http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ en Copyright 2009 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:39:56 -0600 Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses — the malicious programs better known for swiping your credit card numbers. In this twist, it's your reputation that's http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/ap_impact__framed_for_child_porn___by_a_pc_virus.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/ap_impact__framed_for_child_porn___by_a_pc_virus.html Jordan Robertson The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:39:54 -0600 Today is Monday, Nov. 9, the 313th day of 2009. There are 52 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West; joyous Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall.On this date:In 1872, fire destroyed nearly 800 buildings in Boston.In 1918, it http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/today_in_history___nov__9.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/today_in_history___nov__9.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:10:56 -0600 The National Weather Service has confirmed it was a tornado that tore through a coastal area of Lincoln City in northwestern Oregon, damaging about a dozen homes.The Friday night tornado packed winds that reached 85 mph. The weather service says 11 homes, three cars and three decks were damaged. The destruction path was 150 yards long and 80 yards http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/tornado_damages_homes_in_northwestern_oregon.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/tornado_damages_homes_in_northwestern_oregon.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:39:55 -0600 Investigators on Sunday captured a man they believe opened fire on a car parked at a gas station, killing three women, including an acquaintance of the suspect, state investigators said. Children inside the bullet-riddled vehicle escaped harm.All the wounded in Saturday night's shooting outside the Crown Food Mart in East St. Louis were shot http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/police__3_women_gunned_down_while_in_car_with_kids.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/police__3_women_gunned_down_while_in_car_with_kids.html Jim Suhr The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:39:58 -0600 As of Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at least 833 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.Of those, the military reports 640 were killed by hostile http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/us_military_deaths_in_afghanistan_region_at_833.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/us_military_deaths_in_afghanistan_region_at_833.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:09:54 -0600 A key U.S. senator said Sunday he would begin an investigation into whether the Army missed signs that the man accused of opening fire at Fort Hood had embraced an increasingly extremist view of Islamic ideology.Sen. Joe Lieberman's call for the investigation came as word surfaced that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan apparently attended the same Virginia http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/alleged_ft__hood_gunman_may_have_9_11_mosque_link.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/alleged_ft__hood_gunman_may_have_9_11_mosque_link.html Allen G. Breed The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:09:54 -0600 A key U.S. senator said Sunday he would begin an investigation into whether the Army missed signs that the man accused of opening fire at Fort Hood had embraced an increasingly extremist view of Islamic ideology.Sen. Joe Lieberman's call for an investigation came a day after classmates who participated in a 2007-2008 master's program at a military http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/lieberman__senate_to_investigate_ft__hood_shooting.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/lieberman__senate_to_investigate_ft__hood_shooting.html Allen G. Breed The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:39:55 -0600 A refinery explosion that severely damaged 10 homes this week was caused by a burst pipe that sprayed hydrogen gas onto a nearby heater, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board's lead investigator said.Donald Holmstrom said investigators don't know why the pipe suffered what he called a "catastrophic failure." He said the safety board will test what's left http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/investigator__utah_explosion_caused_by_burst_pipe.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/investigator__utah_explosion_caused_by_burst_pipe.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:09:54 -0600 Democrat senators divided on government health insurance, so House's bill has nowhere to goWASHINGTON (AP) — The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/ap_news_in_brief.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/ap_news_in_brief.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:10:58 -0600 Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges.A hurricane watch extended over more than 200 miles of coastline across southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. Louisiana's http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/la__gov__declares_emergency_ahead_of_hurricane_ida.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/la__gov__declares_emergency_ahead_of_hurricane_ida.html Becky Bohrer The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:10:55 -0600 Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges.A hurricane warning extended more than 200 miles of coastline from Pascagoula, Miss., east to Indian Pass, Fla. Tropical storm warnings and hurricane watches http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/late_season_hurricane_takes_aim_at_us_gulf_coast.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/late_season_hurricane_takes_aim_at_us_gulf_coast.html Becky Bohrer The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:39:54 -0600 A strong earthquake was reported in the ocean off Indonesia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The quake measured a magnitude of 6.7, the survey reported. It hit at 3:41 a.m. local time (1941 GMT)It struck at a depth of 11 miles (17.7 kilometers) and had its epicenter about 10 miles (15 kilometers) north-northwest of Sumbawa and 830 miles http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/earthquake_measuring_6_7_reported_near_indonesia.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/earthquake_measuring_6_7_reported_near_indonesia.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:39:53 -0600 Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency Sunday as the Gulf Coast braced for the arrival of Hurricane Ida, which was making its way across the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 storm.A hurricane watch was in effect from southeastern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, meaning hurricane conditions were possible in the next day and a http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/la__gov__declares_state_of_emergency_ahead_of_ida.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/la__gov__declares_state_of_emergency_ahead_of_ida.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:39:56 -0600 An Army chaplain asked mourners Sunday to pray for the accused Fort Hood shooter, calling on them to focus less on why the tragedy happened and more on helping each other through "the valley of the shadow of darkness.""Lord, all those around us search for motive, search for meaning, search for something, someone to blame. That is so frustrating," http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/army_chaplain_seeks_prayers_for_meaning_in_rampage.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/army_chaplain_seeks_prayers_for_meaning_in_rampage.html Allen G. Breed The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:09:53 -0600 Reggie Turner stopped by a growing memorial to 11 victims of an alleged serial killer because he knew one of the women. Michelle Lee came to pay her respects as a mother and grandmother. Mark Mason and two buddies rode their motorcycles to just take a look.The street corner opposite the home dubbed Cleveland's "House of Horrors" buzzes with visits http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/onlookers_flock_to_site_of_cleveland_killings.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/onlookers_flock_to_site_of_cleveland_killings.html John Seewer And Andrew Welsh-huggins The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:40:00 -0600 Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, however, about the nation's readiness to turn the talk into reality.The economic case for expanding treatment, especially amid a recession, seems clear. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/expanding_drug_treatment__is_us_ready_to_step_up_.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/expanding_drug_treatment__is_us_ready_to_step_up_.html David Crary The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:09:51 -0600 A 63-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting one person and wounding three others in a Vail bar has been arrested in what authorities say was an apparently random shooting.Longtime Vail resident Richard Moreau is accused of firing several shots outside and in the Sandbar Sports Grill in the mountain ski resort town. Police say he was arrested http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/suspect_in_vail_bar_shooting_faces_murder_charge.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/suspect_in_vail_bar_shooting_faces_murder_charge.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:09:55 -0600 To 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, piercing her nose was a way to connect with her roots in India. To Suzannah's school, it was a dress-code violation worthy of a suspension.To other Indians, the incident was emblematic of how it can still be difficult for the American melting pot to absorb certain aspects of their cultural and religious http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/utah_girl_s_pierced_nose__us_indian_culture_clash.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/utah_girl_s_pierced_nose__us_indian_culture_clash.html Jesse Washington The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:09:57 -0600 Mourners were asked to pray for the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood and his family, and an Army chaplain exhorted his congregation on Sunday to draw together even if the gunman's motives may never be fully known."Lord, all those around us search for motive, search for meaning, search for something, someone to blame. That http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/army_chaplain_seeks_prayers_for_fort_hood_shooter.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/army_chaplain_seeks_prayers_for_fort_hood_shooter.html Allen G. Breed The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:10:07 -0600 A Northwestern University professor and journalism students who spent three years investigating the case of a man convicted in the 1978 killing of a security guard believe they have evidence that shows prosecutors put the wrong man behind bars. But in the quest to prove his innocence, they may have to defend themselves, too.Cook County prosecutors http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/ill__prosecutors_seek_journalism_students__grades.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/ill__prosecutors_seek_journalism_students__grades.html Karen Hawkins The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:10:03 -0600 Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming to an end.The Dow Jones industrial average rose or fell more than 100 points in seven of the past 12 trading days, capped by a 205-point advance on Thursday that left the index almost 53 percent higher than its closing level http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/stock_volatility_is_back__a_sign_of_an_aging_bull_.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/stock_volatility_is_back__a_sign_of_an_aging_bull_.html Mark Jewell The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:09:56 -0600 Commuters in the City of Brotherly Love have been told to gear up to begin a second week of finding other ways to work following the collapse of a proposed deal to end a six-day-old strike by about 5,000 bus drivers, subway and trolley conductors and mechanics.The largest union representing workers of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/philly_transit_strike_in_6th_day__no_new_talks.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/philly_transit_strike_in_6th_day__no_new_talks.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:09:59 -0600 Hurricane Ida strengthened to a Category 2 storm on Sunday, and a hurricane watch was extended to the Florida Panhandle as Ida made its way across the Gulf of Mexico.The hurricane watch now stretches from southeastern Louisiana to Mexico Beach, Fla. Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Ida's winds are now near 100 mph http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/ida_now_a_category_2_storm_with_100_mph_winds.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/ida_now_a_category_2_storm_with_100_mph_winds.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:09:59 -0600 A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood is in critical but stable condition.Spokesman Col. John Rossi told reporters on Sunday at Fort Hood that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is still hospitalized in Texas. He was taken off a ventilator on Saturday.Hasan was shot during an exchange of gunfire during http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/army__shooting_suspect_is_critical__but_stable.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/army__shooting_suspect_is_critical__but_stable.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:39:57 -0600 Soldiers and others are attending church services at Fort Hood, Texas, and in neighboring Killeen to pray for the man authorities say went on a shooting spree and to honor the victims.An Army chaplain exhorted parishioners to pray for meaning in the worst massacre on a military facility in the United States.Col. Frank Jackson expressed frustration http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/chaplain_leads_prayer_for_fort_hood_suspect.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/chaplain_leads_prayer_for_fort_hood_suspect.html Allen G. Breed The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:39:56 -0600 In retrospect, the signs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's growing anger over the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable. But even people who worried his increasingly strident views were clouding his ability to serve the U.S. military could not predict the murderous rampage of which he now stands accused.In the months leading to Thursday's http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/some_saw_trouble_ahead_for_fort_hood_suspect.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/some_saw_trouble_ahead_for_fort_hood_suspect.html Angela K. Brown And Richard Lardner The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:09:56 -0600 In retrospect, the signs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's growing anger over the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable. But even people who worried his increasingly strident views were clouding his ability to serve the U.S. military could not predict the murderous rampage of which he now stands accused.In the months leading to Thursday's http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/some_predicted_trouble_from_fort_hood_suspect.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/some_predicted_trouble_from_fort_hood_suspect.html Angela K. Brown And Richard Lardner The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:41:00 -0600 It galled her to do it, but Sarah Dillon was desperate for answers, so she wrote letters to convicted snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo: If you murdered my son, please confess, she wrote.She got no reply."I've been waiting for answers for seven years," said Dillon, who took to wearing a button that said "Billy Gene Dillon is a very http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/killings_remain_unsolved_as_sniper_execution_nears.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/killings_remain_unsolved_as_sniper_execution_nears.html Matthew Barakat The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:40:53 -0600 In a Nov. 7 story about the racial issues in a New York community a year after the stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of one of the defendants charged in the immigrant's death. His correct name is Anthony Hartford, not Harfford. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/correction__immigrant_hate_crimes_story.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/correction__immigrant_hate_crimes_story.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:09:52 -0600 A hurricane watch has been issued for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi as Hurricane Ida begins making its way through the Gulf of Mexico toward the U.S.Ida could reach the northern Gulf Coast by Tuesday.Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday morning that the watch does not include New Orleans and stretches from Grand http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/hurricane_watch_issued_for_coastal_la___miss_.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/hurricane_watch_issued_for_coastal_la___miss_.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:40:57 -0600 Hurricane warning for Gulf Coast from Mississippi to Florida; New Orleans under watch for Ida. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/ap_newsalert.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/ap_newsalert.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:09:53 -0600 In retrospect, the signs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's growing anger over the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable. But even people who worried his increasingly strident views were clouding his ability to serve the U.S. military could not predict the murderous rampage of which he now stands accused.In the months leading to Thursday's http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/some_predicted_trouble_from_fort_hood_s_maj__hasan.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/some_predicted_trouble_from_fort_hood_s_maj__hasan.html Angela K. Brown And Richard Lardner The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:39:51 -0600 Gunfire erupted inside a bar near the ski town of Vail Saturday night, leaving one man dead and three others wounded, police said. A 63-year-old suspect was quickly arrested.Police said the shooting began about 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Sandbar Sports Grill, a popular bar that can hold more than 200 people.There were about a dozen customers in the http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/police__1_killed__3_injured_in_shooting_near_vail.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/police__1_killed__3_injured_in_shooting_near_vail.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:39:52 -0600 In retrospect, the signs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's growing anger over the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable. But even people who worried his increasingly strident views were clouding his ability to serve the U.S. military could not predict the murderous rampage of which he now stands accused.In the months leading to Thursday's http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/some_saw_trouble_ahead_with_fort_hood_shooter.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/some_saw_trouble_ahead_with_fort_hood_shooter.html Angela K. Brown And Richard Lardner The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:39:58 -0600 The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included several people who shared the same profession as the alleged shooter, a father of three with ties to Laos whose family had a history of military service, a civilian who had returned to work a week after suffering a heart attack, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/fort_victims_had_different_reasons_for_enlisting.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/fort_victims_had_different_reasons_for_enlisting.html Amy Forliti The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:39:53 -0600 In retrospect, the signs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's growing anger over the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable. But even people who worried his increasingly strident views were clouding his ability to serve the U.S. military could not predict the murderous rampage of which he now stands accused.In the months leading to Thursday's http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/some_saw_trouble_ahead_with_hasan.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/some_saw_trouble_ahead_with_hasan.html Angela K. Brown And Richard Lardner The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:09:52 -0600 Ida grew into a hurricane for a second time as it roared over the Caribbean on a path that could take it between Mexico's resort-studded Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba before heading for the southern United States.Tour operators and fishermen along Mexico's Caribbean coast, including Cancun, pulled their boats out of the water Saturday in anticipation http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/ida_becomes_hurricane_a_2nd_time_off_mexico_coast.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/ida_becomes_hurricane_a_2nd_time_off_mexico_coast.html Catherine E. Shoichet The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:39:52 -0600 The scenes seared into the minds of those who know Bobby Yurkanin differed only in place: Whether in the pool, around the dinner table or at the bowling alley, he was the 50-something man whose life had long before been handed over to the sickness of his parents. Always his father was by his side.Yurkanin moved across the country to care for his http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/murder_case_a_glimpse_into_stresses_of_caretaking.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/murder_case_a_glimpse_into_stresses_of_caretaking.html Matt Sedensky The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:09:50 -0600 A slain Catholic nun who lived and worked on the Navajo Indian reservation was remembered Saturday for her passion for the poor at funeral services.A tearful, standing-room only crowd attended a funeral Mass for 64-year-old Sister Marguerite Bartz at Gallup's Sacred Heart Cathedral. Bartz was laid to rest later Saturday just across the state line http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/funeral_services_held_for_slain_new_mexico_nun.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/funeral_services_held_for_slain_new_mexico_nun.html The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:09:57 -0600 Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats as Ida strengthened into a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun.The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Ida's winds had picked up to 90 mph (150 kph) with higher gusts, making it a Category 1 http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/ida_grows_into_hurricane_near_mexico_s_carib_coast.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2009/Nov/08/ida_grows_into_hurricane_near_mexico_s_carib_coast.html Catherine E. Shoichet The Associated Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:09:53 -0600