2011年3月13日星期日

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Wisconsin Democrats say down but not out in union fight (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 02:54 PM PDT

Reuters - Scott Walker, Wisconsin's newly elected Republican governor, won his battle last week to get the curbs he backed on public-sector unions approved by the state legislature and signed into law.

Iran to put Americans on trial again in May: report (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 07:50 AM PDT

Reuters - Iran will put three Americans facing spying charges on trial for the second time on May 11, an official was quoted Sunday as saying by the official IRNA news agency.

New Jersey floodwaters crest, 2,000 homes evacuated (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 02:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Major flooding continued along the Passaic River in northern New Jersey on Sunday after the river crested at Little Falls nearly 5 feet above flood stage late on Saturday, meteorologists said.

Obama vs. Whistle-Blowers: Taking a Hard Line on Leaks (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 09:25 PM PST

Time.com - The Obama Administration is rapidly establishing a record as the most aggressive prosecutor of alleged government leakers in U.S. history. And free-speech advocates aren't happy about it

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Scores Coup in Union Fight (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 09:25 PM PST

Time.com - In a lightning legislative attack, Wisconsin Republicans strip workers of the right to collective bargaining -- and all the people power the protesters could muster couldn't stop them

Jewish prayer ritual alarms Alaska Airlines crew (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 02:29 PM PDT

Reuters - An orthodox Jewish prayer observance by three passengers aboard an Alaska Airlines flight on Sunday alarmed flight attendants unfamiliar with the ritual, prompting them to lock down the cockpit and issue a security alert, officials said.

Officer shot dead by another officer in NYC suburb (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 01:46 PM PDT

AP - A police officer was fatally shot by another officer after a confrontation with a knife-wielding man inside a home in a New York City suburb, authorities said Sunday. The suspect also was killed.

Tough times undermine generosity at NY biker bar (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:23 AM PDT

In a March 10, 2011 photo, Don Birch sits at the bar in his Sawmill Tavern in Schenectady, N.Y. Birch, who has served up free hot meals to the needy every Sunday for decades, says he can no longer afford to provide the meals. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)AP - After spending the past 1,500 or so Sundays making sure he had enough food to give a lot of people a free, hot meal, Don Birch took a Sunday off — a casualty of the same hard times he tried to make easier for others.

Openness in state gov't? AP survey shows obstacles (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 11:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2011 file photo, a man talks on a phone outside the Assembly Chamber at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. In Albany, the budget process is often compared to the old Soviet Politburo - but, some say, more secretive and more in the red. Despite a reform bill that passed two years ago, legislative leaders still craft budget bills behind closed doors and send them out for a quick vote. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)AP - More openness in government. Lawmakers across the country, including the Republicans who took control in many states this year, say they want it. But a survey of all 50 states by The Associated Press has found that efforts to boost openness often are being thwarted by old patterns of secrecy.

Group seeks forest restoration to cleanse planet (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 11:14 AM PDT

In this September 2010 photo provided by the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, group member Meryl Marsh poses by the Amos Alonzo Stagg Tree, one of the largest giant sequoias in the world, located in California's Giant Sequoia National Monument near Porterville. Archangel Archive staffers took cuttings from the tree to make clones in its project to restore ancient forests. (AP Photo/courtesy of Archangel Ancient Tree Archive) NO SALESAP - Redwoods and sequoias towering majestically over California's northern coast. Oaks up to 1,000 years old nestled in a secluded corner of Ireland. The legendary cedars of Lebanon.

Man swept to sea in Calif. sought new beginning (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:25 PM PDT

AP - Leaving his teenage drug abuse behind in Oregon, Dustin Weber was seeking a new beginning along California's rugged far northern coast, happy to be in the land of his mother's heritage, the Yurok Tribe.

Police: Multiple deaths, 1 deputy wounded in Va. (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 04:58 PM PDT

AP - Multiple people were shot and killed Sunday in southwestern Virginia and at least one deputy was wounded, state police said.

Nations close in on Guatemalan massacre suspects (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 02:16 PM PDT

AP - Nearly 30 years after an elite Guatemalan military force raped and slaughtered residents of a tiny village, U.S. and Canadian authorities are closing in on some of the alleged perpetrators.

Survivor recalls famous WWII battle at Iwo Jima (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:01 AM PDT

In this March 9, 2011 photo, Raymond Miller, age 86, holds up a copy of the book that he helped write 'From the Volcano to the Gorge/Getting the Job Done on Iwo Jima' while he poses at his home S. Paris, Maine. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)AP - It was just over 66 years ago that Raymond Miller was with his Marine regiment, bearing south on the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima. There was an unusual lull in the gunfire, and his attention was drawn about 400 yards away to the top of Mount Suribachi, which rose sharply at the south end of the pork chop-shaped isle.

Dems hope to taint Romney with health law praise (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:42 AM PDT

FILE - in this April 12, 2006 file photo, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, seated, smiles with clockwise from top Mass. Health and Human Services Secretary Timothy Murphy; Mass. Senate President Robert Travaglini; Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.; and Mass. House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi at Faneuil Hall in Boston. Romney signed into law a bill designed to guarantee virtually all state residents have health insurance. Top Democrats have praised former Romney for signing the sweeping health care law that laid the groundwork for President Obama's own national health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file)AP - President Barack Obama and other top Democrats have been quick to lavish praise on former Massachusetts Republican Gov. Mitt Romney for signing the sweeping health care law in 2006 that laid the groundwork for Obama's national health care overhaul.

Wis. labor protesters say next fight at the polls (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 10:48 PM PST

Protesters march outside the state Capitol Saturday, March 12, 2011, in Madison, Wis. While Gov. Scott Walker has already signed a contentious collective bargaining bill into law, demonstrators insist the fight is not over. For some, the focus has shifted from trying to stop passage of the bill to generating momentum for recall efforts against Republicans. Others are simply venting their frustration over the law taking away most of public workers' collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)AP - Clogging the Wisconsin Capitol grounds and screaming angry chants, tens of thousands of undaunted pro-labor protesters descended on Madison again Saturday and vowed to focus on future elections now that contentious cuts to public worker union rights have become law.

Openness in state gov't? AP survey shows obstacles (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 09:20 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2011 file photo, a man talks on a phone outside the Assembly Chamber at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. In Albany, the budget process is often compared to the old Soviet Politburo - but, some say, more secretive and more in the red. Despite a reform bill that passed two years ago, legislative leaders still craft budget bills behind closed doors and send them out for a quick vote. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)AP - More openness in government. Lawmakers across the country, including the Republicans who took control in many states this year, say they want it. But a survey of all 50 states by The Associated Press has found that efforts to boost openness often are being thwarted by old patterns of secrecy.

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