2008年10月24日星期五

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Fire-charred NM mountains fuel policy debate (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 03:35 AM CDT

Paul Davis, left, surveys what is left of his home in the Manzano Mountains near Tajique, N.M., on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008, as neighbor Bud Latven walks across the slab. Davis' home was destroyed by the Big Spring Fire, one of three blazes that hit the area over a seven-month period. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)AP - Nearly 30 years ago, a piece of property along a twisting dirt road in the heart of the Manzano Mountains caught Paul Davis' eye.

San Francisco weighs takeover of electrical system (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 03:24 AM CDT

The Powell-Hyde cable car line makes its way up Hyde St. as the Pacific Ocean and Alcatraz Island is seen in the background in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - San Francisco voters have rejected ballot measures to support a takeover of the city's privately run electrical system nearly a dozen times over the past century.

How a serial killer victim was finally identified (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 03:43 AM CDT

Forensic pathologist Dr. Sharon Derrick talks about the still unidentified victims of serial killers Dean Corll and Elmer Wayne Henley, in this Monday, May 12, 2008 file photo taken in Houston. For more than three decades, ever since his body was pulled from a makeshift grave in a boat stall, a 15-year-old has been in a refrigerated storage unit at the county morgue -- unclaimed and nameless. Wednesday Oct. 22, 2008, the teenager was identified as Randell Lee Harvey, who seemed to vanish from the streets of Houston on March 11, 1971. Harvey was the victim of serial killer Dean Corll. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, FILE)AP - At first, all forensic anthropologist Sharon Derrick had to solve the mystery of ML73-3349 was the body of an unidentified boy, found dead more than 35 years ago, the voluminous police files from a decades-old serial killings and a desire to give a name to the nameless victim.

Grand Canyon tribe working on flood-recovery plan (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 03:46 AM CDT

This undated photo provided by the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians shows a bridge in a remote area of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, damaged after flooding hit the area in August, 2008. About 100 members of the Havasupai Tribe have been working since mid-August to clear debris from a campground and the miles-long trail that leads to cascading blue-green waterfalls and the village that is home to about 400 people. The tribe has said it wouldn't reopen to tourists until next spring, but with a $1 million donation from the California-based San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians on Thursday, Havasupai Chairman Don Watahomigie says it could be sooner. (AP Photo/San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians)AP - The Havasupai Tribe, hit by flooding that shut down the lifeline of the community, is eager to have visitors return to the reservation deep in a gorge off the Grand Canyon.

HIV scare puts Mo. school in uncertain territory (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:57 PM CDT

Normandy High School in seen, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008 in St. Louis. At least 50 students at the school may have been exposed to the HIV virus. The St. Louis County Health Department said someone had tested positive for HIV, raising concerns that students at Normandy High School may have been exposed.(AP Photo/Tom Gannam)AP - Students at a suburban St. Louis high school headed to the gymnasium for HIV testing this week after an infected person told health officials as many as 50 teenagers might have been exposed to the virus that causes AIDS.

Wildfire near LA's Getty museum contained (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 02:11 AM CDT

Vehicles drive on Interstate 405 and motorists watch as a brush fire burns out of control in the hills of the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles early Thursday morning, Oct. 23, 2008. Los Angeles fire spokesman Brian Humphrey says all lanes of the 405 Freeway have been closed through the Sepulveda Pass. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - A wildfire burned 100 acres of brush and grass near the world-famous Getty art museum before it was doused early Thursday without causing any damage or injuries, fire officials said.

After term-limit win, NYC mayor faces new fight (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 04:22 AM CDT

Onlookers voice their opinion during a debate on term limits at City Hall Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008 in New York. New York City Council is expected to vote on legislation to extend term limits for 59 term-limited municipal offices from two to three four-year terms. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg faces a new fight now that he has won a major victory by convincing the City Council to back his plan to extend term-limits, clearing the way for him to run for another term.

Mo. students face punishment for `Hit a Jew Day' (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 04:18 AM CDT

AP - At least four students from a suburban St. Louis middle school face punishment for allegedly hitting Jewish classmates during what they called "Hit a Jew Day."

Top Ky. court clears way for child killer's death (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 06:21 PM CDT

In this May 5, 2008 file photo, death row inmate Marco Allen Chapman is interviewed at Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Ky. The Kentucky Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008, for the execution of Chapman, a child killer who asked to be put to death so that delays would not 'drag out the misery' for himself and his victims' families. He could be put to death as early as next month if no further appeals are filed. (AP Photo/ Daniel R. Patmore, file)AP - The Kentucky Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for the execution of a child killer who asked to be put to death so that delays would not "drag out the misery" for himself and his victims' families.

Veteran's family gets back pay with interest (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 06:20 PM CDT

AP - It took six decades, but a wrongly convicted World War II veteran's family is finally getting his back pay with interest.

Calif. gay marriage ban backers target businesses (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 06:36 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 - Leaders of the campaign to outlaw same-sex marriage in California made an offer to businesses that have given money to the state's largest gay-rights group: Give us money or we'll publicly identify you as opponents of traditional unions.

Doomed fishing boat sent e-mail before sinking (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 12:49 AM CDT

AP - An e-mail sent by a doomed fishing boat to a nearby vessel said it was taking on water in the rear, where the steering was housed, the Coast Guard said Thursday as it searched for two crew members whose fates remained unknown.

Neb. teen mom seeks safe haven for baby, herself (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:13 PM CDT

AP - A 16-year-old mother walked into a hospital in an attempt to use Nebraska's unique safe-haven law — not to abandon her baby, but to get help for herself and her son.

McCain volunteer claims attacker cut 'B' into face (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:04 PM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., waves to supporters as they cheer during his address at a rally in Sarasota, Fla., Thursday afternoon, Oct. 23, 2008, on his Florida campaign bus trip. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - A campaign volunteer for John McCain told police she was robbed at knifepoint at an ATM and knocked down by a man who then carved a "B" in her face after noticing a sticker for the presidential candidate on her car.

Suspects' Internet habits eyed in Fort Dix trial (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:40 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 - Computer hard drives hold some important evidence in the trial of five men accused of planning an attack on a New Jersey Army base.

Costly ballot measures pose risk to state budgets (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:45 PM CDT

Heidi Van Huysen is shown in Confluence Park along the South Platte River in Denver on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. Van Huysen took a leave from her job as a lawyer for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources to spearhead a campaign against Colorado ballot amendment 52. The campaign is trying to protect a key funding stream for water infrastructure projects in the state. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - Before the financial crisis unfolded, voters and officials in states across the nation placed proposals on their November ballots that would slash taxes and spend millions of dollars on new programs.

Va. sheriff indicted on federal conspiracy charges (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:09 PM CDT

AP - A rural Virginia sheriff faces racketeering, conspiracy and other charges stemming from accusations that he took bribes in exchange for promising not to interfere with a cockfighting ring.

Mexican energy reform passes Senate (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:45 PM CDT

Federal riot police stand guard outside the alternative senate building in Mexico City October 23, 2008. Mexico's Senate began passing an energy reform on Thursday to reshape the slumping state-run oil industry and bring in private sector expertise. The reform, also backed by much of the opposition, is expected to clear the Senate on Thursday and win approval in the lower house Chamber of Deputies as early as next week. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar (MEXICO)AP - The Mexican Senate on Thursday passed a controversial energy reform meant to revitalize the nation's flagging oil industry — the third largest supplier to the United States.

21 die in Mexico violence, 4 in crowded park (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:37 PM CDT

City police guard two suspects, lying in the bed of the police truck, after a shoot out in Tijuana, Mexico, late Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. A woman caught in the middle of the shootout crashed her car while trying to flee, and her toddler was killed, according to officials. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Four men were shot dead in front of a crowd at an amusement park, a toddler died after the car he was traveling in crashed during a gunbattle, and a businessman was killed after leading a protest against violence, officials said Thursday.

Job losses accelerating, and the worst is ahead (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:21 PM CDT

Graphic shows change in weekly jobless claims; 1c x 3 1/8 inches; 46.5 mm x 79.4 mmAP - Unemployment claims, already well into recession territory, are rising even faster than expected, leading economists to warn Thursday that the worst is yet to come.

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