2009年4月4日星期六

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As NY gunman's life unraveled, he took others' (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 04:54 PM PDT

This photo released Saturday, April 4, 2009, by the Binghamton Police Department shows Jiverly Wong, the gunman who killed 13 people in a rampage at an immigrant community center. The gunman who killed 13 people in a rampage at an immigrant community center and then committed suicide was wearing body armor, indicating he was prepared to battle with law enforcers, the Binghamton police chief said Saturday. (AP Photo/Binghamton Police Department)AP - Jiverly Wong was upset over losing his job at a vacuum plant, didn't like people picking on him for his limited English and once angrily told a co-worker, "America sucks."

Analysis: Nation negotiates minefield of bad news (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 01:22 PM PDT

REFILE - CORRECTING AGE OF JIVERLY WONG People pray during a Peace Vigil at Confluence Park in Binghamton, New York April 4, 2009. Gunman Jiverly Wong, 41, went on a shooting spree yesterday killing 13 people before committing suicide inside the American Civic Association in Binghamton. REUTERS/Hans Pennink (UNITED STATES CONFLICT SOCIETY)AP - Does the name Byran Uyesugi ring a bell? Odds are not. What about Robert A. Hawkins? Or Mark Barton? Terry Ratzmann? Robert Stewart?

Bus accident kills 1, injures 27 in Sierra Nevada (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 01:53 PM PDT

AP - A ski resort's employee shuttle bus crashed on the main highway through California's Sierra Nevada on Saturday, killing a passenger and injuring 27 others, authorities said.

States pull back after decades of get-tough laws (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 09:39 AM PDT

Sen. Eric Schneiderman, D-New York, an author of legislation to reform the Rockefeller drug laws, debates the bill in the Senate Chamber at the Captiol in Albany, N.Y., Thursday, April 2, 2009. New York has reached an agreement to repeal the last vestiges of the laws, once considered the harshest in the nation. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - For the last four decades, the laws of the land were all about dropping the hammer on crime by locking away criminals for a very long time.

One man's ambivalent retreat from his racist past (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 02:44 PM PDT

Elwin Hope Wilson holds a framed photo he kept showing a mob he participated in during one of local civil rights 'sit-ins' that took place in the early 1960s, as he sits at home Wednesday, March 4, 2009, in Rock Hill, S.C. Several of the clocks he collects are in the background. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - Elwin Hope Wilson leans back in his recliner, a sad, sickly man haunted by time.

Fed indictment alleges new heights of corruption (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 09:34 AM PDT

In this photo from television, courtesy WESH Channel 2, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich sits at a pool during a visit to Disney World Thursday, April 02, 2009, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. While he campaigned on a promise to clean up after the scandals of the previous governor, Blagojevich and a handful of political pals were already planning to line their pockets and split the money after Blagojevich left office, according to a 19-count federal indictment handed down Thursday. (AP Photo/courtesy WESH Channel 2)AP - Rod Blagojevich's schemes and corruption stretch back beyond trying to sell a Senate seat, beyond handing out jobs to political donors and even beyond his first day in the Illinois governor's office, federal prosecutors say.

Maine lobster trap rope finds new use as doormats (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 10:44 AM PDT

AP - Rope once used to connect lobster traps on the ocean floor soon will grace the entryways of people's houses.

Judge indicted, state to review cases he dismissed (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 11:49 AM PDT

AP - A prosecutor in Texas is promising to review about 100 drug cases that were dismissed by a state judge who has been indicted on federal charges.

Calif woman gets 6 years for fatal texting crash (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 10:02 AM PDT

AP - A woman who crashed into a line of stopped vehicles while text-messaging on her cell phone has been sentenced to six years in a California prison for killing a woman in one of the vehicles.

Alaska's Mount Redoubt has another large eruption (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 12:17 PM PDT

In this March 26, 2009 file photo, Mount Redoubt bellows steam and ash across the Cook Inlet from Ninilchik, Alaska. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said the Mount Redoubt eruptions, which have wreaked havoc on air service in and out of Anchorage for days, underscore the need for a reliable and steady system of volcano observation. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File )AP - The Mount Redoubt volcano in Alaska has had another large eruption after being relatively quiet for nearly a week.

Gunman 'lying in wait' kills 3 Pittsburgh officers (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 03:58 PM PDT

Police walk up Fairfield Street in the Stanton Heights area of Pittsburgh where a gunman shot three police officers early Saturday morning, April 4, 2009. A man opened fire on officers during a domestic disturbance call Saturday morning, killing three of them, a police official said. (AP Photo/John Heller)AP - A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and "lying in wait" opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday, killing three of them and turning a quiet Pittsburgh street into a battlefield, police said.

Maine lobstermen chafe at rope ban to help whales (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 10:43 AM PDT

AP - Frank Thompson was among the scores of unhappy lobstermen who delivered millions of feet of rope to a warehouse in this fishing community.

National Guard is welcome sight in ND flood fight (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 10:54 AM PDT

Sgt. First Class Todd Sudheimer with the Minnesota National Guard in St. Paul, Minn., looks out of his UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter at the Red River flooding south of Fargo, N.D. on Sunday, March 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Staff Sgt. Matthew Mitzel has patrolled the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Iraq, and now he's patrolled the Red River in Fargo.

Despite reversal, Stevens' political future cloudy (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 09:35 AM PDT

This Jan. 26, 2008 file photo shows Alaska Republican Party chairman Randy Ruedrich in Anchorage, Alaska. The Alaska Republican Party is calling for the resignation of U.S. Sen. Mark Begich after the Justice Department dropped charges against former U.S Sen. Ted Stevens who Begich defeated in last fall's election. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)AP - Former Sen. Ted Stevens may be clear of legal problems, but his future as an Alaska elected official could be over.

Gay marriages expected to begin in Iowa April 24 (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 06:34 AM PDT

Laura Fefchak, right, and Nancy Robinson, center, of Urbandale, Iowa, react to the ruling from the Iowa Supreme Court in Urbandale, Iowa on Friday, April 3, 2009. Gay marriage advocates began celebrating early Friday after the Iowa Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling finding that the state's same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples. (AP Photo/David Purdy)AP - Gay marriage, seemingly the province of the nation's two coasts, is just weeks away from becoming a reality in the heartland and apparently it will be years before social conservatives have a chance to stop it.

Social worker tackles gunman at Detroit school (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 07:03 AM PDT

AP - A social worker at a high school in Detroit is being lauded as a hero after he stopped a 17-year-old boy who allegedly was carrying a sawed-off shotgun and wrestled the boy to the ground.

'Personhood' bill defeated in North Dakota Senate (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 12:50 AM PDT

AP - North Dakota's Senate has rejected legislation to bestow human rights on fertilized human eggs, whether they be in the womb or in a laboratory.

Jobless make TV ads pitching themselves for work (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 03:32 AM PDT

Producer/director Kristyn Silk tracks the monitors inside the control room on the set of 'The Job Show' in Chelmsford, Mass. Thursday, March 19, 2009. As unemployment rates continue to climb, a group of unemployed residents northern Massachusetts have opted to take their job search to a cable access production they call 'The Job Show.' The episodes, produced by other unemployed residents, allow hungry job seekers to record 30-second commercials, or elevator pitches, about themselves and their job experiences. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Jayna Dinsmore dressed in a sharp pink blouse and black slacks and made the pitch she hoped would end her five months of unemployment: Experienced marketing manager and analyst. Diverse background. Trade show experience.

As West warms, some fear for tiny mountain dweller (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 04:00 AM PDT

This undated photo released by the U.S. Geological Survey, shows a mountain-dwelling American pika. The American pika, a short-legged, softball-sized fur ball that often huddles in high mountain slopes, isn't built for long-distance travel. So as the West's climate warms, the tiny pika has little choice but to scurry a little farther up slope to beat the heat. (AP Photo/US Geological Survey, File)AP - The American pika — a short-legged, hamster-sized fur ball that huddles in high mountain slopes — isn't built for long-distance travel.

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