2009年2月5日星期四

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FBI announces review of evidence in Tylenol deaths (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 11:31 PM CST

FBI agents carry boxes out of the apartment building in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, after searching the apartment home of James W. Lewis, who was linked to the fatal 1982 Tylenol poisonings that triggered a nationwide scare. The Tylenol poisonings in the Chicago area prompted dramatic changes in the way food and medical products are packaged. The FBI would not immediately confirm that the search at the Cambridge home of James W. Lewis was related to the Tylenol case, only that it was part of an ongoing investigation. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)AP - Federal agents on Wednesday searched the home of a man linked to the fatal 1982 Tylenol poisonings in Illinois and the FBI in Chicago said authorities are reviewing evidence in the deaths, which caused a nationwide scare and led to dramatic changes in the way food and medical products are packaged.

Study: 9/11 lung problems persist years later (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 01:51 AM CST

In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, a shell of what was once part of the facade of one of the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center rises above the rubble that remains after both towers were destroyed in the terrorist attacks. Researchers tracking responders who became ill after working at the World Trade Center site found many had lung problems more than five years after the attacks. (AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin, FILE)AP - Researchers tracking Sept. 11 responders who became ill after working at the World Trade Center site found many had lung problems years later in a study the authors said proves persistent illness in people exposed to toxic dust caused by the twin towers' collapse.

Coroner: Death of boy, 10, at Ill. school suicide (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 11:35 PM CST

Aquan Lewis' mother Angel Lewis, right, is comforted after leaving Oakton Elementary School in Evanston Ill., Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. Lewis was found unresponsive and hanging from a hook in a bathroom Tuesday. He was pronounced dead Wednesday morning at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - A 10-year-old boy reportedly found hanging from a coat hook at his suburban Chicago school took his own life, according to a preliminary coroner's office ruling on Wednesday.

Bomb critically wounds head of Ark. medical board (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 11:39 PM CST

The car of Dr. Trent Pierce, Chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board, is seen after it exploded outside his home in West Memphis, Ark., as he was leaving for work Wednesday morning, Feb. 4, 2009. Debris from the Lexus hybrid was found about 50 yards away. (AP Photo/The Evening Times, Mike Douglas)AP - A car bomb explosion critically wounded the head of the Arkansas panel that licenses and disciplines doctors, detonating in his driveway as he was leaving for work, authorities said.

Lawyer: Guilty plea coming in TN church shooting (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 06:13 PM CST

AP - An out-of-work truck driver accused of opening fire in a Tennessee church will plead guilty to killing two people and wounding six others, his attorney said Wednesday.

Ethnic remarks after killing upset Va. Tech leader (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:46 PM CST

AP - An internationally diverse student body is vital to Virginia Tech, the school's president said Wednesday in response to e-mails and blogs disparaging Asians that surfaced after a Chinese student was accused of decapitating a classmate.

Documents: Neighbor was 'active' in teen's torture (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 07:23 PM CST

AP - A next-door neighbor of a Northern California couple accused of chaining up and torturing a teenage boy for more than a year was deeply involved in the abuse, authorities say in court documents unsealed Wednesday.

LA to pay nearly $13M for May Day police beatings (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 08:32 PM CST

AP - The Los Angeles City Council approved a $12.85 million payout Wednesday for demonstrators and bystanders who were beaten by police at a pro-immigration rally, one of the largest settlements ever for Police Department misconduct.

Fire burns through roof of iconic Chicago church (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 06:38 PM CST

Chicago firefighters work in freezing temperatures on an extra-alarm fire at the Holy Name Cathedral, the seat of Cardinal Francis George, in Chicago, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - A fire burned for more than two hours Wednesday at Holy Name Cathedral, severely damaging the attic and leaving gaping holes in the roof of the 134-year-old landmark that is the seat of Cardinal Francis George.

USDA puts employees on leave amid drug allegations (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:44 PM CST

United States Department of Agriculture labs is seen, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, in Ames, Iowa. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has placed 19 employees at the lab on administrative leave after allegations that some used veterinary credentials to purchase low-cost medications for human use. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has placed 19 employees at a laboratory campus in central Iowa on paid leave after allegations that some used veterinary credentials to purchase low-cost medications for themselves and relatives.

Ky. Amish help non-Amish weather ice storm (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:00 PM CST

AP - When the wind died down and the ice storm had passed, Joe Stutzman gathered his spare lanterns and stepped out of his Amish farmhouse to lend them to his modern-living neighbors.

Trial for NYC doctor accused in murder-for-hire (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 06:03 PM CST

AP - A woman distraught over losing custody of her 4-year-old daughter plotted with a relative to lure her estranged husband to a playground, where he was shot to death in front of the little girl by a gunman with a makeshift silencer, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Lawmakers push for voters to fill Senate vacancies (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 04:47 PM CST

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich gestures to photographers as he arrives for a taping of the 'The Late Show with David Letterman' in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Ousted as Illinois governor and looking for a job, Blagojevich returned to national TV on Tuesday to proclaim his innocence on corruption charges -- perhaps angling for a future book deal or talk show. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Amid allegations that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to sell President Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat, state lawmakers across the country are pushing to give voters — not governors — the power to fill similar vacancies.

Ariz. sheriff puts illegal-alien inmates in tents (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:53 PM CST

Approximately 200 convicted illegal immigrants handcuffed together are moved into a separate area of Tent City, by orders of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, for incarceration until their sentences are served and they are deported to their home countries Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, in Phoenix. The self-proclaimed 'toughest sheriff in America' has announced plans to keep illegal immigrants separate from the rest of the inmate population at tents in Phoenix that house prisoners.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America" has announced plans to keep illegal immigrants separate from the rest of the inmate population at tents in Phoenix that house prisoners.

Chatroom partner calls police to avert suicide (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 03:52 PM CST

Jesse Coltrane poses at his home in Camden N.J., on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. Coltrane says an 18-year-old friend in Sacramento, Calif., whom he had never met in person, sent him an instant message Monday that mentioned suicide which led to hours of chatting on the phone, over webcams and instant messages. When the man in California hung up the phone and shut down his computer, Coltrane called police in Sacramento, who got medical attention for the teen. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)AP - Jesse Coltrane exchanged instant messages and phone calls with a despondent California teenager, then became startled by the picture on his webcam: The young man who had been discussing suicide was starting to cut the skin of his forearm with a razor blade.

Salazar scraps sale of oil-and-gas leases in Utah (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 04:24 PM CST

Richard Speights, superintendent of drilling at Raser Technologies' Thermo geothermal power plant, looks at steam escaping from a well in Minersville, Utah August 27, 2008. (Nichola Groom/Reuters)AP - In a high-profile reversal of the Bush administration, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday the government is scrapping the lease of 77 parcels of federal land for oil and gas drilling in Utah's redrock country.

Man who lost $5.4M to Madoff wants ex-wife to pay (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 04:42 PM CST

AP - A lawyer has sued his ex-wife to try to recover millions of dollars he paid in a divorce agreement that he says was based on their belief they had $5.4 million invested with fraud suspect Bernard Madoff.

Army contractor pleads guilty in detainee shooting (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 04:38 PM CST

AP - An Army contractor faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of a handcuffed Taliban member in Afghanistan who had just set one of the contractor's colleagues on fire.

1st deep sea observatory looks at climate change (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 02:47 PM CST

In this photo provided by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), the 502-pound deep sea video camera 'Eye-in-the-Sea' sits on the floor of the Pacific Ocean 22 miles off the California coast Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. The Eye-in-the-Sea is the world's first Web camera that will offer a window into the darkness of the deep ocean. This camera and other novel experiments are possible because of a new deep sea observatory called MARS, which stand for Monterey Accelerated Research Station, the only operational deep sea observatory in the U.S.(AP Photo/MBARI)AP - ABOARD RESEARCH VESSEL POINT LOBOS, Off the California Coast (AP) — A crane on a ship deck hoisted a 502-pound video camera and plopped it into the ocean for a 3,000-foot descent to the world of neon-glowing jellyfish, bug-eyed red rock cod and other still unknown slithery critters.

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