2008年9月18日星期四

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The message from Ike-battered Galveston: Stay away (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:36 AM CDT

Using a flash light to work by, Ward Chase, left, cuts up cooked meat for others to eat in Galveston, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. The island hit by Hurricane Ike is without basic services and some officials estimate it might he four weeks before the power is back on. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - Officials were stung by an ill-fated attempt to let residents and business owners "look and leave" their hurricane-battered city, which only created frustrating traffic jams for two days. Now, their message is clear: Stay away from Galveston.

New interstate bridge in Minneapolis opens (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 05:27 AM CDT

AP - The new Interstate 35W bridge is open in Minneapolis, a little more than a year after the last one collapsed into the Mississippi River.

Authorities: Engineer texting on day of wreck (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 04:44 AM CDT

This undated photo released Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, courtesy of Lillian Barber, shows Metrolink engineer Robert Sanchez, holding one of Barber's Italian greyhounds. Sanchez, 46, died in the commuter locomotive that slammed head-on into a freight in Los Angeles Friday, killing 24 passengers and injuring nearly 140. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Lilian Barber)AP - Federal authorities investigating why a commuter train engineer ran through a red signal and into an oncoming freight train have confirmed that he was text messaging while working on the day of the fatal collision.

Marine praised by Bush won't get Medal of Honor (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 04:52 AM CDT

This undated photo released by the U.S. Marines, shows Sgt. Rafael Peralta, 25. Peralta was being considered for a posthumous Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military award. Peralta was shot during a house-to-house search in Fallujah. Lying wounded on the floor of a home, he grabbed a grenade that had been lobbed in by an insurgent. The blast killed him. 'If he wouldn't have scooped up the grenade, the other three of us in the room that day would have been killed,' said former Cpl. Robert Reynolds, who was in Peralta's squad. Reynolds said Peralta sacrificed himself because 'he wanted to make sure we all went home.' A committee reviewing the nomination could not agree on the award, citing questions over whether friendly fire from a comrade might have contributed to her son's death, Rosa Peralta, told the North County Times for its Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 edition. (AP Photo/U.S. Marines)AP - A Marine sergeant singled out by President Bush for throwing his body on a grenade to save his comrades in Iraq will receive the prestigious Navy Cross rather than the nation's highest military award, military officials said.

Thousands of new citizens take oath in Boston (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:00 AM CDT

Hiep Doan, center front, a resident of Boston and immigrant from Vietnam, waves an American flag while waiting for naturalization ceremonies to begin at Fenway Park, in Boston, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. More than 3,000 people took the oath of citizenship Wednesday during the ceremony that was the first ever held at the home of the Boston Red Sox baseball team. Doan became a citizen at the conclusion of the event. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - It was held at the home of Red Sox Nation, but the thousands gathered in the seats were there to swear allegiance to an even larger and more powerful nation.

Environmentalists balk at drilling off NJ coast (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:18 AM CDT

In this July 7, 2008 file photograph, New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine, right, listens along with Sen. Robert Menendez, D-NJ, second right, Belmar Mayor Ken Pringle and US Rep. Frank Pallone, D-NJ, fourth right, to Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ, as he speaks near the Atlantic Ocean in Belmar, N.J., about their opposition to offshore drilling. With offshore oil and gas drilling heating up as a national issue in the presidential race, New Jersey environmentalists and Gov. Jon Corzine oppose drilling off the state's coast, saying it would endanger the environment and the tourism industry on which New Jersey is so dependent. (AP Photo/Mel Evans,file)AP - With oil and gas drilling heating up as an issue in the presidential race, environmentalists and the governor reiterated their opposition to tapping reserves off the state's coast, saying it would endanger the environment and the tourism industry on which New Jersey is so dependent.

Vegas detective tells of encountering O.J. Simpson (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:20 AM CDT

A photo of the Palace Station hotel room where the the alleged crime involving O.J. Simpson took place in 2007 is displayed on a monitor during the O.J. Simpson trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. Simpson faces 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, Pool)AP - When police detective Andy Caldwell heard that O.J. Simpson was a suspect in a robbery, he said he couldn't believe it.

Attorney for Gitmo inmate works to drum up support (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 04:37 AM CDT

Attorney Dennis Edney speaks to a law class in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. Edney has reason to be frustrated, for six years, and for no pay, he's represented Omar Khadr, the next prisoner at Guantanamo Bay to face trial in a military tribunal system that the lawyer calls a sham. So he's stepping outside the courtroom, speaking out about his client and hoping to win a victory in another venue. His goal is to sway public opinion and pressure the Canadian government into bringing his Toronto-born client home. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - For six years, and for no pay, Dennis Edney has represented Omar Khadr, the next prisoner at Guantanamo Bay to face trial in a military tribunal system that the lawyer calls a sham.

FAA head says Chicago could need new airport (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 04:06 AM CDT

AP - A new Chicago airport or a vast expansion of one of the city's existing airports will be necessary to keep pace with booming demand for air travel in the coming decades, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Ike's littlest evacuees find comfort in playing (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:04 AM CDT

Hurricane Ike evacuees Ashia Turner, left, daughter Ajaiaya Holmes, 1, and friend Eric Lewis, all from Galveston, wait at the Port San Antonio hurricane shelter in San Antonio for a bus that will take them to a hotel, Tuesday Sept. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)AP - Grown-up evacuees among a sea of cots anxiously chatter on cell phones, figuring out what comes next. But arranged in a nearby corner are hula hoops, toy cars and crayons — a reminder that many of those chased out by Hurricane Ike are old enough to feel fear but too young to really understand.

Message in a mud-covered bottle: Cleanup can begin (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 02:31 AM CDT

Brittany Hollier stacks up bottles of liquor as she helps clean up the Hitchin' Post Package store, co-owned by her grandmother, in Bridge City, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. The store took on four feet of flood water during Hurricane Ike. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - One by one they left the sodden Hitchin' Post Package Store like a boozy bucket brigade — four generations of the DeVillier family schlepping muddy plastic laundry baskets full of clinking liquor bottles.

Deadly crash raises safety doubts about SoCal rail (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 10:23 PM CDT

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board conduct a test Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, to determine when the engineers of two trains were able to see each other in the moments before a head-on crash that killed 25 people in the Chatsworth area of Los Angeles on Friday. The visibility test involving stand-in engines was part of the ongoing investigation into the crash between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - A head-on collision that left 25 people dead has brought new scrutiny to the safety of Southern California's regional rail service — a system that has logged more fatalities than any similarly sized system in the nation in recent years.

Some of Ike's missing may have just washed away (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 09:58 PM CDT

A man walks among hurricane ravage homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike in Oak Island, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. Oak Island, a coast community of fishermen and retirees, was nearly wiped out by Hurricane Ike. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - The death toll from Hurricane Ike is remarkably low so far, considering that legions of people stayed behind as the storm obliterated row after row of homes along the Texas coast. But officials suspect there are more victims out there and say some might simply have been swept out to sea.

Man accepts plea deal in toddler dehydration death (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 05:42 PM CDT

In this April 16, 2008. file photo, Robert Patterson appears for arraignment in Superior Court in Meriden, Conn. Robert Patterson, 31, pleaded guilty Monday, Sept. 15, to a felony charge of risk of injury to a minor in the dehydration death last February of 23-month-old Amari Jackson. The charge could bring up to 10 years in prison, but the recommended sentence under the plea deal is five years of probation. (AP Photo/Bob Child)AP - A man charged with failing to help a toddler who died of dehydration under his sister's care accepted a plea deal that will likely keep him out of prison.

Report: Emission rules to boost Calif. economy (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 07:33 PM CDT

AP - Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next 12 years ultimately will benefit California's economy and save its residents money, according to a report released Wednesday by state air regulators.

Texas executes man who raped, killed 93-year-old (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 07:06 PM CDT

This photo released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate William Murray who is scheduled for execution at the Texas prison in Huntsville, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. Murray, 39, was set to die for the 1998 strangling and rape of 93-year-old Rena Ratcliff during a burglary at her home in Kaufman County, just outside Dallas. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice)AP - A man who raped and murdered a 93-year-old woman in her Dallas-area home was executed Wednesday after he apologized to his victim's relatives.

Train engineer faced challenges in final years (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 09:27 PM CDT

This undated photo released Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, courtesy of Lillian Barber, shows Metrolink engineer Robert Sanchez, holding one of Barber's Italian greyhounds. Sanchez, 46, died in the commuter locomotive that slammed head-on into a freight in Los Angeles Friday, killing 24 passengers and injuring nearly 140. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Lilian Barber)AP - In the years leading up to his death in the locomotive of a commuter train, engineer Robert Sanchez's life was marked by personal tragedy, jail time, and concerns about his health and job security.

Ike survivors, officals give FEMA mixed reviews (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 05:02 PM CDT

Flanked by Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, left, and Houston Mayor Bill White, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff speaks at a press conference about Hurricane Ike recovery efforts Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - Hurricane Katrina made them worthless feds in windbreakers, a four-letter agency for which some couldn't find enough four-letter words. And in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, FEMA is again the easy target for displaced residents and frustrated local authorities.

Pentagon approves spy satellite program (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 08:09 PM CDT

AP - The Pentagon has approved plans to buy and launch two commercial-class imagery satellites to complement its classified constellation of spy craft.

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