Monday, September 26, 2011

Recession drove up poverty rates in most states (Reuters)

Recession drove up poverty rates in most states (Reuters)

Recession drove up poverty rates in most states (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:37 PM PDT

Reuters - Poverty rates increased in almost all U.S. states and the District of Columbia over the course of the economic recession, with the worst spike in the South, according to a congressional report released on Monday.

Indiana police seek leads in probe of 5 deaths (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Indiana state police said on Monday they have no suspects in the deaths of five people in rural Franklin County, and they appealed to the public to provide tips and leads.

New York police can shoot down a plane if needed (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 07:44 AM PDT

NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly speaks to reporters as he leaves the United Nations headquarters in New York, April 18, 2008. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - New York police can shoot down an airplane if needed, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told the CBS News program "60 Minutes."

Huntsman's Hurdles: Why a Moderate Republican Can't Get Any Traction (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:35 AM PDT

Time.com - Huntsman's obvious intellect, impressive governing record and willingness to buck Republican orthodoxy on everything have earned him plenty of fans. Unfortunately, many of them, like Irwin, aren't Republican voters

Satellite Falling to Earth? NASA Scientist Puts It Into Perspective (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:35 AM PDT

Time.com - Every satellite falls back toward earth. But when it's a giant, 12,500-pound version (about the size of an average elephant), expected to hit somewhere on earth between Thursday and Saturday, people take notice

Ohio governor commutes sentence of death row inmate (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:07 PM PDT

Reuters - Ohio's Republican Governor John Kasich on Monday commuted the death sentence of convicted killer Joseph Murphy to life without the possibility of parole, his second such action in the past three months.

Activists say they set fire at Idaho fur seller (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT

AP - Animal rights activists said they pumped fuel into an Idaho fur and fireworks retailer before setting the place ablaze early Monday, and federal agents said they were taking the claim seriously.

China scales back military ties with US over F-16s (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:05 PM PDT

AP - China plans to cancel or postpone some U.S.-China military exchanges after Washington last week announced it would upgrade Taiwan's fleet of F-16 fighter jets, a senior U.S. official said.

Doctor: Home invasion victim took minutes to die (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:41 PM PDT

This photo released by the Connecticut Judicial Branch as evidence presented Monday, Sept. 26, 2011 in the Joshua Komisarjevsky trial in New Haven, Conn., Superior Court, shows two men at an ATM banking machine at a Stop and Shop store. Prosecutors are expected to argue that one of the men is Komisarjevsky. (AP Photo/Connecticut Judicial Branch)AP - A 17-year-old girl who died in a gruesome home invasion that also killed her sister and mother likely took up to several minutes to die of smoke inhalation after her house was doused in gasoline and set on fire, a medical examiner testified Monday.

State Dept. hears from Kan., Texas on oil pipeline (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2011 file photo, demonstrators protest the Keystone XL Pipeline project in front of the White House in Washington. The high-profile anti-pipeline campaign included repeated arrests of activists outside the White House. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)AP - At public meetings in two states on Monday, a proposed pipeline that would bring oil from Canada into the U.S. was criticized as environmentally dangerous by people in Kansas while being praised in Texas as a safe way to create much needed jobs nationwide.

Shutdown averted; disaster aid dispute surmounted (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky walks to the floor as the Senate prepares to vote on a short-term funding measure that includes dollars for disaster relief without an offsetting spending cut elsewhere, as demanded by the GOP-controlled House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 26 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Ending weeks of political brinkmanship, Congress finessed a dispute over disaster aid Monday night and advanced legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown only days away.

The disaster-stricken cluck tongues at Congress (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:54 PM PDT

A piano chair hangs from the ceiling in the home of Martha Gordon as she looks through her home destroyed during the flood in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, in Wayne, N.J. The chair, which was on top of a piano, was lodged into the ceiling when the Ramapo River crested sending floodwaters into the residence. Gordon, who has lived at the house for 50 years, says she has given up and will be tearing the house and moving to Maine. She has talked to FEMA, but doesn't expect any quick relief aid. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)AP - For disaster victims rebuilding their homes, towns and lives, the anxiety is matched only by anger at Congress for entangling their future in a political battle over government spending.

Strauss-Kahn asks NY court to dismiss maid's suit (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2011 file photo, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, looks on prior to a television interview at the TV news broadcast by French TV station TF1, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris. Strauss-Kahn on Monday, Sept. 26, 2011 claimed he has diplomatic immunity and asked a New York court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the hotel maid who says he sexually assaulted her. (AP Photo/Francois Guillot, Pool, File)AP - Dominique Strauss-Kahn claimed Monday he has diplomatic immunity and asked a New York court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the hotel maid who says he sexually assaulted her.

Jewelers want states to replace limits on cadmium (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:53 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows three sizes of 'Best Friends' charm bracelets, which were sold by Claire's Boutiques and recalled in 2010 because of high levels of cadmium, which is a known carcinogen. Efforts by the jewelry industry to voluntarily limit the toxic metal cadmium in children's trinkets are finally coming together, but because the limits are voluntary, there is no automatic penalty if jewelry exceeds them. Federal regulators will, however, use the limits in deciding whether to pursue recalls. (AP Photo/U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, File)AP - The U.S jewelry industry wants states to overturn laws that limit the toxic metal cadmium in children's trinkets and adopt new voluntary guidelines it helped create, saying stricter rules in several states create chaos for manufacturers and importers.

Study: Dads less likely to die of heart problems (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 3, 2011 file photo, a father and son head for their fishing hole at Muddy Run Recreation Park in southern Lancaster County, Pa. New research suggests that dads are less likely to die of heart-related problems than childless men are. The study by AARP, the government and several universities is the largest ever look at men, fertility and mortality. (AP Photo/Intelligencer Journal, Marty Heisey)AP - Fatherhood may be a kick in the old testosterone, but it may also help keep a man alive. New research suggests that dads are a little less likely to die of heart-related problems than childless men are.

Jackson persona to hang over trial of doctor (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 02:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, Michael Jackson is shown at a press conference in London. A judge rules that attorneys for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death cannot play footage of the singer's news conference promoting his final concerts for jurors. The judge's ruling is among his final in preparation for opening statements in the case on Tuesday Sept. 27,2011. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)AP - In the small crowded Los Angeles courtroom, 6-foot-5 Dr. Conrad Murray is an imposing figure. Another imposing figure will loom over the room on Tuesday: the persona of the man he is accused of killing, Michael Jackson.

Wrongly accused players ask for lawsuit to proceed (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 03:08 PM PDT

AP - A group of former Duke University lacrosse players wrongly arrested on rape charges in 2006 has asked a federal appeals court to let their lawsuit against the City of Durham move forward.

APNewsBreak: Oil refineries seek huge tax refunds (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 02:16 PM PDT

Humberto Garcia hands out pamphlets to parents as they drop their kids off at school, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, in Pasadena, Texas. Texas cities, counties and school districts may have to return more than $135 million, nearly half of it from public schools, to some of the nation's largest refineries should three commissioners appointed by Gov. Rick Perry grant them a tax refund. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - Some of the nation's largest oil refineries are seeking huge tax refunds that could force school districts and local governments across Texas to give back tens of millions of dollars they were counting on to pay teachers and provide other services.

Living people on US stamps: Who would you choose? (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:46 PM PDT

AP - Who would you put on a stamp? Charlie Sheen? Lady Gaga? Yourself?

Govt won't seek appeal in Atlanta on health care (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 03:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2003, file photo President George W. Bush, surrounded by Congressional leaders, signs into law the most far-reaching changes in Medicare, since its inception nearly 40 years prior, at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in Washington. Deficit hawks note the inconsistency of 2012 Republican presidential candidates who say they'll try to repeal President Barack Obama's health overhaul, but nod to another massive health care entitlement with unfunded future costs of over $7 trillion created by Republicans. With Bush from left are Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Sen. John Breaux, D-La., House Majority Leader Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif., and Rep. Nancy L. Johnson, R-Conn. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - The Obama administration has decided not to ask a federal appeals court in Atlanta for further review of a ruling striking down the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul.
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