Saturday, September 24, 2011

Quest in jeopardy after jellyfish stings Cuba-Florida swimmer (Reuters)

Quest in jeopardy after jellyfish stings Cuba-Florida swimmer (Reuters)

Quest in jeopardy after jellyfish stings Cuba-Florida swimmer (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 06:59 PM PDT

U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad starts her attempt to swim to Florida from Havana September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Desmond BoylanReuters - Long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad's quest to become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage was thrown into doubt late on Saturday after she was stung in the face and eyes, apparently by jellyfish, in the Florida Straits, her team said.

Protesters march in Manhattan, criticizing Wall Street (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 07:21 PM PDT

Reuters - Several hundred marchers wound their way through the streets of lower Manhattan on Saturday in the latest of a string of protests over the past week against what demonstrators saw as corporate greed on Wall Street.

Beef bound for Georgia schools recalled over E. coli worries (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 07:05 PM PDT

Reuters - A Texas company has recalled 40,000 pounds of frozen ground beef products, shipped for distribution to Georgia schools, due to possible contamination from E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.

Biker brawl turns to shooting at Nevada casino, 1 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 04:54 PM PDT

Reuters - A shooting that erupted during a brawl between rival motorcycle clubs at a high-rise Nevada casino overnight killed a biking enthusiast and wounded two others, police said on Saturday.

Clark's descendants replace stolen tribal canoe (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 06:59 PM PDT

Mylee Wahlgren, 6, left, and her grandmother Donna Sinclair, of Washougal, Wash., bless the 36-foot replica canoe during the canoe reparation ceremony Saturday Sept. 24, 2011, at Fort Columbia, near Chinook, Wash. Back in 1806, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark stole a canoe from native Americans living on the Pacific Coast. More than 200 years later, Clark's descendants are making amends to the Indian's descendants by having a 36-foot replica built for them. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - It was a long time coming, but the descendants of explorer William Clark have tried to make amends for a 205-year-old theft.

Presidential putting pals: Obama, Clinton golf (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 04:16 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, right, plays golf with former President Bill Clinton at Andrews Air Force Base on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Barack Obama was joined by former President Bill Clinton on the golf course Saturday, in a friendly contest of first duffers who've known the pressures of office and the joys of relieving them on the links.

Recession upends dreams of aspiring teachers (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 07:41 AM PDT

In this photo taken Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, Kim Estey, is seen with bridal magazines at the home of her fiancee in Sacramento, Calif. Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. Estey, 27, has not been abel to find a full-time teaching job since earning her credential at California State University, Sacramento. For the past three years Estey has been working part-time as a substitute teacher for three school districts and she and her fiancee have had to postpone getting married as she looks for a full-time position.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Stay-at-home-mom Cindy DePace was just hitting 30 when she decided to return to the work force by going back to school and becoming a teacher.

The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why? (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 11:45 AM PDT

In this July 15, 2011 photo, atop roughly two miles of ice, technician Marie McLane launches a data-transmitting weather balloon at Summit Station, a remote research site operated by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), and situated 10,500 feet above sea level, on top of the Greenland ice sheet. Climate scientists overwhelmingly agree that manmade greenhouse gases are warming the planet, accelerating the melt of Greenland's ice, and yet resistance to the idea appears to have hardened among many Americans. Why? 'The desire to disbelieve deepens as the scale of the threat grows,' concludes one scholar who has studied the phenomenon. Analysts now see climate as another battleground in America's left-right 'culture wars.' (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - Tucked between treatises on algae and prehistoric turquoise beads, the study on page 460 of a long-ago issue of the U.S. journal Science drew little attention.

Small dent in jobless rate seen from Obama's plan (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:26 AM PDT

President Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking near the Brent Spence Bridge in Cincinnati, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, , regarding his American Jobs Act Now legislation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Even if Congress heeds President Barack Obama's demands to "pass this bill right away" and enacts his jobs and tax plan in its entirety, the unemployment rate probably still would hover in nosebleed territory for at least three more years.

Hundreds in Seattle rally against fossil fuel use (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 07:03 PM PDT

Egyptian cyclists take part in the 'Moving Planet' day in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. The day billed as 'a day to move beyond fossil fuels', is a rally happening in 150 countries all over the world on 23 and 24 September. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - A few hundred people in Seattle have joined citizens around the globe in rallying against fossil fuel use and in support of alternative means of transportation.

Police recordings key part of Calif. beating case (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 11:44 AM PDT

ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY SEPT. 24, FILE - This Sept. 21, 2011 file photo shows Fullerton, Calif., police officer Manuel Ramos, as he is arraigned on charges in the death of a homeless man, Kelly Thomas, in Superior Court in Santa Ana, Calif., It would have been second nature for Ramos to click on his audio recorder as he approached the homeless man at a bus stop. His department had been using the devices for a decade to mainly capture witness statements and exonerate officers accused of misconduct. But on July 5, prosecutors say, the audio recorder captured something entirely different: the officer's murder of a defenseless man suffering from schizophrenia. (AP Photo/Paul Rodriguez, Pool, File)AP - As Fullerton police Officer Manuel Ramos approached a homeless man at a bus stop in July, he did what members of his department have been doing for a decade. He clicked on an audio recorder normally used to capture witness statements and exonerate officers accused of misconduct.

2 Americans released from Iranian prison head home (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 01:11 PM PDT

Freed American Shane Bauer, center is welcomed upon his arrival from Iran, in Muscat, Oman Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. After more than two years in Iranian custody, two Americans convicted as spies took their first steps toward home Wednesday as they bounded down from a private jet and into the arms of family for a joyful reunion in the Gulf state of Oman. (AP Photo/Sultan Al-Hasani)AP - Two Americans freed from an Iranian prison told reporters Saturday they were "eager to go home" just before boarding their flight to the U.S. from Oman, the Gulf state that helped mediate their release after more than two years in custody on accusations of spying.

IMF says global economy entering dangerous phase (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 11:12 AM PDT

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde is surrounded by the media as she arrives at the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting at the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. (AP Photo Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Top global finance officials are pledging to work decisively and in a coordinated way to deal with a European debt crisis and other dangers confronting the global economy.

S. California grocery workers vote on labor deal (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 11:03 AM PDT

AP - Southern California shoppers should soon learn whether grocery stores will remain open as another wave of supermarket employees votes on a deal to stave off a strike.

Calif. bars rejoice: infused alcohol ban lifted (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 01:09 PM PDT

In this Sept. 22, 2011 photo, Daniel Hyatt, a bartender at Alembic bar, makes an infused alcohol 'Bee's Knee's' at his bar in San Francisco. This drink is made of house-made aquavit, cinnamon, cardamom, anise, caraway, horse radish, honey and lemon juice. A Prohibition-era law that banned bars and restaurants from infusing herbs, fruits or other flavors into alcohol has recently raised the hackles on bartenders in San Francisco. While no bar or restaurant ever received fines or been cited under the law, some bar owners say they were told by state alcohol regulators to stop serving infused beverages or face fines. They no longer have to worry since California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law lifting the infused spirits ban, and just in time for San Francisco cocktail week. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - In this city famous for food and drink experimentation, so-called "craft" bartenders have fought for three years to overturn a Prohibition-era state law that banned bars from infusing flavors into alcohol.

Obama readies words for Congressional Black Caucus (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 03:37 PM PDT

AP - If President Barack Obama is to avoid a term-ending "shellacking" next year, he'll need to do better than he has been with black voters, an important Democratic constituency.
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