2008年10月8日星期三

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

300 suspected illegal immigrants caught in SC raid (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 11:45 PM CDT

Santa Maria Diego, 68, center, is comforted by her granddaughter, Maria Juan, right, after Diego was released at The House of Raeford's Columbia Farms chicken plant Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008, in Greenivlle, S.C. Some 300 suspected illegal immigrants were detained by federal agents at the chicken processing plant that has been under investigation for months.(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - Federal agents swept through a chicken processing plant Tuesday, detaining more than 300 suspected illegal immigrants, sending panicked workers running and screaming through the hallways. Worried relatives collected outside, fearful their loved ones would be deported.

Killings put counselors on alert about money woes (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 08:07 PM CDT

This photo released Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, by the California Department of Motor Vehicles shows Karthik Rajaram. The 45-year-old unemployed financial manager, despondent over extreme money problems, was found dead Monday with a gun in his hand said authorities. He had shot and killed his wife, three children, mother-in-law and then himself at home in a gated community in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Porter Ranch in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/California Department of Motor Vehicles)AP - Mental health counselors were on the alert Tuesday for calls from people depressed or possibly suicidal about money woes, after an unemployed financial manager killed five family members and himself.

14-year-old Iowa girl abandoned under Nebraska law (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 09:41 PM CDT

AP - A 14-year-old Iowa girl was abandoned Tuesday in Nebraska under its safe haven law, but the person who left her could face prosecution in the girl's home state, Nebraska health officials said.

Iowa AG decision means Chicago cop will be freed (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 09:06 PM CDT

This undated photo, supplied by the Iowa Department of Corrections, shows Chicago police officer Michael Mette, who is serving a five-year sentence in an Iowa prison cell after being convicted of assault causing serious injuries. The charges stem from a 2005 fight in which Mette punched Dubuque student Jake Gothard, who suffered a broken nose, cheek and jaw. The Iowa Court of Appeals on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, ordered that Mette be freed from prison. In its ruling Wednesday the appeals court says there wasn't enough evidence for a Dubuque County district court judge to find that Mette could have retreated from the altercation on Oct. 9, 2005, in Dubuque. (AP Photo/ Iowa Department of Corrections, File)AP - A Chicago police officer could be released within days after the Iowa attorney general's office announced Tuesday it would not seek a state Supreme Court review of his case.

Pa. widow sues US over Iraq vet-husband's suicide (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 09:58 PM CDT

AP - The widow of an Iraq war veteran who committed suicide while in outpatient care for depression at a Veterans Administration hospital has sued the federal government for negligence.

Ill. gov to convicted fundraiser: Tell the truth (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 05:39 PM CDT

AP - Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday called on Antoin "Tony" Rezko to tell the truth, a day after federal prosecutors strongly hinted that the political fundraiser, convicted in a state corruption scandal, might be cooperating in their investigation.

Simpson's future now hangs on armed robbery appeal (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 04:25 PM CDT

Co-defendants Clarence 'C.J.' Stewart and O. J. Simpson, second from right standing, and their defense teams listen as the two are found guilty on all 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. The verdict comes 13 years to the day after he was acquitted of double murder charges. (AP Photo/Daniel Gluskoter, Pool)AP - O.J. Simpson's attorneys in his armed robbery case could be fighting long odds to convince an appeals court that he was a victim of racial prejudice and payback for his murder acquittal, legal experts say, but there may be other grounds for a new trial.

Man accused of binding teen's hands on flight (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 08:13 PM CDT

AP - A 29-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly binding the hands of a teenager sitting next to him on a Southwest Airlines flight and trying to tape her older sister's hands as well.

Navy blames crew, command for fire aboard carrier (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 07:40 PM CDT

AP - A fire aboard the nuclear-powered USS George Washington aircraft carrier resulted from a failure to properly store hazardous materials and other missteps that allowed the fire to burn unchecked for more than eight hours, Navy investigators found.

Gay candidates anticipate breakthroughs on Nov. 4 (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 02:55 PM CDT

AP - In his liberal Colorado district, it's no big deal that Jared Polis is gay. Yet his expected victory Nov. 4 in a congressional race would be a historic milestone and, he hopes, send an encouraging message to gay and lesbian young people nationwide.

Mom says at KC trial she waited for girl to die (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 07:19 PM CDT

AP - The mother of a little girl long known as "Precious Doe" testified Tuesday she knew the injured 3-year-old needed medical attention but that she feared going to jail and instead waited for the child to die.

New indictment in AIM slaying days after dismissal (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 06:58 PM CDT

AP - A new federal indictment has been handed up against a Canadian man who was days from being tried in the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement member when a judge threw out the original charges.

Ohio top court mulls Planned Parenthood files (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 05:24 PM CDT

AP - Ohio Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday that an abortion clinic's medical records on other patients are relevant to a lawsuit brought by parents of a 14-year-old girl who had an abortion without their consent.

Yosemite visitors, workers evacuate rock fall area (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 06:34 PM CDT

AP - Authorities are evacuating the Staircase Falls area of Yosemite National Park after a rock slide.

Defense: Man killed 2 by throwing them off yacht (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 06:19 PM CDT

This undated image provided by Ryan Hawks shows Tom and Jackie Hawks. The couple were allegedly bound to the anchor of their yacht and tossed overboard four years ago. Opening statements in the case of former child actor Skylar Deleon, who is accused of killing the couple, are expected to begin Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Courtesy Ryan Hawks)AP - The attorney for a man accused of throwing a couple off their yacht bound to an anchor told a jury Tuesday his client is guilty of those two murders and a third, but shouldn't be put to death.

Polygamous sect sues to regain control of trust (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 04:29 PM CDT

AP - Members of a polygamous church are suing to regain control of a property trust, claiming court reforms since 2005 have stripped it of its constitutional rights.

Mind training helps troops with combat, then PTSD (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 05:58 AM CDT

U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Pete Jarzabek, left, and Sargeant Ryan Barnett meditate during Warrior Mind Training class at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. The course is catching on in military circles as a way not only to treat both post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries, but also to improve focus and better prepare soldiers and Marines for the rigors of combat. (AP Photo/Logan Wallace)AP - The explosion of practice mortars sent Army Spc. Kade Williams into panic attacks, and nightmares plagued his sleep. The ravages of post-traumatic stress had left the veteran of the war in Afghanistan vulnerable, and he was desperate for help.

Ike windstorm costs insurers $550M in Ohio damages (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 06:07 PM CDT

AP - Winds from Hurricane Ike will cost insurance companies at least $553.1 million to cover property damage and other losses in Ohio, making it the state's most expensive natural disaster in more than three decades, a trade group said Tuesday.

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