Saturday, December 3, 2011

High winds leave thousands without power in California (Reuters)

High winds leave thousands without power in California (Reuters)

High winds leave thousands without power in California (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:56 PM PST

Reuters - High winds returned to the Los Angeles area early on Saturday as over 100,000 homes and businesses lost power, due to fallen trees and other damage from an ongoing windstorm.

First significant snow of winter to hit central U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 02:56 PM PST

Reuters - Up to 12 inches of snow was expected to fall in parts of Colorado and New Mexico on Saturday as a storm system moved through the central U.S., bringing what forecasters said would be the first significant snow of the season to the region.

Another body possibly linked to Craigslist ad identified (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:55 PM PST

Reuters - A body which may be connected to a phony Craigslist job listing that investigators suspect is behind a deadly crime spree in Ohio was identified on Saturday as 56-year old Ralph H. Geiger.

Has Herman Cain's Campaign Reached the End of the Line? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:50 PM PST

Time.com - Herman Cain has said he will "reassess" his presidential candidacy over the coming days, but it shouldn't take long for him to realize that his campaign is finished

What Do the Penn State and Syracuse Abuse Cases Have In Common? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:50 PM PST

Time.com - The child molestation case against longtime Syracuse University assistant coach Bernie Fine recently took a shocking turn

Suspended Lion Suh uninjured after crashing car into tree (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:14 PM PST

Ndamukong Suh of the Detroit Lions speaks after he received the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year award at a news conference in Dallas, Texas, February 3, 2011. REUTERS/Mike StoneReuters - Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, who is serving a two-game suspension after appearing to stomp on a Green Bay Packers player, lost control of his car and crashed into a tree early on Saturday but was not injured, police said.

Fla. man charged with killing couple with bat (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 07:03 PM PST

AP - A North Florida man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after authorities say he beat a man and a woman to death with a baseball bat and then photographed their bodies.

Singer Mindy McCready's 5-year-old son in custody (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 03:55 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo, country singer Mindy McCready performs in Nashville, Tenn. A missing persons report has been filed for McCready and her 5-year-old son Zander. The Department of Children and Families says the report was filed with Cape Coral Police Tuesday night after McCready took Zander from McCready's father's home. McCready doesn't have custody of her son â€AP - Since her emergence in the mid-1990s as a honey-voiced success story out of Nashville, McCready has been increasingly known for her personal foibles instead of her music.

Hospital: Billy Graham, 93, continues to improve (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:39 PM PST

AP - Hospital officials say the Rev. Billy Graham is continuing his "successful" treatment for pneumonia.

Wash. farm town dreads high-profile murder retrial (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:17 PM PST

AP - Nearly eight years have passed since police found the battered body of 13-year-old Craig Sorger in a central Washington park, the victim of a beating and stabbing so brutal the tip of a knife was left in his skull.

Some Asians' college strategy: Don't check `Asian' (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 10:40 AM PST

In this Nov. 18, 2011 photo, Harvard University student Lanya Olmstead stands in front of an entrance to the school's quad as passers-by stream by, in Cambridge, Mass. Ethnically, she considers herself half Taiwanese and half Norwegian. But when applying to Harvard, Olmstead checked only one box for her race: white. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - Lanya Olmstead was born in Florida to a mother who immigrated from Taiwan and an American father of Norwegian ancestry. Ethnically, she considers herself half Taiwanese and half Norwegian. But when applying to Harvard, Olmstead checked only one box for her race: white.

85-year-old says she was strip searched at JFK (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 03:26 PM PST

AP - An 85-year-old woman said Saturday that she was injured and humiliated when she was strip searched at an airport after she asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner, allegations that transportation security officials denied.

Virginia Tech seeks to block fine in shooting case (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 03:37 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2008, file photo Suzanne Grimes holds up a picture of her injured son, Virginia Tech shooting victim Kevin Sterne, during a Senate Courts of Justice committee hearing on a bill to close the gun show loophole at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Virginia Tech will begin making its case Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, before an Education Department judge, hoping to erase a government levied fine for acting too slowly in notifying students, faculty and staff and therefore in violation of a federal law requiring timely warnings when there are safety threats. Grimes is scheduled to testify. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)AP - Virginia Tech says it acted appropriately in alerting the campus that bloody spring day in 2007 during what turned out to be the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Cutting deficits harder than just talking about it (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:20 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2011, file photo Erskine Bowles, co-chair of President Obama's Commission on Fiscal Responsibility, foreground, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (Supercommittee). The coming year-end spending on the table after the failure of three high-profile efforts at big deficit deals shows how hard it is to stem the government's flow of red ink. Lawmakers are poised to renew a Social Security tax cut, and to continue unemployment benefits to people out of work for more than half a year. From left are, Bowles, former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, former White House Budget Director Alice Rivlin, and former Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - The coming year-end spending spree after so much debate over budget deficits shows just how hard it is to stem the government's flow of red ink.

George McGovern in stable condition after SD fall (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:41 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2011 file photo, former Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Sen. George McGovern arrives for the funeral Mass for R. Sargent Shriver at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Potomac, Md. Former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern has been hospitalized after falling and hitting his head while getting ready for a live interview on C-SPAN. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, Pool, File)AP - Former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern was alert, comfortable and in stable condition at a South Dakota hospital Saturday after hitting his head during a fall, hospital officials said.

University pioneers research on surf industry (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:39 PM PST

Jess Ponting walks in from surfing Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, in San Diego. Since his pioneering scientific research institute started at San Diego State University three months ago, Ponting has consulted governments, scholars, nonprofit groups and policymakers interested in making surf tourism a sustainable industry that can drive economies from Papua New Guinea to Liberia. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)AP - The California city that inspired "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," the 1982 comedy film that did much to propagate the laid-back surfer image, is now home to the world's first Center for Surf Research. And, no, it's not a clever way for college kids to earn their degrees by hanging out at the beach.

Obama urges public help pushing payroll tax cuts (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:05 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at the Interior Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - President Barack Obama wants voters to get involved in the debate over extending the reduced payroll tax and he's asking them to tell members of Congress to keep the cut in place.

Report: Police went undercover to watch Occupy LA (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 10:47 PM PST

AP - Los Angeles police used nearly a dozen undercover detectives to infiltrate the Occupy LA encampment before this week's raid to gather information on protesters' intentions, according to media reports Friday.
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