Saturday, December 31, 2011

Revelers converge on Times Square to usher in 2012 (Reuters)

Revelers converge on Times Square to usher in 2012 (Reuters)

Revelers converge on Times Square to usher in 2012 (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:29 PM PST

Reuters - Throngs of revelers flooded into the streets around New York's Times Square amid tight security on Saturday to send off a year marked by a grim anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the city and give a boisterous welcome to 2012.

Obama strikes hopeful note in year-end address (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 02:28 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama, striking a hopeful note in a year-end weekly address, hailed foreign policy milestones while keeping pressure on Congress to further extend payroll tax cuts through the end of 2012.

Man with explosives stopped at Texas airport (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST

Reuters - A man found to be carrying explosives in "military grade wrapping" was detained at a western Texas airport on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of the area, officials said.

Mitt Romney: A Candidate's Rhetorical Evolution (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 09:25 PM PST

Time.com - The new and improved Romney travels the country not with a list, but with a story

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

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 09:25 PM PST

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

Winds, winter storms snarl some holiday travel (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:15 PM PST

Reuters - High winds and snow slowed travelers in Colorado and Nebraska ahead of the new year, as many Americans hit the roads over the holiday weekend, officials said on Saturday.

LA fears long night of New Year's arsons awaits (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:57 PM PST

A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter extinguishes multiple cars on fire in a carport in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. For the third night in a row, a rash of arson fires has sent firefighters scrambling to extinguish car fires in various neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Most of the fires on this night occurred in the San Fernando Valley. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - On what would already be one of their busiest nights of the year, police and firefighters Saturday will be patrolling neighborhoods, taking hotline phone calls and scrambling to identify who was behind the arson fires that have spooked the Hollywood area for two straight nights and were making it an uneasy New Year's Eve in Los Angeles.

State revenue rises, but not enough to offset cuts (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:05 AM PST

In this Oct. 20, 2011, photo, child care aid recipient Sarah Comito kisses her son Matthew at their home in Oxnard, Calif. Advocates of welfare reform in California often cite one statistic as they have pressed for cuts and changes to the program in recent years: The state has one-eighth of the nation's population but one-third of all welfare recipients. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - College students clash with administrators over steeply rising tuition. Public employees shut down statehouses amid cuts to pay and retirement benefits. Teachers and social welfare advocates protest budget cuts. Lawmakers struggle to cope with sharp declines in tax revenue.

Obama hopeful for more economic progress in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:22 AM PST

President Barack Obama, left, and Admiral Robert Willard, arrive to participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial, part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, in Pearl Honolulu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Reflecting on a challenging year, President Barack Obama says he's hoping for more economic progress following action by Congress to prevent tax increases at the start of 2012.

NASA probe circling the moon on New Year's Eve (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:31 PM PST

This undated artist rendering provided by NASA on Dec. 21,2011 shows the twin Grail spacecraft mapping the lunar gravity field. The two probes are scheduled to enter orbit around the moon over New Year's weekend. (AP Photo/NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory)AP - As planet Earth rang in the new year, a different kind of countdown was happening at the moon.

World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:30 PM PST

Revelers cheer and wave balloons behind police barricades in Times Square in anticipation of midnight on New Years Eve, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. Some revelers, wearing party hats and '2012' glasses, began camping out Saturday morning,as workers readied bags stuffed with hundreds of balloons and technicians put colored filters on klieg lights. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP - With glittering fireworks and star-studded celebrations from New Zealand to Times Square, the world eagerly welcomed a new year and hoped for a better future Saturday, saying goodbye to a year of hurricanes, tsunamis and economic turmoil that many would rather forget.

Chief justice defends court's impartiality (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:02 PM PST

AP - Chief Justice John Roberts said Saturday that he has "complete confidence" in his colleagues' ability to step away from cases where their personal interests are at stake, and noted that judges should not be swayed by "partisan demands."

Hope reigns as Americans prepare to ring in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 01:46 PM PST

Pedestrians pass police vans in Times Square as city police officials begin ramping up security before Saturday's New Years Eve celebrations, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, in New York. Behind the scenes, the police meticulously map out how to control crowds that can swell to 1 million while also preparing for potential terror threats. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP - Times Square was awash in hopeful sentiments as it began to welcome hordes of New Year's Eve revelers looking to cast off a rough year and cheer their way to something better in 2012.

4.0 earthquake strikes in northeast Ohio (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:54 PM PST

AP - Officials said Saturday they believe the latest earthquake activity in northeast Ohio is related to the injection of wastewater into the ground near a fault line, creating enough pressure to cause seismic activity.

Sandwich caregivers balance dual responsibilities (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:52 PM PST

In this photo taken Dec. 14, 2011, Evelyn Volk, 52, left, laughs while helping her 15-year-old son, Nicholas, with his homework in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles. The sun was barely up when Volk, dressed in a bathrobe with toothbrush in hand, tossed a pile of clothes into the washing machine, the first of several loads of the day. She glanced at the wall clock that was deliberately set 10 minutes fast. Time to rustle her two teenage kids out of bed and check on her elderly mother, who suffers from dementia and remained fast asleep. These bookend family responsibilities land Volk squarely in the 'sandwich generation' — pressed between dual roles of supporting aging parents while rearing children. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - The sun was barely up when Evelyn Volk, bleary-eyed with toothbrush in hand, tossed a pile of clothes into the washing machine, the first of several loads of the day. She glanced at the wall clock that was deliberately set 10 minutes fast. Time to rustle her two teenage kids out of bed and check on her elderly mother, who suffers from dementia.

Obama signs defense bill despite 'reservations' (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 02:41 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama signed a wide-ranging defense bill into law Saturday despite having "serious reservations" about provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists.

Authorities: Eazy-E's son not killed in car wreck (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:28 PM PST

AP - Texas authorities said Saturday that they mistakenly identified the son of the late NWA frontman Eazy-E as one of eight people killed in a two-car collision.

As the campaign unreels, voters feel dispirited (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:00 PM PST

In this Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011 photo, Howard Pinkley stands in his business, Flags Sales & Repairs, in Toledo, Ohio. Pinkley established the company a half century ago and runs it with his daughter, Wendy Beallas. The days after Sept. 11, 2011 were good ones for the flag business. These days though, folks are focused on paying the bills. A new flag is a luxury, and the unvarnished patriotism of a decade ago has been replaced by disgust with government. (AP Photo/J.D. Pooley)AP - A decade ago, customers flocked to the store in the converted fire station on the east side of Toledo, Ohio, in pursuit of Old Glory.

States change how they recruit foster parents (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:01 PM PST

AP - For decades, it was common for officials around the country to approve foster parents by room and board criteria: Did they pass a background check? Is their home clean? Are their dogs safe and vaccinated?

Man with explosives detained at Texas airport (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 02:51 PM PST

Patrol Officer and Explosive Ordnance Technician Dylan Hale, left, secures an explosives transport box to the back of a vehicle to be taken to a storage facility, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at the Midland International Airport in Midland, Texas. The military-grade explosives were confiscated from a departing passenger. (AP Photo/Odessa American, Heather Leiphart)AP - A man was detained Saturday after trying to go through a security checkpoint at a Texas airport with explosives in military-grade wrapping, federal and local officials said.
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