2009年2月22日星期日

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AP IMPACT: Army charity hoards millions (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 09:21 PM CST

Army Community Services financial educator Yolanda Davis, center, talks with Pvt. Terrence Nicholas and his wife, Erika Nicholas, during a briefing about financial services Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, at Fort Bliss, Texas. Erika Nicholas is holding daughter Ania Nicholas, 4. (AP Photo/Victor Calzada)AP - As soldiers stream home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the biggest charity inside the U.S. military has been stockpiling tens of millions of dollars meant to help put returning fighters back on their feet, an Associated Press investigation shows.

Warden: Jail can't accommodate slaying suspect, 11 (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 07:10 PM CST

In this undated photo released by the Houk family, shows Kenzie Marie Houk with her daughters Jenessa, left, and Adalynn in Wampum, Pa.. Eleven-year-old Jordan Brown is charged in the shooting death of the 26-year-old pregnant mother of two. (AP Photo/The Houk Family)AP - A jail warden said Sunday he will ask a judge to move an 11-year-old boy accused of killing his father's pregnant girlfriend from an adult lockup to a juvenile detention center because the jail cannot accommodate the boy.

Levy family's grief endures, despite break in case (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 09:59 PM CST

Chandra Levy's parents Susan and Robert Levy stand outside their Modesto, Calif. home to answer questions from media, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. Levy had just completed an internship with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons when she went missing in May 2001 in Washington, D.C. The 24-year-old was wearing jogging clothes when she vanished, and her remains were discovered in Rock Creek Park a year later. Investigators in the 2001 slaying of Chandra Levy have prepared an arrest warrant for a Salvadoran immigrant convicted of similar attacks in the park where the former intern disappeared, a person close to the investigation said Saturday. (AP Photo/Al Golub)AP - In the first weeks after her only daughter disappeared, grief hit Susan Levy so hard she could not move from a fetal position on the living room couch.

Family to seek guardianship of chimp attack victim (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 10:32 PM CST

The gated driveway to the home where a woman was mauled by a chimpanzee this week is seen on Friday, Feb. 20, 2009 in Stamford, Conn. Police say Travis attacked Charla Nash of Stamford, when she arrived at owner Sandra Herold's house to help lure the chimp back inside. Herold speculated that Travis was being protective of her and attacked Nash because she had a different hairstyle, was driving a different car and held a stuffed toy in front of her face to get the chimp's attention. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)AP - The family of a woman who was mauled by a 200-pound chimpanzee says her twin brother plans to go to court this week to seek guardianship of the victim and her daughter.

Hawaii is latest civil unions battleground (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 08:24 PM CST

From left, Suzanne King, Shylar Young, 9, and Tambry Young all of Honolulu walk along the shore at Ala Moana Park in Honolulu, Hawaii, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. Hawaii would become the fourth state to legalize same-sex civil unions, the alternative to gay marriage, if the Democrat-dominated Legislature and Republican governor approve a civil union law. The measure was passed by the state House this month but it now faces the Senate, where a divided committee is to vote Tuesday. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni)AP - Hawaii, the state that adopted the nation's first "defense of marriage" constitutional amendment a decade ago, has now become the latest battleground in the fight for same-sex civil unions.

Vegas, Midwest seek the $8 billion for fast trains (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 02:43 PM CST

Graphic shows designated high-speed rail corridorsAP - The Republicans attacking President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package point to a project they dub the "Sin Express" — a high speed rail link between Anaheim, Calif., site of Disneyland, and Las Vegas.

Charges in deaths of Curry's ex-girlfriend, baby (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 09:18 PM CST

This photo released by the Chicago Police Department shows attorney Fredrick Goings, 36. Goings was charged Sunday Feb. 22, 2009 with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of the former girlfriend and infant daughter of New York Knicks player Eddy Curry during a domestic-related dispute. (AP Photo/Chicago Police Department)AP - A 36-year-old attorney fatally shot the former girlfriend and infant daughter of New York Knicks player Eddy Curry during a domestic-related dispute, according to police and published reports.

Police: 1 killed, 3 hurt in Los Angeles shooting (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 05:09 PM CST

AP - Police say one man has been killed and three people are injured in a suspected gang-related shooting near downtown Los Angeles.

Indicted federal judge set to go on trial (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 01:07 PM CST

AP - U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent will be making judicial history when he enters a courtroom Monday — but it won't be the kind he'll want to remember.

Suspicious powder slows opening at Disneyland (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 03:02 PM CST

AP - You expect to find a little magic dust at Disneyland, but not this kind.

AP IMPACT: Army charity hoards millions (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 04:33 PM CST

Army Community Services financial educator Yolanda Davis, center, talks with Pvt. Terrence Nicholas and his wife, Erika Nicholas, during a briefing about financial services Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, at Fort Bliss, Texas. Erika Nicholas is holding daughter Ania Nicholas, 4. (AP Photo/Victor Calzada)AP - As soldiers stream home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the biggest charity inside the U.S. military has been stockpiling tens of millions of dollars meant to help put returning fighters back on their feet, an Associated Press investigation shows.

Some governors unsure about taking stimulus money (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 12:45 PM CST

In a Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 file photo, Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal answers questions at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, La. Even as their states face crushing budget deficits and soaring unemployment, the Republican governors of Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi and Texas are considering turning down some of the stimulus package money. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)AP - Governors usually don't argue about whether they should take money from the federal government, just how much they should get. Yet some chief executives are divided over President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan and whether the billions it offers is always a good deal.

'Slumdog' evening? Oscar fave enters home stretch (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 05:52 PM CST

Actress Freida Pinto arrives for the 81st Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - A steel-gray sky dimmed the sun but not the excitement on Hollywood Boulevard as "Slumdog Millionaire" headed into Sunday's Academy Awards as the surefire favorite.

Oscar Countdown: The bleachers have a VIP, too (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 05:10 PM CST

Oscar keeper Steve Meissner, center, prepares two awards to be handed out backstage at the 81st Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - It takes persistence and a bit of luck to get to sit in the bleachers for the red carpet star-watching party on Oscar Sunday. One fan's dedication has made her a VIP in her own right.

Cargo to be removed from tanker grounded off Texas (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 02:09 PM CST

AP - Officials say they plan to remove cargo from a grounded oil tanker in the Gulf of Mexico to reduce its weight and hopefully refloat it.

Wash. might limit inmates' access to records (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 12:57 PM CST

AP - An entrepreneurial spirit struck Allan Parmelee last fall as he sat in a Washington state prison, where he's serving 17 years for bombing the cars of two lawyers.

Fermilab, European accelerator race for glory (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 12:22 PM CST

AP - So, does the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's Tevatron accelerator have a shot against the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland?

Big asbestos case in Libby, Mont., goes to trial (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 12:10 PM CST

AP - After years of delays, the people of a Montana mining town are getting their day in court to see a major chemical company face federal charges accusing it of poisoning their homes and schools with asbestos.

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