Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Insiders vs. outsiders in Fla., Ariz., Alaska (AP)

Insiders vs. outsiders in Fla., Ariz., Alaska (AP)

Insiders vs. outsiders in Fla., Ariz., Alaska (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 06:33 PM PDT

U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth arrives at his polling station Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Scottsdale, Ariz. to cast his vote in the Arizona primary election. Haywroth is challenging incumbent John McCain, R-AZ. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - Rep. Kendrick Meek cinched Florida's Senate Democratic nomination by defeating political upstart Jeff Greene on Tuesday, and veteran politician Bill McCollum battled novice Rick Scott in the state's GOP gubernatorial contest as voters weighed the merits of establishment candidates vs. wealthy outsiders.

Salmonella vaccine may help prevent egg recalls (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT

Eggs with the British Lion mark are shown in London, Tuesday Aug. 24, 2010. The Lion Quality Code of Practice was launched in 1998 in Britain. The Lion marking the mark indicates that the eggs were produced according to a code of practice that requires vaccination against salmonella. (AP Photo)AP - Low-cost vaccines that may help prevent the kind of salmonella outbreak that has led to the recall of more than a half-billion eggs haven't been given to nearly half the nation's egg-laying hens.

NY archbishop worries about tone of mosque debate (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 06:03 PM PDT

Abdul Malik, center, an American Muslim from Philadelphia, and Matt Sky, right, a Web developer from Manhattan, N.Y., stand in front of a proposed site for an Islamic cultural center as they explain their support for its construction to passers-by in New York, Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. 'I am mad that Muslims are being slandered,' said Malik, responding to opponents of the center concerned about its proximity to the World Trade Center site. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - The tense climate around a proposal for an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero could put New Yorkers in danger of losing their sense of tolerance and unity, values they embraced in the days after Sept. 11, the leader of the area's Roman Catholics said Tuesday.

Drug war sends bullets whizzing across the border (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 05:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2010 file photo, federal police officers stand next to one of their vehicles after it crashed during a gun battle in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. A stray bullet from the gun fight in Ciudad Juarez hit the border town of El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz, File)AP - The first bullets struck El Paso's city hall at the end of a work day. The next ones hit a university building and closed a major highway. Shootouts in the drug war along the U.S.-Mexico border are sending bullets whizzing across the Rio Grande into one of the nation's safest cities, where authorities worry it's only a matter of time before someone gets hurt or killed.

Navy, Coast Guard trade blame for midair crash (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 07:12 PM PDT

AP - The Coast Guard said Tuesday that a failure by the Navy to follow standard air traffic control procedures contributed to a midair collision that killed seven Coast Guard members and two Marines last year, while the Navy insisted the pilots were responsible.

10 hurt when van crashes into Tenn. beauty salon (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 03:53 PM PDT

AP - A driver who appeared to be having a seizure plowed his van into a busy Tennessee beauty salon on Tuesday, injuring at least 10 people and trapping some behind debris, witnessess and hospital officials said.

Oil spill panel hears about Halliburton warning (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 06:07 PM PDT

Transocean performance division manager Daun Winslow testifies during the Deepwater Horizon joint investigation hearings by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Management Regulation and Enforcement Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Houston. (AP Photo/Melissa Phillip, Pool)AP - Federal investigators probing the blowout that led to the Gulf oil spill grilled a Halliburton official Tuesday about concerns the petroleum services firm raised over the potential for a severe gas flow problem if a BP plan was used.

Experts check stranded whale for injuries in Fla. (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:05 PM PDT

AP - Marine mammal experts are examining a stranded sperm whale for injuries in waters next to a South Beach marina.

Experts: Gators in northern waters probably pets (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:50 PM PDT

A 3 1/2 to 4 foot American Alligator swims along the North branch of the Chicago River, Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, in Chicago. The alligator is the second to be sighted in the area this month. On Aug. 6, 2010 a 2 1/2 foot alligator was captured nearby. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Two gators in the Chicago River. One strolling down a Massachusetts street. Another in bustling New York City. And that's just in the past few weeks.

Witness says he felt safe around Arizona fugitives (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 05:41 PM PDT

AP - Handcuffed face down on the ground, Hugh Murray quickly realized who he had been hanging out with for two days at a remote campsite as he overheard law enforcement officials say that a man detained near him was the last of the three.

Train troubles again strand Northeast commuters (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 02:18 PM PDT

Airicka Pearson, from Haymarket, Va., waits for her train to Baltimore after a power outage is believed to be the cause for the delay in Washington Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - In a snag all too familiar to commuters in a rail-dependent region, Amtrak and regional transit agencies halted trains throughout the Northeast for more than an hour at the height of the morning rush Tuesday because of power problems that apparently began in the Washington area.

Five years later: Katrina a tale of SBA failure (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 06:48 AM PDT

This Thursday, April 22, 2010 picture shows Gale Martin, a former Small Business Administration loan officer, at her home in Dallas. Martin contended that contrary to the SBA mission to especially help people who didn't always have the means to rebuild, applicants with higher credit scores and bigger incomes were cherry-picked for processing first because those files could be closed quicker. (AP Photo/Jason Bronis)AP - Five years after Hurricane Katrina, Jay Young is still haunted by the desperate voices on the other end of the telephone crying and begging for help.

Evacuation of pets a priority after Katrina (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:35 PM PDT

Sandra Henry and her dog Tasha, who were reunited two years after Hurricane Katrina, hang out on the front porch of their home where the spray-painted words 'Dog Found' can still be seen, in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)AP - The moment cut sharply through the chaos, suffering and fear of Hurricane Katrina — a small boy sobbed hysterically as he was separated from his dog Snowball while departing the wretched Louisiana Superdome.

Judge: Troy Davis failed to prove innocence (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:29 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Georgia death row inmate whose case attracted international support failed to prove his innocence after the U.S. Supreme Court gave him a rare chance to clear his name.

5 in intensive care after Ala. plant ammonia leak (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 03:39 PM PDT

An unidentified person is loaded into the back of an ambulance Monday Aug. 23, 2010 at Millard Refrigerated Services in Theodore, Ala. Authorities say at least 50 people have been sent to the hospital after a south Alabama refrigeration facility leaked up to 300 gallons of ammonia into the air. (AP Photo/Press-Register, Bill Starling)AP - An ammonia leak at a plant that freezes chickens left five people in intensive care as federal officials on Tuesday sought the cause of the spill a day earlier that prompted dozens of people to seek medical attention.

Supporters: Church ignored in NYC mosque furor (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 03:25 AM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in New York, the 36-foot tall church, which was destroyed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, stands near the base of the World Trade Center towers. Supporters of the church say city and state officials willing to speak out about a planned community center and mosque near ground zero have been silent on efforts to get the church rebuilt. (AP Photo/St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church) ** NO SALES **AP - Supporters of a Greek Orthodox church destroyed on Sept. 11 say officials willing to speak out about a planned community center and mosque near ground zero have been silent on efforts to get the church rebuilt.

No parole for Ala dog torturer; victim wags tail (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 02:44 PM PDT

FILE - In a Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007 photo, Juan Daniels is escorted into the Montgomery, Ala., County Courthouse. The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 denied early release to Daniels, whose sentence last year was a record in Alabama for animal cruelty. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Terry Manning)AP - A scarred but friendly pit bull named "Louis Vuitton" was the star witness Tuesday as an Alabama state board denied parole for the man convicted of spraying him with lighter fluid, setting him on fire and beating him with a shovel.

States use K-9s to search for smuggled cell phones (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 03:00 AM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, a cell phone discovered by Correctional K-9, Drako, a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois, is removed from a electrical box, that it was hidden in for a demonstration in a mock prison cell, at a training facility in Galt, Calif. Drako is one of five dogs specially trained to sniff out cell phones that have been smuggled into California prisons.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - They've been finding hidden bombs, drugs and corpses for years, using their sense of smell to locate what their human handlers would otherwise have to see in plain sight.

RFK Jr.'s wife faces new impaired-driving charge (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 03:46 AM PDT

AP - The wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs one month after her license was suspended following her guilty plea to driving while impaired by alcohol, state police said Tuesday.

Report: NYC, Philly, Detroit top bedbug list (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:13 AM PDT

AP - A leading pest control company has released a list of the 15 most bedbug-infested cities, and New York, Philadelphia and Detroit have scratched their way to the top.
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