2011年5月25日星期三

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Alleged Tucson shooter ruled incompetent for trial (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2011 02:57 PM PDT

Tuscon shooting rampage suspect Jared Lee Loughner is pictured in this undated booking photograph released by the U.S. Marshals Service on February 22, 2011. REUTERS/U.S. Marshals Service/HandoutReuters - Shooting rampage suspect Jared Loughner was dragged shouting from a courtroom on Wednesday before he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges he killed six people and wounded Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

U.S. Army private admits murdering Taliban detainee (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2011 04:34 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. Army private deemed mentally ill by psychiatrists was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to murdering a Taliban commander who was shackled inside a jail cell in Afghanistan last October.

Joplin Tornado Tragedy: Hole in the Heart of Missouri Town (Time.com)

Posted: 25 May 2011 08:30 AM PDT

Time.com - The devastated Missouri city continues to search its ruins for the living and dead even as new storm clouds gather

Harold Camping: Judgment Day Did Actually Happen Saturday (Time.com)

Posted: 25 May 2011 03:05 AM PDT

Time.com - After a few days of silence, Judgment Day-calculator Harold Camping figured out a way to spin his second failed prediction: it actually did happen, you just didn't see it

U.S. trial on Mumbai attacks hears of Pakistan contacts (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2011 04:44 PM PDT

Reuters - An American who scouted targets for the 2008 Pakistani militant raid on Mumbai testified on Wednesday about conversations he had with a Chicago businessman accused of helping the attackers and a retired Pakistani military officer.

Forecasts, TV and luck eased tornado risk in Okla. (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 04:08 PM PDT

People begin the cleanup process at a home destroyed by Tuesday's tornado, in Piedmont, Okla., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Violent storms rumbled through the central U.S. on Wednesday, spawning tornadoes that turned homes into splintered wreckage, killing at least 14 people over two days and hampering rescue efforts in a city slammed by a massive twister days earlier. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, Pool)AP - When three tornadoes marched toward Oklahoma City and its suburbs, thousands of people in the path benefited from good forecasts, luck and live television to avoid the kind of catastrophe that befell Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Joplin, Mo.

Blago spokesman: Ousted governor plans to testify (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 04:46 PM PDT

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at the Federal Court building for his federal corruption trial Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Chicago. U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel are expected to to testify as defense witnesses. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - A spokesman for Rod Blagojevich says the former Illinois governor plans to take the stand in his own defense at his retrial on corruption charges.

City: Joplin tornado death toll rises to 125 (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Kenneth Thomas searches through toys kept at his house for his grand children in what used to be his living room Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Joplin , Mo. Thomas' house and much of Joplin was destroyed after a massive tornado hit the area Sunday night. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Rescue crews refused to be deterred Wednesday even as Joplin officials said no new survivors were pulled from the rubble left by behind the single deadliest tornado in decades and the death toll rose to at least 125.

Disaster onslaught: Relief groups scramble to cope (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 02:08 PM PDT

AP - Confronted with an unprecedented string of tornadoes, floods and wildfires, the American Red Cross and other relief groups are scrambling to raise money fast enough to meet the demand for help.

New NY house arrest spot chosen for ex-IMF leader (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 03:43 PM PDT

Media gather in front of the building where Dominique Strauss-Kahn is under house arrest in New York, Monday, May 23, 2011. Strauss-Kahn is under house arrest on sexual assault charges, and the apartment building where he is staying has become a new tourist hot spot. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - A new, more permanent location has been found for Dominique Strauss-Kahn's house arrest while the former International Monetary Fund leader awaits trial in his attempted rape case, court officials said Wednesday.

Man charged in NH church rape case testifies (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 04:36 PM PDT

Pastor Charles 'Chuck' Phelps testifies during the trial of Ernest Willis at the Merrimack Superior Court Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in Concord, N.H. Willis is accused of raping and impregnating a 15-year-old fellow church member in 1997. (AP Photo/Alexander Cohn, Pool)AP - A New Hampshire man accused of raping and impregnating his children's 15-year-old baby sitter in 1997 took the stand in his defense Wednesday, acknowledging he fathered her baby but saying he did not force himself on her.

NASA spacecraft will pluck samples from asteroid (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 04:31 PM PDT

This artist's image provided by NASA shows the spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx that NASA plans to launch in 2016, sending it to an asteroid to bring back samples to Earth. The space agency said Wednesday May 25, 2011 that the unmanned craft won't land on the asteroid. But it will get close enough to extend a robotic arm and pluck samples from the surface. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - A NASA spacecraft will reach out and touch an asteroid and send pieces back to Earth, the space agency announced Wednesday.

AP source: Edwards could be indicted within days (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 03:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2010 file photo, Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is seen in Raleigh, N.C. A person familiar with a federal investigation into Edwards' political dealings says prosecutors have completed their probe of the two-time presidential candidate and could indict him within days. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds, File)AP - The Justice Department plans to bring criminal charges against John Edwards after a two-year investigation into whether the former presidential candidate illegally used money from some of his political backers to cover up his extramarital affair, a person familiar with the case said Wednesday.

Judge: Ariz. shooting suspect mentally incompetent (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 04:47 PM PDT

Defendant Jared Loughner sits with his head in his hands during a competency hearing in federal court Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. as shown in this artists' rendering. Loughner is charged with shooting U.S. Rep. Garbrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. and 18 others and was deemed by a federal judge today to be incompetent to stand trial at this time. (AP Photo/Bill Robles)AP - The man accused of wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a deadly rampage lowered his head to within inches of the courtroom table Wednesday. When he lifted it, he began yelling, angry and loud.

Dems rejoice over NY; will Medicare redo 2012? (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 04:25 PM PDT

Congresswoman-elect Kathy Hochul, D-NY, pounds her fist while talking with supporters at a restaurant in Depew, N.Y., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Hochul defeated Republican state Assemblywoman Jane Corwin on Tuesday night, capturing 47 percent of the vote to 43 percent for Corwin, to win the seat vacated by Republican Chris Lee. A wealthy tea party candidate, Jack Davis, took 9 percent. (AP Photo/David Duprey)AP - Jubilant Democrats demanded Republicans abandon their sweeping plans to remake Medicare on Wednesday after casting a House race in upstate New York as a referendum on the popular program and emerging victorious.

Jury acquits Kerrigan brother in father's death (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 01:00 PM PDT

Nancy Kerrigan, brother of Mark Kerrigan, reacts as the jury returns a verdict for her brother at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn, Mass., Wednesday May 25, 2011. The jury found Kerrigan not guilty of manslaughter but guilty of assault and battery in the death of his father Daniel Kerrigan. Daniel Kerrigan died of a heart attack after the two had a fight at their family home. At left is Brenda Kerrigan, Nancy Kerrigan's mother.(AP Photo/Nancy Lane, Pool)AP - The brother of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was acquitted Wednesday of manslaughter in the death of their 70-year-old father by a jury that apparently agreed with his defense that the elder man died of heart disease, not from a scuffle between the two.

Anthony trial: Attorneys paint 2 sides of mother (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 04:04 PM PDT

Casey Anthony appears in court with attorney Cheny Mason for her trial at the Orange County Courthouse, Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)AP - The mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter was a party girl who promoted events at Florida nightclubs, though at times she was also an attentive, devoted parent, witnesses testifying at her murder trial said Wednesday.

Man pleads not guilty in complex Vt. custody case (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 01:45 PM PDT

AP - A Mennonite missionary pleaded not guilty Wednesday to helping a woman involved in a long-running custody dispute flee the United States with the child she had with her same-sex former partner.

Ex-mob boss: 'Vinny' wanted to kill prosecutor (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 02:26 PM PDT

AP - Jurors deciding whether to give the death penalty to a tough-talking mobster convicted of murder heard from his boss on Wednesday — the former head of an organized crime family who aired dirty laundry about life in the mob — literally.

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