Thursday, December 30, 2010

Kidney parole condition raises ethical questions (AP)

Kidney parole condition raises ethical questions (AP)

Kidney parole condition raises ethical questions (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:33 PM PST

This is a Aug. 21, 2010 photograph released by the Mississippi Department of Corrections of Jamie Scott who along with her sister Gladys Scott had their life sentences for robbery suspended by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. The two women were convicted in 1994 for their roles in an armed robbery that netted $11. Barbour said he asked the Mississippi Parole Board to review the case and said the board agreed with his decision to indefinitely suspend the sentences of Gladys and Jamie Scott. (AP Photo/Mississippi Department Of Corrections)AP - A debate is unfolding over an unusual offer from Mississippi's governor: He will free two sisters imprisoned for an armed robbery that netted $11, but one woman's release requires her to donate her kidney to the other.

Ohio child cancers confound parents, investigators (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:33 PM PST

In this Dec. 14, 2010 photo, Donna Hisey holds her son Tanner in the family home near Clyde, Ohio. Tanner, 12, and his half-sister, Tyler Smith, are among the 36 kids who live within a few miles of this small farming town and have been struck by cancer in the last decade. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)AP - Every time his kids cough, Dave Hisey's mind starts to race. Is it cancer? Is it coming back? His oldest daughter, diagnosed with leukemia nearly five years ago when she was 13, is in remission. His 12-year-old son has another year of chemotherapy for a different type of leukemia. And his 9-year-old daughter is scared she'll be next.

2010's Top-Earning Movies: Like It or Not, 3-D Is King (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:05 AM PST

Time.com - The lesson Hollywood should have learned this year? Have animation and/or 3-D, will rake in cash

Record Crowds at Disneyland Temporarily Halt Admission (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:05 AM PST

Time.com - The home of Mickey and Minnie and pals on the West Coast temporarily halted admission on Tuesday as record numbers of visitors arrived at the parks.

Murkowski certified winner of Alaska Senate race (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:32 PM PST

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell, center, signs the certificate of election for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski,R-Alaska, as the Director of the Division of Elections Gail Fenumiai, left, and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell watch, in Juneau, Alaska, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. The certificate will be hand delivered by Mrs. Fenumiai to the President of the Senate. (AP Photo/Chris Miller)AP - Sen. Lisa Murkowski was officially named the winner of Alaska's U.S. Senate race Thursday, following a period of legal fights and limbo that lasted longer than the write-in campaign she waged to keep her job.

Budget woes force state parks to delay maintenance (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 05:42 PM PST

In this Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, photo, Missouri State Parks director Bill Bryan walks towards a restroom built seven decades ago by the Civilian Conservation Corps this is still in service at Lake of the Ozarks State Park in Kaiser, Mo. A park supervisor said the moss-covered roof would probably not be scheduled to be replaced unless it was leaking enough to damage the underlying structure. Nationwide, administrators of the country's state parks, historic sites, and recreation areas are facing a shortage of funds and a backlog of construction, maintenance and capital improvement projects.(AP Photo/Kelley McCall)AP - At state parks across the nation, this is the toll of the deepening budget crisis and years of financial neglect: crumbling roads, faltering roofs, deteriorating restrooms.

Texas, EPA fight over regulations grows fierce (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:39 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2010 file photo, refineries and chemical plants release steam near the Houston ship channel. Texas and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are fighting over permitting and other bureaucratic issues, a battle that environmentalists, state regulators and the EPA agree puts human health and the environment at risk. (AP Photo/File/Pat Sullivan)AP - A longstanding tit-for-tat between Texas and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over how to regulate pollution has grown fierce in recent months, leaving industry frustrated and allowing some plants and refineries to spew more toxic waste into the air, streams and lakes than what is federally acceptable.

Daughter, wife of AZ official accused in sex case (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:32 PM PST

This undated photo released by the Chandler Police Department in Arizona shows Rachel Katherine Brock. Chandler police say they have arrested Brock, 21, the daughter of a Maricopa County Supervisor, on suspicion of sexual conduct with the same minor her mother is accused of sexually abusing. Police arrested Brock on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, as part of an ongoing investigation surrounding her mother, 48-year-old Susan Brock. (AP Photo/Chandler Police Department)AP - The daughter of a county supervisor has been arrested on suspicion of sexual misconduct with the same teenage boy that her mother is accused of sexually abusing over a three-year period, police said Thursday.

Securing New Year's Eve in Times Square (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 02:08 PM PST

FILE- In this Dec. 31, 2009 file photo, New York City police officer Michael Luciano, right, scans Brandon Caton, from Luray, Va., with a metal detector as he enters the crowd gathering in New York's Times Square to take part in the New Year's Eve festivities. In the biggest public party in the country, nearly a million revelers will cram into the streets of Times Square to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. The party is also remarkably crime-free, safe and orderly. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)AP - It's the biggest public party in the country. Nearly a million revelers will cram into the streets of Times Square to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve.

O'Donnell blames foes for funds allegations (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:32 PM PST

Christine O'Donnell waves as she walks onstage during a Tea Party Express rally in Wilmington, Delaware, October 31, 2010. REUTERS/Tim ShafferAP - Former Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell went on the offensive Thursday following reports that federal prosecutors are looking into whether she illegally used campaign money for personal use, saying the accusations are politically motivated and stoked by disgruntled former campaign workers.

Storms dump heavy rain, snow on parts of West (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:32 PM PST

Semi-trucks line up over a bridge in Bellemont, Ariz., on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. A winter storm kept motorists off Interstate 40 in northern Arizona for hours. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)AP - A winter storm pummeled the western U.S. on Thursday with fierce wind gusts, heavy rain and more than 2 feet of snow, closing hundreds of miles of roads and dumping a snowy mix of precipitation on the edges of Phoenix.

Grizzly bear deaths near Yellowstone rise in 2010 (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 03:36 PM PST

AP - Grizzly bear deaths neared record levels for the region around Yellowstone National Park in 2010, but government biologists said the population remains robust enough to withstand the heavy losses.

US teen birth rate still far higher than W. Europe (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 02:56 PM PST

Chart shows the birth rate for girls ages 15 to 19-years-old from 1940 toAP - The rate of teen births in the U.S. is at its lowest level in almost 70 years. Yet, the sobering context is that the teen pregnancy rate is far lower in many other countries.

Adult drive-thru store in Alabama offers privacy (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:31 AM PST

AP - Gabrielle Silva takes down a customer's order from the drive-thru window, stuffs a bag full of products and passes it outside to the couple waiting in a car.

Cleanup of oil-tainted Gulf Coast nears end (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:23 AM PST

In this Dec. 16, 2010 photo, workers prepare to fill a hole that was dug to search for a layer of tar buried underneath sand on a beach on East Grand Terre Island on the coast of Louisiana. Crews have been scouring the Gulf Coast's sandy shores for oil_digging, scraping, tilling and sifting beach after beach in their hunt. There is still an untold amount of oil in the form of gooey, largely non-toxic tar, lying under sand, mud and oyster shells along the shores, leaving the prospect that tar balls may wash up from time to time for months, if not years. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - Dig 2 feet into the sand on this wind-swept beach and up comes the foul smell of oil.

Gulf spill fund adviser being paid with BP cash (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 02:42 PM PST

In this Dec. 16, 2010 photo, workers dig up sand impacted by the BP PLC oil spill on a beach on East Grand Terre Island on the coast of Louisiana. Crews have been scouring the Gulf Coast's sandy shores for oil_digging, scraping, tilling and sifting beach after beach in their hunt. There is still an untold amount of oil in the form of gooey, largely non-toxic tar, lying under sand, mud and oyster shells along the shores, leaving the prospect that tar balls may wash up from time to time for months, if not years. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - A law professor being paid $950 an hour with BP's money has declared that the czar of the $20 billion claims fund for Gulf oil spill victims is independent of the oil giant.

Calif. liver recipient, 13, on mission of thanks (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:39 AM PST

Johnny Hernandez's mother Christine, left, looks at Mikey Carraway, 13, of Oakland, Calif., in Pasadena, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. Carraway received a liver transplant from 18-year-old donor Johnny Hernandez two years ago after Hernandez died in a motorcycle accident. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Eleven-year-old Mikey Carraway's liver had failed — doctors had two weeks at most to find an organ donor to save his life. Two days later, they had one_ 18-year-old Johnny Hernandez, who suffered a fatal brain injury in a motorcycle crash.

What you pay for Medicare won't cover your costs (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:15 AM PST

Graphic shows poll results on public opinion about MedicareAP - You paid your Medicare taxes all those years and think you deserve your money's worth: full benefits after you retire.
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