2009年1月12日星期一

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Storm blankets snow across Midwest, New England (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 08:16 PM CST

Crew member Shawn Balestraci, of Gloucester, Mass., shovels snow from the 45-foot Marilyn Louise following a winter storm, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009 at the Jodrey State Fish Pier in Gloucester, Mass. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)AP - A weekend winter storm blanketed parts of the Midwest and Northeast with up to a foot of snow, causing a 59-vehicle pileup and at least four traffic fatalities.

`Slumdog Millionaire' wins 4 at Golden Globes (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 10:29 PM CST

Members of the cast and crew of 'Slumdog Millionaire' arrive at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009, in Beverly Hills, Calif. From left are, Producer Christian Colson, actor Dev Patel, actor Anil Kapoor, actress Freida Pinto,director Danny Boyl,composer A.R. Rahman and writer Simon Beaufoy. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - "Slumdog Millionaire" lived up to its underdog theme at Sunday's Golden Globes, sweeping all four of its categories, including best drama and director for Danny Boyle.

Transit board gets another earful on Oakland death (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 09:14 PM CST

This undated family photo provided by the Law Offices of John Burris shows Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old transit rider who was shot and killed by BART police on New Year's Day, 2009. (AP Photo/Family Handout provided by the Law Offices of John Burris)AP - Angry residents criticized transit officials again Sunday for their response to the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a transit police officer on New Year's Day.

Salmonella prompts peanut butter recall (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 01:03 PM CST

Salmonella is seen under high magnification in a colorized scanning electron micrograph. (CDC/Handout/Reuters)AP - An Ohio distributor says it has recalled two brands of its peanut butter after an open container tested positive for salmonella bacteria.

Speaker: Bill wouldn't have stopped Blagojevich (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 05:07 PM CST

AP - The speaker of the Illinois House said Sunday he doesn't think a bill taking away the governor's power to appoint President-elect Barack Obama's Senate replacement would have stopped Gov. Rod Blagojevich from making the appointment.

LtGov outlines reform plan for Illinois government (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 10:34 AM CST

AP - Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn is offering his plan for reforming Illinois government but says restoring public faith in state government won't be easy.

First US count finds 1 in 200 kids are vegetarian (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 03:48 PM CST

Sam Silverman, 16, of Westborough, Mass., works out at the YMCA gym, in Westborough, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. Silverman, co-captain of his high school football team, and a vegetarian, says he's pleased with his health and has no problems sticking to his diet. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - Sam Silverman is co-captain of his high school football team — a safety accustomed to bruising collisions. But that's nothing compared with the abuse he gets for being a vegetarian.

Nutrient diligence needed for vegetarian kids (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 03:39 PM CST

Sam Silverman, 16, of Westborough, Mass., works out at the YMCA gym, in Westborough, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. Silverman, co-captain of his high school football team, and a vegetarian, says he's pleased with his health and has no problems sticking to his diet. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - Children who want to be vegetarians need to "fill in the blanks" of their low-protein diets by eating alternatives to red meat, fish and poultry, experts say.

Speedy trial issue lands before US Supreme Court (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 12:18 PM CST

AP - After he was charged with hitting his girlfriend in the face, career criminal Michael Brillon sat in jail without bail for nearly three years, going through six public defenders before being tried for assault.

Renegade Nevada claims election bellwether status (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 02:46 PM CST

AP - With its 24-hour casino gambling, legalized prostitution and drive-through wedding chapels, Nevada seems anything but conventional. But when it comes to voting in presidential elections, the maverick state is as mainstream as it gets.

State legislature posts social calendars online (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 02:43 PM CST

AP - The Montana Legislature is offering its constituents food for thought by posting its 2009 calendar of special interest group-sponsored brunches and mixers online for the first time.

New Orleans restaurateur Archie A. Casbarian dies (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 08:04 PM CST

AP - Archie A. Casbarian, who restored New Orleans' famous Creole restaurant Arnaud's to its former glory and made it a dining attraction for presidents, has died. He was 72.

Baltimore mayor's ability to govern may suffer (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 05:45 PM CST

In this Jan. 9, 2009 file photo, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon listens during a news conference in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)AP - It's difficult enough to lead a city plagued by rampant violent crime, failing schools, widespread poverty and drug addiction. For Mayor Sheila Dixon, the job figures to get tougher this year — and not just because of the sagging economy.

Kan. lawmaker seeks audit for case of missing boy (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 02:36 PM CST

This age progression image provided by National Center for Missing & Exploited Children shows a simulation of what Adam Herrman might look like at the age of 21. No one claims to know what happened that summer in 1999 when 11-year-old Adam disappeared from the Towanda mobile home park where he lived with his adoptive parents. But the biggest mystery may be why no one reported him missing until nearly a decade later. (AP Photo/The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children via The Wichita Eagle)AP - A state senator wants to know if the Kansas social services department had any contact with an 11-year-old boy who went missing a decade ago but whose disappearance wasn't reported until this month.

Charter bus, cars collide on snowy NH highway (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 02:12 PM CST

AP - Officials in New Hampshire say 59 vehicles, including three buses and two tractor-trailer rigs, have crashed on a snowy highway.

Clint Eastwood's `Gran Torino' tops box office (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 01:14 PM CST

Clint Eastwood, directorand star of 'Gran Torino,' arrives at the ninth annual AFI Awards for motion picture and television programs of 2008, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Reed SaxonAP - Make my weekend. Clint Eastwood has had the best movie opening of his long and esteemed career. His "Gran Torino" revved up the winter box office with $29 million in ticket sales in its first weekend of wide release, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Man goes on trial in firefighters' arson deaths (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 12:36 PM CST

AP - Some 10,000 mourners turned out for the funeral of five firefighters who died trying to save a home from a raging wildfire, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger eulogized them for bravery.

'Man shot my mommy': Ohio woman slain, son taken (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 09:32 AM CST

FILE ** In this Jan 7, 2009 file photo, murder suspect Charlie Myers, 22, appears in a Franklin County Common Pleas Court in Columbus, Ohio. Authorities say Meyers stole a car in Columbus, then weeks later drove it to the owner's house in Dayton where he shot and killed a woman and abducted her 4-year-old son. Charges against Myers allege he also sexually assaulted the boy before taking him. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)AP - The 4-year-old boy's explanation was even more startling than the sight of him, barefoot and clad in pajamas, standing alone in the lobby of a highway rest stop.

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