2009年3月29日星期日

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Fargo divides day between church, city's salvation (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 05:28 PM PDT

Workers scramble to pull an outlet hose for a pump over a dike as a helicopter behind lowers a giant sandbag in an attempt to patch a leak at the flooded Oak Grove Lutheran school Sunday, March 29, 2009, in Fargo, N.D. The bloated Red River briefly breached a dike early Sunday, pouring water into the school campus and the mayor called it a 'wakeup call' for a city that needs to be vigilant for weaknesses in levees that could give way at any time. Crews managed to largely contain the flooding to the school campus, preventing more widespread damage in nearby areas. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Weary residents of this sandbagged city came together in churches Sunday, counting their blessings that the Red River finally stopped rising and praying the levees would hold back its wrath. A brief levee break that swamped a school provided a warning of the kind of threat that still hangs over them in the days ahead.

7 residents, 1 nurse die in nursing home shooting (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 04:42 PM PDT

Investigators examine a weapon at the scene where a gunman opened fire at a nursing home Sunday morning, killing at least six people and wounding several others in Carthage, N.C., Sunday, March 29, 2009. The gunman was also injured before he was apprehended by police after the 10 a.m. shooting at Pinelake Health and Rehab, Police Chief Chris McKenzie told several television stations. A police officer was also hurt. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - A lone gunman burst into a North Carolina nursing home Sunday morning and started "shooting everything," barging into the rooms of terrified patients, sparing some from his rampage without explanation while killing seven residents and a nurse caring for them.

Mass. man kills 2 sisters, but police save the 3rd (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 04:02 PM PDT

A police investigator enters the house as Mavis Phillips reacts outside the scene of a double murder, Sunday, March 29, 2009, in Milton, Mass. Phillips said she was a co-worker of Regine Revelus whose son murdered two of his sisters and injured a third before being shot by police on Saturday. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP - A man on a rampage fatally stabbed his 17-year-old sister, decapitated his 5-year-old sister in front of a police officer and then turned toward his 9-year-old sister with a knife in his hand before officers shot him dead in what their chief described as "a killing field."

AP Enterprise: Few in flood zone have insurance (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 12:18 PM PDT

People work to set up a pump as others bring in sandbags at the flooded Oak Grove Lutheran school Sunday, March 29, 2009, in Fargo, N.D. The bloated Red River briefly breached a dike early Sunday, pouring water into the school campus and the mayor called it a 'wakeup call' for a city that needs to be vigilant for weaknesses in levees that could give way at any time. Crews managed to largely contain the flooding to the school campus, preventing more widespread damage in nearby areas. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - As the Red River crept within view of their backyard this past week, Denette and Billy Narum had an extra incentive to pray their sandbags held. Like most people in the path of potential floods, they have no flood insurance.

Gates: No change soon on `don't ask, don't tell' (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 07:04 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates speak to reporters during a news briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, March 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Don't expect any change soon to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy about gays in the military.

Fargo hotel becomes church for flood-weary (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 10:57 AM PDT

Pam Erickson folds her hands in prayer for victims of the Red River flooding during a city wide worship service at the Ramada Plaza & Suites, Sunday, March 29, 2009, in Fargo, N.D. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - A hotel in Fargo has become a church for many people whose own houses of worship have closed because of the threat of flooding from the swollen Red River.

Urban coyote attacks on rise, alarming residents (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 12:42 PM PDT

This is an undated file photograph taken in November of 2008 of a pair of coyotes roaming through a housing subdivision in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo., that was taken by a member of the Colorado Division of Wildlife. After a handful of recent attacks by coyotes in suburban Denver enclaves, officials are trying to keep the animals away from residents. (AP Photo/Colorado Divison of Wildlife)AP - A coyote ambling into a Chicago sandwich shop or taking up residence in New York's Central Park understandably creates a stir. But even here on the high plains of Colorado, where the animals are part of the landscape and figure prominently in Western lore, people are being taken aback by rising coyote encounters.

Guns on Campus: Bills would allow guns at college (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 10:06 AM PDT

University of Texas graduate student John Woods poses for photos near an off-campus cafe Friday, March 27, 2009, in Austin, Texas. Woods, who was a student at Virginia Tech in 2007 when a shooting rampage left 32 people dead, including in the girl he had been dating, is among the leaders in a fight against bills in the Texas Legislature that would allow licensed concealed gun carriers to bring their weapons to school. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)AP - John Woods sometimes sits in a classroom at the University of Texas and wonders what would happen if somebody walked in and started shooting.

Huffington Post launches journalism venture (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 11:12 AM PDT

AP - The Huffington Post said Sunday that it will bankroll a group of investigative journalists, directing them at first to look at stories about the nation's economy.

NY House special election seen as Obama's 1st test (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 03:46 PM PDT

AP - Two months ago, it would have been hard for the most ardent political wonk to find the state's 20th Congressional District on a map. On Tuesday, it will be the center of the American political landscape, with Republicans hoping desperately a win there will knock President Barack Obama off stride and Democrats looking to build on the momentum of the past two years.

Mass. police: Man killed sisters at birthday party (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 09:54 AM PDT

AP - Massachusetts police say a 23-year-old man stabbed two of his sisters to death and left a third with serious injuries before being fatally shot by police after getting into an argument during a birthday party.

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