Posted: 03 Nov 2010 06:14 PM PDT |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 06:00 PM PDT Iowa Supreme Court rulings will be slowed after a contentious campaign persuaded voters to oust three justices, who supported a decision legalizing gay marriage, a court official said Wednesday.     |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:50 PM PDT Costa Rica pressed Wednesday for the Organization of American States to intercede in a two-century-old boundary dispute with neighboring Nicaragua over a river that runs between them.   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:21 PM PDT A California man faces a charge of beating a Jesuit priest who allegedly molested him and his brother more than 30 years ago.   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:14 PM PDT Authorities say they briefly inspected a suspicious package at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport but it turned out to be nothing dangerous.   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:14 PM PDT Police say a North Dakota man was surprised to find two people sitting in his hot tub when he went to check on a noise at 4 a.m. Officer Ron Van Doorne told The Dickinson Press that the man asked them what they were doing. They said, "We're sorry," then left. The incident occurred Monday.   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:24 PM PDT Republicans said for months that if the Nevada Senate race was a referendum on Harry Reid, the unpopular Majority Leader would lose. Reid didn't let that happen. He adeptly painted opponent Sharron Angle as an extremist immediately after she won her primary -- and proceeded to make the contest as much about her awkward and unconventional statements as Reid's own ...   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:21 PM PDT Its hair was so matted and overgrown, the poodle had to be sedated just to be groomed. Veterinarians found live and dead cockroaches snared in the 2 1/2 pounds of fur they cut from the dog.   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:21 PM PDT Detroit -- the one amid the conifers of Oregon and not to be confused with a certain Midwestern Motor City -- will remain Detroit. Residents voted 47-37 on Tuesday not to change the name of the tiny town southeast of Portland to Detroit Lake.   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PDT It seemed an easy sell in California: The state that gave us medical marijuana would allow pot for recreation.   |
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Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PDT Authorities say a young father has been charged with murder after deliberately running his truck into a Los Angeles home in a crash that killed his ex-girlfriend and their newborn daughter.   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 03:50 PM PDT Two Nevada men who admitted they were drunk when they fatally shot five wild horses on federal land have been sentenced to six months in prison each.   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 02:20 PM PDT A 9-month-old baby is in critical condition at an Atlanta hospital after she was attacked by two raccoons while sleeping in her crib in the same room as her mother.   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 02:20 PM PDT President Barack Obama is telling Democratic supporters not to get discouraged by the election results.   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 02:00 PM PDT From Pennsylvania to Arkansas, New Hampshire to Ohio, the electorate turned over incumbents Tuesday like a gardener turns over earth. Republicans reaped an impressive harvest nationwide, but in some places their sweep reversed balances of power where Democratic roots run deep.   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 02:00 PM PDT President Barack Obama's assessment of the election results at a White House news conference Wednesday:   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 02:00 PM PDT The U.S. Forest Service has found a new branch of crime-fighting. A study by the service has found less crime occurs in neighborhoods with big trees in the yards and on the streets, and more crime at homes with smaller trees.   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 01:13 PM PDT Fervent tea party Republicans head to Congress carrying ambitious promises to overhaul taxes, spending and health care, with activists pressuring them to buck their own party if necessary to achieve their goals. "They are not in a mood for compromise," said Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler.   |
Posted: 03 Nov 2010 01:13 PM PDT The evidence is soft, and the facts are a little fuzzy. For the past week, someone has been leaving stuffed animals on vehicles in a parking ramp at Sanford Medical Center in downtown Fargo. Hospital spokeswoman Andrea Voorhees told The Forum that no one knows who is doing it, or why.   |
