Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Bid to halt no-camping rule for DC protesters denied (Reuters)

Bid to halt no-camping rule for DC protesters denied (Reuters)

Bid to halt no-camping rule for DC protesters denied (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 02:14 PM PST

Reuters - A federal judge denied a petition on Tuesday that would have allowed anti-Wall Street protesters to keep camping - at least temporarily - in two parks in the nation's capital where they have lived for months.

California family settles lawsuit over leaked crash images (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 05:56 PM PST

Reuters - The family of a teen whose mangled corpse was shown in horrific car-crash photos that went viral online has settled a lawsuit against the California Highway Patrol for $2.37 million, ending a 5-year legal battle that changed state law.

Prosecutors want non-local jury for Sandusky trial (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:22 PM PST

Reuters - State prosecutors want former Penn State University football coach Jerry Sandusky's sex abuse trial to be heard by a jury brought in from another county, saying the case would be in "peril" if the jury was composed of local residents.

The Once and Future Front Runner: Why Romney Is Winning in Florida and What Comes Next (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:15 PM PST

Time.com - In a Republican primary season marked by political chaos, here's something that finally seems settled: Mitt Romney will win Tuesday's Florida primary

What You Missed While Not Watching The Last Florida GOP Debate (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:15 PM PST

Time.com - "Only one thing is certain," CNN's opening montage declares. "Expect the unexpected." That hits the spot. We need false hope at a time like this. It's the 19th Republican debate.

Heavy snows cause "moose emergency" concern in Alaska (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 07:01 PM PST

Reuters - Heavy snows in parts of Alaska are taking a deadly toll on moose as deep snowdrifts force the animals into hazardous detours on plowed roads and railroad tracks, officials said on Tuesday, prompting one group to seek declaration of a "moose emergency."

Lawmakers reach agreement on $63 billion FAA bill (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 05:03 PM PST

AP - An agreement on a bill to provide operating authority for the Federal Aviation Administration over the next four years and to boost the agency's air traffic modernization effort was reached Tuesday by House and Senate negotiators, culminating a five-year struggle that included a partial shutdown of the agency.

Kan. plan: Allow illegal immigrants to stay, work (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST

AP - A coalition of business groups will propose Kansas start a new program to help some illegal immigrants remain in the state so they can hold down jobs in agriculture and other industries with labor shortages, coalition representatives disclosed Tuesday.

US confirms possible release of Taliban from Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:30 PM PST

CIA Director David Petraeus listens at right as Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to assess current and future national security threats. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - U.S. intelligence officials acknowledged Tuesday that the United States may release several Afghan Taliban prisoners from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as an incentive to bring the Taliban to peace talks.

Panel: Fire Ct. police chief amid racial turmoil (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:12 PM PST

East Haven police cars are parked at the police station in East Haven, Conn., Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. East Haven police chief Leonard Gallo retired Monday after four officers in his department were arrested January 24 by the FBI accused of waging a campaign against Latino residents. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP - Police commissioners in East Haven voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend that the mayor fire the police chief instead of letting him retire amid allegations that officers abused Latinos.

Los Angeles teacher charged with molesting 23 kids (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 07:19 PM PST

In this undated police booking photo released by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department shows former Los Angeles teacher Mark Berndt, 61, who was arrested for felony molestation of 23 kids after photos surfaced. Berndt been charged with committing lewd acts with 23 boys and girls ages 7 to 10. AP Photo/ Los Angeles Sheriff's Department)AP - Detectives say the elementary school teacher told the children it was a game. Once inside his third-grade classroom, he blindfolded them, gagged them and set cockroaches crawling on their faces.

World Trade Center design flaw could cost millions (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:30 PM PST

One World Trade Center, now 90 stories high and on its way to being the nation's tallest building, stands above the New York skyline, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is aiming for a completion date in the fall of 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - The agency building the new World Trade Center says a design flaw could add millions of dollars to the cost of the complex's signature tower.

Few guidelines exist on when to shut down roads (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 05:54 PM PST

At left, firemen rest after fighting fires that resulted from a multi-vehicle accident that killed at least nine people, on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the pileup on the highway, which had been closed for a time because of the mixture of fog and heavy smoke from a brush fire. At least five cars and six tractor-trailers were involved, and some burst into flame. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)AP - Whether it's a dust storm in Arizona, a whiteout in Maine or wildfire in Florida, the call to shut down a major highway usually rests with local officials, who in some cases have little, if any, written guidelines to follow.

Landowners fight eminent domain in Pa. gas field (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 01:48 PM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, Lisa Richlin stands in front of her home along Route 220 near Laporte, Pa., while talking about the number of accidents there. Richlin is in court with Central New York Oil and Gas Company LLC on trying to get them to move a proposed entrance road for building the MARC 1 pipeline from a couple hundred yards north of her home along Route 220 to a site a couple hundred yards south of her home. (AP Photo/Jimmy May)AP - A pipeline operator assured federal regulators it would minimize using eminent domain against private landowners if given approval to lay a 39-mile natural gas pipeline in northern Pennsylvania's pristine Endless Mountains.

AP: Changes ahead for foreign exchange students (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:30 PM PST

AP - The U.S. State Department is proposing what it calls "significant and controversial" changes to a foreign exchange program that has been exploited by unscrupulous labor brokers and organized criminals in the sex industry, said an internal memo obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

Man charged with homicide in death of baby sitter (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:14 PM PST

AP - Prosecutors charged a Utah man Tuesday with child abuse homicide in the overdose death of his teenage baby sitter whose body was found in a shallow grave more than a month after she was reported missing.

New science being used to fight arson convictions (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 01:40 PM PST

FILE - This is an undated photo provided by the Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows Michael Webb, scheduled to be executed next month for the arson death of his 3-year-old son two decades ago. Webb doesn’t dispute the blaze was arson, but denies starting the fire and says investigators using now-discredited methods came to the wrong conclusion about where in the house it may have broken out. It was a mistake that he says points to someone else as the culprit. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction)AP - Two decades ago, Michael Webb's 3-year-old son died in a fire that investigators say Webb set in a scheme to kill his family, collect the insurance and start a new life with his mistress.

Suspect in Utah school bomb plot charged (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 03:59 PM PST

AP - Authorities on Tuesday charged a 16-year-old boy with a felony in what they say was a plot to detonate a bomb at a Utah high school.

At Super Bowl media day, wacky questions the norm (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 03:33 PM PST

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning answers questions during Media Day for NFL football's Super Bowl XLVI Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - Quick, Wes Welker, spell Bill Belichick. Hey, Osi Umenyiora, know any other Elis besides that Manning guy? Rob Gronkowski, what's your favorite song by Madonna?

Iran said greater threat, while al-Qaida declines (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 03:04 PM PST

FBI Director Robert Mueller, left, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, listen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to assess current and future national security threats. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Top U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday asserted that Iran has the means to build a nuclear weapon but has not yet decided to follow through, in contrast to Israel's insistence that time is running out to stop Iran from developing such a weapon.
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