Archive for January, 2011
Napolitano touts safety of US border communities (AP)
AP – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday that U.S. communities on the border with Mexico are safer than most Americans believe, but also warned Mexican drug cartels they’ll be “met by an overwhelming response” should they move north.
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Melo’s 37 not enough as Nets roll in Newark, 115-99
The reaction to Carmelo Anthony’s introduction was tepid, hardly befitting a player who the Nets chased for the better part of six months. Inconsistent boos circulated the Prudential Center every time he touched the ball, without a clear message. The big statement Monday was made on the court, where the Nets dominated the Nuggets, 115-99, overcoming Anthony’s 37 points.
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Monster winter storm takes aim at one-third of US (AP)
AP – A monster winter storm took aim at a third of the nation Monday, threatening to lay a potentially deadly path of heavy snow and ice from the Rockies to New England, followed by a wave of bitter, bone-rattling cold that could affect tens of millions of people.
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Mets owners’ attorneys accuse trustee of ‘attempted character assassination’ in court motion
The owners of the New York Mets are victims of “significant leaks” and “attempted character assassination” by Irving Picard, the trustee suing the Mets owners to retrieve money they might have made in Bernard Madoff’s vast Ponzi scheme, according to court papers. Attorneys representing the Mets’ owners filed a motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Monday urging the judge in the case to keep Picard’s lawsuit under seal, at least while settlement talks are ongoing, despite what they called the disclosure of confidential information from the lawsuit to the media.
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Judge: Obama’s health overhaul unconstitutional (AP)
AP – A federal judge in Florida ruled Monday that President Barack Obama’s entire health care overhaul law is unconstitutional, placing even noncontroversial provisions under a cloud in a broad challenge that seems certain to be resolved only by the Supreme Court.
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Correction officer busted for sneaking phone into boyfriend
A correction officer was busted Monday for sneaking her cell phone into a city jail to chat with her gangbanger boyfriend – who is behind bars.
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Egypt’s army promises no force against protesters (AP)
AP – Egypt’s military pledged not to fire on protesters in a sign that army support for President Hosni Mubarak may be unraveling on the eve of a major escalation — a push for a million people to take to the streets Tuesday to demand the authoritarian leader’s ouster.
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