2008年12月26日星期五

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Man in Santa suit kills 8, self on Christmas Eve (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 12:45 AM CST

Bruce Jeffrey Pardo is seen in an undated photo provided Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008, by the Covina, Calif. Police Department. Covina Police have identified the 45-year-old Prado as a 'person of interest' after a man in a Santa suit opened fire at a Christmas Eve party in a suburban Los Angeles home that subsequently caught fire, leaving three people dead. (AP Photo/Covina Police Department)AP - Stinging from an acrimonious divorce, a man plotting revenge against his ex-wife dressed up like Santa, went to his former in-laws' Christmas Eve party and slaughtered at least eight people before killing himself hours later.

Winter storm blankets West with snow, heading east (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 09:44 PM CST

Graphic shows snowfall across the US; 2 c x 3 3/8 in; 96.3 mm x 85.725 mmAP - As much of the country awoke to a welcome reprieve from heavy snowfall and ice-slickened roads, a new winter storm in the West snarled holiday traffic and darkened lights on Christmas trees in thousands of homes Thursday.

After-Christmas shopping unlikely to save season (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 11:54 PM CST

Edward Tavino of Bangkok, Thailand, holds on to four shopping bags filled with bargain purchases as last-minute shoppers try to wrap up their holiday gift purchases in Cherry Creek Mall in Denver on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - There's holiday joy and post-holiday blues, but for the nation's retailers it's all been one big downer.

Homeland Security forecasts 5-year terror threats (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 08:13 PM CST

US Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff delivers a lecture entitle 'Managing Risk: A Global Imperative' to an audience of students at the London School of Economics (LSE) in London, Friday Dec. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, says a new intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press.

Gov's lawyer asks panel to subpoena Obama staff (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 05:05 PM CST

In this Dec. 22, 2008 file photo, Ed Genson, attorney for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, argues during the Illinois House Impeachment Committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)AP - In a move intended to force public testimony from President-elect Barack Obama's inner circle, a lawyer for Gov. Rod Blagojevich has asked the legislative panel considering impeachment of the governor to subpoena more than a dozen witnesses, including Obama's incoming chief of staff.

Kennedy, in Senate bid, hasn't shared finances (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 06:30 PM CST

In this Nov. 7, 2007 file photo, Caroline Kennedy autographs a copy of her book, 'A Family Christmas,' during a book signing at the JFK Library in Boston. After warily stepping into the political free-for-all for Hillary Rodham Clinton's U.S. Senate seat, Kennedy's holiday activities include fending off requests to disclose financial and other personal information, including revenue from the sale of her several best-selling books. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfay, File)AP - At this time last year, Caroline Kennedy was promoting "A Family Christmas," her collection of essays that featured the memory of her father letting her use the White House switchboard to call Santa.

Eartha Kitt, sultry `Santa Baby' singer, dies (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 11:50 PM CST

This Feb. 7, 1996 file photo shows singer Eartha Kitt in a New York hotel room. A family friend says Kitt has died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008 of colon cancer. She was 81. (AP Photo/Rick Maiman, file)AP - Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said. She was 81.

14 hurt in NY when car crashes into Hanukkah party (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 01:56 AM CST

AP - A car slammed into a building where Orthodox Jewish families were celebrating Hanukkah on Thursday, injuring 14 people, police said.

Arrest details on mom of Bristol Palin's boyfriend (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 06:15 PM CST

In this Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008 file photo, Sherry Johnston, mother of Levi Johnston, talks about her son at her home in Wasilla, Alaska. Alaska State Troopers arrested Johnston Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008 after troopers served a search warrant on a Wasilla home. The 42-year-old Johnston has been charged with six felony drug counts. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - The mother of Bristol Palin's boyfriend sent text messages to two police informants discussing drug transactions before her arrest on felony drug charges, authorities say.

Winds prevent Washington from crossing Delaware (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 06:23 PM CST

Revolutionary War re-enactors are seen before a re-enactment of George Washington's historic crossing of the Delaware River, in Washington Crossing, Pa., Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. Re-enactors did not row across the river due to unfavorable conditions and instead crossed via a bridge to mark the historic event. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Once again, strong winds and a fast current stopped an actor portraying George Washington from crossing the Delaware River by boat.

Obama stays close to home, military on holiday (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 11:22 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama greets soldiers as they eat Christmas dinner at Marine Corp Base Hawaii in Kailua, Hawaii Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President-elect Barack Obama made clear to his aides that he wanted to spend the Christmas holiday in Hawaii, as he had done in years past: There is no more campaign, this will be a true family vacation.

1st tests: Water safe after Tenn. ash deluge (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 11:37 AM CST

An aerial view shows workers standing near a home that was destroyed when a retention pond wall collapsed at the Tennessee Valley Authorities Kingston Fossil Plant, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008 in Harriman, Tenn. The Tennessee Valley Authority says the 40-acre pond held a slurry of ash generated by the coal-burning Kingston Steam Plant. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)AP - Environmentalists worry the ash-laden sludge that coated a Tennessee neighborhood when a power plant dike burst could pose a health risk, although initial tests by a public utility company have shown no threat to drinking water.

Hobbyists are trying genetic engineering at home (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 08:38 PM CST

Meredith L. Patterson, a computer programmer by day, conducts an experiment in the dining room of her San Francisco apartment on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. Patterson is among a new breed of techno rebels who want to put genetic engineering tools in the hands of anyone with a smart idea. Using homemade lab equipment and the wealth of scientific knowledge available online, these hobbyists are trying to create new life forms through genetic engineering - a field long dominated by Ph.D.s toiling in university and corporate laboratories. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)AP - The Apple computer was invented in a garage. Same with the Google search engine. Now, tinkerers are working at home with the basic building blocks of life itself.

GMAC transition reduces control for GM, Cerberus (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 08:33 PM CST

AP - GMAC Financial Services' transition into a bank holding company should buy the troubled lender some time to turn itself around, but the cost is a loss of control for its owners General Motors Corp. and Cerberus Capital Management. It also raises a number of questions, including who will control GMAC going forward and how much its business model might change.

Troops in Iraq find Christmas in memories (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 07:16 PM CST

A U.S. soldier of 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry wearing a Santa Claus mask greets AP - Army Sgt. Robin Cameron stood guard outside a once opulent Iraqi shopping mall that now serves as a small U.S. military outpost, trying not to think about what he was missing with his family on Christmas.

Philly trying to preserve jobs while making cuts (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 05:57 PM CST

AP - Nearly a year ago, Mayor Michael Nutter took office amid glowing optimism: With the slogan "A New Day, A New Way," he promised to add hundreds of police officers, scale back taxes and help more Philadelphians get college degrees.

Coal for Christmas: Brooklyn man's pardon revoked (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 02:31 AM CST

US President George W. Bush waves as he walks to board Marine One December 23, 2008 on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. Bush on Wednesday rescinded his pardon announced a day earlier of a New York real estate developer, the White House said, after new information came to light about the man accused of fleecing hundreds of homebuyers.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AP - The pardons President George W. Bush granted this week couldn't have been better Christmas gifts if Santa himself had delivered them.

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