Sunday, January 1, 2012

Mount Rainier National Park ranger killed, gunman loose (Reuters)

Mount Rainier National Park ranger killed, gunman loose (Reuters)

Mount Rainier National Park ranger killed, gunman loose (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 05:05 PM PST

Reuters - A gunman shot and killed a ranger in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state on Sunday after a traffic stop, and authorities shuttered the park as a search for the shooter got underway, park officials said.

New York police arrest dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 01:43 PM PST

Reuters - New York police arrested 68 people overnight after anti-Wall Street protesters streamed back into Manhattan's Zuccotti Park and toppled security barricades on New Year's Eve, police said on Sunday.

In new year, nation sees winter weather at last (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 11:05 AM PST

Reuters - The new year is bringing the return of a phenomenon that has been mostly absent across the nation through December -- winter.

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

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 09:20 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: 31 Dec 2011 09:20 PM PST

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

Stolen monkey returned to San Francisco Zoo (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:18 AM PST

Reuters - A monkey stolen from the San Francisco Zoo has been returned in good health after a man found it in a nearby park and coaxed it into a backpack, police said.

Police release security video in LA car fires case (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:08 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 - Police in Los Angeles distributed DVDs on Sunday featuring surveillance video of a man wanted for questioning in connection with a rash of suspicious car fires in the city.

Pricey picks: Powerball tickets doubling to $2 (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 12:48 PM PST

In this Dec. 31, 2011, photo, Amber Wallenstein, a 31-year-old clerk at the Freedom Value Center convenience store and gas station in Sioux Falls, S.D., rings up a Powerball ticket for a customer. The price for Powerball tickets is set to double Jan. 15. 'I don't think anybody knows about it yet,' Wallenstein said of the price hike. 'But they'll still pay for it.' (AP Photo/Amber Hunt)AP - Powerball lottery organizers are betting that bigger jackpots will entice more people to play, but gamblers are going to have to dig deeper into their wallets to try their luck.

Suspect charged in Texas airport explosives case (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 12:36 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 - Authorities have charged a member of the U.S. military who was arrested after trying to go through a security checkpoint at a Texas airport with explosives in military-grade wrapping, the FBI said Sunday.

Ranger shot and killed at Mount Rainier park (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 06:30 PM PST

Emergency vehicles speed to the scene of a shooting of a Mount Rainier National Park ranger as another ranger redirects traffic in Mount Rainier, Wash., Sunday, Jan 1, 2012. A Mount Rainier National Park ranger was fatally shot following a New Year's Day traffic stop and authorities believed the gunman was still in the woods with an assault rifle. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Dean J. Koepfler)AP - A Mount Rainier National Park ranger was fatally shot following a New Year's Day traffic stop, and the 368-square-mile park in Washington state was closed as dozens of officers searched for the armed gunman over snowy and rugged terrain.

Hunting Mass. trooper accidentally shoots woman (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 05:23 PM PST

AP - An off-duty state trooper who was hunting in southeast Massachusetts shot and wounded a 66-year-old woman who was out walking her two dogs when he mistook her pets for a deer.

New Year's shooting at Calif. condo leaves 4 dead (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 06:03 PM PST

AP - An early morning New Year's shooting left four people dead at a condominium near San Diego, authorities said Sunday.

Passers-by rescue children after icy river crash (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 06:01 PM PST

AP - As many as 10 people jumped into an icy Utah river to help save three trapped children after a car plunged down a 10-foot embankment and flipped over, the state's Highway Patrol said Sunday.

NASA marks 2012 with twin probes in moon orbit (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:46 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 - NASA kicked off the new year with a pair of probes circling the moon in the latest mission to understand how Earth's closest neighbor formed.

Bright spots, dark clouds — Obama seeks right tone (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:20 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the General Motors Orion assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich. In the background is a Chevrolet Sonic. A bullish, yet wary Obama is highlighting recent economic bright spots while taking care not to overstate a recovery that still has not lifted millions out of joblessness. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)AP - Bullish yet wary, President Barack Obama is highlighting recent economic bright spots while taking care not to overstate a recovery that still has not put millions back to work.

2012 Medicare debate is all about the baby boomers (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:15 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the White House in Washington. Baby boomers take note: Medicare as your parents have known it is headed for big changes no matter who wins the White House in 2012. You may not like it, but you might have to accept it. Dial down the partisan rhetoric and surprising similarities emerge from competing policy prescriptions by President Barack Obama and leading Republicans such as Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - Baby boomers take note: Medicare as your parents have known it is headed for big changes no matter who wins the White House in 2012. You may not like it, but you might have to accept it.

Fire destroys landmark former Ill. clock factory (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 02:30 PM PST

A fire burns at the former Westclox clock factory early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, in Peru, Ill. The fire began before midnight and was still burning Sunday morning, drawing firefighters from surrounding northern Illinois communities to help out and leading to the mandatory evacuation of residents from nearby homes early Sunday. (AP Photo/NewsTribune, Amanda Whitlock) MANDATORY CREDITAP - A fire at a massive former clock factory that police say was deliberately lit provided an eerie backdrop for a northern Illinois city's New Year's celebrations, and despite the efforts of firefighters from throughout the area, the city landmark was destroyed.

For Portland's dope king, love and mistrust (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:15 AM PST

AP - Paul Stanford had lived a life of error, missteps and regrets, one laden with betrayals and failure. Then, on Nov. 3, 1998, Oregon voters approved the medicinal use of marijuana.
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