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Percy Sutton, attorney for Malcolm X, dead at 89 (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:48 PM PST

FILE - Former New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins, left, and Civil Rights activist Percy Sutton attend the 80th anniversary celebration of Harlem's Schomburg Center at Lincoln Center in New York, in this Oct. 6, 2006 file photo. Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, died Saturday Dec. 26, 2009 at age 89. (AP Photo/Rick Maiman, File)AP - Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, died Saturday at age 89.

Nigerian man charged in Christmas airliner attack (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:35 PM PST

Police enter the basement of a building where police are searching in Mansfield Street in London, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. The search was reportedly in connection with the attempted terrorist attack on a Northwestern Airline flight as it prepared to land in Detroit on Friday , (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - A 23-year-old Nigerian man who claimed ties to al-Qaida was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner, just a month after his father warned U.S. officials of concerns about his son's religious beliefs.

Father of Detroit would-be bomber warned US (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:11 PM PST

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the suspect in the Detroit bound Delta Airlines plane on Christmas day, is shown in this undated photograph released to Reuters on December 26, 2009. U.S. authorities on Saturday charged Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian man, with trying to blow up U.S. passenger jet Northwest flight 253 with high explosives and were investigating his claim that he had links to al Qaeda. REUTERS/saharareporters.com/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW HEADSHOT IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - U.S. government officials tell The Associated Press that the Nigerian man charged with trying to destroy a jetliner came to the attention of U.S. intelligence in November when his father went to the U.S. embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, to express his concerns about his son.

After United 93, air travelers react to threats (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 09:29 PM PST

Passengers are seen outside Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Saturday Dec. 26, 2009. A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaida set off an explosive device on a Christmas Day flight in a failed terrorist attack on the plane as it was landing in Detroit, US Federal officials said. The suspect boarded in Nigeria and went through Schiphol airport in Amsterdam en route to Detroit. Dutch anti-terrorism authorities said the U.S. has asked all airlines to take extra precautions on flights worldwide that are bound for the United States. (AP Photo/Evert Elzinga)AP - They heard a pop that sounded like fireworks. They saw a glow of flame followed by a rush of smoke. And that was enough for passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 to pounce.

Judge tells man he's charged with blowing up plane (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 02:34 PM PST

The Delta-Northwest Airlines plane N820NW is pulled back to the terminal at the Detroit Metropolitan airport in Romulus, Mich., Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida's instructions, set off an explosive device Friday in a failed terrorist attack on the plane as it was landing in Detroit, federal officials said. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - A federal judge has told a Nigerian man that he is charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane on Christmas Day.

Winter weather disrupts travel in Plains and East (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 08:22 PM PST

A truck is covered with ice and snow as it waits at a truck stop near Gretna, Neb., Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009 for Interstate 80 to reopen. Treacherous weather has forced the closing of I-80 and plagued much of the country for days and stranded road and air travelers .(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Drifting snow and cold rain that have plagued much of the country for days stranded drivers and airline passengers Saturday trying to get home after Christmas.

Grandpa: Kids of missing Utah mom in good spirits (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 03:16 PM PST

The gated community where Joshua Powell, the husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell, is reportedly visiting his father, Steven Powell, is shown Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, in South Hill, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - The parents of a missing Utah woman spent an unhappy Christmas together with her two young children, the woman's father said Saturday.

Airlines: New rules keep passengers in seats (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:53 PM PST

Transportation Security Administration agent Paul Marshall helps an international traveler at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich., Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. Officials were trying to calm traveler's fears a day after an attempted terrorist attack aboard a Northwest Airlines flight as it was about to land in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Some airlines were telling passengers on Saturday that new government security regulations prohibit them from leaving their seats beginning an hour before landing

Suspect identified in kidnapping of Phoenix girl (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:40 PM PST

In this photo provided by the Phoenix Police Department, Larry Jon Ladwig is seen, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009 in Phoenix. Forty-five-year-old Larry Jon Ladwig was booked into jail early Saturday morning on charges of kidnapping, sexual molestation of a child, aggravated assault of a police officer and felony flight. (AP Photo/Phoenix Police Department)AP - Phoenix police Officer Mike Burns had just finished searching a desert area for signs of a 5-year-old girl and the man who had kidnapped her as she played with her sisters on Christmas Day.

Part of DC airport floods, some gates closed (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 05:06 PM PST

AP - Officials at Reagan National Airport have evacuated part of a terminal and closed a baggage claim area after a broken pipe caused flooding.

Fuel transfer from grounded Alaska tug completed (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 05:05 PM PST

The tug Pathfinder is surrounded by a spill containment boom Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The Pathfinder, a 136-foot tug scouting for ice along Prince William Sound's oil shipping lanes near Valdez, Alaska, grounded on Bligh Reef on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)AP - Salvage crews have finished transferring thousands of gallons of diesel fuel from a stricken tugboat that crashed into the same reef that damaged the Exxon Valdez 20 years ago, a spokesman for the tug's owner said Saturday.

Wreckage probe nears end; Jamaica awaits details (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:30 PM PST

Workers and police investigators sift through debris surrounding the cracked fuselage of American Airlines flight AA331 which crash landed overnight on a flight from Miami to Jamaica, just beyond the runway of Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston Jamaica, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. More than 40 people were injured, at least 4 seriously, and there were no fatalities, according to officials, after the plane overshot the runway in Jamaica when it landed in heavy rain. (AP Photo/Lloyd Robinson) JAMAICA OUTAP - The pilot of an American Airlines jet that overshot the runway in Jamaica said Saturday that he's happy to be home with his family for the holidays, and praised his crew for their quick thinking and professionalism.

Poet, anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus dies (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 08:00 PM PST

AP - South African poet and former political prisoner Dennis Brutus, who fought apartheid in words and deeds and remained an activist well after the fall of his country's racist system, has died. He was 85.

Focus on sex offender in Maryland girl's death (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:12 AM PST

This undated picture provided on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services shows Thomas J. Leggs Jr. of Salisbury, Md. The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office has charged Leggs, a registered sex offender, in the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl who is still missing. (AP Photo/Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services)AP - Everyone from hunters to homeowners joined in the search for a missing 11-year-old girl, and thousands of people combed Maryland's Eastern shore on Christmas Day with the hope she was alive.

Va. lab IDs Argentine 'dirty war' victims by DNA (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:12 PM PST

In this July 1, 2009 photo, Pipettes used to extract DNA are seen at Bode Techology in Lorton, Va. The lab is using genetic technology to identify the remains of people killed nearly 30 years ago in Argentina, some of whom were found in mass unmarked graves. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Victoria Avila was 1 when her father went missing, snatched up by agents of Argentina's former military dictatorship in 1977.

NYC mayor's 2nd term not as flashy as 1st (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:12 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2009 file photo, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg testifies before the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committee's legislative budget hearing on local government in Albany, N.Y. Bloomberg wraps up his second term this week, a sophomore effort that will be known for fewer splashy successes and more failures than his first four years when he was a politically untested businessman. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg wraps up his second term this week, a sophomore effort that will be known for fewer splashy successes and more failures than his first four years as a politically untested businessman.

Say ah: Minn. preps 1st class of dental therapists (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:46 AM PST

AP - As a hygienist at the only nonprofit dental clinic in a wide swath of southern Minnesota, Jodi Hager sees close-up what limited care means: children from poor families with decay in every tooth and adults weary from driving two hours to a place that will take their state insurance.

Refinery struggles bruise NJ communities (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 03:33 AM PST

Laid off refinery worker John Palumbi works in a garage Wednesday, Dec.9, 2009, in National Park, N.J. This month, as the U.S. refining industry struggles, Sunoco idled most parts of Eagle Point where Palumbi worked. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Harry Schaeffer was a toddler when his family moved in 1955 to National Park, where nearby Eagle Point Refinery had been turning crude to gasoline, heating oil and other products for years.
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