2008年12月14日星期日

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Disgraced Illinois governor weighs legal options (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 02:16 AM CST

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich leaves a downtown building where a high profile attorney has an office Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, in Chicago. Blagojevich was arrested this week on federal charges that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich met with a renowned Chicago criminal lawyer Saturday as he weighed his legal options on how to fight a scandal that has left his career in tatters and disrupted President-elect Barack Obama's White House transition.

Chief: Gov. Palin's home church damaged by arson (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 07:25 PM CST

James Steele, fire chief for the Central Mat-Su Fire Department stands outside of the fire damaged Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla, Alaska Saturday Dec. 13, 2008. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's home church was badly damaged in an arson fire. No one was injured in the fire, which was intentionally set while people, including two children, were inside. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - Gov. Sarah Palin's home church was badly damaged by arson, leading the governor to apologize if the fire was connected to "undeserved negative attention" from her failed campaign as the Republican vice presidential nominee.

Crews fight cold, ice to return power to Northeast (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 02:34 AM CST

Highway crews gather with chain saws as they keep working to clear roads in Washington, N.H., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, the day after an ice storm left more than 1 million homes and businesses without power. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Temperatures fell over the ice-coated Northeast on Saturday, where storm-related power failures had already plunged more than a million homes and businesses from Pennsylvania to Maine into the dark and cold.

Rolling paper giant sues over NYC firm's T-shirts (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 12:45 AM CST

AP - A prominent cigarette paper maker with drug-culture cachet is accusing a T-shirt company of stealing its distinctive style for a design celebrating President-elect Barack Obama's victory.

Judge sentences Ga. courthouse shooter to life (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 12:06 AM CST

In this July 10, 2008, file photo, Brian Nichols looks toward the prosecution table as jury selection got underway in his trial in Atlanta. Superior Court Judge James Bodiford sentenced Nichols on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, to multiple life sentences in the killings of four people in a courthouse escape in March 2005. (AP Photo/John Spink, File)AP - After more than three years and a tangled trail of frustrating legal delays, the man who killed four people in a brazen courthouse escape was sentenced Saturday to prison for life without parole and hundreds of years more.

Obama's true colors: Black, white ... or neither? (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 11:27 PM CST

This 1960's file photo provided by the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shows Obama with his mother Stanley Ann Dunham. The Kansas-born mother, the Kenyan-born father, Barack Obama Sr., met at the University of Hawaii. They marriage, and Barack, 'blessed' in Arabic, was born on Aug. 4, 1961. (AP Photo/Obama Presidential Campaign, File)AP - A perplexing new chapter is unfolding in Barack Obama's racial saga: Many people insist that "the first black president" is actually not black.

List of potential victims grows in NY fraud case (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 02:35 AM CST

Attorneys Stephen Weiss, left, of Seeger Weiss LLP and Brad Friedman of Milberg LLP each representing dozens of clients of Bernard L. Madoff arrive at Manhattan federal court Friday, Dec.12, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP - Investors who put their fortunes in the hands of arrested New York money manager Bernard Madoff are waiting to hear how much of their stake is left.

Illinois corruption: deep roots, tough to weed out (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 05:05 PM CST

Former Judge Brocton Lockwood gives his thoughts on corruption in Illinois government, at his home in Harrisburg, Ill., Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. More than 25 years ago, Lockwood, then a visiting small-town judge, stashed a tape recorder in his cowboy boot and came away with shocking evidence of bribe-taking and bagmen in Chicago's courts. Lockwood was part of an unprecedented FBI sting operation in the Cook County courts called 'Operation Greylord' that uncovered judges, lawyers and clerks taking cash, fixing cases and engaging in other brazen judicial corruption. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan, Thomas Barker)AP - More than 25 years ago, a visiting small-town judge stashed a tape recorder in his cowboy boot and came away with shocking evidence of bribe-taking and bagmen in Chicago's courts.

Star and crescent joins Christmas tree, menorah (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 04:23 PM CST

Asad Jilani, of Armonk, N.Y., who approached town officials as he, his family and other Muslim residents thought they should be represented at a local park's public holiday display, stands near the display Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, in Armonk. When they light the town Christmas tree in Armonk on Sunday, there will be the tree, a Jewish menorah and new this year, an Islamic crescent and star. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - When they light the town Christmas tree in Armonk on Sunday, there will be a Jewish menorah right alongside, as usual. There will also be something new this year — an Islamic crescent and star.

Riot, hostage situation ends at West Texas prison (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 06:18 PM CST

AP - An uprising at a privately run prison in West Texas ended Saturday morning after two hostages were released, authorities said.

HUD nominee pioneered innovative affordable homes (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 05:56 PM CST

AP - Shaun Donovan, the New York official Barack Obama chose to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has hands-on experience with an issue important to the president-elect: affordable housing.

Lt. Gov., Atty. Gen. may be looking ahead to 2010 (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 11:20 PM CST

In this Dec. 9, 2008, file photo, Illinois Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn addresses the media in Chicago. Quinn and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan are both considered likely candidates for the state's highest office following Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest this week on federal charges that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. (AP Photo/Eric Y. Exit, File)AP - In many ways, Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn and Attorney General Lisa Madigan couldn't be more different: He has carefully promoted his image as an outsider and reformer; she comes from a powerful political family.

No clear cut way to handle 8-year-old's case (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 12:04 PM CST

In this Nov. 10, 2008 file photo, the Apache County Court House is seen in St. Johns, Ariz. Prosecutors and a defense lawyer in rural eastern Arizona are trying to figure out what to do with an 8-year-old boy accused of shooting his father and his father's friend in early November. (AP Photo/Dana Felthauser, File)AP - What do you do with an 8-year-old boy charged with two counts of premeditated murder?

Mark, his words. Twain speaks from beyond (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:44 PM CST

AP - It only took a 100 years or so, but the world is finally getting a piece of Mark Twain's mind on the subject of free expression and whether it's safer for your words to be expressed after you're dead.

Nearly frozen sea turtle heading to rehab (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 05:28 PM CST

In this photo released by the New England Aquarium, Herb, a rescued 75-pound loggerhead sea turtle, is eager to go as he is loaded into a transport carrier in Boston for his trip to the Riverhead Foundation on New York's Long Island, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. According to the New England Aquarium, Herb is the largest hypothermic sea turtle rescued from Cape Cod this fall. (AP Photo/New England Aquarium)AP - His name is Herb, and he was very, very cold when he was found on a Cape Cod beach.

Complaint against Ill. gov lists many characters (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 09:50 AM CST

AP - The criminal complaint alleging schemes by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to trade a U.S. Senate seat and other favors for personal gain alludes to a host of unidentified characters, none of whom is charged with any wrongdoing. Some examples:

Will Smith: It's all about helping others (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 04:58 PM CST

In this Dec. 9, 2008 file photo, actor Will Smith attends the premiere of 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' in New York. Smith promoted his new movie 'Seven Pounds' in Edina, Minn., Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, by combining interviews, private visits at schools and hospitals, and a red-carpet local premiere for the film. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)AP - Will Smith is bringing the message of his new movie "Seven Pounds" to the Midwest with a promotional tour that also turned into a fundraiser.

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