2009年1月17日星期六

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Thick mud hampers Hudson River plane investigation (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 02:30 AM CST

A submerged airplane that crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday and was towed to the west side of Manhattan for further inspection is shown Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, in New York. Investigators brought in a giant crane and a barge Friday to help pull a US Airways jetliner from the Hudson River, and survivors among the 155 people aboard recounted tales of horror and hailed the pilot as a hero who delivered them from certain death. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - Thick mud, menacing currents and bone-chilling temperatures stymied investigators Friday as they scoured the Hudson River for the two missing engines from a US Airways jetliner that crash-landed in the water after colliding with birds.

Pilot's life had prepared him for `miracle' flight (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 07:14 PM CST

In this image taken from the website of Safety Reliability Methods, Inc., US Airways pilot Chesley B. Sullenberger III is shown. An official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still ongoing, identified Sullenberger as the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, which crash landed in the Hudson River in New York Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Safety Reliability Methods, Inc.)AP - Chesley Sullenberger spent practically his whole life preparing for the five-minute crucible that was US Airways Flight 1549.

Kellogg recalls 16 products due to salmonella risk (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 11:51 PM CST

Cars are parked outside the courthouse in Blakely, Ga., on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. The town's peanut butter factory was idled this week because it may be linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak. Then there was more bad news. A nearby paper mill announced 100 job cuts. The news has created concern throughout the community, which like many small U.S. towns is struggling to create job opportunities. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor)AP - Kellogg Co. on Friday recalled 16 products containing peanut butter due to possible salmonella contamination, adding new urgency to the nationwide outbreak as federal officials confirmed contamination at a Georgia facility that ships peanut products to 85 food companies.

Big Chill: Blast of Arctic air stuns eastern US (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:42 AM CST

A lone skier rides the lift at the Killington ski resort in Killington, Vt., Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Temperatures fell to record lows early Friday morning across Vermont. .(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Alabama briefly turned colder than Alaska, water fountains froze into ice sculptures in South Carolina and Florida shivered through its brush with the Arctic air blast that deadened car batteries in the Northeast and prompted scattered Midwest power outages.

Inspirational deaf-blind teacher, poet retires (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:35 AM CST

In this photo provided by the Helen Keller National Center, Bob Smithdas, the center's director of community education, poses for a photo with television personality Barbara Walters at his retirement luncheon in Sands Point, N.Y., Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Smithdas, 83, retired Friday as the center's director of community education, a post that capped a 65-year-career as an inspiration and an instigator for improvements in the way deaf and blind people lead their lives. (AP Photo/Helen Keller National Center, Jim Cummins)AP - His memories of Helen Keller are vivid, if not entirely favorable: She had big hands, a forceful personality, and not much of a sense of humor.

Philly burnishes claim on Poe legacy (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:09 AM CST

This Thursday May 12, 2005 file photo provided by the University of Virginia shows the Poe Room at 13 West Range, where the author lived while a student at the school in Charlottesville, Va. The Raven Society — a student honor group founded in 1904 and named for Poe's poem — have preserved and maintained the room and will assist the University Library with an exhibit marking the author's 200th birthday. (AP Photo/University of Virginia/Dan Addison)AP - Edgar Allan Poe, master of the horror tale, inventor of the modern detective story and a pioneer in the field of science fiction, was also during his life an example of another literary category: the starving artist.

Charged Fla. mom described herself as a victim (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 12:16 AM CST

In this still video image released by the Orange County Department of Corrections, George and Cindy Anthony, left, visit Casey Anthony at the Orange County Jail in Orlando, Fla. on Aug.14, 2008. Casey Anthony, the mother charged with murdering her toddler daughter described herself as a 'victim' when talking to her parents during the jailhouse visit. (AP Photo/Orange County Department of Corrections)AP - The Florida mother charged in the killing of her toddler daughter described herself as a victim when talking to her parents during a jailhouse visit last August. Casey Anthony, 22, told her parents she was just as much a victim as anyone else in the case during the recorded visit at the Orange County Jail in Orlando. Copies of the visit were released this week.

'Deep Throat' regarded at memorial as truth-teller (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 09:05 PM CST

Journalist Bob Woodward, center, is cheered and greeted by Joan Felt, left, and Carl Bernstein, right, after speaking at a memorial service for W. Mark Felt, the former associate director of the FBI who was known as 'Deep Throat' in Santa Rosa, Calif., Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Felt, who helped unlock the secrets of Watergate, died in December 2008. Joan Felt is the daughter of W. Mark Felt.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - Mark Felt, the former FBI second-in-command who helped unlock the secrets of Watergate as the shadowy "Deep Throat," was remembered Friday by family and friends as a man who stood up for truth in deceptive times.

Deal reached on Flight 93 crash site in W. Pa. (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 01:25 AM CST

A man with a fire extinguisher walks through rubble after the collapse of the first World Trade Center Tower 11 September, 2001, in New York. A 45-year-old man who died of cancer due to breathing in toxic dust following the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 has become the latest addition to the attacks' overall toll.(AFP/File/Doug Kanter)AP - The owner of the land in western Pennsylvania where Flight 93 crashed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks reached an agreement Friday to sell the parcel, clearing the way for the development of a memorial.

Survivors offer praise, gratitude after NY crash (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 07:08 PM CST

Emma Sophina, right, of Australia, a passenger on the US Airways flight that crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday, responds to questions during a news interview at a hotel near LaGuardia Airport, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, in the Queens borough of New York. Investigators brought in a giant crane and a barge Friday to help pull a US Airways jetliner from the Hudson River as survivors among the 155 people aboard recounted tales of horror and hailed the pilot as a hero who delivered them from certain death. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - One minute they were airline passengers. Six minutes later, they were stunned survivors taking on water in the middle of the frigid Hudson River.

Teen gets 36 years in girl's 'Mortal Kombat' death (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 11:35 PM CST

AP - A Colorado teen has been sentenced to 36 years in prison for his role in the death of a 7-year-old girl during an apparent imitation of the "Mortal Kombat" video game.

3 men held in Mass. election night church fire (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 01:21 AM CST

AP - Three white men were arrested Friday in connection with the torching of a predominantly black church hours after Barack Obama won the presidential election.

Elderly couple missing from cruise ship in SoCal (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 10:11 PM CST

AP - A missing elderly couple likely fell off a Carnival Cruise ship between Long Beach and Mexico, company officials said Friday.

Ex-OC sheriff acquitted of corruption conspiracy (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:27 PM CST

In this artist drawing former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, right, reacts as his defense attorney Jeff Rawitz comforts him in court in Santa Ana, Calif., Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. A jury stunned a courtroom Friday by acquitting Carona of a sweeping corruption conspiracy and all but one related count of witness tampering in a case that alleged extensive bribery in exchange for the power of his office. (AP Photo/Mona Edwards)AP - A jury acquitted former Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona of charges that he took bribes in exchange for the power of his office, a verdict that stunned the courtroom and was hailed by the elated defendant as "an absolute miracle."

Blagojevich attorneys pull out of Senate trial (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 07:31 PM CST

In this Dec. 22, 2008 file photo, Ed Genson, the lead attorney for impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, argues during the Illinois House Impeachment Committee hearing at the State Capitol in Springfield, Ill.. Blagojevich's attorneys resigned Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, over a Senate impeachment trial that one compared to a 'lynching,' but Genson said he will still defend him on federal criminal charges. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)AP - Ten days before the impeachment trial that could cost Gov. Rod Blagojevich his office, his team of defense lawyers said Friday they have withdrawn from the proceedings, which two of the attorneys compared to a "lynching."

Funeral held for victims of Christmas shooting (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:36 PM CST

Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, left, arrives for a funeral Mass for the nine victims of the Ortega family, slain on Christmas Eve by the ex-husband of one member dressed in a Santa Claus suit, at Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church in San Dimas, Calif., Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Hundreds of people packed a church Friday for the funeral of nine family members killed by a gunman dressed as Santa during a Christmas Eve party.

Calif. considers 30-day delay on state tax refunds (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 09:34 PM CST

AP - California's controller said Friday he will be forced to impose a 30-day delay on tax refunds and some other payments starting Feb. 1 if lawmakers fail to agree on a plan to erase a nearly $42 billion budget deficit.

Mich. man accused of spying for Iraq pleads guilty (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 08:26 PM CST

AP - A suburban Detroit man accused of spying for Saddam Hussein's former regime and sharing information with the executed Iraqi dictator's intelligence service has pleaded guilty.

Wyeth's death reignites debate over his legacy (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 05:45 PM CST

Andrew Wyeth is seen in this 1977 file photo. Wyeth has died at the age of 91 at his home outside Philadelphia according to Hillary Holland, a spokeswoman for the Brandywine River Museum. (AP Photo)AP - Although some critics deride his art as drab and kitschy, Andrew Wyeth's melancholy paintings were praised by others as profound reflections of 20th Century alienation and existentialism.

Deliberations begin in Oklahoma sheriff's sex case (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 01:09 AM CST

In this Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008 file photo, former Custer County Sheriff Mike Burgess leaves the courthouse during a break for lunch in his trial in Arapaho, Okla. Jury deliberations began Friday in the trial of a former Custer County sheriff accused of using his power over inmates and drug court defendants to coerce them to have sex with him. (AP Photo)AP - Jury deliberations began Friday in the trial of a former sheriff accused of using his power over inmates and drug court defendants to coerce them into having sex with him.

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