2009年4月11日星期六

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Calif. Sunday school teacher booked in child death (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 02:57 PM PDT

This image provided by the San Joaquin County Seriff's department shows the booking photo of Melissa Huckaby taken Saturday April 11, 2009. Huckaby, a Sunday school teacher, has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and killing a California girl whose body was found in a suitcase. Tracy Police Sgt. Tony Sheneman says 28-year-old Melissa Huckaby was arrested late Friday night after voluntarily going to police for questioning about the death of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu. (AP Photo/San Joaquin County Sheriff)AP - Police said Saturday they do not know what motivated the Sunday school teacher they arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old girl whose body was found in a suitcase dumped in an irrigation pond.

Vt. congregation prays for sea captain held 4 days (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 03:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this family file photo released on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, Capt. Richard Phillips of Underhill, Vt., is seen. Phillips, the American captain held hostage by four Somali pirates made a desperate escape attempt Friday April 10, 2009, but was recaptured, and officials said other pirates sought to reinforce their colleagues by sailing hijacked ships with other captives aboard to the scene of the standoff. (AP Photo)AP - The Vermont family of hostage sea captain Richard Phillips can be buoyed by prayers from neighbors as it awaits word of a resolution to the African pirate standoff.

Bills' Whitner zapped, arrested in Cleveland melee (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 03:46 PM PDT

AP - Buffalo Bills defensive back Donte Whitner was shocked with a stun gun and arrested by officers trying to control a rowdy crowd outside a Cleveland nightclub early Saturday, police said.

Lawyers question evidence in Levy case (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 11:55 AM PDT

This undated file photo released by the family shows Chandra Ann Levy, a 24-year-old graduate student from University of Southern California. A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons says Ingmar Guandique, a Salvadoran immigrant facing charges in the slaying of Washington intern Chandra Levy, was transferred Thursday, April 9, 2009 from the Adelanto, Calif. prison where he was serving a 10-year sentence for assault to the bureau's federal transfer center in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Family Photo via The Modesto Bee, File)AP - There are plenty of witnesses in the case against an imprisoned Salvadoran immigrant accused of killing former D.C. intern Chandra Levy — the ex-girlfriend who says she was beaten, other women he's convicted of attacking and a man believed to be a fellow inmate.

AP IMPACT: Chinese drywall poses potential risks (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 01:53 PM PDT

In this April 8, 2009 photo, Mary Ann Schultheis stands in the guest room of her Parkland, Fla. home speaking about the problems that she is having with her house. Chinese drywall was used in the construction of her house and is now causing problems, including corroding copper pipes and wiring and the house has a smell. Some officials believe the only way to solve the problems is to remove the walls, studs, and wiring. She had the house on the market for sale, but she is taking it off the market until she finds a way to correct the problems. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - At the height of the U.S. housing boom, when building materials were in short supply, American construction companies used millions of pounds of Chinese-made drywall because it was abundant and cheap.

AP: POW benefit claimants exceed recorded POWs (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 01:49 PM PDT

**In this Friday, March 13, 2009 photo, former Navy fighter pilot and Vietnam POW Paul Galanti, poses at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Va. Galanti, who spent nearly seven years in North Vietnam's infamous 'Hanoi Hilton' prison, is on a Department of Veterans Affairs advisory committee on POWs. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - Prisoners of war suffer in ways most veterans don't, enduring humiliating forced marches, torture or other trauma that may haunt them long afterward. In partial recompense, the government extends them special benefits, from free parking and tax breaks to priority in medical treatment.

3 dead, 1 critically hurt in La. home invasion (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 04:41 PM PDT

AP - Gunmen in dark clothes kicked down an apartment door in a troubled New Orleans-area neighborhood and opened fire, killing two children and a woman, authorities said.

SWAT tactics examined after Oakland cop killings (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 09:52 AM PDT

AP - Law enforcement experts call residential entryways the "fatal funnel" _and that is where two Oakland police officers met death when they confronted a barricaded gunman, who allegedly had already killed two other officers hours earlier.

The American mood: Is the angst bottoming out? (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 11:47 AM PDT

Nickel Diner co-owner Monica May, right, sits with patrons at the downtown Los Angeles restaurant on Thursday, April 2, 2009. While most construction has halted downtown, smaller businesses are staking a future on streets once largely empty after office workers went home. The Nickel Diner, which opened in September and was named one of the best new restaurants last year by Los Angeles magazine, added dinner hours last week. 'We've become kind of the poster child of the new downtown,' said co-owner Monica May, who credited the restaurant's signature maple-bacon doughnut for much of its success. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Friday night in northern New Jersey, circa April 2009, offers clues to prove any theory about the American economic meltdown, depending on what you want to believe. Just like so many places these days.

Man jailed for dodging child support for 14 kids (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 12:25 PM PDT

AP - Authorities in Michigan say a man fathered 14 children with 13 different women and owes more than $530,000 in unpaid child support.

Texas rep apologies for remarks on Asian names (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 11:18 AM PDT

AP - A Texas lawmaker under fire for saying that Asian-American voters should adopt names that are "easier for Americans" has apologized for her remarks.

Sickly racehorses recover after rescue (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 10:49 AM PDT

Hoses are seen at the Center Brook Horse Farm in Coxsackie, N.Y., Thursday, April 9, 2009. The owner of the farm, Ernie Paragallo, a thoroughbred breeder whose credentials have been revoked by the New York racing officials, told the Associated Press Friday 'mismanagement' led to malnourishment among more than 170 horses at his farm in New York state's Hudson Valley. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - On March 3, 2004, a 3-year-old chestnut filly named Theonlyword won the first race at Aqueduct and her steel-gray stablemate Coconut Martini won the second.

Ethical questions over harvesting dead son's sperm (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 06:39 AM PDT

In this photo provided on April 6, 2009 by the Texas Department of Public Safety via the Austin American Statesman, Nikolas Colton Evans is shown. Evans, 21, died Sunday April 5, 2009 at a Brackenridge Hospital after being punched and falling outside an Austin bar March 27. A judge has granted a mother's request to have someone harvest sperm from her dead son's body, so she can have the option of carrying out his wish to have children. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Public Safety via the Austin American Statesman)AP - Nikolas Colton Evans had talked about how much he wanted to have a child, but the 21-year-old died after he was punched and hit his head on the ground in a fight. That would have been the end of it, if it weren't for his determined mother, a court order and a urologist.

For military families, help comes in creative ways (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 12:38 AM PDT

AP - The sky is still dark when David Waun sets out with a brisket-packed trailer to camp out and feed soldiers.

Okla., Texas communities ravaged by wildfires (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 06:19 AM PDT

Fred Blackwell surveys his burned out workshop attempting to salvage tools and other items in Stoneburg, Texas, Friday, April 10, 2009. Blackwell lost his home, workshop and a trailer on his property following Thursday's wildfires that burned nearly 1000 acres killing at least three. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - Residents of small towns in Oklahoma and Texas have found themselves homeless, in some cases returning to find whole communities have been charred by deadly, wind-driven wildfires.

More arrests after rally vs. NYC school president (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 06:33 AM PDT

A student is arrested after taking part in a protest occupying a building at the New School University Friday, April 10, 2009 in New York. Among other things, the protesters cited management and budget issues, and a desire for more study space. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - More people are facing charges after a second protest in Manhattan calling for the resignation of New School University president Bob Kerrey.

At 1 Lutheran church, gay, partnered and preaching (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 10:37 PM PDT

AP - Brad Froslee was installed as pastor of Calvary Lutheran Church at a special Sunday service attended by dozens of his fellow pastors, as well as Froslee's proud parents and grandmother, all devoted lifelong Lutherans.

NH burglar apologizes, turns over stolen goods (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 06:18 AM PDT

AP - Police in southern New Hampshire are searching for a burglar who says he's sorry.

Hundreds of Ill. patients possibly exposed to TB (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2009 05:07 AM PDT

AP - Hundreds of patients and staff at three Chicago-area hospitals may have been exposed to tuberculosis by a contagious health care worker, officials said Friday.

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