Thursday, December 8, 2011

Two dead in Virginia Tech University shooting (Reuters)

Two dead in Virginia Tech University shooting (Reuters)

Two dead in Virginia Tech University shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:21 PM PST

Virginia Tech students Maggie Cashion (L-C) and Kasey Kraft (R-C) pause to remember the Virginia Tech police officer who was killed earlier on campus at Virginia Tech University Blacksburg, Virginia December 8, 2011. A gunman ambushed and killed a campus police officer and was later reported to have been found dead on Thursday at Virginia Tech University, the site of one of the worst shooting rampages in U.S. history. REUTERS/Chris KeaneReuters - A gunman ambushed and killed a campus police officer and was later reported to have been found dead on Thursday at Virginia Tech University, the site of one of the worst shooting rampages in U.S. history.

Appeals court skeptical of California gay marriage appeal (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:25 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. appeals court appeared skeptical on Thursday toward attempts by California gay marriage opponents to overturn a landmark court decision because the judge overseeing the case did not disclose his own long-term homosexual relationship.

Accused trader admits guilt in insider case (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 07:02 PM PST

Reuters - A New York stock trader pleaded guilty to participating in an insider trading scheme that relied on inside information from a corporate lawyer at four prominent law firms and spanned over 15 years, the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced in a press release on Thursday.

McDonalds's Latest Makeover: Good Intentions or Bad Spin? (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 11:15 AM PST

Time.com - Children rejoiced and progressives sighed this past week when McDonald's, always the canniest of the fast-food giants, found a way to circumvent the San Francisco Happy Meal ban as soon as it went into effect

Newt in Iowa: Can Gingrich Scale Up His Campaign? (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 11:15 AM PST

Time.com - Gingrich is now the undisputed Iowa frontrunner, which means he bears the weight of the expectations that come with it

Florida A&M president reprimanded after hazing death (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 03:04 PM PST

Reuters - Florida A&M University's board of trustees publicly reprimanded the school's president on Thursday over his leadership in light of the death of a marching band drum major in an apparent hazing incident.

More drivers texting at wheel, despite state bans (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:37 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2011 file photo, a phone is held in a car in Brunswick, Maine. Texting while driving increased 50 percent last year and two out of 10 drivers say they've sent text messages or emails while behind the wheel despite a rush by states to ban the practice, the National Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)AP - For all the criticism and new legal bans, texting by drivers just keeps increasing, especially among younger motorists.

Stranded 86-year-old man survives AZ storm (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Chandler Police Department, shows Dana Davis, 86, right, and his wife Elizabeth Davis, 82, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, in Chandler, Ariz. The Davis couple got lost as they drove from Chandler, Ariz., back to their home in Albuquerque, N.M., stranded for five days and getting caught in two winter storms on a road on the San Carlos Apache Reservation. Elizabeth died Tuesday when the car she and her husband had stayed in for five days ran out of gas and they decided to hike for help, according to authorities. She was 82. Mr. Davis is recovering in a hospital in Globe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chandler Police Department, HO)AP - They spent 60 years together and traveled to Africa, China, South America and other parts of the world.

Black group targets corporations over voting laws (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 03:03 PM PST

AP - An online advocacy group is urging corporations that market to African-Americans to stop giving money to a conservative organization working for stricter voting laws.

Defense bill repeals military law on sodomy (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 05:25 PM PST

AP - Recently passed Senate legislation would make sodomy and sex with animals legal under military law, ending long-standing prohibitions and triggering cries of perversion from conservative groups.

Slain Va. Tech officer identified as Army veteran (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:50 PM PST

A police officer secures the scene where a gunman killed a police officer and another person after a traffic stop Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 on the campus of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, Va. The school said a police officer pulled someone over for a traffic stop and was shot and killed. The shooter ran toward a nearby parking lot, where a second person was found dead. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Matt Gentry)AP - A gunman killed a Virginia Tech police officer Thursday at a campus parking lot and then apparently shot himself to death nearby in a baffling attack that shook up the school nearly five years after it was the scene of the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history.

APNewsBreak: AP source: Video shows lost drone (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:35 PM PST

This photo released on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and taken at an undisclosed location claims to show the US RQ-170 Sentinel drone which Tehran says its forces downed earlier this week. In the banner in background depicting Iranian flag tover which the text reads: 'God is Great', 'Down with America', 'Down with Israel', 'Down with England'. (AP Photo/Sepahnews) EDS NOTE: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE.AP - Tehran's capture of a largely intact, top secret U.S. drone, which it displayed on state television, not only lays bare America's surveillance program over Iran, but it also puts sensitive, advanced technology in hostile hands.

150 attend candlelight vigil at Virginia Tech (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 05:59 PM PST

Students participate in an impromptu candlelight vigil in front of the 4/16 memorial on the campus of Virginia Tech after two shootings on the campus in Blacksburg, Va., Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. A gunman killed a police officer and then apparently shot himself to death nearby in a baffling attack that shook up the campus nearly five years after it was the scene of the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - About 150 students gathered silently for a candlelight vigil at Virginia Tech after a police officer was gunned down and the shooter apparently killed himself on campus.

Pujols, Angels reach $254 million, 10-year deal (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 05:38 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols reacts after hitting a two RBI double during the third inning of Game 2 of baseball's National League championship series against the Milwaukee Brewers, in Milwaukee. A person familiar with the negotiations says that three-time NL MVP Albert Pujols has agreed to a 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, because the deal had not been announced. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)AP - Albert Pujols could have been a wealthy Cardinal for life, planning for the day his statue would be erected outside Busch Stadium next to those of Stan Musial, Bob Gibson and the other St. Louis greats.

Corzine distances himself from firm's downfall (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 05:03 PM PST

Former New Jersey Gov. and Sen. Jon Corzine testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, before the House Agriculture Committee hearing regarding the collapse of MF Global. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Summoned by Congress, Jon Corzine embraced a bold strategy Thursday to distance himself from MF Global's fall and $1.2 billion in missing clients' money:

Port shutdown pledged despite union rejection (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:20 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2011 file photo, occupy Oakland protesters march through the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif. Protesters want to shut down ports up and down the U.S. West Coast on Monday, Dec.12,2011, to gum up the engines of global commerce. But organizers who are partly billing this effort as a show of solidarity with longshoremen have not won the support of the powerful union representing thousands of dock workers. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, file)AP - Occupy Wall Street protesters want to shut down ports up and down the West Coast on Monday in a bid to gum up the engines of global commerce.

Study: Bone drug boosts breast cancer survival (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 03:14 PM PST

AP - Doctors were mostly hoping to prevent complications and relapses when they gave young women a medicine to keep their bones strong during breast cancer treatment. Seven years later, they found it did more than that: The bone drug improved survival, as much as many chemotherapies do.

Obama, GOP skirmish on payroll tax cut both favor (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 03:58 PM PST

President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, in the White House briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama vowed to delay Congress' year-end vacation as well as his own Thursday for "as long as it takes" to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and long-term jobless benefits, his second challenge in as many days to conservative Republicans.

Syracuse abuse case stirs media ethics debate (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 02:20 PM PST

FILE - This Nov. 14, 2011 file photo shows Syracuse basketball assistant coach Bernie Fine watching a college basketball game against Manhattan in the NIT Season Tip-Off in Syracuse, N.Y. On Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 a Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick became the first to say publicly he believed Davis was a victim and Fine had abused him. The statute of limitations expired five years after Davis and Lang say they were molested. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli, File)AP - More than eight years ago, ESPN and a Syracuse newspaper had an audiotape on which the wife of a Syracuse University assistant basketball coach now accused of sex abuse said she knew "everything that went on" with him.

Income gap widens within the black community (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:04 PM PST

AP - What happens within the black community when the gap widens between the poor and the affluent? That's one question raised by new census data showing well-off African-Americans leaving cities for the suburbs and the South while the ranks of the black poor grow larger.
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