2008年9月23日星期二

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Congress hustling to pass rail reform after crash (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 08:02 PM CDT

Dr. Marc Eckstein, medical director for the Los Angeles Fire Department, is seen at the scene of a Metrolink train crash in Chatsworth, Calif., Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. Eckstein was pulling up to his San Fernando Valley home when he heard about the Metrolink crash on the radio and raced to the scene 10 minutes away. 'I've been doing emergency medicine for 25 years,' since he was a teenage paramedic in New York in the 1980s, said Eckstein, 44, in an interview days later. 'I have never seen so much carnage like this in one place in my career.' (AP Photo/Frank Stoltze, KPCC/Radio)AP - After a fatal commuter train collision, Congress is hurrying to pass new laws that would limit hours engineers work, mandate technology to stop trains on a collision course and enact the rail industry's first other major reforms in 14 years.

Texas mayor to request $2.3B in aid from Congress (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 07:30 PM CDT

Debris is shown in front of a home that was destroyed by flooding from Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. (A Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - As repair crews work to make this hurricane-ravaged island city inhabitable for the thousands of residents set to return this week, the mayor is seeking more than $2 billion in emergency federal aid.

Upbeat professor remembered for Web 'last lecture' (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 09:30 PM CDT

Hundreds of stuffed Tiggers occupy the seats in Rangos Hall on the Carnegie Mellon University campus in preparation for a memorial Monday, Sept. 22, 2008 in Pittsburgh for professor Randy Pausch. Pausch whose 'last lecture' became an Internet sensation has been remembered for urging people to do more than they thought they could and to have fun doing it. He died of cancer in July, 10 months after giving the lecture that touched millions of people worldwide. During his last lecture, Pausch said, 'You just have to decide if you're a Tigger or an Eeyore. I think I'm clear where I stand on the great Tigger/Eeyore debate. Never lose the childlike wonder. It's just too important. It's what drives us.' (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - A Carnegie Mellon University professor whose "last lecture" of his life's lessons became an Internet sensation was celebrated Monday for challenging people to strive for more than they thought they were capable of, while remembering to have fun.

Ill. Senate passes much-disputed ethics measure (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:12 AM CDT

AP - The Illinois Senate passed one of the state's more fundamental post-Watergate campaign finance reforms — a measure supporters say is a small but crucial step toward tamping down Illinois' reputation for "pay to play" politics.

Computer is last clue in Ark. Democrat's slaying (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 09:41 PM CDT

Former President Bill Clinton, center, waves as he arrives at the Democratic National Convention in Denver Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. Flanking Clinton is Rebecca Gwatney, left, widow of slain Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman Bill Gwatney, and Mervyn Jones II, son of Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, who died Aug. 20 after suffering a brain hemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm. Hillary Rodham Clinton remembered the departed in her much-anticipated speech to the Democratic National Convention. Gwatney was fatally shot Aug. 13 at the state party headquarters in downtown Little Rock. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - A computer used by the gunman who killed a state Democratic Party chairman is the last clue to be investigated in the search for his motive, authorities said Monday.

Iran's president returns to UN General Assembly (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:39 AM CDT

AP - Iran's president, whose appearance at the U.N. General Assembly last year sparked thousands of protesters in the streets and an American walkout during his speech, returns to the United Nations on Tuesday amid heightened concerns over his country's nuclear ambitions.

UMass officials quash credit-for-campaigning offer (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 05:13 PM CDT

AP - University of Massachusetts officials on Monday quashed efforts by an Amherst campus chaplain to offer two college credits to any student willing to campaign in New Hampshire this fall for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Pa.'s record on juvenile lifers put under scrutiny (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:36 AM CDT

AP - Pennsylvania is joining several other states in considering whether there are better ways to treat the worst juvenile offenders, rather than locking them up in adult prisons for life.

Witnesses conflicted on whether Simpson saw gun (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 09:21 PM CDT

Thomas Riccio testifies during O.J. Simpson's trial in Las Vegas, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. Simpson faces 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy. (AP Photo/John Locher, Pool)AP - Two key witnesses in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery trial contradicted each other Monday, one saying Simpson probably did not see guns during the confrontation and the other saying he heard someone, possibly Simpson, say: "Put the gun away."

Protesters set up camp outside Florida mom's home (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 05:10 PM CDT

Bystanders and reporters gather outside the home of Casey Anthony, mother of missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony, after Casey Anthony was released on bail in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Each night about a dozen protestors plant lawn chairs across the street from the home of missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony, demanding a confession from her mother and grandparents. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)AP - Each night, a half dozen protesters plant lawn chairs across the street from the home of missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony, demanding a confession from her mother and grandparents. "Baby killer," one woman's sign reads. "My mommy did it!" reads another.

All eyes on payday lending struggle in Ohio, Ariz. (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:02 AM CDT

AP - The payday loan industry is bankrolling ballot issue campaigns in Ohio and Arizona to preserve the average 391 percent annual interest rates they charge, as the two states become the focus of industry watchers and consumer advocates.

Boaters idle on swollen rivers in Ike's aftermath (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 03:11 AM CDT

AP - Ron Gumm has made the best of 10 days spent with his apartment-like boat docked near here — taking in museums, scenic drives, eateries and, of course, the Gateway Arch — but he was eager to head down the Mississippi River.

Court: US govt can't block detainee photos release (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 06:43 PM CDT

AP - The United States cannot conceal pictures of abusive treatment of detainees by its soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan by saying their release might cause enemies to hurt someone, a federal appeals court said Monday in ordering the release of 21 photographs.

Police: Pa. landlord spied on female tenants (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 07:43 PM CDT

This undated photo submitted by the Montgomery County District Attorney's office shows Thomas Daley, 45, of Phoenixville, Pa. Daley, a suburban Philadelphia landlord, was charged on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008 with secretly videotaping female tenants with cameras hidden in their apartments. (AP Photo/Montgomery County District Attorney)AP - A suburban Philadelphia landlord placed hidden cameras throughout his apartments and secretly videotaped female tenants for years, investigators said Monday.

NYC Trade Center dig exposes Ice Age landscape (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 04:19 PM CDT

A U.S. flag flies from a crane over the World Trade Center site September 11, 2008. Today marks the seventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. REUTERS/Daniel Acker/Pool (UNITED STATES)AP - Crews excavating the World Trade Center site this summer for the foundations of a new skyscraper have uncovered features carved into the bedrock by glaciers about 20,000 years ago, including a 40-foot-deep pothole.

Airliner nearly hits small plane at Pa. airport (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 07:14 PM CDT

AP - A United Express flight had to brake and swerve at 140 mph to avoid by about 10 feet a small plane on the same Pennsylvania runway, airport and federal officials said Monday.

Retrial of Hamas financing case begins in Dallas (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 06:21 PM CDT

AP - Federal prosecutors Monday started a second attempt to convict leaders of a Muslim charity on charges of financing terrorism after the first trial last year ended with a mistrial on most of the allegations.

Gambler's $20M lawsuit against casinos tossed (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 03:51 PM CDT

AP - A federal judge has dismissed a $20 million racketeering lawsuit against seven casinos by a former New York City attorney who said they had a duty to stop her from gambling.

Woman whose dogs mauled neighbor gets 15 to life (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 06:44 PM CDT

Marjorie Knoller listens to closing arguments in the San Francisco dog mauling trial on March 18, 2002, at the Los Angeles County Courthouse in Los Angeles. Knoller whose dogs viciously attacked and killed her neighbor in the hallway of their apartment building seven years ago was sentenced on Monday, Sept 22, 2008, to 15 years to life in prison. Her previous conviction had been reduced, but the Californian Supreme Court overturned the reduction. Last month, Superior Court Judge Charlotte Woolard reinstated the murder conviction, for which Knoller was sentenced Monday. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, Pool)AP - A woman whose dogs viciously attacked and killed her neighbor in the hallway of their apartment building seven years ago was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in prison.

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