2009年2月8日星期日

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Some rescued fishermen return to Lake Erie (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 10:48 PM CST

Ice fishermen Gary Vaughn, left, of Pennsylvania, and David Hudzinski, from Wisconsin, make a phone call after being rescued from the ice at Crane Creek Park in Oak Harbor, Saturday Feb. 7, 2009. Some 150 fishermen were stranded on a slab of ice 8 miles wide when it broke away from the Ohio shoreline of Lake Erie, the Coast Guard said. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)AP - Many of the 134 fishermen rescued from Lake Erie ice returned to the miles-long floe Sunday using rented air boats to retrieve left-behind snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and other equipment. A few ventured onto the risky ice to fish for walleye.

NY river pilot describes `shocking' thuds of geese (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 10:46 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 - The pilot who ditched his jetliner in the Hudson River and saved the lives of everyone on board said he had a "sickening" feeling when a flock of birds disabled both engines with violent thuds, crippling the plane at 3,000 feet over the nation's most populous city.

Unemployed use time for health, hobbies and family (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 10:42 PM CST

Jay Capelle, 60, speaks in his Fond du Lac, Wis. home Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Capelle has been unable to find a job since losing his maintenance mechanic position at Mercury Marine in May 2008. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)AP - Jay Capelle would give anything to get back his factory job of 32 years. At the same time, he's grateful to have extra time on his hands these days to care for his ailing wife, stay in shape and work on a long-planned baseball documentary.

65,000 gallons of oil sludge spills near Chicago (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 11:28 PM CST

AP - A holding tank at a Caterpillar facility in a Chicago suburb broke Sunday, spilling about 65,000 gallons of oil sludge and contaminating a 3-mile section of the Des Plaines River, officials said.

Md. urges online state tax filing in YouTube spoof (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 10:43 PM CST

AP - Maryland's comptroller urges "real taxpayers of genius" to file their state taxes online this year in a YouTube video spoofing a memorable series of Bud Light ads.

Organ recipients meet family of shooting victim (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 05:46 PM CST

Transplant recipients, James O'Hea of Woodbridge, (heart), Terence Begley of Edison, (kidney and pancreas), and Malta Hameed of Clifton, (liver) look on during a memorial service for their donor, Dennis John Malloosseril at St. Thomas Syrian Orthodox Knanaya Church in Clifton, N.J., Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. Malloosseril was shot and killed last November inside this same church while trying to intervene during a dispute between a woman and her estranged husband. Also attending were recipients John Muscarella of Newark, (Lung) and Migdalia Torres of Cleveland, Ohio, (kidney). (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)AP - James O'Hea was told privately his failing heart gave him little more than a month to live. Terence Begley's diabetes meant more years of dialysis and deteriorating kidneys.

Slain Fla. toddler's grandmother pens eulogy (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 05:19 PM CST

This undated photo released by the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Orlando, Fla. shows Caylee Anthony. Caylee Anthony's grandmother is asking, Feb. 8, 2009, that only those with 'the purest of hearts' and 'truly honorable intentions' attend a public memorial service for her this week. (AP Photo/Orange County Sheriff's Office, File)AP - The grandmother of a slain Florida toddler is asking that only those with "the purest of hearts" and "truly honorable intentions" attend a public memorial service for her this week.

Pa. gov to testify at former state senator's trial (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 03:03 PM CST

AP - The defense in the federal corruption trial of a former state senator is aiming to roll out its big guns Monday with the testimony of Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell.

AP: Some states disregard juvenile justice law (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 02:36 PM CST

Erica Olivares, 25, laughs while helping her niece, Deandreya Olivares, 6, write a story about her life at the Casey Family Programs building in Cheyenne, Wyo. on Monday, July 28, 2008. Olivares is an alumni of the juvenile justice system and helps to mentor children once a week for up to an hour. Olivares has helped raise her niece since she was 4 months old. (AP Photo/Brandon Quester).AP - When Erica Olivares ran away from home at age 16, the penalty was not a stern lecture — it was a month in Laramie County jail. Soon, under the tutelage of adult criminals, she was addicted to drugs. "Methamphetamine, I'd never even heard about that. And I heard about that in there," said Olivares, now 26.

Denver's rearing blue mustang draws wild reaction (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 01:22 PM CST

The 32-Foot blue 'Mustang' sculpture is seen at Denver International Airport with the terminal in the background on Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. A year after it was installed, Luis Jimenez's 'Mustang' sculpture has become a hot topic of conversation. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - Rearing 32 feet high, the metallic blue mustang sculpture demands the attention of every traveler through Denver International Airport.

States struggle to fund crime compensation (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 01:04 PM CST

AP - On a June night two summers ago, Debra Rabideau-Stevens tried to break up a fight between two women at a northern Wisconsin tavern.

Recession sending more students to comm. colleges (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 12:52 PM CST

Students at New Hampshire Technical Institute walk top class in Concord, N.H., Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Across the country, community colleges report unprecedented enrollment increases driven by students looking for a bigger, or quicker, bang for their buck and by laid-off older workers.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - College freshman Elizabeth Hebert's choice of a four-year school suddenly got too expensive. George Haseltine already has a business degree, but he concluded after several layoffs that he needed more training to get work.

Flight 93 memorial plans move forward in Pa. (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 11:33 AM CST

US President Barack Obama speaks before signing an executive order establishing the new Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Obama Friday had an AP - The National Park Service expects that a contract will be awarded by autumn for construction of the Flight 93 National Memorial in western Pennsylvania.

Police: Gun misfire thwarts murder-suicide plan (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 01:13 PM CST

AP - Police in northeastern Pennsylvania say a faulty gun thwarted a man's plan to kill his estranged wife and commit suicide.

Accountant played key role to convict 'mafia cops' (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 12:50 PM CST

AP - Accountant Stephen Corso was in deep trouble. His clients, including longtime friends, told federal authorities in 2002 that he had stolen more than $5 million.

Over $1B in unpaid bail owed to Philadelphia (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 11:57 AM CST

AP - Court officials in Philadelphia say people who are released on bail but don't show up for their trials owe the city more than $1 billion.

More co-worker couples losing both incomes at once (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 07:10 AM CST

AP - It is a well-known risk to lack diversity in an investment portfolio. Now, couples employed by the same company are learning a similar lesson, the hard way.

Fire strikes Mass. house used by Henry Fonda (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 09:53 AM CST

AP - Fire has destroyed a house in a Massachusetts coastal town where Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart sharpened their acting skills in the 1920s and '30s.

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