2009年2月27日星期五

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Guard to pull out of New Orleans after 3 1/2 years (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 06:42 PM PST

Louisiana National Guard Lt. Ronald Brown, Jr., right, and Sgt. Wayne Lewis pose for a photograph in front of the Louisiana Superdome before starting their patrol in New Orleans, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. The last units of the Louisiana National Guard, which came to town after Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005, are pulling out Sunday. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)AP - Three and a half years after Hurricane Katrina, the National Guard is pulling the last of its troops out of New Orleans this weekend, leaving behind a city still desperate and dangerous. Residents long distrustful of the city's police force are worried they will have to fend for themselves.

Soldier guilty of murder in Iraqi detainee killing (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 06:52 PM PST

AP - A military jury in Kentucky has found an Army officer guilty of murder in the death of an Iraqi detainee.

Assisted suicide ring members prep for court fight (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 06:14 PM PST

Jerry Dincin, vice president of Final Exit Network, an alleged assisted suicide ring investigators say may have been involved in as many as 200 deaths around the country, poses at his home in Highland Park, Ill., Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)AP - Members of an assisted suicide ring say they've done nothing wrong and seem eager for a court battle over criminal charges they helped a Georgia man kill himself, while their supporters are using the case as a rallying cry for more debate about end-of-life issues.

Court: Va. man owns 1776 copy of Declaration (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 06:12 PM PST

In this undated file photo and provided by the Archives of the State of Maine shows a copy of the Declaration of Independence. This rare 1776 copy of the Declaration of Independence belongs to a Virginia technology entrepreneur, not the state of Maine, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled Friday Feb. 27, 2009. Richard Adams Jr. of Fairfax County purchased the document from a London book dealer in 2001 for $475,000. But the state of Maine claimed it belongs to the town of Wiscasset, where it was kept by the town clerk in 1776. (AP Photo/Archives of the State of Maine)AP - A rare 1776 copy of the Declaration of Independence belongs to a Virginia technology entrepreneur, not the state of Maine, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled Friday. Richard Adams Jr. of Fairfax County purchased the document from a London book dealer in 2001 for $475,000. But the state of Maine claimed it belongs to the town of Wiscasset, where it was kept by the town clerk in 1776.

Compton eyes comeback as murders fall to new low (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 03:45 PM PST

Giovanni Ibanez 10, left, William Gutierrez 10, center, and Andrew Lopez, 8, right, play pool at the at the Los Angeles County SheriffÕs Youth Foundation hall in Compton, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Sheriff's deputies direct science and mentoring programs to include boxing, dancing, field trips and help with homework. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Violence has long been part of life in this city on the gritty south side of Los Angeles. In the birthplace of gangsta rap, nightfall once brought gunfire, and wearing the wrong color could get you killed.

Airlines, plane maker sued over crash near Buffalo (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 01:05 PM PST

Susan Wehle, 55, of Williamsville, N.Y. is seen in an undated file handout photo released by Temple Beth Am of Williamsville, NY. Wehle, a cantor at Temple Beth Am, was killed in the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407. Wehle's relatives have sued Continental Airlines and the flight's operators, claiming the aircraft had inadequate deicing equipment and an improperly trained crew. (AP Photo/Temple Beth Am, Jay Terkel)AP - Relatives of a passenger killed when a commuter plane crashed into a house outside Buffalo have sued Continental Airlines and the flight's operators, claiming the aircraft had inadequate deicing equipment and an improperly trained crew.

Schwarzenegger declares Calif. drought emergency (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 05:27 PM PST

Rain clouds hang over the West Los Angeles area February 13, 2009. With a recent flurry of winter storms doing little to dampen California's latest drought, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the nation's biggest public utility, voted on February 17, 2009 to impose water rationing in Los Angeles for the first time in nearly two decades. Photo taken February 13, 2009 REUTERS/Sam Mircovich (UNITED STATES)AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency Friday because of three years of below-average rain and snowfall in California, a step that urges urban water agencies to reduce water use by 20 percent.

Manhattan DA stepping down after 35 years on job (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 03:24 PM PST

Manhattan district attorney Robert M. Morgenthau answers questions for the media during a news conference announcing that he would not seek re-election at the end of his term Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Robert Morgenthau, Manhattan's district attorney since 1974, announced Friday that he won't run for re-election this year, saying "enough is enough" after decades of locking up murderous mobsters, corrupt CEOs and thousands of other criminals.

Minn. fund makes offers to bridge collapse victims (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 02:23 PM PST

Attorney Susan Holden, shown June 11, 2008 in her Minneapolis office, headed a panel of three lawyers charged with dividing up a $36.4 million state compensation fund among the victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - Compensation offers have gone out to 179 victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse, giving them until mid-April to decide whether to take the state help.

Neb. court upholds firing of trooper for Klan link (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 06:08 PM PST

Robert Henderson is pictured in this undated Nebraska State Patrol file photo. Henderson, who was fired from his job as a Nebraska State Trooper in February 2006 after admitting he was a member of a white-supremacist group. On Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the firing of Henderson. Justice John Gerrard wrote in the opinion released Friday, that Henderson voluntarily associated with an organization that uses violence and terror to oppose the state's founding principles of equality and tolerance. (AP Photo/ Nebraska State Patrol)AP - The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday upheld the firing of a State Patrol trooper for his ties to the Ku Klux Klan.

More bones found in NM desert; victim total now 13 (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 04:08 PM PST

AP - Authorities say bones from 13 victims have been recovered from a desert site west of Albuquerque that authorities have been excavating for about a month.

Suspect faces more murder charges in NY rampage (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 02:27 PM PST

AP - A twice-fired nursing supervisor accused of a Valentine's Day rampage that left four people dead in upstate New York was indicted on murder charges in two of the slayings Friday.

Breathing problems reported near Tenn. ash spill (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 10:57 AM PST

This file handout photo provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority on Tuesday Jan. 12, 2009 shows the massive ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Kingston, Tenn., on Dec. 23, 2008, the day following the spill. Cleanup costs could run as high as $825 million after the coal ash spill considered one of the worst environmental disasters in the history of the Tennessee Valley Authority, President and CEO Tom Kilgore said Thursday, Feb. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/TVA, File)AP - A survey finds Tennessee residents are experiencing breathing problems, stress and anxiety near where more than 1 billion gallons of coal ash sludge spilled from a power plant storage facility.

Army: Enemy fire caused copter collision in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 10:13 AM PST

Two US Black Hawk helicopters prepare for take off at a US military base in Kirkuk in December 2003. The US military said on Friday that four soldiers killed last month when two helicopters crashed in northern Iraq had been the target of enemy fire.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)AP - The military now says enemy fire caused two U.S. Army helicopters to collide in Iraq last month, killing four American pilots.

Dobson resigns as chairman of Focus on the Family (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 02:10 PM PST

In a Tuesday, March 11, 2008 photo, Christian evangelical leader and founder of 'Focus on the Family', James Dobson, listens to President Bush, not pictured, address the National Religious Broadcasters 2008 Convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. Dobson has resigned as chairman of Focus on the Family but will continue to play a prominent role at the organization he founded more than three decades ago. He notified the board of his decision Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2009, said Jim Daly, the group's president and chief executive officer. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Conservative evangelical leader James Dobson has resigned as chairman of Focus on the Family but will continue to play a prominent role at the organization he founded more than three decades ago.

2nd arrest made in NYC hate slaying of Ecuadorean (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 01:30 PM PST

Diego Sucuzhanay, foreground right, brother of Jose Sucuzhanay, is comforted by family spokesperson Francisco Moya outside Elmhurst Hospital Center in the Queens borough of New York following a press conference, Dec. 14, 2008, regarding the attack and death of his brother Jose. Jose, an Ecuadorean immigrant, died at the hospital nearly a week after being beaten in Brooklyn by men who yelled anti-Hispanic and anti-gay slurs at him and his brother Romel. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)AP - A second suspect was charged with murder as a hate crime Friday in the death of an Ecuadorean man who had been walking arm-in-arm with his brother before being hit with a baseball bat and kicked by men shouting anti-Hispanic and anti-gay slurs.

Judge closes hearing as Mich. teen seeks new trial (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 11:35 AM PST

In this file photo, defendant Jean Pierre Orlewicz, 17, of Plymouth Township listens to witness testimony during a preliminary exam in 35th District Court in Plymouth, Mich., Nov. 30. 2007. Canton High School senior Jean Pierre Orlewicz, 17, and 18-year-old Alexander James Letkemann of Westland were charged with one count each of first-degree premeditated murder, felony murder and mutilation of a corpse. (AP Photo/John T. Greilick, Pool)AP - A judge barred the victim's family, news media and others from a hearing Friday on whether a suburban Detroit teenager convicted of beheading and burning an acquaintance should get a new trial.

Fate of 1839 church in hands of Vt. town residents (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 02:54 PM PST

AP - Should a wooden piece of history have a place in Stowe's future?

Ambassador: Review Bush-era decisions for Haitians (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 12:06 PM PST

AP - Storm-battered Haiti will continue stalling most deportations of its citizens until the Obama administration decides whether to grant it protected status that will allow Haitians to stay in the U.S. temporarily, the Haitian ambassador said this week.

Coleman faces setback in Minn. Senate trial (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 10:20 AM PST

Former Sen. Norm Coleman's attorneys Joe Friedberg, left, and Tony Trimble listened to Al Franken's attorney Kevin Hamilton, not shown, during the Minnesota's U.S. Senate vote recount trial in St. Paul, Minn., Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Flores, Pool)AP - For the second time this week, the testimony of a key witness in Republican Norm Coleman's Senate election lawsuit was halted over a failure by Coleman's attorneys to disclose contacts she had with them before the trial.

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