Friday, February 17, 2012

Gay marriage advances in Maryland, vetoed in New Jersey (Reuters)

Gay marriage advances in Maryland, vetoed in New Jersey (Reuters)

Gay marriage advances in Maryland, vetoed in New Jersey (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:05 PM PST

Reuters - Maryland's House of Delegates approved by a razor-thin margin a measure on Friday that would allow same-sex couples to marry, putting it on the road to joining six other states where gay and lesbian nuptials are legal.

Whitney Houston's hometown remembers her fondly (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:54 PM PST

Reuters - The New Hope Baptist Church, where pop star Whitney Houston first sang and family and friends will gather on Saturday to pay her a final tribute, sits in a hardscrabble corner of Newark, New Jersey. Its well-maintained red-brick facade seems at odds with the dusty parking lot and derelict housing projects around it.

Defense casts rosier image in lacrosse player's murder trial (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:30 PM PST

Reuters - A day before University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love died, she went to dinner with the ex-boyfriend now accused of killing her and was seen embracing his family members and holding his hand, witnesses testified on Friday.

Why Obama's Re-election Fortunes Are Looking Up (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:30 PM PST

Time.com - President Obama's performance in head-to-head matchups with his Republican competitors, especially Mitt Romney, have dramatically improved in recent weeks

Ohio School Uses Gift Cards to Bribe Kids to Attend Class (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:30 PM PST

Time.com - If you're one those people who thinks kids today have it easy, this is going to sound like another step towards societal decay: Students at one high school in Ohio are rewarded with Visa gift cards just for showing up

ICE agent shot boss during performance discussion (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:41 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. immigration agent shot his boss six times during a performance discussion at the agency's offices in a Los Angeles suburb before being shot dead by another colleague, authorities said on Friday.

States attack 'Obamacare' with birth control bills (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:17 PM PST

Republican Rep. Carlos Bilbao is shown with his copy of the Affordable Care Act in his office at the Idaho Legislature in Boise, Idaho on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Bilbao has introduced legislation that would exempt Idaho insurers from a federal requirement they provide birth control for women. (AP Photo/Jessie L. Bonner)AP - Republican lawmakers in a handful of states are opening another front in the war against President Obama's health care overhaul, seizing on the hot-button issue of birth control with bills that would allow insurance companies to ignore new federal rules requiring them to cover contraception.

Terror suspect arrested near Capitol in FBI sting (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:05 PM PST

Capitol Police officer Angel Morales, stands on guard on the West side of the Capitol in Washington Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. A 29-year-old Moroccan man was arrested Friday in an FBI sting operation near the U.S. Capitol while planning to detonate what police say he thought were live explosives. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - A 29-year-old Moroccan man who believed he was working with al-Qaida was arrested Friday near the U.S. Capitol as he was planning to detonate what he thought was a suicide vest that undercover operatives gave him, officials said.

US, Europe cautious on Iran offer for nuke talks (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:49 PM PST

AP - The United States and European Union on Friday expressed cautious optimism that Iran is serious about returning to talks with world powers over its nuclear program.

Man tries to evict 98-year-old mom from Conn. home (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:46 PM PST

AP - Peter Kantorowski wanted his 98-year-old mother to move into a nursing home or live with him. She wouldn't go; she didn't want to leave her home of nearly 60 years.

Federal agent opened fire during job discussion (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 06:54 PM PST

A Homeland Security police car is shown parked outside the Long Beach, Calif., Federal Courthouse Friday Feb. 17, 2012 in Long Beach, Calif. On Thursday a gunman shot another agent who was then shot and killed by a third agent. The wounded agent was hospitalized. This shooting at the federal building of a high-ranking Immigration and Customs Enforcement official was over an unspecified disciplinary matter, a person familiar with the case said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - It had all the ingredients of workplace violence: a manager, an angry employee, a discussion about job performance and at least one gun.

Josh Powell had 400 cartoon sex and incest images (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:45 PM PST

FILE - In a Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 file photo, Josh Powell, the husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell, listens during a court hearing regarding the custody of his two sons, in Tacoma, Wash. A search at a recycling center in Grahan, Wash. recovered some papers, books and a map of Utah that Josh Powell dropped off the day before he killed his two young sons and himself in an explosive fire, the Pierce County sheriff's office said Monday, Feb. 13. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)AP - Josh Powell had hundreds of images of disturbing cartoon sex and graphic depictions of incest on his home computer, something Utah authorities investigating his wife's disappearance kept private for about two years, according to files released Friday.

APNewsBreak: Filing says MT victim choked, buried (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:12 PM PST

FILE - This file photo provided by the Williams County, N.D., Sheriff's Department shows Lester Van Waters Jr., 47. Van Waters has been charged with aggravated kidnapping in the disappearance of schoolteacher Sherry Arnold. After more than a month of secrecy, prosecutors in Montana are expected to file a criminal complaint Friday Feb. 17, 2012 detailing why they believe two Colorado men, Michael Keith Spell and Van Waters, are responsible for the disappearance of Arnold. (AP Photo/Williams County, N.D., Sheriff's Department, File)AP - An affidavit filed in the kidnapping of a Montana school teacher describes a crack-fueled, seemingly random abduction of 43-year-old Sherry Arnold, who was allegedly choked to death and then buried in a shallow grave on a North Dakota farmstead.

Jackson estate, ex-manager sue over earnings share (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:55 PM PST

FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, US singer Michael Jackson speaks at a press conference at the London O2 Arena. Jackson's estate sued his former manager, Tohme R. Tohme on Friday, claiming he used undue influence to force the singer to sign unconscionable contracts in the last year of the superstar's life. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)AP - A legal war erupted Friday over earnings from Michael Jackson's estate with a former manager claiming a 15 percent stake and the singer's executors seeking to block any payments to the former adviser.

NJ Gov. Christie vetoes gay marriage bill as vowed (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:57 PM PST

A woman in the gallery is overcome by emotion after a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Reed Gusciora D-Trenton, legalizing same-sex marriages, passes and is the final Legislative approval for Marriage Equality at the State House in Trenton, N.J., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)AP - Gov. Chris Christie has followed through on his promise to reject a bill allowing same-sex marriage in New Jersey by quickly vetoing the measure Friday and renewing his call for a ballot question to decide the issue.

Md. House passes gay marriage bill (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:26 PM PST

AP - Maryland appears ready to become one of a handful of states in the U.S. to legalize gay marriage after the bill to allow it passed a long-standing hurdle in the Maryland House of Delegates on Friday.

`The Help' cleans up at 43rd NAACP Image Awards (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:05 PM PST

Octavia Spencer accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture for 'The Help' at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - "The Help" collected three prizes at the NAACP Image Awards, including top actress honors for Viola Davis, the supporting actress prize for Octavia Spencer and outstanding motion picture.

Chinese leader Xi, Biden promote trade in LA (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:00 PM PST

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, left, talks with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, as China Vice President Xi Jinping, not seen, addresses a luncheon on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 downtown Los Angeles. Xi is set to lead China for the coming decade, succeeding President Hu Jintao as Communist Party leader late this year, then becoming president in 2013. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping began the last day of his U.S. visit Friday by urging closer ties and arguing that Americans benefit from their trade relationship with China.

NJ hometown to reclaim Whitney Houston at funeral (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:12 PM PST

FILE - In this April 10, 2000 file photo, entertainer Whitney Houston strikes a pose during her performance at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles during taping of the '25 Years of #1 Hits: Arista Records' Anniversary Celebration.' Houston will be remembered on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2012, at a funeral service at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., the same church where a Houston sang with the choir as a young girl. While she died last Saturday in tony Beverly Hills, Calif., amid a media and celebrity crush ahead of her mentor Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party, her funeral will be a chance to reclaim Whitney Houston the person, instead of the icon. (AP Photo/Mark J.Terrill, file)AP - Although Whitney Houston was one of the most famous people in the world, she never felt comfortable in the spotlight.
Posted by Harshad at 7:26 PM

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)