2008年11月19日星期三

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Somali pirates hijack Thai fishing boat, 16 crew (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 03:31 AM CST

In this Nov. 11, 2008 file photo made available by Indian Navy, Indian warship INS Tabar, right, escorts the MV Jag Arnav ship to safety after rescuing it from a hijack attempt by Somali pirates. The Indian navy says the INS Tabar dedicated to fighting pirates has successfully fought off an attempted pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden, sparking explosions and a fire on the suspected pirate ship late Tuesday, Nov. 18. (AP Photo/Indian Navy, HO, File)AP - Separate bands of pirates hijacked two ships and captured their crews, while yet another opened fire on an Indian navy ship before being driven off — clear signs that the brigands roaming the Gulf of Aden are becoming bolder and more violent, officials said Wednesday.

Lost tool bag forces changes to planned spacewalks (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 03:08 AM CST

In this image from NASA TV, astronaut Stephen Bowen maneuvers down the cargo bay of the space shuttle Endeavour as he prepares to assist astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper in placing an empty nitrogen tank into the shuttle's cargo bay, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/NASA TV)AP - Flight controllers were revamping plans Wednesday for the remaining spacewalks planned during space shuttle Endeavour's visit to the international space station, after a crucial tool bag floated out to space during a repair trip.

Cheney, Gonzales indicted in South Texas county (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 09:18 PM CST

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, left, and Vice President Dick Cheney are shown in this 2006 file photo at the White House. Cheney and Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under the outgoing prosecutor. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)AP - Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under the outgoing prosecutor.

8-year-old admits double shooting in police video (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 11:13 PM CST

Attendees of Vincent Romero's funeral service stand together around the hearse as Romero's casket is carried from St. John the Baptist church in St. Johns, Ariz., on Monday morning, Nov. 10, 2008. Romero's son, eight-years-old, has been charged in the death of his father and another man in their home earlier this week. (AP Photo by Dana Felthauser)AP - An 8-year-old boy accused in the deaths of his father and another man gave police conflicting accounts about the shootings, at one point saying, "I wasn't shooting any guns" before admitting to firing at least two shots at each of the men.

Jonestown memorial unveiled on 30th anniversary (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 09:46 PM CST

Flowers are placed by victims names during the unveiling and dedication of a memorial wall following the 30th Anniversary Jonestown Memorial Service at the Evergreen cemetery in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. Thirty years after the mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, dozens of people touched by the tragedy came together for the annual memorial service and to see the first sections of a memorial wall. Over 900 people lost their lives in the Jonestown tragedy in 1978. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - On the 30th anniversary of the Jonestown disaster Tuesday, organizers of an annual memorial service displayed the first panels of a 36-foot-long stone wall that is to be inscribed with the names of more than 900 victims of the violence in Guyana.

Schwarzenegger opens climate summit with Obama (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 10:24 PM CST

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks at the Governors' Global Climate Summit in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, Nov 18, 2008. Governors from Asia, South and North America meet in California this week to share ideas on how to combat climate change and discuss ways to prod their national governments to join the effort. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened his international climate change summit on Tuesday by upstaging himself with an even bigger political star — President-elect Barack Obama.

Man charged in death of retiree who befriended him (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 09:39 PM CST

AP - A wealthy retiree opened his three-story lake home to an out-of-work mechanic he had befriended, then was murdered and his possessions plundered, according to indictments against the mechanic and 15 other people.

Ex-NJ state Sen. Bryant guilty of fraud, bribery (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 08:42 PM CST

AP - The former chairman of the state Senate's budget committee was convicted Tuesday of bribery and pension fraud, making him one of the most powerful New Jersey public officials found guilty of federal corruption in recent years.

Bonfire blamed for sparking Santa Barbara wildfire (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 11:47 PM CST

A man stands amid the ruins of homes as residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park return to their homes, some of which were saved, others damaged or destroyed, in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, after wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes here Nov. 15. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - A bonfire built by a group of young adults caused a weekend wildfire in Santa Barbara that destroyed 210 homes, including multimillion dollar mansions, and injured more than two dozen people, authorities said Tuesday.

Jury selection begins in Internet suicide case (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 09:16 PM CST

This Sept. 4, 2008 file photo shows Lori Drew, a Missouri woman who allegedly perpetrated a MySpace hoax that drove her daughter's 13-year-old classmate to suicide, leaves court in Los Angeles. The case of U.S. vs. Lori Drew is viewed in legal circles as landmark Internet law, but as outlined in government documents with its neighborhood feuds and a teen's suicide it reads more like a plot line for a made-for-TV drama. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Jury selection began Tuesday in the case against a Missouri mother accused of taking part in a MySpace hoax that allegedly led to a 13-year-old girl's suicide.

Trial begins over California prison crowding (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 09:03 PM CST

AP - Attorneys for the state and inmates' rights groups clashed Tuesday at the opening of a high-stakes trial over whether California's jam-packed prisons have led to unconstitutionally poor medical and mental health care.

Ark. seizes 21 more kids from evangelist's group (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 04:52 PM CST

A man patrols in front of the Tony Alamo Christian Church in Fouke, Ark., in this Sept. 21, 2008 photo. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - State officials on Tuesday took into protective custody 21 children associated with an evangelical group whose founder faces federal child sex charges.

Texas House members spend $140K to renovate lounge (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 08:30 PM CST

AP - While state agencies are being told to rein in their spending, Texas House members have ordered at least $140,000 in renovations for their members-only lounge, including antique chandeliers, granite countertops and big screen televisions.

Chicago board to vote on anti-bullying high school (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 05:07 PM CST

AP - Planners of Pride Campus never shied away from touting their proposed high school as a haven for gay youth seeking refuge from sometimes hostile traditional classrooms.

Ill. farmer's wife admits to bankruptcy fraud plot (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 06:09 PM CST

AP - A southern Illinois farmer's wife pleaded guilty Tuesday to plotting federal bankruptcy fraud and agreed to cooperate with authorities in a case connected to the unsolved slayings of a potential witness and his wife.

NYPD opens new counterterrorism nerve center (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 02:27 PM CST

An office tower bearing the Citigroup logo is seen beyond a cemetery in the Queens borough of New York, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. Citigroup will cut 53,000 jobs from its massive payroll as it tries to slash costs, shed its riskier businesses and clear the debris of the housing bust. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - The setting could pass for a high-tech trading floor: men in dark suits, sitting at tiered banks of desks, studying a steady stream of video and data on floor-to-ceiling monitors.

US biologists: 3 common pesticides harm salmon (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 08:19 PM CST

AP - Farms and orchards that continue to use three pesticides that harm salmon will have to greatly expand buffer zones around their fields so the chemicals don't reach streams, federal biologists ruled Tuesday.

Minnesota set to begin recount in US Senate race (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 04:37 PM CST

Chief Justice Eric Magnuson, left, smiles as he reaches into a sack to pull out the name of a precinct for a performance review Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn., where the Canvassing Board signed off on a manual recount while holding off on a decisioin about rejected absentee ballots pertaining to the tight U.S. Senate race between Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken. AT right is Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - Minnesota's deadlocked U.S. Senate race will edge closer to resolution on Wednesday as an army of election workers begin a statewide recount of more than 2.9 million ballots.

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