2009年1月1日星期四

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Clintons, revelers ring in 2009 in Times Square (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 01:54 AM CST

Fireworks explode over the Acropolis Hill during the New Year's celebrations in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009.(AP Photo/Milos Bicanski)AP - Hundreds of thousands of revelers rang in 2009 from frigid Times Square as the famous Waterford crystal ball dropped, signaling the end of a historic and troubled year that saw the election of the first black U.S. president and the worst economic crisis in decades.

Senate fight deflects attention from Ill. governor (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 02:40 AM CST

In this Dec. 30, 2008 file photo, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush D-Ill. speaks in Chicago after Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, announced his choice of former Ill. Attorney General Roland Burris, right, to fill President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat. Blagojevich's appointment of Burris could be a shrewd political move, helping the embattled governor win over black lawmakers in the impeachment process and perhaps even potential black jurors in his corruption case. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Roland Burris is battling for a U.S. Senate seat in court and through the media, briefly shifting the spotlight away from the man who picked him for the job, embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Tenn. gov. promises more oversight of ash ponds (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 07:19 PM CST

AP - Tennessee's governor promised greater oversight of coal ash retention ponds Wednesday after viewing damage from a spill that released more than a billion gallons of ashy sludge.

Snow and wind add bitter chill to end of 2008 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 09:59 PM CST

A cardinal waits her turn at a bird feeder during a cold winter day in Clarence, N.Y., Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/David Duprey)AP - Winter storm warnings and plummeting temperatures put a chill on New Year's Eve plans for hundreds of thousands of revelers.

Va. priest struck and killed by falling tree (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 03:21 PM CST

AP - Authorities say a Roman Catholic priest in northern Virginia was killed by a falling tree while trying to clear another fallen tree from a road during windy weather.

Ill. Senate pick stands by criticism of governor (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 05:52 PM CST

Former Ill. Attorney General Roland Burris, right, takes questions after Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced Burris as his choice to fill President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008 in Chicago.(AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick for the U.S. Senate said Wednesday that he stands behind his earlier criticism of the Illinois governor, but refused to say whether Blagojevich should resign.

Colorado's 'Make My Day' law eyed in home shooting (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 08:07 PM CST

AP - Prosecutors are considering whether a Colorado law meant to protect homeowners against intruders applies in the case of a man killed outside a house he mistakenly thought was his.

Fall weather set stage for deadly avalanche season (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 06:54 PM CST

AP - The stage was set for avalanches that have killed 19 people in western North America in two weeks by fall weather that created slick, unstable, icy slabs on mountains across the region, avalanche experts say.

Palin: Future son-in-law is no high school dropout (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 09:17 PM CST

AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says her future son-in-law is not a high school dropout as the press is reporting.

Teen defends evangelist Alamo in leaked Web video (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 08:20 PM CST

AP - State officials on Wednesday asked a judge to take steps to remove from the Internet a leaked video in which a teenage follower of Tony Alamo defends the jailed evangelist and says he would never commit the sex crimes of which he is accused.

Schwarzenegger tries again to close $41.6B deficit (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 05:15 PM CST

AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration on Wednesday released his latest plan to close a deficit projected at $41.6 billion over the next 18 months, a proposal that looks much like one he released months earlier.

NY Democratic advisers talk up 'caretaker' senator (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 05:05 PM CST

In this Oct. 12, 2008 file photo, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. stands with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, during a campaign rally in Scranton, Pa. (AP Photo/Jimmy May, File)AP - Sen. Bill Clinton? Sen. Mario Cuomo? Don't completely rule it out. The former president and the former New York governor are among several boldface names being touted as possible "caretakers" for New York's Senate seat — people who would serve until the 2010 elections but wouldn't be interested in running to keep the job.

NASA chief's wife to Obama: Don't fire my husband (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:53 PM CST

In this Wednesday, March 26, 2008 file photo, NASA administrator Michael Griffin, speaks to reporters at a news conference after space shuttle Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Late on Christmas Eve, one last wish was sent, by e-mail: Please let NASA Administrator Michael Griffin keep his job. It was from his wife. There are other efforts, too, by those close to Griffin, and their lobbying on his behalf to President-elect Barack Obama is unusually bold, even for ego-heavy Washington. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Late on Christmas Eve, one last wish was sent, by e-mail: Please let NASA Administrator Michael Griffin keep his job. It was from his wife.

Burris goes to court to push appointment through (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 05:44 PM CST

AP - U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris has asked a court to force Secretary of State Jesse White to certify his appointment to President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat.

Police: Teens set boy's hair on fire, made video (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 10:39 AM CST

AP - Police say two Maryland teens lit a boy's hair on fire and recorded the attack on a camera phone.

Shhh! Gadget racket threatens pulsar research (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 08:02 AM CST

Wesley Sizemore, an interference hunter for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, works in his electromagnetic interference tracking truck on Oct. 7, 2008, in Green Bank, W.Va. Sizemore is one of three at the NRAO who try to keep the observatory free from stray electromagnetic interference. (AP Photo/Brian Farkas)AP - Of all the threats to scientific research Wesley Sizemore has stymied over the years, satellites and cell phone towers don't stick in his memory quite like the possessive old hound and its treasured heating pad.

Smoking ban leads to major drop in heart attacks (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 05:06 PM CST

A man smokes a cigarette. In a ruling which could pave the way towards huge lawsuits against tobacco companies, the top US court Monday said smokers can sue over the allegedly deceptive marketing of AP - A smoking ban in one Colorado city led to a dramatic drop in heart attack hospitalizations within three years, a sign of just how serious a health threat secondhand smoke is, government researchers said Wednesday.

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