Saturday, November 6, 2010

Oakland residents awaken to broken windows, debris (AP)

Oakland residents awaken to broken windows, debris (AP)

Oakland residents awaken to broken windows, debris (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 07:21 PM PDT

A demonstrator lies on ground in protest after the sentencing in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 of former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer Johannes Mehserle. Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant at a BART station on Jan. 1, 2009. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry sentenced Mehserle  to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)AP - Looking out her front window in a usually quiet residential neighborhood in this city, Deanna Goldstein's knees began to shake.

Blacks struggle with 72 percent unwed mothers rate (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 12:25 PM PDT

In this Oct. 30, 2010 photo, Christelyn Karazin holds her 15-month-old daughter, Emma, while her husband, Mike, sits with son Zachary, 5, daughter, Chloe, 7, and Kayla Higgins, 12, Christelyn's daughter, at their home in Temecula, Calif. Karazin had her first child with her boyfriend while she was in college; they never married. Her last three came after she married another man and became a writer and homemaker in an affluent Southern California suburb. In September, Karazin marshaled 100 other writers and activists for the online movement No Wedding No Womb, which she calls “a very simplified reduction of a very complicated issue.' (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP - One recent day at Dr. Natalie Carroll's OB-GYN practice, located inside a low-income apartment complex tucked between a gas station and a freeway, 12 pregnant black women come for consultations. Some bring their children or their mothers. Only one brings a husband.

First gay Episcopal bishop to retire in 2013 (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 02:04 PM PDT

New Hampshire Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop in the global Anglican fellowship, hugs Margaret Porter after announcing his retirement at the annual diocesan convention in Concord, N.H., Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)AP - The first openly gay Episcopal bishop said Saturday that he will retire in 2013, due in part to the "constant strain" on him and his family from the worldwide backlash against his election seven years ago.

In Rand Paul's Kentucky, Yarmuth Wins by Staying Liberal (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 12:25 AM PDT

Time.com - Tea Party favorite Rand Paul won the Kentucky Senate seat by sticking to his politics. By standing alongside Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama, so did Democrat John Yarmuth

After the Bruising: Where Obama Goes From Here (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 12:25 AM PDT

Time.com - Barack Obama is bruised. Republicans are sounding humble. Is that a recipe for partnership?

Relative of slain Conn. family offers comfort (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 04:51 PM PDT

FILE - This undated inmate file photo released in February 2010 by the Connecticut Department of Correction shows Steven Hayes, accused of severely beating Dr. William Petit, Jr., and killing his wife and two daughters during a home invasion in Cheshire, Conn., July 23, 2007. Hayes' attorneys are challenging a judge's decision to replace a regular juror with an alternate to determine his sentence. A hearing will be held Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, in New Haven, Conn., on the motion. The jury is expected to begin deliberations Friday on whether Hayes should get the death sentence or life in prison. (AP Photo/Connecticut Department of Correction, File)AP - The Rev. Richard Hawke was sitting in a Connecticut court Saturday while a jury deliberated whether a man should receive a death sentence for killing Hawke's daughter and two granddaughters, when he noticed the defendant's brother struggling.

Boy's killing harkens back to troubled times in LA (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 11:10 AM PDT

** ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY NOV. 6 ** FILE - This image provided by the Los Angeles Police Department shows Aaron Shannon Jr, 5, who was shot while showing off this Halloween costume in his backyard Oct. 31, 2010 in Los Angeles. In the neighborhood where Aaron Shannon Jr. was shot dead, there was a time when you didn't wear red unless you were a member of the notorious Bloods gang and you didn't wear blue unless you were showing your rival Crips affiliation. Aaron wore both colors the day he was gunned down, but he was no gang member. He was a 5-year-old in a Spiderman costume getting ready to trick-or-treat on Halloween. (AP Photo/LAPD, File)AP - Arms flexed in a muscleman pose, Aaron Shannon Jr. was getting ready for a Halloween party while his grandfather snapped photos of him in a Spiderman costume.

Accused Somali pirates headed for US trial (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 11:14 AM PDT

A pirate is pictured on the shore in northeastern Somalia. A Singapore-flagged cargo ship with 19 Chinese crew that was hijacked in June by pirates off the coast of Somalia has been rescued, the Chinese transport ministry said Saturday.(AFP/File/Mohamed Dahir)AP - Five Somali men accused of firing assault rifles at a Navy ship off the coast of Africa are set to face the first U.S. piracy trial in more than 100 years.

Textbook rentals no cure for rising college costs (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:08 AM PDT

In this Oct. 22, 2010 photo, signs promoting textbooks for rent greet students at the City College Bookstore in New York. Renting textbooks has been heralded as a new way for college students to save money, but rental programs have had only limited acceptance at the nation's major college and university bookstores. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Textbook rental programs at many of the nation's colleges — touted as money-savers for students — are limited by the number of available titles, publishers who release frequent new editions and professors who believe their right to choose course materials is essential to academic freedom.

Scientists find damage to coral near BP well (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:52 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Lophelia II 2010 research group, shows coral, several miles from the site of the blown-out BP well in the Gulf of Mexico, apparently covered with brown material. For the first time, federal scientists say they have found damage to deep sea coral and other marine life from the the Deepwater Horizon rig, but tests are needed to verify that the coral died from oil from released in the disaster. (AP Photo/Lophelia II 2010, NOAA, OER and BOEMRE) NO SALESAP - For the first time, federal scientists have found damage to deep sea coral and other marine life on the ocean floor several miles from the blown-out BP well — a strong indication that damage from the spill could be significantly greater than officials had previously acknowledged.

Haiti 'got very lucky' as Tomas skirted island (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:02 PM PDT

People walk in a flooded street after the passing of Hurricane Tomas in the neighborhood of Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday Nov. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Hurricane Tomas pushed northward from Haiti on Saturday, leaving villagers to mop up, evacuees to return to their tents and most everyone relieved that the country did not suffer what could have been its first big disaster since the January earthquake.

Marines' leader: Keep policy on gays in military (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:04 PM PDT

AP - The new commandant of the U.S. Marines Corps said Saturday that now is the wrong time to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" policy prohibiting gays from openly serving in the military, as U.S. troops remain in the thick of war in Afghanistan.

Obama calls India creator, not poacher, of US jobs (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 11:27 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama make a statement after their visit the memorial for the Nov. 26, 2008 terror attack victims at the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Searching for help half a world away, President Barack Obama on Saturday embraced India as the next jobs-creating giant for hurting Americans, not a cheap-labor rival that outsources opportunity from the United States.

Victims remembered 1 year after Fort Hood shooting (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 08:09 PM PDT

An unidentified woman touches a name on a memorial stone after it was unveiled during a ceremony and memorial stone unveiling commemorating the one-year anniversary of the worst mass shooting on a U.S. military base, where 13 people were killed and dozens wounded, Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, in Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - Parents, spouses and children reverently approached the 6-foot-tall granite memorial Friday, some kneeling and wiping away tears as they gently touched a name etched on the stone — each belonging to one of the 13 people killed in the Fort Hood shooting rampage a year ago.
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