2008年11月22日星期六

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Fla. teen commits suicide with live Web audience (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 11:13 PM CST

AP - A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and another messaged OMG in horror when it became clear it was no joke. Some watchers contacted the Web site to notify police, but by the time officers entered Abraham Biggs' home — a scene also captured on the Internet — it was too late.

Neb. lawmakers OK age limit for safe-haven law (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 11:05 PM CST

Nebraska lawmakers Brad Ashford, front, of Omaha, and Arnie Stuthman, of Platte Center, Neb., vote in favor of LB 1 Friday, Nov. 21, 2008 at the state capitol in Lincoln, Neb., The bill puts a 30-day age limit on children who can be dropped off at Nebraska hospitals under the state's safe haven law. The bill easily passed 43-5. (AP Photo/Bill Wolf)AP - Gov. Dave Heineman signed into law Friday a bill adding a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law that allowed 35 children — including teenagers as old as 17 — to be abandoned at state hospitals. The law, approved hours earlier by the Legislature in a 45-3 vote, goes into effect Saturday, and makes Nebraska the 14th state with a 30-day age cap. It had been the only state with a safe-haven law without an age limit.

Year later, baby ordered back to adoptive parents (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 08:51 PM CST

AP - The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday ordered a year-old boy back into the home of an adoptive couple who had to give him up months ago after not telling the biological family the woman was pregnant.

FBI says Ohio man threatened to bomb airports (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:36 PM CST

AP - FBI officials said Friday they arrested a man who threatened to blow up Cincinnati's football stadium, two airports, Ohio River bridges, and other landmarks.

Prosecutor who had Cheney indicted yells at judge (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 04:35 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 - A county prosecutor who brought indictments this week against Vice President Dick Cheney and others pounded his fist and shouted at the judge Friday during a routine hearing. Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra asked Presiding Judge Manuel Banales to recuse himself from the case, which alleges abuse at federally run prisons.

Daughter defends mother in Internet hoax trial (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 10:09 PM CST

Lori Drew walks to federal court Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, in Los Angeles. Drew has pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing computers without authorization. She is accused of helping create a false-identity account on the the MySpace social networking site then posing as a teenage boy and befriending a 13-year old girl who later committed suicide. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)AP - The daughter of a woman accused of orchestrating a cruel Internet hoax against a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide took the witness stand Friday to defend her mother.

Connecticut takes on slippery olive oil standards (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 05:05 PM CST

Luciano Sclafani shows some of the extra virgin olive oil that he sells, at his company's warehouse in Norwalk, Conn., Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Connecticut, historically known as the Nutmeg State, is now the first in the nation to set quality standards for olive oil. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)AP - When food importer Luciano Sclafani spied a three-liter tin of extra virgin olive oil a couple of years ago selling for $9.99, he could tell without tasting a drop that it wasn't legitimate.

New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:05 PM CST

A bone from a dairy cow juts out of a compost pile on Tim Forry's Oregon Dairy Farm in Lititz, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. When a cow dies on Forry's farm in Pennsylvania Dutch country, he dumps the carcass onto a 200-foot-long compost pile behind his barn, where dozens of dead cattle are slowly decaying in an above-ground tomb of manure, wood shavings, hay and leaves. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water.

Hawaii dam break leads to 7 manslaughter counts (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 10:42 PM CST

AP - A Kauai grand jury on Friday indicted an 82-year-old landowner on seven counts of manslaughter in connection with the deadly failure of dam on Kauai two years ago.

Bug-sized spies: US develops tiny flying robots (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 02:57 PM CST

In this photo taken from computer animation video Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, and released by the U.S. Air Force, shows the next generation of drones, called Micro Aerial Vehicles, or MAVs. The MAVs could be as tiny as bumblebees and capable of flying undetected into buildings, where they could photograph, record, and even attack insurgents and terrorists. U.S. military engineers are trying to design flying robots disguised as insects that could one day spy on enemies and conduct dangerous missions without risking lives. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, HO)AP - If only we could be a fly on the wall when our enemies are plotting to attack us. Better yet, what if that fly could record voices, transmit video and even fire tiny weapons?

No sign of arson in Ky. fire that killed 27 horses (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 10:07 AM CST

AP - Fire investigators say they have found no sign of arson in a blaze that killed 27 horses at a thoroughbred training facility in western Kentucky.

2nd Mass. politician charged with taking bribe (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 04:27 PM CST

In this Aug. 2007 still photo, taken from video and released by the U.S. Attorney's office, Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner is shown allegedly taking money from someone in Boston. Turner was arrested at Boston City Hall Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, for allegedly taking a $1,000 bribe from a person he believed was a businessman, then lying to FBI officials. (AP Photo/U.S. Attorney's office)AP - FBI agents arrested a Boston city council member Friday after he was videotaped allegedly taking a $1,000 bribe from an undercover agent in an expanding investigation into corruption at City Hall and the Massachusetts Statehouse.

Renovated American history museum reopens (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:46 PM CST

Smithsonian Institution Secretary Wayne Clough, left, speaks with former Secretary of State, Colin Powell, at the opening of the Smithsonian Museum of American History after its renovation in Washington, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - George and Martha Washington, Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz" and other costumed characters greeted thousands of visitors Friday as the National Museum of American History reopened after a two-year, $85 million renovation.

Democrats lay out conditions to consider aid for automakers (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 04:34 PM CST

Senate Majority Harry Reid of Nev., center, accompanied by fellow Democratic leaders, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, to discuss the auto industry bailout. From left are, House Majority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Reid, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Democratic leaders ordered Detroit's Big Three automakers Friday to submit what amounts to a detailed loan application to Congress so lawmakers can decide whether to give the beleaguered industry an emergency $25 billion lifeline.

Rock threat danger closes part of Yosemite lodging (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 02:18 PM CST

In this July 1996 file photo, dust rises off Glacier Point in the aftermath of a small rock slide in Yosemite National Park, Calif. The handling of rockfall hazards at one of America's most popular parks, Yosemite, has led to lawsuits and scientific debate about whether construction in the park have contributed to two fatal accidents and the most recent near-catastrophe. Now officials are considering whether part of Curry Village should be shut down permanently for safety reasons after more than a century of operation. (AP Photo/Thor Swift, File)AP - An unstable cliff prompted officials Friday to permanently close some cabins in a popular Yosemite National Park lodge complex that has a long history of rockslides.

Man denies hitting brain-injured stepdaughter (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 04:28 PM CST

Jason D. Strickland, accused of beating his stepdaughter, Haleigh Poutre, so severely that she suffered permanent brain injury triggering a right-to-die case, shows defense attorney Alan J. Black an area on the chin where he noticed an injury to her during his trial session at Hampden Superior Court in Springfield, Mass., Friday morning Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Dave Roback,pool)AP - A man accused of beating his stepdaughter so severely that she suffered a permanent brain injury — triggering a right-to-die case — testified Friday that he never hit her and believed his wife's claims that the girl injured herself.

Bush pushing economy, North Korea progress (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:27 PM CST

U.S. President George W. Bush arrives at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, for the APEC Summit. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)AP - In a final diplomatic dash, President George W. Bush on Friday moved to steady a shuddering economy and speed up the demise of North Korea's nuclear weaponry.

Financial crisis drives up interest in economics (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 01:47 PM CST

Students respond to a question during panel discussion with finance experts at the High School of Economics and Finance in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. While stocks are down, student interest in economics appears to be trending upward. The financial crisis has made 'the dismal science' more relevant and immediate to many high school and college students, and they are suddenly paying closer attention in class. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Stocks are down, down, down. But student interest in economics appears to be trending upward.

Palin pardons turkey while others slaughtered (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 08:22 AM CST

In this image rendered from video and provided by KARE-TV Minneapolis, Alaska Gov. Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during an interview, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at Triple D Farm & Hatchery outside Wasilla, Alaska. As Palin answered questions cameras from the Anchorage Daily News and others showed the bloody work of an employee, right, slaughtering birds behind the former Republican vice presidential candidate. (AP Photo/KARE-TV)AP - Gov. Sarah Palin has granted the traditional Thanksgiving pardon to one lucky turkey, but the video that shocked some viewers captured what was happening in the background.

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