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Police: More car fires hit LA, arson suspected (AP)

31.12.2011 12:21   7 views   0 comments
Tags: Move, Well, Los Angeles, Angeles, Saturday, Hollywood

An investigator works the scene where fire caused damage to a two-story apartment at 1156 N. Cahuenga Blvd. in Hollywood, section of Los Angeles, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. An arsonist torched car after car early Friday, sending firefighters scrambling to put out more than a dozen blazes in Hollywood and neighboring West Hollywood. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)AP - Several more cars burned in suspected arson attacks in the Los Angeles area early Saturday morning, and authorities investigated if they were connected to nearly two dozen deliberately set blazes a day earlier, police said.


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Hope reigns as US rings in 2012, after dud 2011 (AP)

31.12.2011 11:32   8 views   0 comments
Tags: John, Home, Timor

Pedestrians pass police vans in Times Square as city police officials begin ramping up security before Saturday's New Years Eve celebrations, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, in New York. Behind the scenes, the police meticulously map out how to control crowds that can swell to 1 million while also preparing for potential terror threats. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP - Times Square was awash in hopeful sentiments as it prepared to welcome hordes of New Year's Eve revelers looking to cast off a rough year and cheer their way to something better in 2012.


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Obama hopeful for progress in 2012 (AP)

31.12.2011 11:21   7 views   0 comments
Tags: President, Obama, Barack Obama, World, Robert, National, Pacific, Peace, Michelle, Dont, Arizona

President Barack Obama, right, and first lady Michelle Obama, second from right, take flowers to drop into the water at the USS Arizona Memorial, part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, with Admiral Robert Willard and his wife Donna Willard, left, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama says Congress' eventual willingness to come together and prevent year-end tax increases makes him hopeful of more economic progress to come in 2012.


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Moon countdown: Hours until 1st NASA probe arrives (AP)

31.12.2011 9:32   6 views   0 comments
Tags: Move, House, This, NASA, Grand

This undated artist rendering provided by NASA on  Dec. 21,2011 shows the twin Grail spacecraft mapping the lunar gravity field. The two probes are scheduled to enter orbit around the moon over New Year's weekend. (AP Photo/NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory)AP - NASA is counting down the seconds until its twin spacecraft bound for the moon make back-to-back arrivals over the New Year's weekend.


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Foul play suspected in Maine girl's disappearance (AP)

31.12.2011 8:46   6 views   0 comments
Tags: Police, Maine, This, Alec, Four, From, Facebook

This undated photo obtained from a Facebook page shows missing toddler Alya Reynolds. Police investigating the dissapearance of the 20-month-old girl from her father's home two weeks ago said Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 they believe foul play was involved. Waterville police announced the case 'has evolved from the search for a missing child to a criminal investigation.' (AP Photo/Obtained From Facebook)AP - Crime scene investigators returned to the central Maine home from which a 20-month-old girl disappeared as police announced that they believe foul play was involved.


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US seals $3.48B missiles, technology sale to UAE (AP)

31.12.2011 7:20   7 views   0 comments
Tags: Army, Mideast, United, States, United States, The United

AP - The United States has reached a deal to sell $3.48 billion worth of missiles and related technology to the United Arab Emirates, a close Mideast ally, as part of a massive buildup of defense technology among friendly Mideast nations near Iran. Read more »

Why Iowa Shouldn't Vote First Any More (Time.com)

31.12.2011 5:05   8 views   0 comments
Tags: Move, United, WiFi, First, Iowa, Vonn

Time.com - With every passing decade, Iowa's electoral character grows more out of step with the reality of the United States Read more »

A Marine in Afghanistan Reflects on Her Country's Problems at Home (Time.com)

31.12.2011 5:05   9 views   0 comments
Tags: Home, Afghanistan, United, States, United States

Time.com - A U.S. Marine in Afghanistan wonders why the United States can't come together to overcome our nation's challenges Read more »

Maryland abortion doctors charged with murder (Reuters)

31.12.2011 5:01   8 views   0 comments
Tags: Reuters

Reuters - Two doctors have been charged with murder after an investigation into a botched abortion uncovered 35 fetuses in a Maryland clinic's freezer, authorities said on Friday, calling the case the first of its kind in the state. Read more »

Police suspect foul play in case of missing Maine toddler (Reuters)

31.12.2011 3:10   9 views   0 comments
Tags: Police, Maine, Reuters, Christmas

Reuters - Authorities searching for a Maine toddler who vanished from her home about a week before Christmas said on Friday they now suspect foul play in the girl's disappearance. Read more »

Grocery stores pull Arizona lettuce from shelves (AP)

31.12.2011 3:00   3 views   0 comments
Tags: Arizona

AP - Heads of iceberg lettuce are being removed from grocery store shelves in at least seven states after salmonella was found in an Arizona field adjacent to the grower's property. Read more »

Authorities say 8 dead in Texas vehicle crash (AP)

31.12.2011 2:38   5 views   0 comments
Tags: Texas

AP - Texas authorities say eight people, including a mother and her three children, have been killed in a fiery, two-vehicle crash in Texas. Read more »

CDC, FDA say powdered infant formula not tainted (AP)

31.12.2011 2:37   5 views   0 comments
Tags: Four

AP - Four cases of infants sickened by a rare bacteria sometimes linked to powdered formula, including two who died, are not related and parents can continue using the products to feed their babies, two federal agencies announced Friday. Read more »

Baby sitter murder charge in Indiana girl's death (AP)

31.12.2011 1:02   6 views   0 comments
Tags: Bank, Indiana, Christmas

AP - A trusted family friend who confessed to police that he bludgeoned to death a 9-year-old Indiana girl in his care then dismembered her just days before Christmas was formally charged Friday in the killing. Read more »

New court challenge to Wisconsin union law filed (Reuters)

31.12.2011 0:51   8 views   0 comments
Tags: Court, Supreme, Supreme Court, Reuters

Reuters - The Wisconsin Supreme Court should void a controversial state law curbing the power of public sector unions because a judge who ruled on the law had a conflict of interest, a county attorney said on Friday. Read more »

Financial dispute delays 9/11 museum opening (Reuters)

30.12.2011 21:57   7 views   0 comments
Tags: New York, York, Reuters, Financial, National, September

Reuters - The National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York will not be ready in time for its planned 2012 opening on the 11th anniversary of the attacks, due to a financial dispute between agencies involved in its construction, officials said on Friday. Read more »

Etta James condition better, taken off respirator (AP)

30.12.2011 21:03   2 views   0 comments
Tags: Jammu

AP - Etta James' manager says the terminally ill blues singer is breathing on her own after being taken off a respirator. Read more »

Guilty plea in muni bond indictments (AP)

30.12.2011 20:50   0 views   0 comments


AP - A politically connected financial firm and its founder pleaded guilty Friday to taking part in fraud and bid-rigging conspiracies related to the municipal bond business. Read more »

Funeral next week for Conn. Christmas fire victims (AP)

30.12.2011 20:21   7 views   0 comments
Tags: New York, York, Christmas

AP - A funeral service will be held in New York next week for three girls killed with their grandparents in a Christmas morning house fire in Connecticut. Read more »

Deschanel, Gordon-Levitt post New Year's Eve duet (AP)

30.12.2011 18:59   5 views   0 comments
Tags: Awards, Levitt, When

FILE- In this Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 file photo, actress Zooey Deschanel, right, and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt arrive at the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards in Los Angeles. Deschanel and Gordon-Levitt are curious about your New Year’s Eve plans. The two actors perform a duet in a video posted this week on YouTube, musically asking, 'What are you doing New Year’s Eve?'      (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)AP - Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are curious about your New Year's Eve plans.


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