Saturday, April 2, 2011

Southwest may cancel another 300 flights Sunday (Reuters)

Southwest may cancel another 300 flights Sunday (Reuters)

Southwest may cancel another 300 flights Sunday (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:07 PM PDT

A hole is seen above passengers onboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix to Sacramento, California April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Shawna MalviniRedden via TwitterReuters - Southwest Airlines could cancel 300 flights on Sunday as it continues to inspect 79 aircraft from its Boeing 737 fleet, after one of its planes with a gaping hole in the fuselage made an emergency landing, a company spokeswoman said.

Haley Barbour's wife says White House run "horrifies me" (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:02 PM PDT

Reuters - The wife of Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, a possible contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, said in an interview that a bid for the presidency by her husband "horrifies me."

Giant yellow teddy bear to brighten New York City (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:17 PM PDT

Reuters - London has Paddington Bear but New York now has a giant yellow teddy bear, a great sculptural masterpiece that could sell for more than $9 million at auction in May, Christie's said on Saturday.

Japan crisis spurs survival planning by U.S. Mormons (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:17 AM PDT

Reuters - While the nuclear crisis in Japan unfolds a continent away, Mormon-dominated communities in the western United States say the disaster overseas is bringing close to home a lesson about preparing for the worst.

Columbia University votes to end 4-decade ROTC ban (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:56 AM PDT

AP - Student and faculty leaders at Columbia University have voted to welcome the military's ROTC program back to campus four decades after it was banned during the Vietnam War peace movement.

Obama: Shift from imported oil, new jobs will come (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking during his visit to a UPS shipping facility in Landover, Md., Friday, April 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama says shifting the U.S. away from imported oil and toward cleaner forms of energy will add momentum to a trend that has led to 1.8 million new jobs in the past 13 months.

Autism fears, measles spike among Minn. Somalis (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:17 PM PDT

In this March 29, 2011 photo, Hodan Hassan is shown at her Minneapolis home with her six-year-old daughter Geni who has autism. Health officials struggling to contain a measles outbreak that's hit hard in Minneapolis' large Somali community are running into resistance from parents who fear the vaccine could give their children autism. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - Health officials struggling to contain a measles outbreak that's hit hard in Minneapolis' large Somali community are running into resistance from parents who fear the vaccine could give their children autism.

Academics to dissect Bob Dylan at NY conference (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 04:35 PM PDT

FILE- In this Dec. 8, 1975 file photo, Bob Dylan performs before a sold-out crowd in New York's Madison Square Garden, during a benefit concert for former Boxer Rubin Hurricane' Carter. Carter was eventually freed after serving 19 years in prison for three murders he didn’t commit. On Tuesday, April 4, 2011, more than three decades after Dylan first brought Carter’s plight into the public consciousness; academics from around the U.S. will examine 'Hurricane' and similar songs during a Manhattan conference called 'Bob Dylan and the Law.' (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine, File)AP - More than three decades have passed since Bob Dylan brought the plight of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter into the public consciousness: "Criminals in their coats and their ties are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise while Rubin sits like Buddha in a 10-foot cell, an innocent man in a living hell."

Southwest grounds about 80 planes after mishap (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:40 PM PDT

In this photo provided by passenger Christine Ziegler, shows an apparent hole in the cabin on a Southwest Airlines aircraft Friday, April 1, 2011 in Yuma, Ariz. Authorities say the flight from Phoenix to Sacramento, Calif., was diverted to Yuma due to rapid decompression in the plane. FAA spokesman Ian Gregor says the cause of the decompression isn't immediately known. But passengers aboard the plane say there was a hole in the cabin and that forced an emergency landing. (AP photo/Christine Ziegler) NO SALESAP - Flight attendants had just begun to take drink orders when the explosion rocked the cabin.

State budget crises push sentencing reforms (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:32 AM PDT

A prisoner carries a mattress as he moves through the state prison Thursday, March 3, 2011 in Jackson, Ga. Conservative legislators who once heralded strict three-strikes laws and other tough measures that led to bloated prisons are now considering what was once deemed unthinkable: Reducing sentences for some drug and non-violent offenders. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - As costs to house state inmates have soared in recent years, many conservatives are reconsidering a tough-on-crime era that has led to stiffer sentences, overcrowded prisons and bloated corrections budgets.

Opponents start push to repeal Ohio union law (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:51 PM PDT

Ohio Gov. John Kasich talks about Senate Bill 5 before signing it into law Thursday, March 31, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio's governor on Thursday signed into law a limit on the collective bargaining rights of 350,000 public workers, defying Democrats and other opponents of the measure who have promised to push for repeal. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)AP - Opponents of an Ohio law to limit public workers' collective bargaining rights have started gathering signatures to get a referendum on the measure.

Old times not forgotten: Civil War at 150 (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this 1865 photograph made available by the Library of Congress, an African American soldier sits next to a stretcher holding the remains of his comrades who were killed in the battles of Gaines' Mill and Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Va. (AP Photo/Library of Congress, J. Reekie, A. Gardner)AP - A hush fell over the crowd filling the elegant hall in downtown Richmond, Va. The vote was about to be announced, and a young staffer of the Museum of the Confederacy balanced his laptop across his knees, poised to get out the news as soon as it was official.

4 dead in crash of small plane at NM airport (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:26 PM PDT

AP - Four Gulfstream employees were killed Saturday in a fiery crash of a test twin-engine luxury business aircraft at an airport, authorities said.

LA aims to whitewash graffiti writers going legit (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:43 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, March 28, 2011, artist Cristian Gheorghiu is seen behind a 'Smear' character painted on a window frame at his East Hollywood garage studio in Los Angeles. Gheorghiu, known by his nickname of 'Smear,' faces an injunction that could bar him from profiting from art bearing his telltale graffiti 'tag.' But Gheorghiu's lawyer says the city attorney's lawsuit is a thinly-veiled attempt around the First Amendment right to free expression. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Not so long ago, Cristian Gheorghiu roamed the streets of Los Angeles at all hours, black marker in his pocket, hunting for walls and street signs where he could scrawl his graffiti moniker, "Smear."

For Romney, 2012 strategy runs through NH, Nevada (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:29 PM PDT

Mitt Romney, center, introduces his wife, Ann Romney, left, after speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership conference, Saturday, April 2, 2011 in Las Vegas. After failing to win the Republican nomination in his bid for the presidency in 2008, Romney's strategy is more of a multi-state marathon this time, with economically suffering Nevada an important round in what advisers predict could be a protracted fight to be the party's 2012 nominee. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - In his first presidential run in 2008, Mitt Romney sought back-to-back victories in Iowa and New Hampshire to propel him to the GOP nomination. He won neither, the two-state sprint failed and so did his candidacy.

Elderly man stabs neighbor in fight over cats (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:59 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say an elderly San Diego man stabbed his neighbor in a dispute over cats and dogs.

Intern says he's talked with Giffords by phone (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:59 AM PDT

AP - The man who won praise for going to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords aid immediately after she was shot says he has spoken to the injured congresswoman several times on the phone and is amazed by her recovery.

Iowa Republican Party warms to Rand Paul message (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 01:35 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was hailed Saturday in Iowa as an emerging party player for his government-shrinking, deficit-cutting message — nearly four years after his father championed similar themes but was excluded from a Republican presidential forum in Des Moines because of his poor showing in the polls.
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