2008年9月5日星期五

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Southeast braces for Hanna as Ike strengthens (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 03:03 AM CDT

This image provided by NOAA was taken at 12:01 a.m. EDT Friday Sept. 5, 2008. Tropical Storm Hanna can be seen chugging just east of the Bahamas headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it could bring high winds and rain from South Carolina to Maine. At 11 p.m. EDT, its center was 540 miles south of Wilmington, N.C., and was moving northwest at 14 mph with maximum sustained winds near 65 mph. Rain and wind from Hanna could start as early as Friday night in the South, where some residents shuttered houses and stocked up on food and sandbags, coastal parks closed, and schools canceled events and changed sports schedules. Tropical storm watches and warnings were issued from Georgia to near Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/NOAA) .AP - Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it could bring high winds and rain from South Carolina to Maine.

Detroit mayor, soon off to jail, talks of comeback (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:11 AM CDT

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick standing with his wife Carlita, addresses the media in Detroit, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. Kilpatrick took responsibility for his actions Thursday, hours after resigning as part of plea deals in two criminal cases, and left the door open for a return to public life. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Only hours after agreeing to resign and serve time in jail as part of plea deal, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick expressed regret for the scandal that has engulfed the city — and left the door open for a return to public life.

Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 03:19 AM CDT

Richard Cherry Jr., right, 15, departs Boys' Latin of Philadelphia with his father, Richard Cherry Sr, in Philadelphia Tuesday July 15, 2008. Boys' Latin of Philadelphia, one of the city's newer charter schools, aims to be an educational beacon in the financially and academically troubled district. But because it is single sex public school — one of four in Philadelphia — it faced huge opposition and almost didn't exist. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)AP - Calling all ninth-grade boys! Raise your hand if this school sounds like fun: wearing jackets and ties every day, staying until 5 p.m., learning Latin and — to top it all off — no girls.

San Francisco delays rollout of ID card program (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 05:03 AM CDT

Margaret Castaneda from the Aztec dance group ''tlaloc'', participates in an immigrant rally durring the final day of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, in Denver. (AP Photo/The Rocky Mountain News, Javier Manzano)AP - San Francisco is delaying a controversial program that would provide identification cards to all residents regardless of legal status.

Remains of 3 sailors from Pearl Harbor identified (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:08 AM CDT

AP - Two-thirds of a century ago, Kathleen Wyman drove her brother to California to join the Navy. From there, he shipped out to the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor.

FEMA to cover hotel costs for some Gustav evacuees (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 10:50 PM CDT

Hundreds of New Orleans area evacuees from Hurricane Gustav fill the floor of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Ala., on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. The federal government says it will reimburse the hotel expenses of some of the nearly 2 million evacuees, but the news that the hotel costs might be reimbursed was too late for people who have been spending nights at public shelters. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)AP - Victims of Hurricane Gustav who can't return to their homes over the next month because of storm damage or power outages can have their hotel costs covered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, officials said Thursday.

Americans get to know once-obscure Alaska governor (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 05:40 PM CDT

Robert Dweck and his Shih Tzu mix, Gracie, pose at Gallery Deja Vu, an antiques shop on South Beach that he manages, Aug. 29, 2008 in Miami Beach, Fla. Dweck, 56, is a registered Democrat who supported Hillary Clinton but has been hesitant to commit to Obama. McCain's pick of Palin makes Dweck question the senator's decision-making. 'I think that he acted in haste,' he said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - Doug Watts, a painter from Phoenix, watched in spite of himself. There was Sarah Palin on television, and he found himself mesmerized.

Judge sentences Jonesboro shooter to 4 years (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 06:44 PM CDT

AP - A man who as a teen helped shoot and kill five people in a schoolyard ambush was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison on an unrelated federal weapons charge.

Prisons scramble to make digital TV switch (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 03:10 PM CDT

Inmates at Campbell pre-release facility watch television in the day room Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, in Columbia, S.C. The big switch to digital TV has prisons across the county scrambling to keep prisoners from losing access to broadcast television.(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - The big switch to digital TV has prison officials scrambling to keep one of the most important peacekeeping tools in prisons across the nation — broadcast television.

Woman dubbed Al-Qaida backer skips NY arraignment (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 05:06 PM CDT

AP - An American-educated Pakistani woman who's been labeled an al-Qaida supporter refused to appear in federal court Thursday to answer charges that she tried to kill U.S. soldiers and FBI agents after they detained her this summer in Afghanistan.

McGreevey's ex offers to drop claim if he pays up (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 07:17 PM CDT

AP - A lawyer for former Gov. James McGreevey's ex-wife said Thursday she will drop a charge that she was duped into marrying him if he agrees to pay her $109,000 a judge says he owes.

Terror claims against NJ Muslim leader rejected (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 06:14 PM CDT

In a June 2, 2008 file photo, Imam Mohammad Qatanani, center, acknowledges supporters from the steps of a federal building in Newark, N.J., during a lunch break in his deportation trial. A federal immigration judge in Newark, N.J. ruled Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, that Mohammad Qatanani, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Passaic County, can remain in the U.S.(AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)AP - An influential New Jersey Muslim leader accused by some federal officials of having terrorist ties but praised by others as being an important ally won his fight to gain permanent U.S. residency Thursday.

Intruders shot after Texas couple wrests shotgun (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 05:03 PM CDT

AP - When two gunmen smashed through the glass front door of her suburban Fort Worth home, Kellie Hoehn didn't think twice.

Documents held in Los Angeles priest abuse cases (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 03:22 PM CDT

AP - The departure of a key figure in a record $660 million clergy sexual abuse settlement has endangered part of the deal that some plaintiffs consider more important than the money: the promise by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles to allow the release of accused priests' confidential files.

Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 05:06 PM CDT

AP - Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three degrees in about 50 years, says a new federal science report released Thursday.

Texas drops half of cases in polygamist sect raid (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 04:30 PM CDT

AP - Child by child, Texas authorities are acknowledging that many of the children seized during a raid on a polygamist sect's ranch can safely live with their parents or guardians.

Simpson goes to trial in Vegas, dogged by his past (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 01:50 PM CDT

AP - Once upon a time O.J. Simpson was a national sports hero, showered with adulation and endorsement contracts. He was the "Juice" — a Hall of Fame football star, actor, TV commentator and pitchman with a beautiful wife, two children and a Rolls Royce.

3-term councilman ready to become Detroit mayor (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 11:59 AM CDT

AP - The man who will succeed Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has had months to prepare for the possibility of taking over as head of the nation's 11th largest city, and said last week that he was ready for the job.

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