2008年10月5日星期日

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In the end, O.J. Simpson comes up a loser in Vegas (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 02:24 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 - In a city where luck means everything, O.J. Simpson came out the big loser — and his unlucky number in a case full of bizarre twists was 13.

Some on Simpson jury disagreed with 1995 acquittal (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 10:18 PM CDT

In this Oct. 3, 1995 picture, O.J. Simpson reacts as he is found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles. At left is defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey and at right, defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. Defense attorney Robert Shapiro is in profile behind them. Simpson was convicted of an armed robbery that happened on Sept. 13, 2007 and was found guilty on the 13th anniversary of his Los Angeles murder acquittal. The Las Vegas jury deliberated for 13 hours after a 13-day trial. (AP Photo/Pool, Myung J. Chun)AP - The jurors in O.J. Simpson's armed robbery and kidnapping trial claimed a mixture of opinions about his acquittal on murder charges more than a decade ago, but all told attorneys they could set aside their feelings.

Emotions connect old OJ acquittal, new conviction (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 11:24 PM CDT

O.J. Simpson arrives in court before being found guilty on all 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. The verdict comes thirteen years to the day after he was acquitted of double murder charges. (AP Photo/Daniel Gluskoter, Pool)AP - Jurors had been told to ignore what they knew about O.J. Simpson's past, but for many observers, the line connecting the former NFL star's murder acquittal last decade and his new conviction for robbing memorabilia peddlers couldn't have been clearer.

Al-Qaida: US economic crisis equals Muslim victory (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 11:15 PM CDT

Kim Hall, left, and Jocelyn Clark hold up signs in protest of the government's $700 billion financial rescue plan, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, in Cleveland. They were collecting the shirts off pedestrian's backs. Stocks surged while credit markets remained strained Friday ahead of an expected House vote on the government's $700 billion financial rescue plan. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - An American member of al-Qaida pointed to economic troubles in the United States as proof that "the enemies of Islam" face defeat, in an English-language video released Saturday.

Gay elders' distinctive challenges get closer look (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 02:36 AM CDT

SAGE (Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders) volunteer Gigi Stoll, right, helps Frank Carter straighten out a wheel chair order during her weekly visit, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008 in New York. America's estimated 2.5 million gay seniors are twice as likely to live alone, four times less likely to have adult children to help them, and far more fearful of discrimination from health care workers. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Frank Carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer; his world is smaller now. He battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely leaves his compact Manhattan apartment.

Pa. Episcopal diocese OKs split over Bible, gays (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 10:17 PM CDT

AP - Clergy and lay members of the theologically conservative Pittsburgh diocese voted overwhelmingly Saturday to break from the liberal Episcopal Church, with which it differs on issues ranging from homosexuality to biblical teachings on salvation.

Salmonella sickens people in 12 states (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 11:26 PM CDT

AP - The government is urging consumers to thoroughly cook frozen chicken dinners after 32 people in 12 states were sickened with salmonella poisoning.

Like mountains that stole Fossett, mystery looms (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 07:18 PM CDT

The Mineret Mountains, where a hiker found the plane wreckage of of adventurer Steve Fossett, is seen near Mammoth Lakes, Calif., Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. The National Transportation Safety Board recovered the wreckage of Fossett's plane, which was discovered by a hiker, Monday, and will assemble it later to try to find the cause of the crash. (AP Photo/Spencer Weiner, Pool)AP - The sky was clear that morning, the wind light. Steve Fossett took off alone from hotel magnate Barron Hilton's ranch about 70 miles southeast of Reno in a blue and white stunt plane with orange stripes and blue sunbursts on the wings.

Sheriff: National death toll from Ike climbs to 70 (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 10:15 PM CDT

A large boat sits in the dead trees and grass along with other debris Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008 in the middle of a destroyed fishing camp in Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas. Much of the debris was blown by Hurricane Ike from Bolivar Peninsula miles across the bay. Dozens of people are still missing more than two weeks after Ike's assault on Texas, and the search for bodies continues. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - A Texas sheriff's official says the national death toll from Hurricane Ike has hit 70 after two bodies were found near where the storm came ashore.

Edwards: Passion for health reform keeps me going (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 08:08 PM CDT

In this image released by the New Yorker Festival, Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., is shown during an interview at The 2008 New Yorker Festival, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/The New Yorker Festival, Bill Davila)AP - Elizabeth Edwards said Saturday that her passion for reforming the nation's health care system has been "a great refuge" for her during the recent turmoil over her husband's extramarital affair.

NM balloon fiesta limits hot air from campaigns (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 04:50 PM CDT

Chris Foster, a volunteer for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign, greets people before they enter the annual international balloon fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M., on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008. Foster said he and other volunteers have been working to register voters before Tuesday's deadline. Balloon fiesta officials, however, said they are trying to keep campaigning off of the launch field so fiestagoers can enjoy the balloons. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)AP - Hundreds of thousands of potential voters will pass through Albuquerque over the next several days. Their purpose: to eat too many breakfast burritos as they sip hot chocolate and take in the spectacle of the annual international hot-air balloon fiesta.

Palin says Obama 'palling around' with terrorists (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 10:38 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, arrives for a rally in Carson, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday accused Democrat Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists" because of an association with a former '60s radical, a harsh attack on his character that she repeated at three separate campaign events without substantiation.

Lawsuit seeks to preserve Palin e-mails (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 10:09 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speaks during a rally in Carson, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - A critic of Gov. Sarah Palin is suing to try to force preservation of any government-related e-mails that Palin sent from private accounts.

Islanders who insisted on staying died in Ike (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 12:58 PM CDT

Donna Hanson pauses to look at an item recovered among the debris left where her home once stood in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 in Galveston, Texas. Hanson's home was completely destroyed by the hurricane. Residents were allowed to return to the island Wednesday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - The final hours brought the awful realization to victims of Hurricane Ike that they had waited too long. This storm wasn't like the others, the ones that left nothing worse than a harrowing tale to tell.

Farmer carves out Calif. record with huge pumpkin (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 07:30 PM CDT

AP - That's a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds.

Former Clinton neighbor convicted of murder in NY (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 07:17 PM CDT

AP - A disbarred attorney who lived three doors down from Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton in suburban New York was convicted Saturday of murdering his wife in what prosecutors said was an attempt to collect life insurance money.

Todd Palin plans interview in Troopergate probe (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 06:18 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin speaks during the U.S. vice presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri October 2, 2008. REUTERS/Jim YoungAP - Gov. Sarah Palin's husband is planning to speak to an investigator looking into abuse-of-power allegations against the governor, Todd Palin's lawyer said Saturday. He previously refused to testify under subpoena in a separate probe.

Onus on McCain to turn presidential race his way (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 06:26 PM CDT

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks about the House passage of the economic rescue bill after landing in Flagstaff, Ariz. Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - One month before Election Day, Barack Obama sits atop battleground polls in a shrinking playing field, the economic crisis is breaking his way and he has made progress toward winning the White House.

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