2009年3月4日星期三

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Barbara Bush rests comfortably after heart surgery (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 07:37 PM PST

In this  Oct. 3, 2008 file photo, former first lady Barbara Bush speaks at a dedication ceremony for the George and Barbara Bush Center at the University of New England, in Biddeford, Maine. A family spokesman said Wednesday, March 4, 2009 that former first lady Barbara Bush had successful open heart surgery. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)AP - Former first lady Barbara Bush was resting comfortably after undergoing successful open heart surgery Wednesday to replace her aortic valve, a family spokesman and hospital officials said.


Terror conviction against ex-sailor partly tossed (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:31 PM PST

AP - A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a conviction against a former Navy sailor accused of passing along information about ship movements, dealing a post-mortem blow to a Bush administration that had praised the case as a success.

Calif. murder suspect killed after attacking judge (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 07:43 PM PST

AP - A man accused of killing his girlfriend was shot to death in a Stockton courtroom Wednesday after he attacked the judge presiding over his murder trial, officials said.

NJ insurance workers' payout: $216M lottery win (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 04:47 PM PST

Bob Space, 60, of Toms River, N.J., holds up the $216 million winning Mega Millions lottery ticket (line E) during a news conference at Chubb Insurance Company in Whitehouse Station, N.J., Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Space and nine co-workers at Chubb will share the jackpot. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)AP - Robert Space got into work at the Chubb Insurance company at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, realized the lottery ticket he was holding matched the winning numbers, and fired off a one-line e-mail to his nine co-workers who had pitched in to buy it.


For one-armed woman, court victory is bittersweet (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 06:18 PM PST

Diana Levine reacts to a Supreme Court ruling at her home in Marshfield, Vt., Wednesday, March 4, 2009. The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a $6.7 million jury award to the musician who lost her arm because of a botched injection of an anti-nausea medication. The court brushed away a plea for limiting lawsuits against drug makers. In a 6-3 decision, the court rejected Wyeth Pharmaceuticals' claim that federal approval of its Phenergan anti-nausea drug should have shielded the company from lawsuits like the one filed by Levine. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Some people would give their right arm for $6 million. Diana Levine would prefer the arm.


'Octomom' spawns bills limiting embryo implants (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:43 PM PST

Sen. Ralph Hudgens (R-Hull)  talks with an unidentified woman on the floor of the Senate Wednesday, March 4, 2009 in Atlanta. Hudgens is the sponsor of a bill that would put limits on fertility clinics and the number of embryos that can be implanted at any one time. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)AP - Lawmakers in two states, outraged by California's "Octomom," are seeking to limit the number of embryos that may be implanted by fertility clinics.


Prosecutor: Killer of ex-Bear's girlfriend jealous (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PST

Election worker Maya Monro catches up on reading as a voting machine shows a low tally by mid-afternoon in the special primary election to fill U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel's seat in the fifth congressional district ,Tuesday, March 3, 2009, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Marni Yang practiced at a gun range and bought a book titled "How to Make a Disposable Silencer" weeks before killing the pregnant woman she believed had taken her place in the life of a former Chicago Bears player, a prosecutor alleged Wednesday.


Pa. boy's bumpy ride from birth to homicide charge (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:00 PM PST

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/Thhe Houk Family)AP - Good student. Starting quarterback. Aspiring hunter. By most accounts, 11-year-old Jordan Brown was a typical boy in his rural Pennsylvania community, albeit raised mostly by his father after his mother gave him up.


Border violence leads to armor-plated vehicles (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 02:52 PM PST

Workers Bradley Hever and Raul Martinez Mark outfit a vehicle with armor at the Texas Armoring Corp. in San Antonio, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. Due to increased drug-cartel violence in northern Mexico, American companies say they're seeing increases in the number of cars they're asked to outfit with armor plating, bulletproof glass and defensive gadgets like push-button smoke screens and electrified door handles.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - The drug violence in Mexico has gotten so bad that booming numbers of Mexican and American professionals are having their cars fitted with armor plates, bulletproof glass and James Bond-style gadgets such as electrified door handles and push-button smokescreens.


911 tape: Octuplet mom frantic in search for son (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 06:09 PM PST

Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets, is shown leaving her mother's home Friday Feb. 27, 2009 in Whittier, Calif.  (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Octuplet mother Nadya Suleman became unhinged with fear last year when she thought she had lost one of her children, repeatedly telling an emergency dispatcher, "Oh God, I'm going to kill myself," according to a recording of her 911 call released Wednesday by police.


1 dead in avalanche at Sierra ski resort (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 10:20 AM PST

AP - A potent storm dumped as much as 6 feet of snow at higher elevations around Lake Tahoe in California's Sierra Nevada range, shutting down major highways for several hours.

NY county lawmakers vote to ban BPA baby bottles (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 01:05 PM PST

AP - Lawmakers in a Long Island county have voted to approve what would be the nation's first ban on baby bottles and toddler sippy cups made with a chemical that some studies suggest may be harmful to infants.

Clash over unpaid water bill leads to ND standoff (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:20 PM PST

AP - Authorities say a North Dakota man who clashed with a city official over an unpaid water bill got into an 8 1/2-hour standoff with deputies that ended with a SWAT team member shooting him in the shoulder.

Kan. munitions plant deactivated ahead of schedule (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 02:02 PM PST

AP - An ammunition plant in southeast Kansas built to assemble bombs for soldiers fighting in World War II was deactivated Wednesday, the first closure of an Army installation under the most recent congressional plan to shutter and reconfigure military bases.

Mystery terrorist in NYC plot deported to Sudan (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 12:51 PM PST

In this undated photo released by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Khalid Al-Jawary is shown. Al-Jawary, 63, the Black September terrorist who served about half his 30-year sentence for planting three car bombs in New York City in 1973 was deported Thursday Feb. 26, 2009, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.  (AP Photo/United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement)AP - A recently released Black September terrorist convicted of placing three powerful car bombs in New York City in 1973 has been deported to Sudan, an African nation that once sheltered Osama bin Laden and other terrorists.


ATF offers $20K for information on Ark. bombing (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 02:26 PM PST

Dr. Joseph Beck, a member of the Arkansas State Medical Board, speaks with a reporter, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in Little Rock, Ark., about Dr. Trent Pierce, who was critically injured Wednesday when a bomb placed on the front end of his Lexus hybrid SUV exploded at his West Memphis, Ark., home. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)AP - Police now have a $50,000 reward fund and new tips to help in their investigation into a bombing that critically injured the head of the Arkansas State Medical Board a month ago, authorities said Wednesday.


Former DC Mayor Marion Barry returns to hospital (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PST

In this file photo from  June 12, 2007 former Washington mayor Marion Barry, is seen in Washington. Barry has returned to Howard University Hospital after complications from his recent kidney transplant. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry is back in the hospital after a recent kidney transplant, but doctors say complications don't mean his body is rejecting the organ.


Texts involving ex-Detroit mayor ordered released (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 01:25 PM PST

AP - A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of approximately 1,400 text messages sent or received by Detroit's disgraced former mayor and his ex-lover on their city pagers.
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