Wednesday, September 22, 2010

AP Interview: Clinton says give Dems more time (AP)

AP Interview: Clinton says give Dems more time (AP)

AP Interview: Clinton says give Dems more time (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:36 PM PDT

AP - Bill Clinton asked the American people Wednesday to give the Democrats two more years to dig the country out of the economic hole he blamed on the Republicans — and then, if the Democrats fail, "throw us all out."

Patrol: Tour driver smoked pot days before crash (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:48 PM PDT

In this booking photo released by Iron County Jail in Cedar City, Utah showing Japanese citizen 26-year-old Yasushi Mikuni who was arrested Tuesday. Mikuni was driving the tour bus that crashed in Utah, killing three people and injuring 11 others from a Japanese tour group last month is accused of having trace amounts of an intoxicant in his blood. (AP Photo/Iron County Jail)AP - A tour bus driver smoked marijuana heavily for several days before falling asleep at the wheel and crashing in Utah, killing three Japanese tourists and injuring 11 other passengers, according to an arrest report released Wednesday.

Ga. megachurch pastor accused in sex scandal (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 06:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 18 2007 file photo, Bishop Eddie Long, of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, in Lithonia, Ga. gestures during an interview in Lithonia. Two men on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 filed a lawsuit accusing Long of exploiting his role as pastor of an Atlanta-area megachurch to coerce them into sexual relationships when they were members of his congregation. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe, File)AP - As a Christian author, gospel singer and leader of one of the nation's best-known black megachurches, Bishop Eddie Long finds a wide audience for messages such as marriage is "between one man and one woman." Those words hung heavy Wednesday over accusations that the TV preacher, a married father of four, used jewelry, cars and cash to lure three young men into sexual relationships.

2 Ohio real estate agents killed; another robbed (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 06:29 PM PDT

Photo of a house where the body of Andrew VonStein was found early Tuesday morning is shown Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in Kent, Ohio. Authorities say two real estate agents were killed and another was robbed in the past week in northeast Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - Two real estate agents were killed in vacant homes for sale and another was robbed all within a week, prompting frightened agents in northeast Ohio to cancel open houses and avoid meeting prospective buyers alone.

Prosecutors say corruption ran deep in Calif. city (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 07:19 PM PDT

Council member Teresa Jacobo stands in the dock among eight current and former Bell, Calif., city officials arrested on corruption charges, as they appear in court at the Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Al Seib, Pool)AP - Eight current and former officials of the city of Bell appeared in shackles before judges Wednesday in a corruption case prosecutors said was so ingrained in the blue-collar suburb that almost anyone who could have blown the whistle was benefiting from it.

AP Sources: Sheriff will run for Chicago mayor (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Two people close to Dart say the Cook County sheriff will run for Chicago mayor in 2011. One of the people told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, that Dart is putting together a campaign staff and has started circulating nominating petitions. Both say they've heard from Dart directly, and the sheriff told them he's in the race. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Tom Dart, the Cook County sheriff who made national headlines when he sued Craigslist, halted court-ordered evictions and headed a probe into the alleged resale of a historic cemetery's burial plots, will run for mayor of Chicago, two people close to Dart said Wednesday.

Little known republic in La. celebrates 200 years (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:54 PM PDT

Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne, hands foreground, and archivist Melanie Montaro look at the Constitution and related documents of the Republic of West Florida, a group of eight Louisiana Parishes that seceded from Spain in 1810, at the Louisiana Archives in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - While Texans are fiercely proud their state was once its own republic, and California celebrates the same former status on its flag, relatively few Louisianans know that a group of their forebears overthrew Spanish rule to carve out a tiny, independent nation 200 years ago. With the bicentennial coming up Thursday, historians and descendants of the rebels are hoping to change that.

Court affirms overturning Fla. gay adoption ban (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:48 PM PDT

American Civil Liberties Union of Florida Executive Director Howard Simon talks to reporters during a news conference in Miami, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Florida's strict ban on adoption by gay people is unconstitutional because no other group, even people with criminal backgrounds, are singled out for a flat prohibition by state law, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - Florida will immediately stop enforcing its ban on adoptions by gay people following a decision by a state appeals court that the three-decade-old law is unconstitutional, Gov. Charlie Crist said Wednesday.

Friend: Chicago bomb suspect wanted quick fame (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:14 PM PDT

Patron of Sluggers Sports Bar and Grill walk along Clark Street on block from Wrigley Field, background, before a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 in Chicago. Sami Samir Hassoun, 22, a Lebanese citizen living in Chicago for about three years, was charged Monday with one count each of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted use of an explosive device outside the bar last Saturday night. Hassoun, allegedly placed a backpack he thought contained a bomb outside the bar but got a fake explosive from an FBI undercover agent, authorities say. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - A 22-year-old Lebanese immigrant accused of placing a backpack he thought contained a bomb near Chicago's Wrigley Field is no terrorist, just someone seeking quick fortune and fame in America, his attorney and a friend said Wednesday.

Wis. governor starts removal process against DA (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:11 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Oklahoma City University School of Law is Maria Ruskiewicz at the law school Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, in Oklahoma City. Ruskiewicz, a law student, said Tuesday that Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz, a Wisconsin prosecutor accused of abusing his power to seek relationships with two other women, also sent her sexually harassing text messages in 2008 while helping her seek a pardon for a drug conviction. (AP Photo/Oklahoma City University School of Law, Nathan Gunter)AP - Wisconsin's governor took initial steps Wednesday to remove a prosecutor who sent sexually explicit text messages to a domestic abuse victim and is accused of similar misconduct with two other women.

Conn. home invasion break-in 'got out of control' (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:04 PM PDT

This July 2007 police photo released Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2010 by the Connecticut Judicial Branch as evidence in the Steven Hayes trial in New Haven, Conn., Superior Court, shows the charred bedroom of Hayley Petit, one of the victims killed during a home invasion July 23, 2007, In Cheshire, Conn. (AP Photo/Connecticut Judicial Branch)AP - A man charged in the 2007 home invasion killings of a woman and her two daughters was devoid of emotion as he told authorities how he sexually assaulted the mother after his co-defendant told him he had to — to "square things up" — because the other man already had sexually assaulted one of the girls, a detective testified Wednesday.

Study finds mammograms offer modest benefit (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:04 PM PDT

AP - Mammograms don't help women over 50 as much as has been believed, new research suggests.

Would-be school volunteers thwarted by their past (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:39 AM PDT

In this Aug. 31, 2010 photo, Jessica Gianfrocco speaks with an AP reporter at the offices of the ACLU, in Providence, R.I. Gianfrocco, a former heroin addict who was convicted of a felony before her daughter was born, was barred from volunteering at her daughter's school because of her past criminal record. Now she is suing the school district for the right to participate. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - Wendy Cross wants to chaperone field trips and join other parents in supervising activities at her children's school in Grand Rapids, Mich. But because of some bad checks she wrote a decade ago, that's out of the question.

J&J lawyers: FDA knew of secret 2009 Motrin recall (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:55 PM PDT

AP - Lawyers for Johnson & Johnson insist government regulators knew the company was secretly pulling packets of ineffective Motrin from store shelves last year, rather than announcing a public recall.

Quality of care up at US hospitals, report says (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:55 PM PDT

AP - A report says treatment has improved substantially at U.S. hospitals for several ailments including heart attacks, pneumonia and children's asthma.

Genetically altered salmon? It doesn't stop there (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 31, 2005 picure, a harvester works through a field of genetically modified corn on the dairy farm owned by Al Lafranchi, near Santa Rosa, Calif. Lafranchi started growing the genetically modified corn six years ago, which he says is more resistant to weeds and provides cleaner feed for his dairy cows. For thousands of years, humans have practiced selective breeding. That concept was refined to develop plant hybridization and artificial insemination. Now comes an Atlantic salmon that is genetically engineered to grow twice as fast as a regular salmon. If U.S. regulators approve it, the fish would be the first such scientifically altered animal to reach the dinner plate.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - We've always played with our food — even before we knew about genes or how to change them.

Man with Hitler tattoo guilty in Md. beating (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:47 PM PDT

AP - A white supremacist who goes by the nickname "Hitler" pleaded guilty Wednesday in the unprovoked beating of a black fisherman in a Baltimore park.

North Dakota lake swallows land and buildings (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 12:49 PM PDT

In this Aug. 24, 2010, photo is a house on the southeast side of Devils Lake in North Dakota, threatened by high waters and erosion. The house is expected to be bought out by the federal government in the next month. About 400 homes around Devils Lake have been relocated or destroyed flood waters. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)AP - It's been called a slow-growing monster: a huge lake that has steadily expanded over the last 20 years, swallowing up thousands of acres, hundreds of buildings and at least two towns in its rising waters.

Calif group airs anti-tea party ad in Times Square (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:11 PM PDT

AP - A California consumer-advocacy group is hoping to rally the left before the November election with an ad on a Times Square video screen that labels the tea party movement as "insane."

DA: NYC cabbie attacker called himself a patriot (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo of Aug. 25, 2010, Michael Enright sits in a New York City courtroom to face charges that include attempted murder and assault as hate crimes. Prosecutors said in a court document released Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, that Enright declared himself 'a patriot' after slashing a New York taxi driver's neck because of anti-Muslim bias. Enright, 21, pleaded not guilty. (AP Photo/Steven Hirsch, Pool, File)AP - A college student declared himself "a patriot" after slashing a New York cabbie's neck because the driver is Muslim, prosecutors said in a court document released Wednesday.
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