Friday, February 24, 2012

Trial opens in Rutgers webcam kiss case (Reuters)

Trial opens in Rutgers webcam kiss case (Reuters)

Trial opens in Rutgers webcam kiss case (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 03:56 PM PST

Reuters - Prosecutors on Friday opened the trial of a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his roommate's homosexual tryst, saying he violated the "dignity and privacy" of his roommate who later committed suicide.

Maine gets enough support for gay marriage referendum (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 12:04 PM PST

Reuters - Proponents of same-sex marriage in Maine have gathered more than enough signatures to ask voters in a November referendum to approve gay nuptials just three years after they banned them.

What You Missed While Not Watching The Last GOP Debate Before Super Tuesday (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 06:15 AM PST

Time.com - Dry your eyes. It's hard on all of us. But if you keep crying like this you won't be able to see the 20th debate, perhaps the last of the primaries

Stylist Refuses to Cut New Mexico Governor's Hair Over Gay-Marriage Stance (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 06:15 AM PST

Time.com - It isn’t glitter-bombing, but it may be just as effective at getting attention for gay rights

Second New York judge upholds fracking ban in towns (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 05:03 PM PST

Reuters - A New York State judge on Friday upheld an upstate community's ban on gas drilling, marking the second victory in the space of a week for opponents of the controversial drilling method known as fracking.

Shipwrecked silver begins voyage back to Spain (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 06:20 PM PST

AP - A 17-ton haul of silver coins, lost for two centuries in the wreck of a sunken Spanish galleon, began its journey back to its home country on Friday after the deep-sea explorers who lifted it to the surface lost their claim to ownership.

Shooter in spa killings acquitted in La. shootings (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 06:37 PM PST

AP - The man authorities say slew his sisters and their husbands before killing himself at a suburban Atlanta spa appears to be the same person acquitted of killing three men in 1989 in Louisiana.

Columbia president says NYPD monitoring troubling (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 02:42 PM PST

AP - Columbia University's president says the New York Police Department's monitoring of Muslim students' public websites was an "intrusion" into their daily activities and "raises deeply troubling questions."

Plans to drug test welfare recipients get momentum (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 04:23 PM PST

AP - Conservatives who say welfare recipients should have to pass a drug test in order to receive government assistance have momentum on their side.

UK suspect in Iran missile plot extradited to US (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 07:03 PM PST

AP - A retired British businessman accused of plotting to sell missile components to Iran arrived in the U.S. late Friday to face charges after failing to overturn an extradition order.

Romney would raise eligibility age for Medicare (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 06:35 PM PST

AP - Four days before critical primary elections, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney outlined a far-reaching plan Friday to gradually delay Americans' eligibility for Medicare as well as Social Security.

Ala girl's short life full of turmoil before death (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 06:30 PM PST

AP - Savannah Hardin's life was in turmoil long before police say the 9-year-old was run to death by her grandmother and stepmother for allegedly lying about some candy she ate.

Defendant's views debated in webcam spying trial (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 02:26 PM PST

AP - The trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate liaison with another man opened Friday with questions about whether the defendant had a problem with gay people.

Fla lawmaker resigns over sexy texts to prosecutor (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 02:40 PM PST

AP - A Democratic lawmaker resigned Friday over suggestive and harassing text messages he sent to a married federal prosecutor using a hidden identity.

Feds: Teen said 'bin Laden' in plane disruption (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST

AP - A 19-year-old from Saudi Arabia who authorities say forced a plane to make an emergency landing when he lit an electronic cigarette, mentioned Osama bin Laden and tried to hit fellow passengers pleaded not guilty Friday to interfering with a plane crew.

New Nike shoe with outer space theme causes frenzy (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 04:03 PM PST

AP - Sneaker fanatics who lined up outside stores overnight got their first crack Friday at a new outer-space themed Nike basketball shoe, getting so unruly in some cities that police were called to restore order.

NY mayor defends intelligence-gathering on Muslim (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 03:20 PM PST

AP - New York's mayor served notice Friday that his police department will do everything in its power to root out terrorists in the U.S., even if it means sending officers outside the city limits or placing law-abiding Muslims under scrutiny.

Woman accused of helping killer of Wash. trooper (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 05:32 PM PST

AP - A former girlfriend of a man who killed a Washington state trooper has been arrested for trying to help him evade capture, the Kitsap County sheriff's office said Friday.

Relentless scrutiny pushed Palin to exasperation (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 03:31 PM PST

In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, Tina Fey's costume to portray Sarah Palin on 'Saturday Night Live,' is part of the exhibit, 'Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press,' at the Newseum in Washington. A new exhibit, “Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press,” opens Friday in time for President's Day weekend and the long campaign season ahead. It includes 120 objects and images dating back to William McKinley's campaign in 1896. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Just a few months after returning from the presidential campaign trail, a weary Sarah Palin shot off a 1 a.m. email to top colleagues in her office.
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