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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page New Orleans Sun.com http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/154063713fe5da1f/ en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:28:14 -0500 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:28:14 -0500 30 Kim Kardashian has taken to her Twitter account to deny rumours of a budding romance with American footballer and model Kate Upton's boyfriend, Mark Sanchez. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224621/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:20:59 -0500 ANI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224621/cs/1/ A strange outbreak of twitching disorder in upstate New York may be spreading through social media as a kind of subconscious mimicry, say experts. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224612/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:20:54 -0500 ANI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224612/cs/1/ Notorious Internet hacking group Anonymous has intercepted and published a recording of a conference call between Scotland Yard in the UK and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221023/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:20:05 -0500 ANI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221023/cs/1/ To make America more attractive to highly-skilled foreign students and workers, the United States has announced a series of reforms, including changes in the F-1 and H-1B visa rules, that may benefit http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203220992/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203220992/cs/1/ Israel's facilities in North America and around the world are on high alert, as they face an Iranian security threat, an internal document has said. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203220989/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:00:10 -0500 ANI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203220989/cs/1/ US President Barack Obama will host British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House during an official visit in March, the White House said. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203215001/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203215001/cs/1/ Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has reportedly been "hanging out" with American football quarterback Mark Sanchez. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203211283/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:50:03 -0500 IANS http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203211283/cs/1/ Immigrants are often caught between the cultures of their homeland and their adopted country. Mexican American playwright Josefina Lopez is showcasing the struggles of Latino immigrants through film, http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203211274/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:16:01 -0500 VoA - USA http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203211274/cs/1/ The championship game of the U.S. National Football League, known as the Super Bowl, is the single most popular sporting event in the United States. While millions of people watch the game around the http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203211269/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:15:44 -0500 VoA - USA http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203211269/cs/1/ February is observed as Black History Month in the United States and Canada. The original goal was to educate Americans about African-American history, focusing on African Americans" cultural backgrou http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203211268/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:15:40 -0500 VoA - USA http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203211268/cs/1/ The professional American football championship game, also known as the Super Bowl, will be played Sunday in the Midwestern city of Indianapolis, Indiana. The kickoff is scheduled for about 6:30pm EST http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203211264/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:15:28 -0500 VoA - News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203211264/cs/1/ Two American tourists and their Egyptian guide were kidnapped by local tribesmen in Egypt on their way back from a local monastery, but were later released unharmed, media reports said. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203211254/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203211254/cs/1/ A high powered delegation comprising of 15 members from 11 American universities and institutions visited Amity University to mull over potential areas of collaboration. These representatives are on a http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203202755/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:50:42 -0500 ANI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203202755/cs/1/ Kim Kardashian, who broke up with NBA star Kris Humphries after their 72 days of marriage, has reportedly found new love in New York Jets quarterback, Mark Sanchez. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203202743/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:50:04 -0500 ANI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203202743/cs/1/ American officials have expressed concern over Iran's connection with Al-Qaeda, saying say they believe that Tehran recently gave new freedoms to some of top Al-Qaeda operatives, and may have provided http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203198693/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:40:08 -0500 ANI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203198693/cs/1/ Fiat, Italy's largest carmaker, said its profit from the last three months of 2011 more than doubled on the strength of American car giant Chrysler, of which it owns almost 59 percent. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203198226/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203198226/cs/1/ Barack Obama will not be having a big Super Bowl get together this year, and will be watching the game with his family only, the White House said Thursday. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203196779/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:41:01 -0500 ANI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203196779/cs/1/ U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes that Israel is just months away from striking Iran, even as the latter continues with its underground nuclear program. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203196760/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:40:02 -0500 ANI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203196760/cs/1/ The Latin America and Caribbean economies should be poised to take a string of steps including easing their monetary policies to guard against contagion risks triggered by the eurozone debt crisis, an http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203195184/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203195184/cs/1/ American business tycoon Donald Trump has endorsed Mitt Romney, saying the Republican presidential front-runnner "won't allow bad things to continue to happen to us." http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203192725/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:10:15 -0500 ANI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203192725/cs/1/ The ratings-challenged "Rosie Show" has let go of as many as 30 employees and contract workers in recent weeks, Crain's Chicago Business reported ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224010/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:46:51 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224010/ MILPITAS, Calif. -; State officials have suspended the license of the builder of a Milpitas, Calif., home where a carpenter was buried alive last weekend. The Contractors State License Board ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223039/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:44:32 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223039/ HONOLULU -; A humpback whale rescue team is looking for a whale off Hawaii that is caught in fishing lines. Jeff Walters, the marine mammal branch chief at the National Marine Fisheries Service, ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223040/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:44:25 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223040/ FILE - This file photo released on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, provided by the Anaheim Police Dept. shows Itzcoatl Ocampo. The ex-Marine charged with killing four homeless men in Orange County has been ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223041/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:44:22 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223041/ FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, U.S. Army Spc. Michael Wagnon, of Las Vegas, walks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washingon state. The Army on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 dropped all charges ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223042/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:44:19 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223042/ This undated photo provided by the Curry County Sheriff's Office shows missing mushroom pickers Daniel and Belinda Conne. Belinda and Daniel Conne, both 47, and their 25-year-old son, Michael, ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223043/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:44:11 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223043/ SEATTLE -; A woman has won $975,000 in a federal jury trial, 14 years after giving birth in a jail cell in Washington state. A jury agreed Friday on nine of 10 counts in Imka Pope's civil ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223044/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:44:08 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223044/ District Attorney Chad Taylor, of Shawnee County, Kan., answers questions from reporters during a news conference, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at the county courthouse in Topeka, Kan. Taylor is ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223045/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:44:05 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223045/ This courtroom sketch shows Former Stanford CFO James Davis, replicating for jurors the handcuffing motion he used to make to warn R. Allen Stanford that what they were doing was illegal Thursday, ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223046/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:44:00 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223046/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -; The parents of a Kansas City baby missing since October said Friday they believe the child is alive and pleaded for her safe return. Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin reported ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223047/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:43:55 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223047/ In this undated police booking photo released by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department shows former Los Angeles teacher Mark Berndt, 61, who was arrested for felony molestation of 23 kids after ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223049/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:43:47 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223049/ A local Transport Workers Union leader said Friday that proposed job cuts by American Airlines could affect nearly 700 workers on the ramp at Miami International Airport and another 100 between Fort ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221897/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:34:41 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221897/ The view off the mid-Atlantic shore in the next decade could include giant wind turbines generating electricity for homes in several states if federal efforts to speed approval for the projects ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223258/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:34:31 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223258/ 2012 Taste of the NFL and Super Bowl XLVI Media Day with 2012 Miss America Laura Kaeppeler and Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers in Indianapolis on Thursday, Feb. 2, ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223082/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:33:16 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223082/ NEW YORK, February 4 (Itar-Tass) - The Federal Court for the Southern District of New York has appointed a new hearing on the case of Russian businessman Viktor Bout, who last November was found ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223250/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:30:20 -0500 Itar Tass http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223250/ July 6: Lance Armstrong, center, and Alberto Contador of Spain, right of Armstrong, ride on a cobblestone section during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 132.4 miles with ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223011/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:24:32 -0500 Fox News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223011/ Feb. 3, 2012: Members of the media gather outside the Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles. A second teacher pulled from a classroom at Miramonte Elementary School was arrested for ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223013/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:24:29 -0500 Fox News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223013/ CHESNEE, S.C. – Cherokee County deputies say a man posing as a police officer pulled over an elderly man near Chesnee, then handcuffed him to his steering wheel while rummaging through his ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223012/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:24:25 -0500 Fox News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223012/ Traverse City- Thirty-one members of Congress want to know how the Army Corps of Engineers will use a new report calling for separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds at Chicago ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223268/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:18:23 -0500 The Detroit News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223268/ TAMPA -- Bay area Hispanics had a direct line to the White House at the University of Tampa on Friday. Tampa native Francisco Sanchez, now a top White House official, knows how important the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223266/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:13:13 -0500 News 13 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223266/ FOXBORO (CBS) – Foxboro firefighter and paramedic Paul Farmer is looking forward to adding another t-shirt to his collection – one from Manhattan's Engine 24. The two departments ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223267/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:06:09 -0500 WBZ http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223267/ A worker was leaning over to retrieve a flashlight when he lost his balance and fell into a reactor pool at the San Onofre nuclear power plant last week but he did not receive a significant dose of ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223997/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 MSNBC http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223997/  I’LL BE shocked if there’s another book this year as important as Charles Murray’s Coming Apart. I’ll be shocked if there’s another book that so compellingly ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203222749/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:59:23 -0500 Irish Times http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203222749/ Mitt Romney , "is clearly against American ideals." Speaking to a crowd of about 100 at Stoney's Rockin' Country, Gingrich called Romney "Obama-lite," the Los Angeles ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223280/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:51:02 -0500 UPI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223280/ LeBron James carried Miami to a big fourth quarter Friday, one that brought the Heat a 99-79 victory over Philadelphia. Miami had only a four-point advantage heading into the final 12 minutes, but ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224013/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:50:02 -0500 UPI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224013/ Lance Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs. The announcement came from Andre Birotte Jr., who said his office in Los Angeles "is closing an investigation into allegations of federal ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223279/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:58 -0500 UPI http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223279/ NEW YORK--When I was 16, a health educator came to my high-school gym class, corralled the girls in the locker room and talked about breast health. My experience that day proved fateful for me, and ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203222542/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:46:12 -0500 New America Media http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203222542/ SAN FRANCISCO – The Year of the Dragon will be the Year of "Adobo" if some local foodies are predicting it right. Braised chicken or pork in soy sauce, vinegar and garlic, adobo is ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221966/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:46:09 -0500 New America Media http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221966/ WASHINGTON - While achievement levels have improved considerably for minority elementary and middle school students, studies show academic performance among high school age African Americans and ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203222773/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:46:06 -0500 New America Media http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203222773/ So many questions await Buster Posey this spring. They hover in the air like a series of foul pops, subject to the whims of wind and spin.Will his repaired left ankle respond when he hops out of his ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223989/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:33:15 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223989/ Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase are accused of undermining New York's foreclosure process by filing false and misleading court actions using the Mortgage Electronic Registry ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221991/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:33:00 -0500 Associated Press http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221991/ The bank has so far identified three office buildings it will sell, in N.Y. and N.C. It also has substantial real estate holdings in Southern ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221923/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:32:57 -0500 Associated Press http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221923/ Three Los Angeles men and a man from Las Vegas were arrested last month in connection with a series of burglaries in San Francisco in which the suspects stole Apple products from FedEx delivery ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221901/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:32:39 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221901/ Feb. 2, 2012: People wait in line during a job fair for Home Depot at the WorkSource Oregon in Tigard, Ore. Republicans on Friday downplayed the latest jobs report that showed the unemployment ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221661/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:32:10 -0500 Fox News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221661/ ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203222518/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:48 -0500 Voice Of America http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203222518/ MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - Authorities shot and killed an escaped inmate Friday who stabbed one Mobile police officer to death and wounded a second after fleeing in a stolen police ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223228/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:29:22 -0500 Reuters http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223228/ SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - An Iraq war veteran already charged in the "thrill" killings of four Orange County homeless men has been linked by DNA evidence to the murders of the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223229/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:29:17 -0500 Reuters http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223229/ KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The mother of missing infant Lisa Irwin on Friday tearfully denounced "insane theories" she had something to do with the girl's disappearance four months ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223232/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:29:11 -0500 Reuters http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223232/ INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Anti-Wall Street activists said on Friday they will march to protest Indiana's new anti-union "right-to-work" law in downtown Indianapolis this weekend, where ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223235/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:29:03 -0500 Reuters http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223235/ NEW YORK -- Forbes magazine released their annual list of Most Miserable Cities Friday, and California has six cities in the top 20. Forbes says their equation for making their list includes ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224014/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:28:58 -0500 Orlando Sentinel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224014/ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Extremist political conspiracies such as "birthers" and "truthers" may be a dominant theme of post-9/11 America, but in a new book by Arthur Goldwag, he ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223233/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:28:58 -0500 Reuters http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223233/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to a near three-year low, giving a boost to ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223237/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:28:55 -0500 Reuters http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223237/ (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday admitted he could not figure out who owed money to whom in a dispute over paying for the National September 11 ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223239/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:28:49 -0500 Reuters http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223239/ Child abuse and neglect cases cost $124 billion per year in America, according to a new report. The lifetime costs--including health-care, lowered productivity and criminal justice costs--of every ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223098/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:27:58 -0500 IBTimes http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223098/ (CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors closed their investigation of Lance Armstrong without charging him over allegations he used performance-enhancing drugs Friday, ending a nearly two-year ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221061/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:22:48 -0500 CBS News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221061/ CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow's legendary program "Person to Person" returns for a new generation with Charlie Rose and Lara Logan Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224000/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:22:37 -0500 CBS News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224000/ George Clooney, Warren Buffett and Jon Bon Jovi takes you inside their homes. CBS News is bringing back an icon - "Person to Person" with Charlie Rose and Lara Logan airs Wednesday, Feb. ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223999/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:22:35 -0500 CBS News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223999/ Friday: The Labor Department reports that the jobless rate in January fell to 8.3 percent - the lowest in three years - and the good news sends stocks prices soaring; Also, the Susan G. Komen ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224005/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:22:27 -0500 CBS News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224005/ As part of our continuing series "On the Road," Steve Hartman tells the story of Jim O'Hara and his iron-willed campaign for the governorship of ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224004/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:22:24 -0500 CBS News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224004/ A blizzard has come howling out of the Rocky Mountains and is moving east across the U.S. - dumping snow at a rate of two inches an hour. Bill Whitaker reports on the damage in Denver and where the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224003/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:22:22 -0500 CBS News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224003/ The Susan G. Komen foundation apologized to the American people for cutting off funding to Planned Parenthood and announced it is reversing its decision. Nancy Cordes reports on what's behind ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224007/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:22:15 -0500 CBS News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224007/ (CBS News) There has been a big improvement in the employment picture. The Labor Department reported Friday that the jobless rate in January fell 2/10 of a point to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224009/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:22:11 -0500 CBS News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224009/ In 2008, a year before they appeared on the CBS' "The Amazing Race," Garrett Paul and Jessica Stout met accused murderer Javier Martin while sailing from Colombia to Panama. Hear more ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224008/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:22:07 -0500 CBS News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203224008/ New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman fired the latest volley of litigation against Wells Fargo, Bank of America and J.P. Morgan Chase Friday when he sued over the use of a database that ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221919/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:21:03 -0500 Business Journal http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203221919/ An overflow crowd turned out Friday evening to witness the unveiling of a portrait of the late-U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens at the Alaska State Museum. The $11,000 painting was commissioned by the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223270/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:18:40 -0500 ABC News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223270/ Prosecutors said Friday they plan to file two more murder charges against an ex-Marine accused of killing four homeless men in Southern California, this time in the stabbings deaths of a mother and ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223273/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:18:22 -0500 ABC News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223273/ The Super Bowl. It is the culmination of an entire year's worth of work for 106 players and their coaches. It is the gladiatorial spectacle writ large, an entire nation the stage, hundreds of ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223086/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:17:41 -0500 Twin Cities http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223086/ HONOLULU — A Hawaiian monk seal that attacked almost all the pups born at Kure Atoll last year — and likely killed two — has been plucked from the wild to a temporary home in ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223227/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:16:57 -0500 Deseret News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223227/ new 49ers stadium in Santa Clara , San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is counting on the team to keep its name after moving. Lee also announced Friday that Candlestick Park would also be demolished after ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223217/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:15:14 -0500 CBS 5 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223217/ CHICAGO (AP) -- Jeremy Montgomery scored 16 points and ClevelandState shot 68 percent Friday night in a 65-47 victory over Loyola of Chicago. Trevon Harmon, Aaron Pogue and Anton Grady added 10 ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223991/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:15:07 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223991/ (WSCR) A Super Bowl in Chicago? It might not be as crazy of an idea as you think. During Roger Goodell’s press conference in Indianapolis on Friday, The Score’s Les Grobstein asked the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223992/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:13:59 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223992/ Silhouetted visitors view a diamond-encrusted tiara once worn by Princess Diana and now part of the "Diana: A Celebration" exhibit at the Mall of America. The exhibit opens Saturday and ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223051/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:08:25 -0500 Pioneer Press http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223051/ The Super Bowl. It is the culmination of an entire year's worth of work for 106 players and their coaches. It is the gladiatorial spectacle writ large, an entire nation the stage, hundreds of ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223053/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:07:05 -0500 Pioneer Press http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223053/ Brigadier General Terence J. Hildner died of apparent natural causes Friday in Kabul, Afghanistan, the Army said. FORT HOOD, Texas -- A 49-year-old brigadier general died of apparently natural ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223262/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:08 -0500 MSNBC http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223262/ By Charlene Gubash, NBC News producer CAIRO -- An American held hostage in Egypt told NBC News on Friday that she was "not at all afraid" of the Bedouin tribesmen who captured her and two ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223261/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:03 -0500 MSNBC http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223261/ American Idol recap: In Season 10 auditions, judge Steven Tyler predicted Lauren Alaina would win, and it nearly came true. All three Idol judges are waxing poetic about Lauren Gray: Is she the next ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203222521/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:53:18 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203222521/ Bruce MacDonald, the Pentagon official who oversees the war crimes trials at the US base in Cuba, refused separate requests for extensions from the lawyers for all five prisoners, including Khalid ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223994/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:56:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223994/ More than half the personnel cuts, and much of the aircraft and other equipment moves, will be borne by the Air National Guard, which triggered criticism from the National Guard Association. The Air ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223995/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:06:51 -0500 USA Today http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203223995/ PHILADELPHIA -; Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider and New Jersey powerbroker George Norcross are among six business leaders mounting a potential bid for two Philadelphia newspapers. Former ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203212745/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:38:50 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203212745/ WASHINGTON -; Members of Congress are questioning why nobody has been prosecuted as part of a criminal investigation of mismanagement at Arlington National Cemetery. At an oversight hearing ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203215055/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:38:47 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203215055/ FILE - This undated file photo obtained from a Facebook page shows missing toddler Ayla Reynolds. Investigators said Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, that some of the blood found in the Maine home where ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203215056/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:38:45 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203215056/ FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2011 file photo, Rep. Aaron Pena, R-Edinburg is sworn in during the opening session of the 82nd Texas Legislature in Austin, Texas. The once-a-decade fight over political ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203215057/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:38:42 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203215057/ MADISON, Wis. -; Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Friday he will meet with a district attorney leading a secret investigation that has already led to charges being filed against five former close ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203213512/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:38:37 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203213512/ East Haven police cars are parked at the police station in East Haven, Conn., Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. East Haven police chief Leonard Gallo retired Monday after four officers in his department were ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203213429/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:38:30 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203213429/ CLEVELAND -; Two gay men who say they were punched and pinned to the ground by an off-duty police officer before being called offensive names and jailed without their trousers have sued the city ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203215058/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:38:26 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203215058/