Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Indiana becomes 23rd "right-to-work" state (Reuters)

Indiana becomes 23rd "right-to-work" state (Reuters)

Indiana becomes 23rd "right-to-work" state (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 02:29 PM PST

Reuters - Indiana became the 23rd state to pass anti-union "right-to-work" legislation on Wednesday and the first in the nation's manufacturing heartland, dealing a blow to organized labor by allowing workers to opt out of paying union dues.

U.S. missionary couple killed in Mexico (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 04:20 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. missionary couple was killed in Mexico's industrial capital city of Monterrey, local and U.S. officials said on Wednesday, in what a personal website called a home invasion.

Group sues to halt artist Christo's Colorado project (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:56 PM PST

Reuters - A coalition of environmentalists, outdoor enthusiasts and wildlife advocates filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday to block a project by the artist Christo that would drape fabric canopies along a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River in Colorado.

Out-Stumped and Out-Spent, Newt Gingrich Flounders in Florida (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 01:15 PM PST

Time.com - Newt Gingrich, the indignant insurgent who shook up the Republican presidential primary by storming to victory in South Carolina, has been missing in Florida for much of the past week

Mitt Romney: The Once and Future Front Runner Looks Beyond Florida (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 01:15 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

Mississippi Supreme Court to decide on Barbour pardons (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:04 PM PST

Reuters - The Mississippi Supreme Court said on Wednesday that it will decide whether a lower court has the authority to block pardons issued by former Governor Haley Barbour, including some to convicted murderers.

Wash. Senate begins floor debate on gay marriage (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 07:25 PM PST

AP - The Washington state Senate debated a bill Wednesday evening that would legalize same-sex marriage, with some legislators saying they were concerned about the potential impact to religious groups.

Judge: Civil rights photographer was FBI informant (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 02:47 PM PST

AP - A judge says documents confirm that civil rights-era photographer Ernest Withers secretly served as an informer for the FBI.

Church leaders mourn death of Cardinal Bevilacqua (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:34 PM PST

FILE--Philadelphia Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua, shown in this Dec. 2, 2000, file photo taken in Philadelphia.The retired Cardinal, who served as head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for more than 15 years, died in his sleep Tuesday night Jan. 31, 2012 in his apartment at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, PA. He was 88. (AP Photo/H. Rumph Jr., )AP - Church leaders called on parishioners Wednesday to pray for the soul of retired Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, who led them for more than 15 years but was also an uncharged central figure in a child sex-abuse case that involves the alleged shuffling of predator priests.

Miss. high court takes ex-gov pardons case (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 05:40 PM PST

AP - The Mississippi Supreme Court said Wednesday it will take up the legal challenge to the pardons ex-Gov. Haley Barbour gave out in his last days in office.

'Soul Train' host Don Cornelius dead of suicide (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:26 PM PST

FILE - This Monday, March 6, 2006 file photo shows Don Cornelius at his office in Los Angeles. Cornelius, creator of the long-running TV dance show 'Soul Train,' shot himself to death Wednesday morning, Feb. 1, 2012 at his home in Los Angeles, police said. He was 75. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)AP - "Soul Train" host Don Cornelius was the arbiter of cool, a brilliant TV showman who used his purring, baritone voice to seduce mainstream America into embracing black music and artists.

Treasure hunter says he found $3B WWII wreck (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:26 PM PST

Greg Brooks, co-manager of Sub Sea Research, is seen aboard the salvage ship Sea Hunter in Boston Harbor Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 holding a picture of the British merchant ship Port Nicholson which was sunk by a German U-boat in 1942 with a cargo of 71 tons of platinum now worth about $3 billion. Brooks will use the Sea Hunter to recover the cargo of the Port Nicholson. A port hole of the Port Nicholson can be seen on the screen behind Brooks. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)AP - A treasure hunter said Wednesday he has located the wreck of a British merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod during World War II while carrying what he claims was a load of platinum bars now worth more than $3 billion.

LA school officials chided for molest case silence (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:58 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 - Angry parents confronted school officials Wednesday, demanding to know why they weren't told for a year that a teacher was suspected of photographing children in class for sexual thrills.

Indiana joins right-to-work ranks, gov. signs bill (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:49 PM PST

Union members protesting the right-to-work legislation wait to enter the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The Senate is hearing the right-to-work bill on final reading and the governor is expected to sign the bill later in the day. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - Indiana became the Rust Belt's first right-to-work state Wednesday in a move that is sure to embolden advocates seeking to curtail union rights across the country. But whether other states can replicate the conservatives' success in Indiana is less certain.

Woman wins small-claims suit over Honda hybrid mpg (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:35 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 file photo, Heather Peters, who says her 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid never achieved the gas mileage Honda claimed in its advertising, and also did a computer upgrade that further diminished the mileage, please her case in Small Claims Court in Torrrance, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. Peters had opted out of a class action settlement agreed to by Honda because it does not provide enough remuneration. On Feb. 1, 2012, it was announced that Peters had won her unusual lawsuit against the auto giant over the vehicle's failure to deliver the promised mileage. A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner has awarded Peters $9,867, just under the Small Claims Court limit of $10,000. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)AP - A Southern California woman who challenged the legal status-quo by filing a small-claims action against Honda won her lawsuit Wednesday when a judge ruled that the automaker misled her about the potential fuel economy of her hybrid car.

Small radiation amount 'could have' escaped plant (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 05:27 PM PST

FILE - In this March 1, 2010 file photo, the San Onofre nuclear power plant, seen here in north San Diego County, Calif. Operators of the nuclear power plant worked to diagnose a problem with a reactor that was shut down because of a possible leak, but officials stressed there was no imminent danger. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi,File)AP - A tiny amount of radiation could have escaped from a Southern California nuclear power plant after a water leak prompted operators to shut down a reactor as a precaution, but plant workers and the public were not endangered, officials said Wednesday.

House votes to repeal part of 2010 health care law (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 04:34 PM PST

AP - The Republican-led House on Wednesday voted to repeal a financially troubled part of the 2010 health care law that was designed to provide affordable long-term care insurance.

Filmmaker without credentials arrested at hearing (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 05:22 PM PST

This photo obtained by The Associated Press shows Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Joshua Fox being arrested on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Fox was arrested at a House hearing Wednesday after trying to film the proceedings without the required media credentials. (AP Photo)AP - An Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker was arrested at a House hearing Wednesday after trying to film the proceedings without the required media credentials.

House votes to continue federal worker pay freeze (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 04:31 PM PST

AP - The House on Wednesday voted to freeze the wages of federal workers for a third straight year and put members of Congress on record as opposing a boost in their $174,000 annual salaries.

Old-style film processing led to CA teacher arrest (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 04:37 PM PST

AP - It wasn't a veteran crime detective or a neighborhood watch group or even a suspicious parent who helped put a 61-year-old elementary school teacher with no previous criminal record in jail for allegedly committing lewd acts on nearly two dozen children.
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