Sunday, July 3, 2011

Casey Anthony murder case may go to jury Monday (Reuters)

Casey Anthony murder case may go to jury Monday (Reuters)

Casey Anthony murder case may go to jury Monday (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 06:43 PM PDT

Casey Anthony is seen before the start of court on the day of closing arguments in her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida July 3, 2011. REUTERS/Red Huber/PoolReuters - Tired jurors in the trial of Casey Anthony accused of killing her daughter Caylee decided to rest overnight on Sunday before hearing prosecutors' final arguments and beginning deliberations on Independence Day.

Exxon Mobil says oil leaked into Yellowstone River (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:40 PM PDT

Exxon Mobil CEO Rex W. Tillerson addresses the media at a news conference at the conclusion of the Exxon Mobil Shareholders Meeting in Dallas, Texas May 27, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - A pipeline operated by Exxon Mobil Corp leaked as many as 1,000 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana and has been shut down, the company said.

Montana governor questions Exxon on oil's spread (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 03:29 PM PDT

Reuters - Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer on Sunday questioned Exxon Mobil Corp's contention that its oil pipeline spill into the Yellowstone River was concentrated within a 10-mile area.

Man Boards Flight with Someone Else's Expired Boarding Pass and a Student ID (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Time.com - FBI agents arrested Nigerian man Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi Wednesday after he attempted to board a flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta after having already flown from New York to Los Angeles using an old boarding pass in someone else's name

Motorcyclist crashes in helmet law protest, dies (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 12:03 PM PDT

Reuters - A bare-headed motorcyclist riding in protest of New York state's helmet law crashed, struck his head on the roadway and died from his injuries, state police said on Sunday.

Exxon claims spill damage limited, gov. doubtful (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 06:47 PM PDT

An ExxonMobil contractor cleans up oil along the banks of the Yellowstone River in Billings, Mont., Sunday, July 3, 2011. A company pipeline about 20 miles upriver near Laurel, Mont., ruptured and spilled an estimated 1,000 barrels of crude into the Yellowstone on Saturday. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)AP - Authorities struggled Sunday to gauge the environmental and crop damage from tens of thousands of gallons of oil that spilled into the legendary Yellowstone River, as Montana's governor criticized Exxon Mobil for downplaying the possible scope of the disaster.

New type of commander may avoid Katrina-like chaos (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 02:03 PM PDT

In this Jan. 25, 2011 photo, NORAD/Northcom commander Admiral James Winnefeld responds to questions during an interview at his office at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Under Winnefeld, the the Defense Department began grooming a new type of commander to coordinate the military response to domestic disasters, hoping to save lives by avoiding some of the chaos that plagued the hurricane Katrina rescue effort. Winnefeld, who is also commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, called the dual-status program 'one of my proudest accomplishments since I've been here.' (AP Photo/ Ed Andrieski)AP - The Defense Department is grooming a new type of commander to coordinate the military response to domestic disasters, hoping to save lives by avoiding some of the chaos that plagued the Hurricane Katrina rescue effort.

NASA's Final 4: Fate grants them farewell flight (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 22, 2011 file picture, the crew of space shuttle Atlantis, from left, mission specialist Rex Walhiem, mission specialist Sandy Magnus, pilot Doug Hurley and commander Chris Ferguson attend a news conference at Pad 39A during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of Atlantis, the final space shuttle mission, is scheduled for July 8. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - America's longest space-flying streak ends this week with the smallest crew in decades — three men and a woman who were in high school and college when the first space shuttle soared 30 years ago.

Milestones in 30-year shuttle program (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:35 AM PDT

AP - NASA's space shuttle flights began three decades ago with Columbia and will end this month with the final voyage of Atlantis and the retirement of the fleet. Between, there were triumphs and tragedies. Some of the milestones of the shuttle era:

Casey Anthony weeps as prosecutor calls her a liar (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 03:55 PM PDT

Casey Anthony reacts while listening to the state's closing arguments in her murder trial in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, July 3, 2011. Anthony has plead not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee, and could face the death penalty, if convicted. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)AP - Casey Anthony briefly wept Sunday as prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments that she murdered her 2-year-old daughter Caylee to reclaim the carefree life she had before the girl was born.

APNewsBreak: Weak defense in guru case, juror says (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 06:42 PM PDT

FILE This June 22, 2011 file photo shows James Arthur Ray, left, and his attorney, Thomas Kelly, right, stand in the Yavapai County Courthouse in Camp Verde, Ariz. A jury will determine whether any aggravating factors figure into a self-help author's sentencing. Ray was convicted last week of three counts of negligent homicide and faces more than 11 years in prison. (AP Photo/Tom Tingle, Pool, File)AP - Four jurors who heard months of testimony in a self-help author's criminal trial were convinced he was guilty on three counts of manslaughter, but couldn't sway the other eight who didn't believe prosecutors had proven the charges.

Debate over wolves unfolds in Pacific Northwest (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 06:30 PM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, June 18, 2011, Ray Robertson, who is both both a volunteer for Conservation Northwest and a contractor for the U.S. Forest Service, listens in vain for a response after demonstrating his version of a wolf howl near Twisp, Wash. Bitter controversy has surrounded gray wolves since they were reintroduced to the Northern Rockies in 1995, but the animals have thrived and traveled to new territory, including Washington and Oregon. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - The wolves came within howling distance of the house, but were gone by the time Kim Jacobs found dead lambs on her family's eastern Oregon ranch that spring morning.

Never too late: Declaration signers being honored (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:41 PM PDT

In this June 30, 2011 photo, the tomb that holds the remains of William Whipple is seen in the Old North Burial Ground in Portsmouth, N.H. Whipple was one of the lesser-known signers of the Declaration of Independence, but he and others will be honored with a bronze plaque at his gravesite if a group of descendants of the Founding Fathers gets its way. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - It's William Whipple's turn to be recognized.

In Strauss-Kahn case, DA weighs limited options (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 02:55 PM PDT

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn returns to his house on Franklin St. in the Tribeca section of downtown Manhattan Saturday, July 2, 2011 in New York. Strauss-Kahn was been accused by a Sofitel hotel maid of trying to rape her in May, but prosecutors told a judge on Friday, July 1, 2011, they had discovered serious problems with the maid's credibility. The judge subsequently lifted his house arrest, allowing him to travel in the U.S. but not abroad. (AP Photo/David Karp)AP - At first, prosecutors said their sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn was growing more formidable by the day. Six weeks later, they said his accuser's history of lying raised major red flags, but they weren't dropping the case, at least for now.

Los Alamos evacuation order lifted; 12,000 go home (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:25 PM PDT

Firefighter Brandon DeLong conducts a burnout operation while battling the Las Conchas fire near Los Alamos, N.M., Friday, July 1, 2011. As firefighters held their ground Friday on the flank of the massive wildfire that burned near the nation's premier nuclear weapons laboratory, officials at the lab and in the surrounding town began planning for the return of thousands of residents and employees who fled the area earlier this week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - A smattering of summer rain gave a boost to firefighters battling a huge forest fire near Los Alamos, giving authorities enough confidence Sunday to allow about 12,000 people to return home for the first time in nearly a week.

Highway project in redwood grove stirs debate (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 02:41 PM PDT

AP - A scenic stretch of Highway 101 that wends through a majestic stand of ancient redwoods in Richardson Grove State Park is called the gateway to Humboldt County — but officials and local businesses say this narrow roadway is actually a barrier to the region's economic growth.

New US policy aids workers abused by diplomats (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 09:17 AM PDT

AP - Employed by a Kenyan diplomat, Beatrice Oluoch followed her boss to America expecting to continue her comfortable nanny position at reasonable pay. Instead, Oluoch says she was made to work 13-hour days, denied overtime pay and barred from leaving the house. She cooked and cleaned during the day and says she was on-call round-the-clock for her employer's two young children.

Flood recovery in Minot: Painstaking but possible (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:41 AM PDT

FILE In this March 24, 2009 file photo, one of Doug Stensguard's dogs, Annie, looks out over what used to be a 5-acre yard and an out building that is now flooded by the rising Red River. Faced with a long, difficult recovery, Minot can look south to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and east to Fargo and Grand Forks, N.D., for lessons on how to rebound from a flood. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - North Dakota's vibrant oil industry and advice from communities that learned painful lessons from similar catastrophes should help pull Minot's economy from the muck of its worst-ever flood, officials predict.

DeMint chronicles rise of tea party in new book (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:14 AM PDT

AP - As the Republican campaign to replace President Barack Obama heats up in early voting states like South Carolina, U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint is releasing a book discussing the roots of the tea party crusade and his hopes for the movement in 2012.
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