2009年1月29日星期四

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More than a million wait in icy darkness across US (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 01:36 AM CST

A vehicle drives under a tree that is weighed down by ice on Old Wire Road as a result of wintry weather on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009, in Fayetteville, Ark. (AP Photo/Beth Hall)AP - Well over a million people shivered in ice-bound homes across the country Wednesday, waiting for warmer weather and for utility crews to restring power lines brought down by a storm that killed 23 as it took a snowy, icy journey from the Southern Plains to the East Coast.

Ill. governor wants to speak at impeachment trial (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 01:38 AM CST

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife Patti looks at the media from their home in Chicago, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - Gov. Rod Blagojevich has asked to make a statement at the impeachment trial he has so far avoided, but still refuses to answer questions from the lawmakers who will decide whether to remove him from office, the Illinois Senate president announced Wednesday.

LAPD: Dad in family's murder-suicide awash in debt (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 01:42 AM CST

This photo obtained Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 from Ervin Antonio Lupoe's Facebook Web page shows their five children, Brittney, center, twin girls Jaszmin and Jassely, rear, and twin boys Benjamin and Christian. The exact identification of the sets of twins is not known. Lupoe fatally shot his wife and children and himself Tuesday , Jan. 27, 2009. (AP Photo)AP - Awash in debt, behind on his mortgage and recently fired from his job at a hospital, Ervin Lupoe was planning on leaving California.

Calif. mom who fled Mich. prison to be released (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 10:53 PM CST

In this Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 picture, Susan LeFevre, a California woman who escaped from a Michigan prison more than 30 years ago and remade her life as a suburban mother, addresses the court during a hearing in Detroit. Corrections Department spokesman Russ Marlan says the Michigan parole board voted unanimously Wednesday, Jan. 28 to release LeFevre on May 19, 2009. She was captured in 2008 living a comfortable life under a different name in the San Diego area. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - A California woman captured last year after escaping from a Michigan prison in 1976 and living on the lam as a suburban mother will be released from the original sentence that put her behind bars, a state parole board ruled Wednesday.

Hospital: Calif. octuplets doing 'amazingly well' (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 11:48 PM CST

Dr. Harold Henry, center, conducts a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, as his colleagues from left, Dr. Karen Maples, Dr. Mandhir Gupta, Dr. Alejandro Vazquez, and Dr. Jalil Riazi, listen, to update the status of the octuplets that were born Monday at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center in Bellflower, Calif. The newborns octuplets are a feisty bunch that appear healthy even at nine weeks premature, a doctor said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - The nation's second set of live-born octuplets were all breathing on their own Wednesday, 48 hours after a woman gave birth to the surprising bunch in Southern California.

Freezing death of Mich. man in house sparks anger (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 05:58 PM CST

People stand in front of Marvin Schur's home in Bay City, Mich., Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. Schur, 93, froze to death inside his home just days after a municipal utility restricted his power usage because of more than $1,000 in unpaid bills — sparking outrage, sadness and a resolve to see that it never happens again in this Lake Huron community of 34,000, located 90 miles northwest of Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - When neighbors went inside Marvin Schur's house, the windows were frosted over, icicles hung from a faucet, and the 93-year-old World War II veteran lay dead on the bedroom floor in a winter jacket over four layers of clothing.

Texas executes former security guard for killing 4 (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 08:53 PM CST

AP - Texas executed a former Houston security guard Wednesday for gunning down four people, including his ex-girlfriend and her two small children, during an October 1996 shooting frenzy.

Hudson crash co-pilot hopes to fly again in weeks (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 09:09 PM CST

American Airlines co-pilot Jeff Skiles, center, is acknowledged during the governor's State of the State address at the State Capitol Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, in Madison, Wis. Skiles is flanked by first lady Jessica Doyle, left, and his wife, Barbara. Jeff Skiles, of Oregon, Wis., was in the cockpit of the US Airways plane assisting pilot Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger when it landed in the river Jan. 15. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)AP - The co-pilot who helped to safely crash-land a passenger plane into the Hudson River hopes to fly again in a few weeks and praised everyone involved in the rescue.

Report: LA cardinal subject of federal probe (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 09:41 PM CST

In this June 14, 2006 file photo, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles. Federal prosecutors are investigating top officials at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles over their handling of child molestation cases. Two newspapers reported Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009, that Cardinal Roger M. Mahony was among those being investigated by a federal grand jury to determine if he failed to keep children safe from predatory priests. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)AP - Federal prosecutors are investigating Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and other officials of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles over their handling of alleged clergy child molestation cases, according to reports published Wednesday.

NY teens accused of hate crime face new charges (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 08:48 PM CST

Jordan Dasch, left, Anthony Hartford, center, and Nicholas Hausch, right, wait in court in Riverhead, N.Y., Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. Additional indictments against teenagers charged in an Ecuadorean immigrant's fatal stabbing last November in Long Island are expected to be unsealed. Suffolk County authorities say the indictments contain new charges against the teens. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, Pool)AP - Seven teenagers already accused in the racially motivated stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant were charged Wednesday with taking part in attacks on eight other Hispanics over 14 months.

Offshore Calif. drilling deal could be scuttled (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 07:29 PM CST

With an offshore oil platform in the distance, a group of students from the Crane Country Day School surf team play in the water Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009 in Santa Barbara, Calif. The State Lands Commission meets in Santa Barbara Thursday to vote on whether to lift the moratorium on offshore oil drilling that has been in place for nearly 40 years. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant)AP - An agreement paving the way for the first oil drilling off the California coast in nearly 40 years has run into unexpected opposition that may sink it altogether Thursday.

School bus crashes into cars in Phoenix; 26 hurt (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 08:26 PM CST

AP - A Phoenix police officer says an out-of-control school bus crashed into several cars, injuring 26 people in a mile-long accident scene.

Coney Island's Rocket ride saved for new NYC park (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 09:38 PM CST

AP - A 71-foot-long piece of Coney Island history will be part of a new entertainment complex in development for a boardwalk in New York City, officials announced Wednesday.

LA council votes to keep Billy the elephant at zoo (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 08:34 PM CST

Actress Cher holds a 'Free Billy' t-shirt Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009 at the Los Angeles City Council chambers to urge scapping construction plans on the Los Angeles Zoo's $42 million elephant exhibit, in Los Angeles. The City Council voted Wednesday to finish the elephant exhibit and keep its lone pachyderm Billy at the zoo, despite pleas by celebrity opponents to scrap the project. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Billy the elephant is staying put, and Bob Barker isn't happy about it.

Fishing rules body OK's Gulf offshore fish farming (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 08:10 PM CST

AP - Offshore fish farming would be allowed in the Gulf of Mexico under a plan approved Wednesday by the agency that sets the body of water's fishing rules.

Army to provide retirement pay to unpaid militia (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 08:10 PM CST

AP - The Secretary of the Army has authorized emergency funds to supplement a reduction in retirement pay for veterans of a largely Native militia formed to guard the territory of Alaska during World War II, Alaska's congressional delegation said Wednesday.

Will Blagojevich try any last-minute mischief? (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 05:15 PM CST

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife Patti looks at the media from their home in Chicago, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - With Gov. Rod Blagojevich entering what could be his final hours in office, some politicians are watching closely to see whether he attempts some last-minute mischief by spending state money, issuing executive orders or granting pardons.

Schwarzenegger seeks end to prison oversight (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 06:20 PM CST

AP - A fight over California's prison health care system escalated Wednesday as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sought to throw out an $8 billion spending plan for inmate medical facilities, saying it's illegal and too costly.

NM lab warns workers, visitors of contamination (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 06:40 PM CST

AP - A spokesman for the Los Alamos National Laboratory said Wednesday that employees and visitors have a low risk of becoming sickened by a contamination of beryllium, a substance that can cause lung disease.

Former Ala. officer indicted in staged vanishing (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 04:58 PM CST

This undated photo, supplied by the Decatur Police Department, shows Sgt. Faron White, the head of Decatur, Ala.'s organized crime unit, who was last seen working late Friday and then vanished, leaving signs of a struggle in his office. Authorities are searching for him Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, after he was listed as 'missing/endangered,' and local, state and federal investigators were included in the search.(AP Photo/ Decatur Police DepartmentAP - A former Alabama police supervisor accused of stealing evidence money, faking his abduction and flying off to Las Vegas plans to plead not guilty to federal charges, his attorney said Wednesday.

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