Saturday, January 7, 2012

Tucson victims prepare for shooting anniversary (Reuters)

Tucson victims prepare for shooting anniversary (Reuters)

Tucson victims prepare for shooting anniversary (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:24 PM PST

U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) (C) waves as she stands with colleagues on the floor of the House of Representatives, moments after the House voted to raise the U.S. borrowing limit, in Washington in this still image taken from video August 1, 2011. REUTERS/House TV/HandoutReuters - U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, wounded in a deadly mass shooting on January 8 last year, visited a Tucson area park on Saturday as survivors and residents prepared for the somber anniversary on Sunday.

2011 was the driest year on record in Texas (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

Reuters - It's official: 2011 was the driest year on record in Texas, according to the National Weather Service. It was also the second-hottest ever.

Taxpayers owe $385 billion in 2006 taxes: IRS (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 02:26 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. taxpayers owe an estimated $385 billion in unpaid taxes for 2006, up about a third from the "tax gap" five years before, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said.

The 25% Solution: How Romney Plans to Finish the GOP Race by Florida (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:15 PM PST

Time.com - An eight-vote, 25% victory may look weak, but Mitt Romney's narrow win in the Iowa caucuses Tuesday has his campaign charting a plan for ultimate victory by the time Florida Republicans hold their primary on Jan. 31

Why Americans Are More Generous than We Think (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:15 PM PST

Time.com - When the going gets tough, our country's charitable nature still shines through

Arkansas Civil War buffs remember Confederate boy hero (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 03:25 PM PST

Reuters - David O. Dodd is known as Arkansas' boy martyr of the Confederacy.

Fuel ship 190 miles away from iced-in Alaska city (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 06:12 PM PST

The Coast Guard Cutter Healy escorts the Russian-flagged tanker Renda 250 miles south of Nome Friday Jan. 6, 2012. The vessels are transiting through ice up to five-feet thick in this area. The 370-foot tanker Renda will have to go through more than 300 miles of sea ice to get to Nome, a city of about 3,500 people on the western Alaska coastline that did not get its last pre-winter fuel delivery because of a massive storm. If the delivery of diesel fuel and unleaded gasoline is not made, the city likely will run short of fuel supplies before another barge delivery can be made in spring. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard - Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis)AP - A Russian tanker carrying much-needed fuel for the iced-in Alaska city of Nome was less than 190 miles away on Saturday and was making slow but steady progress, a company official said.

US redefines rape to count more people as victims (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 10:32 AM PST

AP - The Obama administration says it is expanding the FBI's more than eight-decade-old definition of rape to reflect a better understanding of the crime and to broaden protections.

Record air pollution hammers Calif's ag heartland (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:58 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2011 photo, a stretch of the Calif. State Route 99 corridor in the San Joaquin Valley is shown busy with traffic in Fresno, Calif. This is the time of year when residents of the valley with the nation's worst pollution often can draw a breath of fresh air. But this winter has not been kind to people who want to play outside in California's Central Valley. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)AP - This is the time of year when residents who often live with the nation's worst pollution often can draw a breath of fresh air. But this winter has not been kind to people who want to play outside in California's Central Valley.

Child-on-child sex abuse poses complex challenges (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 12:14 PM PST

This undated photo provided by the Florida Department of Children and Families shows Gabriel Myers. Myers, a 7-year-old foster child in Florida, hanged himself in 2009. Post-mortem investigations determined that he had been a victim of sex abuse perpetrated by an older boy, had touched some of his classmates in sexually inappropriate ways, and was on several powerful psychotropic medications. Recent high-profile cases of child sex abuse have roused national revulsion against the adults who perpetrated them. Rarely mentioned is the sobering statistic that more than one-third of the sexual abuse of America's children is committed by other minors. (AP Photo/Florida Department of Children and Families)AP - Recent high-profile cases of child sex abuse have roused national revulsion against the adults who perpetrated them. Rarely mentioned is the sobering statistic that more than one-third of the sexual abuse of America's children is committed by other minors.

Victim sketch released in NY serial slay probe (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:34 PM PST

In this artist’s rendering provided by the Suffolk County Police Department, a composite sketch of a third unidentified victim in the investigation of the remains discovered off Ocean Parkway in Nassau County in April 2011. The body is one of 11 bodies found along a remote New York beach highway over the past year. (AP Photo/Suffolk County Police Department)AP - Police have released a composite sketch of an unidentified victim whose remains were among those of 11 people found along a remote New York beach highway last year.

Federal agency cancels water delivery to Pa. town (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 05:54 PM PST

AP - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency abruptly changed its mind Saturday about delivering fresh water to residents of a northeastern Pennsylvania village where residential wells were found to be tainted by a natural gas drilling operation.

Ala. family lives amid rubble from April tornado (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 09:52 AM PST

In a Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 photo, Geraldine Horton, 53, pauses in tornado-ravaged Graceland Apartments in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Horton's family is living in the lone remaining building at Graceland despite the city moving forward with plans to condemn and demolish the complex, which was mostly destroyed by the tornado that struck on April 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)AP - Geraldine Horton steps out of her apartment into a broken world that looks much as it did the day after a killer tornado plowed through town last spring.

Motorists salvage fur, food from critters' demise (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 12:38 PM PST

AP - In six years of trapping, one thing has become apparent to Cody Champ: His pursuit of animal pelts isn't cheap, costing him $100 a week just for gas. So, it's little wonder the Illinois man welcomed a recent state law that allows him to get a few freebies, even if he needs a shovel and good gloves.

For some consumers, surveys breed feedback fatigue (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST

AP - We appreciate your decision to read this story. Would you take a short survey about your satisfaction with the reading experience? Could you review this article on a website? Rate it for other readers?

Giffords will soon face decision about future (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 03:13 PM PST

In this photo provided by the office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., Giffords, second from left, and fellow shooting survivor Ron Barber unveil a memorial plaque in honor of slain staffer Gabe Zimmerman, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. At left is Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly. (AP Photo/Office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords)AP - The signals are strong. One year after being shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is on a mission to return to the job she so clearly loved.

Court tosses conviction in Super Bowl threat (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 02:56 PM PST

FILE - This undated file photo shows Kurt William Havelock , 35, provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's office. A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of the Arizona man accused of planning a massacre at the 2008 Super Bowl before changing his mind. A full 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday, Jan. 6, 2011 that the rambling statements mailed by Havelock to media outlets before aborting the attack did not constitute a specific threat. (AP Photo/Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, File)AP - A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate the conviction of an Arizona man accused of planning a Super Bowl massacre, saying his rambling "manifesto" did not constitute a threat to people.

Education law's promise falls short after 10 years (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:17 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2002, file photo President George W. Bush, seated, signs into law a sweeping federal education bill, No Child Left Behind, at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio. Cast as a symbol of possibility, the law offered the promise of improved schools for the nation’s poor and minority children and better prepared students in a competitive world. Yet after a decade on the books, Bush’s most hyped domestic accomplishment has become a symbol to many of federal overreach and Congress’ inability to fix something that’s clearly flawed. In the image from left are Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Education Secretary Rod Paige, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, woman at right unidentified. Children with Bush are Tez Taylor, left, and Cecilia Pallcio, right. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP - The No Child Left Behind education law was cast as a symbol of possibility, offering the promise of improved schools for the nation's poor and minority children and better prepared students in a competitive world.

Mount Rainier reopens after fatal ranger shooting (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 03:09 PM PST

Mount Rainier National Park Ranger Matt Chalup, left, hands park information to one of the first visitors to the park at the Nisqually entrance Saturday morning, Jan. 7, 2012, near Ashford, Wash. The park opened for the first time since the shooting death of Ranger Margaret Anderson on Jan. 1. A memorial service for Anderson will be Tuesday, Jan. 10, in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Rangers and volunteers somberly embraced as Mount Rainier National Park reopened to the public Saturday for the first time since an Iraq War veteran shot and killed a park ranger there on New Year's Day.

Priest warns other Texas students 'don't get lost' (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 12:24 PM PST

Jaime Gonzales embraces his wife near the casket of his son, Jaime Gonzalez, 15, at Holy Family Church in Brownsville, Texas on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. Two drumsticks were placed on it in the shape of a cross. Police fatally shot the eighth-grader brandishing what appeared to be a handgun inside his South Texas school on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/The Brownsville Herald, Yvette Vela)AP - With friends and family still demanding justice for a Texas eighth-grader shot by police after he pointed a pellet gun at them, a neighborhood priest struck a different tone Saturday, urging teens at his funeral to learn from the experience and "get out of trouble."
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