Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Wisconsin high court challenger declares victory (Reuters)

Wisconsin high court challenger declares victory (Reuters)

Wisconsin high court challenger declares victory (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:12 PM PDT

Reuters - The union-backed challenger in the race for a seat on Wisconsin's state Supreme Court declared victory on Wednesday in a contest that became a referendum on a new restrictions on public sector unions.

Ohio bill would allow recall against Kasich, legislators (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:12 PM PDT

Reuters - Ohio Democratic legislators are proposing a bill that would allow voters to recall Governor John Kasich, who has signed a controversial bill limiting collective bargaining for public workers.

Fiscal woes to last decades for states, cities: GAO (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Reuters - The fiscal conditions of state and local governments will steadily decline through 2060 because of rising healthcare costs, a federal watchdog agency said on Wednesday, but it added that short-term pressures have eased over the last year.

How Butler Missed, and Missed, and Missed, a Championship (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:15 AM PDT

Time.com - After the buzzer sounded, confetti fell from the rafters of Reliant Stadium in Houston, marking a national championship won by the University of Connecticut. But people will quickly forget it

Woolen Coffins Offer a Green Alternative for Burials (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:55 AM PDT

Time.com - With more and more Brits turning to green funerals, one family-run wool mill has found a warm and fluffy way to cash in: woolen coffins

Older passenger jets facing tougher inspections (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:36 PM PDT

Reuters - Airlines flying older jets are facing tougher, more time-consuming U.S. inspections after the fuselage of a Southwest Airlines jet ruptured last week, leaving a 5-foot hole and questions about how companies and regulators will manage aircraft fatigue.

Tax caps creating new hurdles for towns, schools (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:03 PM PDT

Brandon Mundell, owner of Toys Forever, Models and Hobbies in Muncie, Ind., talks about property tax caps in his store Friday, March 18, 2011. Mundell is disappointed that the property tax cap has led to the city closing the downtown fire station. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - First, the state of Indiana put a limit on how much money Mark Burkhart and his colleagues in the state's school districts could raise with local taxes. Then the state informed them all they'd be getting a smaller check from the state.

Lawyers say Jackson was desperate over finances (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:00 PM PDT

AP - Michael Jackson was on the brink of financial ruin when he agreed to do his "This is It" concert tour, and his fear of failure spurred by severe insomnia drove him to take desperate measures that killed him, a lawyer for his doctor said Wednesday,

Shutdown meeting at White House as time dwindles (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:08 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, flanked by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., left, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2011, after meeting to work on a budget deal and avoid a government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Time growing short, Congress' leaders reported making headway Wednesday in talks to cut spending and avert a partial government shutdown that the White House warned would hit U.S. combat troops abroad and taxpayer refunds from the IRS at home.

Colorado police pepper-spray misbehaving boy, 8 (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:32 PM PDT

In this frame grab from video released by ABC News/Good Morning America, Aidan Elliott, 8, and his mother, Mandy Elliott, appear on ABC's 'Good Morning America,' Wednesday, April 6, 2011, in New York. Police in Lakewood, Colo., say they pepper-sprayed Aidan twice on Feb. 22 at Glennon Heights Elementary School after he refused to drop a piece of wooden wall trim that he was trying to stab them with. (AP Photo/ABC News-Good Morning America) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDITAP - Eight-year-old Aidan Elliott had thrown a TV and chairs at his Colorado elementary school and was trying to use a cart to bust through a door to an office where teachers and other students fled for safety.

Parties split as House panel debates GOP budget (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:25 PM PDT

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., works with Republican members of the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. He is flanked by Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., right, with Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, at left. The pace of budget negotiations in Congress is quickening as a deadline for a government shutdown looms at week's end. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The Republican-led House Budget Committee approved a $3.5 trillion budget for 2012 on Wednesday that was hailed by its GOP authors as an end to a federal spending binge but savaged by Democrats as an assault on retirees and the poor.

Southwest Airlines patching hole in jet in Ariz. (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:54 PM PDT

Southwest Airlines mechanics work near a Boeing 737 on a tarmac in Yuma, Ariz., on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, after patching a large hole in the jetliner that made an emergency landing in southwestern Arizona last week. The plane has been sitting on the tarmac at a military base in Yuma, Ariz., since Friday when a hole tore open in the top of the plane carrying 118 people, but the company won't say when or if it will be put back in service. (AP Photo/Yuma International Airport, Gen Grosse)AP - Southwest Airlines mechanics on Wednesday were patching a large hole in a Boeing 737 that made an emergency landing in southwestern Arizona last week, but the company won't say when or if it will be back in service.

Obama friend arrested for soliciting prostitute (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:03 PM PDT

This photo released by the Honolulu Police Department, Wednesday, April 6, 2011, shows Robert 'Bobby' Titcomb. Honolulu police say Titcomb was one of four men arrested in an undercover prostitution sting operation late Monday, April 4, 2011, and released on $500 bail. Titcomb is a close friend of President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Honolulu Police Department)AP - One of President Barack Obama's close friends has been arrested in Honolulu on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute.

Man surrenders to media; charged in Ala shooting (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:13 PM PDT

Opelika police take a suspect into custody at Southern Union Community College on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, in Opelika, Ala. The unidentified man was arrested after he walked up to reporters and told them he was the person police were seeking in connection with a shooting on campus. The shooting at the college killed a 63-year-old woman, wounded two other women, ages 36 and 94, and injured a 4-year-old who was hit with flying glass. (AP Photo/Todd J. Van Emst)AP - The suspect in a deadly east Alabama community college shooting Wednesday walked up to reporters and photographers in a blood-stained parking lot, calmly told them he was the man police were after and was quickly arrested and charged with murder.

SoCal family charged with arranging fake marriages (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:57 PM PDT

AP - An Orange County couple and their daughter were arrested Wednesday on charges of arranging fake marriages for more than 20 foreigners seeking ways to remain in the country, authorities said.

Alaska law would allow military to drink at age 18 (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:17 PM PDT

In this April 5, 2011 photo, Rep. Bob Lynn, R-Anchorage, listens to testimony in the House Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee in Juneau, Alaska. Lynn has proposed allowing active-duty armed forces members under age 21 to legally buy and drink alcohol. (AP Photo/Chris Stein)AP - Alaska is the latest state to weigh in on a long-running argument: If you're old enough to fight and die for your country, you should be old enough to drink a beer.

Gadhafi, in letter, asks Obama to end air strikes (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:31 PM PDT

A Libyan rebel fighter looks out from a damaged building at the western gate of Ajdabiya, Libya Wednesday, April 6, 2011. NATO rejected criticism from Libyan rebels over the pace of its military campaign in Libya, saying Wednesday that its airstrikes against Moammar Gadhafi's forces are increasing every day. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appealed directly to President Barack Obama on Wednesday to end what Gadhafi called "an unjust war." He also wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election next year.

Wash. soldier in homicide-suicide deployed twice (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:14 PM PDT

Jermara Youngblood, and Ronette Youngblood, from left, listen as Ed Troyer, spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, announces that the body of a 6-year-old boy was discovered in a home, in Spanaway, Wash., on April 5, 2011. Police discovered a 6-year-old boy dead in the home with a plastic bag over his head Tuesday after authorities say his parents were found dead in a car following a high-speed chase. The boy was found when investigators went to the couple's Spanaway home to check on him and his 10-year-old half sister, who was later found safe with her biological father in Redmond, Ore., said Troyer. Washington State Patrol troopers said the 38-year-old man in the car was fleeing from a trooper and shot himself in the head after his car spun out on Interstate 5 at Tumwater, about 60 miles south of Seattle. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Janet Jensen)AP - A Washington state man suspected of shooting and killing his wife and himself during a police chase was a combat medic who had twice deployed to Iraq, the Army said Wednesday.

Police: Suicide at Mass. camp under new scrutiny (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT

AP - A man who killed himself Wednesday had been accused of molesting a boy at a Cape Cod youth camp that's come under scrutiny since it was linked to a childhood sex abuse allegation by U.S. Sen. Scott Brown.
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