2011年2月5日星期六

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Jobless rate among veterans highest in five years (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:04 PM PST

Car stickers commemorating U.S. military service in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq are seen on a recruiter's table at a veterans job fair in Los Angeles, California November 10, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonReuters - More than 15 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans were unemployed in January, far higher than the national jobless rate and the highest since the government began collecting data on veterans in 2005, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday.


Snow-battered Northeast challenged by winter hazards (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 01:42 PM PST

Reuters - Unrelenting winter storms have left a chilled New England in a white maze, with growing mounds of snow and ice creating formidable public safety concerns.

Chrysler chief apologizes for using term "shyster" (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 12:40 PM PST

Reuters - Chrysler Group LLC's chief executive apologized on Saturday for describing the high-interest bailout loans extended by the U.S. and Canadian governments in 2009 as "shyster loans."

Study: Single Men Not Afraid of Marriage or Having Kids (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 06:10 AM PST

Time.com - A new study suggests that men aren't afraid of commitment, and are more likely than women to want children

Super Bowl School: What the NFL Can Teach Teachers (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 06:10 AM PST

Time.com - Our education columnist hosts The Daly Show, talking shop with Tim Daly, a leading school reformer, and his brother Brendan Daly, defensive-line coach for the St. Louis Rams

Man repeatedly stabs himself in neck before arrest (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST

Reuters - A man remains in critical condition after repeatedly stabbing himself in the throat when police arrived to take him into custody in connection with a Kentucky rape, authorities said on Saturday.

Nasdaq hackers target service for corporate boards (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:21 PM PST

FILE - The sign outside the NASDAQ Market site is seen in this Aug. 19, 2004 file photo taken in New York. The Wall Street Journal reported on its website late Friday Feb. 4, 2011 that federal investigators are trying to identify the hackers that penetrated the market's computer network multiple times during the past year.   (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)AP - Hackers broke into a Nasdaq service that handles confidential communications for some 300 corporations, the company said Saturday — the latest vulnerability exposed in the computer systems Wall Street depends on.


Funeral procession features 'legend of lowriders' (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 12:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2008 file photo, visitors to the Peterson Automobile Museum examine a 1964 Chevrolet Impala 'Gypsy Rose' lowrider in Los Angeles. She was a cover girl, had a bit part in a popular '70s TV show and was an icon of car culture. 'Gypsy Rose,' an award-winning Chevy Impala admired for its elaborate floral paint job, was known in the world of cruising low-riders as one of the most flamboyantly tricked-out muscle cars of a generation. On Saturday, the rose-covered ride will lead a funeral procession through East L.A., behind the hearse that carries its owner to his final resting place. (AP Photos/Ric Francis, File)AP - She was a cover girl, had a bit part in a popular 1970s TV show and was an icon of car culture. "Gypsy Rose," an award-winning Chevy Impala admired for its elaborate floral paint job, was known in the world of cruising lowriders as one of the most tricked-out muscle cars of a generation.


Conspiracy charges filed against Muslim students (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:29 PM PST

AP - A group of Muslim students accused of disrupting a speech by Israeli ambassador Michael Oren at the University of California, Irvine, were charged Friday with misdemeanor conspiracy counts, ending speculation about what would come from their actions nearly a year ago.

Hundreds protest Egypt leader in several US cities (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:37 PM PST

Hannah Russell-Goodson, top, of Boston, and Julian Brand, bottom, of Portland, Maine, chant slogans during a demonstration against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak near the United Nations headquarters, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011, in New York.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Hundreds calling for the ouster of Egypt's president peacefully demonstrated in several U.S. cities on Saturday to show their support for the anti-government throngs that have taken over a sprawling public square in Cairo.


Ohio Catholic bishops seek to end death penalty (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:13 PM PST

AP - Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati and Bishop Frederick Campbell of Columbus are among 10 Catholic church leaders in Ohio who have signed a statement urging the state to stop using the death penalty, weeks after an Ohio Supreme Court justice issued the same call.

Texas needs late rally to save Super Bowl week (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 02:30 PM PST

Fans, reflected by windows on the Dallas Convention Center, walk through the snow near the NFL Super Bowl Experience during a winter storm, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, in Dallas. The Green Bay Packers face the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV on Sunday in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - Mother Nature messed with Texas — and might not be finished.


Reagan centennial endowment reaches $100M goal (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:48 PM PST

FILE- This Jan. 20, 1981 file photo, shows President Ronald Reagan as he gives a thumbs up to the crowd while his wife, first lady Nancy Reagan, waves from a limousine during the inaugural parade in Washington following Reagan's swearing in as the 40th president of the United States. Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, marks the centennial anniversary of Reagan's birth. (AP Photo/File)AP - The Ronald Reagan centennial endowment campaign surpassed its $100 million goal Saturday, hours before the Gipper's 100th birthday.


Chicago residents call "dibs" on dug-out parking (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 11:57 AM PST

In this Feb. 4, 2011 photo, Mindy Chambers sits on her chair after shoveling snow in front of her home in Chicago. A blizzard that dumped nearly 2 feet of snow has revived a longstanding Chicago tradition: Break out the patio furniture. Or, if none is available, suitcases, garbage cans, strollers, bar stools and milk crates work, too. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)AP - A blizzard that dumped nearly 2 feet of snow has revived a longstanding Chicago tradition: Break out the patio furniture. Or, if none is available, suitcases, garbage cans, strollers, bar stools and milk crates work, too.


Palin: America out of step with Reagan's values (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 01:28 PM PST

Former Republican vice Presidential candidate and Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, Friday Feb. 4, 2011. Palin was the headline speaker for  the Ronald Reagan Centennial celebration opening reception hosted by the Young Americans Foundation.  (AP Photo/Spencer Weiner)AP - America is on a "road to ruin" because of misguided policies in Washington and needs to get back in step with the values of Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin said at an event honoring the former president's legacy.


AP IMPACT: Explosion highlights lax pipeline rules (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 11:45 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2010 file photo, a massive fire roars through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif.  An Associated Press investigation has found that damage from a California pipeline explosion could have been reduced if the line had been equipped with a type of shut-off valve federal safety investigators have recommended for decades. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)AP - First, the pipeline exploded. Then the flames, like a blowtorch, set the neighborhood overlooking San Francisco Bay ablaze.


Suspect in Detroit serial rapes heading to trials (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:33 PM PST

Raynard Coleman sits silently at the defense table as he listens in a courtroom, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 in Detroit. Coleman a man on parole for attempted murder was ordered to trial Friday in five rapes in Detroit that were part of a string of attacks that began on New Year's Day and terrorized the city. (AP Photo/Detroit News, John T. Greilick)  DETROIT FREE PRESS OUTAP - A man on parole for attempted murder was ordered to trial Friday in five rapes in Detroit that were part of a string of attacks that began on New Year's Day and terrorized the city.


Agent who protects Nancy Reagan shoots self in hip (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 12:39 PM PST

AP - A Secret Service agent assigned to protect Nancy Reagan is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the hip at a sheriff's department shooting range.

Mourners salute beloved Hmong leader Gen. Vang Pao (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:52 PM PST

FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, Former Laotian General Vang Pao, center, is escorted by supporters to the federal courthouse in Sacramento, Calif. Pao will be honored at an elaborate funeral ceremony on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, inspires an unparalleled reverence among the ethnic Hmong he led in a CIA backed secret army in the Vietnam War and later, helped to resettle in America when Saigon fell.  (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)AP - Thousands of sobbing mourners in military uniform and traditional Laotian dress paid their respects Friday to the late Gen. Vang Pao, a key U.S. ally in the Vietnam War and hero in the Hmong diaspora whose proposed burial at Arlington National Cemetery was denied by the Army.


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