2009年3月1日星期日

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

2 NFL players among boaters missing off Fla. coast (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 06:12 PM PST

In this Sept. 21, 2008, file photo, Detroit Lions' Corey Smith sits on the bench in an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers in San Francisco. Smith and Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper were among four boaters missing Sunday, March 1, 2009, off Florida's Gulf Coast, the Coast Guard and Smith's agent said. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu,file)AP - The Coast Guard searched off Florida's Gulf Coast on Sunday for a fishing boat carrying NFL players Corey Smith and Marquis Cooper and two other men missing more than a day in choppy seas.

Rare snow blankets South as East braces for storm (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 06:42 PM PST

An early March snowstorm dumped inches of snow across Alabama, including this red barn on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Ala., Sunday, March 1, 2009. The storm then moved into Georgia, causing plane cancellations and threatening the East coast. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - A potent March snowstorm blanketed much of the Southeast with snow Sunday before barreling toward the Northeast, where officials prepared snowplows and road-salt for a wintery assault.

Farrakhan: Followers must continue `Obama energy' (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 06:46 PM PST

Minister Louis Farrakhan addresses the Saviours Day Convention in Rosemont, Ill., Sunday, March 1, 2009. Saviours Day is the Nation of Islam's annual commemoration of the birth of Master Fard Muhammad, the founder of the Nation of Islam. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - From a three-hour keynote address by Minister Louis Farrakhan to $10 T-shirts, mentions of President Barack Obama were everywhere at the Nation of Islam's annual convention in a Chicago suburb.

ND family says US journalist is detained in Iran (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 02:59 PM PST

Reza Saberi, photographed in his Fargo, N.D., home Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, has not heard from his daughter Roxana Saberi, picture in foreground, since her last call on Feb. 10. Roxana Saberi is a freelance journalist who has reported for National Public Radio and other media and has lived in Iran for six years. (AP Photo/The Forum, Jay Pickthorn)AP - A U.S. journalist has been arrested in Iran, and her father said Sunday she told him in a brief phone call she was detained after buying a bottle of wine.

NC military mom arrives at Fort Benning with kids (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 07:55 PM PST

Lisa Pagan is shown with her husband, Travis, right, and her children Elizabeth, 4, and Eric, 3, at their home in Davidson, N.C., Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. After spending more than a year fighting her recall to active duty, the mother of two has to decide by March 1 whether to deploy to Iraq and abandon her family — a move that would create financial chaos — or refuse to go and possibly face charges. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - A North Carolina woman who was recalled to the Army four years after being honorably discharged drove nearly 400 miles and braved a Southeastern winter storm to report for duty Sunday, with her children by her side.

$#$%##! LA County tries for cuss-free week (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 06:25 PM PST

AP - Pay no attention to that eerie silence in the nation's most populous county this week; it will simply be the sound of 10 million people not cussing.

25 homes destroyed in central Texas wildfire (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 05:11 PM PST

AP - A wildfire fueled by grass, brush and trees has destroyed at least 25 homes and three businesses in central Texas.

Some nonprofits can't touch their money (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 06:22 PM PST

Grant Llewellyn, conductor of the The North Carolina Symphony, directs during rehearsal in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. The Symphony has all the money it needs, but in this economy, the orchestra isn't allowed to touch it. The value of its endowment stands at nearly $6.9 million, a fund the symphony planned to tap this year to help pay its musicians and put on concerts statewide. And because it's now worth less than the original donations that created it, North Carolina law says it cannot be touched. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - The North Carolina Symphony has all the money it needs. But in this economy, the orchestra isn't allowed to touch it.

States' budget woes will outlast the recession (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 05:08 PM PST

Tanya Duarte and her husband, Fernando, look over bills while their son Jordan looks on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009 in Fresno, Calif. Due to the recession, the Duarte's, like many families throughout the country, are close to losing their homes to foreclosure. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)AP - Even after $135 billion in federal aid gets spent, many states will be staring down budgetary black holes unless they initiate dramatic spending cuts or tax increases, or both.

Washington state to allow `dignity' deaths (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 10:35 AM PST

Dr. Robert Thompson poses for a photo Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009 in his office in Seattle. Thompson, an internist and cardiologist at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, who voted for Washington's 'Death with Dignity' law, says that in his 32 years of practice, he has treated patients who were suffering and would have benefited from the law. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - Terminally ill patients with less than six months to live will soon be able to ask their doctors to prescribe them lethal medication in Washington state.

'Madea' locks up top spot at weekend box office (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 11:37 AM PST

In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photo, actor Tyler Perry attends the premiere of 'Tyler Perry's : Madea Goes to Jail' in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail" locked up $16.5 million in ticket sales to claim the top spot at the box office for a second straight weekend, beating out "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience."

More TV ads project images of racial harmony (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 12:13 PM PST

In this still image from video provided by E-Trade, the E-Trade Baby 'Wings' commercial is seen. (AP Photo/E-Trade)AP - Ever see an inner-city schoolyard filled with white, Asian and black teens shooting hoops? Or middle-aged white and Latino men swigging beer and watching the Super Bowl on their black neighbor's couch? Or Asians and Latinos dancing the night away in a hip-hop club?

Calif. case highlights use of mosque informants (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 10:17 AM PST

Craig Monteilh, who says he infiltrated Southern California mosques as an FBI informant and wants to clear his name of suspicions he might have promoted terrorist activities, is seen as he talks about his experiences in Irvine, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. Former FBI agents and federal prosecutors say spying on mosques is still one of the government's best weapons to thwart terrorists — and the benefit to national security is likely to far outweigh any embarrassment to the agency. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - The revelation that the FBI planted a spy in a Southern California mosque was explosive news in a Muslim community that has long suspected the government of even broader surveillance.

Bus driver accused of not stopping student abuse (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 08:01 AM PST

AP - A school bus driver has been charged with felony child neglect for allegedly doing nothing to stop three teenage boys from terrorizing female students on his route.

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

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 11:05 PM PST

AP - Crews on Saturday used sonar to search the bottom of the Colorado River for a car and a 5-year-old girl that disappeared in the icy water.

Maverick Specter's toughest vote could be ahead (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 12:57 PM PST

In this Feb. 13, 2008 file photo, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Twenty-nine years into his U.S. Senate career, Arlen Specter cast what he calls his most difficult vote — a 'yes' on the $787 billion economic stimulus bill that made him the only Republican facing re-election in 2010 to support it. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)AP - Twenty-nine years into his U.S. Senate career, Arlen Specter cast what he calls his most difficult vote — a "yes" on the $787 billion economic stimulus bill that made him the only Republican facing re-election in 2010 to support it.

Former NYC mayor has installed his tombstone (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 08:01 AM PST

AP - Former New York City mayor Ed Koch isn't ready to die but he's already made his arrangements for that day.

Confusion a part of health care plan in stimulus (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 10:55 AM PST

US President Barack Obama has unveiled a $3.552 trillion budget that outlines aggressive plans to boost the recession-stricken US economy and overhaul its health care system.(AFP/Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)AP - The Obama administration rushed to include a health care safety net for laid-off workers in the recently signed stimulus bill, but has not told employers exactly how to make it work.

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