2008年12月18日星期四

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Attorney: Ill. governor won't fill Senate vacancy (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 10:58 PM CST

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to the media at his home before jogging in Chicago, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. Blagojevich said Wednesday he is ready to tell his side of the political scandal to the people of Illinois and that he would do so no later than Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday denied an effort to remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich, rejecting what could have been the quickest way to force the Democrat from office. Blagojevich's lawyer, meanwhile, said the governor would not appoint someone to fill Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat, potentially answering one of the key questions surrounding the scandal.

Nursing home industry worries about new ratings (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:03 AM CST

AP - Rating systems help people decide which restaurants to go to or hotels to stay at. So why not something similar from the federal government for the nation's 16,000 nursing homes?

Oregon bomb expert's death leaves many questions (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:04 AM CST

This undated photograph provided by the Oregon State Police shows Senior Trooper William Hakim of the Oregon State Police. Hakim, 51, was one of two people killed Friday afternoon, Dec. 12, 2008, in a bomb explosion at a bank in Woodburn, Ore. Bomb squad officer Hakim had plenty of experience and sound judgment. It makes his death in a bomb explosion at a small town bank all the more shocking and puzzling. (AP Photo/Oregon State Police)AP - It makes his death in a bomb explosion at a small town bank all the more shocking and puzzling to the law enforcement community he served as a senior trooper for the Oregon State Police.

Ga. judge jails Muslim woman over head scarf (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 11:29 PM CST

Lisa Valentine, left, and friend Halimah Abdullah are pictured at Valentine's home Wednesday Dec. 17, 2008, in Douglasville, Ga. A Georgia judge ordered Valentine, a Muslim woman, arrested Tuesday for contempt of court for refusing to take off her headscarf. Abdullah was held for contempt by the same judge last year. (AP Photo/John Amis)AP - A Muslim woman arrested for refusing to take off her head scarf at a courthouse security checkpoint said Wednesday that she felt her human and civil rights were violated. A judge ordered Lisa Valentine, 40, to serve 10 days in jail for contempt of court, said police in Douglasville, a city of about 20,000 people on Atlanta's west suburban outskirts.

2 trains derail in crash along Mississippi River (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 02:26 AM CST

AP - Two freight trains collided early Wednesday, derailing 26 cars and plunging a locomotive into the Mississippi River, authorities said. No one was seriously hurt.

Calif. Dems try to pass budget without GOP votes (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 02:27 AM CST

AP - Democrats were trying to break a weekslong impasse over California's multibillion-dollar deficit by making an end run around Republicans, offering a complicated mix of revenue cuts and increases that they said would raise billions without requiring two-thirds majority typically needed to raise taxes.

Tumor in Colorado newborn's brain contained foot (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 02:59 AM CST

AP - A pediatric neurosurgeon says a tumor he removed from the brain of a Colorado Springs infant contained a tiny foot and other partially formed body parts.

Ex-cop suspected in wife's disappearance engaged (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 05:27 PM CST

AP - A former suburban Chicago police sergeant who is suspected in his wife's disappearance is engaged to be married again even though he is still legally married, his publicist said Wednesday.

Ex-fugitive pleads guilty; used daughter for porn (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 05:18 PM CST

AP - A man who raped his daughter and posted videos of the abuse online before fleeing to China pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday and could face the rest of his life in prison.

AP NewsBreak: Alaska investigates racist e-mails (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 08:25 PM CST

AP - Alaska officials are investigating racist jokes about President-elect Barack Obama that have been circulating on state government e-mail accounts.

Charity's red kettles can yield odd treasures (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 01:55 PM CST

A Salvation Army volunteer who declined to give his name rings the bell on the Strip in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - The volunteer emptying Salvation Army kettles in southwest Florida recently came across something that stood out from the piles of spare change and crumpled up bills: a 1911 Liberty Eagle gold coin worth around $1,000.

Company to pay millions in fatal Big Dig collapse (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 02:40 PM CST

In this July 11, 2006, file photo, firefighters inspect a section of ceiling in the Interstate 90 eastbound connector tunnel through Boston that collapsed onto the roadway and killed a woman passenger in a car. A source told The Associated Press Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008 that a manslaughter charge is being dropped against Power Fasteners Inc. of Brewster, N.Y., the only company charged over a fatal Big Dig tunnel collapse in Boston, after the epoxy maker agreed to pay millions to settle a lawsuit. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)AP - Prosecutors will drop a manslaughter charge against the only company charged in the fatal Big Dig tunnel collapse after the epoxy maker agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit.

Ga. lawmakers pitch death penalty rule changes (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:18 PM 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. Georgia lawmakers are taking the first steps toward revamping the state's capital punishment rules after a deadlocked jury allowed courthouse gunman Brian Nichols to avoid the death penalty. (AP Photo/John Spink, File)AP - Georgia lawmakers are taking the first steps toward revamping the state's capital punishment rules after a deadlocked jury allowed courthouse gunman Brian Nichols to avoid the death penalty.

Keep your cash: SC governor rails against bailouts (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:28 PM CST

In this file photo taken Jan. 16, 2008, South Carolina's Gov. Mark Sanford gives the State of The State address to the a joint session of the Legislature at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. Sanford, head of the Republican Governors Association is carving out an identity as the anti-bailout governor, speaking against federal handouts even as South Carolina's unemployment rate soars and lawmakers furiously cut a state budget that's lost a seventh of its projected revenue, or $1 billion, since being passed in June.(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain,file)AP - At a time when other states are clamoring for cash, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is saying no thanks.

Questions surround firm that handled Madoff audit (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 04:27 PM CST

This is the office of Friehling & Horowitz, CPA's in New City, NY, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, where David Friehling is an accountant. Friehling is now enmeshed in one of Wall Street's biggest alleged scams and is under criminal investigation as his firm was the outside auditor for Bernard Madoff, who may have bilked investors of $50 billion. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - The office for Bernard Madoff's sole auditor exudes anything but wealth and intrigue: It is next door to a pediatrician in a drab suburban building. The tiny storefront is discreetly labeled "Friehling & Horowitz" on its single glass door.

No verdict in 1st day of Fort Dix deliberations (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 04:19 PM CST

In a courtroom artist's sketch, Judge Robert Kugler, center rear, listens to closing arguments by attorney Michael Huff, right, in U.S. District Court in Camden, N.J., Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008, in the case of five defendents charged with conspiracy to kill military personnel and attempted murder in a jihad-inspired attack on Fort Dix. The defendants, Shain Duka, bottom left, Eljvir Duka, Dritan Duka, Mohamad Shnewer, and Serdar Tatar listen. Jurors told Kugler they wanted to wait until Wednesday morning to begin deliberations in the case, which stretched for 29 days, much of it focused on hundreds of secret recordings and the credibility of the informants who made them. (AP Photo/Shirley Shepard)AP - A jury considering the case of five New Jersey men accused of plotting an attack on the Army's Fort Dix has finished its first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.

Woman gets near-total face transplant in Cleveland (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 05:32 PM CST

Dr. Maria Siemionow, joined by other medical personnel, answers questions during a news conference at the Cleveland Clinic, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, in Cleveland. Siemionow participated in the nations first near-total face transplant. Doctors replaced nearly all of the woman's face, 80 percent, with that of a dead female donor in a 22-hour operation. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - Her injuries were ghastly: no nose, no palate, no way to eat or breathe normally, a face so hideous that children who saw her screamed and ran away. From the moment they met earlier this year, Dr. Maria Siemionow knew the severely disfigured woman would be the one — the first person in the U.S. to receive a face transplant.

Texas man who tried to sell cyanide gets 70 months (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:28 PM CST

AP - Federal officials say a Texas Panhandle man who tried to sell a 25-gallon drum of cyanide to an FBI informant will serve nearly six years in prison.

Indiana students hurt in school bus crash (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 01:02 PM CST

An accident investigator looks of the scene where a school bus crashed with a car amid icy road conditions near the Madison County town of Frankton. Frankton, Ind., Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. Numerous ambulances responded to the scene, but no life-threatening injuries were immediately reported. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - A school bus carrying as many as 60 middle school and high school students on an icy road collided with a car Wednesday morning and landed on its side in a central Indiana farm field, the sheriff said. Dozens of children were hurt but authorities said none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.

4 Alamo ministry children to remain with state (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:15 PM CST

Tony Alamo, evangelist and convicted tax evader, is seen in this Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 booking photo released by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office, in Flagstaff, Ariz. Arkansas child welfare officials seized six more children Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008 from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries as authorities in California visited another church compound, officials said. (AP Photo/Coconino County Sheriff's Office, File)AP - A lawyer says four children involved in the Tony Alamo (uh-LAW'-mo) Christian Ministries will remain in state custody after officials seized them last week.

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