2009年1月9日星期五

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Illinois House on verge of impeaching Blagojevich (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:22 AM CST

Rep. Jack Franks (D-Woodstock) votes to recommend the impeachment of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to the House during an Illinois House Impeachment Committee hearing Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, in Springfield, Ill. The committee voted unanimously to recommend impeachment putting the matter before the full house. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)AP - Gov. Rod Blagojevich faces almost certain impeachment by the Illinois House, a historic step that would trigger a trial to determine whether the Democratic governor should be tossed out of office.

Obama to finalize national security team Friday (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:22 AM CST

In this Dec. 5, 2006 file photo, Leon Panetta, then a member of the Iraq Study Group, walks into a Washington hotel. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)AP - President-elect Barack Obama is completing his national security team by announcing his unusual choices for CIA director and a national intelligence director who may face tough Senate confirmation questioning over how he confronted the Indonesian military when civilian massacres were occurring in East Timor.

Toxic coal ash piling up in ponds in 32 states (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:47 AM CST

In this Monday, Dec. 29, 2008 file image provided by Greenpeace, coal ash slurry left behind in a containment pond near the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant is shown in Harriman, Tenn., after the dyke at left broke Dec. 22, 2008. Millions of tons of toxic coal ash is piling up in power plant ponds in 32 states, a practice the federal government has long recognized as a risk to human health and the environment but has left unregulated. (AP Photo/Greeenpeace, Wade Payne)AP - Millions of tons of toxic coal ash is piling up in power plant ponds in 32 states, a practice the federal government has long recognized as a risk to human health and the environment but has left unregulated.

Burris denies Senate-seat deals, waits for court (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:23 AM CST

U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris testifies during the Illinois House Impeachment Committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)AP - Roland Burris raised his right hand in a committee room at the Illinois Capitol, swearing to tell a room full of lawmakers the truth about his appointment by embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich to the state's vacant U.S. Senate seat.

Fatal police shooting sparks violent protests (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 10:41 PM CST

Gabrielle Rae holds a photo of Oscar Grant while attending a BART board of directors meeting on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, in Oakland, Calif. Speakers criticized the transit agency for its handling of a New Year's Days incident involving a BART police officer who shot and killed Grant, an unarmed 22-year old. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)AP - In grainy cell-phone videos played over and over on the Internet, police officers force an unarmed black man to the ground and hold him face-down on a crowded train platform. Suddenly one of the officers draws his gun and fatally shoots the man in the back — then looks up.

Quake rattles Southern Calif.; no damage reported (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 12:48 AM CST

AP - A moderate earthquake rattled much of Southern California on Thursday, with shaking felt from north of Los Angeles down to the Mexican border. No damage or injuries were reported.

Northwest flooding closes roads, stalls commerce (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 08:03 PM CST

Interstate 5 is covered by the flooding Chehalis River Thursday morning, Jan. 8, 2009, in Chehalis, Wash. Rain and high winds lashed Washington state Wednesday, causing widespread avalanches, mudslides, flooding and road closures from rapid snowmelt and the three main highways across the Cascade Range were closed. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Floods, mudslides and avalanches in the Pacific Northwest kept tens of thousands of people from their homes Thursday, brought freight trains to a standstill and stranded hundreds of trucks along the major highways that link Seattle's busy ports with markets around the country.

Border Patrol to close Calif. plaza for new fence (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 09:29 PM CST

A sign hung by the Raza Rights Coalition hangs on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Friendship Park in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008. The U.S. Border Patrol will close the park on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean to make way for a triple fence, people who were informed by the agency said Wednesday. Friendship Park, in the U.S. which was dedicated in 1971 by then-First Lady Patricia Nixon, draws big crowds on both sides of the border, especially on summer weekends. The top of the sign reads in Spanish 'No to the wall of death.' (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - A half-acre plaza that has stood for the goodwill between Mexico and the United States is closing to make way for a triple fence along the U.S. southern border, the California State Parks Department confirmed Thursday.

Police: Teen planning school shooting in custody (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 07:49 PM CST

AP - A teenager who authorities say was plotting to "shoot up" a North Carolina high school is in custody because of a tip from a teen who chatted with the suspect online, investigators said Thursday.

Catholics targeted by NY man in $17M Ponzi scheme (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 08:07 PM CST

AP - An 82-year-old businessman was charged Thursday with running a Ponzi scheme that took in at least $17 million from a clientele gleaned largely through ads in Catholic newspapers.

Crews contain Colo. wildfire; residents return (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 12:37 AM CST

Bobra Goldsmith.78, surveys the remnants of her home on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, which was destroyed after a utility pole toppled sparking the first of three fires in rural Boulder County, Colo. Thousands of residents returned to their homes Thursday, thankful that an erratic, fast-moving wildfire fanned by high winds in Boulder County spared all but two homes. Crews made steady progress encircling the blaze and called the lack of casualties and significant property damage nothing short of a miracle.(AP Photo/Peter M. Fredin)AP - Thousands of evacuated residents, including former FEMA chief Michael D. Brown, began returning to their homes Thursday after firefighters gained control over a wildfire near Denver that destroyed two houses and several outbuildings.

Calif. court rejects lawsuit against tax increases (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 09:36 PM CST

AP - An anti-tax group will consider new legal action after a California appeals court tossed out a lawsuit that sought to block tax increases passed by Democrats in the state Legislature, the group said Thursday.

Diocese seeks $20M from breakaway Episcopalians (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 07:29 PM CST

AP - Episcopal leaders in Pittsburgh went to court Thursday seeking to recover $20 million in assets they believe were wrongfully taken when the conservative branches split from the liberal diocese in October.

Missouri Sen. Kit Bond won't seek re-election (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 09:18 PM CST

Missouri's senior Sen. Christopher 'Kit' Bond, R-Mo., addresses members of the Missouri House of Representatives Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, in Jefferson City, Mo. Bond, 69, announced he would not seek re-election in 2010. (AP Photo/Kelley McCall)AP - Republican Sen. Kit Bond announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2010, saying he wants to go out "at the top of my game" and setting the stage for what one expert said could be a "land rush" for the seat.

LA judge hears bid to dismiss MySpace conviction (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 05:18 PM CST

This Sept. 4, 2008 file photo shows Lori Drew leaves court in Los Angeles. Contending it's not a federal crime to violate the service terms of a Web site, a defense attorney has asked a judge to dismiss the conviction of Drew in a cruel Internet hoax on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - An attorney for a woman convicted in a MySpace hoax directed at a teen who ended up committing suicide asked a judge to dismiss her convictions Thursday, saying a computer-fraud law was improperly used to prosecute her.

Missing Kan. boy was once briefly in state custody (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 07:20 PM CST

AP - A boy whose disappearance went unreported for 10 years was once taken away from his adoptive parents, then returned days later, Kansas' social services agency said Thursday.

Judge delays start of evangelist Alamo's trial (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 06:57 PM CST

AP - A federal judge on Thursday delayed the trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo on charges he took young girls across state lines for sex.

Prosecutors: Madoff was ready to send out $173M (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 06:23 PM CST

Wall Street investor Bernard Madoff, pictured in 2008, ordered his London-based company to transfer 100 million pounds to his US firm just weeks before his arrest on suspicion of massive fraud, it was reported Friday.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AP - Prosecutors said Thursday that investigators found 100 signed checks worth $173 million in Bernard Madoff's office desk that he was ready to send out to his closest family and friends at the time of his arrest last month in what is alleged to be largest financial fraud in history.

Court papers: Gotti neighbor was dissolved in acid (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 05:22 PM CST

AP - It is perhaps the most intriguing unsolved mystery from the gaudy gangland career of John Gotti: Whatever happened to the neighbor who accidentally ran over and killed the mobster's 12-year-old son — and then vanished?

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