2009年1月18日星期日

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Crews hoist ditched plane from Hudson River (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 01:57 AM CST

A crane moves US Airways flight 1549 from its makeshift mooring along a seawall in lower Manhattan in New York to a barge late Saturday evening, Jan. 17, 2009. Flight 1549 crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. All 155 people aboard the flight miraculously survived. (AP Photo/Edouard H.R.Gluck, Pool)AP - Salvage crews hoisted a downed US Airways jetliner from the Hudson River and onto a barge late Saturday, three days after its pilot made what he told investigators was a split-second decision to attempt a water landing to avoid a possibly "catastrophic" crash over populated areas.

FDA urges people to avoid peanut butter products (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 01:00 AM CST

The Peanut Corp. of America plant is seen on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, in Blakely, Ga. The plant that may be linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak. Peanut Corp. of America voluntarily recalled peanut butter produced at the plant, pending the outcome of an investigation. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor)AP - Federal health authorities on Saturday urged consumers to avoid eating cookies, cakes, ice cream and other foods that contain peanut butter until authorities can learn more about a deadly outbreak of salmonella contamination.

Obama rides the rails to DC for inaugural kickoff (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 01:00 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama, accompanied by his wife Michelle, right, and Vice President-elect Joe Biden, and his wife Jill Biden, waves from their train car after a stop on their inaugural whistle stop train trip in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Invoking hope and history, President-elect Barack Obama rolled into the capital city Saturday night after pledging to help bring the nation "a new Declaration of Independence" and promising to rise to the stern challenges of the times. He kicked off a four-day inaugural celebration with a daylong rail trip, retracing the path Abraham Lincoln took in 1861.

Debris kills boy in stands at monster truck show (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 01:01 AM CST

Phyllis Dwyer fights back tears while comforting her children Gabriel, 7, Morgan, 9, and Marissa, 10, the siblings of Sebastian Hizey, on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009 at their home in Puyallup, Wash. Debris flew into the grandstands at a monster truck show in Washington state, killing the 6-year-old boy Hizey and injuring another spectator, witnesses and city officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Drew Perine)AP - Debris flew into the grandstands at a monster truck show in Washington state, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring another spectator, witnesses and city officials said Saturday.

Gunfire kills 1, injures 2 in Montana town (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:35 AM CST

AP - Shots were fired near the Glasgow hospital's ambulance barn on Saturday, killing one person and wounding two, police said.

America: What in the world does it want to be? (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 11:39 PM CST

In this Nov. 5, 2008 file photo U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle Whalen, 22, from Plover, Wis., playfully taps his helmet with an Iraqi boy's donated toy football helmet during a visit to the boy's school in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. When 21st-century Americans contemplate their place on the planet, they confront a complex history of isolationism and engagement, a deep instinct to live and let live that co-exists with an equally fervent desire to be a robust beacon of freedom — sometimes by any means necessary. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, file)AP - George Washington, first president, said this: "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world."

A national hero but not quite in the spotlight (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 09:04 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 - They are already talking about building a statue of Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger. Lucrative book and movie deals could follow.

MLK's dream also included economic justice (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 11:37 PM CST

Fritz Jean responds to a reporter during an interview Tuesday, Jan.13, 2009 at his apartment in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)AP - The focus of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 wasn't what had been accomplished — but rather his view of what still needed to be done.

OMG!: Text messaging an important part of response (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 07:10 PM CST

In this photo taken by a passenger on a ferry, airline passengers egress a US Airways Airbus 320 jetliner that safely ditched in the frigid waters of the Hudson River in New York, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009 after a flock of birds knocked out both its engines. All 155 people on board survived. (AP Photo/Janis Krums)AP - Soon after US Airways Flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia Airport, Vallie Collins heard a boom and started smelling smoke. When the captain urged passengers to brace for impact, she immediately reached for her phone.

Economic stimulus bill to fuel Obama's priorities (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 11:35 PM CST

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama speaks during a departure ceremony for his whistle stop train trip at the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia January 17, 2009. Obama began a day long train trip to Washington in Philadelphia, and will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)AP - The economic crisis that will dominate Barack Obama's first 100 days as president, and beyond, will give him a rare chance to enact big portions of his agenda that otherwise might have languished for months or years.

Beekeepers fear sting of imported Australian hives (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 07:44 PM CST

Australian bees are shown on a honeycomb on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009 in Atwater, Calif. Beekeepers who are battling a mysterious ailment that led to the disappearance of millions of honeybees now fear the sting of imported Australian bees that they worry could outcompete their hives and might carry a deadly parasite unseen in the United States. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)AP - Beekeepers who are battling a mysterious ailment that led to the disappearance of millions of honeybees now fear the sting of imported Australian bees that they worry could outcompete their hives and might carry a deadly parasite unseen in the United States.

Police probe Fla. fraud claim, missing fund leader (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 12:45 PM CST

AP - A Florida hedge fund manager accused of defrauding investors out of millions is missing and his family is worried because he left a note indicating he was "distraught," police said Saturday.

Texas madam gets place among city leaders (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 01:46 PM CST

AP - The unmarked grave of a woman who was a well-known madam now memorializes her profession, more than a century after she made a name for herself.

4 stabbed during after-party for 'Notorious' film (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 05:10 PM CST

In this image released by Fox Searchlight Pictures, Jamal Woolard is shown in a promotional photo for the film, 'Notorious.' (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight, Phil Caruso)AP - Police say four men were stabbed at a New York City nightclub advertising the "official" after-party for the film premiere of "Notorious" about rapper Biggie Smalls.

Sponsor offers to support costly eternal flame (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 02:08 PM CST

AP - A communications company has offered to help an Arizona town pay the steep natural gas bills for its new eternal flame at a veterans memorial.

Fire destroys Ohio downtown block in frigid cold (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:13 PM CST

Columbus firefighters work to control a fire that spread through stores and businesses Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)AP - Firefighters have put out a fire that burned for several hours and destroyed a block of buildings in downtown Columbus, Ohio.

6-year-old Chicago boy left sleeping on school bus (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 02:20 PM CST

AP - A Catholic school in Chicago is investigating how a 6-year-old boy was left sleeping on a school bus for more than two hours in subzero temperatures.

Crawford TX, back to normal after Bush term ends (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 01:07 PM CST

A No Parking sign is seen along Prairie Chapel Road leading to President Bush's ranch near Crawford, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. The signs were placed along the rural road for security and to discourage protesters while the president was at his 1,600-acre ranch outside town. For the first time in eight years, this one-stoplight town is getting back to normal. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - For the first time in eight years, this one-stoplight town is getting back to normal.

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