2009年1月15日星期四

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Investor's troubles mount as federal charges filed (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 05:20 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 - The avalanche of legal and personal problems tumbling onto a brazen investor grew with the addition of federal charges that he faked a distress call and crashed his plane in an attempt to foil authorities.

Bone-chilling temperatures settle over East (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 05:18 AM CST

Pedestrians walk into a stiff wind and blowing snow in downtown Chicago, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, as a blast of sub-freezing temperatures and snow storms continue to plague the upper Midwest. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Winter-hardened Northeasterners were socked with the same subzero temperatures and biting winds that have turned the Northern Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes into a teeth-chattering misery for much of the week.

Ex-cop charged with murder in Calif. shooting (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 12:36 AM CST

A young girls join protesters in a mock arrest pose during a protest against the shooting death of Oscar Grant in Oakland, Calif. Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. A former transit police officer has been charged with murder for the fatal shooting of an unarmed and allegedly restrained black man in a racially charged case that has outraged residents and community leaders and set off violent protests. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - A former transit police officer has been charged with murder for the fatal shooting of an unarmed and allegedly restrained black man in a racially charged case that has outraged residents and community leaders and set off violent protests.

Impeached Ill. gov. gets cold reception in Senate (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 05:09 AM CST

Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, listens as Rev. John F. Canary delivers the invocation as Blagojevich presides over the Illinois Senate Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, in Springfield, Ill. Blagojevich is required to oversee the swearing-in of the Illinois Senate, which will decide whether to throw the two-term Democrat out of office after he was impeached by the House on Friday. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Illinois senators have taken their first steps toward an impeachment trial, after giving embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich a cold reception hours into their new session.

Ex-con murder suspect returned to Oklahoma (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 02:51 AM 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, was taken into custody in Texas' Hamilton County Tuesday Jan. 13, 2009. He is a suspect in a quintuple killing Monday, Jan. 12, 2008, in El Reno,Okla. .(AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections/file)AP - An ex-convict accused of strangling his ex-girlfriend and her four young children was returned to Oklahoma early Thursday from Texas following his arrest after a car crash.

Kellogg pulls crackers after recall by supplier (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 09:52 PM CST

AP - A peanut butter maker that sells bulk supplies to institutions issued a nationwide recall as officials on Wednesday reported two more deaths associated with a salmonella outbreak. Its client Kellogg Co. later asked stores to stop selling a variety of peanut butter crackers.

Families await sharpest tuition increases in years (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 12:15 AM CST

RESEND of a graphic that first moved Dec. 2, 2008; graphic shows college costs as a percent of median family income; 1 c x 3 3/4 in; 46.5 mm x 95.25 mm; 2 c x 3 3/4 in; 96.3 mm x 95.25 mmAP - Most high school seniors and their families have not made final college plans for next fall. But they know this: It's probably going to cost more than they had planned.

LAPD reveal 2nd murder case against Japanese man (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 08:55 PM CST

Police Deputy Chief Charlie Beck, right, and Cpt. Denis Cremins hold a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, in Los Angeles, to present evidence showing Kazuyoshi Miura was involved in the death of Chizuko Shiraishi, shown in the photographs. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)AP - Homicide detectives on Wednesday detailed evidence they would have used to bring charges of a second murder against a Japanese businessman if he hadn't hanged himself in jail soon after being brought to California to face allegations that he conspired to kill his wife nearly three decades ago.

Texas carries out nation's first execution of 2009 (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 08:44 PM CST

AP - A man convicted of murdering three people during a night of robberies more than 13 years ago in Fort Worth was put to death Wednesday evening in the nation's first execution of the year.

Firefighters mull letting homeowners fight flames (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:05 AM CST

Craig Smith tries to save his home during a wildfire that destroyed a number of homes, Nov. 15, 2008, in the Sylmar area of northern Los Angeles. When faced with a raging wildfire racing toward your home, is it best to flee or stay and try to protect your house? For most people, the answer is obvious, but in Southern California where there are many stubborn homeowners unwilling to leave or have grown indifferent to the year-round threat of flames, fire officials are reconsidering a policy that would allow some people to stay and defend their homes, according to a report Wednesday Jan. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)AP - When a raging wildfire is racing toward your home, is it best to flee or stay and try to protect your house?

Government makes decision on gray wolf protection (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 08:22 PM CST

AP - The Bush administration on Wednesday announced plans to remove gray wolves in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountains regions from the federal endangered species list.

Murder charges dropped in Idaho girl's snowy death (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 09:30 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 - An Idaho prosecutor dropped murder counts against two men and instead charged them with involuntary manslaughter in the death of an 11-year-old girl who was trying to walk 10 miles in the snow on Christmas Day.

Judge OKs therapist for boy charged with murder (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 07:01 PM CST

In this Nov. 10, 2008 file photo, attendees of Vincent Romero's funeral service stand together around the hearse as Romero's casket is carried from St. John the Baptist church in St. Johns, Ariz. Romero's son, is facing two counts of premeditated murder in the Nov. 5 deaths of his father, 29-year-old Vincent Romero, and 39-year-old Timothy Romans at the family home in the eastern Arizona town of St. Johns. (AP Photo / Dana Felthauser)AP - A 9-year-old boy charged with murdering his father and another man will be allowed to meet with a therapist, a judge ruled.

Ark. official: Kids in Alamo case are being hidden (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 07:29 PM CST

AP - Parents or followers of a jailed evangelist have been hiding children sought by state welfare officials, the state director of human resources said Wednesday.

For some, inauguration a time to reflect, not work (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 04:39 PM CST

Asante Bradford, who is the digital entertainment liaison with Georgia's Department of Economic Development, poses in his Atlanta office Wednesday, Jan. 14. 2009, in Atlanta. After Barack Obama's historic presidential win, Bradford gave his bosses nearly three month's notice that he would not be at his desk on Jan. 20. Bradford worked to bring the maker of the video game seen on the monitor to the state. (AP Photo/John Amis)AP - Asante Bradford gave his bosses nearly three months notice that he would not be at his desk on Jan. 20.

Wis. mayor accused of attempted child sex assault (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 07:29 PM CST

In this Oct. 21, 2008 file photo, Racine, Wis. Mayor Gary Becker presides over a City Council meeting where he presented his 2009 budget at City Hall. Becker was arrested Tuesday Jan. 13, 2009 in a shopping mall outside the City of Milwaukee, said Ben Hughes, city administrator. Becker was arrested on multiple felony counts, including solicitation of a minor, Hughes said. Upon the arrest he was transported to the Kenosha County Jail, where he is being held on a $165,000 cash bond. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Scott Anderson)AP - The mayor of this southeastern Wisconsin city was arrested on charges of attempting to sexually assault a child and other counts, but authorities were not releasing details of the allegations against him Wednesday.

Ex-investment officer claims NM wasted $90 million (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 06:13 PM CST

AP - A former investment officer for the state's educational pension program claims New Mexico taxpayers lost more than $90 million in an alleged "pay-to-play" scheme in which political contributions to Gov. Bill Richardson influenced the awarding of investment business.

No credible terror threats seen for Super Bowl (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 04:32 PM CST

AP - A U.S. intelligence report says there is no credible threat of terrorist attacks at the Feb. 1 Super Bowl, but police said Wednesday that visitors should still expect the type of heavy security typical of every Super Bowl since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Man gets prison in frying pan attack on judge wife (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 07:13 PM CST

AP - The husband of a former Nevada state judge was sentenced Wednesday to three to 10 years in prison for hitting his wife in the head with a frying pan at their home.

Baltimore works to accommodate crowds for Obama (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 06:46 PM CST

AP - Barack Obama's train trip Saturday from Philadelphia to Washington offers people who can't make it for the inauguration to catch a glimpse of the next president.

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