Wednesday, June 22, 2011

North Dakota city evacuates as record flood imminent (Reuters)

North Dakota city evacuates as record flood imminent (Reuters)

North Dakota city evacuates as record flood imminent (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 07:14 PM PDT

Ramon Carreno of Omaha, Nebraska takes pictures of the flooding Missouri River from Council Bluffs, Iowa, June 21, 2011. REUTERS/Lane HickenbottomReuters - The rapidly rising Souris River poured over flood defenses in Minot, North Dakota on Wednesday, overwhelming efforts to delay the deluge and forcing the immediate evacuation of thousands of homes.

Worker killed at BP L.A.-area refinery (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:58 PM PDT

Reuters - One worker was killed in an accident at a rail car loading facility on Wednesday at BP Plc's 265,000 barrel per day (bpd) Los Angeles-area refinery in Carson, California, the company said in a statement.

How to Fix the Dire Housing Numbers (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Here are three things the government could do to boost the housing market

Obama's Afghanistan Drawdown: Why Troop Levels Won't Affect the War's Outcome (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:05 PM PDT

Time.com - The number of U.S. troops deployed in Afghanistan appears increasingly unlikely to decisively determine the outcome of the war

Another death in Joplin from tornado brings toll to 156 (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Reuters - The death toll from last month's devastating tornado in Joplin, Missouri, has risen to 156, the city said on Wednesday.

NY gay-marriage talks hinge on religious rights (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:20 PM PDT

A woman holds a sign as supporters and opponents of gay marriage rallied in a hallway outside a Republican conference room at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Senate leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver agree they are working through the proposed additional religious protections that could bring a gay marriage bill to the Senate floor. No deal was struck. But both leaders say progress is being made and no major obstacles to agreement on the provisions is in sight. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Will the Knights of Columbus be required to open their halls for gay weddings if New York lawmakers legalize same-sex marriage? Will Catholic adoption agencies be forced to choose between placing children with gay married couples or leaving the business?

Clergy finds Wis. pastor guilty of marrying gays (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 16, 2011 file photo, Rev. Amy DeLong sits at her home, in Osceola, Wis. The Methodist pastor on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, was found guilty in a church trial of marrying a lesbian couple in 2009. The jury found the 44-year-old not guilty of a second charge of being a 'self-avowed practicing homosexual.' (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs, File)AP - Methodist pastors who have defied a church ban on marrying gays were dealt a setback Wednesday when clergy members hearing a church trial found a colleague guilty of marrying a lesbian couple in 2009.

Small river could bring historic floods to ND (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:33 PM PDT

Minot residents, Joshua Benjamin, left, and Leo Petrus help evacuate the contents of a home from on 4th St. in Minot, N.D. on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 As many as 10,000 people raced to evacuate Wednesday as water began spilling over Minot's levees. The river, which begins in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and flows for a short distance though North Dakota, was all but certain to inundate thousands of homes and businesses during the next week.. (AP Photo/Will Kincaid)AP - Plastic sheeting hung over the apartment building like a shroud, stretching from the eaves to the ground. Across it, someone had spray-painted the word "pray" and drawn a line labeled "1969" — the level where floodwaters had risen the last time the Souris River climbed out of its banks in Minot.

CBO: Debt crisis looms absent major policy changes (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 07:14 PM PDT

AP - The rapidly growing national debt could soon spark a European-style crisis unless Congress moves forcefully, the Congressional Budget Office warned Wednesday in a study that underscored the stakes for Vice President Joe Biden and negotiators working on a sweeping plan to reduce red ink.

Containment expected on 1 of 3 big Ariz. fires (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 07:09 PM PDT

Gayle Gehr along with grandson Nathan Jacob look at their burned home that was destroyed from the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, Ariz. on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. The first of three major wildfires that have been burning in Arizona for weeks is expected to be fully contained by Wednesday evening, and fire crews are making major strides in corralling the other two. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski)AP - Fire crews are making major strides in corralling three major wildfires that have been burning in Arizona for weeks, and they expect to have one of the fires contained by Wednesday evening.

Exceptions to NY gay marriage bill focus of talks (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 06:57 PM PDT

Supporters of gay marriage make signs that read 'today' in a hallway at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Senate Republicans and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo plan to resume talks over legal protections sought by religious groups who fear they'll be hit with discrimination lawsuits if they refuse to allow their facilities to be used for gay weddings. If an agreement is reached, the Republican-led Senate could decide to send the bill to the floor for a public vote. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - New York's three top political leaders said Wednesday they supported several additional religious exceptions to a gay marriage bill and were in critical negotiations over wording.

NY official: Arrest made in 4 pharmacy killings (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 06:15 PM PDT

Suffolk County police gather near the door of a house before escorting two people out of the house near a pharmacy where four people were shot to death Sunday during a drug robbery in Medford, N.Y., Wednesday, June 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - A 33-year-old man described by neighbors as polite and friendly was arrested Wednesday in connection with the deaths of four people who were shot at a New York pharmacy during a robbery for painkillers.

Storms damage barns, chapel at Churchill Downs (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 07:15 PM PDT

A horse is walked out of barn 40 which was damaged at Churchill Downs after storms passed through the area in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, June 22, 2011. (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Pam Spaulding) NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE, MAGS OUTAP - A few barns partially collapsed and horses were running loose Wednesday at Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, after a powerful storm that spawned tornadoes blew through Louisville.

Self-help author convicted of negligent homicide (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:22 PM PDT

James Arthur Ray looks at the jury as the verdict is read in the courtroom of Judge Warren R. Darrow at Yavapai County Superior Court in Camp Verde, Ariz., Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Ray, the self-help author who led a deadly sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona in 2009, was found guilty of three counts of negligent homicide. (AP Photo/Tom Tingle, Pool)AP - A self-help guru was found guilty of three counts of negligent homicide Wednesday in a case that shined a spotlight on a deadly Arizona sweat lodge ceremony that ended in chaos, with participants vomiting, shaking and being dragged outside.

NY lawmakers OK Niagara Falls tightrope walk (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:15 PM PDT

AP - Daredevil Nik Wallenda said it's been his dream to walk a tightrope across Niagara Falls so he was overwhelmed Wednesday when New York lawmakers voted to let him give it a try.

Ex-DC journalist says he's an illegal immigrant (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 07:08 PM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by Define American shows Jose Antonio Vargas. Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who covered presidential politics and the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings in a high-profile reporting job at The Washington Post is going on network television to announce he is an illegal immigrant. (AP Photo/Define American)AP - A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who covered the Virginia Tech massacre for The Washington Post went public Wednesday with a secret he has been keeping for nearly two decades: He is an illegal immigrant.

Potato chips are piling on the pounds, study finds (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:33 PM PDT

Potato chips are displayed on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, in Philadelphia. The potato chip is the biggest demon behind that pound-a-year weight creep that plagues many of us, a major diet study found. Bigger than soda, candy and ice cream. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Blame the potato chip. It's the biggest demon behind that pound-a-year weight creep that plagues many of us, a major diet study found. Bigger than soda, candy and ice cream.

Old Mafia file sells at NY auction for nearly $11K (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:23 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by Bonhams auction house shows a page featuring Meyer Lansky, from a thick government file discovered during the early 1990s on the backseat of a New York City taxi containing the mug shots, criminal history and associates and favorite hangouts of 843 Mafia members during the 1950s and early 1960s. Nearly 20 years after its discovery, the three-ring telephone book-sized binder titled ‘Mafia” and stamped “United States Treasury Department Bureau of Narcotics” on the cover, is being offered for sale at Bonham’s New York on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Bonhams)AP - It was an unlikely — and coveted — find: a thick United States government file discovered on the backseat of a New York City taxi, its pages containing mug shots, criminal associates and favorite hangouts of over 800 Mafia members during the 1950s and early 1960s. Such notorious figures as Carlo "Don Carlo" Gambino, Meyer Lansky and Salvatore "Lucky Luciano" Lucania each had their own entries.
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