Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Reid's early ad barrage shaped Nevada race (AP)

Reid's early ad barrage shaped Nevada race (AP)


Reid's early ad barrage shaped Nevada race (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 06:23 PM PDT

Senate majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., answers questions at a news conference Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Republicans said for months that if the Nevada Senate race was a referendum on Harry Reid, the unpopular Majority Leader would lose. Reid didn't let that happen. He adeptly painted opponent Sharron Angle as an extremist immediately after she won her primary — and proceeded to make the contest as much about her awkward and unconventional statements as Reid's own troubles.


What voters sought, change, appears to be in store (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 06:23 PM PDT

Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Republican Tom Corbett, celebrates after his win over Democrat Dan Onorato in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - From Pennsylvania to Arkansas, New Hampshire to Ohio, the electorate turned over incumbents Tuesday like a gardener turns over earth. Republicans reaped an impressive harvest nationwide, but in some places their sweep reversed balances of power where Democratic roots run deep.


Republican wave crashes in Democratic California (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 06:41 PM PDT

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman concedes the election at her election night party in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010.  Whitman was defeated by Democrat Jerry Brown. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - The Republican tide that candidates Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina promised would wash over California instead crashed against the peaks of the Sierra Nevada, turning Election Day 2010 into a GOP trouncing in the nation's most populous state.


Privacy: Keeping the Government Out of Online Accounts (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 03:45 AM PDT

Time.com - A federal court has ruled that the state of North Carolina cannot get records on what Amazon shoppers purchased, but more needs to be done to protect online privacy

Calculating the Full Cost of O'Donnell (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 03:45 AM PDT

Time.com - In the end, Christine O'Donnell seemed to fulfill everyone's expectations, save perhaps her own

Analysis: A two-person, two-party town (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:20 AM PDT

In this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama makes an election night phone call to Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, who will most likely be the next House Speaker, from the Treaty Room in the White House residence, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)AP - This is a two-person, two-party town now.


FDA tests confirm listeria at Texas food plant (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:26 PM PDT

AP - Federal health officials found the listeria bacteria at a San Antonio food processing plant that Texas authorities have linked to four deaths from contaminated celery, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

3 charged in US with aiding Somali terror group (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 03:16 PM PDT

AP - A federal grand jury has charged three men, including one from St. Louis and one from Minneapolis, with conspiring to funnel money to a terrorist group in Somalia that the U.S. says has ties to al-Qaida.

Pot activists vow to push legalization in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:58 PM PDT

Supporters of Proposition 19, an initiative to legalize marijuana, watch election results in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Early returns showed the ballot initiative failing. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)AP - It seemed an easy sell in California: The state that gave us medical marijuana would allow pot for recreation.


See me, Obi-Wan Kenobi: Scientists seek 3-D video (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 02:39 PM PDT

** FOR ONE-TIME-USE-ONLY WITH MALCOLM RITTER'S STORY SLUGGED: VIDEO IN 3-D ** In this publicity image released by LucasFilm Ltd & TM, characters, from left, Anthony Daniels  portraying C-3PO, Mark Hamill portraying Luke Skywalker and Alec Guinness portraying Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi look at a hologram of Princess Leia, portrayed by Carrie Fisher in a scene from the original 1977 'Star Wars' film. (AP Photo/Lucasfilm Ltd & TM) ** NO SALES, ARCHIVE OUT, MUST CONTACT LUCASFILM FOR ADDITIONAL USE **AP - Scientists say they have taken a big step toward displaying live video in three dimensions — a technology far beyond 3-D movies and more like the "Star Wars" scene where a ghostly Princess Leia image pleads, "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi."


NASA gives 'go' for Thurs. launch as storms loom (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:10 PM PDT

The sun begins to set behind the space shuttle Discovery, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.  Discovery, and her crew of six astronauts, are scheduled to lift off Thursday on a trip to the international space station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP - NASA will try Thursday to launch space shuttle Discovery on its final voyage, although stormy weather could force yet another delay.


Slain man's NY teammates: Drop charges against us (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 02:45 PM PDT

AP - Four college football players who were arrested after their teammate was fatally shot by police are seeking an immediate dismissal of the charges against them.

DeLay remains confident as trial proceeds (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 03:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010, file photo, Tom DeLay, right, answers questions from members of the media with his attorney, Dick DeGuerin, left, at the Travis County courthouse in Austin, Texas. Opening statements began Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, in the trial of the former U.S. House Majority Leader, who is accused of helping to illegally finance Texas legislative races in 2002. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)AP - Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay remained confident he would prevail at his money laundering trial, telling reporters on Wednesday he believes prosecutors have yet to present any evidence that he did anything that broke the law.


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