2008年10月2日星期四

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FDA urged to recall cold medicines for youngsters (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 02:23 AM CDT

AP - With a new cold season coming, the government is trying once more to decide what to do about over-the-counter medicines for kids' coughs and sniffles. Doctors question the drugs' benefits and worry about their risks.

Fossett search teams see what looks like wreckage (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 02:41 AM CDT

This image made from video taken by Discovery Channel/LMNO Productions shows a pilot's license and a torn $100 bill found Monday, Sept. 29, 2008 by hiker Preston Morrow in a rugged part of eastern California. Morrow found the license and other items that appear to belong to Steve Fossett, the adventurer who vanished on a solo flight more than a year ago, authorities said Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Discovery Channel/LMNO Productions)AP - Search teams combing a rugged part of eastern California for any sign of Steve Fossett, the adventurer who vanished on a solo flight more than a year ago, have spotted what appeared to be wreckage Wednesday, authorities said.

Train engineer texted 22 seconds before LA crash (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 12:48 AM CDT

This undated photo originally released Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, by the California Department of Motor Vehicles shows Robert Sanchez, the engineer of the Metrolink commuter train that collided with a freight train on Friday near Chatsworth, Calif. Sanchez sent a cell phone text message 22 seconds before his commuter train crashed head-on into freight train in Southern California last month, killing 25 people, federal investigators said Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/California Department of Motor Vehicles)AP - A commuter train engineer sent a cell phone text message 22 seconds before his commuter train crashed head-on into freight train in Southern California last month, killing 25 people, federal investigators said Wednesday.

Calif. vintners push to open wine tasting rooms (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 03:35 AM CDT

Pyramid Vineyard is seen in Ramona, Calif. Tuesday Sept. 16, 2008. Plans by Pyramid and other winemakers in California to open new tasting rooms have been scuttled by a growing backlash among residents who don't want tipsy tourists weaving through their quiet communities, possibly putting locals at risk while increasing traffic congestion and noise. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP - Don Cohorst has acres of vineyards, a stash of small-batch vintages and a barn he wants to turn into a cozy tasting room for vino-sipping visitors.

US policy change reduces flow of Iraqis to Mich. (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 03:29 AM CDT

Iraqi refugees Nafea Kaka, second from left, his wife Treza and son Sinan, 14, listen to their sponsor Frederick Yaldo, left, and Refugee Services office, Archdiocese of Detroit case worker Thu Ho, right, in Detroit, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. Michigan is one of the nation's top destinations for Iraqi refugees, having received roughly a quarter of the more than 12,000 who have resettled in the U.S. since 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - The U.S. government has been sending fewer Iraqis to Michigan because of its struggling economy, though some expect the refugees will make their way here anyway, costing the cash-strapped state more in the long run.

Amish school shooting's anniversary to be 'normal' (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 03:31 AM CDT

In this Oct. 2, 2006 file photo, a helicopter takes off from the West Nickel Mines Amish School, in which a gunman killed five girls and injured five more, in Nickel Mines, Pa. The second anniversary of a crazed gunman's attack on a one-room Amish schoolhouse that left five girls dead and five others wounded was expected to pass quietly Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008 reflecting the wishes of the local community. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)AP - Empty pasture is all that's left on the site of one-room Amish schoolhouse where two years ago a gunman's attack left five girls dead and five others wounded, and the anniversary of the massacre was expected to pass quietly.

WTC owners rewriting expectations at ground zero (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 02:38 AM CDT

In this Thursday, April 24, 2003 file photo, workers are onsite at the PATH rail lines at ground zero in New York. The construction of the World Trade Center rail station is hundreds of millions of dollars over budget and five years behind schedule — delays that are slowing the building of the Sept. 11 memorial and most other projects on the 16-acre site. (AP Photo/Nicole Bengiveno, Pool)AP - Long-delayed plans to build office towers, transportation links and cultural spaces at the World Trade Center site is again getting new deadlines and price tags.

Both sides rest in Simpson's armed robbery trial (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 09:19 PM CDT

O.J. Simpson appears during his trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008 in Las Vegas. Simpson faces 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy. (AP Photo/John Gurzinski, Pool)AP - Both sides rested in the O.J. Simpson kidnapping and armed robbery case Wednesday after a last-minute dispute over testimony blurted out by a witness threatened to derail the trial.

AP Poll: 8 in 10 fear hit from financial crisis (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 09:52 PM CDT

In this Sept. 8, 2008 file photo, Marta Lara, left, helps Anita Hernandez at a 99 Cents Only Store in Los Angeles. In early September, 99 Cents Only Stores said commodity and fuel prices were forcing it to raise its price for the first time in 26 years, to 99.99 cents — which rounds up to $1 at the register. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)AP - Not just Wall Street is running scared. The consequences of the financial meltdown now are sinking in with ordinary Americans, who worry whether their jobs, home values, children's futures and retirement plans are at risk, according to a poll out Wednesday.

Hawaii promoting its 'value' to visitors (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 03:47 AM CDT

AP - Hawaii's tourism industry is offering new deals, incentives and packages as it grapples with turbulent airline industry and Americans holding tight to their wallets.

Ex-teacher says middle schooler was a man to her (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 10:45 PM CDT

This undated photo provided by Cass County Jail shows Kelsey Peterson, the former Lexington teacher accused of having sex with a 13-year-old male student and fleeing with him to Mexico. Sentencing for Peterson is set for Monday, Sept. 29, 2008 in U.S. District Court on Omaha. She pleaded guilty in July. (AP Photo/Cass County Jail, ho)AP - A former math teacher sentenced to federal prison for a sex crime with a minor says the age of the 13-year-old schoolboy she fled with to Mexico didn't matter to her.

Bourbon St. bouncer manslaughter cases dropped (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 10:59 PM CDT

A man sings Karaoke at a bar on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Desperate people queued for ice and food in the sweltering, still powerless suburbs of New Orleans on Thursday as life returned slowly to a swath of the US Gulf Coast deserted three days ago as Hurricane Gustav bore down.(AFP/Jim Watson)AP - Prosecutors dropped manslaughter charges Wednesday against the last two Bourbon Street bouncers accused of suffocating a visiting Georgia college student after a dispute about getting into a French Quarter karaoke bar on New Year's Eve 2004.

Uncle indicted in death of 12-year-old Vt. girl (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 09:55 PM CDT

In this June 30, 2008, file photo, Michael Jacques, 42, of Randolph Center, appears in Chelsea District Court in Chelsea, Vt. Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, the indictment of Jacques on charges he intentionally strangled 12-year-old Brooke Bennett. Brooke disappeared June 25 and was found dead a week later. (AP Photo/Pool, Stefan Hard)AP - Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that a man charged with drugging, sexually assaulting and killing his 12-year-old niece coerced another girl into aiding his plot by claiming to be part of a child-sex club that sometimes selected girls for "termination."

Ike evacuees complain of violence at shelter (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 06:04 PM CDT

Portable toilets are seen in front of an abandoned Wal-Mart store in Tyler, Texas, that has been converted to a emergency shelter housing Hurricane Ike evacuees from Beaumont, Texas, as storm clouds move in, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. The portable toilets served the 1,600 people crammed into the structure with a leaky roof, few indoor bathrooms and virtually no privacy. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman, File)AP - As Hurricane Ike blew through Texas, a different kind of storm was brewing inside an old Wal-Mart hastily converted into a shelter for evacuees.

Candy with chemical in Chinese milk found in Conn. (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 05:44 PM CDT

A Thai woman selects soy-milk products made in Thailand at a supermarket in Bangkok on Thursday Oct .2, 2008. Thailand is testing nearly 100 imports from China for possible melamine contamination and has found traces of the chemical in milk powder, health officials said. (AP photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - An industrial chemical blamed for sickening thousands of infants in China was found in candy in four Connecticut stores this week, a state official said Wednesday.

San Franciscans weigh merits of high school ROTC (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:12 PM CDT

From left, high school students Steven Zheng, Roger Vien and Anthony Truong go campaigning door to door for a ballot measure supporting JROTC in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. While San Francisco moves toward becoming the first city to remove a JROTC program, battle lines have hardened between the anti-JROTC forces and others, including many college-bound Chinese-American students, who view the elective course as valuable self-improvement and a social activity.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - In this city long associated with the peace movement, some teens are taking an unlikely stance — campaigning to keep the armed forces' Junior ROTC program in public schools.

Stock losses take heavy toll on retirement savings (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:59 PM CDT

In this photo provided by John Howe, John Howe, right, his wife Linda, left, and dog Jane are shown in Kingsville, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/John Howe)AP - So close and yet so far. It's a frustration being felt by Americans who thought the finish line to their working life was almost in sight.

Idaho fair accused of evicting paralyzed woman (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 01:49 PM CDT

Michael Harn and his wife Rosealinda pose with a portrait of themselves, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 at the couple's home in Nampa, Idaho. In the two decades since Rosalinda was left brain-damaged and paralyzed by a 16-year-old driver, her husband has taken her to numerous Mothers Against Drunk Driving events in Idaho as an object lesson in the consequences of drinking and driving. But that was before MADD removed Harn as a volunteer at its booth at a state fair last month amid complaints that the sight of her was too disturbing. The Harns have filed a discrimination complaint with the Idaho Human Rights Commission against MADD and the company that operated the fair. (AP Photo/Charlie Litchfield)AP - Rose Harn peers out at the world with one working eye, her arms curled tightly against her shriveled body. A rag under her chin catches her drool.

Storeowner sorry for seeking Spanish speakers' ID (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:23 PM CDT

AP - The owner of a plumbing supply store has apologized for asking customers who weren't speaking English for their Social Security numbers to prove they were legal residents.

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