Archive for March 9th, 2010

Massa denies he sexually groped male staffer (AP)

Posted by Yahoo in Politics on March 9, 2010

FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008 picture shows Eric Massa, Democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District in Rochester, N.Y. On Wednesday, March 3, 2010, Rep. Eric Massa, a freshman Democrat from New York, said that he will not seek a second term after a recurrence of cancer late last year, dismissing blog reports that he had harassed a staffer. He was elected in 2008. (AP Photo/David Duprey)AP - Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, offered contradictory explanations for his behavior Tuesday, acknowledging he groped a male staffer in a non-sexual way but later denying any groping.


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Dunleavy, Los Angeles Clippers sever ties (AP)

Posted by Yahoo in Sports on March 9, 2010

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2010, file photo, then-Los Angeles Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy glares at his team during an NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks in Atlanta. Dunleavy is out as general manager of the Clippers, barely a month after relinquishing his head coaching duties. The team announced it severed ties with Dunleavy late Tuesday afternoon, March 9, 2010, in an e-mail. Assistant general manager Neil Olshey will take over Dunleavy's job. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)AP - Mike Dunleavy and the Los Angeles Clippers parted company for good Tuesday, barely a month after he relinquished his head coaching duties to focus solely on being general manager.


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Indonesian president confirms terror man’s death (AFP)

Posted by Yahoo in World on March 9, 2010

An undated picture of the militant leader Dulmatin. The Al-Qaeda-trained bomber is the suspected mastermind of some of the region's most notorious attacks and the United States' Rewards for Justice programme had posted a 10 million US dollar bounty on his head.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono confirmed Wednesday that suspected terror mastermind Dulmatin had been killed in a police raid in Jakarta.


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Toyota, U.S. officials investigate runaway Prius (Reuters)

Posted by Yahoo in Science on March 9, 2010

In this Feb. 7, 2010 photo, the tailends of unsold 2010 Toyota Prius sedans form a long line at a Toyota dealership in Lakewood, Colo. Toyota owners and stockholders have peppered the Japanese automaker with more than 80 class-action lawsuits in the wake of widespread recalls, some contending that defective engineering has caused injuries or deaths and others claiming the company's woes have damaged the value of the vehicles. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Reuters - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier, as the automaker struggled to reassure consumers shaken by its recall crisis.


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Massa investigated for allegedly groping staffers – Washington Post

Posted by Google in Google on March 9, 2010


Massa investigated for allegedly groping staffers
Washington Post
Not long after Eric Massa joined Congress in January 2009, several male staff members began to feel uncomfortable with the sexually loaded language their boss routinely used, according to accounts relayed to the House ethics ...
Ex-Congressman Massa tells Glenn Beck he didn't grope employeeLos Angeles Times

Allegations rise against NY's MassaUSA Today
Massa: 'I Forced Myself Out' of CongressFOXNews
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Workers urge faster rebuilding at ground zero site (AP)

Posted by Yahoo in US on March 9, 2010

Laborers hoping to help rebuild the World Trade Center site hold a rally to urge for quicker action on the project, Tuesday, March 9, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Hundreds of construction workers raised a rallying cry of "Build it now!" on Tuesday, gathering with elected officials at the World Trade Center site to urge a quick rebuilding of the complex.


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