Thursday, September 23, 2010

Montana woman fends off bear attack with zucchini (AP)

Montana woman fends off bear attack with zucchini (AP)

Montana woman fends off bear attack with zucchini (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:20 PM PDT

This image provided by the Missoula County Sheriff's Office shows the zucchini used by a Montana woman to fend off a bear attack Thursday Sept. 23, 2010 in Frenchtown, Mont. The woman was stirred after midnight by a tussle in the backyard of her home near Frenchtown, Missoula County Sheriff's Lt. Rich Maricelli said. She went to investigate and found a 200-pound black bear attacking one of her two dogs, a 12-year-old collie.(AP Photo/Missoula County Sheriff)AP - A Montana woman fended off a bear trying to muscle its way into her home Thursday by pelting the animal with a large piece of zucchini from her garden.

'Mom's gone crazy:' 4 killed in Seattle shooting (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:52 PM PDT

Neighbors look on at the scene of a shooting that left four people dead and another wounded Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, in Seattle. The woman suspected of firing the shots at the southwest Seattle home apparently is among the dead. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - A woman fatally shot three people and herself at a Seattle home Thursday, injuring another woman who fled into the front yard and told officers: "My mom has gone crazy," police said.

Facebook founder giving $100M to Newark schools (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:36 PM PDT

DILE - In this May, 26, 2010 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the social network site's new privacy settings in Palo Alto, Calif. Schools in New Jersey's largest city are poised to receive $100 million Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, from the founder of Facebook. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file)AP - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is about to make a lot of new friends: The 26-year-old tycoon is pouring $100 million of his staggering fortune into Newark's blighted school system after hitting it off with the mayor of the poverty-stricken city.

Calif. wants third of its power renewable by 2020 (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 23, 2010 file photo, team leader Edward Boghosian, right, and electrician Patrick Aziz, both employees of California Green Design, install solar electrical panels on the roof of a home in Glendale, Calif. Regulators on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 were deciding whether to require California utilities to draw a third of their power from alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and geothermal in 10 years. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)AP - The state with some of the nation's most ambitious clean energy standards went even further Thursday: Regulators approved new regulations requiring utilities to draw a third of their power from alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and geothermal in 10 years.

American hiker wants to meet with Iran president (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:23 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Harpo Productions, Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, right, interviews Sarah Shourd, during taping of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, at Harpo Studios in Chicago. Shourd was an American hiker who was released after being accused of espionage and held in Iran for more than 13 months. The show will air nationally on Thursday, Sept. 23. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc., George Burns)AP - An American woman held in Iran for more than 13 months and accused of espionage says she hopes to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while he is in New York this week to attend the annual General Assembly of the United Nations.

1st woman in 5 years executed in US amid outcry (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 07:27 PM PDT

Death penalty protestors hold signs outside the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - The first woman executed in the United States in five years was put to death in Virginia on Thursday for arranging the killings of her husband and a stepson over a $250,000 insurance payment.

Threatened Mexican journalist receives asylum (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 07:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 7, 2010, a journalist protests violence against journalists in Mexico City. Jorge Luis Aguirre, a Mexican news reporter announced Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, the U.S. granted him political asylum, a first among Mexican journalists since the country's bloody drug war erupted. Aguirre, 52, was reporting in Ciuidad Juarez, the epicenter of drug-gang violence across the border from El Paso. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)AP - A Mexican journalist who was the target of death threats like those made by drug cartels says he has been granted asylum in the United States in a case believed to be the first of its kind since the country's bloody drug war began.

U. of Ill. denies William Ayers emeritus status (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:03 PM PDT

AP - The University of Illinois on Thursday denied 1960s radical William Ayers emeritus faculty status after trustees Chairman Christopher Kennedy noted Ayers dedicated a book to, among others, the man who killed Kennedy's father, Robert F. Kennedy.

Ga. pastor spent a generation building megachurch (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:19 PM PDT

FILE -In this Monday, Aug. 3, 2009 file photo, Bishop Eddie Long speaks during a funeral service at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Long, the pastor of a nationally known Atlanta-area megachurch will wait until Sunday services to speak publicly about claims he has already denied that he coerced young men into sex. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)AP - Bishop Eddie Long built his congregation into a megachurch empire, telling his followers God wanted them to be wealthy and delivering fiery sermons with a secular swagger. But that empire hangs in the balance amid accusations he had sexual relationships with three young men.

Feds: Near-collision of 2 planes over Minneapolis (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:31 PM PDT

AP - Federal regulators said Thursday they are investigating a near-collision of a US Airways jet and a small cargo plane that came within 50 to 100 feet of each other over Minneapolis just after takeoff. Air control radio traffic showed the cargo pilot failed to turn as directed.

Flooding forces Wis. city to evacuate downtown (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:18 PM PDT

As water is pumped out of his basement, Jeff Dube stands in his flooded garage as rising water surrounds his home in Owatonna, Minn. on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Dube said water levels in his basement had reached between four and five feet high and were rising with continual rainfall. Heavy rains overnight have caused flooding in numerous locations in southeastern Minnesota, including Owatonna where the Maple Creek spilled over its banks. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, David Joles)AP - Heavy rains soaked parts of the upper Midwest Thursday, forcing evacuations in one flood-ravaged Wisconsin town where 20,000 sandbags were dispatched to rivers and creeks that had overflowed.

Bugs in baby formula? Parents worried about recall (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:20 PM PDT

Empty shelf space is seen at a Price Chopper supermarket in Guilderland, N.Y., where recalled Similac powder products were displayed, on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said it is recalling millions of containers of its Similac infant formula that may be contaminated with insect parts. The voluntary action affects up to 5 million Similac-brand powder formulas sold in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and some Caribbean countries. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Worried parents have bombarded the maker of Similac with phone calls and peppered Facebook and Twitter pages over fears about insects in the top-selling baby formula after millions of cans were recalled.

Time crunch for Emanuel in Chicago mayor race (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 26, 2010 file, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is pictured at the G20 summit in Toronto. The phones are ringing. Signatures are being gathered. And various groups are vetting who to support. If Rahm Emanuel is going to launch his expected campaign for mayor of Chicago, the clock is ticking on getting started. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - The phones are ringing. Signatures are being gathered. Groups are vetting who to support. If White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is going to launch his expected campaign for mayor of Chicago, the clock is ticking on getting started.

Family slayings shake investigators in Tenn. town (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:36 PM PDT

These photographs provided by the Coffee County Sheriffs Department show Matthew Perkins after he was arrested in Manchester, Tenn., early Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Perkins is a suspect in a triple murder in Manchester after Perkins' girlfriend and her two young children were found dead in a closet of their home. (AP Photo/Coffee County Sheriffs Department)AP - A soldier who served in Afghanistan and Iraq is accused of killing his girlfriend and her two young children, stuffing their corpses into plastic garbage bags and hiding them in a closet for days.

US restricts, EU bans controversial diabetes pill (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:18 PM PDT

Pharmacy staff holds a package of the diabetes drug Avandia in a pharmacy in Berlin, July 14, 2010. REUTERS/Thomas PeterAP - European regulators ordered the diabetes drug Avandia off the market and the Food and Drug Administration placed stringent restrictions on its use in the United States, saying heart attack risks associated with the former blockbuster are too great a safety concern to continue its use for most people.

O'Connell foe's career marked by political shift (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:34 PM PDT

Delaware Democratic Senate candidate Chris Coons, center, visits with volunteers at his campaign headquarters in front of the media, Friday, Sep. 17, 2010, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Jessica Kourkounis)AP - The Democrat facing off against surprise GOP primary winner Christine O'Donnell in the Delaware Senate race campaigned as a teenager for Ronald Reagan and helped found the Amherst College Republicans, but he saw the liberal light after a student trip to Africa.

Pakistani given 86 years for firing at US troops (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:37 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo released by the FBI shows terror suspect Aafia Siddiqui. The U.S.-trained scientist from Pakistan who was convicted of trying to murder U.S. agents and military officers in Afghanistan should be sent to prison for 12 years rather than life because she is mentally ill, her lawyers said in court papers Wednesday Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/FBI, File)AP - A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist convicted of trying to kill U.S. agents and military officers in Afghanistan was sentenced Thursday to 86 years in prison after she delivered a message of world peace and forgave the judge.

44 pct of gay, bisexual men with HIV don't know it (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:35 PM PDT

AP - One in five sexually active gay and bisexual men has the AIDS virus, and nearly half of those don't know they are infected, a federal study of 21 U.S. cities shows.
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