Sunday, January 15, 2012

Obama honors Martin Luther King at Washington church (Reuters)

Obama honors Martin Luther King at Washington church (Reuters)

Obama honors Martin Luther King at Washington church (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 02:31 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama celebrated the legacy of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with his family on Sunday, clapping and swaying to the boisterous strains of "Amazing Grace" at a historic Washington D.C. Baptist church.

Bodies of snowmobilers pulled from Minnesota lake (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST

Reuters - Divers recovered the bodies of two men Sunday whose snowmobile sank after hitting open water on a lake near the Twin Cities, the first thin-ice related deaths reported in Minnesota in a mild winter that has left ice unreliable across the state.

Mount Rainier rangers search for missing snowshoer (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 06:43 PM PST

Reuters - Park rangers and volunteer mountaineers searched Mount Rainier National Park with snowshoes, skis and dogs for a second day on Sunday looking for a missing 66-year-old snowshoe hike leader.

What Ad Spending Says About Each GOP Candidate -- and Their Success (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 06:40 PM PST

Time.com - Restore Our Future, the super PAC backing Mitt Romney, has spent $8.9 million on the 2012 Republican presidential primary, more money than any other group

Bush Proud of Legacy on No Child Left Behind: 'Let's Not Weaken It' (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 06:40 PM PST

Time.com - On the 10th anniversary of No Child Left Behind, the former president spoke with TIME's education columnist about the law's successes and why it's a "convenient punching bag"

Perry defends Marines accused of urinating on corpses (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 12:14 PM PST

Reuters - Texas Governor Rick Perry, scrambling to keep his U.S. presidential bid alive, accused the Obama administration on Sunday of over-reacting to a videotape that shows four Marines appearing to urinate on dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.

More US Catholics take complaints to church court (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 05:14 PM PST

In this Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 photo, Rev. Patrick Lagges stands in front of a statue of Saint Francis in Chicago. Lagges, a canon lawyer for three decades in the Catholic Church, helped lead the canon law society workshop last year. It was once assumed that disagreements between Roman Catholic clergy and lay people would end one way: with the highest-ranking cleric getting the last word. That outcome is no longer a given. Lately, those trying to resolve such disputes in the U.S. have increasingly turned to the church's internal legal system, according to canon lawyers. Reasons for the uptick reflect changes in church and society; the American concern for individual freedoms likely has played a role as has the explosion of information on the Internet. But the change is also an unexpected consequence of the clergy molestation crisis. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Parents upset by the admission policy at a parochial school. Clergy and parishioners at odds over use of their building. A priest resisting a transfer to another parish.

Towering legend, flawed man? King's image evolving (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:46 AM PST

Martin Luther King III, center, the son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with his wife Arndrea, right and daughter Yolanda, second right, delivers his remarks during a ceremony at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, in Washington, in observance of Kingís 83rd birthday anniversary, Sunday, January 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - On the National Mall in Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. is a towering, heroic figure carved in stone. On the Broadway stage, he's a living, breathing man who chain smokes, sips liquor and occasionally curses.

Cruise tragedy conjures memories of doomed Titanic (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:27 PM PST

The cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side, after it ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. A helicopter on Sunday airlifted a third survivor from the capsized hulk of a luxury cruise ship 36 hours after it ran aground off the Italian coast, as prosecutors confirmed they were investigating the captain for manslaughter charges and abandoning the ship. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - The first interviews of survivors — and the first impressions of people across the world — of the ill-fated Costa Concordia cruise liner that ran aground and tipped over in Italy are yielding predictable comparisons to another tragedy.

AP Exclusive: Dad of CA killings suspect homeless (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 06:58 PM PST

Refugio Ocampo, 49, father of Itzcoatl Ocampo, the man suspected of killing homeless men in Southern California, talks about his son in Fullerton, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. Refugio is himself homeless and said that his son came back a changed man after serving with the Marines in Iraq, expressing disillusionment and becoming ever darker as he struggled to find his way as a civilian. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - The father of the man suspected of killing homeless men in Southern California is himself homeless and says his son last week showed him a picture of one victim as a warning of the danger of being on the streets.

Tanker carrying fuel arrives at iced-in AK town (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 06:44 PM PST

This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the Coast Guard Ice Breaker Healy breaking ice near the city of Nome Alaska Jan. 14, 2012. The Healy is breaking ice near Nome to assist the Russian tanker Renda move into final position for offloading nearly 1.3 million gallons of petroleum products to the city. Russian tanker carrying much-needed fuel to Nome moored less than a half mile from the town's iced-in harbor Saturday evening, Jan. 14, 2012starting final preparations for delivering the diesel fuel and gasoline, the Coast Guard said. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow)AP - Crews worked to build a path Sunday over a half-mile of Bering Sea ice for the final leg of a Russian tanker's mission to deliver fuel to a town isolated amid one of the most severe Alaska winters in decades.

FBI seeks help finding Montana teacher's body (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 06:34 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Sidney, Mt., Police Dept. shows Sidney High School math teacher Sherry Arnold, 43, who has been missing since Saturday, Jan. 7. Hundreds of people are assisting in the search for the Sidney teacher who did not return home after going for a jog on Saturday Jan. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Sidney Montana Police Dept.)AP - New details about the mysterious disappearance and reported death of a small-town Montana math teacher began to trickle out Sunday, as authorities asked property owners in parts of North Dakota and Montana to look for signs of her buried body, and released the names of two men being held in the case.

Tax cut talks focus on budget cuts, new fees (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 07:19 AM PST

AP - Republicans would cut federal employee benefits. President Barack Obama would raise fees for airline passengers and eliminate Saturday mail delivery. Democrats in Congress would charge employers higher premiums for federal pension guarantees.

Silenced musical treasures languish in Mich. vault (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 02:38 PM PST

In this Dec. 7, 2011 photo, a three-row harpsichord from the University of Michigan's Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments lies in storage in Ann Arbor, Mich. Spanning centuries and continents, the instruments in the collection, worth at least $25 million by their chief caretaker’s estimate, are packed and stacked in an out-of-the-way storage room with water-stained ceilings. It’s hardly the environment envisioned for them when Detroit businessman Frederick Stearns gave the University of Michigan the base of the collection a century ago with instructions that the instruments be exhibited — not invisible. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - A massive cache of musical treasures that's grown to include a fragile harp-piano, the pioneering Moog synthesizer and the theremin used for "The Green Hornet" radio show has been shuffled over the years from a theater to an unheated barn and now languish, rarely seen or heard, in a Michigan storage vault.

'Contraband' swipes No. 1 spot at box office (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 12:46 PM PST

In this film image released by Universal Pictures, Mark Wahlberg, left, and Ben Foster are shown in a scene from 'Contraband.' (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Patti Perret)AP - "Contraband" managed to steal the top slot away from competitors at the weekend box office.
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