Friday, October 28, 2011

Generators seized from NY Wall Street protesters (Reuters)

Generators seized from NY Wall Street protesters (Reuters)

Generators seized from NY Wall Street protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Occupy Wall Street protestors relax in tents in New York's Zucotti Park, October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Anti-Wall Street protesters' plans to camp in a New York park throughout the city's harsh winter were dealt a blow on Friday when the fire department confiscated six generators and about a dozen cans of fuel.

Accused Army ringleader in Afghan murders goes on trial (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 02:26 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. Army sergeant went on trial on Friday charged with murdering unarmed civilians and taking body parts for war trophies as ringleader of a rogue platoon that terrorized villagers in Afghanistan's Kandahar province.

Exclusive: Hillary Clinton Talks Libya, China and the Future of American Influence (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 08:40 AM PDT

Time.com - TIME Managing Editor Richard Stengel accompanied Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her recent trip to Libya, Oman, Afghanistan and Pakistan. On Oct. 19, he conducted a wide-ranging interview with her

The Multimillion-Dollar Question: Is Romney Ready to Gamble on Iowa? (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 08:40 AM PDT

Time.com - Last week, on his first visit to Iowa since August, Mitt Romney vowed to make up for lost time

Woman teacher who had sex with students may not appeal (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 04:34 PM PDT

Reuters - A female teacher convicted of having sex with five male high school students and sentenced to four years in prison is unlikely to appeal, her attorney said on Friday.

No anthrax vaccine testing on children — for now (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 04:22 PM PDT

AP - Should the anthrax vaccine be tested in children? It will be a while longer before the government decides.

White to be fall color in Northeast this weekend (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 04:14 PM PDT

In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 photo, a pedestrian walks in a burst of moderate snow in front of the Vernon, Conn., Town Hall during the first snowfall of the season. More snow is forecast in the Northeast on Saturday. (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer, Jim Michaud) MANDATORY CREDITAP - Steve Hoffman had expected to sell a lot of fall fertilizer this weekend at his hardware store in Hebron but instead spent Friday moving bags of ice melting pellets.

Dog survived gas chamber, up for adoption in NJ (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 04:23 PM PDT

Daniel, who is better known as the 'Miracle Dog', sits still while waiting for a treat in the home of Mark and Jill Pavlik, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, in Rochelle Park, N.J. The stray beagle mix, who cheated death in an Alabama dog pound's gas chamber, is being fostered by the Pavlik's while a permanent home is found for him. The animal walked out unscathed from the carbon monoxide administered by the Animal Control Department in Florence, Ala., on Oct. 3. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)AP - Unnamed and unwanted, the young beagle mix was left anonymously in a drop box outside an Alabama pound. His life was supposed to end in a gas chamber.

Program urges smokers switch to smokeless tobacco (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 03:46 PM PDT

In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 photo, a billboard by switchandquitowensboro.org stands along New Hartford Road in Owensboro, Ky. Dr. Brad Rodu, the director of the organization, and professor and researcher at the University of Louisville, is heading a new campaign for smokers to use smokeless tobacco in order to quit smoking, based on 20 years of research. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)AP - In the smoker-heavy state of Kentucky, a cancer center is suggesting something that most health experts won't and the tobacco industry can't: If you really want to quit, switch to smoke-free tobacco.

Man convicted in 1967 Ohio schoolgirl slaying (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:42 PM PDT

AP - A man accused of snatching a teenager on her way home from school in 1967 and holding her captive for days in his basement before killing her was convicted Friday of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

YouTube launches broad entertainment venture (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 06:36 PM PDT

AP - YouTube is making a bold step into original programming in an entertainment venture with some 100 content creators, from Madonna to The Wall Street Journal.

US celebrates Statue of Liberty's 125th birthday (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 07:17 PM PDT

Zuyu Nu, right, from China and serving with the U.S. Navy, takes the oath of citizenship during a naturalization ceremony at the Statue of Liberty, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 in New York. One hundred twenty five people took the oath of citizenship to mark the Statues's 125th anniversary. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Scores of people waved tiny flags after taking the oath of U.S. citizenship at the foot of the Statue of Liberty on Friday, 125 years after the iconic American symbol welcoming visitors and immigrants was dedicated.

Suspect that prompted SC schools lockdown arrested (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 07:20 PM PDT

AP - Authorities have arrested a gunman who they say prompted a massive manhunt and the lock down of 10 schools after he shot at a police officer.

South Pole evacuee recovering well after stroke (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 04:46 PM PDT

Renee-Nicole Douceur, who was evacuated from a South Pole research station two months after she experienced a stroke, speaks about her recovery at a news conference at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Doctors confirmed that she suffered a stroke, but she is expected to recover almost completely with proper treatment. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - The engineer evacuated from a South Pole research station is recovering well from her stroke, her doctor said Friday.

7 relatives killed in crash on Indiana highway (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 04:51 PM PDT

A photo released by the Indiana State Police shows firemen and police surveying the wreckage of a fatal accident on the Indiana Toll Road near Bristol, Ind. Thursday Oct. 27, 2011. A tractor-trailer slammed into the back of a minivan in northern Indiana killing at least seven people and sending four others to hospitals, authorities said. (AP Photo/Indiana State Police)AP - Seven members of an extended family traveling from Chicago to New Jersey for a funeral, including a newborn and three other children, were killed when their minivan hit a deer and a semi-trailer struck them from behind, police said Friday.

Many cities leaving Wall Street protesters alone (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 03:25 PM PDT

Josh Funn confronts San Diego Police officer B.A. Jackson outside police headquarters following the arrest of 51 Occupy San Diego protesters Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 in San Diego.   Dozens of police officers and San Diego County sheriff's deputies descended on the encampment around 2:30 a.m. Friday, declared an unlawful assembly and removed tents, canopies, tables and other furniture. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP - While more U.S. cities are resorting to force to break up the Wall Street protests, many others — Philadelphia, New York, Minneapolis and Portland, Ore., among them — are content to let the demonstrations go on for now.

APNewsBreak: US northern border checks scaled back (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT

In this Oct. 6, 2011 photo, Senior Border Patrol Agent Sheldon Cooper monitors the International Railroad Bridge in Buffalo, N.Y. In a move that is supposed ease an overburdened immigration system, U.S. Border Patrol field offices around the country have been told to stop the controversial practice of routinely searching buses, trains and airports for illegal immigrants at transportation hubs along the northern border. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)AP - The U.S. Border Patrol has quietly stopped its controversial practice of routinely searching buses, trains and airports for illegal immigrants at transportation hubs along the northern border and in the nation's interior, preventing agents from using what had long been an effective tool for tracking down people here illegally, The Associated Press has learned.

Halloween doesn't have to be gorge-fest to be fun (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 03:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 29, 2010 file photo, Hannah Moos, 5, dressed as a bunch of grapes, asks for candy with her father Kyle, of Melba, Idaho at a Halloween event in downtown Nampa, Idaho. Dentists and dieticians say one can still make Halloween reasonably healthy for kids without resorting to tactics like no candy. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Charlie Litchfield)AP - Offer apples to trick-or-treaters and risk having your house get egged — maybe even by your own kids.
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