2008年11月6日星期四

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Gay couples disappointed by Calif. marriage ban (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 04:20 AM CST

Protester march on Sunset Strip during a `No on Prop 8' march and rally in West Hollywood , Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. California voters put a stop to gay marriage, creating uncertainty about the legal status of 18,000 same-sex couples who tied the knot during a four-month window of opportunity opened by the state's highest court(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)AP - Actor George Takei and longtime partner Brad Altman were the first to receive a marriage license in West Hollywood when a court cleared the way for gay marriage earlier this year.

Work starts on new Pearl Harbor visitor's center (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 03:59 AM CST

AP - Aging, frail survivors of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor gingerly sifted dirt as they helped to break ground on a new visitor's center for the USS Arizona Memorial.

Mass. scrambling to adapt to marijuana initiative (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 03:18 AM CST

AP - A day after Massachusetts voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, top law enforcement officials were scrambling to figure out what they need to do to put the law into effect — despite their efforts to defeat it at the polls.

This time, election system worked. But why? (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 04:24 PM CST

A vote counter inserts a tally card from an electronic voting machine into a card readers as they count votes at the Lake County Government Center in Crown Point, Ind., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - After all that fuss, the system worked. There was no meltdown, no flurry of lawsuits, no statewide demands for a presidential recount.

On the day after The Day, hope, relief and anger (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 05:40 PM CST

Capi Coon adjusts a bunting on a display at the informal headquarters for supporters of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, in Palin's hometown of Wasilla, Alaska. Despite McCain's loss on Tuesday, Coon said she feels Palin's candidacy was 'just a kick off' and that Palin has a big future in politics. Supporters plan to leave photos, banners, and other displays up in the office until Palin returns and can see them for herself. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - On the day after The Day, there was hope, no longer a mere election-year cliche but a sense of something lasting and real. For a black man in a Washington, D.C., barbershop who feels "it" has actually happened; for the tribal leader in New Mexico and the Hispanic lawyer in Texas, who believe a door has opened for them, too.

Study links lead in blood to wild game consumption (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 07:58 PM CST

AP - North Dakota health officials are recommending that pregnant women and young children avoid eating meat from wild game killed with lead bullets.

Baylor denounces noose in tree on Election Day (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 06:27 PM CST

AP - Baylor University officials said they are investigating an apparent noose hanging from a tree the day Barack Obama was elected the nation's first black president.

In state legislatures, Democrats build on majority (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 07:42 PM CST

Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, walks to his office at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. Democrats knocked two Republican incumbents out of the Senate to take a 32-30 advantage in the chamber, the first time in 40 years Democrats have controlled the Senate. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - The wave of enthusiasm for Barack Obama and Democrats reshaped control of state legislatures, leaving Democrats in control across nearly the entire Northeast and deepening the partisan divide across the country.

Stocks plunge anew as recession worries resurface (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 06:16 PM CST

A Filipino trader gestures on the floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange in the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. Philippine shares sank Thursday, tracking a drop on Wall Street and on markets around the region, as investors worried about how U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will address the country's economic woes. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - A case of postelection nerves sent Wall Street plunging Wednesday as investors looked past Barack Obama's presidential election and returned to fears of a deep and protracted recession.

Obama results show gains in key religious voters (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 06:32 PM CST

AP - In building a winning coalition of religious voters, Barack Obama cut into the so-called God gap that puts frequent worshippers in the Republican column, won Catholics, made inroads with younger evangelicals, and racked up huge numbers with minorities and people with no religious affiliation.

Obama's victory leaves Ill. Senate seat in limbo (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 03:37 AM CST

Seen in file photos are Tammy Duckworth, a disabled Iraq war veteran and currently the Illinois veteran affairs director, and U.S. Reps. Danny Davis and Jesse Jackson Jr., of Chicago and Jan Schakowsky, of Evanston, Ill. Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich has the task of filling the Senate seat being vacated by Barack Obama after he was elected president Nov. 4. The four have been mentioned as possible choices to fill that seat. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - The campaign of change that led Barack Obama to the White House will bring tangible change to Illinois, where embattled Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich has the task of selecting the junior U.S. senator's replacement.

Tropical Storm Paloma forms; may become hurricane (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 03:12 AM CST

This image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Paloma taken at 3:31 a.m. EST Thursday Nov. 6, 2008. According to the National Hurricane Center At 4:a.m. EST the center of Paloma was located about 65 miles east of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Nicaragua/Honduras border. Paloma is moving toward the north-northwest near 7 mph with maximum sustained winds near 40 mph. Additional strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days and Paloma could become a hurricane on Friday. (AP Photo/NOAA)AP - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Paloma has formed off the coast of Nicaragua with winds reaching 40 mph, and could strengthen into a hurricane by Friday.

Informant's credibility targeted in Fort Dix trial (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 06:25 PM CST

AP - Attorneys for five men accused of plotting to kill soldiers in New Jersey began cross-examining a key government informant Wednesday as they tried to pin blame for the alleged conspiracy on him.

Witness: Calif. ex-sheriff proposed money scheme (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 05:28 PM CST

AP - A millionaire businessman who helped federal prosecutors bring charges against a former Southern California sheriff testified Wednesday that the defendant proposed laundering campaign donations soon after they met.

Minnesota Senate race heads into automatic recount (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 05:05 PM CST

Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., claims victory in his reelection bid as his wife Laurie, left, looks on during a news conference Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn., after the unoffical vote tally showed Coleman and Democrat Al Franken in one of Minnesota's tightest Senate elections that appears certain to trigger a recount. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - A slugfest for nearly two years, Minnesota's U.S. Senate race headed into a new round Wednesday as the campaigns girded for an automatic statewide recount to determine whether Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's bare lead over Democratic challenger Al Franken would stand.

Calif. voters approve $10B bond for bullet trains (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 04:44 PM CST

AP - California voters are green-lighting the nation's most ambitious high-speed rail system, approving a nearly $10 billion bond to put speeding bullet trains capable of topping 200 mph between the state's major metropolitan areas.

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