2009年4月7日星期二

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4 killed in Ala. home; suspect later found dead (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:19 PM PDT

The remains of Kevin and Tammy Garner's home and a burnt vehicle are seen in Priceville, Ala. on Tuesday April 7, 2009. Authorities say a man suspected of shooting and killing his estranged wife and three others in rural north Alabama apparently took his own life as well. Travis Clemmons, chief investigator for the Lauderdale County sheriff's office, said the body of Kevin Garner was found Tuesday near his home in Priceville, which burned to the ground overnight. He said Garner apparently killed himself and a weapon was recovered. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Brennen Smith)AP - A man shot and killed his estranged wife, their teenage daughter and two other relatives in rural north Alabama before returning to his home in a nearby town and killing himself the day before their divorce trial, authorities said Tuesday.

Analysts: NY gunman's letter showed classic signs (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:30 PM PDT

This image provided by News 10 Now in Syracuse, N.Y. on Monday April 6, 2009 shows an undated photo of gunman Jiverly Wong which the television station said it received in the mail from Wong on Monday. A letter that included three photos, a gun permit and Wong's driver's license was mailed to News 10 Now and postmarked Friday April 3, the day Wong killed 13 people before taking his own life in the American Civic Association community center in Binghamton, N.Y. (AP Photo/News 10 Now)AP - A rambling letter from the gunman who killed 13 people at an immigrant community center offers a glimpse inside the mind of an angry, paranoid man who saw himself as a victim and was intent on destroying other lives before he took his own, analysts say.

911 worker didn't warn Pittsburgh police of guns (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:02 PM PDT

Wreaths in the memory of three Pittsburgh Police officers who were shot and killed responding to a 911 on Saturday, April 4, 2009 in Pittsburgh are placed on a overlook of downtown Pittsburgh Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - Three police officers killed while answering a call about a woman fighting with her son didn't know the man had weapons, but a 911 operator did. She just didn't tell anyone.

Licensed to kill? Gunmen in killings had permits (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:43 PM PDT

FILE - This file image provided by News 10 Now in Syracuse, N.Y. on Monday April 6, 2009 shows Jiverly Wong's gun permit. A letter that included three photos, a gun permit and Wong's driver's license was mailed to News 10 Now and postmarked Friday April 3, the day Wong killed 13 people before taking his own life in the American Civic Association community center in Binghamton, N.Y. There have been seven rampages that have claimed 53 lives since March 10 in this country, and nearly every gunman in this month-long series of mass killings was legally entitled to wield the weapons he opened fire with. (AP Photo/News 10 Now)AP - They had more in common than unleashing carnage — nearly every gunman in this monthlong series of mass killings was legally entitled to fire his weapons.

Police probing Calif. child slaying search church (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 05:28 PM PDT

Police tape surrounds Clover Road Baptist Church in Tracy, Calif., Tuesday, April 7, 2009, near the home of Sandra Cantu. The body of Cantu, 8, was discovered inside a suitcase in an irrigation pond on Monday, April 6, 2009 after she was last seen at home on March 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Police investigating the death of an 8-year-old girl whose body was found in a suitcase dumped in a pond searched a church Tuesday, a day after questioning its pastor and taking a computer and other items from his home.

Former sheriff's deputy on America's Most Wanted (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:38 PM PDT

AP - A former sheriff's deputy accused of killing his wife and a day laborer has joined the ranks of "America's Most Wanted" after cutting the leather strap of his electronic monitoring device and fleeing from house arrest.

Vermont legalizes gay marriage with veto override (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:54 PM PDT

Rep. Jason Lorber, D-Burlington, right, gets a hug from Stan Baker following the passage of a gay marriage bill in Montpelier, Vt., Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage. The state legislature voted Tuesday to override Gov. Jim Douglas' veto of a bill allowing gays and lesbians to marry. The vote was 23-5 to override in the state Senate and 100-49 to override in the House. Under Vermont law, two-thirds of each chamber had to vote for override. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Vermont, the state that invented civil unions, on Tuesday became a pioneer once again as the first state to legalize gay marriage through a legislature's vote. The House barely achieved the votes necessary to override Gov. Jim Douglas' veto of a bill that will allow gays and lesbians to marry beginning September 1. Four states now have same-sex marriage laws and other states soon could follow suit.

Demjanjuk tries again to avoid deportation (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 12:52 PM PDT

This image from video released by John Demjanjuk's family, shows Demjanjuk getting assistance on a bed in Seven Hill, Ohio, April 2, 2009. A U.S. immigration judge in Virginia on Monday revoked Demjanjuk's stay of deportation to Germany. The suspected Nazi guard is seeking to remain in the U.S. because of poor health and says being forced to travel to Germany would amount to torture. (AP Photo/Demjanjuk Family)AP - The deportation of alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk should be blocked because forcing the frail 89-year-old to go to Germany would amount to torture, his attorney said in a court filing Tuesday.

Flight student charged with piloting plane into US (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:43 PM PDT

File picture shows F-16 fighter jets.Two US fighter jets chased a stolen, single-engine Cessna plane across several states late Monday before it eventually landed on a highway in the midwestern state of Missouri, US military officials said.(AFP/File/Pedro Rey)AP - Suicide by fighter jet was the goal of a flight student who stole a plane in Canada, entered U.S. airspace and flew an erratic path over the Midwest with the military on his tail before he landed safely on a rural Missouri road, federal authorities said Tuesday.

Push for transgender protections reaches NH, Mass. (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:13 PM PDT

Ethan St. Pierre, of Haverhill, Mass., with the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, right, meets with legislative aide Jason Kean, left, as he looks for support from Rep. Brian Dempsey, D-Mass., for an act relative to gender-based discrimination and hate crimes at the Statehouse, Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in Boston. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)AP - For Ethan St. Pierre, allowing someone who is biologically female but self-identifies as male to use the men's bathroom is a no-brainer.

$3.5M award reviewed over crooked Pa. judges' role (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:25 PM PDT

AP - Pennsylvania's highest court is revisiting a $3.5 million defamation verdict against The Citizens' Voice newspaper because of the role played in it by two former judges at the center of a juvenile justice scandal.

Bidders' bounty? Storage unit auctions on the rise (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:11 PM PDT

In this March 25, 2009 photo, auctioneer Brook Snyder auctions off unclaimed property from a locker inside a storage facility Wednesday, in Cicero, Ill. Like houses in foreclosure, the contents of storage units are being auctioned off at a steady clip as more and more people fail to keep up with their monthly payments. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - The auctioneer slides the steel door up, and a small crowd at the storage facility steps forward for a peek.

Gingrich: Iowa ruling shows `judicial arrogance' (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:32 PM PDT

AP - Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Tuesday that a recent Iowa Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage was "outrageously wrong," but called a legislative override that made it legal in Vermont "healthier."

Suleman: Wages, inheritance paid for in vitro (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 11, 2009 file photo, Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets, leaves her home in Whittier, Calif. Suleman says she used money from an inheritance and overtime wages from her job as a psychiatric technician to pay for her early fertilization procedures. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)AP - Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman says she used money from an inheritance and overtime wages from her job as a psychiatric technician to pay for her early fertilization procedures.

CDC: Mild flu season apparently winding down (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:36 PM PDT

AP - The flu season is winding down and turning out to be one of the mildest in years, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Epic drought bids most of South adieu after rains (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:34 PM PDT

In this Dec. 4, 2008 file photo, a sailboat rests on the shore near the exposed lake bottom at Big Water Marina on Lake Hartwell in Starr, S.C. The epic southern drought has bid most of the region adieu after sucking reservoirs dry and shriveling crops for three years. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)AP - The epic southern drought has bid most of the region adieu after sucking reservoirs dry and shriveling crops for three years.

Apostles, not apostates: BYU paper's ungodly typo (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:34 PM PDT

AP - Thousands of issues of Brigham Young University's student newspaper were pulled from newsstands because a front-page photo caption misidentified leaders of the Mormon church as apostates instead of apostles.

Ex-Army nurse pleads guilty in hepatitis C case (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:12 PM PDT

AP - A former Army hospital nurse accused of infecting more than a dozen patients with hepatitis C pleaded guilty Tuesday to assault and theft.

FEMA housing aid runs out for storm victims May 1 (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:48 PM PDT

AP - Thanh Nguyen will soon give up the cramped travel trailer that's been her home for more than four years, pack her belongings into an old Toyota Corolla and rely on the kindness of others for a place to live.

Sex offender who posed as boy, 12, gets 70.5 years (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:02 PM PDT

AP - A youthful-looking sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in several Arizona schools was sentenced Tuesday to 70 1/2 years in prison.

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