Saturday, December 4, 2010

Terrorism makes New York more wary, gradually (AP)

Terrorism makes New York more wary, gradually (AP)

Terrorism makes New York more wary, gradually (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 08:17 AM PST

In this Dec. 2, 2010 photo, Paula Bosco, right, and Maria DeAngelo, both from Freehold, N.J., ask police officers for directions inside the 42nd Street subway station, in New York. As the holiday tourist season begins in the Big Apple, there are reminders everywhere of how being the country’s main target for terrorism has gradually changed this city. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Not far from the New York Stock Exchange, a small crowd of tourists stopped to watch as a bomb-sniffing dog checked out a delivery van. The cobblestoned street was blocked by a line of brass cubes with holes that glowed red like the inside of a toaster.

2 stabbed in Rose Bowl brawl before USC-UCLA game (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:46 PM PST

AP - Authorities say two men have been stabbed and two police officers injured in a brawl involving dozens of fans before the USC-UCLA football game.

Disappointing News on Jobs: Will It Spur Congress to Act? (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:50 PM PST

Time.com - The monthly report on employment, given out by the Labor Department, didn't disappoint -- it is already a big event around the world's markets -- but it did disappoint in its content

4 rescued after dramatic airplane ditch in Gulf (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:28 PM PST

AP - With his engine failing, the pilot of a single-engine plane managed to maneuver the craft and three passengers to a safe splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ore. police search home near burned Islamic center (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 08:42 AM PST

This undated photo provided by the Washington County (Oregon) Sheriff's Office shows Cody Crawford. Police investigating an arson fire at the Islamic center where the Somali-born suspect in a Portland mass killing plot sometimes worshipped have searched a neighboring home and taken cell samples from the man who lives there, according to court documents, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. The man was identified in court documents as Cody Crawford, 24. No one has yet been arrested, according to the FBI. (AP Photo/Washington County (Oregon) Sheriff's Office)AP - Police in Oregon are investigating a man who lived near a mosque that was set ablaze days after a worshipper there allegedly planned to blow up a car at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

Average joes welcomed alongside celebs at Elaine's (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 04:08 AM PST

FILE - In this April 27, 1993 file photo, restaurateur Elaine Kaufman, left, stands with author George Plimpton at her restaurant 'Elaine's' in New York. Kaufman, whose East Side establishment became a haven for show business and literary notables, died Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 at the age of 81. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Celebrities and bold names and the publishing elite made Elaine Kaufman's restaurant famous. But you didn't have to be a star to pass her personal test and join the inner circle of regulars.

Could WikiLeaks survive without Julian Assange? (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 04:07 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2010 file photo, a picture of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is shown in this photo of the cover of the Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 edition of the New York Post, photographed in New York. Assange's legal options narrowed on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010 as he lost an appeal against a court order for his arrest and his British lawyer said authorities knew his precise location. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)AP - Its founder is a wanted man, its systems are under attack, it is condemned from the capitals of the world.

Chicago police see spike in cop killings, assaults (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 11:34 AM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided Nov. 30, 2010 by the Chicago Police Department shows evidence technician Michael Flisk. Flisk was killed Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, while processing a burglary scene at a garage on Chicago's Southeast Side. He is he fifth police officer killed this year in the line of duty - the most in at least 25 years. (AP Photo/Chicago Police Department, File)AP - The police officer was in full uniform, gathering evidence from a car break-in when someone walked into the garage and shot him and the car's owner in the head, then fired another bullet into their heads as they lay on the ground.

Ala. cops: Father says 2 missing kids dead, buried (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 04:44 PM PST

AP - A father told investigators that his two young children missing since the summer are dead and buried, prompting corpse-abuse charges for the man and a search by cadaver dogs for the youngsters' bodies, police said.

Young team, old coach join in timeless quest (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 08:08 AM PST

In this Sept. 13, 2010 photo, Lakewood High School football coach Warren Wolf watches his team during practice, in Lakewood, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - On a hot and sticky July morning, Michelle and Anthony Burgos set out to meet the future of Lakewood High School football.

Responders head to disabled ship in Bering Sea (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 03:59 PM PST

This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the 738-foot tanker Golden Seas making 3.5 mph through 20-foot seas north of Adak Island Alaska Friday Dec. 3, 2010. Coast Guard aircrews were launched from Air Station Kodiak in response to a report that the Golden Seas had lost propulsion and was drifting but the crew of the vessel reported to a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew that they had regained propulsion and were waiting on a tug to escort them to Dutch Harbor when the aircrew arrived and made contact with the vessel captain. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard - Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis)AP - Emergency vessels hurried to reach a cargo ship carrying nearly half a million gallons of fuel as it struggled off Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands for a second day Saturday.

Cities seek to cut strings tying up gas money (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 11:29 AM PST

AP - Advances in drilling have helped American towns and cities strike natural gas, and just in time, it would appear. With many facing cash crunches, the millions of dollars they're reaping in royalties could go toward saving public services, jobs and badly needed road projects.

Immigrant students give blood to show citizenship (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 08:07 PM PST

Matheus DeSouza, 19, from Brazil, and Megha Sharma, 22, from India, register as they participate in an American Red Cross blood drive as part of an effort by young undocumented college age students, know as 'DREAMers,' to show their support for the Dream Act which is nearing a congressional vote in Cambridge, Mass., Friday afternoon, Dec. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - Immigrant advocates have staged sit-ins, held rallies and gone on hunger strikes in recent days in an 11th hour bid to get Congress to pass legislation that would give illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship by going to college or serving in the military.

Okla. mom pleads guilty to imprisoning teenage son (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 11:13 AM PST

AP - An Oklahoma City woman charged with locking her teenage son in a closet and beating him has pleaded guilty to multiple child abuse and neglect charges and faces up to life in prison.

Police: Worker dies in shooting at Ohio warehouse (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 08:03 PM PST

AP - A man who was fired from a toy warehouse that handles online orders for Toys R Us returned hours later and fatally shot a co-worker in the parking lot, causing an hourslong lockdown at the facility, police said Friday.
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