Saturday, October 29, 2011

Rare October snowstorm strikes East Coast (Reuters)

Rare October snowstorm strikes East Coast (Reuters)


Rare October snowstorm strikes East Coast (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 06:14 PM PDT

Sheldon Drake helps to push a car on a street still yet to be plowed in the East New York section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, December 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - A rare October snowstorm barreled up the heavily populated East Coast on Saturday, threatening up to a foot of snow, cutting power to nearly a million households and forcing at least 1,000 flight cancellations.


Police fire mace at Denver protesters, 20 arrested (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 07:13 PM PDT

Reuters - Police in riot gear fired pepper balls and mace into a crowd of economic protesters in Denver on Saturday and arrested 20 after some people entered the grounds of the State Capitol, police said.

Snowstorm tests resolve of Wall St protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 06:43 PM PDT

Members of the Occupy Wall Street movement discuss the weather while standing in Zuccotti Park during the first snow fall of winter in New York October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - A rare October snowstorm tested the resolve of anti-Wall Street protesters camped in a New York park on Saturday, as police arrested demonstrators in Denver and evicted others from a Nashville plaza.


At Occupy Oakland, a Tense Standoff in the Park (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 07:25 AM PDT

Time.com - After a violent melee, the protest movement in Oakland has an anxious night waiting to see how police respond to the demonstrators' continued presence

Supposed John Wayne Gacy Victim Found Alive and Well in Florida (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 07:25 AM PDT

Time.com - Two siblings thought the worst when their brother disappeared in 1977

Perry urges repeal of New Hampshire gay marriage law (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 02:37 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks during a visit to plastics manufacturer ISO Poly Films in Gray Court, South Carolina October 25, 2011. REUTERS/Mary Ann ChastainReuters - Texas Governor Rick Perry pressed a conservative social agenda at an appearance in New Hampshire, calling for the repeal of the state's 2009 law legalizing same-sex marriage.


Early snow pelts East Coast, cuts power to 2M-plus (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 07:28 PM PDT

A vehicle makes its way at the snow-covered intersection of Autumn and Grove Streets in Lodi, N.J., following a rare October snowstorm that hit the region, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)AP - An unusually early and powerful nor'easter dumped wet, heavy snow Saturday from the mid-Atlantic to New England, toppling leafy trees and power lines and knocking out electricity to more than 2 million homes and businesses.


Billboard battle: 'Wanted' posters v. blight fight (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:05 PM PDT

In this Oct. 27, 2011 photo, Roger Kemp, left, and Bob Fessler, vice president and general manager of Lamar, pose near an electronic billboard with an alert for baby Lisa Irwin, in Kansas City, Mo.  After his daughter was murdered a decade ago, Kemp contacted Lamar to see if he could place a composite of the suspect on one of its billboards. The suspect was caught because of a tip from someone who saw the billboard. The idea quickly caught on and now the FBI credits the capture of numerous suspects. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)AP - Nearly a decade ago, a suburban Kansas City man desperately searching for his teenage daughter's killer divined an idea: Place a "wanted" poster with the suspect's picture on a billboard.


Tenn. protesters to defy curfew a 3rd time (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 03:27 PM PDT

An arrested woman watches from the ground of the Legislative Plaza in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, while one of her fellow protesters is led away by state troopers. It was the second straight night of arrests after Republican Gov. Bill Haslam imposed a curfew on areas surrounding the Capitol in an effort to disband a three-week demonstration by Wall Street protesters. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)AP - Occupy Wall Street protesters and state officials in Tennessee squared off for a third consecutive night Saturday, even though a local judge has consistently refused to jail the demonstrators and said the state lacks the authority to set a curfew on the property.


A skinhead's journey from racism to redemption (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:17 AM PDT

AP - People grabbed their children when Bryon Widner swaggered into a store, lowered their voices when he entered a restaurant, sidled away when he strode up to a bar.

Denver police move into Occupy protest encampment (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 07:26 PM PDT

AP - Authorities moved into an encampment of Occupy Wall Street supporters Saturday evening and began arresting demonstrators just hours after a standoff near the steps of the Colorado Capitol turned into a skirmish that ended in police force, including pepper spray and reports of rubber bullets.

Police: Fla. pizza workers burned down rival store (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:56 PM PDT

AP - The battle for pizza supremacy has taken a wrong turn in Florida.

Small plane crash kills 2 at South Florida airport (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 02:40 PM PDT

AP - Authorities are investigating after a small plane crashed at a South Florida airport, killing both people on board.

Fire officials: Grain elevator explodes in Kansas (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 07:17 PM PDT

AP - Authorities in the northeast Kansas town of Atchison say they have been called to a grain elevator explosion, and media reports said the blast could be felt widely around the site and seen across the river in Missouri.

Ala. immigration battle recalls civil rights past (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 02:48 PM PDT

AP - The epicenter of the fight over the nation's patchwork of immigration laws is not Arizona, which shares a border with Mexico and became a common site for boycotts. Nor was it any of the four states that were next to pass their own crackdowns.

Obama cites income gap to push stalled jobs bill (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:35 AM PDT

President Barack Obama answers a reporter's question about the European debt deal as he meets with Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas, not shown, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama is banking on a new report detailing the income disparity in the country as further evidence of the need for his $447 billion jobs bill.


US-Israeli man accused of spying returns to NYC (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:01 AM PDT

Emory University law student Ilan Grapel  hugs his father, Daniel Grapel as he arrives home from Israel to Kennedy Airport  on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, in Jamaica, N.Y. Grapel was arrested in Egypt last June and accused of spying for Israel and the U.S. State Department. He was freed in exchange for 25 Egyptian prisoners. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)AP - An Emory University law student who was arrested months ago at a demonstration in Cairo's Tahrir Square, accused of being a spy and locked in an Egyptian jail for the summer returned home to New York City on Saturday as part of a prisoner swap that also freed 25 Egyptians held in Israel.


Victims of Ind. van crash to be buried in Ecuador (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 02:04 PM PDT

AP - Seven members of an extended family who died in a crash on the Indiana Toll Road will be buried in their home country, a spokesman for the Ecuadorian Consulate in Chicago said Saturday.

Sugarland: `We are all changed' by collapse (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:28 AM PDT

The American country music duo Sugarland featuring vocalist Jennifer Nettles, left, and guitarist Kristian Bush speak to the crowd before a benefit concert in Indianapolis, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Seven people were killed and dozens more were injured in the Aug. 13 stage collapse at the Indiana State fairground venue where high winds ahead of an approaching storm toppled scaffolding and stage rigging  just minutes before Sugarland was to perform. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)AP - A packed house watched country duo Sugarland deliver an emotionally-charged free concert meant to "celebrate" healing, life and music while serving as a tribute to the victims of a deadly stage collapse last August at the Indiana State Fair.


Many cities leaving Wall Street protesters alone (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:29 PM PDT

Christopher Guerra, from San Franciso, Calif.  is wrapped  in a blanket to stay warm as he participates in the Occupy Wall Street protest at the Zuccotti Park encampment  on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 in New York.  City fire department officials seized at least one generator from the site during an early morning inspection.  'They say they were looking for extra gasoline but took the generator,' said Guerra, 'then they left and came back with cops to search around tents.'  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)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.


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