Sunday, March 4, 2012

Indiana toddler found in field after tornado dies (Reuters)

Indiana toddler found in field after tornado dies (Reuters)

Indiana toddler found in field after tornado dies (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 04:16 PM PST

Reuters - A toddler who was found alive in a field in tornado-ravaged southeastern Indiana after her parents and two siblings were killed when a twister struck their mobile home died on Sunday of her injuries, Indiana state police said.

Boy, 7, survives brush with tornado in North Carolina (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 05:39 PM PST

Reuters - A 7-year-old boy was recovering on Sunday after a tornado sheared off the walls of his North Carolina home, snatched him from his bed and threw him 350 feet onto the embankment of a nearby interstate, the boy's grandmother told Reuters.

Google Launches New Privacy Standards: 5 Ways to Control Your Online Exposure (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 09:20 PM PST

Time.com - There's no denying that the new policy doesn't make it any easier to stay off the digital grid, so here are some things you can do to minimize what Google knows about you

Super Tuesday: In Ohio, a Crucial Test for Romney (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 09:20 PM PST

Time.com - With 66 delegates at stake, Ohio is not the largest target on Super Tuesday, which will see 10 contests held on March 6. But it is the most important

Toddler freezes to death in Alaska; mom charged (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:52 AM PST

Reuters - A second-grade teacher and her companion face homicide and abuse charges in the death of the woman's 3-year-old daughter, who authorities say was locked overnight in a freezing room in sub-zero temperatures with the window open, according to state records.

Chicago police chief pledges no NYPD-style spying (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 01:04 PM PST

AP - For the first time in public, Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy promised his department will never conduct blanket surveillance of Muslims like the New York Police Department did in Newark, N.J., when he was chief there.

Dog survives 53 days in wild, reunited with owner (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 01:34 PM PST

AP - Barbara Bagley says she never gave up hope that her dog would be found alive in the Nevada desert after the animal bolted from the scene of a crash that critically injured her and killed her husband.

VaTech parents seek answers in trial 5 years later (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 05:22 PM PST

AP - The hours leading to the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history and the actions of Virginia Tech administrators will be replayed in a Christiansburg courtroom when the parents of two students slain in the April 2007 massacre press their legal effort to hold school officials accountable.

Same-sex custody battle could change Florida law (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 06:39 AM PST

AP - A custody battle in Florida between two lesbians could fuel the growing national debate over the definition of motherhood.

AP source: AG Holder to address targeted killings (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 06:44 PM PST

AP - An Obama administration official says Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to outline the legal framework for the use of lethal force in targeted killings of Americans overseas in a major speech Monday at Northwestern University.

Indiana baby found in field after tornado dies (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 06:41 PM PST

AP - An Indiana toddler found in a field after violent tornadoes died Sunday after being taken off life support, ending a hopeful tale for survivors in the Midwest and South picking through the storms' devastation.

Dachau survivor and liberator meet 6 decades later (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:23 AM PST

AP - The way Ernie Gross and Don Greenbaum laugh and tell jokes with the ease of old friends, it's easy to assume the dapper octogenarians have known each other forever.

BP settlement includes new health claims process (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 02:25 PM PST

AP - A settlement that BP is hammering out with victims of the massive Gulf oil spill finally provides a system for monitoring health concerns and compensating people whose illnesses are found to have a link to the disaster.

AP Enterprise: Federal sentences still vary widely (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 08:46 AM PST

AP - A new study shows that federal judges are handing out widely disparate sentences for similar crimes 30 years after Congress tried to create fairer results, but the differences don't line up with the party of the president who appointed the judges, despite any impressions that Republicans or Democrats may be tougher or softer on crime.

New Mexico police find child's body in hole (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 02:37 PM PST

AP - A search for a 4-year-old New Mexico boy led authorities Sunday to a deep, narrow hole in a neighbor's backyard where a police spokeswoman says a detective located the body of a child.

40th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins in Alaska (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 04:09 PM PST

AP - Sixty-six mushers began their quest to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race with the competition's official start Sunday in Willow.

Medical bills can wreck credit, even when paid off (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:50 AM PST

AP - Mike and Laura Park thought their credit record was spotless. The Texas couple wanted to take advantage of low interest rates, so they put their house on the market and talked to a lender about a mortgage on a bigger home in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs.

Police: Alaska girl locked in frigid bedroom dies (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 03:28 AM PST

AP - A 3-year-old girl from America's northernmost community died and her younger sister suffered hypothermia after their mother and the mother's boyfriend left them in a locked bedroom with a window open to a temperature of minus 30 degrees to air out the room because the girls wet their beds, authorities said.

Hospital says Ind. toddler found in field dies (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 03:32 PM PST

AP - A hospital official says an Indiana toddler found in a field after Friday's violent tornadoes has died.
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