2008年9月29日星期一

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A rare hurricane spins past Maine and hits Canada (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 02:45 AM CDT

Activity was limited around the working waterfront at Eastport, Maine, Sunday, September 28, 2008, as residents are waiting for possible storm surges from Hurricane Kyle. (AP Photo/Michael C. York)AP - It threatened to be the first hurricane in 17 years to make landfall in Maine. Instead, Kyle delivered little more than a glancing blow equivalent to that of a classic nor'easter.

West, Islamic nations split at nuke meeting (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 02:06 AM CDT

AP - VIENNA, Austria — Islamic anger over Israel's nuclear program and bids by Iran and Syria to gain more influence threaten to turn this week's 145-nation International Atomic Energy Agency meeting into an unprecedented showdown between the West and the developing world.

Medical helicopter crashes in Md. park, killing 4 (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 04:11 PM CDT

Officials work at a command post near the sight of a helicopter crash on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008 in Forestville, Md. A medevac helicopter taking accident victims to a trauma center crashed in suburban Washington early Sunday, killing four of the five people aboard, authorities said. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - The pilot of a medical helicopter twice radioed for help in foggy weather before crashing Sunday, killing four of the five people on board in the latest of a growing number of air ambulance accidents, authorities said.

Gotti arrest recalls Fla. mob history (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 11:27 AM CDT

AP - The ghosts of Tampa's old-time wiseguys awakened this summer when Mafia scion John "Junior" Gotti came to town in handcuffs, accused of pulling the strings in a bunch of classic mobster crimes.

Blacks, whites show prejudices along racial divide (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 01:10 PM CDT

Cherlonda Hampton, 37, of Detroit, talks with reporters about the upcoming Presidential election, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008 in Detroit. How can it be that in 2008 — 143 years after slavery was abolished, decades after the civil rights movement — an AP-Yahoo News poll could find that racial misgivings could cost Sen. Barack Obama the election? (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza)AP - The Classic Creations barber shop sits empty, surrounded by drunks and shuttered storefronts just two blocks from the manicured lawns of Grosse Pointe Park. The contrast isn't lost on LaVar Anthony, a young barber who speaks in riddles of race, class and politics.

NYC museum ship Intrepid coming home shipshape (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 01:26 PM CDT

The historic aircraft carrier Intrepid is docked at a repair facility in Bayonne, N.J., Sept. 8, 2008. Freshly painted in naval 'haze gray' and once again shipshape from stem to stern, the fabled survivor of Pacific war battles and five kamikaze suicide attacks will be towed up New York Harbor and slotted into its familiar Hudson River berth Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Almost two years after being pried ignominiously from the mud by a phalanx of huffing tugboats and towed off to a shipyard for a major overhaul, the historic aircraft carrier Intrepid is returning home.

Couple say home's ex-owner tried to scare them out (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 01:29 PM CDT

Jamie Petree loads boxes into her van Saturday, May 3, 2008, as she moves out of her Gahanna, Ohio, home. She and her husband John Petree say that the previous owner, Andrew Zukowski, who had lost the house in a bank foreclosure, has tried to scare them away for eight years. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)AP - John and Jamie Petree couldn't believe their luck. The home they bought in this Columbus suburb was near family and quality schools. Its huge backyard promised years of afternoon fun for their 2-year-old daughter and about-to-be-born son.

Newman planned for charitable legacy after death (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 05:58 PM CDT

In this 1978 file photo, actor and U.N. ambassador to disarmament Paul Newman is seen. Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as 'Hud,' 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'The Color of Money,' has died, a spokeswoman said Saturday. He was 83. Newman died Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, of cancer, spokeswoman Marni Tomljanovic said. (AP Photo)AP - Paul Newman broached the subject of his philanthropic legacy several years ago while fishing with friends Robert Forrester and David Horvitz off the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Urban school superintendents hard to hang onto (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 04:34 PM CDT

Lori Peterson helps her daughter Isabella, 9, with homework Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, in St. Louis. After living in St. Louis for more than a decade, the Petersons are fed up with a public school district that has been in disarray for years and they are moving to the suburbs. Lori Peterson blames frequent turnover in the superintendent's job for adding to the school turmoil. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - St. Louis is looking for its eighth school superintendent since 2003. Kansas City is on its 25th superintendent in 39 years.

Cars sell for nearly $1 million at Maine auction (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 11:55 AM CDT

AP - Winning bidders at an auction of vintage vehicles and memorabilia in Maine have bought a 1910 Mercedes four-seat Tourabout for $887,000 and a 1913 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost for $832,000.

Up to 7 stabbed in NYC nightclub fight, 2 critical (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 05:03 AM CDT

AP - Police say as many as seven men were stabbed during a quarrel at a nightclub in New York City. Two are in critical condition.

Farmers bet 'green' eatery will catch on (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 02:31 PM CDT

People walk past the new Founding Farmers' restaurant in Washington, Friday, Sept. 26, 2008. North Dakota farmers opened Founding Farmers, just blocks from the White House, to showcase food from family farms. The eatery aims to be 'Washington's greenest restaurant.' (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - North Dakota farmers have spent $6 million to open a pair of Washington restaurants, one just blocks from the White House, to showcase food from family farms. The newer eatery aims to be "Washington's greenest restaurant."

'Eagle Eye' soars to No. 1 at box office with $29M (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 12:18 PM CDT

In this image released by Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks, Shia LaBeouf, left, and Michelle Monaghan star as two unsuspecting Americans drawn into a mysterious conspiracy in the race-against-time thriller 'Eagle Eye.' (AP Photo/Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures, Ralph Nelson) ** NO SALESAP - Shia LaBeouf's conspiracy thriller "Eagle Eye" debuted at the top of the weekend box office with $29.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Greinke shuts down Tigers in 5-0 Royals' win (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 09:32 PM CDT

Kansas City Royals starter Zack Greinke pitches against the Detroit Tigers in the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)AP - Zack Greinke and Leo Nunez combined for a four-hitter to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 5-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.

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