2008年12月29日星期一

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High wind knocks out power to 413,000 in Mich. (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 09:05 PM CST

Silvis firefighters go door-to-door to homes on River Road in Silvis, Ill., recommending evacuations Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, as water and ice from the Rock River threatens the neighborhood. (AP Photo/Quad-City Times, Andrew Link)AP - Wind gusting more than 60 mph knocked out power to about 413,000 Michigan homes and businesses on Sunday as temperatures dipped back into the 20s and 30s.

TVA to test water wells, air purity near ash slide (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:30 AM CST

This Dec. 22, 2008 file aerial view shows homes that were destroyed when a retention pond wall collapsed at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant, in Harriman, Tenn. The TVA says the 40-acre pond held a slurry of ash generated by the coal-burning Kingston Steam Plant. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)AP - The CEO and president of the nation's largest public utility vowed to clean up a community encased in sludge after a major coal ash spill, where many residents fear toxic elements could seep into their drinking water.

Study: Murders among black youths on rise (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 11:04 PM CST

AP - The number of young black men and teenagers who either killed or were killed in shootings has risen at an alarming rate since 2000, a new study shows.

Police officer deaths drop in 2008 (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 11:05 PM CST

AP - Fewer police officers died in the line of duty in 2008 compared to last year, reflecting better training and tactics, two law enforcement support groups reported Sunday.

Blagojevich lawyer to submit Obama report to panel (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 11:26 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 - The lead attorney for Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he plans to submit President-elect Barack Obama's internal report on contacts with the scandal-plagued governor to the Illinois House committee weighing impeachment.

Country Doctor of Year: 50 years of house calls (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:47 AM CST

Dr. David Watson, left, drains the elbow of Dorothy Dean, 83, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 in Yoakum, Texas. Watson is the 2008 Country Doctor of the Year, presented by Staff Care. Like country doctors and house calls, family practitioners are a disappearing breed. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - In this sleepy country town, which sprang up around a railroad junction and the start of the Chisholm trail, folks give out their phone numbers by the last four digits, the annual Tom-Tom festival culminates with the crowning of the Tomato King and Queen, and everybody knows Doc Watson.

Philadelphia mom of 3 victims preaches fire safety (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 09:16 PM CST

AP - The mother of three children killed in a fast-moving house fire held up their morgue photographs at a packed church and pleaded with the hundreds in attendance to outfit their homes with smoke detectors to prevent such tragedies.

Oldest man in the US dies in Sacramento at 112 (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 10:48 PM CST

In this Nov, 5, 2008 file photo, Lelia LaRue, right, shows her father, George Francis, 112, a copy of the morning newspaper with President-elect Barack Obama on the front page, at the Sacramento, Calif. nursing home where Francis lives. Francis, the nation's oldest man who lived through both world wars, man's first walk on the moon and got to vote for the first black president, has died. He was 112. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)AP - George Francis, the nation's oldest man, who lived through both world wars, man's first walk on the moon and the election of the first black president, has died. He was 112.

Bad harvest, low demand threaten Pacific fishermen (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 07:11 PM CST

Commercial fisherman Duncan MacLean holds up two crabs he just caught from his boat in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. An unusually weak Dungeness crab harvest is compounding the financial woes of West Coast fishermen who were already struggling with depressed consumer demand and the unprecedented collapse of the Pacific chinook salmon fishery. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - An unusually weak Dungeness crab harvest is compounding the financial woes of West Coast fishermen who were already struggling with depressed consumer demand and the unprecedented collapse of the Pacific chinook salmon fishery.

Yale club with noted members faces tough times (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:35 AM CST

Christopher Getman, the newly appointed president of Mory's Board of Governors poses for a photograph with Yale's mascot Handsome Dan the 17th. inside Mory's in New Haven, Conn. Wednesday Dec. 23, 2008. Mory's, a legendary Yale eating and drinking club that traces its roots to the Civil War, has a powerful membership that includes two presidents named Bush. Foreign leaders and movie stars like Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks and Jodie Foster have patronized the club. But Mory's has fallen on tough economic times and has temporarily closed and laid off its employees. The club may not reopen after the winter break. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)AP - Mory's, a legendary Yale eating and drinking club that traces its roots to the Civil War, has a powerful membership that includes two presidents named Bush. Foreign leaders and movie stars such as Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks and Jodie Foster have patronized the club.

Oh, my! Lions set NFL record for futility at 0-16 (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:30 AM CST

AP - They'd known for weeks it was possible, each loss bringing them one stumble closer to a mark no team wants — or even wants to think about.

Obama visits friend on Oahu's North Shore (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 12:40 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama greets well-wishers after his workout at the Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Base in Kailua, Hawaii, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)AP - President-elect Barack Obama and his family spent nearly seven hours on Oahu's North Shore, visiting one of his old high school buddies.

Former Miami newspaper titan dies at age 87 (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 04:03 PM CST

AP - Alvah H. Chapman Jr., former president and chief executive officer of The Miami Herald, chairman of Knight Ridder Corp. and a champion of philanthropic causes in South Florida, has died. He was 87.

Rock songwriter Delaney Bramlett dies in LA at 69 (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 02:41 PM CST

In this July 2, 1970 file photo, guitarist Jerry Garcia, of the band 'The Grateful Dead,' left, is joined by Delaney Bramlett, right, in Calgary, Canada, during the legendary 'Festival Express,' also known as the Transcontinental Pop Festival. Bramlett, who penned classic rock songs such as 'Let it Rain' and worked with musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton, died Saturday Dec. 27, 2008 in Los Angeles. He was 69. (AP Photo/Ron 'Sunshine' Mastrion, File)AP - Singer-songwriter-producer Delaney Bramlett, who penned such classic rock songs as "Let it Rain" and worked with musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton, has died. He was 69.

Futile first: Lions 0-16 after 31-21 loss to Pack (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 12:06 AM CST

AP - Nobody will remember the Detroit Lions came close to winning their last game. All anyone will know — now and forever — is 0-16.

Movie crowds adopt `Marley' with $37M weekend (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 01:07 PM CST

In this image released by 20th Century Fox, Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston are shown in a scene from, 'Marley and Me.' (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Barry Wetcher)AP - Hollywood had a happy holiday with a huge Christmas weekend as movies from Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson, Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett and Adam Sandler all opened strongly.

Streams rise in Midwest following stormy weather (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 03:08 PM CST

Adam Koehl, 11, of Boy Scout Troop 56, moves a sandbag while he and other scouts from various troops help fill some 2,400 sandbags at the Campton Township Highway Department in Lily Lake, Ill., west of Chicago, for use by anyone trying to stem local flooding Saturday morning, Dec. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/The Daily Herald, Laura Stoecker)AP - Midwesterners got ready for the possibility of flooding Sunday as runoff from heavy rain and melting snowbanks bloated streams, and high wind caused new power outages for thousands in Michigan.

Gaza complicates Obama's policy in Mideast (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:25 AM CST

A protester holds a mock-up of a rocket during a protest, against Israel's air assault on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, in Jakarta December 29, 2008. A militant Muslim group in Indonesia said on Monday it plans to recruit as many as 1,000 volunteers to fight in the Gaza Strip in response to Israeli air strikes that have killed more than 300 Palestinians. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA)AP - President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is choosing its words carefully in dealing with Israel's assault on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

'40s femme fatale star Ann Savage dies at 87 (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 05:25 PM CST

In this photo provided by Kent Adamson of the Ann Savage Archive, showa a 1940 photo of veteran movie actress Ann Savage. Savage, who earned a cult following as a femme fatale in such 1940's pulp-fiction movies as 'Detour,' has died at 87. The actress died in her sleep at a nursing home on Christmas Day, Thursday Dec. 25, 2008, from complications following a series of strokes, said her manager, Kent Adamson. (AP Photo/Ann Savage Archive)AP - Ann Savage, who earned a cult following as a femme fatale in such 1940s pulp-fiction movies as "Detour," has died at 87.

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