2009年1月8日星期四

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Melting snow causes heavy flooding in Wash. state (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 03:39 AM CST

Patricia Mathis, left, and her husband Frank Mathis watch the Puyallup River rise outside their Sumner, Wash., trailer park Wednesday,Jan. 7 2009. Sumner officials recommended Rainier Manor residents and nearly 400 others to seek higher ground. The three main highways across the Cascade Range were closed and the National Weather Service issued flood warnings for a number of major rivers in western Washington. (AP Photo / Ingrid Barrentine)AP - Rain and high winds lashed Washington state Wednesday, causing widespread avalanches, mudslides, flooding and road closures as the heavy snowfall that has buried parts of the state began to rapidly melt.

Fla. couple share tale of accidental trip to Cuba (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 02:17 AM CST

AP - Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith never meant to spend the holidays in Cuba.

Fatal Calif. train station shooting sparks anger (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 02:12 AM CST

Police move the protesters down 14th street where cars were broken into and caught fire during the riot through the streets in downtown Oakland, Wed. Jan 7, 2009, in Oakland, Calif. Protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer turned violent Wednesday night with windows broken, fires set and train stations closed. (AP Photo/Lacy Atkins - San Francisco Chronicle)AP - Protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer turned violent Wednesday night with windows broken, fires set and train stations closed.

Study: Bad judgment leads to peril in Utah parks (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 03:35 AM CST

AP - If you're a guy on a day hike in a national park in Utah, step carefully. You're among the most likely to need rescuing.

More species invasions feared for Great Lakes (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 03:34 AM CST

AP - Dozens of foreign species could spread across the Great Lakes in coming years despite policies designed to keep them out, causing significant environmental and economic damage, a federal report says.

Venezuela to keep sending free fuel to US poor (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 03:51 AM CST

Joseph P. Kennedy II, left, Citizens Energy Corporation Chairman and President and Citgo Petroleum CEO Alejandro Granado, right, shake hands during a news conference in Boston Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, where they announced that Citgo ends suspension of its free heating oil program for the poor. Kennedy, head of the Boston-based nonprofit which distributes the fuel, credited the direct intervention of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for helping to keep the controversial program going. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)AP - President Hugo Chavez will keep donating heating oil for poor American families in a costly decision that suggests the Venezuelan leader wants to keep to his pledges — and buttress his image — in spite of falling oil prices.

Wildfires trigger evacuations near Boulder, Colo. (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 01:04 AM CST

Diane Panetta, a hand at the River Song Farm in rural Boulder County, Colo. readies a horse for evacuation as a wind-driven wildfire approaches the farm for the second time on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. Gale force winds are driving the fire which has destroyed one home and a barn. (AP Photo/Peter M. Fredin)AP - Wind-driven wildfires swept across Boulder County grasslands Wednesday, destroying at least four structures and prompting mandatory evacuations of almost 900 homes.

Federal judge arrests Ala. sheriff over jail food (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 09:46 PM CST

AP - A federal judge ordered an Alabama sheriff locked up in his own jail Wednesday after holding him in contempt for failing to adequately feed inmates while profiting from the skimpy meals.

Chicago fire kills 3 children; 1 sibling rescued (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 09:39 PM CST

AP - Firefighters say they have found three young siblings dead in an apartment building that caught fire on Chicago's southeast side.

FBI: Man allegedly threatened to bomb LA-bound jet (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 10:37 PM CST

AP - A Kentucky man who claimed to have a bomb aboard a Los Angeles-bound jetliner and was then tackled and bound by other passengers will not face federal charges, the FBI said Wednesday.

Wash. teen charged with drowning newborn in toilet (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 08:34 PM CST

AP - A 16-year-old girl suspected of drowning an infant boy in a toilet and throwing the body in the trash was charged with murder Wednesday.

NY hears wedding bells, aims to compete with Vegas (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 05:29 PM CST

Carlos Sanchez kisses his bride Jennifer Avilla at the photo wall after getting married during the press preview of New York's new Office of the City Clerk/Marriage Bureau, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. New York has given its marriage bureau a drastic makeover in hopes of making it a Las Vegas-style wedding destination and bringing in more tourism dollars. It replaces a cramped, poorly lit experience with a 24,000-square-foot space that includes a photo wall and a florist. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Watch out, Las Vegas: New York City wants to become the new No. 1 place to tie the knot.

Ex-sheriff's defense blasts Calif. corruption case (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 10:30 PM CST

Former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, who has pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy, three counts of mail fraud and two counts of witness tampering, arrives at Federal Court in Santa Ana, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. Closing arguments are expected to begin Tuesday and jurors could get the case by the end of the day. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Lawyers for a former Orange County sheriff blasted federal prosecutors Wednesday for failing to call one of his ex-assistants as a key witness in his corruption trial.

Galveston officials paint bleak picture after Ike (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 10:03 PM CST

Over four feet of sand is brought to the beach along the Seawall on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, in Galveston,Texas, to repair the damage caused by Hurricane Ike. According to Steve LaBlanc, the city manager of Galveston, the sand is being brought over to the Seawall from the East end of the island. In some places they are adding up to 200 feet of beach. The main concern is to protect the wood pylons beneath the concrete of the seawall. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Nick de la Torre )AP - Galveston officials pleaded with state lawmakers Wednesday for help in rescuing their island city from the dire financial straits it finds itself in nearly four months after the devastation of Hurricane Ike.

Baltimore city councilwoman, developer indicted (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 08:11 PM CST

AP - A grand jury indicted a Baltimore councilwoman and a prominent developer Wednesday, the first public corruption charges in a three-year probe of city finances that has targeted the mayor.

Richardson adviser worked for firm feds probing (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 05:57 PM CST

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson answers questions from the press regarding his withdrawal as the nominee for secretary of the Commerce Department Wednesday Jan. 7, 2008 in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)AP - One of Gov. Bill Richardson's close friends and advisers worked as a consultant for the California firm at the center of a federal pay-to-play probe that derailed the governor's appointment as commerce secretary.

Vets sue CIA, DoD over military experiments (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 06:43 PM CST

Veterans Eric Muth, center, and Frank Rochelle, right, speak at a news conference as their attorney Gordon Erspamer, left, listens at the law offices of Morrison and Foerster in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. Muth and Rochelle are among six veterans who claim they were unwittingly exposed to dangerous chemicals and germs during government-sponsored Cold War experiments. On Wednesday they sued the CIA, Department of Defense and other federal agencies. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - Six veterans who say they were exposed to dangerous chemicals, germs and mind-altering drugs during Cold War-era experiments filed a federal lawsuit against the CIA, Department of Defense and other agencies Wednesday.

Police search Ky. landfill for NJ baby remains (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 05:54 PM CST

This photo provided by Kalynn Moore shows her holding her son, Bashere Davon Moyd Jr., at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, N.J., on Dec. 21, 2008. Christ Hospital officials say Moore, 26, had a stillborn baby on Dec. 21, 2008, at the hospital in Jersey City. The baby's body was missing when funeral workers went to pick it up on Jan. 2, 2009. Police are searching garbage dumps in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for the baby's body which may have been thrown out with the trash at the hospital. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Kalynn Moore)AP - The search for the remains of a Jersey City baby apparently thrown in the trash by a hospital has moved to Kentucky, but police fear the corpse has already been incinerated.

Environmental group backs canal for Calif. delta (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 08:07 PM CST

AP - A national environmental group recommended Wednesday that California overhaul its water-delivery system by building a canal around the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

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