2008年10月4日星期六

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Simpson guilty on all charges in robbery trial (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 03:35 AM CDT

O.J. Simpson is handcuffed after a verdict of guilty on all counts was read following his trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. The verdict comes 13 years to the day after Simpson was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. (Photo/Steve Marcus, Pool)AP - O.J. Simpson, who went from American sports idol to celebrity-in-exile after he was acquitted of murder in 1995, was found guilty Friday of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room.


Newspapers get complaints for DVD ad on Muslims (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 02:23 AM CDT

This is a scanned image of a Clarion Fund-sponsored newspaper advertising supplement containing a DVD called 'Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West.'  Newspapers that carried the advertisement and DVD critical of radical Muslims have faced complaints from readers and questions about whether newspapers should offer a platform to everyone willing to pay for distribution. (AP Photo)AP - Newspapers that carried an advertising supplement in recent weeks containing a DVD critical of radical Muslims have faced complaints from readers and questions about whether newspapers should offer a platform to everyone willing to pay for distribution.


Teen athlete's killing lamented in Ice Cube video (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 03:49 AM CDT

In this Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 photo, Ice Cube arrives at the premiere of the film 'The Longshots' in Los Angeles. The unlikely stars of Ice Cube's new video are the grieving relatives of Jamiel Shaw Jr., a 17-year-old high school football star with a promising future who was shot to death outside his home.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - The unlikely stars of Ice Cube's new video are the grieving relatives of a 17-year-old high school football star who was shot to death outside his home.


U. of Colo. frat house firebombed; brawl follows (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 02:26 AM CDT

AP - Someone tossed a firebomb into a fraternity house about a block from the University of Colorado, setting off a brawl in a nearby alley that sent one man to the hospital, police said.

Women say NY's dollar-dance clubs have darker side (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 02:24 AM CDT

Diana Trejos, a former dancer-for-hire who worked at a tropical-themed nightclub in Queens called the Flamingo, sits in her apartment in New York, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008. Trejos and other dancers, who were paid $2 a song to dance with male patrons, claim they were exploited by the bar and are suing the owners for unpaid wages and overtime. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - As neon lights bathe the dance floor of the darkened nightclub, a group of young women from Latin America sit at tables, sipping water or soda and waiting for men to approach and hand them cash.


Officials finish at Fossett site as storm blows in (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 11:38 PM CDT

A member of a private salvage company ties down some of the bagged wreckage recovered from the crash site of adventurer Steve Fossett, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, near Mammoth Lakes, Calif.  The National Transportation Safety Board recovered the plane wreckage and will assemble it later to try to find the cause of the crash that killed Fossett. (AP Photo/Spencer Weiner, Pool)AP - Investigators finished up Friday at the scene of Steve Fossett's plane crash in the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada just as dark clouds rolled in and winds picked up ahead of a storm that threatened to bury any remaining evidence under 2 feet of snow.


Chance meeting leads to arrest in 1967 killing (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 11:03 PM CDT

This police booking photo provided by the Cathedral City Police Department shows one of 'America's Most Wanted' fugitives, Robert Bowman, 72, in  Cathedral City, Calif. on Thursday Oct. 2, 2008.  Bowman was arrested Thursday in Cathedral City after two district attorney's investigators spotted him on a bicycle and believed he was wanted on an unrelated case. (AP Photo/Cathedral City Police Dept.)AP - Their paths crossed at Sunday dinner, a police officer and a man in the early stages of Alzheimer's, when the story of a girl's disappearance 40 years ago unfolded.


Effort against LA-area taco trucks loses its bite (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 02:18 AM CDT

AP - The great Taco Truck Wars of 2008 appear to have come to a close.

Calif. reps' brother among 2 missing boaters (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 10:13 PM CDT

AP - The brother of Congresswomen Loretta and Linda Sanchez and his girlfriend were missing Friday after their boat was apparently destroyed, possibly in a collision with a barge outside the nation's largest port complex.

7 killed in fiery Ala. collision on rural road (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 05:26 PM CDT

AP - A collision between an 18-wheeler and a state van Friday left a fiery, mangled heap on a rural highway and killed six applicants for prison jobs and their driver, authorities said.

Jury acquits SC trooper charged with striking man (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 04:50 PM CDT

In this photo combination image rendered from video and released by the South Carolina Highway Patrol, suspect Marvin Grant is seen running from a patrol car in a June 24, 2007, viewed from Lance Cpl. Steven Garren's  South Carolina Highway Patrol cruiser dashboard cam. Garren is accused of deliberately running down Grant with his cruiser. He is charged with using unreasonable force and depriving suspect Marvin Grant of his civil rights, and has been on trial this week in federal court in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/South Carolina Highway Patrol)AP - A federal jury on Friday acquitted a white South Carolina trooper who bragged about striking a fleeing black suspect with his cruiser in a collision that was captured on video tape.


Arrests on Arizona-Mexico border drop for 2nd year (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 09:34 PM CDT

AP - Arrests of people entering the United States illegally along the busiest stretch for such crossings fell for the second year in a row, possibly reflecting economic conditions in both the US and Mexico, a Border Patrol spokesman said Friday.

Driver dead after car crashes into RI high school (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 08:30 PM CDT

A burned car is loaded onto a tow truck after it was driven into the side of Lincoln High School in Lincoln, R.I. and burst into flames, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. The driver was killed in the crash. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)AP - A car crashed through an entrance at a Rhode Island high school and burst into flames, killing the driver, police and witnesses said. No students were hurt.


Wells Fargo, Citi battle for Wachovia (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 05:06 PM CDT

A Wachovia bank, foreground, is shown across the street from a Wells Fargo Bank, background, in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. A battle broke out for control of Wachovia Friday as Wells Fargo signed a $15.1 billion agreement to buy the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank, while Citigroup and the federal regulators backing its earlier deal insisted that Citi's takeover bid go forward. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - A battle broke out Friday for control of Wachovia, as Wells Fargo agreed to pay $14.8 billion for the struggling bank, while Citigroup and federal regulators insisted that Citi's earlier and lower-priced takeover offer go forward.


Beaches once thick with birds quiet thanks to Ike (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 05:08 PM CDT

Birds fly around as others sit on a pier damaged by Hurricane Ike Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008  in Gilchrist, Texas. One of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.  (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - One of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent.


Jury: Fatal Wis. blast was manufacturer's fault (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 04:19 PM CDT

AP - A civil jury on Friday ruled against a manufacturer that claimed a contractor was to blame for a plant explosion that killed three workers and injured 48.

Police: Pa. landlord spied on 34 female tenants (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 06:09 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 secretly videotaped 34 female tenants over two decades after hiding cameras in their apartments, authorities said Friday.


US appeals NJ Muslim cleric immigration case (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 02:49 PM CDT

In this Sept. 4, 2008, file photo, Imam Mohammad Qatanani, center, walks out of the Peter W. Rodino Jr. Federal Building in Newark, N.J., with supporters, after an immigration judge ruled that Qatanani can remain in the United States. U.S. authorities had sought to link Qatanani, a 44-year-old Palestinian who is the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Passaic County in Paterson, N.J., to the terrorist group Hamas. Federal immigration officials said Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, they are appealing the  judge's decision to allow Qatanani to remain in the U.S. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)AP - In a case that could erode hard-won trust between Muslims and law enforcement, the government is appealing the case of a Muslim leader who won his fight to remain in the United States.


Driver Castroneves pleads not guilty in tax case (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 03:52 PM CDT

In this May 15, 2005, file photo, IndyCar driver Helio Castroneves, of Brazil, celebrates with his sister, Kati, after he qualified for the Indianapolis 500 auto race with an average speed of 227.077 mph at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. Helio Castroneves is facing federal tax charges in Miami. Castroneves is charged with conspiracy and six counts of tax evasion from 1999 through 2004. Also indicted in were Constroneves' sister and business manager, and his attorney. (AP Photo/Tom Strattman, File)AP - Race car driver and "Dancing With The Stars" winner Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to federal tax evasion charges and declared outside the courtroom that he would treat the case like a race against the Internal Revenue Service.


As economy sags, faces do too, cosmetic docs say (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 07:10 AM CDT

In this photo released by the Advanced Centre for Plastic Surgery cosmetic surgeon Dr. James A. Matas works with a patient on Aug. 6, 2008, in Orlando, Fla. Matas and other cosmetic surgeons say people are getting fewer costly cosmetic procedures because of the economy's nosedive. (AP Photo/Advanced Centre for Plastic Surgery)AP - The economy isn't the only thing that's sagging — so are faces, breasts and bellies as would-be cosmetic surgery patients increasingly opt against costly nips and tucks because of tough financial times.


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