2008年11月26日星期三

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Astronauts busy collecting recycled urine samples (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 02:53 AM CST

In this photo released by NASA, astronaut Steve Bowen, STS-126 mission specialist, participates in the mission's fourth and final scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station on Monday Nov. 24, 2008. During the six-hour, seven-minute spacewalk, Bowen and astronaut Shane Kimbrough, unseen, mission specialist, completed the lubrication of the port Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJ) as well as other station assembly tasks. Bowen returned to the starboard SARJ to install the final trundle bearing assembly, retracted a berthing mechanism latch on the Japanese Kibo Laboratory and reinstalled its thermal cover. Bowen also installed a video camera on the Port 1 truss and attached a Global Positioning System antenna on the Japanese Experiment Module Pressurized Section. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - With just two more days together, the astronauts of the linked space shuttle and space station busily collected as many recycled urine samples as possible from a machine that they coaxed into operation.

Prosecutor: Man confesses to NJ church killings (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 11:13 PM CST

Joseph Pallipurath, left, appears in a Walton County courtroom for an extradition hearing Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008, in Monroe, Ga. Pallipurath was arrested at a motel last night in Monroe for allegedly killing his estranged wife and another man during a church service in New Jersey two days ago. Pallipurath, of Sacramento, is suspected of shooting and killing 24-year-old Reshma James inside the St. Thomas Syrian Orthodox Knanaya Church in Clifton, a suburb about 15 miles west of Manhattan. Also killed was Dennis John Mallosseril, who maintained the church's Web site. Witnesses said he had tried to intervene and break up the church rampage. (AP Photo/John Amis)AP - A man accused of gunning down his estranged wife and a man in a New Jersey church told authorities Tuesday in a videotaped confession that he would've killed everyone in the building if he'd had a machine gun, a Georgia prosecutor said.

FDA finds traces of melamine in top-selling U.S. infant formula (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 03:10 AM CST

A child suffering from kidney stones receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province September 19, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesAP - Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe. The Food and Drug Administration said last month it was unable to identify any melamine exposure level as safe for infants, but a top official said it would be a "dangerous overreaction" for parents to stop feeding infant formula to babies who depend on it.

Booking agent in Spitzer case gets probation (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 01:07 PM CST

AP - A woman who helped arrange trysts for a $5,500-an-hour escort service was sentenced Tuesday to one year of probation for her part in the prostitution scandal that forced Eliot Spitzer to step down as New York's governor.

Wash. sues feds over Hanford nuclear site cleanup (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 06:17 PM CST

AP - Washington state is suing the federal government to seek a faster cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation, after nearly 18 months of negotiations failed to produce an agreement.

Miami judge rules against Florida gay adoption ban (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 06:39 PM CST

A gay couple holding hands. A Miami judge defied a Florida gay adoption ban Tuesday, ruling in favor of a male couple's right to adopt two children they have raised over the past four years, according to local press reports.(AFP/Getty Images/File)AP - A judge on Tuesday ruled that a strict Florida law that blocks gay people from adopting children is unconstitutional, declaring there was no legal or scientific reason for sexual orientation alone to prohibit anyone from adopting.

Mich. police: 3 girls found safe after mom slain (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 05:21 PM CST

AP - Three young girls whose disappearances set off a nationwide Amber Alert after their mother was discovered slain at their home were found safe Tuesday, authorities said.

Rejected absentee votes the focus in Minn. recount (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 04:41 PM CST

Senator Norm Coleman speaks at the second session of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 2, 2008. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)AP - More than 6,400 rejected absentee ballots are becoming the focus in Minnesota's contested Senate election, as the state Canvassing Board prepares to decide whether to let some into the recount.

Some math teachers just a chapter ahead of students, study finds (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 02:25 PM CST

AP - Math can be hard enough, but imagine the difficulty when a teacher is just one chapter ahead of the students. It happens, and it happens more often to poor and minority students. Those children are about twice as likely to have math teachers who don't know their subject, according to a report by the Education Trust, a children's advocacy group.

Death of 43-pound disabled woman cues NJ probe (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 12:51 PM CST

AP - The state is investigating the death of a 28-year-old woman who had dwindled to 43 pounds in a state-licensed home for developmentally disabled adults, officials said Tuesday.

NY doctor in suicide pact with wife pleads guilty (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 04:43 PM CST

AP - They canceled their cell phone service and stopped their Social Security benefits. They prepaid their 2008 income taxes, heating and electric bills and left tips for the housekeepers in their Florida vacation home. They even left their attorney stamps to pay the bills.

Former Ga. coach pleads guilty in child porn case (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 02:32 PM CST

AP - A former tennis coach who produced videos of himself sexually abusing a young girl — sometimes hiding behind a Mardi Gras-style mask — pleaded guilty Tuesday to being the man behind what prosecutors called one of the most popular child porn series in the world.

Navajo woman gets life for Arizona dorm slaying (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 04:02 PM CST

Galareka Harrison listens to her attorney following her sentencing in Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, Ariz., Tuesday Nov. 25, 2008. Harrison was sentenced to life in prison for the stabbing death of her roommate Mia Henderson in a University of Arizona dorm room last year. (AP Photo/Greg Bryan, Pool)AP - A woman convicted of murdering her University of Arizona dorm mate by stabbing her 23 times was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with no possibility of parole.

Police: DNA helped solve 2000 death of Pa. newborn (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 04:08 PM CST

AP - Advanced DNA testing techniques identified the mother of a dead newborn who was found inside a backpack in a creek more than eight years ago, state police said Tuesday.

Germ alert: Steer clear of flatbed chicken trucks (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 04:30 PM CST

Chickens look out from their cages at the poultry section of Bangkok's Klong Toey market in this February 4, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Adrees LatifAP - You've heard about the chicken that crossed the road. But have you heard the one about the chickens traveling down the road? It's no laughing matter. Crates of chickens being trucked along the highway in the back of an open truck can shoot a bunch of nasty bacteria into the cars behind them, researchers have found.

Stock market doesn't flinch despite economic data (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 04:26 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama appears on a television screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday Nov. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Bad news was no news to the battered American economy Tuesday.

10 years after settlement, tobacco rebounds in US (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 04:17 PM CST

Wayne Gabbard of Junction City helps unload tobacco at Farmer's Tobacco Warehouse in Danville, Ky., on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, before auction. A decade ago, tobacco seemed destined to wither as cigarette companies shelled out billions to settle lawsuits and smoking bans swept the country. But as a rebound in production this year shows, Big Tobacco and small growers alike have proven resilient, aided by a boost in exports and by new emphasis on smokeless products. (AP Photo/The Advocate Messenger, Clay Jackson)AP - Lindsay Pasley is an eager young man in what used to be an older man's game — tobacco farming.

Thanksgiving sky: Jupiter, Venus, moon together (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 03:21 PM CST

In a rare alignment, the crescent moon, and the planets Venus, center, and Jupiter shine above a farmhouse in the eastern pre-dawn sky, in this Nov. 10, 2004 file photo, in Brunswick, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - It's not just families that are getting together this Thanksgiving week. The three brightest objects in the night sky — Venus, Jupiter and a crescent moon — will crowd around each other for an unusual group shot.

Obama: Economic rescue will trump deficit fight (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 05:36 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama stands with Budget Director-designate Peter Orszag during a news conference in Chicago, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The economy growing weaker, President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday that recovery efforts will trump deficit concerns when he takes office in January. Yet he pledged a "page-by-page, line-by-line" budget review to root out unneeded spending.

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