Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Analyst's arrest puts Cohen's SAC in spotlight again (Reuters)

Analyst's arrest puts Cohen's SAC in spotlight again (Reuters)

Analyst's arrest puts Cohen's SAC in spotlight again (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:26 PM PST

Reuters - Hedge fund titan Steven A. Cohen is once again in the spotlight over allegations of improper trading at his $14 billion SAC Capital Advisors.

Seattle faces unusually strong snowfall (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:57 PM PST

Maintenance workers clear the highway along a closed I-90 in Snoqualmie Pass in Washington's Cascades Mountains in this photo taken from one of Washington Department of Transportation's automated traffic cameras, January 17, 2012. The storm, which arrived on Tuesday evening, bore down more forcefully on towns in the interior part of Washington state, where snowfall totals ranging from 10 inches to 20 inches (25 - 51 cm) were expected, the Weather Service said. Pictured taken January 17, 2012. REUTERS/Washington Department of Transportation/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSReuters - A Pacific storm blanketed Seattle in more than 4 inches of snow on Wednesday, forcing school closures and airline flight cancellations and snarling traffic throughout a city more accustomed to rain than severe winter weather.

Severed hands, feet found near mystery head in (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:59 PM PST

Reuters - Detectives investigating a decapitated human head found in the hills below the famed Hollywood sign discovered severed hands and feet they believe are from the same body on Wednesday, a Los Angeles police spokesman said.

Big Winners at the Golden Globes: Clooney and Streep, The Artist and The Descendants (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:20 PM PST

Time.com - In its patented swanky-trashy style, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association lures the stars to its party and TV viewers to a glimpse of Tinseltown at play

After Two Days of Debate, Evangelical Leaders Unite Behind Santorum (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:20 PM PST

Time.com - A group of 125 evangelical leaders met in Texas this weekend and after eight hours of conversation and a final ballot taken on 3 x 5 cards named Rick Santorum as their preferred GOP candidate

Russian tanker near finishing Nome fuel delivery (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:27 PM PST

Reuters - A Russian tanker was expected to finish offloading 1.3 million gallons of fuel in Nome as early as Wednesday night, officials said, easing an energy shortage in the ice-bound Alaskan port city.

Chicago police arrest 7 in filmed beating of teen (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:20 PM PST

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, during a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, about the beating of of a high school student Sunday, and the video from the beating that went viral, during a news conference in Chicago. Seven teenagers were arrested and charged in the 17-year-old student's beating and robbery that was videoed and posted on YouTube. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - After seven teenagers were arrested Wednesday for a beating recorded on video that went viral online, Chicago's police chief called their actions part of a "national epidemic" of youth violence being posted on the Web. The teens were charged Wednesday in the beating and robbery of a 17-year-old Chicago high school student in an incident that stemmed from a previous altercation last October, police said.

Man who took Rockefeller name faces murder charge (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:23 PM PST

FILE - In this July 8 2011 file photo, Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a German man who masqueraded as a member of the famous Rockefeller family, appears in an Alhambra, Calif. court. Gerhartsreiter faces a preliminary hearing Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 in the cold case murder of John Sohus, 27, who disappeared from San Marino, Calif. in 1985. (AP Photo/Sarah Reingewirtz, Pool, File)AP - Evidence presented Wednesday in the California murder case against a German man who posed as an heir to the Rockefeller fortune includes a fractured skull and bones in a bag from Wisconsin, where the defendant had ties.

Pentagon works on new plan to curb sex assaults (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:02 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2012 file photo, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is seen at the Pentagon. The Pentagon is preparing a series of new initiatives to try to curb sexual assaults in the military, Panetta said Wednesday, calling the problem a stain on the honor of the armed forces. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)AP - The Pentagon is preparing a series of new initiatives to try to curb sexual assaults in the military, the defense chief said Wednesday, calling the problem a stain on the honor of the armed forces.

A Q&A on contested Internet anti-piracy bills (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:40 PM PST

AP - Online piracy costs U.S. copyright owners and producers billions of dollars every year, but legislation in Congress to block foreign Internet thieves and swindlers has met strong resistance from high-tech companies, spotlighted by Wikipedia's protest blackout on Wednesday, warning of a threat to Internet freedom.

NASA spaceport breaks ground for shuttle display (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 03:39 PM PST

From left, Bill Moore, COO, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex; Janet Petro, KSC deputy director; Jennifer Carroll, Lt. Gov. of Florida; Jeremy Jacobs, Chairman and CEO of Delaware North Companies and Chris Ferguson, Commander, STS-135, Atlantis hold shovels during the groundbreaking ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for the future site of space shuttle Atlantis. The $100 million exhibit is slated to open in the summer of 2013. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Tim Shortt)AP - NASA's retired space shuttle Atlantis is a step closer to completing its final journey.

NJ gov starts selling tax cut plan to the people (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:26 PM PST

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a large gathering in Voorhees, N.J., during a town hall meeting Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. One day after his State Of the State Address, Christie is taking his proposed across-the-board 10 percent income tax cut to New Jersey taxpayers with a town hall appearance. He'll be trying to sell New Jersey as a place where the government has turned around and himself as the architect of it. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hit the road and the airwaves Wednesday to sell his proposed across-the-board 10 percent income tax cut to the people, both at home and around the country — and perhaps, position himself for a 2016 presidential bid.

Widespread snowstorm wallops Pacific Northwest (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:51 PM PST

Jeff Jarvis, facilities manager at the Pike Place Market, shovels snow at the landmark site Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in Seattle. As snow started falling on Seattle Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service scaled back the amount expected in western Washington but said it would still be a significant event. The total in the city would likely be 3 to 6 inches, meteorologist Dustin Guy says. More is likely in southwest Washington, 4 to 8 inches, while less is expected in the northwest interior, 1 to 2 inches. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - A winter storm that packed winds of 100 mph and dumped more than a foot of snow in the Pacific Northwest could soon give way to another threat: warmer weather and the potential for flooding.

Study: Many women can skip frequent bone scans (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 03:45 PM PST

AP - New research could mean millions of older women can skip frequent screening tests for osteoporosis: If an initial bone scan shows no big problems, many can safely wait 15 years to have another one, the study suggests.

Wars lessons being applied to ease combat stress (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:59 PM PST

AP - When the Marine unit that suffered the greatest casualties in the 10-year Afghan war returned home last spring, they didn't rush back to their everyday lives.

Bounty hunter called Calif. parolee before suicide (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:48 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections, Loren Joseph Herzog is seen. Herzog, a convicted serial killer, has committed suicide. Herzog's body was found Monday, Jan. 17, 2012,hanging inside his trailer located on state property immediately outside the grounds of High Desert State Prison in Susanville, the Lassen County Sheriff's Department said.(AP Photo/California Department of Corrections, file)AP - The apparent suicide of a parolee suspected of killing as many as 19 people occurred after a bounty hunter called him earlier in the day with an ominous warning.

Police: Arrests made in '08 mass deaths in Calif. (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 07:02 PM PST

AP - Five people were shot to death more than three years ago in a homeless encampment beneath a Los Angeles-area freeway because of unpaid drug debts between one of the victims and an alleged gang member, police said Wednesday.

NTSB: Controller nearly caused midair collision (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:34 PM PST

AP - An air traffic controller with a history of disciplinary problems nearly caused a midair collision between a regional airliner and a small plane last year, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.

Feet found in LA park where head, hands discovered (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:13 PM PST

Los Angeles Police detectives inspect a vehicle parked the wrong direction as they search the neighborhood below the Hollywood Sign after a plastic bag containing a human head was discovered Tuesday on a nearby trail in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)AP - Los Angeles police looked for more human body parts Wednesday after searchers discovered two hands and two feet in the same area of a park where dog walkers found a severed human head inside a plastic bag.

Obama rejects Canada-Texas oil pipeline — for now (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:42 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, second from right, accompanied by fellow Republican leaders, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, to voice their opposition to President Barack Obama's decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. From left are, Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark.; Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas; Boehner; and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - In a politically explosive decision, President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected plans for a massive oil pipeline through the heart of the United States, ruling there was not enough time for a fair review before a looming deadline forced on him by Republicans. His move did not kill the project but could again delay a tough choice for him until after the November elections.
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