Friday, September 23, 2011

Veteran U.S. swimmer starts Cuba-Florida trek (Reuters)

Veteran U.S. swimmer starts Cuba-Florida trek (Reuters)

Veteran U.S. swimmer starts Cuba-Florida trek (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:24 PM PDT

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad smiles as she speaks to reporters at a news conference in Key West, Florida August 9, 2011. REUTERS/Steve Panariello/Florida Keys News Bureau/HandoutReuters - U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad jumped feet first into Cuba's azure waters on Friday in her latest attempt to become the first person to swim from the communist island to Florida without a shark cage.

Judge allows evidence of sexual abuse by Johnson heir (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:27 PM PDT

Reuters - A Racine County circuit judge said on Friday he would allow the state to present evidence that Samuel Curtis Johnson III had admitted to a therapist that he sexually molested his stepdaughter.

Judge more than doubles expenses Casey Anthony must pay (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:06 PM PDT

Reuters - A judge on Friday raised to $217,500 the total bill Casey Anthony must pay to compensate law enforcement agencies for lying in 2008 about the fate of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.

Grading the GOP Candidates on Education (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:35 AM PDT

Time.com - With President Obama teeing up the Congressional debate about how to reform No Child Left Behind, the GOP candidates can't avoid education forever. Here's a handicapper's guide to the leading contenders and their views -- and record -- on education

West Hollywood Sets a New Trend: Banning Fur Sales (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:35 AM PDT

Time.com - For a city known to be fashion-forward, West Hollywood is doing little to further its reputation

Muslim students get probation for disrupting speech (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 05:57 PM PDT

Eight of ten Muslim college students from Southern California stand in court as they are convicted of unlawfully disrupting a speech by Israel's ambassador to the U.S. last year, in Santa Ana, California September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Alex GallardoReuters - Ten Muslim college students in California were convicted and sentenced to probation on Friday for disrupting a speech at their university by Israel's ambassador to the United States.

Global leaders struggle to calm recession fears (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks at IMF/ World Bank Annual Meetings Plenary in Washington, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - The world's economic powers struggled on Friday to get on top of a European debt crisis that is threatening to dump the global economy back into recession.

Jury selected in Jackson doctor's case (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 06:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, Dr. Conrad Murray, singer Michael Jackson’s personal physician, appears in Los Angeles Superior Court where Murray pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star’s 2009 death. The case resumes Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, with in-person questioning of potential jurors. (AP Photo/Irfan Khan, File)AP - More than two years after the death of Michael Jackson, a judge swore in jurors Friday to hear the case against the doctor accused of killing the superstar with an overdose of a powerful anesthetic in a rented Los Angeles mansion.

Falling satellite slows down, Earth strike delayed (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 05:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this file image provided by NASA this is the STS-48 onboard photo of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) in the grasp of the RMS (Remote Manipulator System) during deployment, from the shuttle in September 1991. NASA's old research satellite is expected to come crashing down through the atmosphere Friday afternoon, Sept. 23, 2011 Eastern Time. The spacecraft will not be passing over North America then, the space agency said in a statement Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - A 6-ton NASA satellite on a collision course with Earth clung to space Friday, apparently flipping position in its ever-lower orbit and stalling its death plunge.

Calif. governor signs compromise on Internet taxes (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:14 PM PDT

AP - Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Friday that postpones new sales taxes rules that would have affected online purchases in California, granting more time for traditional and online retailers to lobby Congress for a national standard on the high-stakes issue.

Palestinians submit UN statehood bid (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:28 PM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a letter requesting recognition of Palestine as a state as he addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 at UN Headquarters. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - The Palestinian leader took his people's quest for independence to the heart of world diplomacy Friday, seeking U.N. recognition of Palestine and sidestepping negotiations that have foundered for nearly two decades under the weight of inflexibility, violence and failure of will.

Obama lets states opt out of federal school rules (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:52 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on No Child Left Behind reform, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. From left ate, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, and Rhode Island Gov. Gov. Lincoln Chafee.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Nearly everyone agrees the fix needs fixing. The No Child Left Behind law that was supposed to improve American education has left schools grumbling at being labeled "failures," state officials fuming and complaints everywhere about required testing.

AP IMPACT: Hospital drug shortages deadly, costly (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:50 PM PDT

In this Aug. 29, 2011 photo, Erin Fox, manager of the Drug Information Service at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, stands by a board listing drugs in short supply. At hospitals across the country, 'scoring drugs' has taken on a new meaning. Hundreds admit buying medicines at exorbitant prices from 'gray market' dealers taking advantage of, and possibly exacerbating, a record shortage of life-saving prescription medicines. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)AP - A drug for dangerously high blood pressure, normally priced at $25.90 per dose, offered to hospitals for $1,200. Fifteen deaths in 15 months blamed on shortages of life-saving medications.

AP Interview: Troy Davis' sister vows to carry on (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 02:43 PM PDT

FILE -In this Wednesday, June 23, 2010 file photo, Martina Correia walks into a U.S. District Court to listen to a hearing for convicted killer Troy Anthony Davis in Savannah, Ga. Correia, the older sister of Troy Davis says she's not angry following his execution of her brother in Georgia, but she's determined to keep fighting the death penalty in her brother's memory. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)AP - Troy Davis' sister said Friday she's not wasting time being angry as she presses to keep the 20-year legal fight her brother lost when he was executed. He used his final words in Georgia's death chamber to insist he wasn't a killer.

Congress hits budget impasse as deadline nears (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 02:28 PM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, accompanied by House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, to discuss the continuing resolution to keep the government open. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Just a week away from a possible government shutdown, lawmakers boxed themselves into a new budget impasse Friday.

Missing Utah mom's father-in-law pleads not guilty (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:45 PM PDT

FILE - Approximately two dozen law enforcement office officers from the West Valley City Utah Police Department and Pierce County Sheriff's Department investigate the home of Josh Powell, husband of missing Utah mom Susan Powell, and his father Steve Powell in Puyallup, Wash., in this Aug. 25, 2011 file photo. West Valley Police who reviewed the videotapes and compact discs found 'found thousands of images of females being videotaped without their knowledge, including Susan Powell. The father-in-law of a missing Utah woman was charged with voyeurism and possession of child pornography and arrested Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011 Pierce County authorities said. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Dean J. Koepfler, File)AP - For now, the two young sons of a missing Utah woman are living with strangers.

House approves bill to delay, scrap EPA rules (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:41 PM PDT

AP - The Republican-controlled House on Friday took another swipe at the government's ability to control air pollution, passing a bill that would delay or scrap rules to reduce mercury and other harmful air emissions.

Casey Anthony now owes $217K for Caylee's search (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 02:27 PM PDT

AP - A Florida judge on Friday increased the reimbursement costs Casey Anthony must pay to investigators for searching for her missing 2-year-old daughter three years ago.
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