CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors who convicted Rod Blagojevich of corruption Monday said it wasn’t that they didn’t like the ousted Illinois governor — they just didn’t believe him. Speaking to reporters after the verdict, one of the jury’s 11 women said she found the chatty Blagojevich personable, while another called parts of his seven days [...]
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June 28, 2011
June 27, 2011
Home Depot Accused of Violating Buy American Act
SAN FRANCISCO — The photograph on the Home Depot website shows a line of smiling soldiers unloading a truck stacked with power tools and other company wares. The company says this shows “federal dollars go farther at The Home Depot.” San Francisco Attorney Paul Scott says the photo also shows the company providing Chinese-made products [...]
June 26, 2011
AP Poll: Americans Divided on Looming Debt Crisis
WASHINGTON — It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning “the creditors are coming.” Americans seem not to have awakened to the fast-looming debt crisis that could summon a new recession, imperil their stock market investments and shatter faith in the world’s most powerful economy. Facing an August deadline [...]
June 24, 2011
Hackers Break into Arizona Police Computers
* Arizona DPS confirms “computer issues” * Group says it hacked computer to protest immigration law WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Computer hackers who previously broke into a U.S. Senate server and brought down the CIA web site struck an Arizona police web site on Thursday. Lulz Security, saying it opposed a tough anti-immigration law in Arizona, [...]
June 24, 2011
Petraeus: I’ll Leave Army Behind as CIA Chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gen. David Petraeus said Thursday that if confirmed as CIA director, he would arrive alone at the agency’s Langley, Va., headquarters, leaving his Army uniform and extensive military staff behind, as he shifts to the head of the “silent service.” Petraeus assured senators that he will not impose a military hierarchy at [...]
June 23, 2011
No Budget, No Pay Is Word to California Lawmakers
SAN FRANCISCO — There’s no reward for a job poorly done, California lawmakers were told Tuesday as their wages and expense pay were suspended after passing a budget that did not “add up.” Controller John Chiang Tuesday said he was acting under terms of a law voters approved last year, the “On-Time Budget Act of [...]
June 21, 2011
Some Methodist Clergy Defy Gay Marriage Ban
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A growing number of pastors in the United Methodist Church say they’re no longer willing to obey a rule banning them from officiating same-sex marriages. In some parts of the U.S., Methodist pastors have already been marrying same-sex couples or conducting blessing ceremonies for same-sex unions with little fanfare and no backlash [...]
June 18, 2011
Unemployment Fell in Fewer than Half US States
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates fell in fewer than half of U.S. states, evidence that slower hiring has affected many parts of the country. The unemployment rates in 24 states dropped, the Labor Department said Friday. Rates rose in 13 states and Washington, D.C, and were flat in 13. That’s a significant decline from April, [...]
June 18, 2011
June 15, 2011
Crews Race to Build Up Levee Protecting Iowa Town
HAMBURG, Iowa — Dozens of workers raced Tuesday to add several feet to a levee that now stands as the lone barrier between Hamburg and the floodwaters of the Missouri River that threaten to fill the small town like a bathtub. Crews working for the Army Corps of Engineers hoped to pile at least three [...]
June 15, 2011
Oscars to Allow 5 to 10 Best Picture Nominees
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved a change in the nominations process that will allow between five and 10 best picture nominees. The board voted Tuesday to approve the change. The number of nominees won’t be announced until the best picture nominees are announced in January. Ten [...]
June 12, 2011
Dozens Jockey for Coveted Anthony Trial Seats
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Spectators trying to get one of the 60 courtroom seats available to the public in the Casey Anthony trial have created scenes reminiscent of the running of the bulls in Spain or a Walmart on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Those who have arrived as early as 1 a.m. to wait for [...]
June 11, 2011
NY Tells Pet Cemeteries to Stop Taking in Humans
HARTSDALE, N.Y. (AP) — A state agency has told New York’s animal cemeteries to stop burying the ashes of pet owners alongside their beloved cats, dogs and parakeets. The order from New York’s Division of Cemeteries has blocked at least one burial. And it has upset people who had arranged in advance to join their [...]
June 11, 2011
Kevorkian Remembered for Devotion to Cause
TROY, Mich. (AP) — Friends, family and supporters gathered Friday to pay tribute to the late Dr. Jack Kevorkian, remembering him for his courageous devotion to the cause of physician-assisted suicide, which cost him his freedom late in life. More than 150 people attended the chapel service at White Chapel Memorial Cemetery in suburban Detroit [...]