2009年2月3日星期二

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FEMA gets decent marks for its ice storm response (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:01 PM CST

Spc. Michael Hagan with the Kentucky National Guard walks past storm damage as he goes door-to-door checking on residents Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, in Clinton, Ky. National Guard troops made their way into isolated Kentucky communities like Clinton Sunday to check on residents walloped by a winter storm that Gov. Steve Beshear called the biggest natural disaster ever to hit the state. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - In the first real test of the Obama administration's ability to respond to a disaster, Kentucky officials are giving the federal government good marks for its response to a deadly ice storm.

Octuplets mom gets TV, book offers to tell story (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 06:20 PM CST

The home of the Southern California woman who gave birth to octuplets this week is seen in Whittier, Calif. on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Seven of the babies are now breathing unassisted while Baby G, a boy, is the only baby receiving assisted oxygen through a tube in their nose. The family of the woman who gave birth to octuplets this week in Southern California says she has six other young children at home. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - The mother of the world's longest-living octuplets is being deluged with offers for book deals, TV shows and other business proposals, but has not decided what she might do other than care for her children, her newly hired spokeswoman said Monday.

Fla. House speaker quits over college job scandal (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 09:17 PM CST

AP - Trouble started for one of Florida's most powerful state officials the day he took his post. Now, just over two months into his tenure, GOP Speaker Ray Sansom has stepped down.

Texas mother convicted in 2-year-old girl's death (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 08:38 PM CST

Kimberly Dawn Trenor, 20, reacts as Judge David Garner polls the jury Monday Feb. 2, 2009 after finding Trenor guilty of capital murder for the 2007 death of her daughter Riley Ann Sawyers, known as 'Baby Grace.' Trenor and her husband, Royce Clyde Zeigler II, were accused of killing Riley Ann Sawyers while trying to discipline the girl. Zeigler's capital murder trial is scheduled later. The toddler's remains were found in Galveston Bay in October 2007. Relatives in Ohio saw news reports about the girl and identified her. (AP Photo/Pool, Jennifer Reynolds)AP - A mother was convicted of capital murder Monday for the death of her 2-year-old daughter, who was whipped with belts and flung onto a tile floor to teach her manners, before her body was dumped in a box in Galveston Bay. Jurors deliberated less than two hours before finding Kimberly Trenor guilty. She received an automatic sentence of life without parole. Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty.

Border Patrol to probe alleged arrest quotas (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 09:11 PM CST

A U.S. Border Patrol truck patrols at the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas January 25, 2008. (Tomas Bravo/Reuters)AP - The U.S. Border Patrol on Monday ordered an investigation of allegations by agents in Southern California that they were given arrest quotas and threatened with punishment if they failed to meet them.

US seamen are being trained to fend off pirates (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 08:24 PM CST

Pirates holding the Ukrainian ship MV Faina is seen on the deck of the ship following a U.S. Navy request to check on the health and welfare of the ship's crew while off the coast of Somalia in this October 19, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Jason R. Zalasky, U.S. Navy/Handout/FilesAP - With an alarming number of tankers and cargo ships getting hijacked on the high seas, the nation's maritime academies are offering more training to merchant seamen in how to fend off attacks from pirates armed not with cutlasses and flintlocks but automatic weapons and grenade launchers.

Bloody cockfighting raid in NC nets 73 arrests (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 08:03 PM CST

In a photo provided by the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, caged roosters are seen Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 at a site about 15 miles southeast of Asheboro, N.C. More than 70 people were arrested in a cockfighting ring that had secretly gathered to watch a $40,000 tournament. (AP Photo/Randolph County Sheriff's Office)AP - More than 70 people have been arrested in a cockfighting ring that secretly gathered in central North Carolina to watch a $40,000 tournament so gruesome that one of the roosters splattered blood on the investigators' search warrant, authorities said.

Mullen: Afghanistan is no Vietnam (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 07:52 PM CST

File image shows an Afghan woman receiving wheat donation bags in Kabul. The United States runs the risk of wasting billions of dollars in aid money for Afghanistan unless it learns AP - The top U.S. military officer cautioned Monday against comparing the Pentagon's renewed focus on Afghanistan to the Vietnam War, citing terrorism and a non-occupation strategy as "dramatic differences" between the two conflicts.

Boulder police take back JonBenet investigation to apply new technology (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 08:39 PM CST

This image made from an undated family video shows JonBenet Ramsey performing during a beauty pageant. (AP Photo/Ramsey family video)AP - The slaying of JonBenet Ramsey will be investigated as a cold case with all evidence and actions taken 12 years ago reviewed anew, the police chief said Monday as the department resumed a probe for which it had long been criticized.

Man pleads guilty to raping boy in public library (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 07:44 PM CST

AP - A convicted sex offender pleaded guilty Monday to raping a 6-year-old boy at a Massachusetts public library last year while he was on probation.

Donors pumped $83M to Calif. gay marriage campaign (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 07:30 PM CST

In this Nov. 5, 2008 file photo Joni Boettcher, left, kisses her roommate Tika Shenghur during a 'No on Prop 8'' protest rally in West Hollywood , Calif. Gay rights activists are weighing the wisdom of rushing a repeal of Proposition 8 to the 2010 ballot if California's highest court upholds the state's same-sex marriage ban. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)AP - More than $83 million was donated to support or oppose the ballot initiative that abolished same-sex marriage in California, according to campaign filings released Monday.

Md. college removes professor accused of genocide (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 07:30 PM CST

Rwandan professor Leopold Munyakazi speaks during an interview Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at his home in Towson, Md. Munyakazi, who taught French at Goucher College, was recently removed from teaching after the school became aware he was wanted in his home country on genocide charges. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - A Rwandan professor has been suspended with pay from teaching French at Goucher College while officials there investigate claims that he was involved in the 1994 genocide in his home country.

Wisecracking mobster Joey the Clown gets life term (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 06:57 PM CST

AP - Reputed mob boss Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo was sentenced Monday to life in federal prison for serving as a leader of Chicago's organized crime family and the murder of a government witness in a union pension fraud case.

Ex-Illinois governor continues media blitz (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 05:26 PM CST

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to the media at his home in Chicago, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. The Illinois House voted Friday to impeach Blagojevich. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich wants to reiterate his innocence and recast his image in another slew of television appearances, including CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman," a publicist said Monday.

Library lets late fees fly for Hudson River pilot (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 06:44 PM CST

AP - Hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is every librarian's hero, too.

US appeals court nixes widow's immigration bid (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 06:23 PM CST

AP - A Jamaican woman who lost her American husband in the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash cannot remain in the U.S. because they were not married long enough, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

Phoenix shooter suspect denies any role in attacks (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 03:16 PM CST

Dale Hausner takes the stand in his own behalf in Maricopa County Superior Court, in Phoenix Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. He is the main suspect in a series of random nighttime shootings that terrorized the Phoenix area in 2005 and 2006. He told the court that he ever shot anyone and said he never saw anybody else shoot at anyone either.(AP Photo/ Tom Tingle,pool)AP - The main suspect in a series of random nighttime shootings that terrorized the Phoenix area denied that he participated in the attacks as he testified Monday at his murder trial.

NYC man pleads guilty to election night hate crime (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 03:54 PM CST

AP - A man accused of leading an election night rampage that put one victim in a coma told a judge Monday he organized the attacks because he was drunk and angry about Barack Obama's victory.

Passer-by kills dog as it attacks Iowa woman, 77 (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 02:53 PM CST

AP - A good Samaritan armed with a pocketknife stabbed a dog to death as it was attacking a 77-year-old woman in her front yard, officials said.

Senate confirms Holder as first black AG (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 05:51 PM CST

In this Jan. 15, 2009 file photo, Attorney General-designate Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Holder's nomination as the first African-American attorney general has moved to the full Senate with broad bipartisan support. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to favorably recommend Holder for the job. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - Eric Holder won Senate confirmation Monday as the nation's first African-American attorney general, after supporters from both parties touted his dream resume and easily overcame Republican concerns over his commitment to fight terrorism and his willingness to back the right to keep and bear arms.

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