Sunday, December 4, 2011

Police arrest protesters in Washington, Portland (Reuters)

Police arrest protesters in Washington, Portland (Reuters)

Police arrest protesters in Washington, Portland (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 03:24 PM PST

Reuters - Police cracked down on anti-Wall Street protesters on the East and West Coasts over the weekend, arresting demonstrators in Portland, Oregon and in Washington, D.C., authorities said on Sunday.

Southern California braces for more extreme wind storm (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 01:04 PM PST

Reuters - Tens of thousands of Southern California residents remained without power on Sunday as officials warned that dangerously high winds would return to the region in the evening.

Pneumonia-stricken Billy Graham improving, hospital says (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 02:25 PM PST

Reuters - Evangelist Billy Graham, who is battling pneumonia for the second time this year, was showing improvement at a North Carolina hospital on Sunday but no date has been set for his discharge, the hospital said.

Alabama gets black eye over immigration crackdown (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 02:46 PM PST

Reuters - America's toughest immigration crackdown was meant to drive illegal workers from Alabama.

Eddie Long taking time off from Ga. megachurch (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 06:46 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010 file photo, Bishop Eddie Long speaks at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Megachurch leader Long has announced he's taking time off to focus on his family after his wife filed for divorce. Long's spokesman, Art Franklin, said that the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church leader told his congregation Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, that he will continue to serve as senior pastor at the church in Lithonia, an Atlanta suburb. But Long said he needs a sabbatical. (AP Photo/John Amis, Pool, File)AP - Megachurch leader Bishop Eddie Long announced Sunday he's taking time off to focus on his family after his wife filed for divorce.

Critics: 'Tough' sheriff botched sex-crime cases (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:57 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011 file pool photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio testifies during the State Bar of Arizona's ongoing disciplinary hearings against former Maricopa County attorney Andrew Thomas and two assistants, at the Arizona Supreme Court in Phoenix. According to some current and former police officers, hundreds of sex-crimes investigations were allegedly mishandled by Arpaio's office. (AP Photo/Jack Kurtz, Pool, File)AP - The 13-year-old girl opened the door of her home in this small city on the edge of Phoenix to encounter a man who said that his car had broken down and he needed to use the phone. Once inside, the man pummeled the teen from behind, knocking her unconscious and sexually assaulting her.

McCain: Billions in US aid to Pakistan in jeopardy (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 07:39 AM PST

Pakistan Rangers rappel down a water tower while evacuating a man, pretending to be wounded, in a rescue drill during a media presentation at the Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) headquarters in Lahore December 4, 2011, to prepare for security threats during Moharram processions. Ashura falls on the 10th day of Moharram in the Islamic calendar and commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in 680 A.D. during the battle of Kerbala. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: MILITARY)AP - Sen. John McCain says the billions of U.S. aid to Pakistan must come with strings attached.

Postwar Marines: smaller, less focused on land war (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 07:04 AM PST

FILE - In this July 29, 2011, file photo Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos speaks with reporters about the Marine Corps need for the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, left, at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. With the Iraq war ending and an Afghanistan exit in sight, the Marine Corps is beginning a historic shift, returning to its roots as a seafaring force that will get smaller, lighter and, it hopes, less bogged down in land wars. Amos is eager for Marines to return to their traditional role as an expeditionary force, which they can do once the Iraq and Afghanistan missions are completed. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)AP - With the Iraq war ending and an Afghanistan exit in sight, the Marine Corps is beginning a historic shift, returning to its roots as a seafaring force that will get smaller, lighter and, it hopes, less bogged down in land wars.

Postal cuts to slow delivery of first-class mail (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 06:52 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2011, file photo Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe speaks at a news conference on changes to the Postal Service that could potentially save as much as $3 billion in Washington. The estimated $3 billion in reductions, to be announced in broader detail on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, are part of a wide-ranging effort by the Postal Service to quickly trim costs and avert bankruptcy. While providing short-term relief, the changes could ultimately prove counterproductive, pushing more of America's business onto the Internet.( AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Facing bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead with unprecedented cuts to first-class mail next spring that will slow delivery and, for the first time in 40 years, eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day.

US: Bluefin tuna probably OK after BP oil spill (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 08:40 AM PST

AP - Last year's BP oil spill probably won't push the troubled bluefin tuna population in the Gulf of Mexico over the edge as some scientists had worried, a federal analysis shows.

Big win, big scare: 12 hurt at Oklahoma St. game (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 02:40 PM PST

AP - After an annual football game they call Bedlam, thousands of Oklahoma State fans jumped, ran and pushed their way onto the field in joy. The Cowboys had just taken apart the Oklahoma Sooners, their bitter and often more successful rivals. The Cowboys' first national championship suddenly seemed within reach.

Obama calls Pakistan leader about NATO airstrikes (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 09:40 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama has told Pakistan's president that the NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers were not deliberate attacks and that the U.S. is committed to a full investigation.

Police arrest Occupy Portland demonstrators (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 10:45 PM PST

AP - Authorities say riot police moved into a downtown Portland park area and arrested several anti-Wall Street protesters Saturday night after they refused to vacate the park.

100K wreaths headed to Arlington National Cemetery (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 06:12 PM PST

Traffic moves by a parked convoy of tractor-trailers carrying wreaths, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Portland, Maine. Morrill Worcester, of Harrington, Maine, has arranged for up to 100,000 wreaths to be placed on grave sites at Arlington Cemetery Dec. 10 in his biggest wreath-laying undertaking yet. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - Twenty years ago, wreath company owner Morrill Worcester and a dozen other people laid 5,000 wreaths on headstones at Arlington National Cemetery. It was Worcester's way of giving thanks to the nation's veterans with leftover unsold wreaths.

Questions swirl around $6 billion nuclear lab (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:07 AM PST

AP - At Los Alamos National Laboratory, scientists and engineers refer to their planned new $6 billion nuclear lab by its clunky acronym, CMRR, short for Chemistry Metallurgy Research Replacement Facility. But as a work in progress for three decades and with hundreds of millions of dollars already spent, nomenclature is among the minor issues.

FAA: 4 killed in crash of small plane in Colorado (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 01:52 PM PST

AP - Authorities say all four people aboard a small plane died when it crashed in the southwest Colorado mountains.

'Twilight' stays bright but Hollywood snoozes (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 02:19 PM PST

In this July 21, 2011 photo, from left, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner pose at an event held to promote the film 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking the Dawn Part 1' at the Comic-Con International 2011 convention July 21, 2011, in San Diego. The latest 'Twilight' movie still cast the longest shadow with $16.9 million for a third-straight No. 1 finish during one of the year's slowest weekends at the box office. Business was dismal, with box-office tracker Hollywood.com estimating Sunday that domestic revenues totaled just $82 million. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - The latest "Twilight" movie cast the longest shadow with $16.9 million for a third-straight No. 1 finish during one of the year's slowest weekends at the box office.
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