Saturday, July 30, 2011

Five deaths from Joplin tornado linked to fungal infection (Reuters)

Five deaths from Joplin tornado linked to fungal infection (Reuters)

Five deaths from Joplin tornado linked to fungal infection (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 09:23 AM PDT

Reuters - Injuries sustained from wood splinters or other materials triggered a rare fungal infection that may have contributed to the deaths of five people in the May 22 tornado in Joplin, Mo., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined.

FBI offers $25,000 reward in case of Missing N.H. girl (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 02:43 PM PDT

Reuters - The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Saturday offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the location of a missing 11-year-old New Hampshire girl last seen nearly a week ago, and the arrest of anyone responsible for her disappearance.

Driver swipes L.A. police cruisers, injures 4 officers (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 01:20 PM PDT

Reuters - Four Los Angeles police officers were injured on Saturday, one of them critically, when a 64 year-old woman who may have been asleep at the wheel struck their cruisers, police said.

Airbnb Renter Wrecks Woman's Apartment (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Airbnb, a startup company that links travelers seeking a more homey place to stay with hosts willing to rent their homes, is trying to make amends after one woman's home was destroyed by a renter

The Weak Speaker: How a Failed Debt Vote Disarmed the Nation's Top Republican (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Any credibility Boehner had in claiming that his restive members could get behind a consensus debt deal has vanished. The Speaker has gone lame

Anxiety in Afghanistan over troops pay if U.S. defaults (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 03:25 PM PDT

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen holds a news conference in Baghdad April 22, 2011. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - It is unclear if the United States will be able to pay troops on time in the event of a debt default, the top U.S. military officer told troops in Afghanistan on Saturday.

Bush to be in NYC to mark 10th anniversary of 9/11 (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 10:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2001 file photo, President George W. Bush puts his arm around firefighter Bob Beckwith while standing in front of the World Trade Center in New York during a tour of the devastation. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says former President Bush will be among the dignitaries at a World Trade Center site ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)AP - The ceremony at the World Trade Center site marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks will be a solemn but stately event that will include former President George W. Bush and a chance for victims' families to view the names of loved ones etched into the memorial, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

2 killed in Ohio when Wright replica plane crashes (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 04:31 PM PDT

AP - A newly produced model of a Wright Brothers biplane crashed Saturday in the midst of its flight testing in rural Ohio, killing the two volunteer pilots aboard.

Body of woman last seen months ago found in Conn. (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 08:26 AM PDT

AP - The badly decomposed body of a woman and her dog were found inside a home, and a next-door neighbor said she hadn't seen the woman since February.

Disappearance of 'heroic' deputy hits Wyoming town (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 12:18 AM PDT

AP - Rescue workers kept watch and combed the banks of a swollen eastern Wyoming river hoping to spot a sheriff's deputy who has been missing since he swam in days ago to try to save a struggling teenage girl.

Late stab at debt-limit deal to avert US default (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 07:39 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., appear at a news conference as the debt crisis goes unresolved on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, July 30, 2011.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - After weeks of intense partisanship, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders made a last-minute stab at compromise Saturday night to avoid a government default threatened for early next week.

400 attend roller rink shooting victims' funeral (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 04:54 PM PDT

Rev. Peter Quang Le, left, of the Sacred Heart of Mary Church in Barling, Ark., on Saturday, July 30, 2011, conducts a service for four of the five victims of a shooting rampage last weekend at a Grand Prairie, Texas roller rink. Trini Do, 29, her sisters, Lynn Ta, 16, and Michelle Ta, 28, and her brother, Hien Ta, 21, were killed when her estranged husband opened fire during a birthday party for the couple's 11-year-old son. Tan Do, 35, later killed himself. Trini Do received a protective order in December against her husband, but she had it withdrawn earlier this year against a prosecutor's advice because she wanted to give him another chance, an aunt has said. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Four siblings killed in a shooting rampage at a Texas roller rink were remembered Saturday as a part of a tight-knit family, even as the hundreds gathered in an Arkansas church to mourn them tried to make sense of the tragedy.

FBI offers $25K reward in case of missing NH girl (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 05:24 PM PDT

Family friends hold up missing posters for Celina Cass for passing cars to view outside the family residence, at rear, in Stewartstown, N.H., Wednesday, July 28, 2011. Cass, 11, has been reported missing since she was last seen at her home on Monday.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - The FBI said Saturday it was offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of an 11-year-old northern New Hampshire girl who's been missing for five days.

Businesses play critical role in thwarting terror (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 11:29 AM PDT

AP - Ultimately, it was the keen eye of a Texas gun shop clerk that helped authorities find an AWOL soldier who'd stashed bomb-making material in his nearby motel room for a planned attack on Fort Hood soldiers.

Silicon Valley city battles surging homicide rate (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 10:00 AM PDT

AP - San Jose has dubbed itself the "Capital of Silicon Valley" and has for years prided itself on being one of the safest big cities in America.

Mystery surrounds loss of records, art on 9/11 (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 05:47 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, a damaged photographer's proof sheet, with photos of William DeCosta, the aviation Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is shown. The document was found by a recovery worker a few blocks away from ground zero and he eventually traced it to DeCosta, who continued to work for the Port Authority until his death about 2 years ago. Besides ending nearly 3,000 lives, destroying planes and reducing buildings to tons of rubble and ash, the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks destroyed tens of thousands of records, irreplaceable historical documents and art. (AP Photo/National September 11 Memorial & Museum)AP - Letters written by Helen Keller. Forty-thousand photographic negatives of John F. Kennedy taken by the president's personal cameraman. Sculptures by Alexander Calder and Auguste Rodin. The 1921 agreement that created the agency that built the World Trade Center.

AWOL soldier defiantly shouts '09 suspect's name (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 09:05 PM PDT

In this June 14, 2011 photo, Pfc. Naser Abdo is shown in Nashville, Tenn. Abdo, an AWOL soldier from Ft. Campbell, Ky., is accused of plotting to launch an attack on Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo)AP - Coolly defiant, Pfc. Naser Abdo shouted "Nidal Hasan Fort Hood 2009!" as he was led out of the courtroom Friday, an apparent homage to the suspect in the worst mass shooting ever on a U.S. military installation. He condemned the attack less than a year ago, but is now accused of trying to repeat it.

Dahmer's survivor charged in man's death (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 08:31 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office shows Tracy Edwards. Edwards, the man who led Milwaukee police to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer 20 years ago was charged Friday, July 29, 2011 in the death of a homeless man who drowned after he was thrown off a bridge. (AP Photo/Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office)AP - The man who led Milwaukee police to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer 20 years ago was charged Friday in the death of a homeless man who drowned after he was thrown off a bridge.

Perry stresses personal opposition to gay marriage (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 08:18 PM PDT

Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the Western Conservative Summit in Denver on Friday, July 29, 2011. Perry and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum gave keynote addresses Friday night. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - Potential Republican presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry of Texas repeated his personal opposition to gay marriage in a speech to conservatives in Denver Friday.
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