2009年1月2日星期五

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Ex-resident threatened 'mass death' in ritzy Aspen (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 02:58 AM CST

Federal agents and members of the bomb squad from the Grand Junction, Colo., search a Jeep Cherokee owned by a suspect in two bomb threats in Aspen, Colo., on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, early on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, after the vehicle was found just outside the tiny resort town in the Colorado mountains. The suspect, 72-year-old Jim Blanning, was found dead in the vehicle following the bank robbery and extortion attempts. (AP Photo/Aspen Daily News, Zach Ornitz)AP - A one-time resident of this city who had been bitter over its transformation into a playground for the rich left four gift-wrapped bombs downtown in a bank-robbery attempt, turning New Year's Eve celebrations into a mass evacuation, police said Thursday.

2 major Wash. passes closed by snow; 1 reopens (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 02:59 AM CST

Travelers, including Steve Winter of Renton, Wash., center, wait in a parking lot on Snoqualmie Ridge ski resort to be escorted westbound down the eastbound lanes toward North Bend by the Washington State Patrol Friday, Jan. 1, 2009, in North Bend, Wash.. Heavy snow fall and high avalanche risk have closed three major mountain passes that won't reopen until Friday. Forecasters are predicting 5 to 6 feet of snow in the Cascades through Saturday.(AP Photo/Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Andy Rogers)AP - Falling snow and a high threat of avalanches prompted officials to close three main east-west mountain passes in Washington state on New Year's Day and at least two of the highways were expected to remain shut down into Friday.

Suicides in national parks increase in 2008 (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 02:51 AM CST

AP - Freshly unemployed, former business executive Bruce J. Colburn flew to the far northwest corner of Montana in search of a place to die.

Special-needs student, 22, left on NYC bus in cold (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 12:34 AM CST

AP - A 22-year-old man with cerebral palsy spent a frigid New Year's night alone on a school bus after a caretaker left him there, police and his family said.

4 arrested in N. California gang rape of lesbian (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 09:27 PM CST

This undated image provided by the Richmond (Calif.) Police Department shows Josue Gonzalez. Gonzalez, 21, turned himself in Thursday Jan. 1, 2009, after police announced they were searching for him. He was wanted on charges of gang rape, kidnapping and carjacking. (AP Photo/Richmond Police Department)AP - Two men and two teens have been arrested on suspicion of gang-raping a woman last month in the San Francisco Bay area while allegedly taunting her for being a lesbian, police said Thursday.

DC house fire kills girl, her parents, 2 others (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 06:28 PM CST

The remains of a house fire are seen, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, in Washington. A fire department spokesman says three people died at the scene, while two others died at a hospital. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - A fire broke out at a Washington home Thursday morning, killing a 5-year-old girl, her parents and two others, fire officials said.

FAA: 2 dead in fiery plane crash at Ill. airport (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 01:16 AM CST

AP - Two passengers died late Thursday when an airplane crashed at Joliet Regional Airport, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration said.

RI Sen. Pell, creator of Pell Grants, dies at 90 (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 09:29 PM CST

In this Sept. 5, 1995 file photo, Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., announces that he will not seek a seventh term during a news conference in Providence, R.I. Former six-term Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell has died after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. He was 90. Pell, a Democrat, is best known for the grant program in his name that has helped millions attended college. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)AP - Claiborne Pell, the quirky blueblood who represented blue-collar Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate for 36 years and was the force behind a grant program that has helped tens of millions of Americans attend college, died Thursday after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 90.

Sunshine, big crowds greet New Year's Rose Parade (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 08:14 PM CST

The 2009 Rose Queen Courtney Chou Lee, 17, center waves from her float with her Royal Court along Colorado Blvd. during the 120th Rose Parade in Pasadena Calif., Thursday, Jan 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Spectators who claimed their spots for the Rose Parade hours before it began were rewarded Thursday with spangled dancers paying tribute to Broadway, a lush garden wedding flanked by sari-clad models representing India's Bollywood film industry and a giant robot with a surprise under his hat.

Mummers strut in Philly despite cold, money woes (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 11:41 PM CST

A member of the Ferko string band performs at the city hall judging area during the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)AP - Musicians dressed as Wild West gunslingers and comics dressed as bullfighters, knights and Mexican wrestlers strutted in the annual Mummers Parade, celebrating New Year's Day and the holiday tradition's escape from the city's budget ax.

Uncle arrested in Idaho girl's snowstorm death (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 09:47 PM CST

In this photo provided by the Jerome County Sheriff's Department, Kenneth Quintana, 29, is shown. Quintana was arrested early Thursday Jan. 1, 2009, on suspicion of second-degree murder and drug possession. Officers say they found Quintana with methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. (AP Photo/Jerome County Sheriff's Department)AP - A man who allegedly allowed his 11-year-old niece and 12-year-old nephew to attempt a 10-mile walk to their mother's house on a frigid Christmas Day was arrested on a murder warrant Thursday in connection with the hypothermia death of the little girl.

Car going 54 mph over limit crashes in Ohio; 5 die (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 05:57 PM CST

AP - A car estimated to be going 54 mph over the speed limit struck railroad tracks on an Ohio road, went airborne and crashed early on New Year's Day, killing all five people inside, Dayton police said.

Powerful NY lawmaker says he'll support Kennedy (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 11:36 PM CST

Caroline Kennedy responds during an interview, Friday, Dec. 26, 2008 in New York. Kennedy's name first surfaced as a possible replacement for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in early December after President-elect Barack Obama nominated Clinton to be secretary of state. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)AP - Despite early reservations, New York state's most powerful legislative leader now says he'll support Caroline Kennedy for the U.S. Senate if the governor names her to the seat expected to be vacated by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Santa gunman led 2 lives to plot killings (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 10:29 PM CST

Roxanne Jauregui, a close friend of Sylvia Pardo, comments on Bruce Padro's character, during a television interview at her home in Pomona, Calif. on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. Sylvia Pardo and eight of her immediate family members died late Christmas Eve when Pardo's ex-husband, Bruce, donned a Santa Claus suit, burst into a holiday party on a shooting rampage and then torched his former in-laws' home. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Before donning the Santa Claus suit that would deceive his first victim, Bruce Pardo spent months plotting his Christmas Eve massacre behind a mask of friendliness that fooled his neighbors, lawyer and the ex-wife he killed along with eight of her kin.

Dad re-enters fiery Mo. home to save kids; all die (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 07:44 PM CST

AP - An early-morning fire in an eastern Missouri home has claimed the lives of two children and their father, who initially escaped but ran back inside to rescue his son and daughter.

Lawyer: Dec. 25 movie gunman fired in self-defense (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 04:45 PM CST

This undated photo released Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, by the Philadelphia Police Department shows James Joseph Cialella. Philadelphia police say Cialella, enraged about a noisy family near him in a movie theater Christmas night, shot the father in the arm. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department)AP - An Iraq veteran charged in a Christmas night shooting over noisy moviegoers fired in self-defense, his lawyer said.

Baltimore police commissioner makes collar himself (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 04:03 PM CST

AP - After Baltimore's New Year's Eve fireworks celebration was canceled by strong winds, the city's police commissioner hit the streets and collared a few revelers who he said fired illegal guns into the air.

Community's future, vistas clouded by sludge spill (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 12:12 PM CST

AP - Tom Grizzard wonders what the future holds for a spot that once seemed the perfect place to live. His pastoral enclave boasted vistas of tree-covered hills, glimpses of the Emory River and access to fishing holes and hunting havens.

Family of Utah mine collapse victim awarded money (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 03:38 PM CST

AP - A coal company has been ordered to pay full benefits to the family of one of the six miners killed in the 2007 collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine.

Doctor, former patient now colleagues in Detroit (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 02:08 PM CST

This undated picture provided by the Henry Ford Hospital shows Dr. Trevor Banka, left, and Dr. Michael Mott, in the operating room at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Mich. (AP Photo/Henry Ford Hospital)AP - When Dr. Trevor Banka treats cancer patients alongside Dr.

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