new mix of drugs after his lawyers argued unsuccessfully that Valle would feel pain with the new concoction. (AP Photo/Florida Department of Corrections)AP - A Florida man convicted of killing a police officer during a traffic stop 33 years ago has been executed at the Florida State Prison.

With NY teen's suicide come spotlight, caution (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:36 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Rodemeyer family shows Jamey Rodemeyer in Amherst, N.Y. Rodemeyer committed suicide outside his home in suburban Buffalo, N.Y. in Sept. 2011 after years of complaints about bullying at school. (AP Photo/Rodemeyer Family)AP - Taunted since grade school for hanging out with girls, 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer told his parents things were finally getting better since high school started. Meanwhile, on a blog his parents didn't know about, he posted increasingly desperate notes ruminating on suicide, bullying, homophobia and pop singer Lady Gaga.

Obama appeals health care setback to high court (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:14 PM PDT

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 91, works in his office at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. His new book is titled 'Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir,' a personal reflection on the five chief justices he has known. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Raising prospects for a major election-year ruling, the Obama administration launched its Supreme Court defense of its landmark health care overhaul Wednesday, appealing what it called a "fundamentally flawed" appeals court decision that declared the law's central provision unconstitutional.

Guard describes scene in room where Jackson found (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:04 PM PDT

Choreographer Kenny Ortega testifies for the prosecution in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Conrad Murray at Superior Court in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical license if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Al Seib, Pool)AP - The last days of Michael Jackson's life were filled with the adulation of fans, a rehearsal performance onlookers described as amazing and intense preparations for his big comeback in London.

Judge: Loughner can be made mentally fit for trial (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:56 PM PDT

In this courtroom sketch, from left, Attorney Judy Clark sits with her client, Jared Lee Loughner as U.S. District Judge Larry Burns listens from the bench to testimony from Dr. Christina PIetz, far right, in federal court Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. Suspected shooter Jared Loughner, who is charged with shooting U.S. Rep. Garbrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and 18 others in January, was in court to face a mental competency hearing. (AP Photo/Bill Robles)AP - The man accused of wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a deadly shooting rampage can eventually be made mentally fit to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in ordering that Jared Lee Loughner's detention be extended for four more months.

Judge upholds key parts of Ala. immigration law (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:23 PM PDT

Gov. Robert Bentley talks with reporters outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Bentley said a federal judge left most of the state's tough new immigration law in place, and it's still the strongest in the nation. Bentley says he will work with the state attorney general to appeal any parts of Blackburn's decision that struck down sections of the law. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - A federal judge refused Wednesday to block key parts of a closely watched Alabama law that is considered the strictest state effort to clamp down on illegal immigration, including a measure that requires immigration checks of public school students.

Cantaloupe illnesses and deaths expected to rise (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:10 PM PDT

Owner Eric Jensen examines cantaloupe on the Jensen Farms near Holly, Colo., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. The Food and Drug Administration has recalled 300,000 cases of cantaloupe grown on the Jensen Farms after connecting it with a listeria outbreak. Officials said Wednesday more illnesses and possibly more deaths may be linked to the outbreak of listeria in coming weeks. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - Federal health officials said Wednesday more illnesses and possibly more deaths may be linked to an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe in coming weeks.

Feds: Mass. man planned to blow up Pentagon (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:27 PM PDT

A police car sits in the driveway of the home of 26-year-old Rezwan Ferdaus, in Ashland, Mass., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Ferdaus has been arrested and accused of plotting to destroy the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol with large remote-controlled aircraft filled with explosives. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - A Massachusetts man was arrested Wednesday and accused of plotting an assault on the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled aircraft armed with explosives — the latest of several terrorism cases to spring from federal sting operations.

US presses wary ally Egypt on Israel, democracy (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:54 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr during a joint news conference following a bilateral meeting at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday Sept. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Amid a chaotic post-revolution period, the United States on Wednesday pressed Egypt's interim military leadership to strengthen Egypt's partnership with Israel and stick to scheduled elections later this year, even though a new set of leaders much less friendly to the U.S. and the Jewish state may be the winners.

New 75 mph limit puts Maine in the fast lane (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:26 PM PDT

Motorists cruise northbound on I-95 in Old Town, Maine on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Next week motorists will be permitted to drive faster when the speed limit becomes 75 mph, the fastest in New England. Maine's Transportation Department will post 75 mph speed limits from Old Town to Houlton. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)AP - If you drive along Interstate 95 in the nation's far northeastern corner, "it's trees, trees, trees" for mile after mile, says one motorist. So why not set the cruise control on 75 mph?

Thieves steal $2.8 million in jewelry store heist (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:33 PM PDT

AP - Two men who police say cut their way through concrete walls to make off with more than $2.8 million worth of jewelry were arrested on Wednesday.

US urged to probe brutality claims at jails (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:42 PM PDT

Former inmate Gordon Grbavac recounts a beating he alleges he suffered under Sheriff's deputies that sent him to the jail's clinic, during a news conference at the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, in Los Angeles. The American Civil Liberties Union demanded that federal authorities investigate allegations of brutality by deputies at Los Angeles County jails. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - A civil rights group launched a scathing attack against Los Angeles County's longtime sheriff Wednesday, demanding his resignation and claiming his sprawling jail system fosters a culture of fear, deputy brutality and corruption.
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