Wednesday, February 29, 2012

At least 11 killed as tornadoes strike U.S. Midwest (Reuters)

At least 11 killed as tornadoes strike U.S. Midwest (Reuters)

At least 11 killed as tornadoes strike U.S. Midwest (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:43 PM PST

Reuters - Powerful storms that spawned tornadoes ripped through the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people, including six in Illinois who were crushed when a house was lifted up and fell on them, authorities said.

Two dead from possible tornadoes in Tennessee, total now 11 (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 05:33 PM PST

Reuters - Two people died in Tennessee from a rash of storms and possible tornadoes moving east from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast states on Wednesday evening, bringing the national storm death toll to 11 people over the last day.

Senate heads for showdown over contraceptives (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:41 PM PST

Reuters - The Senate is expected Thursday to defeat a largely symbolic measure that would exempt employers such as Roman Catholic hospitals, universities and charities from a controversial White House rule requiring free birth control coverage.

Big Oscar Wins for "The Artist", "Hugo" and Meryl Streep (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:10 PM PST

Time.com - Last night, the team's impossible dream reached fruition when their film The Artist conquered the 84th Academy Awards with five Oscars

How Santorum's Scolding Is Dooming His Campaign (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:10 PM PST

Time.com - In recent weeks voters have begun to see that Santorum thinks they are part of the moral downfall of the country. And his numbers are starting to turn

American in NYC bomb case indicted (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:05 PM PST

Reuters - Jose Pimentel, an American Muslim convert accused of building a pipe bomb, has been formally indicted by a grand jury on terrorism charges, authorities said on Wednesday.

Ex-mine security chief gets 3 years in W.Va. blast (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 07:05 PM PST

AP - A former security chief convicted of lying to investigators about the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 men at a West Virginia coal mine was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday. Prosecutors said it was one of the stiffest punishments ever handed down in a mine safety case.

Obama salutes Iraq war vets at White House dinner (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:57 PM PST

AP - With a formal dinner for the few, President Barack Obama on Wednesday paid solemn tribute to the many.

Jury in Rutgers spy case hears more about webcam (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:38 PM PST

AP - A Rutgers student gave some of the most damaging testimony yet Wednesday in a former classmate's trial for allegedly using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man.

12 killed as violent storms ravage Midwest, South (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 05:47 PM PST

AP - A pre-dawn twister flattened entire blocks of homes in a small Illinois town Wednesday as violent storms ravaged the Midwest and South, killing at least 12 people in three states.

Ohio shooting suspect described as 'fine person' (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 05:19 PM PST

AP - The teenager suspected in an Ohio school shooting struggled with a broken family and did poorly in school, then appeared to turn himself around once he was taken in by grandparents and began to attend an alternative school, longtime neighbors and friends said Wednesday

Judge blocks day labor rules in AZ immigration law (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 04:38 PM PST

A Tibetan activist is detained by Nepalese police officers during their protest outside the United Nations office in Nepal on the third day of Tibetan New Year or AP - A federal judge blocked police in Arizona from enforcing a section of the state's 2010 immigration enforcement law that prohibited people from blocking traffic when they seek or offer day labor services on streets.

3 reported dead as powerful storms rake Tennessee (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 05:41 PM PST

AP - Authorities say powerful storms packing high winds that tore roofs from buildings and flattened trees have left at least three people dead in eastern Tennessee.

Jury: Sailor not guilty in Peace Corps rape trial (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:58 PM PST

AP - A military jury found a Navy special warfare sailor not guilty late Wednesday of raping a Peace Corps volunteer in Uganda multiple times after he refused to wear a condom.

Fresh Iran deadline passes with no new sanctions (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 05:51 PM PST

Lebanon's Hezbollah deputy Sheikh Naim Qassem speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in Beirut's suburbs, February 28, 2012. An Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear programme would set the Middle East ablaze, possibly drag in the United States and unleash a conflict beyond the Jewish state's control, the deputy head of Lebanon's pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement said. Picture taken February 28, 2012. To match interview IRAN-ISRAEL/HEZBOLLAH REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS)AP - A congressional deadline for the Obama administration to begin enforcing new financial penalties on foreign firms that do business with Iran passed Wednesday with no fresh action from Washington.

Leader of 'Texas 7' prison-break gang put to death (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 05:57 PM PST

AP - The leader of the fugitive gang known as the "Texas 7" was executed Wednesday for killing a suburban Dallas police officer during a robbery 11 years ago after organizing and pulling off Texas' biggest prison break.

AP ENTERPRISE: Cop-cadet sex case has precedents (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 05:11 PM PST

AP - When an on-duty police officer was shot and killed by a colleague a month ago, residents of this agricultural community north of Santa Barbara were horrified. Outrage grew when they learned the shooting occurred as fellow officers tried to arrest the policeman on suspicion he was having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl in the city's "Police Explorers" program.

Singer Davy Jones of The Monkees dies in Fla at 66 (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 05:48 PM PST

AP - Davy Jones, the diminutive heartthrob who rocketed to the top of the 1960s music charts by beckoning millions of adoring fans with the catchy refrains of The Monkees, died Wednesday. He was 66.

Mass. man in Wesleyan death committed to hospital (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 05:30 PM PST

AP - A Massachusetts man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2009 slaying of a Wesleyan University student was committed to a psychiatric hospital Wednesday for 60 years.
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