Friday, December 31, 2010

New Year's Eve tornadoes kill 6 in Ark., Mo. (AP)

New Year's Eve tornadoes kill 6 in Ark., Mo. (AP)

New Year's Eve tornadoes kill 6 in Ark., Mo. (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:39 PM PST

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF SISEMORE ** Margie Sisemore, left, and Tammy Borden, right, clean up in the aftermath of a tornado that tore through the small town of Cincinnati, Ark., in western Washington County early in the morning on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. A tornado fueled by an unusually warm winter air sliced through parts of northwestern Arkansas early on Friday. (AP Photo/April L. Brown)AP - Tornadoes fueled by unusually warm air pummeled the South and Midwest on Friday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more across Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois. Forecasters said storms could hit along a stretch from near Chicago to New Orleans later in the evening as New Year's Eve celebrations begin.

Police: Standoff at Houston-area bank ends (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 05:14 PM PST

People watch a standoff at a Chase bank branch in Pearland, Texas on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Police say the incident at the suburban Houston bank where two gunmen took hostages has ended after a negotiation of more than four hours. (AP Photo/Dave Einsel)AP - A standoff at a suburban Houston bank where two masked gunmen took seven hostages and three other people hid in a closet ended peacefully Friday after a negotiation of more than four hours.

For investors, a gut-wrenching 2010 ended well (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 02:55 PM PST

In this photo released by the New York Stock Exchange Euronext, traders open the market on the last day of trading for 2010 at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/NYSE Euronext, Ben Hider) ** NO SALES **AP - For investors, 2010 was a 12-month tug of war between optimism and doubt. Stocks initially strengthened, the job market didn't, and fears of economic collapse in Europe and a chilling "flash crash" left many investors almost too stunned to act.

Mayor Booker Uses Twitter to Aid New Jersey Blizzard Cleanup (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:05 AM PST

Time.com - After the snowstorm that wracked the Northeast, Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, N.J., is using Twitter to respond to citizen complaints. Why more elected officials should follow suit

Cable fracas won't bar fans from seeing bowl games (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:48 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2009 file photo, a Time Warner Cable truck is parked in New York. Time Warner Cable Inc. customers from Portland, Maine, to Pensacola, Fla., could lose access to one of their network TV stations 12:00 a.m. EST Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011, because of a contract dispute with Sinclair Broadcast Group. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Time Warner Cable Inc. vowed Friday to provide its cable customers with network TV stations from other cities if it loses the rights to carry local stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. past a midnight Friday deadline for a new contract.

Plane, helicopter collide in Virginia, 2 killed (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 05:04 PM PST

AP - A small aircraft collided with a medical helicopter in the air Friday afternoon in rural western Virginia, killing two people on the plane, federal aviation officials said.

1 million to watch NYC ball drop to ring in 2011 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 05:11 PM PST

Employees of Landmark Sign and Electric hold a cable attached to the New Year's Eve ball during a test on top of One Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010 in New York. The ball is powered by 32,256 Philips Luxeon LEDs and covered in 2,688 Waterford Crystals. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Visitors crowded into Times Square on Friday to await the storied New Year's Eve ball drop, the largest of many events across the country planned to usher in 2011.

US governors ditching glitzy inaugural events (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 01:26 PM PST

In this Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, photo at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Dave Earhart prepares the stage which will be used for inauguration ceremonies. In better days, newly elected governors were welcomed into office with star-studded galas, serenades by rock bands, even an NFL stadium transformed into a winter wonderland. But with many now facing multibillion-dollar deficits and high unemployment, states' top bosses are toning it down. Way down. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)AP - In better days, newly elected governors were welcomed into office with star-studded galas, serenades by rock bands, even an NFL stadium transformed into a winter wonderland. But with many now facing multibillion-dollar deficits and high unemployment, states' top bosses are toning it down. Way down.

Jamestown unearths 400-year-old pipes for patrons (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 05:41 AM PST

This 2010 photo provided by the Jamestown Rediscovery Project shows composite photograph of eight pipe fragments showing details of printed pipe stems that were unearthed during a recent excavation at the Jamestown settlement in Jamestown, Va. (AP Photo/Jamestown Rediscovery Project, Michael Lavin) NO SALESAP - Archeologists at Jamestown have unearthed a trove of tobacco pipes personalized for a who's who of early 17th century colonial and British elites, underscoring the importance of tobacco to North America's first permanent English settlement.

NM governor: No pardon for outlaw Billy the Kid (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 01:29 PM PST

Billy the Kid merchandise is for sale at a tourist store in Lincoln, New Mexico in October 2010. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has announced he will not issue a posthumous pardon for Billy the Kid, the most infamous of the Wild West outlaws shot dead by a lawman 129 years ago.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AP - The rehabilitation of Billy the Kid lies dead in the dust.

Davis says he is leaving Chicago mayoral race (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:18 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2010 file photo, U.S. Rep Danny Davis, center, along with his wife Vera, announces his candidacy for mayor of Chicago. Davis issued a news release, saying he wants former President Bill Clinton to stay out of the Chicago mayor's race and not campaign for Davis' rival Rahm Emanuel. Davis warned Clinton that he could jeopardize his 'long and fruitful relationship' with African Americans by choosing Emanuel. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)AP - U.S. Rep. Danny Davis withdrew his candidacy from the Chicago's mayor race Friday, leaving former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun as the only remaining prominent black candidate in the campaign.

Millions gather worldwide to ring in new year (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:56 PM PST

Fireworks explode over the London Eye on the bank of the River Thames, in the annual display to celebrate the New Year in central London, Saturday, Jan.1, 2011. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Dazzling fireworks lit up Australia's Sydney Harbor, communist Vietnam held a rare Western-style countdown to the new year and Japanese revelers released balloons carrying notes with people's hopes and dreams as the world ushered in 2011.

The weep in review: American men tear up in 2010 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:47 AM PST

FILE - Fighting back tears, House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio celebrates the GOP's victory that changes the balance of power in Congress and will likely elevate him to speaker of the House, during an election night gathering hosted by the National Republican Congressional Committee at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington, in this Nov. 2, 2010 file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - When pro football player Cedric Benson led his Cincinnati Bengals to a long-awaited victory that ended a 10-game losing streak, his eyes grew wet and a tear ran down his cheek as he stood before his locker afterward.

Pilots' claims in crash files dog med test company (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 09:39 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug., 21, 2009 file photo, the burnt wreckage of a twin-engine plane lies on a property adjacent to Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, N.J. The investigation of a fatal 2009 plane crash in New Jersey has uncovered allegations that the country's largest medical lab operator put commerce ahead of safety and threatened pilots if they complained about inadequate training, dangerous flying practices and crushing workloads. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)AP - The federal investigation into a fatal 2009 plane crash in New Jersey has uncovered allegations that the country's largest medical lab operator put commerce ahead of safety and threatened pilots who complained about inadequate training, dangerous flying practices and crushing workloads.

Conn. smoker awarded $4M more in tobacco lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 10:51 AM PST

AP - A Connecticut smoker who won $8 million against a tobacco company in May, the first such jury award in New England, has been awarded $4 million in punitive damages and stands to get millions more in interest.

Ohio judge drops newspaper website comments suit (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 10:10 AM PST

AP - An Ohio judge taken off a high-profile murder trial has dropped her $50 million lawsuit against a Cleveland newspaper and reached an undisclosed financial settlement with an affiliated company that runs the publication's website, an attorney said Friday.

3 dead after tornado hits NW Ark on New Year's Eve (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 08:42 AM PST

In this photo taken with a cell phone, damage to a barn and a house is shown in Cincinnati, Ark., Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. A Washington County Sheriff's Office dispatcher says three people have died after a tornado slammed into the tiny northwest Arkansas town of Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Siloam Springs Herald Leader via The Benton County Daily Record, Melissa Gute)AP - A tornado fueled by an unusually warm winter air sliced through parts of northwestern Arkansas early on New Year's Eve, killing at least three people, injuring several others and knocking out power to thousands of homes and businesses.

Addict-turned-Ironman swims, bikes, runs from past (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 01:10 PM PST

In this Oct. 2010 photo provided by ASI Photography, Shane Niemeyer, 35, completes the 2010 Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. The first time Niemeyer thought about Ironman triathlons, he'd just tried to hang himself. It was 2003 and he was a 27-year-old homeless heroin addict in a southern Idaho jail, awaiting sentencing for drug possession and burglary. Guards put him in a straitjacket, so he says he used his feet to turn the pages of the magazine article about the endurance sport. There was something about triathlons and the commitment they demanded that tripped a switch inside him: Maybe this was his way out, Niemeyer thought. Maybe he could spend his days swimming, cycling and running, instead of beating up Honduran drug dealers or burglarizing businesses to fuel his $400 a day habit. (AP Photo/ASI Photography) NO SALESAP - The first time Shane Niemeyer thought about Ironman triathlons, he had just tried to hang himself.
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