Friday, December 30, 2011

Financial dispute delays 9/11 museum opening (Reuters)

Financial dispute delays 9/11 museum opening (Reuters)

Financial dispute delays 9/11 museum opening (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:57 PM PST

Reuters - The National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York will not be ready in time for its planned 2012 opening on the 11th anniversary of the attacks, due to a financial dispute between agencies involved in its construction, officials said on Friday.

Abortion doctors charged with murder after 35 fetuses found (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:38 PM PST

Reuters - Two doctors have been charged with murder after an investigation into a botched abortion uncovered 35 fetuses in a Maryland clinic's freezer, authorities said on Friday, calling the case the first of its kind.

New court challenge to Wisconsin union law filed (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:51 PM PST

Reuters - The Wisconsin Supreme Court should void a controversial state law curbing the power of public sector unions because a judge who ruled on the law had a conflict of interest, a county attorney said on Friday.

Why Iowa Shouldn't Vote First Any More (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 11:30 AM PST

Time.com - With every passing decade, Iowa's electoral character grows more out of step with the reality of the United States

A Marine in Afghanistan Reflects on Her Country's Problems at Home (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 11:30 AM PST

Time.com - A U.S. Marine in Afghanistan wonders why the United States can't come together to overcome our nation's challenges

Police suspect foul play in case of missing Maine toddler (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 07:10 PM PST

Reuters - Authorities searching for a Maine toddler who vanished from her home about a week before Christmas said on Friday they now suspect foul play in the girl's disappearance.

Authorities say 8 dead in Texas vehicle crash (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 06:38 PM PST

AP - Texas authorities say eight people, including a mother and her three children, have been killed in a fiery, two-vehicle crash in Texas.

Guilty plea in muni bond indictments (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 12:50 PM PST

AP - A politically connected financial firm and its founder pleaded guilty Friday to taking part in fraud and bid-rigging conspiracies related to the municipal bond business.

Deschanel, Gordon-Levitt post New Year's Eve duet (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 10:59 AM PST

FILE- In this Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 file photo, actress Zooey Deschanel, right, and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt arrive at the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards in Los Angeles. Deschanel and Gordon-Levitt are curious about your New Year’s Eve plans. The two actors perform a duet in a video posted this week on YouTube, musically asking, 'What are you doing New Year’s Eve?' (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)AP - Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are curious about your New Year's Eve plans.

Victims' group must reveal records in priest case (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:19 PM PST

AP - An advocacy group that has relentlessly pressured Roman Catholic leaders to reveal the scope of sex abuse in the church has been ordered to disclose records to a priest's defense lawyers that could include years of emails with victims, journalists and others.

Etta James condition better, taken off respirator (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:03 PM PST

AP - Etta James' manager says the terminally ill blues singer is breathing on her own after being taken off a respirator.

Funeral next week for Conn. Christmas fire victims (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 12:21 PM PST

AP - A funeral service will be held in New York next week for three girls killed with their grandparents in a Christmas morning house fire in Connecticut.

Foul play suspected in Maine girl's disappearance (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 07:21 PM PST

This undated photo obtained from a Facebook page shows missing toddler Alya Reynolds. Police investigating the dissapearance of the 20-month-old girl from her father's home two weeks ago said Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 they believe foul play was involved. Waterville police announced the case 'has evolved from the search for a missing child to a criminal investigation.' (AP Photo/Obtained From Facebook)AP - Police investigating the disappearance of a toddler from her father's central Maine home two weeks ago said Friday they believe foul play was involved, but investigators tried to remain optimistic even as the job of law enforcement officials becomes more difficult with each passing day.

CDC, FDA say powdered infant formula not tainted (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 06:37 PM PST

AP - Four cases of infants sickened by a rare bacteria sometimes linked to powdered formula, including two who died, are not related and parents can continue using the products to feed their babies, two federal agencies announced Friday.

Grocery stores pull Arizona lettuce from shelves (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 07:00 PM PST

AP - Heads of iceberg lettuce are being removed from grocery store shelves in at least seven states after salmonella was found in an Arizona field adjacent to the grower's property.

Baby sitter murder charge in Indiana girl's death (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:02 PM PST

AP - A trusted family friend who confessed to police that he bludgeoned to death a 9-year-old Indiana girl in his care then dismembered her just days before Christmas was formally charged Friday in the killing.

Court delays border-crossing pollution rule (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:17 PM PST

AP - A federal court Friday put on hold a controversial Obama administration regulation aimed at reducing power plant pollution in 27 states that contributes to unhealthy air downwind.

Domestic policy chief starts, leaves amid crises (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:06 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2011 file photo, Melody Barnes, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. Except for a few pictures missing from the walls, there is little evidence that Barnes will be gone by Jan. 3. The buzz of activity in her tidy West Wing office is consistent with the way she started as President Obama’s domestic policy team director in 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Melody Barnes is leaving as White House chief domestic policy adviser at a time when President Barack Obama's administration is getting little notice for its work on the home front to fix the struggling economy.

DA asks Wis. Supreme Court to reopen union lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 06:18 PM PST

AP - A prosecutor asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to reopen his lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker's contentious collective bargaining law, contending a justice who voted to dismiss the suit earlier this year got free legal help from the firm defending the law.

Firefighters chase arson fires in Hollywood area (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:46 PM PST

An investigator works the scene where fire caused damage to a two-story apartment at 1156 N. Cahuenga Blvd. in Hollywood, section of Los Angeles, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. An arsonist torched car after car early Friday, sending firefighters scrambling to put out more than a dozen blazes in Hollywood and neighboring West Hollywood. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)AP - An arsonist swept through the Hollywood area under the cover of dark early Friday, torching vehicles whose flames ignited nearby houses, including one once occupied by Doors frontman Jim Morrison.
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