Sunday, April 3, 2011

"Widespread cracking" found on Southwest plane (Reuters)

"Widespread cracking" found on Southwest plane (Reuters)

"Widespread cracking" found on Southwest plane (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 04:12 PM PDT

Reuters - National safety inspectors have found evidence of "widespread cracking" and fatigue on the fuselage of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 that made an emergency landing in Arizona with a hole in the cabin, a government official said on Sunday.

Wildfires rage across five states of parched Southwest (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:21 PM PDT

Reuters - Gale force winds and drought spawned raging wildfires across five states of the parched Southwest on Sunday, damaging dozens of homes and businesses and forcing a Kansas town to evacuate, authorities said.

New reality show: Millions watch bald eagles nesting (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:50 PM PDT

Reuters - A new reality show has gone viral on the Internet featuring a life and death struggle, a love story and a birds eye view of -- an eagle family.

Wisconsin judge vote turns into proxy fight over unions (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Reuters - Wisconsin voters head to the polls on Tuesday for the first time since Republicans approved controversial restrictions on the union rights of public workers that Democrats and their supporters vowed to reverse.

Maine's blunt-talking governor rankles many voters (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:52 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 photo, Gov. Paul LePage appears at a news conference at the State House in Augusta, Maine. After less than three months on the job, LePage has already managed to rankle more constituencies with his bluntness than any Maine governor in recent memory. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)AP - With less than three months on the job, Gov. Paul LePage has already managed to rankle more constituencies with his bluntness than any Maine governor in recent memory.

Rand Paul visits Iowa, urges GOP not to compromise (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 01:03 AM PDT

AP - U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was hailed in Iowa Saturday 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 because of his poor showing in the polls.

'Hop' skips to box-office lead with $38.1M debut (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 09:44 AM PDT

AP - The Easter bunny has hopped into the top spot at the weekend box office.

Calif. city leaders condemn baseball violence (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 06:30 PM PDT

AP - City leaders from Los Angeles and San Francisco are condemning violence among sports fans after an opening-day attack at Dodger Stadium left a Giants fan in a medically induced coma.

Government appeals judge's health care ruling (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:43 AM PDT

A crisis-battered presidency has revealed Barack Obama as a sometimes elusive, cards-close-to-the-chest leader, fixed on a political horizon often distant from Washington's daily partisan brawl. On issues from Libya's revolt to health care reform, Obama has lingered, seemingly off the pace of speeding events, before intervening with a decisive play of presidential power.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AP - The federal health care overhaul's core requirement to make virtually all citizens buy health insurance or face tax penalties is constitutional because Congress has the authority to regulate interstate business, the Justice Department said in its appeal of a ruling that struck down the Obama administration's signature legislation.

Southwest Airlines: Cracks found in 2 more planes (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:14 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 - Inspectors have found small, subsurface cracks in two more Southwest Airlines planes that are similar to the cracks that caused a jetliner to lose pressure and make a harrowing emergency landing in Arizona, the airline said Sunday.

Year after W.Va. mine blast, family can't move on (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:33 AM PDT

In this March 8, 2011 photo, a memorial for the Upper Big Branch coal miners is displayed in Whitesville, W.Va. Twenty-nine men died deep inside Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine on April 5, 2010 near Montcoal. It was the deadliest U.S. coal mining accident since 1970, and remains the target of civil and criminal investigations. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)AP - Gary Quarles kneels on his living room carpet and unrolls the 4-foot-long map that he's studied so many times, trying to understand why his son died in the Upper Big Branch mine.

Child welfare workers second-guess stressful jobs (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 11:07 AM PDT

Kelly Mares, a child protective specialist, poses for a photograph Saturday March 26, 2011 at her home in New York. When Mares investigates an abuse case, she doesn't know what's going to greet her on the other side of the door. A ferocious dog. Or a gun. Or a meth lab, or angry parents who lash out violently. She takes those risks willingly, she says, because she believes in protecting the city’s most vulnerable. But she’s not willing to risk going to jail. After two of her co-workers were charged with homicide in the death of a 4-year-old Brooklyn girl under their care, she’s rethinking her career. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)AP - When child welfare worker Kelly Mares investigates an abuse case, she doesn't know what's going to greet her on the other side of the door. A ferocious dog. Or a gun. Or a meth lab, or angry parents who lash out violently.

Sheen takes Chicago stage after Detroit failure (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:05 PM PDT

An image of Charlie Sheen is projected in the background as he performs at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Saturday, April 2, 2011. Promising 'the real story,' the 45-year-old former 'Two and a Half Men' star hit the road for a month-long, 20-city variety show tour, with the first stop Saturday's sold-out show in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Charlie Sheen took his road show to Chicago on Sunday night and urged the audience not to be like the one in Detroit, where the actor was heckled, booed and eventually abandoned by the crowd.

More families are adopting HIV-positive children (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:19 AM PDT

AP - The immediate task might be coaxing a toddler into one more swallow of nasty-tasting medication. Longer term, there are tough choices to be made about telling that child — and the surrounding community — why those daily doses may be needed for the rest of his or her life.

Tea party, labor spend big in Wis. high court race (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 01:30 PM PDT

AP - Pro-labor organizations and one of the country's largest tea party groups are pouring money into Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court election in an effort to turn the normally sleepy race into a referendum on the national fight over labor rights.

'Crash tax' and other fees target out-of-towners (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 01:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo, two Fraser police cars are shown in Fraser, Mich., Friday, April 1, 2011. The city this year began charging non-residents who cause wrecks for the police and emergency response time involved in the accident. The fee is one of many revenue-raising ideas being considered by cities nationwide dealing with budget problems. (AP Photo)AP - Out-of-towners would be wise to drive carefully when passing through Fraser, a suburb about 15 miles northeast of Detroit.

Thousands watch online as eagles hatch in Iowa (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 12:19 PM PDT

AP - A live video feed from northeast Iowa with a bird's eye view of eagle eggs hatching has attracted more than 100,000 followers — so many that the site crashed briefly Saturday after the first eaglet emerged.

Ill. boy falls from indoor roller coaster, dies (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 04:13 PM PDT

AP - A 3-year-old boy died at an indoor family amusement park in suburban Chicago after falling out of a roller coaster, authorities said Sunday.
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