2008年12月25日星期四

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Travelers hunker down for Christmas Eve at airport (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 09:39 PM CST

A passenger at an American Airlines ticket counter waits as her wrapped Christmas presents are boxed up to be checked as baggage at Chicago's O'Hare International airport Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - With airports across the country recovering from a blast of snow and ice storms, some unlucky holiday travelers stranded for the second night in a row prepared to wake up Christmas morning at the nation's second busiest airport.

Ex-trooper suspected in Dallas-area shootings dies (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 11:52 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 former Utah state trooper suspected in a series of Dallas-area roadway shootings died on Christmas Eve, a day after police said he turned a gun on himself following a brief standoff.

1 dead, 5 hurt in Sacramento-area home explosion (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 12:40 AM CST

AP - An explosion that authorities believe was caused by a natural gas leak leveled a home in a Sacramento suburb on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring five others.

SoCal man killed by cops was 2004 murder suspect (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 06:31 PM CST

This photo released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows an FBI web page with three images of murder suspect Manuel Benitez. Benitez, who was fatally shot by police after a two-hour standoff as he held his 7-year-old son hostage in a restaurant in El Monte Calif., was a suspect wanted for the 2004 murder of his girlfriend, authorities said Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Federal Bureau of Investigation)AP - A call to police to investigate a gaunt, seedy-looking man with a boy was the beginning of a deadly end to four years on the run for Manuel Benitez, a former child actor who authorities say used a dumbbell to beat his girlfriend to death in 2004.

Obamas to have turkey, ham for Christmas (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 02:24 AM CST

US President-elect Barack Obama, seen here playing golf in Hawaii, is riding the crest of the best approval ratings of any president-elect in decades, according to a new poll as the next US leader relaxed on his Hawaii Christmas vacation.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AP - President-elect Barack Obama and his family planned a Christmas Day that includes opening presents in the morning and sharing a traditional turkey and ham dinner in the evening.

Kennedy's pursuit of Senate snared in NY politics (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 08:32 PM CST

In this Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008 file photo, Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, listens to a reporter's question during a news conference at City Hall in Buffalo, N.Y. A backlash appears to be building against Caroline Kennedy over her bid to get appointed to the Senate, with some of New York's top political leaders complaining that her pursuit of the job smacks of a sense of entitlement. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)AP - Caroline Kennedy's bid to get appointed to the Senate and extend the Camelot dynasty has run into the bare-knuckle world of New York politics, where a backlash appears to be building against her.

Toy companies cheer proposed lead rule changes (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 05:16 PM CST

Ava Mar, 8, plays with a wooden train set at the Play Store in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. Worries over lead paint in mass-market toys made the holidays a little brighter for handcrafted toy makers last year, but now the federal government's response to the scare has some workshops fearful that this Christmas might be their last. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - The makers of handcrafted toys received some holiday hope Wednesday with support from a federal agency for proposed exemptions from strict lead-testing regulations they feared could put them out of business.

Deicer fumes affect plane passengers at Sea-Tac (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 12:19 PM CST

AP - Fumes from a chemical used to deice airplanes got into the passenger cabin of an Alaska Airlines plane Wednesday at Sea-Tac Airport and irritated the eyes of passengers and the crew, officials said.

Cops: Boys beaten at Ariz. park critically injured (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 03:21 PM CST

AP - Two boys who suffered extensive head injuries in a beating at a park in Phoenix were not expected to survive, police said Wednesday.

Shootings mystery unnerves northern border towns (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 01:25 PM CST

AP - State, local and federal law enforcement officers are out in force in an area of northern Vermont after a series of nine shootings over the last month that have targeted homes and public buildings.

2 snowmobilers dead in northern Utah avalanche (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 01:31 PM CST

AP - Authorities say an avalanche has killed two snowmobilers in northern Utah as new snowfall has made the slopes increasingly unstable.

Disgraced Mass. sen. applies for pension increase (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 10:19 AM CST

AP - A former state senator in Massachusetts who resigned after he was charged with harassing women is trying to double his pension.

SoCal law school tempts students with free tuition (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 12:30 PM CST

Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the new law school at the University of California-Irvine, poses in his temporary office on the campus in Irvine, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. The nationally renowned constitutional legal scholar, who survived a very public political drama involving his hiring, firing and rehiring, heads the first new law school in California in 40 years. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - A new law school opening next fall in Southern California is offering a big incentive to top students who might be thinking twice about the cost of a legal education during the recession: free tuition for three years.

400 dress as Jesus to put Christ back in Christmas (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 12:28 PM CST

Shawn Johnston of Kansas City, Kan. browses a newspaper while having a cappuccino at Homer's Coffee House in Overland Park, Kan on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. The member of Praise Chapel Christian Fellowship starting dressing as Jesus about two weeks ago to 'show people what Christmas is all about.' Many members of the congregation have been doing the same now since Thursday, Dec. 18. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)AP - Dressed in flowing robes and thorny crowns, about 400 churchgoers promised their pastor they'd dress like Jesus as a hard-to-miss reminder of the holiday's religious roots.

Inmate supposed to be free spends Xmas behind bars (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 04:47 AM CST

AP - James S. Anderson is about to spend his fifth straight Christmas behind bars. The difference this time is he's no longer a convict.

Utah custody fight complicated by tribal law (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 03:29 AM CST

AP - Heather and Clint Larson hoped they'd be spending Christmas with a newly adopted 6-month-old boy. Instead, after a monthslong court battle, the couple had to hand him over to representatives of the birth mother's American Indian tribe and watch him being driven away.

Texas ranchers, farmers struggling after Ike (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 02:17 AM CST

Rancher Janet Lagow Lewis, right, shows volunteer Emily Morgan from San Francisco how attach barbed wire to a post using a clip Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008 near Anahuac, Texas. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - Her boots, jeans and sweat shirt splattered with mud, Janet Lagow Lewis stretched barbed wire across metal posts, rebuilding a portion of her 38 miles of fencing that Hurricane Ike washed away.

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