Sunday, November 27, 2011

Occupy LA campers face midnight eviction deadline (Reuters)

Occupy LA campers face midnight eviction deadline (Reuters)

Occupy LA campers face midnight eviction deadline (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 12:30 PM PST

Reuters - Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters who have camped outside Los Angeles City Hall for weeks faced a midnight eviction deadline on Sunday with plans to throw a party they hoped might forestall a raid.

Syracuse fires assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 07:07 PM PST

Reuters - Syracuse University on Sunday fired assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine, the target of an investigation into accusations he molested a former ball boy and at least one other boy.

American student arrested in Egypt recalls threats in detention (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 11:00 AM PST

Reuters - One of three U.S. students held for several days in Egypt on accusations of throwing petrol bombs at police during pro-democracy protests said on Sunday his jailers had threatened to shoot the Americans and force them to drink gasoline.

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

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:55 PM 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: 26 Nov 2011 09:55 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

New Mass translation launches in American parishes (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 02:03 PM PST

Richard Fiore of Montgomery, Ala., his son Oscar, mom Vicki, and son Phipps, from left, participate in Mass at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Montgomery, Ala. Catholics nationwide began using a new translation of the Roman Missal on Nov. 27, 2011. (AP Photo, David Bundy)AP - English-speaking Roman Catholics who have regularly attended Mass for years found themselves in an unfamiliar position Sunday, needing printed cards or sheets of paper to follow along with a ritual many have known since childhood.

US to investigate deadly NATO airstrike (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 11:46 AM PST

A Pakistani boy, bottom, shouts slogans along with other protestors during a rally to condemn NATO helicopters attacks on Pakistani troops, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. Pakistan on Saturday accused NATO helicopters and fighter jets of firing on two army checkpoints in the country's northwest and killing 24 soldiers. Islamabad retaliated by closing the border crossings used by the international coalition to supply its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - The U.S. is planning its own investigation into NATO's deadly airstrikes in Pakistan, while two senior lawmakers called for tough diplomacy after Islamabad turned away supply convoys into Afghanistan and demanded that the U.S. vacate a drone base.

Big expansion, big questions for Teach for America (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 06:14 AM PST

In this photo taken Sept. 1, 2011, Michael Darmas 'high fives' a student at Holmes Elementary School in Miami. In a distressed neighborhood north of Miami's gleaming downtown, a group of enthusiastic but inexperienced instructors from Teach for America is trying to make progress where more veteran teachers have had difficulty: raising students' reading and math scores. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - In a distressed neighborhood north of Miami's gleaming downtown, a group of enthusiastic but inexperienced instructors from Teach for America is trying to make progress where more veteran teachers have had difficulty: raising students' reading and math scores.

Occupy LA deadline comes, many say they won't go (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 06:27 PM PST

This Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 photo shows an eviction notice sign posted at the Occupy LA encampment on the grounds of Los Angeles City Hall. The mayor and police chief have given protesters a deadline of 12:01 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28 to vacate. (AP Photo/Andrew Dalton)AP - Hundreds of Occupy Los Angeles protesters showed no sign they planned to move Sunday ahead of a city-imposed midnight deadline to abandon their encampment, saying they would instead hold an "eviction block party."

GOP Latinos face questions over immigrant pasts (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 03:19 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2010 file photo, Gov.-elect Susana Martinez speaks with media in Las Cruces, N.M. As numbers grow, GOP Latino leaders facing questions of own families' immigrant past. More Latino Republicans are seeking and winning elected office and their families' background are becoming under increased scrutiny from some liberal Latino activists. Experts say it's a reaction to Latino Republicans' conservative views on immigration, and the scrutiny into their background is a new phenomenon that Latino Democrats rarely faced. (AP Photo/Las Cruces Sun-News, Robin Zielinski, File)AP - New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is forced to research and clarify her late grandfather's immigration status. Marco Rubio, Florida's GOP Senator, is accused of embellishing his family's immigrant story. A Republican congressional candidate in California puts on his website that he is the great-grandson of an illegal immigrant.

US student says he was beaten after Cairo arrest (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 04:17 PM PST

Derrik Sweeney, 19, of Jefferson City, Mo., smiles as he walks with his mother, Joy Sweeney, center, and sister Ashley Sweeney after arriving at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, in St. Louis. Derrik Sweeney and two other American students were arrested on the roof of a university building near Tahrir Square in Cairo last Sunday, accused of throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters. On Thursday, a court ordered the three to be released. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Forced to lie still for hours in the dark, the American students held during protests in Egypt were told they would be shot if they moved or made any noise, one of them said Sunday on his first full day home.

Deadline passes for Occupy Philly to dismantle (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 05:30 PM PST

AP - A deadline set by the city for Occupy Philadelphia to leave the site where it has camped for some two months passed without scuffles or arrests as police watched nearly 50 demonstrators lock arms and sit at the entrance of Dilworth Plaza.

Wisconsin governor campaigning early to keep job (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 10:46 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker talks to the media at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis. Walker may not face a recall vote until next summer, but he's already campaigning to keep his job in the face of a major challenge by organized labor and the Democratic Party. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)AP - Embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker may not face a recall vote until next summer, but he's already campaigning to keep his job in the face of a major challenge by organized labor and the Democratic Party.

AP Newsbreak: Medicare's drug coverage gap shrinks (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 10:09 AM PST

FILE - In this June 8, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama listens as Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks during a town hall meeting on the Affordable Care Act, at the Holiday Park Multipurpose Senior Center in Wheaton, Md. Medicare's prescription coverage gap is getting noticeably smaller and easier to manage this year for millions of older and disabled people with high drug costs. The 'doughnut hole'will shrink about 40 percent for those unlucky enough to land in it, according to new Medicare figures provided in response to a request from The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Medicare's prescription coverage gap is getting noticeably smaller and easier to manage this year for millions of older and disabled people with high drug costs.

How much crazier can Black Friday get? (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 04:37 AM PST

In this Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, photo, shoppers stop to look at a display while shopping at Dadeland Mall, in Miami. As reports of shopping-related violence rolled in this week from Los Angeles to New York, experts say a volatile mix of desperate retailers and cutthroat marketing has hyped the traditional post-Thanksgiving holiday sales to increasingly frenzied levels. (AP Photo/ Lynne Sladky)AP - Pepper-sprayed customers, smash-and-grab looters and bloody scenes in the shopping aisles. How did Black Friday devolve into this?

Teen tweeter won't apologize to Kan. governor (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 03:07 PM PST

AP - A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback is rejecting her high school principal's demand that she apologize.

If you raise the price, they'll still come (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 01:19 AM PST

FILE - In this June 27, 2011 file photo, the Nike Air Jordan logo is shown in front of the Niketown store in downtown Portland, Ore. The way Americans are chomping Big Macs, lacing up Air Jordans and gulping peppermint mochas at Starbucks in this abysmal economy, you’d think they’re taking advantage of big holiday discounts. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)AP - The way Americans are chomping Big Macs, lacing up pricey sneakers and gulping peppermint mochas in this economy, you'd think they're taking advantage of big holiday discounts.

SWAT team's shooting of Marine causes outrage (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 10:49 AM PST

In this photo taken June 9, 2011, a portrait of Marine Jose Guerena Ortiz sits on display in the window of his home in Tucson, Ariz. Guerena was shot and killed on May 5, 2011, by the Pima County Sheriff's Department. The Sheriff's Department said its SWAT team was at the home because they suspected Guerena of being involved in a drug-trafficking organization that specialized in ripping off smugglers. The SWAT team fired 71 times, riddling Guerena 22 times, while his wife and child cowered in a closet. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - Jose Guerena Ortiz was sleeping after an exhausting 12-hour night shift at a copper mine. His wife, Vanessa, had begun breakfast. Their 4-year-old son, Joel, asked to watch cartoons.
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