Tuesday, February 14, 2012

One in 8 U.S. voter registrations faulty: survey (Reuters)

One in 8 U.S. voter registrations faulty: survey (Reuters)

One in 8 U.S. voter registrations faulty: survey (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:21 AM PST

Reuters - One in eight U.S. voter registrations is invalid or markedly inaccurate, the result of an outdated and inefficient registration system, a Pew Center on the States report said on Tuesday.

Bishops plan aggressive expansion of birth-control battle (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 02:22 PM PST

Reuters - Catholic bishops, energized by a battle over contraception funding, are planning an aggressive campaign to rally Americans against a long list of government measures which they say intrude on religious liberty.

Empire State Building hosts first same-sex weddings (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:09 AM PST

Reuters - Lucky couples have been married each year on Valentine Day's on the top of the Empire State Building for nearly two decades but this year for the first time two same sex couples said "I do" at the iconic New York landmark.

Fears, Faith and Freedom at CPAC (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:30 PM PST

Time.com - CPAC's thousands of attendees are a reminder of the vast array of parochial interests cohabiting under the conservative tent

A Champion for Young Designers Returns to Fashion Week (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:30 PM PST

Time.com - After a two-year hiatus, Gen Art, the champion for emerging talent in arts and entertainment, returned with a comeback show to kick off New York Fashion Week on Feb. 9

Mormon church apologizes for posthumous baptism of Jews (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:08 PM PST

Reuters - The Mormon church apologized on Tuesday for the posthumous baptism by its members of the parents of famed Nazi hunter and Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal.

Possible clues, no quick answers in Powell case (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:41 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 - A hotel worker in Utah said Tuesday she saw Josh Powell and his boys the morning his wife was reported missing in 2009 — and when the older child asked a question about his mom, they left immediately.

US weighing steep nuclear arms cuts (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:51 PM PST

AP - The Obama administration is weighing options for sharp new cuts to the U.S. nuclear force, including a reduction of up to 80 percent in the number of deployed weapons, The Associated Press has learned.

Suspects in teacher kidnapping returned to Mont. (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 01:48 PM PST

Michael Keith Spell, one of two suspects charged with aggravated kidnapping in the disappearance of 43-year-old Sherry Arnold of Sidney, Mont., appears at a hearing in the Williams County Courthouse in Williston N.D. on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. District Judge David Nelson ordered the extradition of Spell and Lester Van Waters Jr. to Montana for trial. (AP Photo/Elijah Nouvelage)AP - Two men charged in the kidnapping of a high school math teacher were extradited Tuesday to Montana, where they appeared in court less than a mile from where Sherry Arnold disappeared during her morning run.

Judges: April primary nearly impossible in Texas (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:09 PM PST

AP - The chances of Texas voters having much influence in the Republican presidential race faded Tuesday after a panel of federal judges acknowledged the state's deep divisions over political maps had made it nearly impossible to preserve an April primary.

Private funeral for Houston set for Saturday in NJ (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:29 PM PST

In this file photo of Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, flowers and a card hang on a fence in front of New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J. Whitney Houston's funeral will be held Saturday, Feb. 18 at the church where she sang in the choir as a girl. Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)AP - Whitney Houston's funeral will be held Saturday in the church where she first showcased her singing talents as a child, her family choosing to remember her in a private service rather than in a large event at an arena.

Agent: Informant in militia case got about $31K (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 02:55 PM PST

ADDS INFORMATION THAT ONE OF THE PEOPLE SHOWN IS NOT GOING ON TRIAL --This combo of eight photos provided by the U.S. Marshals Service on Monday March 29, 2010 shows from top left, David Brian Stone Sr., 44, of Clayton, Mich,; David Brian Stone Jr. of Adrian, Mich,; Jacob Ward, 33, of Huron, Ohio; Tina Mae Stone and bottom row from left, Michael David Meeks, 40, of Manchester, Mich,; Kristopher T. Sickles, 27, of Sandusky, Ohio; Joshua John Clough, 28, of Blissfield, Mich.; and Thomas William Piatek, 46, of Whiting, Ind., suspects tied to Hutaree, a Christian militia. Jury selection is getting under way in Detroit federal court Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, nearly two years after the dramatic arrest of people who authorities say belonged to a southern Michigan militia with a goal of rebelling against the government. The trial is expected to last weeks. It involves seven of the nine people charged with belonging to a group called Hutaree. The government says they conspired to try to kill a police officer and plotted further strikes. No one was ever attacked, and the defendants say they're being prosecuted for saying stupid things. Joshua Clough, bottom row second from right, is the only defendant to make a deal with prosecutors and could be called as a witness to testify against the Hutaree. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshall)AP - An undercover informant was paid about $31,000 in cash for his critical role in an investigation that led to charges against members of a Midwest militia accused of plotting rebellion against the U.S., an FBI agent testified Tuesday.

Mormons apologize for posthumous Jewish baptism (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:20 PM PST

FILE-- This 1995 file photo shows Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal. Mormon church leaders have apologized to the family of Holocaust survivor and Jewish rights advocate Simon Wiesenthal after his parents were posthumously baptized in a Mormon temple ritual last month. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)AP - Mormon church leaders apologized to the family of Holocaust survivor and Jewish rights advocate Simon Wiesenthal after his parents were posthumously baptized, a controversial ritual that Mormons believe allows deceased people a way to the afterlife but offends members of many other religions.

Va. House GOP muscles through abortion curbs (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:14 PM PST

Del. Robert Marshall, R-Prince William, holds a paper as he talks about his Personhood bill as Del. David Ramadan, R-Loudon, bottom, listens during the House session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Legislation that says human life begins at conception advanced Monday in the Virginia House of Delegates, which also rejected an amendment aimed at clarifying that birth control would remain legal. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - A Republican supermajority has muscled two of the most restrictive anti-abortion bills in years through the Virginia House, including one that would all but outlaw the procedure in the state by declaring that the rights of persons apply from the moment sperm and egg unite.

Ill. doc gets 4 life terms in Ohio pill mill case (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 03:45 PM PST

FILE - This undated file photo released by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Dr. Paul Volkman, of Chicago. Lawyers for the Chicago doctor convicted of running a pill mill in southern Ohio want off the case, saying the doctor is too unhappy with them to continue. The request raises questions about the sentencing for Volkman on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2012, who faces 20 years in prison for causing the death of four patients who overdosed on pain pills. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service, File)AP - A Chicago doctor who prosecutors say dispensed more of the powerful painkiller oxycodone from 2003 to 2005 than any other physician in the country was sentenced Tuesday to four life terms in the overdose deaths of four patients.

Woman sentenced for spiking Utah man's smoothie (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:17 PM PST

FILE - This image provided by the Lane County Jail shows Selena Irene York who is charged with trying to poison a man with a poisoned peach smoothie. York is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday Feb. 14, 2012. York pleaded no contest to reduced charged of aggravated assualt and forgery in December. (AP Photo/Lane County Jail, File)AP - A Utah woman was sentenced Tuesday to consecutive prison terms for spiking a 79-year-old man's peach smoothie with antifreeze after taking control of his bank accounts.

WVU settles Big East lawsuit, will join Big 12 (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:16 PM PST

FILE - In a Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 file photo, West Virginia University Athletic Director Oliver Luck speaks addresses the media during a news conference, at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, W.Va. West Virginia University announced Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 that it has settled a lawsuit with the Big East for an unspecified amount, clearing the way for the Mountaineers to join the Big 12 in July. Luck said the terms of the deal were confidential and WVU wouldn't release details. But Luck said no state, taxpayer, tuition or other academic dollars will be used in the settlement. (AP Photo/The Dominion Post, Jason DeProspero, File)AP - West Virginia University announced Tuesday it has settled a lawsuit with the Big East for an unspecified amount, clearing the way for the conference power Mountaineers to join the Big 12 in July in time for the fall football season.

Iowa town welcomes back China's next president (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:37 PM PST

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping meets with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - The last time China's soon-to-be leader visited Iowa, he slept in a bedroom with green shag carpeting and Star Trek character cutouts on the walls. He ate eggs with a spoon because his host forgot the chopsticks.

Negotiators reach tentative payroll tax cut pact (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:38 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks to continue to push Congress to act to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance through the end of the year, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in the Old Executive Office building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - House-Senate talks on renewing a payroll tax cut that delivers about $20 a week to the average worker yielded a tentative agreement Tuesday, with lawmakers planning to unveil the pact Wednesday and sending the measure to President Barack Obama as early as this week.

Ariz. candidate raises questions about Ariz. law (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 03:08 PM PST

AP - The case of a woman barred from running for city council in an Arizona border town because she isn't fluent in English has raised questions about the 120-year-old law used to kick her off the ballot.
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