2009年1月5日星期一

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Supporters rally behind Blagojevich pick, Burris (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 09:40 PM CST

Roland Burris right, and wife Berlean, second from right, along with U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush (D)-Ill, second from left, attend the New Covenant Baptist Church during a rally in Chicago, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. Burris is leaving for Washington D.C. on Monday, after Il. Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed him to fill President elect Barack Obama's Senate seat. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - Just days before a high-stakes showdown in the nation's capital, the man selected to take President-elect Barack Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat sought spiritual and political support on Sunday at a South Side Chicago church.


8 dead, 1 hurt after chopper crashes in La. marsh (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 03:02 AM CST

Emergency personnel work at boat launch in Gibson, La. to coordinate recovery efforts for the bodies of eight people killed Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009 when a helicopter transporting oilfield workers went down in western Terrebonne Parish, about 100 miles southwest of New Orleans. (AP Photo/The Houma Daily Courier, Matt Stamey)AP - Federal officials were expected to arrive Monday to find out why a helicopter bound for an offshore oil platform crashed in Louisiana's marshlands, killing eight and critically injuring another.


Obama bids Midwest goodbye, lands in Washington (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 10:45 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama leaves the plane after his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President-elect Barack Obama rejoined his family in Washington on Sunday evening after bidding a poignant farewell to his Chicago home as he begins final preparations for his Jan. 20 inauguration.


Grandma, guardsman, girl: War's toll felt at home (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 02:08 PM CST

AP - When her son got his orders to head back to Iraq, Rosa Lamourt hatched her scheme to keep him stateside.

Ill gov allies vanish as impeachment vote nears (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 12:15 PM CST

AP - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich doesn't have many friends these days, particularly among the lawmakers who will decide whether to throw him out of office.

Critics say Newark barbed wire ban helps criminals (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 12:16 PM CST

Christopher Awuah walks through the lot of his JL Automotive in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, past cars that the wheels and tires have been stolen since the city ordered the removal of barbed wire from the top of the lot's fence. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Some business owners in this crime-plagued city say recent enforcement of a decades-old ordinance prohibiting some types of barbed wire and razor wire is making Newark more attractive — to thieves.


Abandoned toddler leads Ohio police to slain mom (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 01:45 PM CST

AP - Authorities were searching for the gunman who killed a woman at her home and then abandoned her 4-year-old son at a highway rest stop.

12-year-old Arizona boy guilty in mom's shooting (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 03:43 AM CST

AP - A 12-year-old boy who fatally shot his mother after an argument over his chores was found guilty of premeditated murder.
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