- estrange: BEDFORD, New York (Reuters)- Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who died in an apparent suicide earlier this week, was recalled Saturday as an " angel" who was ultimately overwhelmed by a lengthy fight with depression.
- remembrance: Those remembrances came as members of the Kennedy clan, including Robert F. Kennedy's widow Ethel and late President John F. Kennedy's daughter Caroline, gathered for her funeral here at St. Patrick's, a small Catholic church in this wealthy Westchester County hamlet about 50 miles north of New York City.
- eulogy: Robert Kennedy Jr. was listed as delivering the eulogy, and Larry David, the U.S. producer and writer who co-created the television series " Seinfeld," was listed as offering remembrances.
- remembrance: Robert Kennedy Jr. was listed as delivering the eulogy, and Larry David, the U.S. producer and writer who co-created the television series " Seinfeld," was listed as offering remembrances.
- pleasant: Ingrid Chen, 45, from Bedford, said her son attends high school with Mary Kennedy's oldest son Conor and described the Kennedys as " a very pleasant, beautiful family.
- pray: We're praying for the firefighters ' safety," said Lynn Ray, the manager of an emergency shelter for evacuees at a school in Mayer, Arizona, where billowing gray-black smoke from the Gladiator Fire was clearly visible.
- scorch: Meanwhile, crews made slow progress against the biggest of the Arizona fires, which has scorched 22.6 square miles in the Tonto National Forest, about 40 miles north of Phoenix, since it started on May 12.
- stove: James Weber told authorities his alcohol-fueled camp stove ignited the blaze, which some 300 firefighters are struggling to contain in low humidity, hot temperatures and rugged terrain.
- mandatory: More than a dozen homes were placed on a mandatory evacuation order, although none have been lost.
- dam: Risks from building and operating such a big mine, or series of mines, range from the near-certain loss of wetlands and streams and chronic water pollution to a remote possibility of a catastrophic breach in a tailings dam planned to be taller than the Washington Monument, the report said.
- stretch: ANCHORAG E, Alaska (Reuters)- Large stretches of salmon-spawning streams and thousands of acres of wetlands would be wiped out if a large-scale mining project were to be built in southwestern Alaska's copper-rich Bristol Bay region, according to a report issued Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
- abundant: The Bristol Bay region is also famous for its abundant wildlife, including migratory birds and salmon-eating brown bears, as well as parks and wildlife refuges.
- migratory: The Bristol Bay region is also famous for its abundant wildlife, including migratory birds and salmon-eating brown bears, as well as parks and wildlife refuges.
- prelude: They argue that it is a prelude to development-stopping action by the EPA.
- procure: PJM said the auction procured a record 4,900 MW of new, mostly natural gas-fired generation to help replace the coal units expected to retire.
- upgrade: PJM's board approved significant upgrades to address the transmission issues," Ott said.
- transmission: PJM's board approved significant upgrades to address the transmission issues," Ott said.
- accrue: Freeh's report did not say how much of that figure was accrued by Freeh and his lawyers.
- impure: Glenn, though, said Koutoulas did not back up his" bad faith" claims with evidence that Freeh actually had an impure motive for seeking the extension.
- frivolous: MF Global customer deemed " frivolous" in fee fight- Yahoo! News.
- frivolous: NEW YORK (Reuters)- A former MF Global Holdings Ltd customer was rebuked on Friday by a judge for filing " frivolous" court papers attacking the mounting fees of Louis Freeh, the trustee unwinding the company's bankrupt estate.
- frivolous: Glenn stopped short of granting a request by Freeh's attorney, Brett Miller, to sanction Koutoulas, but warned he may impose such punishments for future frivolous acts.
- fierce: Sebelius has become the public face for the contraception rules issued earlier this year that have provoked fierce backlash from Catholic Church officials, political conservatives and anti-abortion advocates.
- rescind: Some of them called on Georgetown to rescind her speaking invitation.
- interrupt: About 20 protesters lined a campus entrance amid beefed up security, and a heckler, who interrupted Sebelius by calling her a " baby killer," was led away by campuspolice.
- contentious: Such contentious policy debates, however, are the strength of the American system, she said.
- graduate: Sebelius has ties to the university- her husband and one of her sons are Georgetown graduates.
- swallow: This week's conflagrations marked the first major wildfires of the year in Arizona, after a record 2011 fire season in which nearly 2,000 recorded blazes swallowed more than 1,500 square miles, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
- translucent: The fires left a translucent veil of gray-brown smoke over the northeast Phoenix valley, obscuring views of nearby highlands where the blazes were burning.
- pine: About 350 residents of Crown King in central Arizona remained under evacuation orders after another blaze, the fast-moving Gladiator Fire, burned nearly 9 square miles (22 square kilometers) of ponderosa pine, brush and chaparral in the Prescott National Forest and destroyed several buildings.
- lightning: On the San Carlos Apache reservation, in eastern Arizona, the Elwood Fire, caused by lightning, has charred more than 2 square miles ( about 5 square kilometers) of ponderosa pine, juniper and oak since the weekend.
- pine: On the San Carlos Apache reservation, in eastern Arizona, the Elwood Fire, caused by lightning, has charred more than 2 square miles (about 5 square kilometers) of ponderosa pine, juniper and oak since the weekend.
- transfer: Critics say they would enable the U.S. leader to lock up terror suspects detained in the United States indefinitely or transfer them to military control.
- counterproductive: Representative Barbara Lee, the Democrat who sponsored that measure, said in debate it was critical for the United States to " stop pouring billions on a counterproductive military presence in Afghanistan.
- sand: You cannot just abandon Afghanistan and... stick your head in the sand and pretend it's not going to have consequences.
- revoke: A bipartisan coalition that included Tea Party conservatives and liberal Democrats lined up behind an effort to revoke broad powers of detention granted to the president in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks.
- indefinitely: Critics say they would enable the U.S. leader to lock up terror suspects detained in the United States indefinitely or transfer them to military control.
- supervise: The Secret Service will supervise and coordinate the flow of information.
- exhaustive: The planning has been going on for a long time, and it's been exhaustive.
- commuter: Much of the public focus- whether from Chicago commuters or business people- has been on planned and unplanned protests and how the city's police department will handle things if provocateurs start trouble.
- legalize: NEW YORK (Reuters)- A cancer-stricken judge in New York has become an unlikely voice in support of legalizing the use of medical marijuana with the admission that he smokes pot to ease the side-effects of his treatments.
- smoke: NEW YORK (Reuters)- A cancer-stricken judge in New York has become an unlikely voice in support of legalizing the use of medical marijuana with the admission that he smokes pot to ease the side-effects of his treatments.
- elicit: While Reichbach's editorial amounts to an admission he broke the law, his story is more likely to elicit admiration than condemnation, judicial ethics experts said.
- disciplinary: In New York, disciplinary actions involving judges are handled by the state's Commission on Judicial Conduct, which reviews allegations of criminal activity and other wrongdoing and decides on an appropriate reprimand.
- brave: It's brave and wonderful, but it's heart-wrenching," said Ellen Yaroshefsky, a law professor at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law.
- futurist: The new generation does not see colour, they don't see race," says Ken Gronbach, a demographer and futurist who writes and lectures on marketing and generational change.
- empathy: The older population has very little personal connection and empathy with this younger, more diverse populatio n”
- precipitate: Demographics precipitates economics, and the demographics of the US and the demographics of the continent of the Americas is very good.
- indefinitely: Representative Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, sought to amend the law to guarantee people arrested in the United States on terrorism charges could not be detained indefinitely without trial or transferred to military custody.
- amend: Representative Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, sought to amend the law to guarantee people arrested in the United States on terrorism charges could not be detained indefinitely without trial or transferred to military custody.
- clarify: Other lawmakers, concerned that Smith's proposals went too far, sought to defuse the issue by proposing amendments that would clarify the rights of citizens to challenge their detention in court.
- plastic: He pointed to the case of " underwear bombe r" Umar Farouk Ab dulmutallab, who was convicted of attempting to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear while on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on December 25, 2009.
- outcry: The decision to let civilian law enforcement authorities handle his interrogation and prosecution sparked an outcry among some lawmakers who believed the case should have been dealt with through the military as an act of war rather than a crime.
- contention: With Rosenblum and Holton taking similar stances on issues such as consumer protection, civil rights and the environment, their diametrically opposed views on medical marijuana emerged as a key point of contention in the race, so much so that the campaign was seen largely as a referendum on drug policy generally.
- landlord: As Oregon's chief federal prosecutor last year, Holton was in the vanguard of that crackdown, sending letters to owners, operators and landlords of storefront pot outlets warning they faced prosecution and civil enforcement actions for involvement in the sale of cannabis.
- legalize: The primary contest unfolded as two groups in Oregon are racing to collect enough signatures for two separate ballot initiatives seeking to legalize marijuana for recreational use in the state.
- resonate: Some experts predicted a Rosenblum triumph could resonate well outside of Oregon's largely Democratic-registered electorate.
