2008年10月21日星期二

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Police seek motive in Ark. anchorwoman's beating (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:09 AM CDT

In this photo released by KATV Television Monday, Oct. 20, 2008, news anchor Anne Pressly, 26, is shown in a June 26, 2008, photo in Little Rock, Ark. Pressly, 26, a popular TV anchorwoman remained in critical condition Monday after she was stabbed and beaten in her home, for reasons not yet known. (AP Photo/KATV Television)AP - Anne Pressly's personality made her a hit with television viewers. Now, police want to know whether her celebrity made her a target.

Study finds LA police stop more blacks than whites (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:33 AM CDT

AP - A report by a civil liberties group has found that Los Angeles police officers are more likely to stop and search black and Hispanic residents than they are whites, even though whites are more often found carrying guns and contraband.

Grandfather, woman held as witnesses in kidnapping (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 11:03 PM CDT

This undated photo released by the Las Vegas Police, shows six-year-old Cole Puffinburger. Puffinburger was recovered at around 11:30 p.m. Saturday after a citizen informed detectives about a child walking the streets, Capt. Vincent Cannito said at a news conference early Sunday Oct. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Policevia The Las Vegas Review-Journal)AP - A grandfather and a woman in California were ordered detained as witnesses Monday in the investigation of the kidnapping of a 6-year-old boy in Las Vegas, but little was disclosed about what information they may have.

Nebraska lawmakers agree on safe-haven age limit (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 05:56 PM CDT

Protestors hold signs in front of the Creighton Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. The organizers of the protest against Nebraska's Safe Haven law hoped it will help convince state lawmakers to convene and put an age limit in the law before the regular legislative session starts in January. Nebraska's law allows anyone to leave a child as old as 18 at a state-licensed hospital without fear of prosecution. On Monday, a Michigan mother drove about 12 hours to Omaha and dropped off her 13-year-old son at medical center.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Stung by the abandonments of children as old as 17 under Nebraska's brand-new safe-haven law, the governor and lawmakers agreed Monday to narrow the law's broad wording to protect only the parents of newborns from prosecution.

`Anti-American' comments hurt Minn. rep's campaign (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 07:34 PM CDT

AP - Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann spent months building her profile through appearances on "Larry King Live" and other TV talk shows. It took only a few minutes of airtime, and one disparaging remark about Barack Obama, to undo it.

Genome fanatics to post own DNA sequences on Web (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 09:21 PM CDT

In his lab at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, George Church, Harvard Medical School Genetics professor, shows DNA sequence data for Dr. John Halamka, chief information officer, following a news conference on Monday, Oct. 20, 2008 where a group of mostly scientists and researchers said they will post their medical records and DNA sequence of some of their own genes online for the sake of research. Both George Church and Dr. Halamka are part of the group that plan to post their medical and DNA sequence of some of their own genes online. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)AP - A group of scientists and researchers fascinated with the human genome said Monday they will post online their most private personal information — their medical records and DNA sequence of some of their own genes — all for the sake of research.

Officials: Bus in fatal Calif. crash not inspected (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 09:57 PM CDT

AP - California Highway Patrol records show a charter bus that crashed and killed nine people earlier this month was not inspected for safety because the owner failed to report it as the law required.

Man convicted of murdering couple thrown off yacht (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 10:33 PM CDT

AP - A man was convicted Monday of murdering three people, including a couple who were tied to an anchor and thrown off their yacht off the California coast.

Ex-border agents on run for 2 years held in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 09:45 PM CDT

A man planning to cross into the U.S. illegally stands near the dry concrete-lined Tijuana River basin, on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border, in Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008. Here in the shadow of the U.S.-Mexican border, the deported, the would be migrants, the smugglers and the drug addicts gather to swap stories and hope for a lucky break up north. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Two former Border Patrol agents were arrested in Mexico after more than two years on the run and were charged in the U.S. with taking bribes to help illegal immigrants cross the border, authorities said Monday.

Soldier's Iraqi puppy arrives in US, tail wagging (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 08:36 PM CDT

Ratchet, a puppy from Iraq who was rescued by a soldier from Minnesota, rests on arrival at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va. on Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. The dog from Iraq has arrived after a lengthy effort to reunite the pooch with the U.S. soldier who adopted him. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - CHANTILLY, Va. AP) — A black puppy decked out in a red, white and blue bandanna jumped out of his crate and wagged his tail at the airport Monday, three flights and two days after leaving Iraq en route to his new home with a U.S. soldier.

Texas searches prisons after death row phone found (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 09:13 PM CDT

AP - Gov. Rick Perry ordered Texas prisons locked down Monday and searched for contraband after death-row inmates made thousands of calls on a smuggled cell phone.

Pa. woman ordered out of chemical-free 'bubble' (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 11:06 PM CDT

Elizabeth Feudale-Bowes, who suffers from environmental illness, is photographed inside of her chemical free structure next to her home in Allentown, Pa on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. A judge has ordered the Bowes to take down the clean free sanctuary by the end of the month as the building violates numerous township building codes.(AP Photo/ Rick Smith)AP - Ten hours a day, every day, Elizabeth Feudale-Bowes confines herself to a galvanized-steel-and-porcelain shed outside her house.

Police: No foul play in Japanese man's jail death (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 08:43 PM CDT

In this early Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 picture, Kazuyoshi Miura, 61, a Japanese businessman accused of arranging the murder of his wife in Los Angeles in the early 1980s, arrives at Los Angeles International Airport escorted by Los Angeles police after being extradited from Saipan. A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 formally dismissed the case against a Japanese businessman who hanged himself in a jail cell while awaiting trial for allegedly plotting his wife's death 27 years ago during a visit to Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - No evidence of foul play was found in the jail-cell death of a Japanese businessman accused of a decades-old murder-conspiracy involving his wife, a police official said Monday.

Ex-Mormon calendar-maker has BYU diploma yanked (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 05:24 PM CDT

Chad Hardy, publisher of the Men on a Mission calendar poses for a portrait, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008 in New York. Brigham Young University yanked the diploma of Hardy who created a calendar featuring shirtless Mormon missionaries and was later excommunicated from the church. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Brigham Young University has yanked the diploma of a man who created a calendar featuring shirtless Mormon missionaries and was later excommunicated from the church.

Michigan State arsonist sentenced to 9 years (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:23 PM CDT

Former environmental activist Frank Ambrose, center, walks out of the Federal Court Building, Kalamazoo, Mich., after being sentenced to nine years in prison, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Ambrose pleaded guilty to conspiring to set a fire and explosion that caused more than $1 million in damage at Michigan State University's Agriculture Hall on New Year's Eve 1999. (AP Photo/Shawano Cleary)AP - A former environmental activist who committed arson at Michigan State University in 1999 and later became a government informant was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison.

Appeal threatens to hold up Exxon Valdez payments (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 04:07 PM CDT

AP - Prince William Sound commercial fishermen have waited 19 years for punitive damages against Exxon Mobil Corp. in the nation's worst oil spill, and now that a payout is imminent, another delay may be coming from those expecting a piece.

Prosecutor: Al-Qaida inspired Fort Dix plot (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 06:59 PM CDT

This artist's drawing shows defendants Shain Duka, bottom left, Eljvir Duka, Dritan Duka, Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer and Serdar Tatar in a federal courtroom in Camden, N.J., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Opening arguments were presented Monday in their trial on charges the five men were planning to kill soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey. The suspects were arrested in May 2007 and are accused of attempted murder, conspiracy to murder uniformed military personnel and weapons offenses. U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler is seen top center. (AP Photo/Shirley Shepard)AP - Five men accused of planning an attack on an Army training base in New Jersey were inspired by al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden, a prosecutor said Monday during opening statements in their terrorism trial.

Jury selection begins for Phil Spector retrial (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 04:35 PM CDT

Music producer Phil Spector, left, and his wife Rachelle Spector arrive at Los Angeles County Superior Court Monday, Oct. 20, 2008, for the start of jury selection in his murder re-trial. Spector is charged with second-degree murder in the 2003 death of actress Lana Clarkson, 40, at his Alhambra mansion. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Jury selection began Monday for the murder retrial of music producer Phil Spector, who is accused of killing actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion five years ago.

FAA splits controller duties, streamlines training (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:48 PM CDT

AP - The Federal Aviation Administration is realigning the duties of air traffic controllers in some cities, a move that critics say will mean less training for the people responsible for the safety of the flying public.

Police use DNA to solve everyday property crimes (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 06:32 PM CDT

These undated booking photographs from the Denver Police Department show four suspects who were convicted of burglary through DNA evidence left at the scene of the crime. Clockwise from top left are RazJohn Smyer, who's DNA was found on strawberry soda cans. Robert Whitley who left DNA on a lollipop at a crime scene. Michael Davis who's saliva was left on a piece of 'gold coin' candy at a crime scene. Roilen Invester who was caught through DNA left on a tuna sandwich at a crime scene. Once reserved for violent crimes such as homicide and sexual assault, DNA evidence increasingly is being used to solve ordinary property crimes such as burglary and auto theft. (AP Photos/Denver Police)AP - The burglar was undone by his taste for strawberry soda.

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