Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Gay marriage bills head toward votes in New Jersey, Maryland (Reuters)

Gay marriage bills head toward votes in New Jersey, Maryland (Reuters)

Gay marriage bills head toward votes in New Jersey, Maryland (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:22 PM PST

Reuters - Bills to permit gay marriage in New Jersey and Maryland face key legislative debates and votes on Thursday, highlighting a hot-button issue that is one of several social matters gaining prominence in the election year debate.

Corruption still rife in Chicago years after Al Capone: study (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 12:24 PM PST

Reuters - The city where gangster Al Capone once kept the mayor on his payroll ranked first in public corruption convictions over the past three decades though the recent pace, perhaps because lessons have been learned or due to earnest prosecutors, researchers said on Wednesday.

California economy to slowly improve in 2012: study (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 05:35 AM PST

Reuters - California's economy, the biggest in the United States and the ninth-largest in the world, will see a slight improvement in 2012 but a recovery in the crucial housing market is at least two years away, according to a report released on Wednesday.

St. Valentine, Famed Romantic and Religious Martyr (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:15 AM PST

Time.com - His spirit is celebrated with romance on this day of love. But what do we really know about the namesake of this Hallmark holiday?

Birth Control Debate: Why Catholic Bishops Have Lost Their Grip on U.S. Politics (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:15 AM PST

Time.com - The Roman forum was a reminder -- and the birth control clash -- of just how much influence the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has lost since the abuse crisis erupted in America

Four TCU football players arrested for selling drugs (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:35 PM PST

Reuters - Four Texas Christian University football players, including one All-American, were among 17 students arrested Wednesday morning as a result of a six-month investigation into illegal drug dealing on the Fort Worth campus.

Jimmy Carter casts Occupy movement as successful (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:46 PM PST

AP - Former President Jimmy Carter said on Wednesday that Occupy organizers have created a "relatively successful" movement because they focused national discussion on wealth disparity despite lacking leadership and a unifying set of goals.

NYC spree killer defiant as he gets 25 more years (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:49 PM PST

AP - Already serving 200 years in prison for killing four people in a bloody rampage, Maksim Gelman grinned on his way into court Wednesday, swore at a man he assaulted during the crime spree, and defiantly made light of the proceeding as he was sentenced to 25 more years.

Contest would focus on teacher quality (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 05:28 PM PST

AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday spelled out details of a proposed new $5 billion Race to the Top-style competition focused on improving teacher quality.

Tainted sprouts again linked to Jimmy John's (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:09 PM PST

AP - Raw sprouts from the sandwich chain Jimmy John's have been linked to an outbreak of foodborne illness — again.

Counterfeit drugs becoming big business worldwide (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:18 PM PST

This product image provided by Genentech shows a vial and package for the cancer drug Avastin. The maker of Avastin is warning doctors and patients about counterfeit vials of the product distributed in the U.S. Roche's Genentech unit says the fake products do not contain the key ingredient in Avastin, which is used to treat cancers of the colon, lung, kidney and brain. (AP Photo/Genentech)AP - The discovery that a fake version of the widely used cancer medicine Avastin is circulating in the United States is raising new fears that the multibillion-dollar drug-counterfeiting trade is increasingly making inroads in the U.S.

No cussing in class for teachers, lawmaker says (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:41 PM PST

Floyd Brown and his daughter Olivia Brown pose for a photo Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Anthem, Ariz. Borwn, pulled Olivia, a high school junior, from a local public school after she came home upset that one of her teachers was using profanity in the classroom and school administrators didn't address his concerns. He now helps with her home schooling at his business. State Sen. Lori Klein of Anthem has introduced a bill that requires teachers to follow FCC regulations regarding profanity and obscenity. The bill would penalize teachers in public schools who do not follow FCC standards. Klein says she's heard complaints from people in her district that teachers are using inappropriate language in high schools.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - A teacher's role may be to expand a student's vocabulary, but one Arizona lawmaker wants to make sure that doesn't include four-letter words.

Police: Malnourished Wis. girl abused for years (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 05:27 PM PST

Mike Vega points to the area of sidewalk in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, where he discovered a starving 15-year-old after she escaped from her abusive father and stepmother last week. The severely malnourished teenager had been forced to stay in an unfinished basement for years and an alarm would sound if she went upstairs, police records say. The teen told authorities she ate what she could find in the garbage and on the floor of her father and stepmother's Madison home. Sometimes she was made to eat her feces and drink her own urine, according to a police affidavit. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)AP - A severely malnourished Wisconsin teenager found walking barefoot in pajamas outside in the cold last week had been forced to stay in an unfinished basement for years and an alarm would sound if she went upstairs, police records say.

Payroll tax cut: Ironing out the final details (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:53 PM PST

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., accompanied by fellow GOP leaders, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 to discuss the payroll tax cut negotiations. From left are, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Cantor, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Calling quits to a bruising election-year fight, negotiators on Capitol Hill worked into Wednesday night trying to iron out final details of an agreement to extend a cut in the payroll taxes paid by most Americans. The legislation also would renew jobless benefits for millions more.

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion wins hottest pepper title (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:46 PM PST

This undated image provided by New Mexico State University shows the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, the new hottest pepper on the planet, as identified by NMSU's Chile Pepper Institute. Researchers determined the golf ball-sized pepper has a mean Scoville Heat Unit value of 1.2 million. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Jim Duffy, New Mexico State University)AP - There are super-hot chile varieties. And then there's the sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire Trinidad Moruga Scorpion.

Boy testifies at grandfather's child abuse trial (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:58 PM PST

FILE -- A 2006 file photo provided by the Indianapolis Metro Police Dept, shows Christopher Carlson, Carlson is accused of forcing his young grandsons for miles along a sun-baked Grand Canyon hiking trail and denied them water and food. (AP Photo/Indianapolis Metro Police Dept, file)AP - A 9-year-old boy testified Wednesday that his grandfather hit him in the face, causing his nose to bleed, and kicked him and his two brothers during a pair of miles-long hikes at the Grand Canyon last summer.

Electric cigarette explodes in Fla man's mouth (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:40 PM PST

AP - A Florida man trying to kick the smoking habit was puffing on an electronic cigarette when a faulty battery caused it to explode in his mouth, taking out some of his front teeth and a chunk of his tongue and severely burning his face, fire officials said Wednesday.

Colorado civil union bill advances toward showdown (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:28 PM PST

Shawna Kemppainen , left, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on a bill that would allow same-sex couples rights similar to married couples in Colorado at the Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Her partner Lisa Green who also testified listens at right. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - Gay couples waiting for rights similar to those afforded to married couples got closer on Wednesday to a legislative showdown with Colorado Republicans after a Senate committee approved civil unions legislation after hours of emotional testimony.

Xi wraps up highly scripted visit to US capital (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:03 PM PST

China's Vice President Xi Jinping speaks to the US-China Business Council in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - For Americans looking at the U.S. visit of China's likely future leader for a clue about where relations between the two nations might be headed, the signal has been clear: No change in substance, but perhaps a change in style.

NJ gov strongly defends lowering flags for Houston (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST

FILE- In this Oct. 28, 2006, file photo, singer Whitney Houston arrives at the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Beverly Hills, Calif. Houston died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, she was 48. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday strongly defended his decision to have flags lowered to half-staff on Saturday for Whitney Houston, saying he rejects criticism that she "forfeited the good things that she did" because of her struggles with substance abuse.
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