2008年12月24日星期三

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Blagojevich questioning takes up Obama's time (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 02:44 AM CST

In this Dec. 22, 2003, file photo, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., right, answers a question as Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, listens during a news conference in Chicago. President-elect Barack Obama and two of his top aides met last week with federal investigators building a corruption case against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, accused of trying to swap Obama's Senate seat for cash or a lucrative job. (AP Photo/Stephen J. Carrera, File)AP - President-elect Barack Obama has said all along that neither he nor his team was involved in any eye-popping dealmaking over filling his vacated Senate seat. On Tuesday, Obama's hand-picked investigator agreed.

Huge water main break traps motorists on Md. road (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:55 PM CST

Cars are trapped in water from a water main break on River Road near Fenway Drive in Bethesda, Md. on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - A massive, aging water main ruptured Tuesday and sent a wave of water down a suburban Washington road, transforming the street into a raging river and trapping nine motorists who had to be rescued from the frigid deluge by emergency workers in helicopters and boats.

Police: Dallas shooting suspect is ex-Utah trooper (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:51 PM CST

This undated image from video shows former Utah State Trooper Brian Smith who was sought in Texas on robbery and burglary warrants and according to police shot himself during a standoff in the Dallas suburb of Garland, Texas, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. Garland police say 37-year-old Brian Smith was in critical condition Tuesday at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. (AP Photo/KTVX ABC TV Salt Lake City)AP - A man suspected in a series of rush-hour shootings near Dallas is a former Utah state trooper wanted on burglary and robbery warrants who apparently shot himself after a standoff with police, authorities said Tuesday.

Amtrak trains delayed by bitter cold, snowstorms (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 12:39 AM CST

Passengers try to stay warm as they wait for their trains Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008 at Union Station in Chicago. Amtrak officials said the system is experiencing significant operational issues because of severe weather over the past few days. Many passengers said they spent the night in the station's cold waiting room with little information from Amtrak officials. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - On one of the biggest travel days of the year, hundreds of Amtrak passengers bound for holiday destinations hunkered down in waiting rooms — some for nearly 24 hours — as snowstorms and Arctic cold delayed their trains and disrupted other Christmas traffic.

Soldier mom back to see daughter's 'miracle' steps (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 02:46 AM CST

Four year old Cheyenne Leslie sees her mother Cyd Leslie for the first time in over a year and a half, as they re-unite at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. It was the first time Cyd Leslie saw Cheyenne walk. (AP Photo/Jon Way)AP - Little Cheyenne Leslie entered the Ocean Medical Center and ran into the arms of her physical therapist, to the cheers of smiling staff workers as the girl seemed unhindered by her arm and leg brace. It was a dress rehearsal of sorts.

Many suffered from anti-gay violence in 2008 (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:20 PM CST

AP - From a series of street bashings in Seattle to the baseball bat murder of an Ecuadorean immigrant in New York, episodes of anti-gay violence punctuated a year now ending with police investigating the alleged gang rape of a lesbian near San Francisco.

Prosecutor limits Ill. governor impeachment probe (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 12:49 AM CST

In this Dec. 19, 2008 file photo, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich makes his first substantial public comments since his arrest last week on federal corruption charges at the State of Illinois Building in Chicago. Gov. Rod Blagojevich is legendary in Illinois political circles for not picking up the phone or returning calls, even from important figures like the state's senior senator, Dick Durbin. But there was always one call Blagojevich regularly took, say his aides, and that was from Rahm Emanuel — his congressman, his one-time campaign adviser and, more recently — and troubling for Emanuel — one of his contacts with President-elect Barack Obama's transition staff. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Federal prosecutors have asked an Illinois House impeachment committee not to delve into the criminal charges against Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a request that could hasten a decision on whether to boot Blagojevich from office.

NTSB crew returns to work on Denver plane wreckage (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 09:39 PM CST

As a Northwest Airlines jetliner lands on a nearby runway, the wreckage of a Continental Airlines jet sits in a ravine on Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, in Denver. The plane veered off a runway while trying to take off from Denver International Airport in Denver late on Saturday, Dec. 20. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, pool)AP - Aviation experts say it could take up to a year to figure out what caused a Continental Airlines plane to veer off a runway and slide into a snowy field at Denver International Airport on Saturday, injuring 38 people.

Gay-rights leaders' enthusiasm for Obama subsides (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:18 PM CST

In this Saturday Dec. 20, 2008, file photo, Evangelical Pastor Rick Warren delivers a speech during the 8th Annual Convention of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Long Beach, Calif. The longest-serving openly gay member of Congress Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008, it was a mistake for President-elect Barack Obama to invite the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. (AP Photo/Hector Mata, File)AP - Gay-rights activists remain hopeful about the Obama presidency but are now more wary after what one called a "double punch to the gut" — the choice of a pastor they consider hostile for a prime inauguration role and dashed hopes for the first openly gay Cabinet member.

SF tiger attack victim's family sues city, zoo (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:25 PM CST

AP - The parents of a 17-year-old killed in a tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo last Christmas sued the city and the zoo Tuesday.

Texas report: Kids in sect suffered neglect, abuse (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:30 PM CST

In this Tuesday, April 8, 2008, file photo, Law enforcement officials and their vehicles are seen parked around the perimeter of the temple on the Yearning for Zion Ranch, home of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, near Eldorado, Texas. A dozen girls were sexually abused at a polygamist group's ranch targeted in a high-profile raid last spring, and parents neglected more than 250 other children living there by doing nothing to protect them from becoming future victims, Texas child welfare officials said in a report released Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)AP - A dozen girls were sexually abused at a polygamist group's ranch targeted in a high-profile raid last spring, and parents neglected more than 250 other children living there by doing nothing to protect them from becoming future victims, Texas child welfare officials said in a report released Tuesday.

Rick Warren: Not anti-gay to oppose gay marriage (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:19 PM CST

In this Saturday Dec. 20, 2008, file photo, Evangelical Pastor Rick Warren delivers a speech during the 8th Annual Convention of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Long Beach, Calif. The longest-serving openly gay member of Congress Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008, it was a mistake for President-elect Barack Obama to invite the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. (AP Photo/Hector Mata, File)AP - Pastor Rick Warren, chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to pray at his inauguration, said in a video message to his church that he doesn't equate gay relationships with incest or pedophilia, but opposes redefining marriage just as any conservative Christian would.

ACLU sues Laguna Beach over treatment of homeless (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 07:59 PM CST

Allan Olson, 39, from Utah, hangs out at the park where he sleeps Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2008, in Laguna Beach, Calif. The American Civil Liberties Union announced on Wednesday that it had filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Laguna Beach over its treatment of homeless people. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)AP - Civil rights attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against this exclusive coastal town and accused its leadership of engaging in a campaign of harrassment against the disabled homeless.

Schwarzenegger, Dems try to find budget compromise (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 08:15 PM CST

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks about delays in funding for infrastructure projects due to the state budget crisis during a news conference near a Sacramento River levee in disrepair in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater)AP - With Republicans on the sidelines, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic leaders met Tuesday to fashion a midyear fix for California's swelling budget deficit.

Obama attends memorial for his grandmother, `Toot' (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 12:42 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama walks with his niece Suhaila Soetoro-Ng after a seaside memorial for his grandmother Madelyn Payne Dunham in Honolulu, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President-elect Barack Obama gathered with family and friends on Tuesday for a private memorial service for the beloved grandmother who helped raise him.

Mo. gov's office settles e-mail deletion lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 07:18 PM CST

AP - Gov. Matt Blunt's office will turn over thousands of pages of e-mails to inspectors for the state attorney general's office to settle a lawsuit accusing Blunt and other officials of "knowingly and purposely" violating the state's open records law, the two sides announced Tuesday.

Texas county continues detention center contract (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:59 PM CST

AP - Officials in a central Texas county renewed a contract Tuesday for a private prison firm to operate a detention center that has been criticized by advocates for the immigrant families who are sent there.

Stores pull all-nighters, trying to save season (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 03:45 PM CST

A shopper passes 'sale' signs as she walks past a store window during a snowstorm Friday, Dec. 19, 2008 in New York. Retailers are accelerating their use of survival tactics — slashing prices further and pulling merchandise off shelves to send to liquidators — as the number of holiday shopping days dwindles. But January and beyond look scarier for even relatively healthy merchants as the passing of the holidays give shoppers no reason at all to spend. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - The nation's stores are pulling all-nighters and deepening discounts in the final hours before Christmas, trying to draw in all the shoppers they can as they face dismal sales in what will likely end up as the worst holiday season in decades.

Bush pardons man who helped Israel during wartime (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:30 PM CST

President George W. Bush walks along the West Wing Colonnade as he departs the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008, to spend the Christmas holiday at the Camp David presidential retreat. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - In a gesture of forgiveness for a decades-old offense, President George W. Bush on Tuesday granted a pardon posthumously to a man who broke the law to supply aircraft to Jews fighting in Israel's 1948 war of independence.

Yale agrees to pay $7.6M to resolve allegations (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 03:31 PM CST

AP - Yale University has agreed to pay $7.6 million to resolve allegations that it broke the law by mismanaging federally funded research grants, federal authorities announced Tuesday.

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