2008年12月13日星期六

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Illinois sinks deeper into chaos over scandal (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:56 AM CST

Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes discusses a motion filed by Ill. Attorney General Lisa Madigan with the State Supreme Court asking justices to strip scandal-plagued Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich of his powers Friday, Dec. 12, 2008 in Chicago. The scandal has bugun to impede state buisness with Illinois having billions of dollars in unpaid bills. Hynes says the state will not be able to move forward with finacial matters 'untill we have a different Governor'. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Illinois plunged deeper into turmoil Friday over disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich as the attorney general asked the state's highest court to strip the governor of his powers, billions of dollars in bills went unpaid and lawmakers moved closer to impeaching the scandal-plagued politician.

Bank blast kills police officer in Oregon (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:45 AM CST

Marion County Sheriff Russ Isham, left, makes remarks as Lt. Gregg Hastings of the Oregon State Police looks on during a news briefing concerning a bank bombing Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, in Woodburn, Ore. West Coast Bank was the location where Oregon State Police said a bomb detonated after police arrived to inspect a suspicious device. The Oregon State Police said there were 'serious injuries.' Newspaper reports said at least one bomb technician and two bank employees were hurt in the Friday night blast (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - A bomb exploded inside a bank here late Friday afternoon, killing a police officer who arrived to check on a suspicious object and seriously injuring two others.

Amish homeowners: Religion trumps building codes (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:59 AM CST

Two homes built by Amish farmer Samuel Stoltzfus are seen Nov. 24, 2008, outside Black River Falls, Wis. A judge fined Stoltzfus $9,450 for building a house and driveway without permits. (AP Photo /Todd Richmond)AP - Daniel Borntreger's home looks like hundreds of other Wisconsin farmhouses: two-story A-frame, porch, clothes on the line.

Upstate NY explorers ID rare boat in Lake Ontario (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:47 AM CST

AP - Two explorers conducting underwater surveys of Lake Ontario have uncovered an aquatic mystery — a rare 19th-century schooner sitting upright 500 feet under the waves.

Atlanta courthouse gunman avoids death sentence (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:42 PM CST

Brian Nichols sits with members of his defense team as the sentencing phase of his trial continues Monday Dec. 1, 2008, at the Atlanta Municipal Court Building in downtown Atlanta. Nichols was found guilty Nov. 7 of murdering a judge, a court reporter, a sheriff's deputy and a federal agent when he escaped from a 2005 rape trial. (AP Photo/Kimberly Smith,Pool)AP - The Atlanta courthouse gunman who killed a judge and three other people avoided a death sentence Friday when jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision on his sentence.

For Madoff investors, big returns trumped concerns (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 10:34 PM CST

Investors inquiring about their money, and others, gather in the lobby of where Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, have their offices Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, in New York. Bernard L. Madoff, the founder of Madoff Securities, was arrested on a securities fraud charge Thursday, accused of running a phony investment business that amounted to nothing more than a 'giant Ponzi scheme.' Federal prosecutors said he told employees Wednesday that it had been insolvent for years, losing at least $50 billion. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)AP - They had known him for years as a golf partner, a family friend. Some were neighbors or fellow members of country clubs on Long Island and in Florida.

DNA evidence awaits, but signs point to child's ID (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 11:21 PM CST

Investigators search for evidence at a crime scene in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. On Thursday, a utility worker stumbled upon a small child's skeletal remains that could be those of Caylee Anthony, 3, missing since June. Caylee's mother, 22-year-old Casey Anthony, was indicted in October on first-degree murder and other charges. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Evidence mounted Friday that a child's skull discovered near Caylee Anthony's home belonged to the missing toddler, although investigators cautioned it could be a week or more before they have conclusive DNA evidence.

Northeast ice storm leaves 1.25M without power (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 10:48 PM CST

A chain link fence and the trees behind it are covered with a thick coat of ice in the aftermath of an ice storm along a highway in Boylston, Mass., Friday morning, Dec. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - An ice storm to compare with some of the Northeast's worst made a mess of the region Friday, leaving 1.25 million homes and businesses in seven states without power as it forced schools to close and toppled ice-laden trees and power lines onto slippery roads.

Shooting at Ore. funeral service wounds 1 (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 12:03 AM CST

AP - Gunfire erupted during a funeral service at a church on the north side of Portland on Friday, gravely wounding a 31-year-old man with a history of gang activity and sending mourners fleeing.

Inmates take 2 hostages after riot at Texas prison (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 11:49 PM CST

AP - Inmates at a privately run prison in West Texas took two hostages after starting a riot and setting at least one fire Friday, authorities said.

Funeral director convicted in NY body parts trial (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 11:03 PM CST

AP - A former funeral director in upstate New York was convicted Friday of illegally harvesting body parts from corpses that were then sold to a company that marketed such material for medical procedures.

California adopts tough diesel emission standards (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 07:59 PM CST

AP - California, a state plagued by smoggy skies and rising asthma rates, adopted the nation's toughest diesel emission standards Friday for the trucks and buses that crowd its highways.

Birth certificates to reflect NY gay-marriage move (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 09:11 PM CST

AP - State officials will now let married same-sex couples list both their names on their children's birth certificates in a policy shift deeply important to many gays and lesbians.

Fundraiser emerges as key event in Illinois probe (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 11:23 PM CST

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. answers questions about a report involving his brother Jonathan outside his house in Chicago, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. As calls for the impeachment Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich intensified,, the Chicago Tribune reports in a story for Friday's editions, citing unnamed sources, that businessman Raghuveer Nayak and Blagojevich aide Rajinder Bedi told attendees at an Oct. 31 meeting that they needed to raise the money for the governor to ensure Jackson's appointment.The Oct. 31 meeting led to a Blagojevich fundraiser held Saturday that was co-sponsored by Nayak. The governor attended, as did Jackson's brother Jonathan, who went into business with Nayak several years ago, according to the newspaper report. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - A fundraiser held by Indian-American businessmen three days before Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on corruption charges emerged Friday as a potentially key event in the federal investigation into whether he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.

Dealer told to give up Simpson's Hall of Fame ring (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:34 PM CST

Memorabilia dealer Alfred Beardsley is seen here in a file photo taken in a Las Vegas courtroom Sept. 25, 2008. Beardsley, who is a friend of O.J. Simpson, has been ordered to appear in a Santa Monica, Calif., court regarding the finances of the former football star, who was acquitted of double murder but slapped with a $33.5 million wrongful death settlement that remains unpaid. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, Pool, File)AP - One of the victims in an O.J. Simpson-led robbery in a Las Vegas hotel room was ordered by a judge Friday to turn over the ex-NFL star's Pro Football Hall of Fame ring, even though a lawyer for the memorabilia dealer claims he doesn't have it.

Lung Association dispute heads to court in Seattle (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 09:25 PM CST

AP - The American Lung Association on Friday asked a judge to put its Northwest chapter out of business, in a dispute that began when the chapter gave its Seattle headquarters and $600,000 to a different, newly created charity.

Former Ill. Gov. George Ryan apologizes for crimes (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 10:12 PM CST

In this April 17, 2006, file photo former Illinois Gov. George Ryan leaves Chicago's federal courthouse following his conviction on all 22-counts of racketeering and fraud charges. While the news media riveted attention on his scandal-plagued successor, former Illinois Gov. George Ryan apologized Friday, Dec. 11, 2008 for crimes in office that landed him in federal prison, saying he had given 'less than my best' as a public official. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - While the news media riveted attention on his scandal-plagued successor, former Illinois Gov. George Ryan apologized Friday for crimes in office that landed him in federal prison, saying he had given "less than my best" as a public official.

Defense seeks dismissal of Smart kidnapping case (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:24 PM CST

In this Feb. 17, 2005 file photo, Brian David Mitchell enters court for his competency hearing in Salt Lake City. Defense attorneys for Mitchell, who was charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart, want a state judge to dismiss the case. Lawyers for Brian David Mitchell contend that continuing to hold criminal charges over his head when he has been deemed incompetent to stand trial creates 'unnecessary and harsh' conditions of confinement which violate the Utah Constitution. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)AP - Defense attorneys for the mentally incompetent man charged with kidnapping Elizabeth Smart have asked the court to dismiss his case, contending he is suffering unnecessary anxiety over a criminal trial that is unlikely to be held.

Al Franken gets boosts in Minnesota Senate recount (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 11:01 PM CST

Attorney Marc Elias is shown Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn. Elias represents Democrat Al Franken in the tight Minnesota U.S. Senate race with Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - Democrat Al Franken won a pair of victories Friday before the state board overseeing the Senate recount, including a decision that as many as 1,500 incorrectly rejected absentee ballots should be included.

Dulles, prominent Catholic cardinal, dead at 90 (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:34 PM CST

In a Friday, Feb. 23, 2001 file photo, U.S. Cardinal Avery Dulles, right, shakes hands with Pope John Paul II during the General Audience at the Vatican. Dulles, scion of a patrician American family who converted to Roman Catholicism as an adult and went on to become the dean of U.S. Catholic theologians, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2008 in an infirmary a Fordham University, said the Rev. Jim Martin of America, a Jesuit magazine. He was 90. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti, File)AP - Cardinal Avery Dulles, a convert to Roman Catholicism from a prominent American family who was the only U.S. theologian named a cardinal without first becoming a bishop, died Friday. He was 90.

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