Sunday, January 29, 2012

Oakland cleans up after 400 arrested in protests (Reuters)

Oakland cleans up after 400 arrested in protests (Reuters)

Oakland cleans up after 400 arrested in protests (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 06:47 PM PST

A group of police officers from various law enforcement agencies arrest an Occupy Oakland demonstrator near Frank H. Ogawa Plaza during a day-long protest in Oakland, California January 28, 2012. REUTERS/Stephen LamReuters - Crews cleaned up Oakland's historic City Hall on Sunday from damage inflicted overnight during violent anti-Wall Street protests that resulted in about 400 arrests, marking one of the largest mass arrests since nationwide protests began last year.

Detroit's best-dressed man aims to mend Motown (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 12:39 PM PST

Detroit City Council president Charles Pugh listens to a council member speak during a City Council meeting in Detroit, Michigan January 20, 2012. REUTERS/Rebecca CookReuters - The Big Three automakers may be on the rebound but the original Motor City, Detroit, is still battling to turn the tide of decline. One of the people leading the fight is Charles Pugh.

Florida highway smashes kill 10 people (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 06:20 PM PST

Reuters - Ten people died and at least 18 were injured in a series of accidents before dawn Sunday near Gainesville after smoke and fog reduced visibility on the main interstate highway, police said.

Migrant trash piles up at remote U.S.-Mexico border areas (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 01:16 PM PST

Reuters - Picking her way into the desert brush, Raquel Martinez gathered scores of plastic water bottles tossed in an Arizona desert valley near the Mexico border, often by migrants making a risky trek into the United States across increasingly remote terrain.

Police focus on SUV in fatal N. Calif. train crash (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST

Officials test the signals and lights at an intersection where an SUV and Light Rail train collided in Sacramento, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. Authorities say a light-rail train has collided with a sport utility vehicle in Sacramento, killing a man, a woman and a baby and injuring seven other people. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater)AP - Investigators on Sunday were trying to determine what motivated the driver of a sport utility vehicle to ignore a downed crossing arm and flashing lights and pull the vehicle into the path of an oncoming commuter train in Sacramento.

Feds: Megaupload user data could be gone Thursday (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 07:07 PM PST

AP - Federal prosecutors say data from users of Megaupload could be deleted as soon as Thursday.

Yosemite plan means fewer hikers on Half Dome (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 10:42 AM PST

In this 2006 photo provided by the National Park Service, tourists climb Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, Calif. A climb up Half Dome was once only for the most seasoned outdoors people, but in recent years tourists and weekend warriors have been scaling the steep granite slope with the aid of steel cables. When daily traffic on the route reached 1,200 in 2009 and hikers routinely backed up like cars at rush hour, park officials realized something had to be done. (AP photo/National Park Service)AP - There was a time not long ago when a climb to the top of Yosemite National Park's Half Dome was a solitary trek attempted by only the most daring adventurers.

Oil spill brings attention to delicate Gulf coast (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 07:15 AM PST

In this Dec. 16, 2011 photo, rancher Dallas Ford talks about his cattle in Tivoli, Texas. Ford has put in new fencing to keep his cattle in separate fields to prevent them from chewing the grass too far down and force them to drink out of strategically located troughs. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - For decades, farmers and fishermen along the Gulf of Mexico watched as their sensitive ecosystem's waters slowly got dirtier and islands eroded, all while the country largely ignored the destruction.

Florida highway pileup kills at least 10 people (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 06:27 PM PST

Firemen hose down a commercial carrier truck on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., after it was involved in a multi-vehicle wreck which killed at least nine people in the early hours of 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 - A long line of cars and trucks collided one after another early Sunday on a dark Florida highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were instantly blinded. At least 10 people were killed.

Revealing slain victims' rap sheets draws fire (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 10:47 AM PST

In this Jan. 27, 2012 photo, members of the group 'Silence Is Violence,' an anti-crime group that includes surviving family members of murder victims, hold photos of their deceased loved ones at an event to memorialize New Orleanians who have been lost to homicide during the past year, in front of City Hall in New Orleans. Left to right are Shadiqua Fisher, whose fiance Louis Dickerson was murdered, Valerie Jeanmarie, whose son Barry Jeanmarie was murdered, and Kathryn White, mother of Louis Dickerson. A New Orleans police department policy of releasing a slaying victim's criminal record is drawing criticism from people who say it is insensitive. The families of victims say the information doesn't help anyone. “I don’t understand why they want to do it,’’ said White, whose 25-year-old son was gunned down in what she said was a case of mistaken identity. White said her son was arrested just once for a small amount of marijuana. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - As Mike Ainsworth walked his two sons to a school bus stop, he heard a woman being carjacked scream, and ran to help. The woman was not hurt, police said, but the Good Samaritan was shot to death by a suspect who fled.

After lull, Occupy protest resurfaces in Oakland (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 07:06 PM PST

Occupy Oakland protestors burn an American flag found inside Oakland City Hall during an Occupy Oakland protest on the steps of City Hall, Saturday, January 28, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Beck Diefenbach)AP - For weeks the protests had waned, with only a smattering of people taking to Oakland's streets for occasional weekend marches that bore little resemblance to the headline-grabbing Occupy demonstrations of last fall.

Missing ME toddler's blood found in father's home (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 07:01 PM PST

AP - An official says some of the blood found in a Maine home where a missing toddler was last seen six weeks ago belonged to the little girl.

Officers checking robbery find 5 dead in Ala. home (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 05:47 PM PST

Police talk outside a house where five people were found dead in Birmingham, Ala., on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. The victims were not immediately identified, nor was the cause of death released. Birmingham authorities launched a homicide investigation and police believe more than one person was involved. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)AP - Police investigating a possible robbery at a Birmingham home early Sunday instead found five people dead inside, authorities said.

Changes in wake of troubled arms trafficking probe (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 07:32 AM PST

Attorney General Eric Holder announces the formation of the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. President Barack Obama directed Holder to collaborate with several state attorneys general and other federal entities to investigate those responsible for misconduct contributing to the financial crisis through the pooling and sale of residential mortgage-backed securities. This working group will be operated out of the President's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, which is chaired by Holder. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - The Justice Department is tightening procedures for responding to information requests from Congress in the aftermath of a troubled arms trafficking investigation.

Congress tries to police itself on insider trading (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 09:22 AM PST

AP - Aware that most Americans would like to dump them all, members of Congress hope to regain some sense of trust by subjecting themselves to tougher penalties for insider trading and requiring they disclose stock transactions within 30 days.

APNewsBreak: Police seek help on drugged driving (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 11:36 AM PST

FILE - Sens. Charles Schumer of New York, left and Mark Pryor of Arkansas said Sunday Jan. 29, 2012 that federal funding in a pending transportation funding bill be used for research and to train police in identifying drugged drivers, who don't show the same outward signs of intoxication as drunken drivers do, such as slurred speech.AP - The federal government should help police departments nationwide obtain the tools and training needed to attack a rising scourge of driving under the influence, two U.S. senators said Sunday.

Man arrested in slayings of SC officer, Ga. woman (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 10:34 AM PST

AP - A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Georgia and then gunning down a police officer in South Carolina had been dealing with mental problems before the slayings, the man's father said.

Police: 3 found dead in VA were father, twin girls (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 02:28 PM PST

AP - Authorities on Sunday identified bodies found in a suburban Richmond home as a man and his twin 3-year-old daughters.
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