2009年3月25日星期三

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Pioneering historian John Hope Franklin dies at 94 (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 04:47 PM PDT

In this July 1997 file photo, Duke University historian and African-American scholar John Hope Franklin talks to the press following his speech to a joint session of the legislature in Raleigh, N.C. Franklin died Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at the age of 94. (AP Photo/Karen Tam)AP - John Hope Franklin, a towering scholar and pioneer of African-American studies who wrote the seminal text on the black experience in the U.S. and worked on the landmark Supreme Court case that outlawed public school segregation, died Wednesday. He was 94.

National park could emerge from industrial NJ area (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 04:01 PM PDT

AP - A new national park may emerge from a small patch of lush oasis just 15 miles from Manhattan in northeastern New Jersey's industrial mecca.

Search scaled back for crew of NJ fishing boat (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 03:23 PM PDT

AP - Jose Luis Arias was asleep in his bunk on the Lady Mary, a 71-foot fishing boat, with his cold water survival suit on the floor right next to him. The suit's promixity would save his life.

F-22 crashes in California desert near air base (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 04:30 PM PDT

An emergency operations team prepares to move into an area where an Air Force F-22 fighter jet, on a test fight from nearby Edwards Air Force Base, crashed in the Mojave Desert about 25 miles west of Barstow, Calif., Wednesday, March 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - One of the Air Force's top-of-the-line F-22 fighter jets crashed Wednesday in the high desert of Southern California. There was no immediate word on whether the pilot ejected.

Chaos and clashes undermine help for octuplet mom (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 04:35 PM PDT

In this March 11, 2009 file photo Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets leaves her home in Whittier, Calif. The Southern California woman who gave birth to octuplets apologized in a video posted Saturday to the father of all 14 of her children and promised that she would never reveal his identity. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)AP - The list of people octuplets mom Nadya Suleman has alienated from her chaotic life grows by the day: a number of public relations handlers have parted ways and Suleman fired a group of nurses providing charity care.

ND mayor 'optimistic' after blast to clear ice jam (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 04:03 PM PDT

Residents decide to evacuate their home in Oxbow, N.D. Wednesday, March 25, 2009. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)AP - Demolition crews blasted chunks of ice near a huge ice jam in the Missouri River on Wednesday in a bid to open a channel, like pulling out a giant plug to drain a flood threatening the city.

ID of teen's remains a tragic end to Ore. mystery (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 03:52 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Condon family shows Stephanie Condon. The Douglas County Sheriff announced at a news conference in Roseburg, Ore., on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 the identification of the human remains found near Glide, Ore., earlier this month as those of Stephanie Condon, a 14-year-old who disappeared while babysitting in 1998. (AP Photo/Family photo via The News-Review)AP - A man walking his dogs found what investigators and a heartbroken family had sought for more than a decade: the remains of a southern Oregon baby sitter who was just 14 when she vanished in 1998.

Phoenix mayor welcomes border buildup (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 04:27 PM PDT

AP - Posing as police officers, gunmen in bulletproof vests pulled over a motorist, took him to a Phoenix house, bound him with zip ties and held him for a $30,000 ransom in an abduction that may have been carried out by Mexican drug smugglers.

Top Vatican official rededicates Mass. menorah (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 03:13 PM PDT

Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, lights the first candle during a re-dedication of the Yom Hashoah Menorah at the Pastoral Center of the Archdiocese in Braintree, Mass. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)AP - The Vatican's top liaison to Jews helped rededicate a menorah in memory of Holocaust victims Wednesday amid fallout from the Holy See's botched decision to lift the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop. Cardinal Walter Kasper joined Holocaust survivors and local Roman Catholic leaders at the ceremony for the Yom Hashoah Menorah at the Boston Archdiocese's Braintree offices.

NYC transit agency adopts fare hikes, service cuts (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 04:44 PM PDT

Larry Hellenberg, of Manhattan, buys a MetroCard at the Union Square subway station, Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in New York. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is voting Wednesday on fare increases that would raise the cost of a single ride on New York City buses and subways to $2.50. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Officials running the nation's largest mass transit system voted Wednesday to impose steep fare hikes and painful service cuts to close a $1.2 billion budget gap.

Feds: Michael Vick illegally spent pension funds (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 03:49 PM PDT

In this Aug. 27, 2007 file photo, Atlanta Falcons football player Michael Vick leaves federal court after pleading guilty to a dogfighting charge in Richmond, Va. Suspended NFL star Michael Vick has left a federal lockup in Kansas, apparently bound for Virginia for a bankruptcy hearing next week. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons Web site shows that Vick is no longer at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan. It lists his status as 'in transit.' (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool, File)AP - The U.S. Department of Labor filed complaints Wednesday accusing suspended NFL star Michael Vick of illegally spending about $1.3 million in pension plan funds for his own benefit, including paying restitution ordered in his dogfighting conspiracy case.

Coal region worried about EPA mine permit reviews (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 02:12 PM PDT

Graphic shows the process of mountaintop miningAP - The Obama administration's decision to hold coal mining permits to a high environmental standard has struck a note of economic fear in Appalachia, where mining — including the kind of mining that blows up mountaintops — has been a shield against hard times afflicting the rest of the nation.

Girls threatened with porn charge sue prosecutor (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 01:59 PM PDT

AP - One summer night in 2007, a pair of 13-year-old northeastern Pennsylvania girls decided to strip down to their skivvies to beat the heat. As Marissa Miller talked on the phone and Grace Kelly flashed a peace sign, a third girl took a candid shot of the teens in their white bras.

Kan. doctor testifies in abortion case against him (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 02:29 PM PDT

This June 27, 2008 file photo shows St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke speaking to the media in St. Louis. Burke, the former St. Louis prelate who now leads the Vatican supreme court, said that President Barack Obama 'could be an agent of death' if his support for abortion rights becomes a model for leaders in other countries during a videotaped interview that anti-abortion activist Randall Terry showed Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam, file)AP - One of the nation's few providers of late-term abortions testified Wednesday that he relied on advice from his lawyers and a Kansas official before getting second opinions that prosecutors say were illegal.

Vt.'s GOP governor says he'll veto gay marriage (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 02:04 PM PDT

Sen. John Campbell, D-Windsor, speaks in favor of a bill on gay marriage in Montpelier, Vt., Monday, March 23, 2009. The bill, passed by a vote of 26-4, would add Vermont to the list of states that allow gay and lesbian couples to get married. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Gov. Jim Douglas said Wednesday he will veto a gay-marriage proposal if it passes the Legislature, the first time he has signaled such an intent before final legislative action on a bill.

NH legislators endorse repealing death penalty (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 02:06 PM PDT

AP - Three months after a man was sentenced to die for killing a police officer — New Hampshire's first death sentence in 50 years — the House voted Wednesday to repeal capital punishment.

Unpaid wage complaints on the rise in NJ (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 01:15 PM PDT

AP - Zhen Zhong Zhang, a cook in a busy Chinese restaurant, suspected something was wrong when he was working 70 hours a week but was taking home just $500.

Idaho teacher sells advertising space on tests (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 01:52 PM PDT

The paper for class handouts in Jeb Harrison's economics class at Pocatello High School in Pocatello, Idaho, has been dontated by Molto Caldo pizza. At the bottom of each handout is an advertisement for the pizzeria. (AP Photo/Bill Schaefer)AP - Good morning, class, and welcome to U.S. history, brought to you by Molto Caldo Pizzeria.

Blagojevich blasts critics, tax hike in radio gig (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 02:12 PM PDT

Impeached former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich listens to a caller as he guest hosts the Don and Roma radio talk show at the studios of WLS Radio in Chicago, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Live from Chicago: It's impeached, ousted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich!

Ex-Ala. cop who fled to Vegas guilty of theft (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 12:27 PM PDT

AP - A former north Alabama police officer accused of stealing $60,000 from his department, staging his abduction and fleeing to Las Vegas pleaded guilty Wednesday and will likely face prison time.

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