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Jury convicts ex-Ill. Gov. Blagojevich at retrial
Mon,27 Jun 2011 06:28 PM PDT
AP -  Rod Blagojevich, who won two terms as Illinois governor before scandal made him a national punch line, was convicted Monday of a wide range of corruption charges, including trying to sell President Barack Obama's Senate seat.
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Wildfire triggers evacuation for Los Alamos laboratory
Sun,26 Jun 2011 09:04 PM PDT
Reuters - SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Voluntary evacuations have been issued for Los Alamos, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is threatened by a fast-moving wildfire that broke out in northern New Mexico on Sunday, authorities said. Full Story1 | Top |
Out of work for a while? Tell us your story
Mon,27 Jun 2011 07:24 AM PDT
The Lookout - It's no secret that this country is enduring an unemployment crisis. But what's especially troubling about today's jobless scene is that the United States is actually in the midst of a *long-term* unemployment crisis. Of the nearly 14 million Americans who are officially jobless, more than 6 million have been out of work for more [...] Full Story1 | Top |
"Lean gene" ups risk of heart disease and diabetes
Sun,26 Jun 2011 10:07 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Being slim may not always lead to a lower risk of heart disease and diabetes, scientists said Sunday after they identified a gene linked both to having a lean body and to a higher risk of metabolic diseases. Full Story1 | Top |
The creepiest trees on Earth
Fri,24 Jun 2011 02:03 PM PDT
The Upshot - Environmental Graffiti has assembled this collection of some of the strangest looking trees in nature. Slideshow: Click to see creepy trees brothergrimm/environmentalgraffiti.com For the full collection from Environmental Graffiti, click here. Full Story1 | Top |
Korean noodle maker in hot water over advertising
Mon,27 Jun 2011 02:34 AM PDT
Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters Life!) - Top South Korean noodle maker Nongshim Co Ltd ran into unexpected trouble from the nation's fair trade officials, who Monday slapped the company with a steep fine for exaggerating the nutritional value of a new brand of instant noodles. Full Story1 | Top |
Judge blocks parts of Ga. immigration law
Mon,27 Jun 2011 02:28 PM PDT
AP - A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked parts of Georgia's strict new law targeting illegal immigration from taking effect, including a provision that authorizes police to check the immigration status of suspects without proper identification and to detain illegal immigrants. Full Story1 | Top |
The Fast Fix: President Bachmann?
Mon,27 Jun 2011 05:54 AM PDT
The Fast Fix - Michele Bachmann makes a compelling and confident 2012 Presidential candidate. She needs to keep that spark up--but avoid a tendency to misspeak as she moves forward. If you haven't heard of Michele Bachmann yet, you will soon enough. The Minnesota Republican Congresswoman officially enters the 2012 presidential race today in Waterloo, Iowa. She'll also make [...] Full Story1 | Top |
FACT CHECK: Bachmann bomblets raising eyebrows
Mon,27 Jun 2011 04:29 PM PDT
AP -  Michele Bachmann's claim that she has "never gotten a penny" from a family farm that's been subsidized by the government is at odds with her financial disclosure statements. They show tens of thousands in personal income from the operation.
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Homeowners’ association tells veteran to remove flagpole
Mon,27 Jun 2011 08:43 AM PDT
The Lookout - Vietnam and Korean War veteran Fred Quigley is in a battle with a developer over his wish to fly an American flag on a 14-foot flagpole outside of his home in Macedonia, Ohio. Joe Migliorini, a partner in the development company's firm and the head of the homeowners' association for the retirement community in which [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Court strikes down minor violent video game ban
Mon,27 Jun 2011 01:46 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Governments cannot ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors because it would violate free-speech rights, the U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday in its first ruling in a video game case.
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TSA defends search of 95-year-old, cancer-stricken woman
Mon,27 Jun 2011 06:33 AM PDT
The Lookout - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is defending its agents after a woman complained they forced her 95-year-old mother to remove her adult diaper to be screened before she got on a plane earlier this month. The woman's daughter, Jean Weber, filed a complaint with federal authorities after a TSA agent at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport demanded [...] Full Story1 | Top |
US expands human trafficking blacklist
Mon,27 Jun 2011 05:36 PM PDT
AP - The Obama administration on Monday nearly doubled the number of countries that may face U.S. sanctions for not doing enough to combat human trafficking, calling on those and other nations to get serious and take tough steps to eradicate the lucrative illicit practice. Full Story1 | Top |
Court: Why the First Amendment protects violent video games
Mon,27 Jun 2011 10:11 AM PDT
Exclusive - By Ken Paulson President, First Amendment Center The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that states cannot restrict the sale or rental of video games to minors, a decision that reinforces both the First Amendment protection for interactive games and the … Full Story1 | Top |
Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team files bankruptcy
Mon,27 Jun 2011 02:26 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, blaming Major League Baseball for rejecting a television deal that would have given the storied baseball team an urgent injection of cash.
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Blagojevich jury reaches verdicts on 18 counts
Mon,27 Jun 2011 11:29 AM PDT
AP -  More than two years after his arrest while still in office, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will hear the verdict in his corruption retrial Monday, after jurors informed the judge that they had reached agreement on 18 of the 20 counts against him.
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Wildfire shuts Los Alamos lab, forces evacuations
Mon,27 Jun 2011 09:50 PM PDT
AP -  Thousands of residents calmly fled Monday from the mesa-top town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory, ahead of an approaching wildfire that sent up towering plumes of smoke, rained down ash and sparked a spot fire on lab property where scientists 50 years ago conducted underground tests of radioactive explosives.
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Immigration memo called ‘backdoor amnesty’ by ICE union
Mon,27 Jun 2011 11:27 AM PDT
The Lookout - A memo by a top Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official--urging agents to consider age, education status, health and other factors when deciding whether to deport an illegal immigrant--has caused an outcry on the right that the Obama administration is attempting to secretly push through immigration reform. "This memo is really a de facto Dream [...] Full Story1 | Top |
International court orders Gaddafi's arrest
Mon,27 Jun 2011 03:02 PM PDT
Reuters -  THE HAGUE/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and rebels trying to oust him said their forces had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of the capital.
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U.S. Teachers Work the Longest Hours But Students Stay Average
Sat,25 Jun 2011 03:54 PM PDT
The Atlantic Wire - Among 27 member nations tracked by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, U.S. teachers work the longest hours, the Wall Street Journal reports. This seems particularly impressive as the U.S. has long summer vacations, and primary-school teachers only spent 36 weeks a year in the classroom, among the lowest of the countries tracked. Yet the educators spent 1,097 hours a year teaching, in the most recent numbers from 2008. New Zealand, in second place at 985 hours, had schools open for 39 weeks a year. The OECD average is 786 hours. ... Full Story1 | Top |
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