The Lives at the End of the Rockets’ Arc

MISURATA, Libya — The four fresh corpses, the remains of people recently killed in the shelling of Misurata, rested on the floor of an office in a small clinic. Each was wrapped in a dirty blanket. No one knew what to do with them, just as no one present had any idea of their names. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/world/africa/06misurata.html?_r=1&ref=world

Obama assembles all-star cast to talk immigration

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42818128/ns/politics-white_house/His immigration overhaul stalled, President Barack Obama is enlisting an array of voices, including Latino entertainment and media stars, to help jump-start legislation and reassure crucial but restless Hispanic voters that he has not abandoned his campaign pledge to change the law.

Sheriff's helicopter pilots being targeted by laser beams an ongoing problem

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/04/sheriffs-lasers-helicol.html
L.A. County Sheriff's Department helicopters have been targeted from the ground by individuals shooting laser beams six times in the last few months, officials said this week.

 

South Assesses the Toll After a Deadly Barrage of Tornadoes

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/us/29storm.html?ref=us

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A day after enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns, people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on Thursday and tried to reclaim their own lives.

U.S. appeals court OKs decision blocking Arizona immigration law

A federal appeals court on Monday affirmed a previous injunction of Arizona's controversial immigration law, another setback for legislation that has drawn sharp opposition from President Barack Obama's administration.http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/11/arizona.immigration/index.html?iref=allsearch

Body of N.C. honor student missing for months found floating in river

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/04/21/maryland.north.carolina.body.found/index.html?hpt=T2

(CNN) -- The body of a 16-year-old honor student from North Carolina -- missing since December -- has been found in a Maryland river, her father and police said Thursday.

For schoolchildren, where's the water?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/04/18/water.school.children/index.html?hpt=Sbin
CNN) -- When 12-year-old Mason went to lunch each day last year, he could choose between orange juice and milk, but he couldn't get a cup of water.

Robots find radiation still too deadly for humans to enter 2 Japan reactor units

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-japan-nuclear-robots-20110419,0,3998883.story?track=rss
Readings Monday from robots that entered two crippled buildings at Japan's tsunami-flooded nuclear plant for the first time in more than a month showed a harsh environment still too radioactive for workers to enter.

Georgia passes immigration bill similar to Arizona's

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-georgia-immigration-20110415,0,240355.story

Reporting from Atlanta—

Following Arizona's lead, the Georgia Legislature on Thursday passed a strict measure that would empower police to check the immigration status of "criminal" suspects and force many businesses to do the same with potential employees

Sponsor of Arizona citizenship bill hopes it prompts lawsuit

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/28/arizona.immigration.citizenship/index.html?iref=allsearch
The Arizona state legislator who co-sponsored the latest immigration crackdown proposal -- to end citizenship for U.S.-born kids of illegal immigrants -- told CNN Friday that he hopes the legislation will provoke a lawsuit so that the U.S. Supreme Court "can end the controversy over the true meaning of the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause."

Blogger gets three years in jail for 'insulting the military...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/04/egypt-blogger-gets-three-years-in-jail-for-insulting-the-military.htmlIn the first such case since the toppling of former President Hosni Mubarak, an Egyptian blogger has been sentenced to three years in jail by a military court for “insulting the military” and “disturbing public security.”

Suspect arrested in slaying of U.S. agent in Mexico

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/04/05/mexico.agent.killed/index.html?iref=allsearch

(CNN) -- Mexican police have arrested another suspect in the death earlier this year of a U.S. immigration agent, authorities said Tuesday.

Officials struggle to plug leak at Japan nuclear plant

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/02/japan.nuclear.reactors/index.html?hpt=T2
A first attempt to plug a cracked concrete shaft that is leaking highly radioactive water into the ocean off Japan failed Saturday, so officials are now exploring alternatives, spokesmen for Tokyo Electric Co. said.

Detroit loses a staggering 25% of its population in a decade

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/22/michigan.detroit.population/index.html?hpt=Sbin
 Detroit could probably use another Eminem boost following Tuesday's news that it lost 25% of its residents from 2000 to 2010.

D.C. elementary school student allegedly brought cocaine to school

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/18/dc.school.cocaine/index.html
A Washington elementary school student who allegedly brought cocaine to school and shared it with other children has been charged with possession of a controlled substance, the school system said Friday.

Japanese officials will test food, seawater to determine health risks

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/22/japan.nuclear.food/index.html?hpt=C2
Japanese officials' concerns over food contamination expanded beyond the country's borders Tuesday as tests detected radiation in ocean water offshore.

Mother hopes others will opt out of standardized testing

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/20/pennsylvania.school.testing/index.html?hpt=Sbin
A Pennsylvania mother has decided she does not want her two children to take the two-week-long standardized tests given by her state as part of the federal No Child Left Behind law. And she hopes other parents will do the same.

No short-term risk from contaminated food

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/21/japan.nuclear.food/index.html?hpt=T2
Short-term exposure to food contaminated by radiation from Japan's damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant poses no immediate health risk, a spokesman for the World Health Organization said Monday.

Emotions fly at controversial hearing on Muslim Americans

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/03/10/radicalization.hearings/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Washington (CNN) -- A controversial congressional hearing Thursday on the radicalization of Muslim Americans touched on sensitive questions involving terrorism and tolerance a decade after the 9/11 attacks.

How can teen athlete deaths be prevented?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/03/11/teen.heart.deaths/index.html?hpt=Sbin
There were 35 black and orange balloons at Wes Leonard's funeral in Fenville, Michigan, on Tuesday, to represent the number on his high school basketball jersey. Even athletes from other schools who had competed against him were moved to tears.

Oil prices hit highest level since Sept. 2008

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41903576/ns/business-oil_and_energy/
.S. crude prices jumped to their highest since September 2008 Friday as Libyan security forces cracked down on protesters in Tripoli and clashed with rebels near the major oil terminal of Ras Lanuf.

The rising turmoil in Libya overshadowed news from The Labor Department that the economy added 192,000 jobs last month.

The unemployment rate dropped in February to 8.9% as the U.S. economy created 192,000 net new jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday, a sharp increase that could signal the recovery is starting to produce the large-scale hiring needed to repair the damage from the deep recession

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/03/february-unemployment-jobs-economy-recovery-obama.html
The unemployment rate dropped in February to 8.9% as the U.S. economy created 192,000 net new jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday, a sharp increase that could signal the recovery is starting to produce the large-scale hiring needed to repair the damage from the deep recession

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/04/obama.miami.school/index.html?hpt=C2
You could barely hear the dismissal buzzer over the sound of the pressure cleaner. But as school officials tried to spruce up their campus a bit, the buzz inside the hallways was almost as loud.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/21/white.persecution/index.html?hpt=C1
They marched on Washington to reclaim civil rights.
They complained of voter intimidation at the polls.
They called for ethnic studies programs to promote racial pride.
They are, some say, the new face of racial oppression in this nation -- and their faces are white

London Officials Ban Ice Cream Shop's

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/03/human-breast-milk-seized-london-icecreamists-food-safety-.html
Under the category of “taking pop culture just a bit too far,” government officials earlier this week reportedly seized samples of a “Baby Gaga” ice cream –- made with human breast milk -– from a shop called Icecreamists in London and sent it to a lab to be tested for possible hepatitis contamination.

Gas (all grades) for $4/gal in San Diego, California

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-564084?hpt=Sbin
This station is almost always the most expensive in the area, yet it still has a few cars fueling up at any given time. Probably because it's right off of I-5 northbound at Del Mar Heights, in San Diego, California.

Uproar in Houston after video shows police beating 15-year-old suspect

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/05/texas.police.beating/index.html#
Houston's mayor and police department were on the defensive Friday, two days after graphic video came out showing several police repeatedly kicking and beating a 15-year-old burglary suspect as he lay on the ground.

Arlington refuses burial of U.S. ally from Vietnam War

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/04/arlington.vietnam/index.html#
Washington (CNN) -- The family of a man who fought alongside U.S. troops in Vietnam have been told their relative will not be allowed to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Huntington Beach had more alcohol-related collisions per capita than any other city in California, according to data recently released by the state Office of Traffic Safety

http://crime.latimes.com/
Huntington Beach had more alcohol-related collisions per capita than any other city in California, according to data recently released by the state Office of Traffic Safety

Chipping away at community colleges...

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-20110131,0,4682657.column

As fees rise and courses are cut, students suffer. Without a tax extension, the losses could be much greater.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/29/florida.children.killed/index.html?hpt=Sbin
(CNN) -- A mother in Tampa, Florida has admitted in detail to killing her two teen-aged children, police said

Sleeping with pets exposes owners to nasty diseases, paper says

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-sleeping-pets-bed-20110125,0,2255915.story?track=rss
Think twice about cuddling your furry friends in bed; otherwise, you could be exposed to a nasty disease. That’s the recommendation from a paper being published in next month's issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Federal deficit spending to hit $1.5 trillion this year, report says

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-deficit-projection-20110127,0,5659201.story?track=rss
 Congressional Budget Office report says federal debt will keep rising to unsustainable levels unless tax and spending policies change, a point of conflict for Obama and congressional Republicans.

5 Killed in bus Bombing

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/01/26/philippines.bus.bomb/index.html?hpt=Sbin
The death toll from a bus bombing in Manila's financial district climbed to five Wednesday as officials pointed to terror and crime groups in the country's south as a likely source of the attack.

Republicans Oppose the Deal

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/us/politics/24repubs.html?bl
The Senate’s top Republican, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said on Sunday that his party will vigorously oppose the spending initiatives President Obama plans to include in his State of the Union address on Tuesday because “it’s not a time to be looking at pumping up government spending.”

Deadly Blast in Moscow

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25A suicide bomber attacked Moscow’s busiest airport on Monday, killing dozens of people and injecting new pain into a country already split along ethnic lines. /world/europe/25moscow.html?_r=1&bl

Tax Health Reform

Tax Implications for you and your business

Congress has approved and President Obama has signed into law comprehensive health care reform legislation that raises nearly $438 billion over 10 years through tax increases on high-income individuals,