Saturday, January 28, 2012

Sandusky asks court to allow visits with grandchildren (Reuters)

Sandusky asks court to allow visits with grandchildren (Reuters)

Sandusky asks court to allow visits with grandchildren (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 08:00 AM PST

Reuters - Former Penn State University football coach Jerry Sandusky, who is under house arrest on charges of child sexual abuse, has asked a Pennsylvania court to allow supervised visits with his grandchildren that are now prohibited.

Police fire tear gas at Oakland protesters, arrest 19 (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 06:51 PM PST

Reuters - Police fired tear gas at hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters who tried to take over a shuttered convention center on Saturday, arresting 19 people in the latest clash between anti-Wall Street activists and authorities in the Bay Area city.

Snowy owls soar south from Arctic in rare mass migration (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 09:53 AM PST

Reuters - Bird enthusiasts are reporting rising numbers of snowy owls from the Arctic winging into the lower 48 states this winter in a mass southern migration that a leading owl researcher called "unbelievable."

Blood found at home where Maine tot was last seen (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 07:05 PM PST

AP - Investigators have been analyzing blood found in the basement of a Maine home where a missing toddler was last seen six weeks ago, an official said Saturday.

Tributes to Paterno highlight influence of wife (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 12:10 PM PST

Sue Paterno, center, wife of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, consoles her grandson as they leave a memorial service for Joe at Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pa., Thursday Jan. 26, 2012. A capacity crowd of more than 12,000 packed the Bryce Jordan Center for one more tribute to Paterno, the Hall of Fame football coach who died Sunday from lung cancer. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - For decades, Joe Paterno was the public face of Penn State. For almost as long, his near-constant companion, wife Sue, seemingly wielded as much influence.

Ala. tornado survivors help after latest twisters (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 06:32 AM PST

In this Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 photo, Rick Johnson, 55, cooks chicken for victims of the tornadoes that hit Alabama recently in a church parking lot in Cordova, Ala. Johnson is among the survivors of last year's April tornado outbreak who are pitching in to assist communities that were struck by the most recent onslaught. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)AP - Survivors still haunted by memories of last year's tornado outbreak that killed 250 in Alabama are writing checks, donating diapers and standing over hot grills to help victims of the latest twisters to pummel the state.

US weapons for future include key relics of past (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 06:21 AM PST

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta outlines the main areas of proposed spending cuts during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, Jan., 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - The lineup of weapons the Pentagon has picked to fit President Barack Obama's new forward-looking defense strategy, called "Priorities for 21st Century Defense," features relics of the past.

St. Louis hosting 1st big parade on Iraq War's end (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST

Stephanie King holds a picture of her uncle, Col. Stephen Scott, who was killed in Iraq in 2008, as she prepares to participate in a parade to honor Iraq War veterans Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in St. Louis. Thousands turned out to watch the first big welcome home parade in the U.S. since the last troops left Iraq in December. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Looking around at the tens of thousands of people waving American flags and cheering, Army Maj. Rich Radford was moved that so many braved a cold January wind Saturday in St. Louis to honor people like him: Iraq War veterans.

College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 08:49 AM PST

President Barack Obama greets supporters after his speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Fuzzy math, Illinois State University's president called it. "Political theater of the worst sort," said the University of Washington's head.

Celebrity pot busts put tiny Texas county on map (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 02:34 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2011 file photo, actor Armie Hammer poses for photographers after the Young Hollywood Panel during AFI FEST 2011 in Los Angeles. The town of Sierra Blanca, Texas, which is losing more and more residents every year, is attracting nationwide attention as a magnet for pot-toting celebrities who have been arrested for possession at a Border Patrol checkpoint outside town. Hammer was arrested Nov. 20, 2011, at a border patrol checkpoint in West Texas after a drug sniffing dog discovered marijuana in his car. The 25-year-old, who starred with Leonardo DiCaprio in 'J. Edgar,' spent about a day in jail before paying a $1,000 bond. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - Nestled among the few remaining businesses that dot a rundown highway in this dusty West Texas town stands what's become a surprise destination for marijuana-toting celebrities: the Hudspeth County Jail.

Etta James remembered as triumphant trailblazer (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 01:41 PM PST

Stevie Wonder performs at the funeral of singer Etta James, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at Greater Bethany Community Church City of Refuge in Gardena, Calif. James died last Friday at age 73 after battling leukemia and other ailments, including dementia. She was most famous for her classic 'At Last,' but over her decades-long career, she became revered for her passionate singing voice. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)AP - Etta James was remembered at a service Saturday attended by hundreds of friends, family and fans as a woman who triumphed against all odds to break down cultural and musical barriers in a style that was unfailingly honest.

Official: Yemen president in US for treatment (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 06:17 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011 file photo, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemen's President's office says Yemeni leader Saleh has arrived in London en route to the U.S. (AP Photo/Mohammed Hamoud, File)AP - The embattled president of Yemen arrived Saturday in the United States for medical treatment for burns he suffered during an assassination attempt in June.

Police use tear gas on Occupy Oakland protesters (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 07:04 PM PST

AP - Oakland police used tear gas and "flash" grenades Saturday to break up hundreds of Occupy protesters after some demonstrators started throwing rocks and flares at officers and tearing down fencing.

Obama to senators: Change the way you do business (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 12:11 PM PST

President Barack Obama waves as he walks off of Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama is pressing his case for changes in how the Senate does business, hoping to ease the partisan gridlock, and he wants to bar lawmakers from profiting from their service.

Protesters march through Super Bowl Village (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 02:22 PM PST

AP - Protesters of a divisive labor measure have marched through the packed Super Bowl Village in downtown Indianapolis.
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