2009年1月14日星期三

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Investor's 3-day run from ruin comes to an end (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 02:42 AM CST

Light snow falls on the home of missing Indiana businessman Marcus Schrenker in McCordsville, Ind., Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. Federal marshals on Tuesday pressed their search for the investment manager they believe faked a distress call before parachuting from his plane over Alabama and disappearing on a motorcycle he had stashed in advance. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)AP - A missing pilot's three-day run from authorities — and personal and financial ruin — ended when authorities found him inside an isolated campground tent, bleeding from his wrist after an apparent suicide attempt.

Ex-Oakland transit officer is arrested (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 02:16 AM CST

This undated family file 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. A Douglas County jail official confirmed that 27-year-old Johannes Mehserle, who was involved in the incident, was in custody Tuesday night, Jan. 14, 2009, under a fugitive warrant issued in California (AP Photo/Family Handout provided by the Law Offices of John Burris)AP - A former transit police officer who allegedly shot dead an unarmed man on an Oakland train platform on New Year's Day was arrested Tuesday in Nevada, officials said.

Police: Calif. dad sold 14-year-old into marriage (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 07:39 PM CST

AP - A California man has been arrested for arranging for his 14-year-old daughter to marry a neighbor in exchange for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat, police said.

Wash. court: Sex between teachers, 18-year-olds OK (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 09:50 PM CST

AP - Washington state law does not bar teachers from having consensual sex with 18-year-old students, an appeals court ruled Tuesday in dismissing a case against a former high school choir teacher.

Tenn. presses TVA for details of ash spill cleanup (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 04:53 PM CST

AP - The state of Tennessee demanded answers and cooperation Tuesday from the nation's largest public utility in the aftermath of a massive coal ash flood that is costing the utility $1 million a day to mop up.

Shocking cold wave drops temps to 40 below zero (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 08:41 PM CST

Ben Wilson reaches up to prune an apple tree at Smolak Farms in North Andover, Mass. Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. Most residents in New England heeded the authorities' warnings Sunday to stay off roads after the storm dumped up to 9 inches of snow in some areas in Massachusetts and sleet and freezing rain across Rhode Island. Some communities declared snow emergencies to help cleanup crews plow streets. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Temperatures crashed to Arctic levels Tuesday as a severe cold wave rolled across the upper Midwest on the heels of yet another snowstorm, closing schools and making most people think twice before going outside.

LA police accuse Japanese man of killing 2nd woman (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 08:15 PM CST

In this Oct. 10, 2008 file photo, escorted by Los Angeles police, Kazuyoshi Miura, right, a Japanese businessman accused of arranging the murder of his wife in Los Angeles in the early 1980s, arrives at Los Angeles International Airport after being extradited from Saipan. Miura, who hanged himself in his jail cell while facing trial in his wife's death killed another woman 30 years ago before withdrawing thousands of dollars from her bank account, police said Tuesday Jan. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)AP - A Japanese businessman who hanged himself in his jail cell while facing trial in his wife's death killed another woman 30 years ago before withdrawing thousands of dollars from her bank account, police said Tuesday.

Navy gets 1-year OK to train with sonar off Hawaii (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 09:40 PM CST

AP - The U.S. Navy was granted a one-year permit to train with sonar and bombs in Hawaii waters so long as it tries to protect whales and other marine animals from harm.

Wis. lawmaker hit with 3rd drunken driving charge (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 09:27 PM CST

AP - A Wisconsin lawmaker was formally charged Tuesday with his third drunken driving offense and marijuana possession after a car crash last month.

Authorities: Man sought in Okla. killings arrested (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 11:09 PM CST

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says Joshua Steven Durcho, 25, shown here in this March 29, 2004, file photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, is being sought as a suspect in a quintuple killing Monday, Jan. 12, 2008, in El Reno,Okla. Investigators discovered the bodies of Summer Garas, 25, her daughters Kirsten Rust, 7; Autumn Rust, 6; Evynn Garas, 3; and son, Teagin Rust, 4, in their apartment.(AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections)AP - A man being sought in connection with the deaths of an Oklahoma woman and her four young children was captured in Texas on Tuesday night after a car accident, authorities said.

Blagojevich pulls a fast one on the US Senate (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 05:19 PM CST

Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich makes a statement at a news conference in Chicago, after he was impeached by the Illinois House on a wide array of offenses including criminal corruption and wasting taxpayers money. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)AP - On one side stood the president-elect, 50 Democratic senators on Capitol Hill and just about every politician in Illinois. On the other side was Gov. Rod Blagojevich, criminal defendant and national punchline.

Ill. gov. to preside over Senate that will try him (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 04:07 PM CST

David Ellis, counsel to the committee, front left, testifies during a House Impeachment Committee Hearing at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)AP - The state Senate that will decide whether to throw impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich out of office will be sworn in Wednesday by — who else? — impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich. In an ironic, surreal scene, the governor will preside briefly over the chamber that will hold his political life in its hands in less than two weeks.

4 bodies found in Kansas house after arson fire (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 06:11 PM CST

Osage County Sheriff and Scranton Police officers meet outside a home in Scranton, Kan., Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. The state's Fire Marshal's office says arson caused a fire at the home where an adult and three children were found dead. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - A fire at a house where an adult and three children were found dead was the work of an arsonist, the Kansas State Fire Marshal's Office said Tuesday.

Father jailed in daughter's hypothermia death (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:23 PM CST

On Christmas day two youths -- Bear Aragon, 12, and his sister Sage, 11, from the rural Idaho town of Jerome -- set out alone on this road, seen on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, to see their mother after their father's vehicle had been stuck in a snowbank. Bear was able to survive the cold conditions, however, his sister Sage died, apparently of hypothermia. (AP Photo/Charlie Litchfield)AP - On a bone-chilling Christmas Day, a single father set out to drive his two young children to their mother's home, but the trip came to an abrupt halt when his car got stuck in a snowdrift. Then, prosecutors say, the man did the unthinkable: He sent the pair to walk the remaining 10 miles to their mother's alone, leaving them to trudge through the desolate countryside in frigid temperatures.

Firefighters charged with using arson to get work (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 07:21 PM CST

AP - Four firefighters have been arrested on suspicion of igniting between 15 and 20 fires in western Arizona so they could get paid for fighting them, officials said Tuesday.

Black History Month flier tweaked after complaints (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 07:15 PM CST

AP - A flier headlined "Why I hate Black History Month" that was sent home with St. Louis-area schoolchildren has been tweaked after a handful of complaints.

Pa. lawmaker wanted e-mails erased, tech testifies (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 06:55 PM CST

AP - A former co-defendant of an ex-state senator charged with corruption testified Tuesday that the once-powerful legislator frantically ordered him to destroy office e-mails amid an FBI investigation.

Judicial council to reopen probe of federal judge (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 05:53 PM CST

AP - A judicial panel that once suspended a federal judge accused of sexually abusing court workers said it will reopen its investigation now that new counts have been added to the criminal case.

NY Republicans want to force vote for Senate pick (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 06:14 PM CST

AP - Republicans in New York's Legislature are pushing for a special election to fill the expected vacancy in the U.S. Senate instead of allowing Democratic Gov. David Paterson to make a unilateral appointment through a secretive process.

Franken seeks Senate certificate from Minn. court (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 06:08 PM CST

A US Senate seat was thrown into limbo Tuesday when a Republican incumbent from the state of Minnesota filed a legal challenge to a recount which handed the seat to Democrat Al Franken, pictured in 2008, with a margin of 225 votes.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Cory Ryan)AP - Democrat Al Franken on Tuesday took a second stab at securing a Senate election certificate, asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to force state officials to issue one.

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