Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Wis. lawmaker arrest on alcohol, marijuana charges (AP)

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Wis. lawmaker arrest on alcohol, marijuana charges (AP)
AP - A Wisconsin lawmaker has been arrested on charges of drunken driving and possession of marijuana.

Oregon bank bombing suspect charged with murder (AP)

This photo provided by Marion County Sheriff's Office shows Joshua A. Turnidge. Authorities have identified Turnidge as the man arrested in the bombing of an Oregon bank and say he is accused of murder. Authorities say he is the man shown in surveillance photographs released Sunday. (AP Photo/Marion County Sheriff's Office)AP - A former Navy serviceman was charged with murder and other crimes after a bomb explosion at a bank that killed two law enforcers and critically injured a third, officials said Monday.



A melting Northeast welcomes unseasonable warmth (AP)

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A melting Northeast welcomes unseasonable warmth (AP)

A truck heads down a road lined with ice-covered trees Sunday,  Dec. 14, 2008 in North Berwick, Maine. (AP Photo/Joel Page)AP - Unseasonably mild weather Monday melted ice on trees and soothed the nerves of those in the Northeast who have gone without power since an ice storm four days ago.




Ill. clerks: No money left for a special election (AP)

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at a downtown office building Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, in Chicago. Blagojevich was arrested last week on federal charges that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Election officials statewide say they don't have the money to pay for a special election that could be held to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat.




Closing arguments begin in NJ Fort Dix plot trial (AP)

In this Oct. 20, 2008 file photo is an artist's drawing showing defendants Shain Duka, bottom left, Eljvir Duka, Dritan Duka, Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer and Serdar Tatar in a federal courtroom in Camden, N.J., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. After 26 days of testimony, jurors are to hear final arguments beginning Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, in the case against the five men accused of planning to kill soldiers at Fort Dix. (AP Photo/Shirley Shepard, File)AP - Federal prosecutors urged jurors in closing arguments Monday to believe that five men were intent on killing soldiers at Fort Dix, while a defendant's lawyer told them to beware of a case that left plenty of room for doubt.




Letter to Santa leads to man's molestation arrest (AP)
AP - A Texas man has been arrested after a 9-year-old girl wrote to Santa Claus asking that a relative stop touching her and her sister.

ATF: Accelerant poured around Palin's church (AP)

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ATF: Accelerant poured around Palin's church (AP)

A snow covered tree sits outside of the fire damaged Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla, Alaska Saturday Dec. 13, 2008. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's home church was badly damaged in an arson fire. No one was injured in the fire, which was intentionally set while people, including two children, were inside. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - An accelerant was poured around the exterior of Gov. Sarah Palin's church before fire heavily damaged the building, federal investigators said Monday. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said the accelerant was poured at several locations around the church, including entrances.




Calif. storm collapses school roof, snarls travel (AP)

A mud slide covers the street in front of a  home along San Antonio road in Yorba Linda, Calif., Monday, Dec 15, 2008. A powerful pre-winter storm slammed California with rain and snow on Monday, snarling roads, triggering two traffic fatalities, collapsing the roof of an occupational school and forcing hundreds of people to flee homes in a suburb at risk of mudslides after a devastating wildfire last month.   (AP Photo)AP - California took a pounding Monday from a powerful storm that collapsed the roof of a trade school, made roads treacherous and forced residents from homes out of fear of mudslides from fire-stripped hillsides.




Wis. lawmaker arrest on alcohol, marijuana charges (AP)
AP - A Wisconsin lawmaker has been arrested on charges of drunken driving and possession of marijuana.

Much of the nation shivers under bitter cold snap (AP)

Larry Boulger of Boulger Funeral Home in Fargo, N.D., cleans snow in subzero temperatures Monday morning Dec. 15, 2008, after a weekend blizzard with winds gusting up to 50 mph shut down the town.The entire state was under a wind chill warning as Monday morning lows included 25 below zero at Dickinson and Williston. Meteorologists said the wind would make it fee like more than 40 below.  (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)AP - Temperatures crashed to record lows well below zero Monday as a huge mass of arctic air blustered southward across the Midwest and West, keeping people indoors and leading some cities to open shelters.




NY governor: Caroline Kennedy wants Senate seat (AP)

In this March 7, 2005, file photo, Caroline Kennedy, sits in front of an image of her late father President John F. Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. Caroline Kennedy has told New York Gov. David Paterson she wants to be the state's next U.S. Senator, becoming the highest-profile name to actively lobby for the seat being vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, File)AP - Caroline Kennedy told New York's governor on Monday that she's interested in the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, making her the highest-profile candidate to express a desire for the job. Democratic Gov. David Paterson will choose the replacement. "She told me she was interested in the position," Paterson said. "It's not a campaign. She'd like at some point to sit down."



Monday, December 15, 2008

Leader of NM sect guilty in child sex case (AP)

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Leader of NM sect guilty in child sex case (AP)
AP - An apocalyptic religious sect's leader was convicted Monday of criminal sexual contact with an underage girl in an incident he called a spiritual healing exercise.

Oregon bank bombing suspect charged with murder (AP)

This photo provided by Marion County Sheriff's Office shows Joshua A. Turnidge. Authorities have identified Turnidge as the man arrested in the bombing of an Oregon bank and say he is accused of murder. Authorities say he is the man shown in surveillance photographs released Sunday. (AP Photo/Marion County Sheriff's Office)AP - A former Navy serviceman was charged with murder and other crimes after a bomb explosion at a bank that killed two law enforcers and critically injured a third, officials said Monday.




Calif. storm collapses school roof, snarls travel (AP)

A mud slide covers the street in front of a  home along San Antonio road in Yorba Linda, Calif., Monday, Dec 15, 2008. A powerful pre-winter storm slammed California with rain and snow on Monday, snarling roads, triggering two traffic fatalities, collapsing the roof of an occupational school and forcing hundreds of people to flee homes in a suburb at risk of mudslides after a devastating wildfire last month.   (AP Photo)AP - California took a pounding Monday from a powerful storm that collapsed the roof of a trade school, made roads treacherous and forced residents from homes out of fear of mudslides from fire-stripped hillsides.



Calif. storm collapses school roof, snarls travel (AP)

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Calif. storm collapses school roof, snarls travel (AP)

A mud slide covers the street in front of a  home along San Antonio road in Yorba Linda, Calif., Monday, Dec 15, 2008. A powerful pre-winter storm slammed California with rain and snow on Monday, snarling roads, triggering two traffic fatalities, collapsing the roof of an occupational school and forcing hundreds of people to flee homes in a suburb at risk of mudslides after a devastating wildfire last month.   (AP Photo)AP - California took a pounding Monday from a powerful storm that collapsed the roof of a trade school, made roads treacherous and forced residents from homes out of fear of mudslides from fire-stripped hillsides.




Ill. clerks: No money left for a special election (AP)

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at a downtown office building Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, in Chicago. Blagojevich was arrested last week on federal charges that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Election officials statewide say they don't have the money to pay for a special election that could be held to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat.




Oregon bank bombing suspect charged with murder (AP)

This photo provided by Marion County Sheriff's Office shows Joshua A. Turnidge. Authorities have identified Turnidge as the man arrested in the bombing of an Oregon bank and say he is accused of murder. Authorities say he is the man shown in surveillance photographs released Sunday. (AP Photo/Marion County Sheriff's Office)AP - A former Navy serviceman was charged with murder and other crimes after a bomb explosion at a bank that killed two law enforcers and critically injured a third, officials said Monday.




NY governor: Caroline Kennedy wants Senate seat (AP)

In this Monday, Aug. 25, 2008 file photo, Caroline Kennedy speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. A person close to the discussions says Kennedy will seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton. Kennedy has told Democratic Gov. David Paterson she wants the job should Clinton be confirmed as secretary of state for President-elect Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP - Caroline Kennedy told New York's governor on Monday that she's interested in the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, making her the highest-profile candidate to express a desire for the job. Democratic Gov. David Paterson will choose the replacement. "She told me she was interested in the position," Paterson said. "It's not a campaign. She'd like at some point to sit down."




Leader of NM sect guilty in child sex case (AP)
AP - An apocalyptic religious sect's leader was convicted Monday of criminal sexual contact with an underage girl in an incident he called a spiritual healing exercise.

Closing arguments begin in NJ Fort Dix plot trial (AP)

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Closing arguments begin in NJ Fort Dix plot trial (AP)

In this Oct. 20, 2008 file photo is an artist's drawing showing defendants Shain Duka, bottom left, Eljvir Duka, Dritan Duka, Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer and Serdar Tatar in a federal courtroom in Camden, N.J., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. After 26 days of testimony, jurors are to hear final arguments beginning Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, in the case against the five men accused of planning to kill soldiers at Fort Dix. (AP Photo/Shirley Shepard, File)AP - Federal prosecutors urged jurors in closing arguments Monday to believe that five men were intent on killing soldiers at Fort Dix, while a defendant's lawyer told them to beware of a case that left plenty of room for doubt.




Legally blind NY governor says SNL parody mocked the disabled (AP)

In this  Dec. 1, 2008 file photo, New York Gov. David Paterson speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. The National Federation of the Blind says it considers NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' skit aired on the show's Saturday night Dec. 13, 2008 broadacast, making fun of Paterson an attack on all blind Americans. Federation spokesman Chris Danielsen says the portrayal on Saturday's television show suggesting Paterson as befuddled and disoriented because of his blindness is 'absolutely wrong.' (AP Photo/Tim Roske, File)AP - Legally blind New York Gov. David Paterson lambasted a "Saturday Night Live" skit for portraying him as an aimless bumbler. But those who have watched the sharp-witted Paterson over his two decades in public service know how he might have deadpanned in the past: I didn't see it.




Ill. lawmakers take first step to oust Blagojevich (AP)

Illinois Gov.Rod Blagojevich departs his home in Chicago, saying he was headed in to work to sign a bill Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Illinois lawmakers took the first step Monday toward removing Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office as the disgraced Democrat hired a bulldog defense attorney known for taking cases to trial.




ATF: Accelerant poured around Palin's church (AP)

A snow covered tree sits outside of the fire damaged Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla, Alaska Saturday Dec. 13, 2008. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's home church was badly damaged in an arson fire. No one was injured in the fire, which was intentionally set while people, including two children, were inside. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - An accelerant was poured around the exterior of Gov. Sarah Palin's church before fire heavily damaged the building, federal investigators said Monday. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said the accelerant was poured at several locations around the church, including entrances.



For tax cheats, meltdown prompts amnesty offers (AP)

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For tax cheats, meltdown prompts amnesty offers (AP)
AP - Turns out it's a pretty good time to be a tax cheat.

Ill. clerks: No money left for a special election (AP)

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at a downtown office building Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, in Chicago. Blagojevich was arrested last week on federal charges that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Election officials statewide say they don't have the money to pay for a special election that could be held to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat.




Judge sentences Hollywood private eye to 15 years (AP)
AP - Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for running a wiretapping scheme that spied on the rich and famous.

Obama left with little time to curb global warming (AP)

In this Dec. 9, 2008 file photo, President-elect Barack Obama meets with former Vice President Al Gore in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, global warming was a slow-moving environmental problem that was easy to ignore. Now it is a ticking time bomb that President-elect Barack Obama can't avoid.




ATF: Accelerant poured around Palin's church (AP)

A snow covered tree sits outside of the fire damaged Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla, Alaska Saturday Dec. 13, 2008. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's home church was badly damaged in an arson fire. No one was injured in the fire, which was intentionally set while people, including two children, were inside. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - An accelerant was poured around the exterior of Gov. Sarah Palin's church before fire heavily damaged the building, federal investigators said Monday. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said the accelerant was poured at several locations around the church, including entrances.