Wednesday, November 30, 2011

New accuser is first to sue former Penn State coach (Reuters)

New accuser is first to sue former Penn State coach (Reuters)

New accuser is first to sue former Penn State coach (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 06:19 PM PST

Reuters - A new accuser filed the first lawsuit against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky on Wednesday, accusing the coach of sexually abusing him "over 100 times" as a child,

Embattled Cain presses ahead with campaign (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 02:26 PM PST

Reuters - Republican Herman Cain plowed ahead with his struggling presidential campaign on Wednesday, vowing not to be pushed out of the race by allegations of an extramarital affair and calling the charges "character assassination."

Police take down Occupy L.A. camp, arrest nearly 300 (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 06:08 PM PST

Reuters - Police in riot gear and biohazard suits removed anti-Wall Street activists from their camp at Los Angeles City Hall Wednesday, arresting nearly 300 people and fencing off the area.

What's Missing for 2012: The Anger Gene (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 12:25 PM PST

Time.com - Let's face it, Americans are angry

Preacher Billy Graham admitted to NC hospital (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 06:35 PM PST

FILE- In this Dec. 20, 2010 file photo, evangelist Billy Graham, 92, is interviewed at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. The Rev. Billy Graham was admitted to a hospital Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 near his home in western North Carolina to be tested for pneumonia after suffering from congestion, a cough and a slight fever, his spokesman said. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)AP - The Rev. Billy Graham was admitted to a hospital Wednesday near his home in western North Carolina to be tested for pneumonia after suffering from congestion, a cough and a slight fever, his spokesman said.

APNewsBreak: Honda worker cited under Ala. law (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 05:11 PM PST

AP - A Japanese man temporarily working at Honda's car factory in east Alabama became the second foreign auto worker charged under the state's law on illegal immigration, the company said Wednesday.

After raids, Wall Street protesters shift tactics (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 04:25 PM PST

Los Angeles City sanitation workers clean up the aftermath of the Occupy Los Angeles after the Los Angeles police broke up the large encampment of protesters who had been camping out for the past two months at LA City Hall, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)AP - The overnight police raids in Philadelphia and Los Angeles that dismantled two of the nation's biggest Occupy Wall Street encampments leave just a few major "occupations" still going on around the U.S. But activists are already changing tactics and warning of a winter of discontent, with rallies and marches every week.

Obama: 'Massive blow' if GOP blocks payroll tax (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:14 PM PST

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at Scranton High School in Scranton, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Blending governing with re-election politics, President Barack Obama roused a cheering northeast Pennsylvania crowd Wednesday as he warned of a "massive blow to the economy" if Republicans block a payroll tax extension.

Latest theory in NY mystery bodies: 1 killer of 10 (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 05:38 PM PST

FILE - In this April 11, 2011, file photo, emergency personnel use a chainsaw to search through the brush for human remains near Jones Beach in Wantagh, N.Y. On Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, the Suffolk County police commissioner told The Associated Press in an interview that detectives now think one person is probably responsible for the deaths of 10 people dating back to 1996, whose remains were recovered along a remote barrier beach south of New York’s Long Island. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)AP - When four bodies were found last December strewn along a remote barrier beach south of New York's Long Island, police figured they were dealing with a serial killer. When the remains of six others were uncovered later, they widened the possibility to multiple killers using the same dumping ground.

Suspect in East Coast rapes arraigned in Virginia (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 04:12 PM PST

AP - A Connecticut man who police believe is responsible for a series of sexual assaults along the East Coast over more than a decade was arraigned Wednesday in Virginia on charges of raping two teenage trick-or-treaters in 2009.

1st Penn State abuse suit comes from new accuser (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 06:13 PM PST

FILE - This Nov. 5, 2011 file photo provided by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General shows former Penn State football defensive coordinator Gerald 'Jerry' Sandusky, who sexually abused a boy more than 100 times, then threatened his family to keep him quiet about the encounters, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 that details new accusations not included in criminal charges against him. (AP Photo/Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, File)AP - Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused a boy more than 100 times and threatened to harm his family to keep him quiet, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by a new accuser who is not part of the criminal case.

Cain accuser has faced financial, legal troubles (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 06:32 PM PST

Ginger White poses for a photo near Dunwoody, Ga. on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. In an explosive allegation, White said Monday she and Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain had a 13-year extramarital affair that lasted nearly until the former businessman announced his candidacy for the White House several months ago. (AP Photo/Greg Bluestein)AP - The woman who says she had a long-running extramarital affair with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is a single mother and Atlanta-area businesswoman who has faced repeated financial trouble and once lost a lawsuit accusing her of spreading damaging lies about an ex-business partner.

FDA examines level of arsenic in apple juice (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 05:28 PM PST

AP - The Food and Drug Administration is considering tightening restrictions for the levels of arsenic allowed in apple juice after consumer groups pushed the agency to crack down on the contaminant.

Wash. governor wants DEA to reclassify marijuana (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 06:02 PM PST

FILE - Young marijuana plants are shown in this Sept. 15, 2009 file photo in Seattle at a medical marijuana growing operation. A 2011 effort to decriminalize and tax recreational marijuana sales for adults in Washington state has won some high-profile endorsements and its sponsors are well on their way to collecting enough signatures to place the measure before the Legislature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)AP - Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee have filed a petition with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration asking the agency to reclassify marijuana so doctors can prescribe it and pharmacists can fill the prescription.

Father of toddler shot in Oakland says he's better (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 06:12 PM PST

A bullet hole is shown in a window of a car at a liquor store parking lot in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 after a shooting. A hail of gunfire along an Oakland street left eight people wounded, including a 1-year-old boy and a woman who authorities say were hospitalized in critical condition. The gunfire broke out Monday evening in a liquor store parking lot after a crowd had gathered, police said. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - The father of an Oakland toddler shot in the head during a gun battle says his son is responding to contact.

FAA: Changes coming to prevent tarmac delays (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 03:04 PM PST

FILE - In this May 24, 2011 file photo, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator J. Randolph Babbitt testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Babbitt described Wednesday a disastrous scene at the Hartford, Conn., airport during October's snowstorm, with airliner tugs that couldn't get traction on the ice, frozen luggage belts and other problems that kept hundreds of passengers trapped on the tarmac. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - Administration officials promised Wednesday to make changes before the Christmas travel season in an effort to prevent airline passengers from suffering the nightmare of being trapped for hours on a tarmac with no way to reach an airport gate.

Clinton tests reforms on historic visit to Myanmar (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 06:02 PM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, is greeted by Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister Myo Myint upon her arrival by her airplane in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Making a diplomatically risky trip to the long-isolated Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, Clinton said she wanted to see for herself whether new civilian leaders are truly ready to throw off 50 years of military dictatorship — a test that includes rare face-to-face meetings with former members of the junta whose brutal rule made a poor pariah state of one of the region's most resource-rich nations. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)AP - Looking to cement a foreign policy success and prod democratization in one of the world's most isolated and authoritarian nations, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Thursday to test the willingness of Myanmar's leaders to expand nascent reforms.

GOP: Offsetting cuts must cover payroll tax relief (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 06:35 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, flanked by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., left, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, following a closed-door meeting. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Republican congressional leaders stressed a willingness Wednesday to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut due to expire Dec. 31, setting up a year-end clash with Democrats over how to pay for a provision at the heart of President Barack Obama's jobs program.
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