Saturday, August 28, 2010

Beck: Help us restore traditional American values (AP)

Beck: Help us restore traditional American values (AP)

Beck: Help us restore traditional American values (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 06:42 PM PDT

Glenn Beck speaks at the 'Restoring Honor' rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Conservative commentator Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin appealed Saturday to a vast, predominantly white crowd on the National Mall to help restore traditional American values and honor Martin Luther King's message. Civil rights leaders who accused the group of hijacking King's legacy held their own rally and march.

9 years later, signs of life emerge at ground zero (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 03:07 PM PDT

A grove of sixteen swamp white oaks is planted at the National September 11 Memorial, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010 in New York. After nearly nine years, life is returning to ground zero in a tangible way. Crews Saturday began planting 16 swamp white oaks at the World Trade Center site. They are the first of nearly 400 trees to be planted around the eight-acre memorial to the nearly 2,800 people were killed when terrorists attacked the twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - After nearly nine years, life is returning to ground zero in a tangible way.

'Vapor trail' leads to Paris Hilton's Vegas arrest (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 06:27 PM PDT

US socialite and paparazzi darling Paris Hilton, pictured in April 2010, was arrested in Las Vegas on charges of cocaine possession, but released shortly afterwards, local police said Saturday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jason Merritt)AP - Smoke wafting from a Cadillac Escalade on the Las Vegas Strip set off Paris Hilton's latest legal troubles when a motorcycle officer who suspected the smell was marijuana stopped the vehicle and police say a bag of cocaine later fell out of the 29-year-old socialite's purse.

For Obamas, a (mostly) uninterrupted vacation (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:44 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, left, and his daughter Malia, right, ride bicycles along a path through Manuel F. Correllus State Forest, in West Tisbury, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, as they are accompanied by members of their security detail behind. The President and his family are vacationing on the island. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - President Barack Obama wrapped up a 10-day vacation Saturday that was blissfully free of the news emergencies that have interrupted some of his past getaways.

Sen. Vitter easily wins GOP nomination in La. (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 06:58 PM PDT

AP - Incumbent Sen. David Vitter has easily won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Louisiana.

W.Va. Gov. Manchin wins Dem primary for US Senate (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 06:42 PM PDT

Businessman John Raese, flanked by his daughters, from left, Agnes and Jane and wife Liz, addresses his supporters at the Hotel Morgan i after being declared the Republican winner in the West Virginia primary, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010 in Morgantown, W.Va. Raese, a wealthy businessman, defeated a crowded field of GOP candidates. He now becomes key to the GOP's quest to dismantle the Democratic Senate majority. Democrats are clinging to the majority as high unemployment and the slow economic recovery take a toll on their political prospects this fall. (AP Photo/Dale Sparks)AP - Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd.

Danielle brings rip currents to US, dozens rescued (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 06:20 PM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, Aug 28, 2010 at 03:00 AM EDT shows clouds associated with Hurricane Danielle as it begins to track northeastward as a Category 3 storm. It may regain Category 4 status on Saturday, but will weaken as it remains away from any major landmasses. Tropical Storm Earl is to the southeast of Hurricane Danielle and is moving westward. Clouds in the Gulf of Mexico are producing some showers along the Gulf Coast. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)AP - Hurricane Danielle is far out over the Atlantic but the Category 2 storm is bringing dangerous rip currents to the U.S. East Coast.

Imam behind NYC mosque faces divisions over center (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 06:27 PM PDT

FILE- In this May 25, 2010 file photo, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, addresses a gathering in New York. Rauf is now in the midst of a polarizing political, religious and cultural debate over his plans for a multi-story Islamic center that will feature a mosque, health club and theater about two blocks north of ground zero in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)AP - Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has long worked to bridge divisions, be they fissures between interfaith husbands and wives or political chasms separating the United States and the Muslim world. The 61-year-old clergyman is now in the midst of a polarizing political, religious and cultural debate over plans for a multistory Islamic center that will feature a mosque, health club and theater about two blocks north of ground zero.

La. residents rid grief in symbolic Katrina burial (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:18 PM PDT

The Hurricane Katrina Memorial for St. Bernard Parish is seen in Shell Beach, La., one day before the fifth anniversary of the storm, which took over 1,000 lives and devastated the region, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Hundreds of mourners dropped notes, cards and letters — many of them stained with tears — into a steel-gray casket on Saturday in a symbolic burial of Hurricane Katrina.

Medicare expands coverage to help smokers quit (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 01:07 PM PDT

AP - They've lived with the health warnings about smoking for much of their lives and doubtless seen the ill effects on friends, relatives and even themselves, yet about 4.5 million older people in the U.S. keep on lighting up. Medicare is finally catching up to most private insurers by providing counseling for anyone on the program who's trying to kick the habit.

5 Calif. inmates shot during riot, 2 others hurt (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 06:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2007, file photo, a guard tower is seen behind the wire fence that surrounds California State Prison, Sacramento, in Folsom, Calif. Authorities say five inmates at Folsom State Prison have been shot by guards after a riot broke out at the prison Friday night Aug. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)AP - Prison guards shot into a crowd to stop 200 rioting inmates at California's Folsom State Prison, wounding five, authorities said Saturday.

W.Va. Gov. Manchin wins Dem US Senate nomination (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:52 PM PDT

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin speaks during a news conference at his campaign headquarters on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, in Charleston, W.Va. Manchin defeated Ken Hechler and Sheirl Fletcher in a special election and will represent the Democrats in the November general election to fill the void left by the death of U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd. (AP Photo/Randy Snyder)AP - Popular West Virginia Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin easily won his party's nomination and will face Republican primary winner John Raese (RAY'-see) in the race for the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Robert C. Byrd.

Carter's diplomacy helps free American prisoner (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 04:55 AM PDT

Aijalon Gomes is directed to his family by former President Jimmy Carter at Logan International Airport in Boston, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Carter flew to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, this week on a private mission to secure a pardon for the 31-year-old American who was detained in January after crossing into the country from China. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)AP - Jimmy Carter has for years worked behind the scenes to secure the release of political prisoners. But this week he had to do it in person and in the public spotlight, traveling to North Korea to bring an American home.

Numbers confirm it: Summer was a scorcher (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:05 PM PDT

U.S. map shows record warm temperatures for spring and summer throughout the NortheastAP - New numbers confirm what the sweaty brows of Northeasterners have been saying for months: The summer of 2010 was a record-breaking scorcher.

Founder of Florida A&M Marching 100 dies at 91 (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 04:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 16, 2008 file photo, Benjamin McNamee, 17, from Miami, Fla., right, shakes hands with William Foster, 88, left, founder of the Florida A & M Marching 100 band, during a break at the FAMU band camp in Tallahassee, Fla. University officials say Foster died early Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010 in Tallahassee. He was 91. (AP Photo/Phil Coale, File)AP - William P. Foster, credited with innovating a much-imitated high-stepping style as founder and longtime director of the Florida A&M Marching 100 band, died Saturday. He was 91.

NC man waits for 'ghost train,' killed by real one (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:20 AM PDT

AP - Authorities say a man who was waiting with several friends for a "ghost train" from a North Carolina legend was killed when a real train came down the tracks.

Florida woman decapitated; boyfriend arrested (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:24 PM PDT

AP - Authorities are saying a 48-year-old north Florida woman was decapitated and dismembered, and her boyfriend has been charged with murder in her death.

US ambassador's daughter, 17, dies in NYC fall (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:27 AM PDT

The 25-story Herald Towers high-rise apartment building in midtown Manhattan is seen Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in New York where the 17-year-old daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Thailand plummeted to her death overnight. Police said Nicole John fell at about 4:15 a.m., apparently from the top floor. An incoming freshman at the Parsons The New School for Design slipped off her shoes and stepped out onto the ledge of a Manhattan high-rise apartment with a camera before falling. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)AP - The 17-year-old daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Thailand slipped off her shoes and climbed out onto a window ledge Friday at a Manhattan apartment before plummeting more than 20 stories to her death, police said.
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