2011年2月22日星期二

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Ohio public employees protest proposed union curbs (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:06 PM PST

Reuters - Thousands of people picketed the state Capitol on Tuesday to protest a bill to cut collective bargaining rights for state workers.

New Jersey budget spares cities, hits workers (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:33 PM PST

A pedestrian crosses Chestnut Avenue in Trenton, New Jersey, January 4, 2008. REUTERS/Tim ShafferReuters - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie proposed a $29.4 billion budget for fiscal 2012 on Tuesday that spares cities from cuts but extracts savings at the expense of the state workforce to help pay for tax reduction.

Architects Recycle Cargo Containers in New Housing Trend (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 01:05 AM PST

Time.com - Yes, the same rectangular shipping containers that you see piled high in ports worldwide are being recycled as homes, office buildings and even traveling museum exhibits

Wisconsin Budget Gap: Blame Politicians or Teachers' Unions? (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 01:05 AM PST

Time.com - Who's to blame for the mess in Madison -- state politicians, the unions or President Obama? Or all of the above?

Malcolm X daughter accused of fraud, identity theft (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:38 PM PST

Reuters - The youngest daughter of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X faced extradition proceedings on Tuesday in North Carolina on charges she stole $55,000 and the identity of the widow of her father's friend and bodyguard.

Chicago votes for first new mayor in 2 decades (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 05:33 PM PST

Chicago mayoral candidate Gery Chico left, greets customers at Yolk restaurant in Chicago Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - The biggest question in Chicago's mayoral election Tuesday was whether former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's momentum and money would carry him to an outright win or whether one of his rivals would garner enough votes to force a two-way runoff in April.

Jury convicts Iraqi immigrant in 'honor killing' (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 05:39 PM PST

AP - A Phoenix jury convicted an Iraqi immigrant of second-degree murder Tuesday for running over and killing his daughter in a case termed an "honor killing" by prosecutors who said the father carried out the attack because he believed his daughter had become too Westernized.

Ariz. Senate committee mull 3 immigration bills (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:27 PM PST

George Sprankle, right, and other supporters of the Tea Party movement wait to get into the Senate Appropriations committee hearing room at the State Capitol in Phoenix Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. A sweeping bill that targets illegal immigrants in public housing, public benefits and the workplace drew vocal opposition Tuesday from Democrats. The Senate Appropriations Committee was considering the 29-page bill Tuesday, a day after it was introduced by Republican Senate President Russell Pearce, who authored last year's controversial SB 1070. That law touched off a nationwide debate on whether states can enforce federal immigration laws. Democrats don't have the votes to block the measure, but the topic brought out supporters on both sides and security at the Senate was heightened, with about a dozen uniformed police officers deployed in and around the building. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Jack Kurtz)AP - A sweeping bill that targets illegal immigrants in public housing, public benefits and the workplace drew vocal opposition Tuesday from Democrats who say its sponsor is plotting his political strategy and not focused on Republicans' stated top priority, the economy.

Census: Near-record level of US counties dying (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:22 PM PST

A coal truck drives through an railroad tressel near downtown Welch, W.Va., Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Coal brought a large population to the McDowell County in the 1940's. Now the population is shrinking and the county suffers from unemployment and poverty. (AP Photo/Jon C. Hancock)AP - In America's once-thriving coal country, 87-year-old Ed Shepard laments a prosperous era gone by, when shoppers lined the streets and government lent a helping hand. Now, here as in one-fourth of all U.S. counties, West Virginia's graying residents are slowly dying off.

Wisconsin lawmakers take up bill to cripple unions (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 05:00 PM PST

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker rehearses his fireside speech at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are in their eighth day of large scale protests. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)AP - With their Senate colleagues still in hiding, Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly began introducing a barrage of 100 amendments Tuesday to try to stymie the Republican governor's plan to strip unionized public employees of most of their bargaining rights.

4 American hostages killed by pirates off Somalia (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 05:00 PM PST

In this June 11, 2005 photo provided by Joe Grande, Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle are seen on a yacht in Bodega Bay, Calif. Macay and Riggle, both of Seattle, are reportedly on the yacht Quest, hijacked by Somali pirates Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 off the coast of Oman. The Quest's owners, Scott and Jean Adam of California, are also onboard. (AP Photo/Joe Grande) NO SALESAP - A U.S. Navy destroyer was shadowing a hijacked yacht with four Americans aboard when a pirate fired a rocket-propelled grenade, followed by bursts of gunfire. U.S. special forces scrambled onto the occupied vessel only to find the four Americans fatally wounded.

Marshals release photo of alleged Tucson shooter (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 05:31 PM PST

This photo released Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Jared Loughner. The photo was taken in Phoenix while Loughner was in the agency's custody. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshal's Office)AP - The U.S. Marshals Service released a new image Tuesday of the man suspected of shooting U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, killing six people and wounding a dozen others near Tucson last month.

Friends mourn 4 US yachters killed by pirates (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:24 PM PST

This undated photo provided Tuesday Feb. 22, 2011 by the Del Rey Yacht Club, shows Scott and Jean Adam of Marina del Rey, Calif., who were killed by pirates Tuesday after being taken hostage several hundred miles south of Oman. (AP Photo/Del Rey Yacht Club)AP - Four American yachters killed by Somali pirates early Tuesday were longtime sailors whose passion for the high seas outweighed any fear of the risks, friends said.

Fla. agency didn't tell police about alleged abuse (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:12 PM PST

AP - State child welfare officials said Tuesday they never contacted police after receiving an abuse allegation that 10-year-old twins were being tied up and locked in the bathroom of a Florida home. The girl's body was later found in her adoptive father's truck beside the road.

Sen. Brown defends call not to seek abuse charges (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:57 PM PST

Customers wait in line for U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., to sign copies of his new book, 'Against All Odds,' at a bookstore in Boston, Tuesday afternoon Feb. 22, 2011. Brown revealed in the memoir he was sexually abused as a child. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - U.S. Sen. Scott Brown defended his decision not to pursue a criminal investigation against the camp counselor he said molested him when he was a child, saying Tuesday that he's not looking to settle old scores.

US Sen. John Thune won't run against Obama in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

South Dakota Senator John Thune talks with a supporter about his decision to not run for president in 2012 in Sioux Falls, S.D. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Thune says he decided not to run for president next year after concluding he'd have a difficult time fundraising and that President Barack Obama would be tough to beat. The South Dakota Republican told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he's not as well-known and wouldn't be able to raise as much money as other potential GOP candidates. (AP Photo/Argus Leader, Devin Wagner)AP - U.S. Sen. John Thune said Tuesday that he won't join what's expected to be a crowded GOP field of presidential hopefuls next year, concluding he would have a difficult time fundraising and that President Barack Obama would be tough to beat.

Grieving mom screams at Pa. judge, becomes symbol (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:57 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 file photo, Sandy Fonzo confronts former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella outside the federal courthouse in Scranton Pa., after he was convicted of racketeering in a multi million dollar extortion-and-bribery plot to send youth offenders to for-profit detention centers. Fonzo's son, who was jailed when he was 17 by Ciavarella, committed suicide last year at the age of 23. (AP Photo/The ScrantonTimes-Tribune, Michael J. Mullen, File) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDITAP - Sandy Fonzo hadn't planned on confronting the Pennsylvania judge whom she blames for robbing her late son of his chance at a happy, productive life.

Reid takes on Old West, says time to ban brothels (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:27 PM PST

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks to a joint session of the Nevada Legislature on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 at the Legislature in Carson City, Nev. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison)AP - U.S. Sen. Harry Reid took aim at the world's oldest profession Tuesday, telling state lawmakers the time has come to have an adult conversation about Nevada's legal sex trade if the state hopes to succeed in the 21st century.

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