Thursday, January 5, 2012

New Pentagon strategy stresses Asia, cyber, drones (Reuters)

New Pentagon strategy stresses Asia, cyber, drones (Reuters)

New Pentagon strategy stresses Asia, cyber, drones (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:24 PM PST

A view of humvees parked at a courtyard at Camp Liberty in Baghdad September 30, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - President Barack Obama unveiled a defense strategy on Thursday that would expand the U.S. military presence in Asia but shrink the overall size of the force as the Pentagon seeks to slash spending by nearly half a trillion dollars after a decade of war.

Victims still healing a year after Tucson shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:41 PM PST

Reuters - Congressional staffer Ron Barber was standing in a receiving line next to U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords at her first outreach event of the year when the gunman opened fire at point-blank range.

Police suspect Army vet in shooting of six officers (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 02:10 PM PST

Investigators stand next to evidence markers in front of the house (R) of Matthew Stewart, who was shot and injured by Ogden police during a drug raid, in Ogden, Utah January 5, 2012. REUTERS/George FreyReuters - Six police officers were shot, one of them fatally, when a gunman said to be a U.S. Army veteran opened fire on them as they served a drug-related search warrant in Utah, authorities said on Thursday.

The Los Angeles Arson Spree: A Suspect and His Mother (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:10 AM PST

Time.com - The search for motive has focused on a mother-and-son -- and their tangled legal history in Germany

Why Iowa Matters (Even If It Shouldn't) (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:10 AM PST

Time.com - Why Iowa Matters (Even If It Shouldn't)

Casey Anthony makes no mention of daughter in video (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 06:00 PM PST

Casey Anthony and her lawyer Jose Baez (L) leave the Orange County Jail in Orlando, Florida July 17, 2011. REUTERS/Red Huber/PoolReuters - A YouTube video going viral on Thursday shows an optimistic Casey Anthony speaking out about her life for the first time since she was found not guilty last summer of killing her daughter Caylee in Florida.

Titanic items to be sold 100 years after sinking (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 03:44 PM PST

This 1998 image provided by RMS Titanic, Inc., shows a 17-ton portion of the hull of the RMS Titanic as it is lifted to the surface during an expedition to the site of the tradegy. The piece along with 5,000 other artifacts will be auctioned as a single collection on April 11, 2012 100 years after the sinking of the ship. (AP Photo/RMS Titanic, Inc.)AP - Items as small as a hairpin and as big as a chunk of the Titanic's hull are among 5,000 artifacts from the world's most famous shipwreck that are to be auctioned in April, close to the 100th anniversary of the disaster.

DC councilman resigns post ahead of guilty plea (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 06:52 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2008 file photo, District of Columbia city council member Harry Thomas Jr., left, speaks in Washington. Authorities say Thomas has been charged with stealing more than $350,000 in government funds and filing false tax returns. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - A D.C. councilmember charged with stealing more than $350,000 in government funds and filing false tax returns announced his resignation Thursday and plans to plead guilty, bringing an end to one of several recent scandals that have plagued District of Columbia government.

Mother of 3 girls killed in Conn. fire speaks (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 06:42 PM PST

Matthew Badger, left, and Madonna Badger, the parents of three children that were killed in a fire, react as one of the caskets is carried into a church during the funeral in New York, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Hundreds of people streamed into a historic church in the heart of Manhattan on Thursday for the funeral of three young girls who died along with their grandparents during a Christmas morning fire in Stamford, Conn. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - The mother of the three young girls who died during a Christmas morning fire delivered a heartbreaking eulogy to her "girl tribe" at their somber funeral in New York City on Thursday.

Man arrested, charged in Fla. abortion clinic fire (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 06:43 PM PST

AP - Federal prosecutors say a homeless man charged on Thursday with the New Year's Day firebombing of a family planning clinic targeted by near-daily protests had acted out of "strong disbelief" in abortion and stood by just long enough to see crackling, popping flames spread.

After Texas school shooting, many questions loom (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 07:27 PM PST

This 2011 photo provided by the Gonzalez family shows Jaime Gonzalez. The parents of Gonzalez are demanding to know why police officers fatally shot the 15-year-old inside his South Texas school, but police said the boy was brandishing and refused to drop what appeared to be a handgun. The weapon turned out to be a pellet gun that closely resembled the real thing, police said late Wednesday. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Gonzalez Family)AP - On a doorstep outside a family home, a father wondered why police had to shoot his son in the hall of the boy's middle school. In an office across town, a police chief insisted that his officers had no choice.

Judge dismisses lawsuit in Italian kidnapping case (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 07:04 PM PST

AP - A judge on Thursday threw out a former State Department official's lawsuit demanding diplomatic immunity against charges she helped kidnap a terrorism suspect in Italy but said the U.S. government's handling of the case sends a "potentially demoralizing" message to American civilians serving overseas.

In many parts of US, it's a winterless wonderland (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 06:38 PM PST

Man-made snow coats a ski run but barren ground remains under a chairlift at Shawnee Peak ski area, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, in Bridgton, Maine. Across much of the Northeast most natural snow has either melted or been washed away by rain. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - The big snowstorms of autumn are just memories in New England, where people who make their living off winter tourism are losing income and New Hampshire primary candidates lack picturesque winterscapes for photo ops. Tourists in the West play golf instead of skiing. In Midwestern hockey country, you can barely slog a puck through the slush.

Father: Suspect in deadly Utah shootout had PTSD (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 07:24 PM PST

This undated image provided by the Ogden Police Department on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2011 shows Officer Jared Francom who was killed Jan. 4, 2012 during a drug raid in Ogden, Utah. The shootout that erupted when police raided a Utah house on Wednesday also wounded five other officers and the suspect, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ogden Police Department)AP - Search warrant in hand, a team of bulletproof vest-wearing officers rapped on the door of a small, red-brick Utah house, identifying themselves as police. When no one responded, authorities say, the officers burst inside.

Lawyer: Client devastated by ATF agent's NY death (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 02:35 PM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Special Agent John Capano, who died while trying to subdue a suspect in a pharmacy robbery in Seaford, N.Y., Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. A law enforcement official speaking on the condition of anonymity told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 that Capano likely was shot by a retired Nassau County police lieutenant who had been down the street at a deli and responded to the robbery along with an off-duty New York police officer. Off-duty and retired law enforcement officers appear to have few protocols to follow when confronting a crime out of uniform, like the apparent friendly fire that left John Capano dead on New Year's Eve. (AP Photo/Department of Justice, File)AP - An attorney for a retired police lieutenant who fired the shot that killed a federal agent trying to thwart a New Year's Eve pharmacy robbery says his client is "devastated" by what happened.

Calif. doctor arrested for trafficking painkillers (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 03:34 PM PST

AP - Emergency room doctors at a Santa Barbara hospital saw a disturbing trend for more than a decade — patient after patient hooked on prescription drugs shared the same physician.

Rivals go hard after Romney, who goes after Obama (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 07:29 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at a campaign town hall in Northfield, N.H. Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Mitt Romney's Republican presidential rivals repeatedly attacked him as a candidate of the status quo and a timid, less-than-reliable conservative Thursday as they simultaneously sought to slow his campaign momentum and personally audition for the role of conservative rival-in-chief.

Kona farmers want more coffee labeling details (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 05:59 PM PST

AP - Kona coffee growers want Hawaii's labeling law modified to provide more details on packages of coffee blends that contain Hawaii-grown beans.

Justice Dept documents describe another gun probe (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 05:53 PM PST

AP - In a probe of arms trafficking during the George W. Bush administration, a federal prosecutor said it was wrong that law enforcement agents had allowed hundreds of guns to go into Mexico and into the hands of drug dealers, according to documents the Justice Department turned over to Congress on Thursday.

Like magic, Harry Potter's owl spotted across US (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 02:43 PM PST

AP - Famous for its role as Harry Potter's companion in the books and movies, a species of majestic, mostly white owls is being sighted in abundant numbers this winter far from both Hogwarts and its native Arctic habitat.
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