2009年2月28日星期六

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Mom: Deployment leaves no one to care for kids (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 06:04 PM PST

AP - When Lisa Pagan reports for duty Sunday, four long years after she was honorably discharged from the Army, she'll arrive with more than her old uniform. She's bringing her kids, too.

Ky. Army officer gets 25 years for detainee murder (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 06:40 PM PST

AP - An Army officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a military jury Saturday for shooting and killing an Iraqi detainee during an interrogation.

Airliner crash shattered lives, united a community (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 06:37 PM PST

Cheryl Stevens, a resident evacuated from Long Street after the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407, speaks to the media on the corner of her street in Clarence Center, N.Y. on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. Stevens hopes a cleaning service can rid her house of the stubborn smell of smoke. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)AP - Natasha Marciano holds her breath when planes fly overhead on approach to Buffalo's airport. Matthew Doherty says he's still "somewhat in shock" after watching from his bedroom window as a commuter plane crashed and burned.

Avalanche kills 3 on Wyoming-Idaho state line (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 01:13 PM PST

AP - A mile-long avalanche near the Wyoming-Idaho state line swept three snowmobilers to their deaths, authorities said Saturday.

Nation of Islam minister sees `universal' approach (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 03:28 PM PST

AP - A top Nation of Islam minister said Saturday that while the Chicago-based movement has primarily focused on blacks since its creation, he envisions expanding a racially universal approach across the globe.

Lawyer says NYC immigrant killing not a hate crime (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 04:10 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 lawyer for one of two men accused of murdering an Ecuadorean immigrant in a hate crime said Saturday his client acted in self-defense, believing the victim was reaching for a gun during a scuffle.

Obama's call of college for all: Could it be done? (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 10:44 AM PST

In this Feb. 7, 2006 file photo, Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board, a not-for-profit membership association founded in 1900 that consists of 5,000 of the nation's leading schools, colleges, and universities, discusses the Advanced Placement (AP) program during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, file)AP - In his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, President Barack Obama called for every American to pursue some form of education beyond high school.

Utah river searched for car with girl, 5, inside (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 03:10 PM PST

AP - Crews on Saturday were using sonar to search the bottom of the Colorado River after a car plunged 60 feet into a canyon and sank in the icy river, trapping a 5-year-old girl inside.

Video shows Wash. sheriff's deputy kicking teen (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 06:32 PM PST

In this series of frame grabs, from a Nov. 29, 2008 video released by the King County Sheriff's Office in Seattle, Deputy Paul Schene, right, is shown using excessive force on the 15-year-old girl according to prosecutors who released the surveillance video on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/King County Sheriff's Office)AP - A King County sheriff's deputy kicks a 15-year-old girl, slams her to the floor of a jail cell, strikes her and pulls her hair in violence captured on videotape.

High court looks at prisoners' right to DNA test (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 09:52 AM PST

AP - William Osborne says he's a victim of mistaken identity and a DNA test would prove it. Alaska prosecutors say his rape and attempted murder convictions are as solid as can be, and would be pointless to revisit.

Wash. mother gets 3 months for attacking sex felon (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 10:45 AM PST

AP - A judge has sentenced a mother to three months in jail for hitting a convicted sex offender with an aluminum baseball bat.

Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's old shows up for sale (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 11:45 AM PST

AP - An Atlanta investment banker is auctioning off more than 15,000 videotaped episodes of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's iconic Christian talk show.

SoCal robbery suspect tries to become policeman (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 11:44 AM PST

AP - Authorities in California say a man wanted for a store robbery was arrested when he showed up to take a test to become a police officer.

Man accused of stealing guns from parked cop car (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 12:21 PM PST

AP - Corpus Christi police didn't have to go far to examine the scene of one crime — the theft of guns from a police car.

Indian-American profile up, from politics to film (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 10:34 AM PST

The years-long wave of Indian immigration is creating a rising tide of visibility for Indian-Americans in the United States, three of whom are shown in file photos. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, left, was picked to give the Republican response to President Barack Obama's speech to Congress. Model and cooking author Padma Lakshmi finished another 'Top Chef' TV season, and Dr. Sanjay Gupta is under consideration to be Obama's surgeon general. (AP Photos/Alex Brandon, Matt Sayles, Diane Bondareff, File)AP - Jai Ho! The years-long wave of immigration from India is creating a rising tide of visibility for Indian-Americans in the United States.

Boy, 14, who impersonated Chicago police released (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 10:07 AM PST

AP - A 14-year-old boy accused of impersonating a Chicago police officer has been released from custody.

LA mayor: Heavy hitter or Hollywood hype? (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 09:19 AM PST

In this Dec, 10, 2008 file photo, musician Sheila E., left and Los Angeles City Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa play a congo with a latin band at the grand opening of The Conga Room, in Los Angeles. Villaraigosa doesn't apologize for ambition. Four years ago the city's first Hispanic mayor in more than a century talked about remaking the city into a metropolis that would rival Renaissance-era Venice and as the Democratic mayor heads toward an all but certain re-election Tuesday, March 3 he's confronting a question that has followed him through much of his tenure: Despite an abundance of youthful energy and a winning smile, can he produce results for his broad agenda? (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas, File)AP - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa doesn't apologize for ambition. Four years ago, the city's first Hispanic mayor in more than a century talked about remaking the city into a metropolis that would rival Renaissance-era Venice, Italy.

Columbia U. names first black woman college dean (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 08:47 AM PST

AP - Columbia University's new college dean is the first black and the first woman to serve in the post.

17 from Texas jail charged in drug, sex crimes (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 08:50 AM PST

AP - A former sheriff and several ex-jailers were among 17 people named Friday in a 106-count indictment on charges ranging from having sex with inmates to bringing them drugs at a now-closed county jail.

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