Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Many above poverty line struggle to make ends meet (Reuters)

Many above poverty line struggle to make ends meet (Reuters)


Many above poverty line struggle to make ends meet (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 02:34 PM PST

Reuters - Nearly half of all Americans lack economic security, meaning they live above the federal poverty threshold but still do not have enough money to cover housing, food, healthcare and other basic expenses, according to a survey of government and industry data.

Three U.S. students held in Egypt over protests (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 01:07 PM PST

Reuters - Three U.S. students were paraded on Egyptian television on Tuesday after being accused of throwing petrol bombs at police during protests near Cairo's Tahrir Square where demonstrators have been demanding an end to military rule.

Sandusky hearing delayed in Penn State abuse case (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 04:36 PM PST

Reuters - A preliminary hearing for former Penn State University assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on child sex abuse charges has been postponed until mid-December, court officials said on Tuesday.

Will Occupy Los Angeles Be a Success Story? (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 01:40 PM PST

Time.com - As Occupiers in New York City and Oakland falter, Los Angeles' protesters try to figure out how to energize their movement

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

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 01:40 PM 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

Florida officials probe hazing after drum major's death (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 06:10 PM PST

Reuters - Hazing may have been a factor in the death of a Florida college drum major following a popular football and marching band competition between two of the state's historically black universities, authorities said on Tuesday.

Proposal to tax Jack Daniel's whiskey derailed (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 12:47 PM PST

AP - Jack Daniel's officials are toasting the defeat of a proposal to tax whiskey at its celebrated Tennessee distillery.

Hazing looked at in FAMU band member's death (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PST

AP - Florida A&M University's famed Marching 100 band, which has a history of hazing, has been shut down until investigators find out more about how one of its members died after a football game.

UC Davis leader says she did not want use of force (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 06:39 PM PST

In this undated handout photo provided by the University of California at Davis Dateline, UC Davis police officer John Pike is shown. The riot-clad police officer who pepper sprayed a row of peaceful Occupy Wall Street protesters at a California university last week is a retired U.S. Marine sergeant who has been honored for his police work on campus, but also has figured in a previous discrimination suit against the university. Pike was hired onto the University of California, Davis police force in 2001. (AP Handout Photo/UC Davis Dateline, Dave Jones)AP - The University of California, Davis, chancellor defended herself Tuesday from criticism over the campus police force's pepper spraying of peaceful demonstrators as information emerged about the officer at the heart of the incident.


Roots welcome Bachmann with pointed song (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 06:48 PM PST

AP - A Democratic congresswoman says NBC should apologize for its "insulting and inappropriate" treatment of Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann when she appeared on Jimmy Fallon's late-night talk show.

Drug-laden plane left at Texas airstrip was sold (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 05:30 PM PST

AP - A small plane abandoned with about 100 pounds of marijuana onboard after skidding off the runway at a small private airstrip was recently sold at auction or in an estate sale following the death of its registered owner, authorities said Tuesday.

Blago ally Rezko gets 10 1/2 years, minus time served (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 03:15 PM PST

FILE - In this June 4, 2008 file photo, former top fundraiser for ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Antoin 'Tony' Rezko returns to the federal courthouse for the reading of the jury's verdict in his corruption trial in Chicago. A federal judge today sentenced Rezko to serve seven more years in prison on top of the 31/2 years he has already served while awaiting sentencing Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - A former top fundraiser for Rod Blagojevich was sentenced Tuesday to 10 1/2 years in prison for pressuring businesses for millions in kickbacks, an unusually stiff penalty that could portend a tough day for the former governor when he is sentenced for his own corruption convictions.


20 students accused in college-exam scandal in NY (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 02:54 PM PST

AP - At least 20 current or former high school students from an affluent New York suburb of high achievers have been charged in a widening college entrance exam cheating scandal that has raised questions not only about test security but about the pressures to score well.

Congress' next fights over jobless aid, tax breaks (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 06:27 PM PST

Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., walks with reporters as he departs the Capitol Hill office of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., after meeting with other Supercommittee members as time for action by the deficit reduction panel grows short, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Congress' failed deficit-cutting supercommittee has faded away, but the pressure on lawmakers to quickly confront a stack of expensive economic issues is only growing.


Weary, blistered Wall Street protesters reach DC (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 02:40 PM PST

Turtle Eng, from Philadelphia, left, and others, walk down Rhode Island Avenue in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, during the Occupy the Highway march from New York to Washington by Occupy Wall Street protestors.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Drenched, blistered and weary, a few dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters arrived Tuesday in the nation's capital after a two-week, 240-mile march from Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan.


Economy means scaled-back Thanksgiving for many (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 06:17 PM PST

Ward Bruning washes off a fresh killed Thanksgiving turkey on his farm in Akron, N.Y., Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/David Duprey)AP - Some are holding potluck dinners instead of springing for the entire feast. Others are staying home rather than flying. And a few are skipping the turkey altogether.


Obama in NH: I'm tax -cutter, GOP should go along (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 02:46 PM PST

President Barack Obama shakes hands after an address where he remarked on the American Jobs Act, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, at Central High School in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - President Barack Obama dashed into politically important New Hampshire Tuesday, seeking to steal the spotlight from Republican presidential candidates and challenging GOP lawmakers back in Washington to stand by their anti-tax pledges on one big measure.


Minn. lost $60M in shutdown, but saved on salaries (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 03:00 PM PST

AP - This summer's Minnesota government shutdown forced the closure of state parks during peak camping season, interrupted road projects, frayed nerves and tempers and left thousands of public employees lighter in the wallet. But for the state, at least, it was somewhat of a financial wash.

Toy safety report finds some holiday dangers (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 02:45 PM PST

Dangerous or toxic children's toys, according to US Public Interest Research Group's (PIRG) 26th annual report, are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, during their annual news conference on . (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Hidden dangers lurk in some of those less-expensive toys that parents might grab as stocking stuffers this time of year — like a Sesame Street Oscar the Grouch doll.


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