2008年12月1日星期一

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Space shuttle glides to safe landing in California (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2008 02:31 AM CST

The space shuttle Endeavour touches down at Edwards Air Force Base, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 in Calif. Endeavour's landing ends a 16-day mission during which the shuttle flew to the international space station delivering a new bathroom, kitchen, exercise machine, sleeping quarters and recycling system designed to convert urine and sweat into drinking water. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - Space shuttle Endeavour slipped out of a brilliant desert sky and touched down safely in California after a nearly 16-day mission to repair and upgrade the international space station.

Refill of vanished Wis. lake about to begin (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2008 02:57 AM CST

Lake Delton is seen Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008, in Lake Delton, Wis. Efforts to refill Lake Delton are set to begin in early December. The man-made lake vanished in June after heavy storms eroded the lake's shoreline, allowing the lake to rush out through the breach to the Wisconsin River. Tourist industries that relied on the lake suffered through a horrible summer as visitors stayed away. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)AP - The road is back. The shoreline is reinforced. The dam is stronger. And maybe the dollar signs won't be far behind.

Students lie, cheat, steal, but say they're good (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 03:27 PM CST

Graphic shows a recent survey of stealing, lying and cheating among students; two sizes;AP - In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards.

Is gay the new black? Marriage ban spurs debate (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 11:17 AM CST

AP - Gay is the new black, say the protest signs and magazine covers, casting the gay marriage battle as the last frontier of equal rights for all.

Eau de Penn State smells of flowers, not football (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 02:41 PM CST

AP - Fans of Penn State can smell like the school for just $60. A fragrance developer says it has made a perfume and a cologne inspired by Pennsylvania State University's blue and white colors and its campus vegetation.

Refugees from Bhutan settle in Pittsburgh (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 12:31 PM CST

Chitra Gautam, 19, right, introduces his mother, Jamuna Gautam, 36, center, to Catholic Charities representative Clare Kushman, left, as his father Dina Gautam, 40, stands behind him after their arrival at the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport in Imperial, Pa., Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. The Gautam family is among the first of about 5,300 refugees from the tiny south Asian country of Bhutan who this year started leaving the camps to resettle in modern U.S. homes. The U.S. has agreed to take in 60,000 Bhutanese in the coming years. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - Chitra Prassad Gautam and his family watch in awe as water comes out of the shower head in the bathroom of their new apartment.

Vt. sex offender to be released after only 3 years (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 01:16 PM CST

AP - A sex offender whose lenient sentence for molesting a child led to a crackdown on punishment for sexual predators in Vermont will likely be released from prison next month, state corrections officials say.

Vatican exhibit on display only in Houston museum (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 12:54 PM CST

Robert Boetticher, Vice Chairman and President of the National Museum of Funeral History, poses near an exhibit showing a pope lying in repose inside St. Peter's Basilica with Swiss Guards on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, in Houston. The National Museum of Funeral History houses the only permanent exhibit of papal artifacts outside of the Vatican. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Sharon Steinmann)AP - The only exhibit of Vatican artifacts outside the papal capital is on display in an unlikely spot — the National Museum of Funeral History, an exhibit hall that celebrates coffins, hearses and other ceremonial aspects of death.

Ukrainian first lady tours Pittsburgh hospital (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 09:13 AM CST

AP - The first lady of Ukraine says she wants to develop cooperation between hospitals in her country and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Man convicted in eagle deaths grateful for pardon (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 05:53 PM CST

Leslie Owen Collier stands next to a tractor on his farm in Charleston, Mo., Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Twelve years after pleading guilty to federal charges in the deaths of three bald eagles, Collier learned his name was cleared: He was pardoned by President Bush. (AP Photo/Brad Chamness)AP - Leslie Owen Collier was surrounded by cattle at a livestock auction when his cell phone rang. It was the White House.

Late workers, students get notes blaming NY subway (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 10:14 AM CST

AP - People late for school or work because of New York City subway delays can get notes from the transit agency to give to their teachers or bosses.

Hundreds flee raided Dallas cockfight; 3 arrested (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 05:07 AM CST

AP - Police say they raided a cockfight in a rural part of Dallas, arresting three organizers and sending hundreds of spectators fleeing into the woods.

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