Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Firefighters gain some control over deadly Texas blaze (Reuters)

Firefighters gain some control over deadly Texas blaze (Reuters)

Firefighters gain some control over deadly Texas blaze (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:42 PM PDT

Eric Kemper takes a moment to gather his composure as he sorts through the debris that remain of his home after it was destroyed as wildfires burn out of control near Bastrop, Texas September 6, 2011. REUTERS/Mike StoneReuters - Firefighters gained ground for the first time on Wednesday against a deadly wildfire raging near Austin that has destroyed more homes than any other blaze in Texas history, officials said.

Polygamist leader seeks new trial, says rights violated (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 06:29 PM PDT

Reuters - Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who is serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting his two child brides, has asked for a new trial, claiming his religious rights were violated.

Toyota, plaintiffs' lawyers spar on trial plan (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:33 PM PDT

A visitor is reflected on a Toyota vehicle at the company's showroom in Tokyo June 17, 2011. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - Toyota Motor Corp is battling with plaintiffs' lawyers over how many vehicle owners the company can interview ahead of a potential trial over sudden unintended acceleration claims.

Feds Check Urban Dictionary to Crack Gun-Store Death Threat (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:05 AM PDT

Time.com - U.S. federal agents used Urban Dictionary to bust an Indiana man accused of sending a barely comprehensible death threat on Facebook to a gun store manager, according to a U.S. District Court complaint

Worker killed in Alaska gold mining accident (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Reuters - A worker at the Kensington Gold Mine in Alaska was killed in an accident on the job on Monday morning, the mine's owner said.

Crane collapses at National Cathedral in DC (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 06:11 PM PDT

** CORRECTS TO 500-TON CRANE ** A part of a large construction crane is seen next to the Washington National Cathedral Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Washington. The 500-ton crane fell amid thunderstorms, damaging two buildings and several vehicles (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - A 500-ton crane at the Washington National Cathedral collapsed Wednesday amid thunderstorms and driving rain, damaging two nearby buildings and several vehicles as crews worked on damage from the recent earthquake.

Navy corpsman linked to bomb threat surrenders (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 07:17 PM PDT

This image provided by the Orange County Sheriff's Department shows Daniel Morgan, 22, a Navy medic who went AWOL at Camp Pendleton Marine Corp base, Calif., Wednesday Sept. 7, 2011 after leaving a note in his quarters claiming he planted bombs at a nearby high school, forcing the evacuation of thousands of students and staff on the first day of school. (AP Photo/Orange County Sheriff's Department)AP - An AWOL Navy corpsman turned himself in Wednesday after leaving a threatening note claiming he planted bombs at a nearby Southern California high school in an incident that prompted administrators to order students out of the building on the first day of classes.

Man pleads guilty to Spokane MLK Day parade bomb (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT

AP - A man with extensive ties to white supremacists pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges he planted a bomb that was intended to hurl poison-laced shrapnel into the multicultural crowd marching in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade last January.

Govt audit: Stimulus funds for energy go unspent (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:25 PM PDT

AP - Two years after the economic stimulus law, about one-third of the money authorized for an energy efficiency program has not been spent, a government audit found.

AP: Friend says jealousy fueled WVa rampage (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:23 PM PDT

AP - Long before the bloodbath that left five dead in a rural West Virginia home, the suspected 22-year-old gunman visited nursing homes and tried to cheer up patients. In his own eyes, Shayne Riggleman was outgoing, a friend to both strangers and animals.

NYC mayor says NYPD not unfair in surveillance (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 07:27 PM PDT

AP - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday compared the New York Police Department's surveillance of the city's ethnic neighborhoods to screening kids for measles, and said the department had not unfairly targeted any group in an effort to root out possible terror connections.

BP clearing tar balls dumped on Ala. shore by Lee (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:52 PM PDT

Cleanup crews search for oily tar balls along the beach in Gulf Shores, Ala., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. City officials believe the tar balls are from last year's BP oil spill, and they were dredged up from the bottom by Tropical Storm Lee. They say tests will be performed to verify the source of the tar balls. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - BP workers used fishing nets to scoop tar balls off Alabama's Gulf Coast beaches Wednesday after the white sands were fouled by gooey, dark gobs churned up by heavy surf from tropical system Lee.

Perry leaves Texas wildfires, goes to GOP debate (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 07:18 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Reagan Library Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Gov. Rick Perry left wildfire-ravaged Texas on Wednesday and flew to California to debate his Republican presidential rivals, deciding that the chance to deliver his message to a national audience outweighed any criticism he might receive for not being at the scene of a home-state emergency.

Bill Richardson seeks release of American in Cuba (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 06:35 PM PDT

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson smiles as he sits at an area outside a bar in the National hotel in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. Richardson arrived in Cuba on Wednesday to seek the freedom of a U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross sentenced to 15 years in prison for bringing communications equipment to the island illegally. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson arrived in Cuba on Wednesday to seek the freedom of a U.S. government subcontractor sentenced to 15 years in prison for bringing communications equipment to the island illegally.

Odierno becomes Army chief of staff (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:24 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. must avoid rash decisions to slash the size of the Army in order to rein in the defense budget, the new chief of the Army said Wednesday.

GOP pipeline bill would block safety reforms (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:48 PM PDT

Rene Morales, right, speaks at a news conference near the site of the 2010 pipeline explosion in San Bruno, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. Morales' 20-year-old daughter Jessica died in the explosion. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - A pipeline bill offered by House Republicans on Wednesday would block some safety reforms and ignores other recent safety recommendations made by accident investigators in response to a deadly natural gas explosion last year near San Francisco.

Odd couple chairs supercommittee, shares power (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2011, file photo, Rep. Jed Hensarling, R-Texas, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. When Hensarling and Sen. Patty Murray on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, gavel into session a super panel burdened by the nation’s fiscal future, they’ll be leading wonky discussions about spending cuts and tax policy and trying to get a majority of their 12-member panel to sign on. But their conduct, and their work product, also will begin answering a fundamental question: Can these ambassadors from the left and right, stripped of their independence and saddled with all manner of carrots and sticks, govern? (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - He's a Texas conservative who chose law school over chicken farming. She's a liberal from Seattle with steel in the toes of her famous tennis shoes. They have almost nothing in common.

Gumby calls it a robbery, clerk thinks it's a joke (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:59 PM PDT

In this surveillance video taken Sept. 5, 2011 and released by the San Diego Police Dept. shows a suspect dressed like Gumby telling a convenience store clerk he is being robbed, fumbling inside the costume as if to pull a gun, dropping 27 cents and leaving. Police say the attempted robbery took place Monday Sept.5, 2011 at a 7-Eleven in Rancho Penasquitos, Calif. (AP Photo/San Diego Police Department)AP - A person dressed as Gumby walked into a Southern California convenience store, claiming to have a gun and demanding money, but costume trouble and a skeptical clerk thwarted the would-be robber.

Lee's remnants bring fresh flood worries to East (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:35 PM PDT

Kathy Buser looks over her living as she prepares to leave her home for good after more rain and flooding are expected in the weather forecast after Tropical Storm Irene in Prattsville, N.Y., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. (AP Photo / Hans Pennink)AP - Drenched and dispirited, East Coast residents recovering from Hurricane Irene were stuck under the chugging remnants of Tropical Storm Lee Wednesday, some of them grudgingly preparing to move to higher ground yet again as rivers rose.
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