Monday, January 23, 2012

Marine pleads guilty, ending final Haditha trial (Reuters)

Marine pleads guilty, ending final Haditha trial (Reuters)

Marine pleads guilty, ending final Haditha trial (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:13 PM PST

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich (R) arrives for a pre-trial hearing with his lawyer Neal A. Puckett and girlfriend Melissa Balcombe at Camp Pendleton, California in this file photo taken March 22, 2010. Wuterich, accused of leading a 2005 massacre of civilians in Haditha, Iraq, pleaded guilty on January 23, 2012 to one count of dereliction of duty, halting court-martial proceedings on manslaughter and other charges. REUTERS/Mike Blake/FilesReuters - The U.S. Marine sergeant accused of leading a massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha pleaded guilty on Monday to dereliction of duty, ending the final prosecution stemming from a 2005 incident that brought international condemnation of U.S. troops.

Supreme Court rules police need warrant for GPS tracking (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:41 PM PST

Security guards walk the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington, October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police cannot put a GPS device on a suspect's car to track his movements without a warrant, a test case that upholds basic privacy rights in the face of new surveillance technology.

Penn State mourns longtime coach Joe Paterno (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:05 PM PST

Penn State students hold a sign in memory of former head football coach Joe Paterno at the Paterno statue at Beaver Stadium at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania January 22, 2012. Paterno, the winningest coach in major college football history who was fired in November over a child sexual abuse scandal involving an assistant that rocked America, died on Sunday of lung cancer. He was 85. REUTERS/Gary CameronReuters - Penn State students and supporters laid flowers and lit candles on Monday as they mourned the death of Joe Paterno, who won more games than any other U.S. major college football coach but saw his legacy tarnished by a child sexual abuse scandal at the school.

Romney's $20 Million IRA: A Lousy Investment? (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:45 AM PST

Time.com - Mitt Romney may have made the classic IRA mistake: holding low-tax investments inside a tax-favored account. Here are the details

Why The Colts Should Pass On Peyton Manning (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:45 AM PST

Time.com - This weekend's NFL championship games should be entertaining. But as the Super Bowl stage gets set in Indianapolis, attention will turn to a more intriguing topic: the future of the city's star quarterback. Inside the economics of Peyton Manning's fate.

Missing snowmobiler rescued but second found dead (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:25 PM PST

Reuters - One of two snowmobilers missing following an avalanche in northwestern Colorado was rescued after an exhaustive search on Monday but the other was found dead, authorities said.

White House delays release of 2013 budget (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:26 PM PST

AP - The White House said Monday that it's delaying for one week the release of President Barack Obama's budget for the 2013 fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.

Obama honors Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:10 PM PST

President Barack Obama honors the 2010-2011 Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins hockey team, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Team owner Jeremy Jacobs is at left.(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - President Barack Obama saluted the NHL's Boston Bruins for their 2011 Stanley Cup championship on Monday, but the celebration hit a sour note when one key member of the team skipped the White House visit in protest.

Friend: Defendant tried to sell bloodstained rug (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:40 PM PST

AP - A man who masqueraded as a Rockefeller and is now accused of murder was confronted in court Monday by witnesses who said he tried to sell them an Oriental rug with a blood spot.

Democrats get to break up GOP sand sculpture in SC (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:00 PM PST

AP - In South Carolina, it's not just Republicans who have been bashing each other lately. Local Democrats picked up pink shovels and took a whack at a sand sculpture of six GOP hopefuls that had been erected at Myrtle Beach.

Giffords says farewell to Tucson constituents (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:42 PM PST

U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., tours the Gabrielle Giffords Family Assistance Center, one of her favorite charities, with her staffer Ron Barber, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. The tour is her last act as a congresswoman in Tucson before her resignation this week. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool)AP - On a bittersweet day for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the outgoing congresswoman spent her final hours in Tucson as the city's U.S. representative, finishing the meeting she started on the morning she was shot and bidding farewell to constituents who supported her through a long recovery.

Public memorial set for Joe Paterno at Penn State (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:36 PM PST

The flag in front of Old Main on the Penn State University campus is lowered to half-staff on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 in State College, Pa., in honor of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. Paterno, a sainted figure at Penn State for almost half a century but scarred forever by the scandal involving his one-time heir apparent, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 in State College. He was 85. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - Joe Paterno's family said Monday the legendary football coach will get a two-day viewing and a public memorial this week on the Penn State campus, two months after the university summarily fired him over the phone.

Marine accepts plea deal in Iraqi civilian deaths (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:36 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2012 file photo, Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich arrives for a court-martial session at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Wuterich, accused of killing unarmed Iraqi women and children in the Iraqi town of Haditha in 2005, pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, reaching a plea deal and ending the largest and longest-running criminal case against U.S. troops to emerge from the Iraq War. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)AP - A Marine sergeant who told his troops to "shoot first, ask questions later" in a raid that killed unarmed Iraqi women, children and elderly pleaded guilty Monday in a deal that will carry no more than three months confinement and end the largest and longest-running criminal case against U.S. troops from the Iraq War.

GOP Sen. Mark Kirk faces long recovery from stroke (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:16 PM PST

In this Nov. 1, 2010 photo, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., looks to a crowd of supporters during a campaign rally in Wheaton, Ill. A spokesperson for Sen. Mark Kirk says the Illinois Republican has suffered a stroke and has undergone surgery early Monday, Jan. 23 2012 to relieve swelling around his brain. The 51-year-old Kirk checked himself into Lake Forest Hospital in Illinois. He was later transferred to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, where tests showed that he had suffered a stroke. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)AP - Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois could lose full use of his left arm and experience facial paralysis after a weekend stroke that required emergency surgery, but his physician said Monday the prospects for a complete mental recovery are strong.

Woman who returned adopted Russian boy faces suit (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:07 PM PST

AP - A March trial has been scheduled in a child support lawsuit against an American woman who sent her adopted son back to Russia alone on a plane with a note saying she didn't want to be his mother anymore.

6-year-old girl missing in frigid Oregon river (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:36 PM PST

The Clackamas River runs fast Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, near where 6-year-old Vinesa Snegur on Sunday had fallen into the stream and was swept on downriver in Mount Hood National Forest, near Estacada, Ore. The water temperature Monday morning was just above freezing, and the river is carrying a heavy load of trees and roots, imperiling rescue workers, police said. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - An Oregon man raced along the rain-swollen Clackamas River but couldn't keep up with his 6-year-old daughter who had fallen into the stream and was swept on downriver, authorities said.

Obama offers condolences to Paterno's family (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:58 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama has offered his condolences to the family of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who died Sunday of lung cancer.

Video shows cars sliding, crashing in Utah storm (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:12 PM PST

AP - Video from Utah during a major snowstorm shows more than a dozen cars sliding, crashing and skidding sideways down a street in just a few hours.

Suspect in Huckabee relative's death threatened ex (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:44 PM PST

This 2010 photo provided by the Union County, Ark., Sheriff's Office shows Donald Hux. Authorities say that Hux was killed Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 night during a shootout with law enforcement officers after he shot and killed his ex-wife, Amy Huckabee. Their deaths come after Amy Huckabee's husband, Sandy Huckabee, was found dead Sunday at the couple's home in Arkadelphia, Ark., which is about 70 miles southwest of Little Rock. Sandy Huckabee is a distant cousin of former presidential candidate and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. (AP Photo/Union County Sheriff's Office)AP - A man suspected of shooting his ex-wife and killing her new husband, a distant cousin of former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, wrote her threatening letters from jail that prompted police to get an arrest warrant.

Canadian man gets 18 years for credit fraud (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:30 PM PST

This undated photo provided by the Cass County, N.D., Jail shows Adekunle Adetiloye who was sentenced Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, for his role in what authorities call one of the largest credit card fraud schemes in U.S. history. U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson sentenced the Canadian man to 214 months in prison for mail fraud and scheduled a Feb. 15 hearing to discuss returning the nearly $1.5 million in losses to credit card companies and banks. (AP Photo/Cass County Jail)AP - A Canadian man accused of masterminding one of the largest high-tech bank robberies in U.S. history was sentenced to nearly 18 years in prison Monday following a years-long investigation into fake debt collection agencies that prosecutors say stole the identities of about 38,000 people.
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