2009年3月21日星期六

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Spill of dangerous acid prompts Pa. evacuation (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 02:45 PM PDT

A tractor trailer carrying hydrofluoric acid sits on its side on Route 33 south near Wind Gap, Pa., on Saturday, March 21, 2009. Authorities ordered some 5,000 people in and around a northeastern Pennsylvania town to evacuate after a tractor-trailer carrying a hazardous chemical overturned. (AP Photo/Pocono Record, David Kidwell)AP - A tractor-trailer carrying a dangerous acid overturned on a highway Saturday, prompting authorities to order thousands of residents to leave town for almost nine hours.

Protesters visit AIG officials' lavish Conn. homes (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 03:41 PM PDT

Marisa Lindsey sits with Malik Stallings 6, and Leslie Seecharan as they pass the home of James Hass, an AIG executive, Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Fairfield, Conn. A busload of activists — outnumbered 2-to-1 by reporters and photographers — are paying visits to the homes of American International Group Inc. executives in Connecticut to protest tens of millions in bonuses awarded by the company. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)AP - A busload of activists representing working- and middle-class families paid visits Saturday to the lavish homes of American International Group executives to protest the tens of millions of dollars in bonuses awarded by the struggling insurance company after it received a massive federal bailout.

Arson-plagued Coatesville, Pa., logs 2 more fires (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 12:53 PM PDT

AP - Two new fires make 22 for the year in the arson-plagued city of Coatesville, Pa.

Dodd's stock with voters began dropping before AIG (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 12:35 PM PDT

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., is interviewed by The Associated Press, Monday, March 16, 2009, in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. While Dodd, 64, has only recently found himself in the nation's political hot seat because of his role in the AIG bonus debacle, it has become clear that his issues with voters back home have been festering for two years. The AIG controversy appears to have exacerbated his popularity problems. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Howard Rosenblatt voted for U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd five years ago. He won't do that again.

Protests in Washington, Calif. call for war's end (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 03:34 PM PDT

Anti-war protesters carry mock coffins draped in American flags across the Memorial Bridge to Arlington, Va., during a march to the Pentagon, marking the sixth anniversary of the war on Iraq, Saturday, March 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Before war protesters ended their demonstration Saturday afternoon, several placed cardboard coffins in front of the offices of northern Virginia defense contractors such as KBR Inc. and Lockheed Martin Corp. as riot police stood by.

Details emerge of money to refund Madoff victims (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 10:36 AM PDT

In this Dec. 12, 2008 file photo, the Manhattan apartment building on New York City's Upper East Side where where Bernard Madoff owns a luxury unit. The apartment may one day be seized by prosecutors who are going after as much as they can of Madoff's personal fortune, hoping to sell off those assets in order to recover whatever possible for the investors he swindled. (AP Photo/Brian McDermott)AP - A clearer picture is emerging of how much money might be available to pay back victims of the Bernard Madoff fraud, but while the pot is big it is nowhere near enough to repair all the damage.

Ex-volunteer firefighter charged in fatal NY fire (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 01:33 PM PDT

Caleb Lacey of Lawrence, N.Y., is sits in the back seat of a Nassau County Police vehicle in Mineola, N.Y., Saturday, March 21, 2009. Lacey, 19, will be arraigned on charges of arson and four counts of second-degree murder in connection with a fire that ripped through a crowded Long Island apartment house In February, killing an immigrant mother from El Salvador and three of her children. Lacey was a volunteer member of the Lawrence/Cedarhurst Fire Department at the time of the fire. (AP Photo/Mike Descalso)AP - A volunteer firefighter was charged Saturday with setting a fire that ripped through a crowded apartment house, killing a woman and three of her children.

Used tires, beer kegs keep zoo animals healthy (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 12:03 PM PDT

A snow leopard paws at a box containing a meatball during an enrichment session at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, R.I., Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)AP - A lion rips open a paper bag stuffed with hay and meat. Giraffes chew up old Christmas trees. Asian black bears claw on empty beer kegs.

NM lawmakers approve campaign contribution limits (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 11:25 AM PDT

AP - The New Mexico Legislature on Saturday gave final approval to the first-ever limits on campaign contributions to statewide elected officials and lawmakers.

ND city scrambles to prepare for record flooding (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 01:03 PM PDT

Sandbags are lined up outside a city utility building in Fargo, N.D., Saturday, March 21, 2009, in preparation for what could be record flooding in the Red River Valley. The race to fill 1.5 million sandbags to fight what could be record flooding has shifted into high gear with the addition of 225 National Guard soldiers and more cutting-edge equipment. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)AP - The city of Fargo is racing to fill 1.5 million sandbags to prepare for record flooding as a nearby river is expected to crest more than 20 feet above flood stage.

Protesters march to Pentagon, call to end Iraq war (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 01:44 PM PDT

Anti-war protesters carry mock coffins draped in American flags across the Memorial Bridge to Arlington, Va., during a march to the Pentagon, marking the sixth anniversary of the war on Iraq, Saturday, March 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Hundreds of war protesters from across the country gathered in Washington on Saturday to mark the sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

Pot advocates exhale after AG signals policy shift (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 10:59 AM PDT

AP - Medical marijuana users and dispensary owners in California have held their breath for years — fearful they would be targeted for prosecution by the federal government.

Allege 'enemy combatant' faces trial in Illinois (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 10:18 AM PDT

AP - Ali al-Marri followed his older brother to central Illinois in the mid-1980s to pursue a business education unavailable in his native Qatar, becoming a Bulls fan and honing his pool-playing skills. He returned for further study more than 10 years later, bringing along his wife and five children.

More US police using gunfire detection system (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 04:59 PM PDT

Engineer Stephan Noetzel alerts a police officer to gunshots on Illinois Street Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008 in East Palo Alto, Calif. East Palo Alto has become the first U.S. city completely wired with ShotSpotter, strategically placed acoustic sensors designed to help police track gunfire in high-crime areas. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)AP - It happened moments after a police sergeant blasted a shot into a sand-filled barrel to test this city's expanded gunfire tracking system.

Double jeopardy in before US Supreme Court (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 10:10 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, July 20, 2005 , file photo, Former Enron broadband strategist Scott Yeager, left, leaves the federal courthouse after being acquitted of conspiracy and security and wire fraud counts in Houston. Yeager, is hoping a little known component of the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause will help him avoid a retrial on charges related to financial fraud at the once mighty energy giant. Attorneys Yeager are set to present oral arguments before the Supreme Court Monday, March 23, 2009. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)AP - A former Enron Corp. executive is hoping a little known component of the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause will help him avoid a retrial on charges related to financial fraud at the once mighty energy giant.

Doctor: Lack of medical helicopter cost Richardson (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 07:07 AM PDT

Liam Neeson, left, embraces an unidentified man after exiting the American Irish Historical Society where the body of Neeson's wife, Natasha Richardson, was lying in repose, Friday March 20, 2009 in New York. Richardson died Wednesday after suffering a head injury while at a Canadian ski resort. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)AP - As a steady stream of celebrities pay their last respects to Natasha Richardson, questions are arising over whether a medical helicopter might have been able to save the ailing actress.

4 killed in Mo. wreck involving off-duty officer (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 03:55 PM PDT

AP - An off-duty suburban St. Louis police officer might have been drinking before a crash early Saturday that killed four people, investigators said.

Detroit-area cafe staging 10-day autos tribute (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 08:42 AM PDT

AP - A coffee shop in a Detroit suburb has started a 10-day continuous live musical tribute to the American auto industry.

Slapped by recession, can Consumer Nation rethink? (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 07:02 AM PDT

AP - The first thing you see is the enormous boot.

Critics question safety of storing coal slurry (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 05:59 AM PDT

AP - Regulators in a handful of Appalachian states that let coal companies inject slurry into abandoned mines say they're confident the practice is safe, but an Associated Press survey shows they lack scientific data to answer citizens who believe aquifers, water wells and their own health are at risk.

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