2009年2月16日星期一

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No pot charge for swimmer Phelps after photo (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 05:45 PM CST

In this file photo provided Kellogg Co., shows a prototype of a box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes featuring U.S. swimming star Michael Phelps. Bursting with indignation, legions of marijuana advocates are urging a boycott of Kellogg Co., including all of its popular munchies, for deciding to cut ties with Olympic hero Michael Phelps after he was photographed with a pot pipe. (AP Photo/Kellogg Co.)AP - Now that Michael Phelps won't face drug charges, he can try to distance himself from a photo that showed the Olympian smoking a marijuana pipe.

Authorities scale back search for missing Fla girl (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 04:03 PM CST

George and Cindy Anthony prepare to speak during the memorial for 2-year-old Caylee Marie Anthony at First Baptist Orlando in Orlando, FL on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. Caylee Anthony went missing in June 2008 and her remains were found in December, less than a mile from her home. Her mother Casey Anthony is in custody on charges of first degree murder of her child. (AP Photo/Red Huber,Pool)AP - Authorities in north Florida have scaled back their search for a missing 5-year-old girl who vanished from her home last week and a volunteer search group has ended its efforts.

Flight 3407 rocked like roller coaster before fall (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 04:02 PM CST

AP - Seats are upright. Belts are buckled. Trays are up. Flight 3407 is beginning its descent to Buffalo Niagara International Airport. And then something suddenly goes terribly wrong.

Calif. lawmakers fail to pass budget — by 1 vote (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 11:09 PM 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 - California lawmakers were stymied Monday in their frustrating search for one more vote to approve a $42 billion budget-balancing plan state leaders say is needed to stave off fiscal disaster.

Kids' cholesterol study reassuring, doctors say (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 03:57 PM CST

AP - Fewer than 1 percent of American teens are likely to need cholesterol drugs, says a new study that offers some reassuring news on the childhood obesity front.

Police in Conn. shoot chimp after it attacks woman (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 11:11 PM CST

In this Oct. 20, 2003 photo, Travis, a 10-year-old chimpanzee, sits in the corner of his playroom at the home of Sandy and Jerome Herold in Stamford, Conn. The 175-pound (80-kilogram) chimpanzee kept as a pet was shot and killed by a police officer Monday, Feb. 16, 2009 after it attacked a woman visiting its owners' home, leaving her with serious facial injuries, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Stamford Advocate, Kathleen O'Rourke)AP - A 200-pound pet chimpanzee once seen in TV commercials mauled a woman visiting its owner Monday and cornered a police officer in his cruiser before he shot and killed it, authorities said.

Octuplets' grandmother conciliatory in interview (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 05:17 PM CST

A baby at a maternity ward. The mother of octuplets born in California is staying at AP - The mother of the Southern California woman who used a fertility doctor to give birth to octuplets sounded a conciliatory note toward her daughter in a TV interview posted online Monday.

Storm dumps rain and snow across California (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 01:29 AM CST

Traffic comes off an on ramp from a closed Interstate I-15 after blizzard conditions forced it closed in Cajon Pass on Monday Feb. 16, 2009. A winter storm that could be the largest of the season blanketed California with heavy rain and snow on Monday, forcing the closure of a major highway and the cancellation of the final round of a national golf tournament. (AP Photo/Walt Weis)AP - A winter storm blanketed California with heavy rain and snow on Monday, forcing the temporary closure of major highways and the cancellation of the final round of a national golf tournament.

1 Mo. soldier dead of meningitis; 1 seriously ill (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 03:59 PM CST

AP - One soldier is dead of meningitis at Fort Leonard Wood and a second is "very seriously ill," according to officials at the Army base in southern Missouri.

Showdown set in Polanski case; he won't be there (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 06:42 PM CST

Director Roman Polanski reacts during a news conference to present his musical 'Tanz der Vampire' ('Dance of the Vampires') in Oberhausen September 29, 2008. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)AP - After months of legal maneuvers, it's time for the much anticipated courtroom showdown on director Roman Polanski's effort to have a 31-year-old sex prosecution against him dismissed.

NY senator, husband keep 2 rifles under their bed (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 02:30 PM CST

AP - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who has drawn criticism from fellow Democrats in New York because of her pro-gun stance, says she keeps two rifles under her bed.

Vermont store's blue items make customers see red (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 12:51 PM CST

Shoppers walk through the Vermont Country Store retail store in Weston, Vt., Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. Vermont Country Store proprietor Lyman Orton had an idea: Why not offer sexual aids — vibrators, instructional sex videos, 'pleasure gels' — for older folks who still have sex but need a little help at it? The inclusion of the products, against the better judgment of Orton's three partner sons, has prompted cancellation notices and a sort of identity crisis for a company that prides itself on pleasing customers. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - For 64 years, it's been a mailbox staple, offering home remedies, kitchen wares and long-forgotten brands in hopes of helping consumers solve life's little problems, from spider veins to unwanted nose hair.

Officials seek help in finding 3-year-old Ark. boy (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 12:50 PM CST

AP - Investigators searching for a missing 3-year-old boy in southern Arkansas have exhausted almost all their leads.

Ex-inmates hope for help after leaving prison (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 11:15 AM CST

Vikki Hankins, recently released from prison, is seen at the hotel where she lives on a temporary basis in Orlando, Fla., in a Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 photo. Like others who are leaving prison during an economic slump, Hankins would be helped by the Second Chance Act if congress approves the funding. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Ex-convict Vikki Hankins had the misfortune of being freed from prison during the worst recession since the Great Depression. While serving an 18-year sentence for a nonviolent federal drug conviction, she was assured of taxpayer-funded food and shelter.

States' plans to spend stimulus under scrutiny (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 08:18 AM CST

John Dailey, Sr., left, owner of JRD Contracting, poses with employees Caleb Cooper, center, and Curtis Scarbrough, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, in Camden, Ala. Dailey has laid off 12 of his 45 hourly employees, and hopes the economic stimulus package will put some employees back to work on road crews. (AP Photo/Jamie Martin)AP - It may sound like a nice problem for states — figuring out how to spend the billions in infrastructure funding they'll receive as part of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan.

NYC agency plans to mark 140 years of adoptions (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 12:07 PM CST

Shannon Davenport, a childcare worker at the New York Foundling, updates her records as a child sleeps in his crib inside the Foundling's Crisis Nursery, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 in New York. The nursery accepts children 10 years of age and under, 24 hours, seven days a week, to provide a temporary shelter for parents to leave their children in a crisis situation for up to 21 days. The Foundling will celebrate its 140th anniversary in October. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Alberta Sorensen grew up knowing nearly nothing about her origins — not even her true birthday. What she knew was a Manhattan building and a nun her adoptive parents proudly took her to visit once a year.

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