Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Washington's big dig aims to clean up "nation's river" (Reuters)

Washington's big dig aims to clean up "nation's river" (Reuters)

Washington's big dig aims to clean up "nation's river" (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:29 AM PST

Reuters - Washington is starting to dig deep in a $2.6 billion underground solution aimed at helping clean up the polluted Potomac River and the ailing Chesapeake Bay, the biggest U.S. estuary.

Three Tennessee miners rescued after fire (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 02:58 PM PST

Reuters - Three miners were trapped underground by smoke for several hours on Wednesday before being brought safely to the surface at the Young zinc mine in Tennessee, authorities said.

Family of Marine jet crash victims awarded $17.8 million (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 05:52 PM PST

Reuters - The surviving relatives of four family members killed when a Marine fighter jet crashed into their San Diego home in 2008 were awarded $17.8 million by a federal judge on Wednesday.

A Christian on Hitchens' Atheism and Lowe's Muslim Problem (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:00 AM PST

Time.com - A believer discusses bigotry among so-called Christians and fundamentalism among the so-called atheists

Neiman Marcus Christmas Book: Luxury Gifts for the Rich (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:00 AM PST

Time.com - The Neiman Marcus Christmas book offers luxury gifts that even one-percenters pine for

New York unions sue over retiree health-care change (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 03:35 PM PST

Reuters - Seven New York state unions filed federal lawsuits on Wednesday seeking to prevent Governor Andrew Cuomo from increasing the amount that retired workers pay for health care.

Mom of Iran detainee questions alleged confession (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 05:17 PM PST

In this video frame grab image made from the Iranian broadcaster IRIB TV, U.S. citizen Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, accused by Iran of spying for the CIA, sits in Tehran's revolutionary court, in Iran on Tuesday, Dec. 27 2011. Hekmati could face the death penalty, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported Tuesday. In a closed court hearing, the prosecution applied for capital punishment, the report said, Hekmati, 'admitted that he received training in the United States and planned to imply that Iran was involved in terrorist activities in foreign countries' after returning to the U.S. (AP Photo/IRIB) NO ACCESS IRAN; BBC PERSIAN TV OUT; VOA PERSIAN TV OUTAP - The mother of an Iranian-American detained in Iran for four months on espionage charges says his alleged confession was made under duress.

3 miners rescued from Tenn. mine after fire (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 01:50 PM PST

AP - A fire broke out inside a zinc mine in Tennessee on Wednesday, trapping three miners inside for about three hours before they were rescued, authorities said. Two other miners below ground were injured by smoke inhalation.

Muslims upset by NYPD to boycott mayor's breakfast (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:14 PM PST

AP - Several Muslim leaders have declined invitations to the mayor's annual year-end interfaith breakfast, saying they're upset at police department efforts to infiltrate mosques and spy on Muslim neighborhoods.

Abortion, immigration changes among new 2012 laws (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 01:29 PM PST

In this Dec. 12, 2011 photo, Irvis Orozco, 24, a senior studying international relations at the University of California, Davis, poses on campus in Davis, Calif. A new law that will take effect Jan. 1, 2012, will allow Orozco, who was brought to the country illegally from Mexico when he was an infant, to receive private financial aid at California's public colleges. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Girls seeking abortions in New Hampshire must first tell their parents or a judge, employers in Alabama must verify new workers' U.S. residency, and California students will be the first in the country to receive mandatory lessons about the contributions of gays and lesbians under state laws set to take effect at the start of 2012.

Appeals court: Ark. can't stop desegregation funds (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 06:22 PM PST

AP - Arkansas cannot cut off millions of dollars in funding for desegregation programs in Little Rock-area school districts until the state asks a federal judge for permission to do so, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Family 'devastated' by Conn. Christmas house fire (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:22 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2011 file photo, Stamford firefighter Nick Tamburro pays respects outside the Stamford, Conn., home of Madonna Badger, which was destroyed by a fire on Christmas morning. The Connecticut medical examiner said Wednesday, Dec. 28, that Badger's three daughters and her parents died of smoke inhalation. All the deaths were ruled accidental. Firefighters went into the house twice trying to rescue the victims, but were forced out by the blaze’s intensity. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)AP - An uncle of three girls killed with their grandparents in a Christmas morning house fire said Wednesday family members are devastated by the tragedy but comforted by each other and an outpouring of public sympathy.

Did Cheetah from 1930s Tarzan flicks die? (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 02:38 PM PST

FILE - A file photo shows Johnny Weissmuller, right, as Tarzan, Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane, and Cheetah the chimpanzee, in a scene from the 1932 movie Tarzan the Ape Man. A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah the chimpanzee from the Tarzan movies of the 1930s died Cheetah died on Dec. 24 of kidney failure at age 80. (AP Photo/ho, File)AP - A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah, the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died at 80. But other accounts call that claim into question.

AP sources: US to sell F-15s to Saudi Arabia (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 06:02 PM PST

AP - The Obama administration is poised to announce the sale of nearly $30 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Fatal Conn. fire reminds homeowners of ash dangers (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 02:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 25, 2011 file photo, firefighters investigate a house in Stamford, Conn., where an early morning fire left five people dead. The fire that killed three children and their grandparents with astonishing speed and ferocity was sparked by fireplace embers dumped in a bag near the house. As more people turn to alternative heat sources, including wood-burning stoves and fireplaces, experts say it's a reminder that ashes cool to the touch can still harbor danger hours afterward. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)AP - Fireplace ashes can be deceiving. Just ask anyone involved in the nearly 11,600 residential building fires in the U.S. each year that federal safety officials say are caused by hot embers or ashes.

Can foreign tourists help US economy? (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:29 AM PST

Non-resident visitors from an international flight fill out customs forms while waiting in line at immigration control at McCarran International Airport, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, in Las Vegas. The U.S. Travel Association is pushing Congress to make it easier for foreigners to visit the United States. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Agustina Ocampo is the kind of foreign traveler businesses salivate over.

Lawyer says soldier shooting client was attacked (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 01:06 PM PST

This undated photo provided by the San Bernardino Police Department shows Ruben Ray Jurado, 19, who was arrested Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, when he turned himself in to police in Chino Hills, Calif. Jurado is suspected of shooting 22-year-old Christopher Sullivan, a soldier who survived a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan, at his homecoming party in San Bernardino on Friday night after getting into a fight with the soldier's brother. (AP Photo/San Bernardino Police Department)AP - The lawyer for the California man charged with the attempted murder of an Afghanistan war veteran said his client was under attack when gunfire rang out.

Congress frees $40 million in aid to Palestinians (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 02:05 PM PST

AP - Lawmakers have freed up a little more than 20 percent of $187 million in U.S. assistance to the Palestinians that had been frozen over the Palestinian bid for U.N. membership.

Bugs may be resistant to genetically modified corn (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 03:52 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2005, file photo, a harvester works through a field of genetically modified corn near Santa Rosa, Calif. So-called Bt corn, genetically engineered to make its own insecticide, may be losing its distinctive ability to kill pests — a possible result of careless farming practices that could give rise to resistant bugs and threaten the future of one of the nation's most widely planted crops. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)AP - One of the nation's most widely planted crops — a genetically engineered corn plant that makes its own insecticide — may be losing its effectiveness because a major pest appears to be developing resistance more quickly than scientists expected.
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