2008年10月20日星期一

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Abducted Las Vegas boy is returned to his father (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:49 AM CDT

Robert Puffinburger talks at a news conference in Las Vegas early Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008. Robert's son Cole Mason Puffinburger, who was kindapped on Oct. 15, was found alive Saturday in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher)AP - A 6-year-old boy abducted from his home at gunpoint was safe in his father's custody Sunday as police tried to untangle any ties the youngster's family had to the Mexican drug dealers suspected of taking him.


Parents press states for autism insurance laws (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:53 AM CDT

Sean and Michele Trivedi laugh as they play with their 11-year-old daughter Ellie, outside their home in Carmel, Ind., Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. Ellie, who has autism, receives behavior therapy that is covered under the family's health insurance. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - In Washington state, Reza and Arzu Forough pay more than $1,000 a week for behavior therapy for their 12-year-old autistic son.


Farrakhan: A 'new beginning' for Nation of Islam (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 09:44 PM CDT

Mosque Maryam, headquarters of the Nation of Islam, is seen in this Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006 file photo in Chicago. The Nation of Islam, a secretive movement generally closed to outsiders, has planned a rare open-to-the public event at its Chicago-based headquarters, in what the Minister Louis Farrakhan deemed a 'new beginning' for the group. The event is planned for Sunday Oct. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, FILE)AP - Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan stressed unity among religions, while still preaching a message of black empowerment, at a rare public event Sunday deemed "a new beginning" for the Chicago-based movement.


Dallas officials clash over a street's name (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 03:14 AM CDT

Traffic travels north on Dallas' Industrial Blvd.,  Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. In a city survey over what to call Industrial Boulevard, Cesar Chavez turned up the overwhelming favorite. It won handily over names such as 'Riverfront' and 'Trinity Lakes,' but Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert said the survey wasn't binding. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - Some Hispanics in the nation's ninth-largest city are suspicious of why efforts for a "Cesar Chavez Avenue" in Dallas have stumbled.


Trial of Fort Dix plot suspects to get under way (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 02:20 PM CDT

AP - A jury will hear opening arguments Monday in the trial of five men accused of plotting to kill soldiers on Fort Dix, a case the government has presented as one of the most frightening examples of homegrown terrorism since the Sept. 11 attacks.

Palin draws big ratings (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 01:53 PM CDT

Supporters of Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wait for her arrival at NBC studios in New York where she will participate in Saturday Night Live Saturday, Oct.  18,  2008.  (AP Photo/David Karp)AP - Sarah Palin was a big hit on "Saturday Night Live."


Amid meltdown, cities slash sports, health, cops (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 01:38 PM CDT

AP - The palm trees in many Phoenix neighborhoods will be left shaggy this year. The city can afford to prune the trees only on major streets.

Some investors grow leery of stocks in grim market (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 06:45 AM CDT

Judy Katz poses Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 in New York.  Katz, who runs a ghostwriting business,  reached her breaking point with stocks when the Dow collapsed at the start of this month, free-falling as much as 2,400 points and taking a big chunk of her life's savings with it before she hastily cashed out all of her funds. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Judy Katz reached her breaking point with stocks when the Dow collapsed at the start of this month, free-falling as much as 2,400 points and taking a big chunk of her life's savings with it before she hastily cashed out all of her funds.


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