2009年6月2日星期二

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Man charged in death of Kansas abortion provider (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:38 PM PDT

This undated booking photo released Tuesday, June 2, 2009 by the Sedgwick County Jail shows Scott Roeder, 51, who made his first court appearance Tuesday in Sedgwick County District Court in Wichita, Kan. Roeder was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the death of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, asking the judge by video when he would see his court-appointed lawyer. (AP Photo/Sedgwick County Jail)AP - An activist abortion opponent was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the death of late-term abortion provider Dr.

National D-Day Memorial on brink of financial ruin (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:46 PM PDT

FILE - This June 6, 2001 file photo shows the National D-Day Memorial during the dedication, with President George W. Bush on hand in Bedford, Va. With the celebration this week of D-Day's 65th anniversary comes sobering news: The foundation that that runs a national memorial to the Normandy landing is on the brink of financial ruin. (AP Photo/Steve Helber/File)AP - On the eve of the 65th anniversary of D-Day, the foundation that runs the National D-Day Memorial is on the brink of financial ruin. Donations are down in the poor economy. The primary base of support — World War II veterans — is dying off. And the privately funded memorial is struggling to draw visitors because it's hundreds of miles from a major city.

Louisville Zoo train wrecked despite daily checks (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:41 PM PDT

This aerial video image provided by WHAS Television shows a Monday, June 1, 2009 derailment of a zoo train carrying visitors at the Louisville Zoo in Louisville, Ky. The miniature train derailment injured 22 people. (AP Photo/via WHAS)AP - A miniature train that derailed and injured 22 people at the Louisville Zoo underwent daily inspections and passed a state examination in January, safety officials said Tuesday.

'Rockefeller' ex-wife says she made poor choices (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:54 PM PDT

Sandra Boss, ex-wife of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, who calls himself Clark Rockefeller, slumps in her chair on the witness stand after two hours of cross examination during Gerhartsreiter's kidnapping trial in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Gerhartsreiter, originally from Germany, is charged with kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Bill Greene, Pool)AP - At work, Sandra Boss was a dynamic, Harvard-educated executive who made $2 million a year and advised companies on complex business strategies. But at home, she was a "stupid" wife who believed her husband's fantastic lies about his past and allowed him to control almost every aspect of her life, she testified Tuesday at her ex-husband's kidnapping trial.

Chicago officer convicted of battery on bartender (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:02 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo taken from video shot on Feb. 19, 2007 and released by FOX News Chicago, shows an altercation between Chicago police officer Anthony Abbate, center, and a female bartender, center on floor, at a Chicago bar. A judge has dismissed official misconduct charges against a Chicago police officer accused of beating a female bartender half his size after she refused to serve him more drinks. Judge John Fleming dismissed the misconduct charges, saying former bartender Karolina Obrycka herself testified that Abbate never showed his badge or identified himself as an officer. The judge says that means he wasn't acting in an official capacity and can't be charged with misconduct. (AP Photo/FOX News Chicago, File)AP - A hulking Chicago police officer who claimed he pummeled a female bartender half his size because he thought he was in danger was found guilty Tuesday of aggravated battery.

2 Ark. prison escapees captured in New York state (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:10 PM PDT

Calvin Adams, 39, is seen in an undated handout photo released Saturday, May 30, 2009 by the Arkansas Dept. of Corrections. Calvin Adams, 39, and Jeffrey Grinder, 32, both convicted murderers ,escaped Friday evening, May 29, 2009, from the Cummins Unit prison in Grady, Ark., more than three hours before officials realized they were missing, corrections department spokeswoman Dina Tyler said. Both men were serving life sentences without the possibility of parole. (AP Photo/via Ark. Dept. of Corrections)AP - A pair of convicted murderers were captured in New York state Tuesday after a 20-mile chase in the same car they used to flee from an Arkansas prison last week while wearing guard uniforms.

Exclusive Yellowstone Club sale approved for $115M (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:21 PM PDT

AP - A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a plan to sell the exclusive Yellowstone Club in Montana for $115 million to a Boston investor group.

NY senators to Army: Stop the presses! (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:19 PM PDT

AP - Calling it a "mistake" and not in the spirit or intent of the economic recovery legislation they supported, New York's U.S. senators have asked the Army Corps of Engineers to stop a $120,000 federal stimulus project for Onondaga Lake because it won't create new jobs or infrastructure.

Police: W.Va. man may be linked to 5 slayings (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:50 PM PDT

AP - A man who led authorities to two bodies with a package of handwritten notes and a two-hour audiotape killed himself Tuesday as deputies knocked on his motel room door to arrest him on murder and arson charges.

SC funeral home license revoked for cutting corpse (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:38 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Anne Hines, soul and funk guitarist James Hines is seen with his wife Anne Hines in Jan. 2004 about nine months before he died of skin cancer in Allendale, S.C. Authorities revoked the licenses of a South Carolina funeral home and its director Monday, June 1, 2009, after he admitted one of his employees cut the legs of James Hines a 6- foot-7 man without the family's permission so the corpse would fit in a casket. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Anne Hines)AP - Authorities revoked the licenses of a South Carolina funeral home and its director after he admitted one of his employees cut the legs of a 6-foot-7 man without the family's permission so the corpse would fit in a casket.

Supreme Court denies OH death row inmate's appeals (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:45 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. Supreme Court has denied appeals by an Ohio inmate scheduled to be executed Wednesday for locking a woman in a car trunk and burning her alive.

States give Hollywood a fortune in tax breaks (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:35 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 8. 2008, file photo, shows film crew works on a set at Gina's Bridal for a movie called 'Demoted' in Milford, Mich. Michigan, which offers one of the most generous tax credits in the nation, equal to 42 percent of production costs, gave away $48 million in incentives last year and is expected to pay out $198 million in the 2010 fiscal year, which starts in the fall. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)AP - Many states that are cutting spending on schools, roads and other basics have been lavishing hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives on Hollywood studios to lure TV and movie productions — this, despite scant evidence that taxpayers come out ahead on such deals.

New Orleans again nation's murder capital (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:29 PM PDT

AP - A newspaper analysis of fresh FBI statistics finds that New Orleans is once again the nation's murder capital.

Convicted federal judge submits resignation letter (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:10 PM PDT

AP - A convicted federal judge told the president Tuesday he would resign from the bench in June 2010, nearly a year after he enters prison for lying about sexually abusing two assistants.

'Father Oprah' is big news in Hispanic community (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:16 PM PDT

The congregation listens as Rev. Alberto Cutie gives his first sermon at the Church of the Resurrection since leaving the Roman Catholic Church in Biscayne Park, Fla. on Sunday May 31, 2009. (AP Photo/C.M. Guerrero, Pool)AP - It has the makings of a telenovela: A handsome Cuban-American priest and TV personality caught cavorting with his girlfriend on a Florida beach. After much soul-searching, he decides to leave the Catholic Church for his love.

Minn. Gov. Pawlenty won't seek 3rd term in 2010 (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:29 PM PDT

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty gives a news conference in St. Paul, Minn. on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 where he announced that he would not seek a third term. His wife Mary and daughters Anna, second from right, and Marta, right, look on. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty erased one doubt about his political future while blowing open another, passing Tuesday on a third-term bid while declining to say if he'll set his sights on the White House. Pawlenty dismissed talk of a 2012 Republican presidential campaign as premature, saying he would focus on the next 19 months to finish his term strong.

NCR Corp. moving headquarters to Georgia from Ohio (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:40 PM PDT

AP - NCR Corp., the world's leading provider of ATMs, announced Tuesday that it is trading in the Rust Belt for the Sun Belt, relocating its corporate headquarters from Dayton, Ohio, to suburban Atlanta.

Lawsuits over wolf hunting filed in Mont., Wyo. (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:30 PM PDT

This undated picture provided by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MFWP) shows a Grey Wolf at an undisclosed location in Montana. The grey wolf was Monday taken off the US list of endangered species, making a comeback 35 years after it virtually disappeared and can now be hunted in most US states, officials said.(AFP/MFWP)AP - A pair of federal judges will decide which states in the Northern Rockies have enough gray wolves to allow public hunting, as the bitter debate over the region's wolves heads to courts in Wyoming and Montana.

Ohio troopers balk at contract weight limits (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 11:38 AM PDT

AP - Ohio state troopers — who face extra poundage for sitting long hours in patrol cars — are fighting back at a state rule that allows dismissal for those who consistently exceed weight limits.

Mich. teen gets probation for burning man's groin (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 05:04 PM PDT

AP - A teenager in suburban Detroit has apologized for lighting a man's pants on fire and causing a third-degree burn to the man's groin. Eighteen-year-old Tyler Quick spoke Tuesday before the judge sentenced him to probation. He pleaded guilty last month to assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder.

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