Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Cleared on appeal, Amanda Knox returns home to Seattle (Reuters)

Cleared on appeal, Amanda Knox returns home to Seattle (Reuters)

Cleared on appeal, Amanda Knox returns home to Seattle (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 06:49 PM PDT

Amanda Knox of the U.S. (C) attends a court session announcing the verdict on Knox and Raffaele Sollecito of Italy in the killing of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Pietro Crocchioni/PoolReuters - Amanda Knox returned home to Seattle on Tuesday, one day after an Italian court cleared the 24-year-old college student of murder and freed her from prison.

Protests born on Wall Street spreading nationwide (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 02:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Anti-Wall Street protests that took shape in New York weeks ago, prompting hundreds of arrests, have spread across the nation with one organizer saying their message had "captured everyone's imagination."

One dead in New York helicopter crash (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 03:03 PM PDT

Rescue divers search the East River after a helicopter with five people aboard crashed into the East River after taking off from the 34th street helipad in New York October 4, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - One person died and four others were injured when a helicopter crashed into New York City's East River on Tuesday, setting off a rescue effort in the choppy, murky waters, police said.

Occupy Wall Street Protest: As Movement Spreads, a Message Evolves (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:05 PM PDT

Time.com - When the Occupy Wall Street protesters bedded down on Friday night, their two-week-old movement appeared to have found a central message

Could Soccer Help Improve Health in the Homeless? (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Playing a pickup soccer game two or three times a week could improve health among homeless men, a new study finds

Accused bomber calls U.S. a "cancer" in court (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:11 PM PDT

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is shown in this booking photograph released by the U.S. Marshals Service December 28, 2009. REUTERS/US Marshals Service/HandoutReuters - The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009 called the United States a "cancer" on Tuesday just before jury selection began in his federal trial in Michigan.

4 arrested in alleged government bribery case (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 06:59 PM PDT

AP - Two employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and two others were arrested Tuesday in a $20 million bribery and kickback case that prosecutors say helped pay for the purchase of more than a dozen properties, Rolex and Cartier watches, fancy sports cars and hotel accommodations, first-class airline tickets and a trove of other personal luxuries.

Univision denies it tried to coerce US senator (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 07:24 PM PDT

AP - The Univision television network denied allegations Tuesday that it told Republican Sen. Marco Rubio it might not broadcast a story about a relative's decades-old drug conviction if he appeared on its news programs.

Knox verdict leaves long list of questions (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Amanda Knox breaks in tears after hearing the verdict that overturns her conviction and acquits her of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher, at the Perugia court, central Italy, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. Italian appeals court threw out Amanda Knox's murder conviction Monday and ordered the young American freed after nearly four years in prison for the death of her British roommate Knox collapsed in tears after the verdict overturning her 2009 conviction was read out. Her co-defendant, Italian Raffaele Sollecito, also was cleared of killing 21-year-old Meredith Kercher in 2007. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - From the beginning, it was a case of contradictions, and the questions did not end with the verdict that freed Amanda Knox.

New technology helps Hispanics trace their roots (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2009 file photo, Edward James Olmos arrives at the Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles. Olmos is promoting Ancestry's new service which includes information found in Mexico's 1930's census, the most comprehensive up to that time. Ancentry hopes to increase interest from the nearly 32 million Mexican-Americans living in the U.S. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)AP - Programs such as NBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" and PBS' "Faces of America" are helping fueling the trend in genealogy. But for many Hispanics, tracing the family tree hasn't been so easy.

Prosecutor: Women knew group involved in terrorism (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 07:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2010 file photo, Hawo Mohamed Hassan, left, and Amina Farah Ali, both of Rochester, Minn., leave the U.S. District Court after appearing at a hearing in St Paul, Minn. The two women are accused of funneling money to a terrorist group in Somalia, and are the first to go on trial in Minnesota's years-long federal investigation into the recruiting and financing of al-Shabab. Their trial begins Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig, File)AP - Two Minnesota women accused of going door-to-door to raise money for al-Shabab knew the Somali-based group engaged in terrorism and "rejoiced" when they heard about its victories in their war-torn homeland, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

NYC East River chopper crash kills 1; 4 rescued (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 07:16 PM PDT

RE-TRANS OF NYR101 FOR IMPROVED QUALITY - In this photo provided by WPIX11, divers and first responders help people to shore at a dock the East River after their helicopter crashed, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in New York. A helicopter with five people aboard crashed into river after taking off from a launch pad on the riverbank, killing one and injuring injuring others. (AP Photo/WPIX11, Greg Mocker) MANDATORY CREDITAP - A helicopter carrying five people on a private tour for a birthday celebration sputtered and crashed into the East River on Tuesday afternoon shortly after takeoff from a riverbank heliport, killing one passenger and injuring three others.

After 4-year ordeal, a Seattle homecoming for Knox (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 06:32 PM PDT

Amanda Knox motions to cheering supporters as her mother, Edda Mellas, looks on at a news conference shortly after her arrival at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in Seattle. It's been four years since the University of Washington student left for the study abroad program in Perugia and landed in prison. The group Friends of Amanda Knox and others have been awaiting her return since an Italian appeals court on Monday overturned her conviction of sexually assaulting and killing her British roommate, Meredith Kercher. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Amanda Knox returned to her hometown of Seattle on Tuesday and was as overcome with emotion as she was a day earlier in Italy, when she was acquitted on murder charges after four years in prison. "Thank you for being there for me," she tearfully told her supporters in front of a crowd of international reporters.

Democrat wins West Virginia governor's race (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 07:15 PM PDT

AP - Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin overcame weeks of Republican attack ads to win the West Virginia governor's race Tuesday, successfully distancing himself from the Obama administration and the president's health care plan.

Lawsuit claims banks cheated veterans with fees (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 06:02 PM PDT

AP - A whistleblower lawsuit launched in 2006 and unsealed Tuesday in federal court in Atlanta claims several large banks and mortgage companies defrauded military veterans and taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in a "brazen scheme" to hide illegal fees.

AP sources: Reid wants millionaire surtax (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 06:11 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks, urging Congress to pass the American Jobs Act, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - Senate Democrats intend to jettison provisions that President Barack Obama recommended to pay for his jobs bill and substitute a tax surcharge on millionaires, officials said Tuesday, hoping to unify the party for a protracted political struggle with Republicans.

Police link 2 to slaying, teen's disappearance (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:37 PM PDT

A mug shot of David Joseph Pedersen is shown during a news conference concerning missing teen Cody Myers, Tuesday, Oct. 4 2011, in Salem, Ore. Authorities say Pedersen is one of two people suspected in the killing of an Everett, Wash., woman last week and now wanted in the disappearance of Myers. Oregon State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings says the two are believed to have been in a car Sunday owned by Myers, of Lafayette, who disappeared after leaving for a weekend jazz festival in the Oregon coastal town Newport. (AP Photo/Oregon State Police)AP - A man released from prison less than five months ago and his girlfriend were named Tuesday as the suspects in the killing of his stepmother in Washington last week and the disappearance of an Oregon teenager last seen heading for a jazz festival.

1 dead, several hurt in Arizona dust storm pileups (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 06:33 PM PDT

Public safety officials work the scene of a a multi-car pile-up along Interstate 10 near Picacho Peak, Ariz. on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. A blinding dust storm rolled across the Arizona desert Tuesday, causing three pileups involving dozens of vehicles on the major interstate. One man was killed and at least 15 other people were injured, authorities said. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Kelly Presnell) MANDATORY CREDITAP - A blinding dust storm rolled across the Arizona desert Tuesday, causing three pileups involving dozens of vehicles on a major interstate. A 70-year-old man was killed and at least 15 other people were injured, authorities said.

Detroit officer charged in girl's death amid raid (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2010, file photo Dominika Stanley, left, the mother of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones, sits next to Aiyana's father Charles Jones, holding Aiyana's photo, in Southfield, Mich. A member of the Detroit Police Special Response Team was charged Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, with involuntary manslaughter in the slaying of the 7-year-old girl who was shot to death during a raid on her home ini May 2010. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)AP - A Detroit police officer was charged Tuesday in the slaying of a 7-year-old girl who was shot to death during a midnight raid on her home by a special unit that was being shadowed by a reality television show crew.

Texan freed after DNA clears him in wife's slaying (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:10 PM PDT

AP - A Texas grocery store employee who spent nearly 25 years in prison in his wife's beating death walked free Tuesday after DNA tests showed another man was responsible. His attorneys say prosecutors and investigators kept evidence from the defense that would have helped acquit him at trial.
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