Monday, November 21, 2011

U.S. kept distance from NY plotter probe: source (Reuters)

U.S. kept distance from NY plotter probe: source (Reuters)

U.S. kept distance from NY plotter probe: source (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 03:46 PM PST

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (L) watches New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly speak during a news conference announcing the arrest of Jose Pimentel in New York November 20, 2011. REUTERS/Allison JoyceReuters - Federal authorities declined to join the local investigation of a suspected New York militant, saying he was not likely to carry out an attack, a law enforcement source familiar with the case said on Monday.

UC Davis chancellor sorry for pepper spray incident (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 07:33 PM PST

UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi (C) leaves an Reuters - A University of California chancellor apologized to jeering students on Monday for police use of pepper spray against campus protesters in a standoff captured by video and widely replayed on television and the Internet.

NY Governor taps business leaders as debt talks wither (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 04:20 PM PST

Reuters - Some 20 New York business, labor and political leaders were asked on Monday by Governor Andrew Cuomo to help solve the state's fiscal problems in the wake of the Congressional super committee's apparent failure.

6 Black Friday Secrets Those Deal Sites Won't Tell You About (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:00 PM PST

Time.com - If you wouldn't believe in one-of-a-kind, once-in-a-lifetime deals in March or May, you shouldn't let your guard down now

Occupy Los Angeles Holds Strong, Plans Rally at Sunday's American Music Awards (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:00 PM PST

Time.com - As New York and Oakland falter, L.A. tries to figure out how to energize the movement

Teen pleads guilty to murder charge in slaying of gay student (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:41 PM PST

Reuters - A California teen pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree murder for shooting to death a 15-year-old gay classmate at his middle school who he said made unwanted sexual advances.

Obama says Iranian isolation will continue (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 02:32 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama says that as long as Iran continues down a dangerous path with its nuclear program, the United States will continue to find ways to isolate and increase the pressure on Tehran.

Cops: Woman kills 2, injures 4, then kills self (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:47 PM PST

AP - Mary Ann Holder wanted to see her married former flame one last time as their bitter love triangle threatened to open a new and potentially costly chapter in court.

US, Britain, Canada team up on new Iran sanctions (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 03:19 PM PST

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is seen walking away following his joint news conference with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, not shown, to outline new sanctions the US is taking to increase pressure on Iran, at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Thwarted internationally, the Obama administration cobbled together a new set of best-available sanctions against Iran on Monday that underlined its limited capacity to force Tehran to halt its suspected nuclear weapons program.

A glance at new sanctions imposed on Iran (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 05:34 PM PST

AP - The Obama administration announced a new set of sanctions against Iran on Monday in an effort to apply greater pressure to get Tehran to halt its suspected nuclear weapons program.

What next? Lawmakers look to undo the back-up plan (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:46 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2011, file photo Co-Chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., wrap up the committee's first organizational meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Failure by Congress’ debt-cutting supercommittee to recommend $1.2 trillion in savings by Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, is supposed to automatically trigger spending cuts in the same amount to accomplish that job. But the same legislators who concocted that budgetary booby trap just four months ago could end up spending the 2012 election year and beyond battling over defusing it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - Don't look for the Pentagon to shut down one side of its famous five-sided building. Don't expect the Education Department to pull back its grants just yet.

Case of accused White House shooter is rare (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 05:10 PM PST

This image provided by the U.S. Park Police shows an undated image of Oscar Ortega. U.S. Park Police have an arrest warrant out for Ortega, who is believed to be connected to a bullet hitting an exterior window of the White House Friday and was stopped by ballistic glass. An additional round of ammunition was also found on the exterior of the White House. The bullets were found Tuesday Nov. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/U.S. Park Police)AP - A man who shot an assault rifle at the White House is one of only a handful of people ever accused of trying to assassinate the president, and if the past is any guide he could spend many years in prison or a mental hospital if convicted.

Super failure: Deficit-cutting panel gives up (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:56 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' supercommittee conceded ignominious defeat Monday in its quest to conquer a government debt that stands at a staggering $15 trillion, unable to overcome deep and enduring political divisions over taxes and spending.

Obama pays tribute to country music (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 07:41 PM PST

Musician Dierks Bentley performs for President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama during a celebration of country music event in the East Room of the White House on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Barack Obama turned the White House into a country music hall on Monday, inviting an array of country stars for a concert that gave voice "to the emotions of everyday life."

U-Haul nixes truck malfunction claim in Yale death (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 05:41 PM PST

AP - A U-Haul official said Monday that it was "reckless" for an attorney who represents the driver of a rented truck that struck and killed a woman at the Yale-Harvard football game to claim that the vehicle malfunctioned while police are still investigating.

Penn St. taps ex-FBI director for investigation (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 05:29 PM PST

Former FBI director Louis Freeh, speaks after it was announced by Ken Frazier, chairman of the Penn State University special committee, that Freeh will lead an independent investigation into allegations of child abuse by a former Penn State employee Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Former FBI director Louis Freeh, tapped to lead Penn State's investigation into the child sex abuse allegations against a former assistant football coach, said his inquiry will go as far back as 1975, a much longer period than a grand jury report issued earlier this month.

Was Calif. police use of pepper spray justified? (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 07:02 PM PST

In this Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, photo University of California, Davis Police Lt. John Pike uses pepper spray to move Occupy UC Davis protesters while blocking their exit from the school's quad Friday in Davis, Calif. Two University of California, Davis police officers involved in pepper spraying seated protesters were placed on administrative leave Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, as the chancellor of the school accelerates the investigation into the incident. (AP Photo/The Enterprise, Wayne Tilcock)AP - Viral videos of riot police repeatedly pepper spraying a row of seated, non-violent Occupy Wall Street protesters at a California university have sparked outrage, an investigation and calls for the college chancellor's resignation.

Mother of bomb plot suspect apologizes to NYers (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:35 PM PST

Jose Pimentel, 27, right, represented by attorney Joseph Zablocki, left, is arraigned at Manhattan criminal court, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, in New York. Pimentel, 27, an 'al-Qaida sympathizer' accused of plotting to bomb police and post offices in New York City as well as U.S. troops returning home, was charged with criminal possession of explosive devices with the intent to use in a terrorist manner. (AP Photo/Jefferson Siegel, Pool)AP - The mother of a "lone wolf" accused of plotting to attack police stations and post offices with homemade bombs apologized to New Yorkers on Monday, even as questions arose about why federal authorities — who typically handle terrorism cases — declined to get involved in what city officials called a serious threat.

Missing girl's mom arrested on child abuse charges (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:28 PM PST

In this photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office, Jerice Hunter, mother of missing 5-year-old girl Jhessye Shockley is photographed Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. Sgt. Brent Coombs said Monday that Jerice Hunter was arrested on child abuse charges 'directly related to Jhessye.' Jhessye Shockley has been missing since Oct. 11. Coombs said at a news conference that investigators don't believe they'll find the girl alive and that Hunter 'is our No. 1 focus.' (AP Photo/Maricopa County Sheriffs Office)AP - Police on Monday arrested the mother of a missing 5-year-old Arizona girl on child abuse charges "directly related" to the girl, and said they don't believe they'll find the child alive.

Plea deal in California gay classmate killing (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:42 PM PST

AP - A Southern California teenager pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder for killing a gay student during a computer lab class three years ago in a plea deal that will send him to prison for 21 years and avoid a retrial.
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