2009年3月12日星期四

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Madoff's new home: Cell the size of walk-in closet (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:56 PM PDT

This undated photo released by the Metropolitan Corrections Center shows a jail cell at the facility in New York. A 7 1/2-by-8 foot cell such as this will house disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, 70, who was ordered to jail Thursday, March 12, 2009 after pleading guilty to an epic fraud that robbed investors worldwide of billions of dollars. (AP Photo/The Metropolitan Corrections Center)AP - Bernard Madoff's new Manhattan home is the size of a walk-in closet, with cinderblock walls, linoleum floors and a bunk bed. Breakfast will be served before sunrise, and the disgraced financier can stretch his legs outside, but only every other day — in a cage.

Texas islanders hold out hope despite Ike, economy (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:51 PM PDT

Amber Warthan, hoping to lure shoppers, paints masks on the door of her parents shop along The Strand in Galveston, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. Good news has been in short supply since Hurricane Ike laid waste to much of this island beach town six months ago. Some worry that Hurricane Ike, followed by the recession, may deliver the final blow to the island. Hearty island residents, however, hold out hope. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - Good news has been in short supply since Hurricane Ike laid waste to much of this island beach town six months ago Friday.

Texas gov. rejects stimulus money for unemployment (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:07 PM PDT

In this Jan. 27, 2009 file photo, Texas Gov. Rick Perry delivers his State of the State message in Austin, Texas. Perry plans to turn down $555 million that would expand state unemployment benefits, saying the money would have required the state to keep funding the expanded benefits after the stimulus money ran out. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)AP - Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday rejected $555 million in federal stimulus money that would expand state unemployment benefits, saying the money would have required the state to keep funding the expanded benefits after the stimulus money ran out. Perry, an outspoken critic of President Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus bill, did accept most of the roughly $17 billion slated for Texas in the plan.

Utah lawmakers approve sweeping liquor law changes (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:42 PM PDT

AP - Utah lawmakers on Thursday approved the most sweeping changes to the state's liquor laws in 40 years in an effort to boost tourism and make the state appear a little less odd.

DA, architects ask questions about Carrion's home (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:37 PM PDT

In this April 16, 2004 file photo, Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, left, and MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow ride a restored subway car in New York to celebrate the subway system's 100th anniversary. Prosecutors are investigating why Carrion, named director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs, has not paid for 2006 design work on his Bronx home by an architect who also does work for New York City. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey, File)AP - Prosecutors are looking into why the new White House urban affairs director hasn't paid an architect for house designs made two years ago — the same time he recommended the architect for a lucrative city contract.

Police make 3 arrests in Neb. missing-car case (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:55 PM PDT

Automobiles from Legacy Ford Lincoln Mercury Toyota in Scottsbluff, Neb., are loaded onto a truck Monday night, March 9, 2009. Some of the dozens of new cars that vanished from the western Nebraska car dealership have turned up in other states and warrants have been issued for three missing executives, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Chief deputy county attorney John Childress of Scotts Bluff County said seven of the cars were found Wednesday at an auto auction in Utah. Others were found in Arizona, but he didn't know the number. (AP Photo/The Star-Herald, Roger Holsinger)AP - Police have arrested three executives from a troubled western Nebraska car dealership where 81 vehicles worth roughly $2.5 million — as well as the executives themselves — vanished in recent days.

4-day school week gains momentum amid recession (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:23 PM PDT

AP - With the nation's school districts strapped for cash, more are considering a schedule that delights students and makes working parents cringe: Class only four days a week.

Killer's march took 200 bullets, 1 hour, 11 lives (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:52 PM PDT

This undated photo obtained Wednesday, March 11, 2009 by the Associated Press shows Michael McLendon, who authorities said killed 10 people in the worst mass shooting in Alabama history. (AP Photo)AP - It was deathly still inside the brick home Lisa McLendon shared with her 28-year-old son, save for the flames that crackled as her body lay on a smoldering couch under a heap of burning clothes.

No ruling in case of kids with Nazi-themed names (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:28 PM PDT

Heath Campbell, right, and his wife, Deborah, leave the Hunterdon County Justice Center in Flemington, N.J., Thursday, March 12, 2009, after a court hearing to determine custody of their three children with Nazi-inspired names. The New Jersey Division of Youth Family Services removed the Campbells three children, Adolph Hitler Campbell, 3, and younger sisters JoyceLynne Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Jeannie Campbell, from their home in Holland Township, N.J., on Jan. 9 for unspecified reasons. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)AP - A court hearing to determine custody for three children with Nazi-inspired names failed to yield a decision Thursday, leaving the matter still unresolved.

MA man convicted of raping, killing young cousin (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:37 PM PDT

AP - A jury convicted a Massachusetts man Thursday of raping and killing his 6-year-old cousin, rejecting his attorney's claim that the man was insane and "tortured by demons" when he committed the crime.

A 'sorry and ashamed' Bernard Madoff pleads guilty (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:36 PM PDT

Former financier Bernard Madoff, right, arrives at Federal Court in Manhattan, Thursday, March 12, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Careful to blame only himself, a "deeply sorry and ashamed" Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to pulling off what could be the biggest, most spectacular swindle Wall Street has even seen, and was sent off to jail in handcuffs to the applause of his furious victims.

Madoff's wife may have trouble protecting assets (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:07 PM PDT

This file photo from Dec. 12, 2008, shows the building where Bernard Madoff and his wife have an apartment on New York's Upper East Side. Madoff, 70, pleaded guilty Thursday, March 12, 2009, was denied bail and ordered to jail, despite arguments by his lawyer that the disgraced financier should live in his $7 million penthouse, as he has been, with private security paid 'at his wife's own expense.' (AP Photo/Brian McDermott, File)AP - If Ruth Madoff hopes to hold onto her fancy apartment, her millions in cash and her jetsetting lifestyle while her husband is in prison, experts have some advice for her: Get ready for an inquisition.

Palin: Ex-fiance Johnston not barred from baby son (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:14 PM PDT

This Sept. 3, 2008 file photo shows Bristol Palin, daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and her boyfriend Levi Johnston at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. The engagement is off for Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston, the father of her baby. Johnston told The Associated Press on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 that he and Bristol Palin mutually decided 'a while ago' to end their relationship. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, file)AP - Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin, disputes a report that she makes it nearly impossible for her ex-fiance to visit their infant son as much as he'd like, a family spokeswoman said Thursday.

Army reaches out to families to prevent suicides (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 11:26 AM PDT

AP - Fort Campbell officials struggling to stem a recent increase in military suicides hope family members will be able to spot signs that soldiers may be depressed and hesitant to seek help from the Army.

Bill could lower birth control costs at colleges (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 11:33 AM PDT

AP - The estimated 39 percent of American college women who use birth control pills could enjoy relief from big price increases over the last two years thanks to a provision in the budget bill signed by President Barack Obama.

Under-construction apartments burn in Indianapolis (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:59 PM PDT

The burned out portion of a downtown condo development smolders along the canal in Indianapolis,Thursday, March 12, 2009. The fire began at about 3:30 a.m. in the under construction building and then spread to two other buildings. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)AP - Fire gutted a luxury apartment complex under construction a few blocks from the Statehouse early Thursday, with flames consuming much of the six-story complex and gray smoke billowing across the downtown skyline. No injuries were reported.

TSA reviews airport incident involving La. senator (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 09:37 AM PDT

In a Monday, July 16, 2007 photo, U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., speaks to the media Metairie, La. The Transportation Security Administration is reviewing a report that Vitter set off a security alarm when he opened a gate door in his rush to catch a flight last week at Washington Dulles International Airport. In a statement, the Louisiana Republican says he accidentally went through a wrong door at the gate leading to the United Airlines plane he was trying to board.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The Transportation Security Administration is reviewing a report that Sen. David Vitter, R-La., set off a security alarm when he opened a gate door in his rush to catch a flight last week at Washington Dulles International Airport.

Deputies searching new areas for missing Fla. girl (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 11:04 AM PDT

This photo released by the States Attorney's Office on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009 shows evidence of a heart shape sticker found at the site where Caylee Anthony's body was found in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony, has been charged in her daughter's murder.(AP Photo/State Attorneys Office)AP - Deputies in north Florida are searching new areas for a 5-year-old girl who has been missing for more than a month.

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