Thursday, November 24, 2011

Huge Macy's parade crowd for beloved - and bizarre - balloons (Reuters)

Huge Macy's parade crowd for beloved - and bizarre - balloons (Reuters)

Huge Macy's parade crowd for beloved - and bizarre - balloons (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:35 PM PST

Reuters - Gigantic balloons floated down New York streets for the 85th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, drawing huge crowds to sidewalks and an even bigger audience to television sets, a parade spokesman said.

Family of U.S. student freed in Egypt gives thanks (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 01:56 PM PST

Reuters - Joy Sweeney's Thanksgiving wishes were granted in a predawn email on Thursday notifying her that her son and two other American students arrested on suspicion of throwing gasoline bombs in Egypt would be freed.

Thanksgiving kicks off fight for holiday sales (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 01:10 PM PST

A shopper looks at a map while leaning against a store window in New York November 22, 2011. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - The holiday shopping season is in full swing on Thursday, with retailers hoping consumers will spend big despite worries about the fragile economy and their own precarious finances.

Why Won't The Supreme Court Allow TV Cameras? (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:10 AM PST

Time.com - Our justices aren't used to being second-guessed, but it's time to demand more transparency in the highest court in the land

Winners and Losers of the Deficit Supercommittee Deadlock (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:10 AM PST

Time.com - With the deficit supercommittee charged with finding $1.2 trillion in savings teetering on the brink of failure, Washington is embroiled in a high stakes round of recriminations

Top Marine spends Thanksgiving in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:39 PM PST

In this photo taken with a cell phone, Marine Gen. James Amos visits Combat Outpost Geronimo in southern Afghanistan Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, as he visits troops. The U.S. Marines' top general, James Amos, sprinted up and down the Helmand River Valley in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, visiting frontline Marines at nine remote outposts to share Thanksgiving and applaud their gains against the Taliban in a region where al-Qaida hatched the 9/11 plot a decade ago. (AP Photo/Bob Burns)AP - A turkey trot it was not.

Obama acknowledges tough economy this Thanksgiving (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 03:12 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama is urging Americans facing tough economic times this Thanksgiving to believe in the nation's ability to overcome its challenges.

Towns turn to 'road diets' to slow busy traffic (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:11 AM PST

In this photo taken Oct. 7, 2011, Dan Burden measures a a street intersection in North Little Rock, Ark. Instead of making streets wider to accommodate more cars, crews will reduce them from four lanes to two in a project called a 'road diet.' The goal is to rein in aggressive drivers and make shopping areas friendlier to pedestrians. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - It looks like any other road-improvement project: orange barrels, repaving equipment and men in fluorescent vests. But a closer look reveals something curious.

NH gay marriage push highlights GOP shifts (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 10:03 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks in New York. Whether they like it or not, Republican presidential candidates are joining New Hampshire's intensifying gay marriage debate. State lawmakers plan in the coming weeks to take up measure to repeal the law allowing same-sex couples to wed and a vote expected at some point in January — the same month as New Hampshire holds the nation's first Republican presidential primary contest. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)AP - Whether they like it or not, Republican presidential candidates are joining New Hampshire's intensifying gay marriage debate.

Egyptian court orders release of 3 US students (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 03:46 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 file image from Egyptian state television, three American students are displayed to the camera by Egyptian authorities following their arrest during protests in Cairo, where an Egyptian official said they were throwing firebombs at security forces. A spokeswoman for the American University in Cairo identified the students as Luke Gates, a 21-year-old Indiana University student from Bloomington, Ind.; Derrik Sweeney, a 19-year-old Georgetown University student from Jefferson City, Mo.; and Gregory Porter, a 19 year-old Drexel University student from Glenside, Pa. An official says an Egyptian court has ordered release of 3 US students arrested during Cairo unrest.(AP Photo/ Egyptian TV, File)AP - A court in Egypt has ordered the release of three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo, a lawyer in Philadelphia confirmed Thursday.

Thanksgiving celebrated among friends, strangers (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 02:45 PM PST

The 'Spiderman' float is seen during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Times Square in New York on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. The parade premiered in 1924, this is its 85th year. (AP Photo/Andrew Burton)AP - Spectators cheered and sang at annual Thanksgiving Day parades from New York to Philadelphia to Detroit and friends enjoyed feasts with strangers at Occupy protest gatherings, reminding each other there is much to be grateful for despite the country's hard economic times.

Giffords serves Thanksgiving meal at Ariz. base (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PST

PREMIUM CONTENT--HIGHER RATES APPLY FOR NON-PHOTOSTREAM MEMBERS - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband, retired Capt. Mark Kelly, serve a Thanksgiving meal to troops at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords helped serve a Thanksgiving meal to service members and retirees at a military base in her hometown.

Occupy movements nationwide celebrate Thanksgiving (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:36 PM PST

Occupy Wall Street protestors host Thanksgiving dinner in Zuccotti park, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in New York. Protestors used the holiday to give thanks alongside strangers at outdoor Occupy encampments nationwide, serving turkey or donating their time in solidarity with the anti-Wall Street movement. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP - Most Americans spent Thanksgiving snug inside homes with families and football. Others used the holiday to give thanks alongside strangers at outdoor Occupy encampments, serving turkey or donating their time in solidarity with the anti-Wall Street movement that has gripped a nation consumed by economic despair.

Former Chicago first lady Maggie Daley dies at 68 (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:38 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2009 file photo, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, center, and his wife Maggie Daley, left, applaud during presentations as part of their Chicago 2016 Olympic bid, at a stadium in Copenhagen. Maggie Daley, the wife of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and a gracious promoter of the city's cultural and educational programs, died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. She was 68. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)AP - Maggie Daley, the wife of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and a gracious promoter of the city's cultural and educational programs, has died. She was 68.

A year later, Michigan town mourns 3 missing boys (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:08 AM PST

In this Nov. 16, 2011 photo, Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei opens his jacket to reveal a shirt bearing his portrait as he walks into the Beijing Local Taxation Bureau. Ai's latest provocative piece was handed to him by the Chinese government: a $2.4 million tax bill that he says is a trumped-up effort to silence him. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Morenci Police Chief Larry Weeks recently served as a guest spelling-test presenter for a fifth-grade class, and afterward invited the students to ask questions. Amid the usual queries about weapons and uniforms came one from a girl that reminded him how hard the southern Michigan town has been hit by the disappearance of three young boys who would have attended the school.

Plane with 3 men, 3 children crashes in Arizona (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 01:47 PM PST

A floodlight illuminates a fire from a small plane crash in the Superstition Mountains in Apache Junction east of Phoenix, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. Authorities said there was no apparent sign of survivors in the small twin-engine plane crash. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Schennum) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NO SALESAP - A small airplane slammed into a sheer cliff in the mile-high mountains east of Phoenix and exploded, killing the six people onboard, including the pilot and his three young children who were to spend the Thanksgiving weekend with him, authorities said.

USO airport volunteers welcome troops on holiday (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:00 AM PST

In this Nov. 22, 2011 photo, USO volunteer Pat Solomon, right, of Sandy Springs, Ga., greets U.S. Army Pfc. Damien Snow, 20, of Rochester, N.Y., as he transits through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. Several times a month, Solomon stands at the top of the escalator at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, joining the throng of people excitedly waiting for friends and family to arrive. But the familiar faces she seeks are those of strangers, the thousands of soldiers coming home or headed out for another deployment who pass through the worldÌs busiest airport. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - As often as she can, Pat Solomon spends a few hours with the throng at the top of the escalator where all arriving passengers emerge at the Atlanta airport.

Amish in 3 states concerned over haircut attacks (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:02 AM PST

AP - Members of the Amish community in three states have been frightened by recent hair-cutting attacks in Ohio, making fearful calls to authorities and arming themselves with pepper spray and shotguns, a sheriff said.
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