2008年10月23日星期四

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

5 dead when fishing boat sinks off Alaska (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 02:54 AM CDT

AP - Four crew members of a fishing boat were plucked alive from a life raft in frigid, stormy seas Wednesday, hours after their vessel was reported in distress, a Coast Guard spokesman says. Five crew members died, and two remained missing.

NYC council to vote on term-limits law change (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:04 AM CDT

New York City Council member Bill De Blasio, right, confers with city council member Letitia James during proceedings on their lawsuit Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008 in New York, to block a proposed Oct. 23 vote that could alter term limits for some of the city's elected officials, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Judge Jacquelyn Silbermann denied the request to block voting on Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to change the term-limits law so he can run for a third term. (AP Photo/ Marc A. Hermann, Pool)AP - Just weeks after Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared he wanted four more years in City Hall, the City Council is poised to vote on his proposal to change city law so he can run for a third consecutive term.

US soldier missing 2 years after Iraq capture (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:48 AM CDT

AP - An Army translator kidnapped two years ago Thursday is still unaccounted for, the only U.S. servicemember who remains missing in the current Iraq war.

Judge bans Mongols from wearing trademark logo (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:14 AM CDT

A Mongols' motorcycle gang member vest is displayed during a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008, in Los Angeles. Dozens of burly, tattoo-covered Mongol motorcycle gang members were arrested Tuesday by federal agents in six states, including Washington, on warrants ranging from drug sales to murder after a three-year undercover investigation in which four agents successfully infiltrated the group. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)AP - Mongols can no longer wear patches bearing the motorcycle gang's insignia following what appears to be an unprecedented court order stripping them of their trademarked logo.

Mountain survivor recalls bug diet on Wash. slope (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:15 AM CDT

Derek Mamoyac, the 27-year-old Oregon climber who survived five days on southern Washington's Mount Adams with a broken ankle, is shown during an interview from his bed at Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008, in Portland, Ore. Mamoyac told reporters he ate centipedes and drank water from creeks as he tried to crawl to safety. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - Derek Mamoyac, a climber who survived five nights alone on a southern Washington mountain and ate insects while crawling toward safety, remembers well how his mountain meals tasted.

Cheaper gas doesn't mean anyone's spending freely (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:03 AM CDT

A sign shows the current price of regular gasoline at a filling station in Richardson, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. Consumers are paying 10 cents per gallon less than a day earlier at the very same station as the overnight drop in price reflects the current trend in the region. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - It's almost like a surprise stimulus check: Gas prices have fallen so fast that the nation has found itself with an extra $125 billion to spend. But don't expect the freed-up cash to pump much life into the economy.

Jurors in Fort Dix case are shown violent videos (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 06:33 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 - Jurors hearing the case of five men accused of planning an attack on a New Jersey Army base saw two types of videos Wednesday as prosecutors tried to show that the men were inspired by, and hoped to mimic, al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden.

2 small planes collide in air in Colo; no injuries (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 08:20 PM CDT

AP - A sheriff's department plane carrying inmates collided with another small craft in the air over western Colorado on Wednesday, but both landed safely and no injuries were reported, authorities said.

Wisconsin goes after Texas man over wild pigs (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:11 AM CDT

Roger and Diann Benzing are seen on their farm outside Seneca, Wis., on Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. For years, dozens of giant, hairy hogs have run wild through southern Wisconsin's valleys and bottoms, rooting up trees, devouring crops before they sprout and keeping residents indoors. The Benzing's say the wild pigs have cost him about $20,000 in crop damage. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)AP - Southwestern Wisconsin in October is close to paradise: crimson-tinged bluffs, rolling ridge-top fields, peace and quiet. But haunting the hollows is something, big, mean and ugly.

Public schools becoming focus of Calif. gay marriage ban (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 06:22 PM CDT

Robb Wirthlin, right, and his wife Robin, who appear in a television advertisement in support of Proposition 8, hold a book called King & King as they talk about how they challenged gay marriage instruction in Massachusetts schools during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater)AP - A girl in pigtails bounds into the kitchen after school and asks her mother to guess what she learned that day. "I learned how a prince married a prince, and I can marry a princess," she exclaims to her mortified mom.

Winds return fire danger to Southern California (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 10:24 PM CDT

Residents watch as a brush fire fanned by Santa Ana winds burns out of control in Fontana, Calif. on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. At least 100 acres have burned in a wildfire that broke out Wednesday morning amid hot and gusty weather in San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Hot, dry Santa Ana winds — and a high risk of wildfires — returned to Southern California on Wednesday, but firefighters quickly jumped on the small brush blazes that erupted.

Mother of 'Precious Doe' sentenced in Kansas City (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 10:11 PM CDT

AP - A mother being sent to prison Wednesday for doing nothing while her daughter was dying on a bedroom floor thanked Kansas City for loving the slain girl known for four years only as "Precious Doe."

Will tax scandal take down NY gov.'s top aide? (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 10:02 PM CDT

In this July 15, 2008, file photo, New York Gov. David Paterson, right, and Charles O'Byrne, chief of staff, are seen in Albany, N.Y. Paterson said O'Byrne will release records of the $200,000 in overdue state and federal taxes he recently paid, but not his personal tax returns. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, file)AP - Charles O'Byrne is a powerful and enigmatic figure in New York politics. He's an openly gay ex-priest who assailed the Catholic Church in Playboy, a confidant to the Kennedy clan, the muscle behind Gov. David Paterson.

Texas appeals court tosses priest's sex conviction (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 09:28 PM CDT

AP - A Texas appeals court has thrown out the conviction of a former priest accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy in the early 1990s.

Beetle invasion threatens New England trees (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 10:48 PM CDT

Donna Massie holds the preserved remains of an Asian Longhorned Beetle, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008, that she and her husband found this past summer in their Worcester, Mass., backyard. The same invasive insects that years ago threatened Central Park in New York have now been found in more than 1,500 trees in central Massachusetts -- only the fourth time these beetles native to Asia have been found in the United States. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - A wood-devouring beetle has gained a foothold in New England, and authorities plan to cut down large numbers of infested trees and grind them up to stop the pest from spreading to the region's celebrated forests and ravaging the timber, tourism and maple-syrup industries.

Man who knew of cousin's ricin gets probation (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 04:54 PM CDT

AP - A judge on Wednesday sentenced a Utah man who knew his cousin had deadly ricin to two years' probation and ordered him to pay a $500 fine.

NY man gets 25-58 years for stolen body parts scam (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 07:15 PM CDT

AP - Three men who conspired to plunder corpses and sell the sometimes diseased body parts were sentenced to prison Wednesday for what victims said was a gruesome, greedy scheme that violated basic principles of trust and human decency.

Charges filed against 6 in Iowa pig abuse case (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 05:34 PM CDT

AP - Six farm employees were charged with animal abuse and neglect Wednesday in connection with a video obtained by an animal-rights group that showed workers abusing pigs.

Vandals deface Minn. congressional members' homes (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 07:36 PM CDT

AP - Vandals scrawled graffiti on the homes and garages of several members of Minnesota's congressional delegation during the night, targeting both Republicans and Democrats with words including "scum" and "resign."

Shop, baby, shop? GOP spent $150K on Palin clothes (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 07:13 PM CDT

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin returns a signed book to a supporter after speaking to a rally in Green, Ohio ,Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - Who knew looking like a hockey mom was this darned expensive?

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