Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Microbes are eating BP oil without using up oxygen (AP)

Microbes are eating BP oil without using up oxygen (AP)

Microbes are eating BP oil without using up oxygen (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:15 PM PDT

In this undated image provide by the journal Science, microbes degrade oil, indicated by the circle of dashes, in the deepwater plume from the BP oil spill in the Gulf, as documented in a study by Berkeley Lab researchers. The newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe, which is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico, was discovered by scientists studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. (AP Photo/Science/AAAS) NO SALES.AP - Government scientists studying the BP disaster are reporting the best possible outcome: Microbes are consuming the oil in the Gulf without depleting the oxygen in the water and creating "dead zones" where fish cannot survive.

Colorado fire forced residents to make mad dash (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 06:19 PM PDT

Kurt Rieder, in white hat, with his 9 year old daughter Lily watch the smoke plume from a wildland fire burning in the Four Mile Canyon area just west of Boulder Colo. on Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. High winds pushed the smoke and ash eastward over the Colorado plains. (AP Photo/Peter M. Fredin)AP - David Myers knew it was time to leave when he looked out into the forest and spotted bright red flames towering skyward. Then came a blinding cloud of smoke and a deafening roar as the fire ripped through the wilderness.

Pressure rises on pastor who wants to burn Quran (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 07:18 PM PDT

Rev. Terry Jones at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Jones plans to burn copies of the Quran on church grounds to mark the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States that provoked the Afghan war. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - The government turned up the pressure Tuesday on the head of a small Florida church who plans to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, warning him that doing so could endanger U.S. troops and Americans everywhere.

George Soros gives $100M to Human Rights Watch (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:09 PM PDT

Philanthropist George Soros speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, in New York. Soros has announced a 10-year, $100 million grant to Human Rights Watch. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Billionaire philanthropist George Soros is putting up $100 million, one of the largest donations of its kind, to expand Human Rights Watch and help it court more international support.

WTC steel column installed at ground zero (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 07:12 PM PDT

** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP OF NYSW110 ** Construction workers watch as an original piece of the Twin Towers, known as a 'trident,' is lowered into its permanent location at the 9/11 Memorial Museum at ground zero in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Officials hoisted a 70-foot piece of World Trade Center steel at ground zero Tuesday and vowed to open the Sept. 11 memorial by next year, although they acknowledged that the ongoing construction at the site would limit where and how the public could visit.

Flight attendant in passenger tiff to be evaluated (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:59 PM PDT

Former JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater, center, arrives at Queens criminal court for a hearing on criminal mischief charges, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, in New York. Slater, accused of cursing out a passenger and sliding down an emergency exit chute, is working on a plea deal. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - The flight attendant accused of onboard antics that captured the nation's attention when he told off a passenger and slid down the plane's emergency chute with a beer will undergo a mental health evaluation with the aim of avoiding jail time in a possible plea deal.

Non-word `refudiate' gets most online searches (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 29, 2010 file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to the crowd at the P.U.R.E. Ministries in Duluth, Ga. It's not a real word, but that hasn't stopped 'refudiate' from becoming Merriam-Webster's 2010 'Word of the Summer.' The publishing company says Sarah Palin's pseudo-word was the most-often searched by users of its online dictionary, The Associated Press reports on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The former Alaska governor used it twice in July: once on a news show and later on Twitter, in place of refute or repudiate. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser, File)AP - Merriam-Webster's "Word of the Summer" is not even a word. That's something no one can "refudiate."

Chicago Mayor Daley says he's served his last term (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 06:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2009 file photo, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley speaks before the city council in Chicago. Daley announced Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, that he is not running for re-election. Daley became mayor in 1989. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Mayor Richard M. Daley, who wielded more control over Chicago than anyone but his father decades before, said Tuesday he will not seek re-election, bringing a surprising end to a dynasty whose name became synonymous with the city's legendary political machine.

Kansas man charged with murdering burned teen (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 12:36 PM PDT

Adam Joseph Longoria is led into the Barton County Court House for a hearing Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, in Great Bend, Kan. Longoria is charged in the disappearance and death of Alicia DeBolt . (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - A 36-year-old factory worker who spent much of his adult life in prison was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting and murdering a 14-year-old girl whose badly burned body was found behind gravel piles at the asphalt plant where he worked.

Hermine gives south Texas another tropical lashing (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:15 PM PDT

An employee guides in an arriving flight at San Antonio International Airport as tropical storm Hermine drenches San Antonio, Texas on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Lisa Krantz) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NO SALES; SAN ANTONIO OUT; AP MEMBERS ONLY; MANDATORY CREDITAP - Tropical Storm Hermine gave a wet and windy punch to Texas on Tuesday before weakening into a tropical depression, leaving only minor scrapes in the storm-weary Rio Grande Valley, which is proving resilient this hurricane season after taking a third tropical system on the chin.

LAPD chief promises thorough probe into shooting (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 07:13 PM PDT

AP - Police Chief Charlie Beck on Tuesday promised a thorough, transparent investigation into an officer's shooting of a knife-wielding man whose death sparked a violent protest in a poor immigrant neighborhood.

Feds: Army base gunman threatened to kill Obama (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:16 PM PDT

AP - A former soldier accused of demanding mental treatment as he took hostages at gunpoint at a Georgia Army hospital later told investigators he planned to kill President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, federal prosecutors said in court documents filed Tuesday.

2 asteroids to whiz harmlessly past Earth (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:48 PM PDT

AP - NASA says two small asteroids discovered just days ago will zip harmlessly past Earth on Wednesday, a double flyby that should be visible through a telescope.

Court: Judges can demand warrant for cell locales (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:27 PM PDT

AP - Judges have the right to require warrants before police get cell phone records that could suggest a customer's likely location, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday in a novel electronic privacy case.

Pharmacy heists are up amid popularity of Rx drugs (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 11:56 AM PDT

This photo taken Aug. 5, 2010 shows dottles of drugs commonly targeted by thieves at Hospital Discount Pharmacy that was robbed in July in Edmond, Okla. Across the country, pharmacy robberies are on the rise, partly because of the increasing demand for prescription drugs, according to law enforcement officers and industry officials. Prescription painkillers rank second behind marijuana as the country's most common illegal drug problem, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP - Less than a couple months after Nick Curtin opened a pharmacy in suburban Tulsa in 2008, the store was burglarized twice in one week. And just last year a masked man robbed him at gunpoint, making off with 1,800 pills.

US smoking rate still stuck at 1 in 5 adults (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 01:34 PM PDT

AP - U.S. smoking rates continue to hold steady, at about one in five adults lighting up regularly, frustrated health officials reported Tuesday.

Boston Dawna, the Batman of Venice Beach, retires (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:42 AM PDT

Donna Chaet, better known as Boston Dawna, poses for a photo on Ocean Front Walk in Los Angeles' Venice Beach neighborhood Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Hipsters, hustlers, celebrities, thieves, dope peddlers and just about everyone else in gritty, quirky Venice Beach know Boston Dawna. You can't miss the one-woman crime fighter. For nearly 40 years, she's cruised Venice, always on the lookout for lawbreakers. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Hipsters, hustlers, celebrities, thieves, dope peddlers and just about everyone else in gritty, quirky Venice Beach know Boston Dawna. You can't miss the one-woman crime fighter.

Imam behind NYC mosque back in US after Gulf trip (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:51 AM PDT

VIDEO: The proposed construction of a 100-million-dollar, 13-story mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York City, has stirred raw emotions in the United States as the country prepares to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Duration: 01:00(afp.com)AP - An imam who has become the public face of a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero has returned to the United States following a taxpayer-funded tour of the Middle East, his wife said Monday.

Haiti quake survivor returns home after 6 months (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 06:21 AM PDT

In this July 5, 2010 picture, Bazelais Suy, right, embraces nurse Rosite Merentie as he talks with friends in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Suy is a student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Half-buried in rubble, Bazelais Suy struggled to breathe — a dead woman lay on his chest. He knew he had to get her off, fast. Because he could still move his arms, he somehow managed to remove his belt, loop it around the woman's own belt and drag her off. But his legs were still pinned.

Wrigley rooftops hurting as Cubs, economy struggle (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:47 AM PDT

In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, baseball fans are seen in one of the many rooftop venues outside Wrigley Field in Chicago and in the bleacher seats, foreground, to watch a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates. Like 'America's team' itself about this time every year, the fate of the famed rooftops beyond the Waveland and Sheffield walls is slumping. With the economy bad and the Cubs once again woeful, the club and bar owners offering a unique over-the-wall viewing experience are struggling financially, despite discounted tickets. About the only thing sustaining them is that the Cubs charge the most for ballpark tickets of any team in the Majors. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - The crowded rooftop bleachers overlooking Wrigley Field stand as proof that no matter how bad the Chicago Cubs played, the ballpark was simply not big enough to hold everyone who wanted to see them play.
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