Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Casey Anthony found not guilty of murder of daughter (Reuters)

Casey Anthony found not guilty of murder of daughter (Reuters)

Casey Anthony found not guilty of murder of daughter (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 03:40 PM PDT

Casey Anthony (L) sits with her attorney Dorothy Clay Sims during her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida, July 4, 2011. REUTERS/Red Huber/PoolReuters - After a televised trial that gripped many Americans, a jury on Tuesday found Casey Anthony not guilty of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee, whose remains were found in woods near her Florida home.

Gunman who planned to kill man shoots child, another adult (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 02:29 PM PDT

Reuters - The gunman in a quintuple shooting that left a toddler and one man dead in a possible revenge crime at a Pennsylvania weekend home was "an evil unrepentant monster," a prosecutor said on Tuesday.

Strauss-Kahn faces hurdle at home as U.S. woes ease (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 02:59 PM PDT

A television reporter holds a copy of the New York Post outside Manhattan Criminal Court, May 16, 2011. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was hit with a complaint of attempted rape in France on Tuesday in a new hurdle to any political comeback even as the U.S. sex assault case against him appeared to be falling apart.

The 'Major City' That Isn't: Can a New Mayor Start to Turn Miami Around? (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 08:15 AM PDT

Time.com - Corruption and voter apathy keep Miami in a serious slump, but a recent election might pull it out

Gay Marriage: The Coming Clash of Civil and Religious Liberties (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 08:15 AM PDT

Time.com - New York's legalization of same-sex marriage will propel the issue forward nationally. But it may also set up a showdown with those who say it offends their conscience.

Mexico and U.S. join in search for 7 missing off Baja California (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 01:41 PM PDT

Rescued tourists abroad a naval helicopter in an undisclosed area near Mexico's Baja California peninsula in this handout photograph taken on July 3, 2011 and released on July 4, 2011. REUTERS/Secretaria de Marina/HandoutReuters - A search at sea off Mexico's Baja California peninsula continued on Tuesday for seven missing American vacationers who were on a sport fishing boat that capsized in a storm and sank two days earlier.

At Caylee's shrine, balloons and photo ops (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 04:23 PM PDT

Alan Holt and his grandson Mark Likins, of Thomasville, Ga., visit the memorial of Caylee Anthony before Casey Anthony was found not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter and aggravated child abuse. in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, July 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - People from as far away as Canada interrupted their plans when the Casey Anthony verdict was announced Tuesday to visit the house where she lived with her daughter and the makeshift memorial to the toddler nearby.

Tibetan leader Dalai Lama arrives in Washington (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 05:18 PM PDT

AP - The elected prime minister of Tibet's government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay, says a grand religious gathering starting Wednesday in Washington will allow expatriate Tibetans a right denied their brethren inside China: to meet their spiritual leader.

Prince William and Catherine to visit Skid Row (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 01:42 PM PDT

This June 30, 2011 photo shows students rehearsing at the Mark Taper Inner-City Arts academy, in the Skid Row section of Los Angeles. Prince William and his wife, Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, will be visiting the academy during their visit to Los Angeles this week. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - Prince William and Catherine's visit to the U.S. will fittingly include a match of the "sport of kings" at a Santa Barbara polo ground and an evening of hobnobbing with Hollywood's version of royalty, but the couple will also make a stop in Los Angeles' most plebian neighborhood — Skid Row.

Recession hits transit budgets despite rising need (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:25 PM PDT

In this May 24, 2011 photo, commuters rush to catch trains at North Station in Boston. The Great Recession and cuts in government subsidies have wreaked havoc on mass transit in America, even as rising gasoline prices mean push up demand for reliable bus, train and subway service in cities big and small. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Cash-strapped and debt-ridden, public transit systems across the nation are trimming service, raising fares and postponing badly needed upgrades just to maintain daily operations, even as rising gas prices increase demand and experts call modernization critical to cities' futures.

Anthony trial: Lack of evidence or good defense? (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:15 PM PDT

Casey Anthony talks with a supporter in court following the end of her murder trial where she was acquitted of murder charges in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Anthony had been charged with killing her daughter, Caylee. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)AP - Prosecutors proved Casey Anthony was a liar, but convinced the jury of little else.

Casey Anthony cleared of murdering young daughter (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 06:49 PM PDT

Casey Anthony, center, is overcome with emotion following her acquittal of murder charges at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Anthony had been charged with killing her daughter, Caylee. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)AP - Casey Anthony's eyes welled with tears and her lips trembled as the verdict was read once, twice and then a third time: "Not guilty" of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

Flood surge raises fears of Mont. oil spill spread (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 06:25 PM PDT

Cleanup crews work to clear oil from along side the Yellowstone River in Laurel, Mont., Tuesday July 5, 2011. The Yellowstone River swelled above flood levels Tuesday, raising fears that the surge will push thousands of gallons of oil spilled from a broken pipeline into undamaged areas and prolong cleanup efforts as crude seeps downstream and into back channels. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)AP - Crews cleaning up an oil spill on the Yellowstone River faced difficult conditions Tuesday as the scenic waterway rose above flood stage and stoked fears that surging currents could push crude into undamaged areas and back channels vital to the river's prized fishery.

In Mexico, US shipmates await word of 7 missing (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:23 PM PDT

In this image released by the Mexican Navy on Monday July 4, 2011, survivors of a capsized boat are taken away in a vehicle after being rescued by the Navy in the town of San Felipe, Mexico Monday July 4, 2011. A U.S. tourist died after a fishing boat capsized in an unexpected storm in the Gulf of California off the Baja California peninsula and of the 44 people on the boat, seven U.S. tourists remain missing along with one Mexican crew member, the Mexican Navy said. (AP Photo/SEMAR)AP - They are fathers, fiances and experienced fishermen.

Somali man brought to US to face terror trial (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 03:52 PM PDT

AP - A Somali citizen captured in April was interrogated aboard a U.S. warship for two months and is now in New York to face terrorism charges.

Fewer pets killed because of spay, neuter programs (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 06:46 PM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, June 30, 2011, registered veterinary technician KaryAnn Selman checks the sutures on a dog after being neutered at the Marin Humane Society in Novato, Calif. Marin Humane Society is credited with opening the first private, low-cost spay and neuter clinic in the U.S. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - When Stephen Zawistowski got his first dog 50 years ago, she was the only dog in the neighborhood that was spayed.

Court halts medication of suspect in Giffords case (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:16 AM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 8, 2011 file photo provided by the Pima County Sheriff's Office shows Jared Loughner. A federal judge, on Wednesday, June 30, 2011, rejected a plea by attorneys for the Tucson shooting rampage suspect and ruled that Jared Lee Loughner can be forced to continue taking anti-psychotic drugs. (AP Photo/Pima County Sheriff's Department via The Arizona Republic, File)AP - Federal prison officials must temporarily stop forcing anti-psychotic drugs on the man accused of wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a deadly shooting rampage, an appeals court has ruled.

Storms may wash out last space shuttle launch Fri. (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:22 AM PDT

STS-135 commander Chris Ferguson, left, looks on as fellow crew members, from left, pilot Doug Hurley, mission specialist Sandy Magnus, and mission specialist Rex Walheim, wave American flags after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, July 4, 2011. Space shuttle Atlantis, and her crew of four astronauts, is scheduled to lift off Friday morning on an 12-day mission to the international space station. The launch will bring an end to NASA's shuttle program. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP - NASA's last space shuttle countdown is under way, but lousy weather may delay Friday's launch attempt.

AP IMPACT: New danger found in asbestos town (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 02:08 PM PDT

In this April 27, 2011 photo, the entrance to downtown Libby, Mont., is seen. More than 15,000 tons of bark and wood chips potentially contaminated with lethal asbestos have been sold, used in and trucked out the remote town of 3,000 over the past decade. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)AP - For a decade, the people of Libby have longed for the day when they will be rid of the asbestos that turned their town into the deadliest Superfund site in America.

Social services beg for money in Minn. shutdown (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 04:38 PM PDT

Former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz presides over the second round of hearings over the Minnesota government shutdown at the Minnesota Judicial Center in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Blatz is the appointed special master in Temporary Funding of Core Functions of the Executive Branch of the State of Minnesota. Petitioners lobbied to have funds appropriated toward specific causes. (AP Photo/Jim Gehrz, Pool)AP - Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican leaders restarted budget talks Tuesday for the first time since Minnesota's government shut down five days earlier, but with no progress to speak of the focus shifted from the Capitol to a courtroom where recipients of government money pleaded for their services to continue.
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