2009年2月15日星期日

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Plane that crashed near Buffalo was on autopilot (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 07:24 PM CST

Women leave flowers at a makeshift memorial to the victims of Continental Connection Flight 3407, at the Clarence Center United Methodist Church, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009 in Clarence, N.Y. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - The commuter plane that crashed near Buffalo was on autopilot until just before it went down in icy weather, indicating that the pilot may have ignored federal safety recommendations and violated the airline's own policy for flying in such conditions, an investigator said Sunday.

Illinois GOP leader calls on Sen. Burris to resign (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 07:42 PM CST

Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill. speaks during a press conference in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. Burris fielded questions about a major omission from the testimony he made in January to a state House committee investigating former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment. (AP Photo/David Banks)AP - Just as Illinois was moving past the agony and embarrassment of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's ousting, the fellow Democrat whom Blagojevich appointed to the U.S. Senate was hearing calls for his own resignation Sunday amid allegations he lied to legislators.

Aviation authorities defend safety of turboprops (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 06:48 PM CST

In this June 10, 2008 file photo, a Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 is shown on it's acceptance flight at Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario. A former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board has called for authorities to ground all turboprop planes like the one that crashed into a home last week until the accident investigation is complete. But federal aviation officials insisted on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, that the planes are just as safe in bad weather as any other aircraft. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Andrew H. Cline, File)AP - A former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board has called for authorities to ground all turboprop planes like the one that crashed last week in icy conditions, at least until the accident investigation is complete.

NY town seeks comfort after plane falls onto home (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 07:33 PM CST

Chris Fashone, right, reacts as he joins others at a service in memory of the victims of Continental Connection Flight 3407 at Clarence Center United Methodist Church Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009 in Clarence Center, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - At Clarence United Methodist Church, they prayed — for the victims, for their families and for the small army of workers sifting through plane wreckage in suburban Buffalo.

Amid nurse shortage, hospitals focus on retention (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 07:48 PM CST

Yaima Milian, right, who is in a nursing residency program, uses a stethoscope to check on patient Marta Gonzalez Friday, Feb. 6, 2009 at Baptist Health of South Florida in Miami. More hospitals are investing in longer, more thorough residencies. These can cost roughly $5,000 per resident. But the cost of recruiting and training a replacement for a nurse who washed out is about $50,000, personnel experts estimate. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - Newly minted nurse Katie O'Bryan was determined to stay at her first job at least a year, even if she did leave the hospital every day wanting to quit.

Calif. Senate adjourns without voting on tax hikes (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 12:25 AM CST

Assembly members Hector De La Torre, D-South Gate, left, and Bill Monning, D-Monterey, right, sleep at their desk during an all-night lock down of the Assembly at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. In an effort to get a budget deal, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, locked down her chamber about 3:30 a.m., forcing lawmakers to remain. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - The California Senate abruptly adjourned its marathon weekend session Sunday night, leaving in doubt the fate of a $14.4 billion tax bill that is a key part of a plan to balance the state budget.

Nation's peanut growers reeling from outbreak (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 01:14 PM CST

Eleana Walsh watches her son Carter make his peanut butter and jelly sandwich in Bow, N.H., Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. The nationwide salmonella outbreak has left many parents in a situation as sticky as peanut butter itself: Should they pack their kids' lunches with PB&J or stay away from the old standby? (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - With hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work and the economy in a nosedive, the U.S. peanut industry expected sales to soar this year.

Sin City worries its image hurts business travel (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 02:05 PM CST

A woman walks past a sign promoting the World Shoe Association Show in Las Vegas, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. Born of carefully crafted slogans like 'What happens here stays here,' and smiling, sequined showgirls, the image of a 24-hour adult Disneyland with free-flowing booze and casino chips is making the tourist destination seem radioactive to companies keen on not appearing frivolous as they seek government bailouts. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Sin City is worried that its well-honed style is crimping its business.

New e-book captures kids' hopes, dreams for Obama (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 08:03 PM CST

This undated photo provided by kidthing, inc. shows Aaron Van Blerkom, 7, of Pasadena, Calif., holding up his letter to President Barack Obama. Aaron is among 150 or more kids ages 5-12 whose 'Dear Mr. President' letters and drawings were collected in an e-book available for free download beginning Monday, Presidents Day. A special hardcopy edition will be sent to the White House for their 44th commander in chief. (AP Photo/kidthing, inc.)AP - End war, forever. Make the planet greener. Please help my dad find work. Make it rain candy!

Nev. plans more lion hunts in effort to save deer (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 08:27 PM CST

AP - State wildlife officials have announced a plan to kill more mountain lions to help increase the deer population, a move criticized by animal advocates who say drought and development are more important factors in the decrease of deer numbers.

Obama plans to head west to sign stimulus bill (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 06:54 PM CST

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One in Washington enroute to Chicago to spend the President's Day holiday weekend with his family at their home there February 13, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueAP - Keeping the economy front and center, President Barack Obama heads west this week to sign the $787 billion stimulus bill and tackle the home mortgage foreclosure crisis. The direct appeals for public support follow scant GOP backing in Congress for his agenda and increasing partisan bickering.

NYPD reloads after Mumbai with training program (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 03:07 PM CST

Operators from the NYPD Emergency Services Unit move in a stack formation as they prepare to enter a building during training at the NYPD H.I.D.T.A., pronounced 'highduh' (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) training site in Orchard Beach, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 in New York. The training was to simulate response in the event of a terrorist attack similar to those that occurred in Mumbai, India in December 2008. (AP Photo/Edouard H.R.Gluck)AP - The team of police officers crisscrosses down a New York City block, bracing for a potential firefight with heavily armed suspects who've taken hostages inside a building.

Washington painting in NY gets new frame, touchup (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 01:52 PM CST

This picture provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art shows the painting 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. It is one of the most iconic and enduring images in American art, dazzling visitors at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for more than a century. But the painting will be out of sight until 2011 as the artwork gets a touchup and an ornate new frame and its gallery undergoes a renovation. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Museum of Art)AP - The iconic painting that depicts George Washington crossing the Delaware River is getting even more dazzling. The plain frame that held the room-size painting is being replaced with an ornate recreation of its original.

Debris falling in Texas, possibly from satellites (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 03:12 PM CST

AP - The Federal Aviation Administration has received numerous reports of falling debris across Texas, which could be related to a recent satellite collision.

RI nightclub fire victims mourned in service (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 05:00 PM CST

Linda Fisher, who was severely burned in The Station nightclub fire in 2003, is seen at her home in Cranston, R.I., Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. Fisher suffered second and third degree burns to 30 percent of her body in the blaze that killed 100 people and injured more than 200. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)AP - The survivors of a nightclub fire and relatives of the those who died in the 2003 blaze gathered Sunday to recite the names of the dead and honor them with 100 seconds of silence, one second for each victim.

Uncovering ancient secrets beneath the surface (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 12:10 PM CST

AP - Scholars are reconsidering what ancient Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes knew of the concept of infinity, and archaeologists may have found a fossil brain millions of years old, thanks to new ways of looking beneath the surface of ancient objects.

Economic woes test historically black colleges (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 11:34 AM CST

People make their way on the Clark Atlanta University campus in Atlanta Ga. Thursday Feb. 12, 2009. Enrollments at black colleges have declined while endowments have dropped and fundraising sources have dried up during the nation's economic meltdown. (AP Photo/W.A. Harewood)AP - Historically black colleges and universities, which for decades have been educating students who can't afford to go — or can't imagine going — elsewhere, have been particularly challenged by the nation's economic meltdown.

Man arrested after 4 killed at NY hospital, home (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 03:09 PM CST

AP - A man was charged with murder after two people were shot dead outside a hospital and a couple were killed in their home hours later, authorities said.

Stimulus bill expected to restart mine cleanup (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 10:46 AM CST

Seth Johnson looks down into the mine shaft behind a makeshift memorial marking the site along the remote Cherum Peak Trail in the Cerbat Mountains Monday, Sept. 3, 2007, after two sisters fell into a 125-foot-deep abandoned mine shaft while driving their all-terrain vehicle in Chloride, Ariz. Rikki Howard, 13, died on the scene while her sister Casie Hicks, 10, was being treated for her injuries. Efforts to clean up one of the West's most enduring and dangerous legacies — tens of thousands of abandoned hardrock mines, many of them dating to the 19th century — are expected to get a boost from the economic stimulus package sought by President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - When the Beal Mountain mine opened in 1988 near Butte, Mont., its owner promoted open-pit cyanide leaching for extracting gold from ore as modern and environmentally friendly.

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