2011年4月6日星期三

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Wisconsin high court challenger declares victory (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:12 PM PDT

Reuters - The union-backed challenger in the race for a seat on Wisconsin's state Supreme Court declared victory on Wednesday in a contest that became a referendum on a new restrictions on public sector unions.

Ohio bill would allow recall against Kasich, legislators (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:12 PM PDT

Reuters - Ohio Democratic legislators are proposing a bill that would allow voters to recall Governor John Kasich, who has signed a controversial bill limiting collective bargaining for public workers.

Fiscal woes to last decades for states, cities: GAO (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Reuters - The fiscal conditions of state and local governments will steadily decline through 2060 because of rising healthcare costs, a federal watchdog agency said on Wednesday, but it added that short-term pressures have eased over the last year.

How Butler Missed, and Missed, and Missed, a Championship (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:15 AM PDT

Time.com - After the buzzer sounded, confetti fell from the rafters of Reliant Stadium in Houston, marking a national championship won by the University of Connecticut. But people will quickly forget it

Woolen Coffins Offer a Green Alternative for Burials (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:55 AM PDT

Time.com - With more and more Brits turning to green funerals, one family-run wool mill has found a warm and fluffy way to cash in: woolen coffins

Older passenger jets facing tougher inspections (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:36 PM PDT

Reuters - Airlines flying older jets are facing tougher, more time-consuming U.S. inspections after the fuselage of a Southwest Airlines jet ruptured last week, leaving a 5-foot hole and questions about how companies and regulators will manage aircraft fatigue.

Lawyers say Jackson was desperate over finances (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:00 PM PDT

AP - Michael Jackson was on the brink of financial ruin when he agreed to do his "This is It" concert tour, and his fear of failure spurred by severe insomnia drove him to take desperate measures that killed him, a lawyer for his doctor said Wednesday,

Shutdown meeting at White House as time dwindles (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:24 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at the National Action Network's Keepers of Dream Awards Gala in New York, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Time growing short, Congress' leaders reported making headway Wednesday in talks to cut spending and avert a partial government shutdown that the White House warned would hit U.S. combat troops abroad and taxpayer refunds from the IRS at home.

Man arrested in deadly Ala college shooting (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:24 PM PDT

AP - Police have arrested a man in a deadly east Alabama community college shooting after the man came up to reporters and said he was the person authorities were seeking.

Colorado police pepper-spray misbehaving boy, 8 (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:33 PM PDT

In this frame grab from video released by ABC News/Good Morning America, Aidan Elliott, 8, and his mother, Mandy Elliott, appear on ABC's 'Good Morning America,' Wednesday, April 6, 2011, in New York. Police in Lakewood, Colo., say they pepper-sprayed Aidan twice on Feb. 22 at Glennon Heights Elementary School after he refused to drop a piece of wooden wall trim that he was trying to stab them with. (AP Photo/ABC News-Good Morning America) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDITAP - Eight-year-old Aidan Elliott had thrown a TV and chairs at his Colorado elementary school and was trying to use a cart to bust through a door to an office where teachers and other students fled for safety.

Wash. soldier in homicide-suicide deployed twice (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT

Jermara Youngblood, and Ronette Youngblood, from left, listen as Ed Troyer, spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, announces that the body of a 6-year-old boy was discovered in a home, in Spanaway, Wash., on April 5, 2011. Police discovered a 6-year-old boy dead in the home with a plastic bag over his head Tuesday after authorities say his parents were found dead in a car following a high-speed chase. The boy was found when investigators went to the couple's Spanaway home to check on him and his 10-year-old half sister, who was later found safe with her biological father in Redmond, Ore., said Troyer. Washington State Patrol troopers said the 38-year-old man in the car was fleeing from a trooper and shot himself in the head after his car spun out on Interstate 5 at Tumwater, about 60 miles south of Seattle. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Janet Jensen)AP - A Washington state man suspected of shooting and killing his wife and himself during a police chase was a combat medic who had twice deployed to Iraq.

Police: Suicide at Mass. camp under new scrutiny (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT

AP - A man who killed himself Wednesday had been accused of molesting a boy at a Cape Cod youth camp that's come under scrutiny since it was linked to a childhood sex abuse allegation by U.S. Sen. Scott Brown.

Parties split as House panel debates GOP budget (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:37 PM PDT

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., works with Republican members of the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. He is flanked by Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., right, with Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, at left. The pace of budget negotiations in Congress is quickening as a deadline for a government shutdown looms at week's end. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Partisan divisions hardened Wednesday as Republicans began pushing a $3.5 trillion federal budget for 2012 through a House committee, with backers calling it a sobering correction for the nation's spending binge and critics labeling it an assault on health programs for retirees and the poor.

Southwest Airlines patching hole in jet in Ariz. (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:28 PM PDT

AP - Southwest Airlines mechanics on Wednesday were patching a large hole in a Boeing 737 that made an emergency landing in southwestern Arizona last week, but the company won't say when or if it will be back in service.

Alaska law would allow military to drink at age 18 (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:17 PM PDT

In this April 5, 2011 photo, Rep. Bob Lynn, R-Anchorage, listens to testimony in the House Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee in Juneau, Alaska. Lynn has proposed allowing active-duty armed forces members under age 21 to legally buy and drink alcohol. (AP Photo/Chris Stein)AP - Alaska is the latest state to weigh in on a long-running argument: If you're old enough to fight and die for your country, you should be old enough to drink a beer.

Tax caps creating new hurdles for towns, schools (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:03 PM PDT

Brandon Mundell, owner of Toys Forever, Models and Hobbies in Muncie, Ind., talks about property tax caps in his store Friday, March 18, 2011. Mundell is disappointed that the property tax cap has led to the city closing the downtown fire station. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - First, the state of Indiana put a limit on how much money Mark Burkhart and his colleagues in the state's school districts could raise with local taxes. Then the state informed them all they'd be getting a smaller check from the state.

Wis. voters send governor strong, angry message (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:03 PM PDT

Justice David Prosser, speaks to supporters at the Seven Seas Restaurant Tuesday April 5, 2011 in Waukesha Wis. as he takes on Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg for the Wisconsin Supreme Court seat. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck)AP - Wisconsin voters sent Republican Gov. Scott Walker a clear message about their unhappiness with his muscling through a law restricting union rights by sending a once runaway state Supreme Court race toward a near-certain recount and filling the governor's former post with a Democrat.

Gadhafi, in letter, asks Obama to end air strikes (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:07 PM PDT

A Libyan rebel fighter looks out from a damaged building at the western gate of Ajdabiya, Libya Wednesday, April 6, 2011. NATO rejected criticism from Libyan rebels over the pace of its military campaign in Libya, saying Wednesday that its airstrikes against Moammar Gadhafi's forces are increasing every day. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appealed directly to President Barack Obama on Wednesday to end what Gadhafi called "an unjust war." He also wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election next year.

Obama seeks re-election help from Sharpton's group (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:33 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, center, hugs recording artist Stevie Wonder, as Rev. Al Sharpton, right, watches at the National Action Network's Keepers of Dream Awards gala in New York, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Ensnarled in another political spat with Republicans, President Barack Obama conceded to a civil rights audience Wednesday that there are times when people "lose hope" over whether national politics will ever change.

2012 hopefuls tread carefully on Ryan budget (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:03 PM PDT

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., center, and others, leave a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2011, after touting his 2012 federal budget. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Mindful of the political risks, most Republican presidential hopefuls treaded gingerly after House Republicans unveiled a budget plan that would slash federal spending by about $5 trillion over 10 years while revamping health programs for the elderly and poor.

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