Tuesday, October 25, 2011

New risk for Occupy Wall Street: less media interest (Reuters)

New risk for Occupy Wall Street: less media interest (Reuters)

New risk for Occupy Wall Street: less media interest (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 02:04 PM PDT

Reuters - "Occupy Wall Street" is occupying less space in TV broadcasts, newspapers and social media as the story settles into a familiar pattern and protesters dig in for what could be a protracted fight.

Eight New York policemen charged in gun smuggling ring (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 12:30 PM PDT

A pedestrian walks past a line of New York Police Department (NYPD) cars parked at Times Square in New York, October 18, 2011. REUTERS/Gary HershornReuters - Eight New York City policemen were charged on Tuesday with helping run a gun-smuggling ring in a city whose mayor, Michael Bloomberg, is leading a national campaign against illegal guns.

Income of top 1 percent far outgrew others: report (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 06:53 PM PDT

Reuters - Incomes for the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans nearly tripled from 1979 to 2007, far outpacing income growth for all other groups, said a new report that underscored sharply increased U.S. income disparity.

Can Embracing a Risky Flat Tax Boost Rick Perry's Flagging Campaign? (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Time.com - On Wednesday, speaking to attendees at the Western Leadership Conference in Las Vegas, Rick Perry announced that implementing a flat tax would be one of the centerpieces of his plan to spur economic growth

Did You Need to See Gaddafi's Corpse? (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Time.com - As the news of Muammar Gaddafi's death in Libya emerged this morning, the pictures in and of themselves did not immediately prove that it had actually happened

Two students accused in North Carolina school shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 06:21 PM PDT

Reuters - Two North Carolina teenagers have been arrested over the shooting of a 10th grade girl at a high school after surveillance video showed them with a rifle on campus, officials said on Tuesday.

'Joe the Plumber' launches congressional bid (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 06:37 PM PDT

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, talks to the media about running for Congress at Tony Packo's in Toledo, Ohio, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. Wurzelbacher, a man whose moniker became a household name during the 2008 presidential race, says he's running in Ohio's 9th U.S. House district because he's angry about the economy and the way politicians try to patch problems with duct tape. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)AP - Joe the Plumber is plunging into politics because he thinks it's about time America had a few mechanics, bricklayers and, yes, plumbers in Congress.

Police: 9-year-old again drove for drinking dad (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:20 PM PDT

AP - For the second time this month, authorities have charged a father with allowing his 9-year-old child to be a designated driver.

Police: Father of smothered TN twins not fiance (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:16 PM PDT

AP - Preliminary DNA tests prove that the fiance of a Tennessee woman did not father the newborn twin boys she is accused of smothering, verifying what she told police about the children's paternity, a detective testified on Tuesday.

Panel: Boys should get HPV vaccine given to girls (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 06:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 28, 2006 file photo, a doctor holds the human papillomavirus vaccine Gardiasil in his hand at his Chicago office. The controversial HPV shot given to girls should also be given to boys, in part to help prevent the spread of the virus through sex, a government medical panel said Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - A vaccine against cervical cancer hasn't been all that popular for girls. It may be even a harder sell for boys now that it's been recommended for them too.

Anti-Wall Street demonstrators march in Oakland (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:26 PM PDT

An American flag is left discarded on the ground as a remnant of the Occupy Oakland protests Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Police in riot gear began clearing anti-Wall Street protesters on Tuesday morning from the plaza in front of Oakland's City Hall where they have been camped out for about two weeks. City officials had originally been supportive of the protesters, but the city later warned the protesters that they were breaking the law and could not stay in the encampment overnight. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - Under cover of darkness early Tuesday, hundreds of police swept into Oakland's Occupy Wall Street protest, firing tear gas and beanbag rounds before clearing out an encampment of demonstrators.

Northern lights take unusual trip down south (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 05:18 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Brian Emfinger, aurora borealis lights up the Ozark, Ark. sky on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Emfinger, a storm chaser, said this is only the second northern lights in a decade that he has seen this far south. (AP Photo/realclearwx.com, Brian Emfinger) MANDATORY CREDITAP - A baffling solar storm pulled colorful northern lights unusually far south, surprising space weather experts and treating skywatchers to a rare and spectacular treat.

Democrats seek hearing on HGH tests (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 05:38 PM PDT

AP - Three Democratic congressmen are urging the House Energy and Commerce Committee to hold hearings on the impasse between the NFL and players union on testing for human growth hormone.

5 NYPD officers arrested in gun-smuggling sting (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 04:43 PM PDT

New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly looks on during a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in New York. A sting operation resulted in the arrest Tuesday of five New York Police Department officers on charges that they smuggled firearms, cigarettes and slot machines they thought were stolen, federal authorities said. The officers were among 12 people charged in a criminal complaint unsealed in federal court in Manhattan. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - Five New York Police Department officers smuggled firearms and slot machines they thought were stolen and some even used bolt cutters to pilfer hundreds of boxes of cigarettes from tractor-trailers as part of a 12-person theft ring that was under federal surveillance the entire time, authorities said Tuesday.

Police: 2 Nebraska boys kept in wire dog kennel (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 04:11 PM PDT

This photo provided Oct. 25, 2011, by the Lincoln County, Neb., Sheriff's Office shows Ashly Clark. Four children were removed from a from a filthy trailer home Monday, Oct. 24, in North Platte, Neb., including two who’d been kept in a wire dog kennel, according to North Platte police. Four adults living in the home, including Clark, were arrested and jailed on suspicion of first-degree false imprisonment and felony child abuse. (AP Photo/Lincoln County Sheriff)AP - Four children were removed from what authorities described as a filthy Nebraska trailer home where a 3-year-old boy and his 5-year-old brother were kept in a wire dog kennel, police said Tuesday.

Conn. man convicted of kidnapping ex-wife, arson (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 04:07 PM PDT

Richard Shenkman, right, watches as the jury enters the courtroom to deliver a verdict of guilty on all charges in Connecticut Superior Court in Hartford Tuesday Oct. 25, 2011. Shenkman was convicted Tuesday of kidnapping his ex-wife in 2009, holding her hostage for nearly 12 hours and burning down the Connecticut home they used to share. (AP Photo/Tim Cook, Pool)AP - A former advertising executive is facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison after being convicted Tuesday of kidnapping his ex-wife, holding her hostage for nearly 12 hours and burning down the Connecticut home they used to share.

Patience tested over waste, crime at protest sites (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 02:57 PM PDT

The possessions of Occupy Oakland protestors are seen strewn about Frank H. Ogawa plaza Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Occupy Oakland protestors were evicted from the plaza early this morning. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - Fed up with petty crime, the all-night racket of beating drums, the smell of human waste and the sight of trampled flowers and grass, police and neighbors are losing patience with some of the anti-Wall Street protests around the U.S.
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