2009年2月1日星期日

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Ky. struggles with outages in ice storm aftermath (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 01:46 AM CST

Bob Goins walks through his darkened home Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, in Mayfield, Ky. More than half a million homes and businesses, most of them in Kentucky, remained with out electricity following a powerful winter storm, though temperatures creeping into the 40s helped a swarm of utility workers make headway in restoring power.(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - As hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians lingered in the dark nearly a week after an ice storm wrecked the state's power grid, National Guard troops prepared to go door-to-door to check on residents.

Officer: Inmates riot again at West Texas prison (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 01:32 AM CST

AP - Inmates at a privately run federal prison in western Texas started a riot and set at least one fire Saturday for the second time in less than two months, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Scientist see holes in glacier at Alaska volcano (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 12:43 AM CST

This image provided by the Alaska Volcano Observatory/U.S. Geological Survey shows the Redoubt Volcano, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 near Anchorage, Alaska. Scientists with the Alaska Volcano Observatory on Friday flew close to Drift Glacier and saw vigorous steaming emitted from a football-size area on the north side of the mountain. By Saturday, they had confirmed the area was a fumarole, an opening in the earth that emits gases and steam, and that it had doubled overnight. (AP Photo/Alaska Volcano Observatory/U.S. Geological Survey, Kristi Wallace)AP - Geologists monitoring Mount Redoubt for signs of a possible eruption noticed that a hole in the glacier clinging to the north side of the volcano had doubled in size overnight — and now spans the length of two football fields.

Jet that landed in Hudson is moved again in N.J. (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 12:17 AM CST

The fuselage of the U.S. Airways jetliner that splashed down into the Hudson River is escorted by police on Saturday Jan. 31, 2009 in Jersey City, N.J. US Airways jet lost thrust in both engines after it apparently smacked into a flock of birds 90 seconds into a flight from LaGuardia Airport on January 15. The pilot managed to guide the plane to a belly landing on the Hudson River, saving all 155 people aboard. (AP Photo/Richard J. McCormack)AP - The US Airways jet that landed in New York's Hudson River has been moved from a marina to another site in northern New Jersey.

GOP governors press Congress to pass stimulus bill (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 12:52 AM CST

In this Jan. 13, 2008 file photo, Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas listens to the tough economic news during a meeting of the Emergency Board in Montpelier, Vt., Douglas is one of a number of Republican governors who have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for approval of President Barack Obama's stimulus plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)AP - Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama's economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care.

Bus crash near Hoover Dam kills 7 Chinese tourists (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 08:33 PM CST

AP - Investigators looking into a deadly tour bus crash on a highway near the Hoover Dam said Saturday that it may take up to a month to figure out why the vehicle overturned, killing seven passengers and injuring 10 others.

Grandma: Octuplets mom obsessed with having kids (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 07:19 PM CST

This image provided by Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center, shows the nursing staff posing for a photograph after delivering octuplets to a mother Monday Jan. 26, 2009 in Bellflower, Calif. (AP Photo/KaiserPermanente Bellflower Medical Center)AP - The woman who gave birth to octuplets this week conceived all 14 of her children through in vitro fertilization, is not married and has been obsessed with having children since she was a teenager, her mother said.

Red tape strands Indiana woman's baby son in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 03:35 PM CST

A photo of Grace Alshemmari holding her son Amir after he was born in Iraq, is displayed in her home in Fort Wayne, Ind., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Amir remains in his aunt's concrete house in the holy city of Najaf in central Iraq because of paperwork issues with the American government. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - Baby Amir's crib is lined with blankets crocheted by his mother and stuffed animals from his 8-year-old sister. Framed photos of him hang on the walls and sit atop shelves and tables throughout his family's three-bedroom home.

Plane struggled to keep course, reported low fuel (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 01:28 PM CST

AP - Federal officials said Saturday a small plane struggled to stay on course in snowy weather and its pilot reported being low on fuel before it crashed in West Virginia, killing all six on board.

NJ dad who named kids after Nazis decries removal (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 03:45 PM CST

In this Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008 file photo, Heath Campbell, left, with his wife, Deborah, and son Adolf Hitler Campbell, 3, pose in Easton, Pa. The father of three children who have names associated with Nazis on Saturday accused the state Division of Youth and Family Services of taking his children under false pretenses and said one of the children appeared neglected when he saw them last week. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz, file)AP - The father of three children who have names associated with Nazis is accusing the state Division of Youth and Family Services of taking his children under false pretenses and says one of the kids appeared neglected when he saw them last week.

Tragedy leaves a community searching for answers (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 11:30 AM CST

AP - Before the unspeakable horror that struck the tan stucco house on McFarland Avenue, the blue-collar folks who labor and live in the community called Wilmington had suffered their fair share — not unlike other Americans.

New Illinois governor inherits old set of problems (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 01:28 PM CST

AP - Rod Blagojevich entered the Illinois governor's office with the state budget falling apart and public confidence shaken by a spectacular scandal. Six years later, Blagojevich is gone but if anything his tenure dug the hole deeper.

Cops check 4 more arsons in arson-plagued Pa. area (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 02:01 PM CST

AP - Authorities said four arson fires reported Saturday "share a commonality" with other intentionally set blazes that have plagued this area outside Philadelphia, but they wouldn't say if they were connected.

NJ sings blues over decades-long state song fight (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 03:08 PM CST

AP - New Jersey, the only state without an official song, is considering adopting four of them. Chances are, none of them is on your iPod.

In Senate trial, Coleman turns to Bush v. Gore (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 12:09 PM CST

Republican Norm Coleman, right, listens as Gerald Anderson, left, testifies about his ballot that was rejected as he appeared before the Senate vote recount trial Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone,pool)AP - The success of Norm Coleman's lawsuit to reclaim his Senate seat could depend on how willing the trial judges are to find a precedent in the U.S. Supreme Court ruling from another messy, political charged election battle: Bush v. Gore.

Televangelism empire in chaos over family split (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 11:49 AM CST

Robert A. Schuller, left, poses for a photo with his father, Robert H. Schuller, outside the Crystal Cathedral Feb. 9, 2006, in Orange, Calif. Just three years after the changeover of leadership for the Crystal Cathedral, a bitter family feud has left the younger Schuller in exile, a rotating roster of visiting preachers fills the 'Hour of Power,' and the church itself is mired in debt, with donations dropping. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)AP - Once one of the nation's most popular televangelists, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller is watching his life's work crumble.

Boy, 11, questioned in death of 7-year-old in Ohio (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 01:56 PM CST

AP - Police in Cincinnati say they have questioned and released an 11-year-old boy who they believe fatally shot a 7-year-old neighbor.

Will family's 4th generation at GM be its last? (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 03:22 PM CST

From left, United Auto Workers family members Mike Green, Rollin Green and Richard Green pose for a portrait at the UAW Local 652 in Lansing, Mich., Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Over seven decades, the Green family has poured nearly 300 years into building Chevys, Olds, Buicks and Cadillacs. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - As a 10-year-old, Rollin Green was awestruck when he saw the line of hulking orange-and-silver robotic arms swinging with rhythmic precision during his first visit to an auto plant. But something impressed him even more: His dad worked there.

Feds rarely file charges in tainted food cases (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 11:13 AM CST

AP - As federal officials launch a criminal investigation into a Georgia peanut processor at the center of a deadly salmonella outbreak, food safety experts say they hope it's a signal that the government plans to be more aggressive in prosecuting other cases in the future.

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