2009年2月6日星期五

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Exotic dancer set on fire outside LA bar (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 01:30 AM CST

This combination of photos released by the Los Angeles Police Department shows attempted murder suspects Rianne Therialut-Odom, 27, left, and Nathaniel Petrillo, 22, who allegedly doused a female dancer with a flammable liquid and set her ablaze early Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in The Tarzana section of Los Angeles. The unidentified victim, a 27-year-old mother of two, was in grave condition after being burned over 60 percent of her body, Deputy Chief Michel Moore said. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Police Department)AP - An exotic dancer was set on fire outside the club where she worked early Thursday, burning more than 60 percent of her body, police said. They were searching for two suspects.

Calif. octuplets' mom's veil of secrecy vanishes (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 09:24 PM CST

This image provided by NBC shows Nadya Suleman, left, speaking with Ann Curry in New York on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in Suleman's first interview since giving birth to octuplets last week. The interview is planned to be broadcast on the 'Today' show on Monday, Feb. 9 and 'Dateline' on Tuesday, Feb. 10. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)AP - The veil of secrecy octuplets' mother Nadya Suleman shrouded herself in for more than a week was lifted Thursday with the release of public documents showing that the 33-year-old struggled with depression for years until she finally began to realize her childhood dream of having a huge family.

FBI takes sudden new interest in 'Tylenol Man' (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 10:39 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 - James W. Lewis has a habit of getting into trouble. And a knack for getting out of it, too. He was charged with killing and dismembering a man in Kansas City, Mo., in 1978, but the case was thrown out. He was jailed on rape charges decades later in Massachusetts, but went free when the victim refused to testify.

Pilot: `Sickening' feeling before NY river landing (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 11:51 PM CST

In this image released by CBS, Capt. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger is shown with Katie Couric at home in his kitchen in Danville, Calif., on Jan. 30, 2009, during his first interview since the U.S. Airways pilot landed his plane on the Hudson River in New York. The interview will be broadcast on '60 Minutes,' Sunday, Feb. 8 at 7:00 p.m. EDT on CBS. (AP Photo/CBS, Sam Painter)AP - Hero pilot Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger says the moments after both engines of US Airways Flight 1549 lost power were the worst of his life.

Recalled peanut butter was in meals sent to Ky. (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 08:31 PM CST

A skid of MRE (meal ready to eat) meals is marked 'Do not issue' Thursday Feb. 5, 2009 at the Wendell Ford Regional Training Center outside of Greenville, Ky. Kentucky stopped distributing FEMA emergency meal kits for victims of last week's ice storm Thursday after authorities warned that the meals may include packets of peanut butter recalled because of possible salmonella. (AP Photo/ Daniel R. Patmore)AP - Nearly 168,000 emergency meal kits sent to Kentucky in the wake of an ice storm had been recalled more than two weeks earlier because some contained peanut butter that could have been contaminated by salmonella, federal officials said Thursday.

Judges: Miami school board can ban book about Cuba (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 07:52 PM CST

AP - Miami school officials can remove from library shelves a book about Cuba that depicts smiling children in communist uniforms but avoids mention of problems in the country, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

Assets of Ind. money manager's wife ordered frozen (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 06:32 PM CST

In this artist rendering, Indiana financial advisor Marcus Schrenker, 38, speaks with Thomas Keith, a public defender, before U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, in Pensacola, Fla. Schrenker, an Indiana financial adviser accused of trying to fake his death in a plane crash had been improperly moving money from accounts and forging signatures for several years, investors testified at a hearing Thursday. (AP Photo/The Pensacola News Journal, Gary McCracken)AP - The estranged wife of an indicted Indiana money manager withdrew tens of thousands of dollars from bank accounts that also included investor money in the week before she filed for divorce, a judge ruled Thursday in freezing her assets in hopes that clients can recoup their losses.

Tire, files examined in Arkansas car bombing case (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 06:28 PM CST

Little Rock, Ark., police cruisers are stationed outside the Arkansas State Medical Board building, during a medical board meeting Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, to keep a close eye on who parks next to the building. Dr. Trent Pierce, chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board, was critically injured Wednesday when a bomb placed on the front end of his Lexus hybrid SUV exploded at his West Memphis, Ark., home. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)AP - Federal agents investigating a car bombing that critically injured a state medical board official focused Thursday on a tire the victim reportedly was trying to move from his driveway just before the blast.

Transport company loses inmate on way to Philly (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 04:32 PM CST

In this undated photo released by the Philadelphia Police Department, Sylvester Mitchell is shown. Police are searching for Mitchell, who escaped from the custody of a private prison transportation company en route from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Philadelphia.Authorities say 33-year-old Sylvester Mitchell was being extradited to face attempted murder charges in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department)AP - A private prison transportation company lost an attempted-murder suspect somewhere between Florida and Pennsylvania, leading to a search for the cuffed and shackled inmate and drawing complaints that such companies are poorly regulated.

Daughter: Mother should `pay' in Mo. incest case (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 01:31 AM CST

AP - The older sister of a girl allegedly molested and impregnated four times by their father said Thursday their mother allowed the abuse and should face more than a child-endangerment charge.

Israel: Militants launch rocket, violating truce (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 12:38 AM CST

Venezuelans hold up their ID card during an anti-Semitist protest outside a synagogue in Caracas, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. An armed group vandalized Caracas' oldest synagogue on Saturday, shattering religious objects and spray-painting walls amid Venezuela's diplomatic spat with Israel over its military offensive last month in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - The Israeli military says Palestinian militants have launched a rocket from Gaza, violating an unwritten cease-fire that ended Israel's Gaza offensive.

Mom of boy in hanging death may seek 2nd autopsy (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 07:31 PM CST

AP - The mother of a 10-year-old boy found hanged in a bathroom at a suburban Chicago school does not believe her son committed suicide and may seek a second autopsy, her attorney said Thursday.

Calif. agencies scramble to meet Friday furloughs (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 07:11 PM CST

Candy Jackson, manager of the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Placerville, Calif., displays the warning signs that the office will be closed Friday, that she will post at the end of business, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. State agencies were preparing Thursday to implement the first employee furloughs in California history, as part of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempt to save money, in the face of a massive budget crisis. An estimated 90 percent of the state's 238,000 employees are supposed to be off Friday.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - State agencies were scrambling Thursday to implement the first employee furloughs in California history, ordered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to save money in the face of a massive budget crisis.

Reputed Chicago mob boss gets life in prison (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 07:24 PM CST

AP - Reputed mob boss James Marcello, one of five men convicted in the city's biggest underworld trial in decades, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for his role as the leader of a racketeering conspiracy that also included two gangland murders more than 22 years ago.

Ex-turkey farm workers indicted on abuse charges (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 04:56 PM CST

AP - Three former turkey farm workers who were videotaped stomping on birds' heads and wringing their necks have been indicted on 19 counts of animal abuse, 11 of them felony charges that could carry significant jail time.

Wis. religious leader: No contest in corpse case (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 03:35 PM CST

This undated file photo originally provided by the Juneau County Sheriff's Office shows Alan Bushey. Bushey, also known as Bishop John Peter , pleaded no contest Thursday,Feb. 5,2009, to hiding a rotting corpse on a follower's toilet. Bushey, 58, of Necedah, Wis., was charged by prosecutors last spring with hiding a corpse, two counts of causing mental harm to a child and two counts of theft. Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth agreed to drop the mental harm and theft counts in exchange for Bushey's plea, according to online court records.(AP Photo/Juneau County Sheriff's Office)AP - A religious leader pleaded no contest Thursday to charges that he stashed a rotting corpse for two months in a follower's bathroom. Alan Bushey was charged last year with hiding a corpse, causing mental harm to a child and theft. Investigators said the body of a 90-year-old member of his religious group was concealed at another group member's home in a scheme to collect the dead woman's Social Security checks.

Former Fla. reform school inmates sue the state (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 05:19 PM CST

AP - Nearly 100 men who spent time at two Florida reform schools a half century ago are suing the state claiming they were raped and severely beaten by state employees.

Fla. woman in adoption scam gets more prison time (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 12:05 PM CST

AP - A Florida woman accused of abusing 11 disabled children she adopted — while pocketing more than $1 million in subsidies — has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Octuplet mom got more than $165K in disability (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 05:20 PM CST

In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 file photo, the home of Nadya Suleman, who gave birth to octuplets is seen in Whittier, Calif. Women who give birth to six, seven and eight babies are often deluged with donations from businesses and strangers. But that does not appear to have happened with the Southern California mother of octuplets. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - A California agency says it paid the mother of newborn octuplets more than $165,000 in disability payments for an on-the-job back injury. The payments made over six years to Nadya Suleman were disclosed Thursday to The Associated Press following a public records request to the Department of Mental Health. The payments were made between 2002 and 2008, during which time the single mother gave birth to most of her six other children.

Base realignment boon becomes burden in recession (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 02:59 PM CST

Construction workers frame up office space that will be occupied by companies re-locationing due to Base realignment and closure, also known as BRAC, near Aberdeen Proving Ground, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, in Belcamp, Md. BRAC is a congressionally authorized Defense Department process used to reorganize the military's base structure and is designed to best consolidate military resources. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - Like most states on the receiving end of big military base moves, leaders in Maryland crowed four years ago when the Pentagon announced thousands of jobs would be transferred to the Aberdeen Proving Ground from Fort Monmouth, N.J.

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