Tuesday, January 3, 2012

NY police say man confesses in firebomb on mosque (Reuters)

NY police say man confesses in firebomb on mosque (Reuters)

NY police say man confesses in firebomb on mosque (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:39 PM PST

Reuters - A New York City man faces arson and bias charges after confessing on Tuesday to a series of Molotov cocktail attacks that hit a mosque and a Hindu place of worship and unsettled civic leaders concerned the actions might portend violent religious bigotry.

Army expert forgot about C-4 in bag: court papers (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:31 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. Army special forces engineer arrested for trying to take explosives aboard a U.S. commercial airliner in Texas told authorities he had forgotten they were in his bag and did not notice them when he packed, according to court papers filed on Tuesday.

Mother of L.A. arson suspect held over German charges (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:50 PM PST

Firefighters battle a carport fire set by an arsonist who set 12 new fires early Monday morning, in North Hollywood, California January 2, 2012. REUTERS/Gene BlevinsReuters - The mother of a man accused in a wave of arson fires across Los Angeles was facing possible extradition to Germany on fraud charges, a case federal prosecutors said on Tuesday appeared to have angered her son.

Surging in Iowa, Santorum Revels in Newfound Attention (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 06:15 AM PST

Time.com - Winning over Iowa's fickle voters is hard enough without spoiling their fun

TIME's Fearless Sports Predictions for the Year Ahead (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:20 AM PST

Time.com - From the NBA to the NHL to the future of Andrew Luck, here are TIME's top predictions for the year in sports. Just don't take them to the bank.

Funding concerns for California high-speed rail (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:25 PM PST

Reuters - California's effort to build a massive high-speed rail network suffered another setback on Tuesday when a peer review group charged with evaluating the project recommended lawmakers put it on hold.

Man dies at Alaska center for street alcoholics (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 06:43 PM PST

Karluk Manor, a former motel-turned-treatment facility where chronic alcoholics are allowed to drink in their apartments, is shown Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Resident John Kort, 54, died New Year's Day. Police say they were told Kort passed out and appeared to be intoxicated before being found unresponsive. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)AP - A man who was slurring his speech and appeared intoxicated was found dead on New Year's Day at a controversial center in Anchorage where chronic street alcoholics are allowed to keep drinking.

Body found in Ark. forest was missing dispatcher (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 06:51 PM PST

In this undated photo released by Hot Springs Village Police Department, Dawna Natzke is seen. The search continued Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, in Hot Springs Village, Ark., for the woman who disappeared a week ago after leaving a Christmas party. Investigators were working Saturday, Dec. 31, to identify a body found a few miles from the missing Arkansas woman's home. (AP Photo/Hot Springs Village Police Department)AP - A police dispatcher last seen alive leaving a party with her boyfriend shortly before Christmas was slain, authorities said Tuesday after confirming that a body found in the wilderness over the weekend was hers.

LA arson suspect cursed US days before fires (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 06:43 PM PST

Los Angeles firefighters battle an arson car fire under a carport in Los Angeles Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. Twelve suspected arson fires broke out early Monday in the Los Angeles area. A 'person of interest' was taken into custody for questioning in connection with the dozens of suspicious car fires that have hit the city during the past week. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)AP - Harry Burkhart watched as his mother was arrested last week on fraud charges from their native Germany, and a day later he exploded in an expletive-laced rant against the U.S. at her court hearing.

Soldier denies knowing of explosives in plane bag (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:56 PM PST

This undated photo provided by the Midland County Sheriff's Office via The Odessa American shows U.S. Army Sgt. Trey Scott Atwater. Atwater 30, who is charged with trying to bring explosives onto an airplane was expected to be arraigned Tuesday in federal court. Atwater was stopped by airport security at Midland International Airport Saturday when they discovered explosives in military-grade wrapping in a carry-on bag in his possession. (AP Photo/Midland County Sheriff's Office via The Odessa American)AP - A soldier charged with trying to bring explosives on an airplane in Texas told investigators he used them in Afghanistan but didn't realize any were in a bag he brought back to the U.S. and apparently carried on a flight from North Carolina to Texas.

Man arrested in NY Islamic center firebomb attack (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:08 PM PST

Damage from a Molotov cocktail attack can be seen below a sign hanging from the facade of the Iman al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation, an Islamic cultural center, in New York, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, after an unknown assailant attacked the center Sunday evening. It was one of a string of attacks police were investigating Monday as possible bias crimes. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - A man who confessed to a string of New Year's Day arson attacks at an Islamic cultural center and four other sites where he had personal grievances was arrested on a hate crime charge, police said.

Woman sues Honda in unlikely place: small claims (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:21 PM PST

Neil Schmidt, representing Honda, left, shows a gas mileage sticker display similar to the one on the car bought by Heather Peters, right, as Arnel Maala, shop foreman at Honda of Hollywood, a witness Peters subpoenaed, listens at small claims court in Torrrance, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. Peters, who says her 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid never achieved the 50 mpg Honda claimed in its advertising, has opted out of a class action settlement agreed to by Honda because it does not provide enough remuneration. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - A Los Angeles woman who expected her hybrid Honda Civic to be a high-mileage machine wants the automaker to pay for not delivering the 50 mpg it promised. But rather than being one of thousands in a class-action lawsuit, she took her case Tuesday to small claims court.

Huntsman says nobody cares about Iowa results (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:07 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman campaigns during a tourof manufacture Tidland Corporation, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in Keene, N.H. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Even before the results were in, Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman had a message for whoever won the Iowa caucus: "Welcome to New Hampshire. Nobody cares."

Mount Rainier remains closed after ranger shooting (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:31 PM PST

A reader board with a message in memory of Mount Rainer National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson is seen at a roadside motel Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in Elbe, Wash. The park remained closed while the investigation continued a day after searchers found the body of the gunman suspected of shooting and killing Anderson on Sunday. Benjamin Colton Barnes was lying partially submerged in a frigid mountain creek with snow banks standing several feet high on each side. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Staff at Mount Rainier National Park gathered Tuesday to grieve the loss of a ranger fatally shot on New Year's Day — and to wonder what led the gunman, heavily armed and carrying a bulletproof vest, to that rugged, remote spot as he fled another shooting 100 miles away.

Miss. judge tosses $322M asbestos lawsuit verdict (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:12 PM PST

AP - A Mississippi judge has thrown out a $322 million lawsuit verdict that had been hailed as the largest asbestos award for a single plaintiff in U.S. history.

Suspects arrested in Utah killings, Nev. shooting (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:43 PM PST

This combo made from images provided by the San Pete County Sheriff shows Angela Atwood, 25, left, and Logan Welles McFarland, 24. The two were arrested in Nevada on Tuesday Jan. 3, 2012 in the killing of an elderly Utah couple and the shooting of a woman outside a Nevada casino. (AP Photo/San Pete Sheriff)AP - A Nevada rancher who spotted a man and woman walking in a desolate area Tuesday while surveying his cattle from the air led police to arrest the suspects in the killing of an elderly Utah couple in a crime spree that spanned two states.

Decided by a nose? Court ponders drug dog's sniff (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:36 AM PST

In this photo Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, photo, Miami-Dade retired narcotics detector canine Franky looks on during a demonstration in Miami. Franky's super-sensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police K-9's sniff outside a house give officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs, or is it the sniff itself a search that violates the home's sanctity? (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - Franky the drug dog's super-sensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police K-9's sniff outside a house give officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs, or is the sniff itself an unconstitutional search?

Obama applauds Iowa Democrats for their help (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:27 PM PST

President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Sasha and Malia arrive on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in Washington. The first family was returning from their family vacation to Hawaii. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Confronting his Republican opponents, President Barack Obama told Iowa Democrats on Tuesday that the stakes of the 2012 election are much higher than when the state launched his presidential bid four years ago.

LA arson suspect's captor patrols for $1 a year (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:26 PM PST

Thirty-year-old real estate attorney and reserve Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff Shervin Lalezary, speaks with the media after a task force news conference for his arrest of prime suspect Harry Burkhart, who was sought in a series of 53 blazes in the Los Angeles Area, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)AP - The reserve sheriff's deputy who captured a man suspected of being the city's most dangerous arsonist is a volunteer who earns $1 a year and only recently qualified to patrol alone, authorities said Tuesday.

Ohio quakes could incite fracking policy shift (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:12 PM PST

AP - In Ohio, geographically and politically positioned to become a leading importer of wastewater from gas drilling, environmentalists and lawmakers opposed to the technique known as fracking are seizing on a series of small earthquakes as a signal to proceed with caution.
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