Friday, November 30, 2012

Wyo. suspect used sharp-edged weapon

Wyo. suspect used sharp-edged weapon


Wyo. suspect used sharp-edged weapon

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:43 PM PST

Police investigate a homicide at Casper College on Friday morning, Nov. 30, 2012, in Casper, Wyo. At least one person was killed and another was wounded Friday in an attack at Casper College, a community college in central Wyoming. It happened around 9 a.m., said school spokesman Rich Fujita. (AP Photo/Casper Star-Tribune, Alan Rogers) MANDATORY CREDITPolice say a suspect used a sharp-edged weapon, killed two people and committed suicide.


APNewsBreak: Tribes have enough to buy sacred land

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:42 PM PST

After months of high-profile fundraising that drew celebrities' attention and dollars, a group of Native American tribes has raised $9 million to buy a piece of land in South Dakota's Black Hills that they consider sacred, an official with an Indian land foundation said Friday.

Congo rebels indefinitely delay exit from Goma

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:41 PM PST

A M23 rebel stands with his weapon as M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in the eastern Congo town of Sake, some 27 kms west of Goma, Friday Nov. 30, 2012. Rebels in Congo believed to be backed by Rwanda postponed their departure Friday from the key eastern city of Goma by 48 hours for Rebels who are believed to be backed by Rwanda once again postponed their departure from Congo's key eastern city of Goma on Friday, defying an international ultimatum for the second time.


Judge tosses child porn case against Minn. coach

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:40 PM PST

A judge threw out child pornography charges against a Minnesota college football coach Friday, agreeing with his assertion that cellphone video of his kids dancing naked after a bath was nothing more than innocent child's play.

Police: Wyoming suspect used sharp-edged weapon, killed self, faculty member, 1 other person

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:38 PM PST

Police: Wyoming suspect used sharp-edged weapon, killed self, faculty member, 1 other person .

US appeals court stays affirmative action ruling

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:37 PM PST

A federal appeals court is temporarily staying its declaration that Michigan's ban on affirmative action in college admissions is unconstitutional after state Attorney General Bill Schuette appealed the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Saints' Vilma, Smith attend Williams hearing

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:36 PM PST

New Orleans Saints football linebacker Jonathan Vilma arrives at an attorney's office in Washington, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, for a session of the pay-for-pain bounty system with the New Orleans Saints. Friday's session is part of the latest round of player appeals overseen by former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)Saints defensive end Will Smith says he's glad he got a chance to hear former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams testify at an appeals hearing in the bounties case.


Son's woes weigh heavily on the Rev. Jesse Jackson

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:34 PM PST

In the cluttered office where he's met with some of the nation's top politicians and preachers, penned rousing speeches and planned civil rights marches, the Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks so softly — and with so little enunciation — that one strains at times to hear him.

3 dead after attack at Wyo. community college

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:34 PM PST

Police investigate a homicide at Casper College on Friday morning, Nov. 30, 2012, in Casper, Wyo. At least one person was killed and another was wounded Friday in an attack at Casper College, a community college in central Wyoming. It happened around 9 a.m., said school spokesman Rich Fujita. (AP Photo/Casper Star-Tribune, Alan Rogers) MANDATORY CREDITAn attack at a community college in central Wyoming and another location nearby killed three people early Friday, including the attacker, police said.


Couple convicted of stealing GM trade secrets

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:32 PM PST

A former General Motors engineer and her husband have been convicted of stealing trade secrets about hybrid technology for possible use in China.

Court: Can generic makers be sued for drug flaws?

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:29 PM PST

The Supreme Court will decide whether generic drug manufacturers can be held responsible in state courts for possible design defects that are in the brand-name medicine they are copying.

4 Hofstra basketball players charged in burglaries

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:29 PM PST

These undated images provided by Hofstra Athletics Communications show, from left, Hofstra University basketball players Dallas Anglin, Jimmy Hall, Shaquille Stokes and Kentrell Washington. The players were arrested on burglary charges stemming from six break-ins of Long Island campus dormitory rooms, police said Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. They were facing arraignment Friday in district court. (AP Photo/Hofstra Athletics Communications)Four Hofstra University basketball players were arrested on burglary charges stemming from dormitory room break-ins, police said Friday.


Tennis referee murder case dismissed in California

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:22 PM PST

The arrest of an aging tennis referee in her husband's death was a shocker last summer. On Friday, the case took another surprise twist when prosecutors dropped the murder case against Lois Goodman.

Pressuring GOP, Obama takes his fiscal plan to Pa.

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:21 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, after private talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the fiscal cliff negotiations. Boehner said no substantive progress has been made between the White House and the House" in the past two weeks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)President Barack Obama is taking his case for avoiding a potentially unsettling "fiscal cliff" to the Philadelphia suburbs, employing campaign-style tactics in hopes of mobilizing public support for his plan to hike taxes on the wealthy. The trip comes amid signs of impatience in the negotiations between Republican leaders and the White House.


Code used by RI founding father is finally cracked

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:19 PM PST

This image provided by Brown University shows the preface page of the "Mystery Book" from the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, R.I. Lucas Mason-Brown, a senior mathematics major at Brown University, helped crack a mysterious shorthand code developed and used by religious dissident Roger Williams in the 17th century. The handwritten code surrounds the printed text on the preface page. (AP Photo/John Carter Brown Library at Brown University)The obscure book's margins are virtually filled with clusters of curious foreign characters — a mysterious shorthand used by 17th century religious dissident Roger Williams.


US government releases once-secret Watergate files

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:15 PM PST

The National Archives is publishing for the first time more than 850 pages of once-secret documents from the Watergate political scandal, including privileged legal conversations and prison evaluations of some Watergate burglars. A judge decided earlier this month to unseal the material.

No charges against Chris Brown in Fla. phone grab

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:15 PM PST

Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown will not face criminal charges for snatching a woman's cell phone when she tried to snap a photo of him outside a Miami Beach club, prosecutors said Friday.

AP: Exchange student sponsor out over abuse claims

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:15 PM PST

An organization has lost its government designation to bring foreign exchange students to the United States after facing allegations of mismanagement and lax oversight that included students being placed in homes where they were sexually abused.

Ind. financier gets 50 years for $200m swindle

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:14 PM PST

An Indiana financier and former chief executive of National Lampoon convicted of swindling investors out of about $200 million was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison by a judge who told him his "deceit, greed and arrogance" had cost many of his victims their life savings and dreams of a comfortable retirement.

Wall section collapses in Pompeii after heavy rain

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:13 PM PST

The Italian news agency ANSA says a wall at the Pompeii archeological site has collapsed following days of heavy rain.

Lost military jacket found on post-Sandy NJ beach

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:11 PM PST

Mysterious jacket washes ashore after SandyDonna Gugger's heart was heavy as she sifted through the scattered debris and devastation left by Superstorm Sandy along the Jersey Shore. Pieces of broken furniture. Shards of metal. Chairs ripped off patios. Blue jeans tossed out of bureaus.


Police chief: 3 people dead in attack at Wyo. community college, other location

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:09 PM PST

Police chief: 3 people dead in attack at Wyo. community college, other location.

Suu Kyi wants gov't apology for violent crackdown

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:09 PM PST

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi reaches for supporters as she leaves after a public meeting close to Letpadaung mine in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Suu Kyi is urging a negotiated resolution to protests over a military-backed copper mine in northwestern Myanmar after the government's biggest crackdown on demonstrators since reformist President Thein Sein took office last year. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday said authorities must apologize for a violent crackdown on monks and other foes of a mine in northwest Myanmar, but she also stuck to the government's view that the country must follow through on its commitment to build the project.


US to sell wind energy leases off 3 states

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:07 PM PST

The federal government plans to sell leases for wind farms off the coasts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Virginia, marking the first time it has sold competitive leases for wind energy on the outer continental shelf, officials said Friday.

Code used by founding father is finally cracked

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:07 PM PST

The obscure book's margins are virtually filled with clusters of curious foreign characters — a mysterious shorthand used by 17th century religious dissident Roger Williams.

Ban on gay change therapy faces first legal test

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:07 PM PST

A federal judge is considering whether to block a first-of-its kind California law that prohibits licensed therapists from counseling gay minors on how to become straight.

Oliver Stone, Benicio del Toro visit Puerto Rico

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:06 PM PST

Benicio Del Toro didn't wait long to collect on a favor that Oliver Stone owed him for working extra hours on the set of his most recent movie, "Savages", released this year.

Gushing papers laud Cameron's stance on press law

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:05 PM PST

A man takes a copy of an evening newspaper, which features an article about Lord Justice Brian Leveson's report on media practices on its front page, from a distributor in central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron woke on Friday to find usually hostile newspapers gushing about his statesman-like qualities after he signalled his opposition to a new law governing the press. After his party suffered a night of humiliation in three parliamentary elections, instead of facing questions over his leadership, he was cheered for rejecting the main plank of proposals from a public inquiry he set up in the wake of outrage at the excesses of tabloid newspapers. ...


Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:03 PM PST

Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

Algeria's ruling party gains ground in local vote

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:02 PM PST

Algeria's ruling National Liberation Front party has kept the upper hand in municipal elections along with its second-place coalition partner.

Multi-million gold heist from Curacao boat

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:02 PM PST

Masked men in jackets emblazoned with the word "police" boarded a fishing boat Friday in Curacao and stole 70 gold bars worth an estimated $11.5 million, officials in the southern Caribbean island said.

Derailment in NJ sends chemical tankers into creek

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:01 PM PST

An official stands by derailed freight train tank cars in Paulsboro, N.J., Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. People in three southern New Jersey towns were told Friday to stay inside after a freight train derailed and several tanker cars carrying hazardous materials toppled from a bridge and into a creek. At least one tanker car may contain vinyl chloride, Gloucester County Emergency Management director J. Thomas Butts told WPVI-TV. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)A freight train derailed Friday on an old railroad bridge that has had problems before, toppling two tanker cars partially into a creek and causing a leak of hazardous gas that was blamed for sickening dozens of people, authorities said.


How a desperate HP suspended disbelief for Autonomy deal

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:59 AM PST

File photograph of a woman walking past the Hewlett Packard logo at its French headquarters in Issy le MoulineauxSAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - For Leo Apotheker, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO, a July 2011 meeting with Autonomy founder Mike Lynch at a chic seaside resort in France was pivotal to his effort to remake a storied technology giant. In the nine months since taking the helm at HP, Apotheker had tried furiously to find a way to move the lumbering company away from its low-margin computer hardware business and into the lucrative corporate software and services arena. ...


Settlement reached over $1M Arkansas lotto ticket

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:57 AM PST

A lawsuit over who owns a $1 million scratch-off Arkansas lottery ticket that a woman pulled from a convenience store trash can was settled out of court, a defense attorney said Friday.

US seeks way forward after Palestinian win at UN

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:51 AM PST

The Obama administration is scrambling to salvage hopes for Mideast peace talks after the United Nations overwhelmingly voted to recognize a Palestinian state over vehement U.S. and Israeli objections.

GI charged in WikiLeaks case admits making noose

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:49 AM PST

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, second from right, steps out of a security vehicle as he is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, for a pretrial hearing. Manning is charged with aiding the enemy by causing hundreds of thousands of classified documents to be published on the secret-sharing website WikiLeaks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)The Army private charged with handing over reams of classified material to WikiLeaks acknowledged Friday that he tied a bedsheet into a noose and contemplated suicide shortly after his arrest.


Egyptians protest after draft constitution raced through

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:46 AM PST

General view of anti-Mursi protesters gathered in Tahrir Square in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested against President Mohamed Mursi on Friday after an Islamist-led assembly raced through approval of a new constitution in a bid to end a crisis over the Islamist leader's newly expanded powers. "The people want to bring down the regime," they chanted in Tahrir Square, echoing the chants that rang out in the same place less than two years ago and brought down Hosni Mubarak. ...


Haiti seeks to fix broken adoption system

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:43 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2010 file photo, Haitian children await the arrival of their adoptive parents in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti is overhauling its adoption laws for the first time in nearly 40 years in an attempt to end practices that have allowed thousands of children to be trafficked out of the country or suffer from neglect as they languish in squalid orphanages. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)Haiti is overhauling its adoption laws for the first time in nearly 40 years in an attempt to end practices that have allowed thousands of children to be trafficked out of the country or suffer from neglect as they languish in squalid orphanages.


Cargo plane crashes in Brazzaville, 1 dead

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:43 AM PST

An Ilyushin-76 cargo plane owned by a private company crashed Friday near the airport in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, killing at least one person, an aviation official said.

Israel okays new West Bank settlement construction

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:41 AM PST

A Palestinian protester holds a placard in front of Israeli soldiers during a demonstration in the West Bank village of al-Masara near Bethlehem, marking the recognition of a sovereign Palestinian state by the United Nations. Friday Nov. 30, 2012. The United Nations General Assembly on 29 November voted 138-9 with 41 countries abstaining to upgrade the Palestinian status at the world organization to a non-member state.(AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)Israel on Friday approved the construction of 3,000 homes in Jewish settlements on Israeli-occupied lands, a government official said, drawing swift condemnation from the Palestinians a day after their successful U.N. recognition bid.


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