2009年4月13日星期一

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Passenger lands plane in Fla. after pilot dies (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:14 PM PDT

AP - Doug White and his family had just enjoyed a smooth takeoff and were ascending through the clouds when the pilot guiding their twin-engine plane tilted his head back and made a guttural sound.

Wife: Ship captain calls US military 'real heroes' (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:01 PM PDT

Andrea Phillips, the wife of Capt. Richard Phillips, right, smiles during a news conference in South Burlington, Vt., Monday, April 13, 2009. At left is her daughter, Mariah.(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - The wife of sea captain Richard Phillips says her husband considers the U.S. military the "real heroes" of his ordeal.


Phil Spector found guilty of 2nd-degree murder (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:49 PM PDT

Music producer Phil Spector, left, and his wife Rachelle Spector arrive at Los Angeles County Superior Court Monday, April 13, 2009, in downtown Los Angeles, to hear the verdict in his murder retrial. Phil Spector was convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion six years ago. A Los Angeles Superior Court jury returned the verdict Monday after an estimated 29 to 30 hours of deliberations. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Rock music producer Phil Spector was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a film actress at his mansion six years ago, a verdict that will send him to prison for at least 18 years barring a successful appeal.


Korean War casualty from Ky. is finally buried (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 03:42 PM PDT

AP - A young soldier who went missing in action nearly 60 years ago in the Korean War has been laid to rest in his native Kentucky after the military identified his remains.

DA: Rape may be alleged in Calif. girl's slaying (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:12 PM PDT

This undated cell phone photo provided by the family shows Melissa Huckaby. Huckaby, 28, remained in custody Sunday April 12, 2009 at the San Joaquin County Jail in California. She was being held without bail on suspicion of murder and kidnapping of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu. (AP Photo/Connie Lawless)AP - Prosecutors said Monday they may include rape and molestation allegations in their murder charge against the woman suspected of killing an 8-year-old Northern California girl and putting her body in a suitcase.


Bankruptcies surge despite law meant to curb them (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 03:38 PM PDT

Attorney Bryan Elliott looks over bankruptcy files at his office in Hickory, N.C., Wednesday, April 1, 2009.  More than three years after Congress made it much tougher to use bankruptcy to duck debt, bankruptcy courts are well on their way toward being as busy as ever, according to an Associated Press analysis.(AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - The number of U.S. businesses and individuals declaring bankruptcy is rising with a vengeance amid the recession, despite a three-year-old federal law that made it much tougher for Americans to escape their debts, an Associated Press analysis found.


NTSB investigating fatal Fla. power boat wreck (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 03:19 PM PDT

AP - The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation of the fatal power boat accident that killed five people and injured nine on Florida's east coast.

Death penalty sought in Fla. toddler's slaying (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 02:38 PM PDT

AP - Florida prosecutors plan to seek to the death penalty against Casey Anthony, who is charged with murdering her young daughter whose remains were found in swampy woods months after she was reported missing.

Deaths of 2 firefighters in Houston home probed (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 03:45 PM PDT

AP - Houston fire officials say they're investigating the deaths of two firefighters who died when they went inside a burning home after neighbors told them no one was inside.

Castroneves jury asks for transcripts in tax case (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 01:27 PM PDT

AP - Jurors deliberating the fate of Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves and two others charged with evading U.S. taxes asked Monday for transcripts of testimony by two tax lawyers who were called by the prosecution to describe how Castroneves' finances were structured.

Family moves to seal photos of Conn. chimp victim (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 01:17 PM PDT

Charles Willinger, an attorney, puts his hand on the shoulder of Michael Nash the brother of Charla Nash, after a court hearing Monday, April 13, 2009 in Stamford Conn  for a lawsuit against the owner of a chimpanzee that nearly killed Charla Nash in Connecticut. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)AP - Attorneys for a Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee asked a judge Monday to seal photos of the victim and her medical records from the public.


Unemployed seek training for 'green collar' jobs (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 01:50 PM PDT

Students build a solar panel array during a class on solar panel installation, on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at San Jose City College in San Jose, Calif. Students and colleges are betting that President Barack Obama's campaign to promote alternative energy and combat global warming will create millions of green jobs that pay well, cannot be outsourced and do not require a four-year degree. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)AP - As the economy sheds jobs, community colleges across the country are reporting a surge of unemployed workers enrolling in courses that offer training for "green-collar" jobs.


NC grand jury indicts man in nursing home rampage (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, March 29, 2009 file photo, an investigator carries a weapon at the scene where a gunman, later identified as Robert Stewart, opened fire at a nursing home, killing at least six people and wounding several others in Carthage, N.C. 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/Gerry Broome, File)AP - A North Carolina grand jury leveled eight murder charges Monday against a man arrested after a deadly rampage that killed eight people at a nursing home last month.


Owners call on faith after Christian center fire (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:38 PM PDT

Gov. John Lynch, front center, talks with Alton Fire Chief Scott Williams, right, as they tour the Christian Center compound in Alton Bay, N.H. Monday April 13, 2009, the day after a fire swept through compound Sunday, destroying at least 40 cottages. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Owners of summer cottages in a tight-knit Christian community gathered to console each other Monday after a massive fire roared through the property on Easter Sunday, destroying dozens of buildings that brought families together for generations.


Millionaire's mistress battles his kin over estate (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:02 PM PDT

AP - Harvey Strother was a multimillionaire with a small empire of Georgia car dealerships, but when his mistress wheeled him into his lawyer's office to change his will one last time, he was a wine-soaked shell of his former self.

Shipper says piracy needs multinational solution (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 02:06 PM PDT

AP - A multinational coalition must stand up against Somali pirates like the ones who raided an American cargo ship this week, the president of the company that manages the ship said Monday.

Georgia soldier faces hearing in Iraq slayings (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 10:35 AM PDT

U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph C. Bozicevich is lead away from the courtroom during a break in his Article 32 hearing, Monday April 13, 2009 in Fort Stewart, Ga. Bozicevich is charged with the shooting deaths of Sgt. Wesley Durbin and Staff Sgt. Darris Dawson in September 2008 while deployed in Iraq. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)AP - An Army sergeant charged with murder shouted "My career's over, just kill me," as soldiers pinned him to the ground after he shot and killed two fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, members of their unit told a military judge Monday.


Former NY Rep. Fossella pleads guilty to DUI (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 11:25 AM PDT

AP - Former Rep. Vito Fossella pleaded guilty to drunken driving charges in a Virginia court on Monday, the day a jury trial was to begin in the case that ruined his political career. The former congressman said he was moved in part by last week's drunken-driving accident that killed a Los Angeles Angels pitcher.

Guard helps another ND town battle rising river (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 03:14 PM PDT

Sandbags cover the parking lot of the Fargodome, an indoor football stadium and concert arena in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, April 9, 2009. Residents are preparing for a second crest of the Red River. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)AP - Earthmoving equipment and National Guard helicopters hauled sand Monday to reinforce leaky dikes that led to evacuations in the town threatened by the Sheyenne River, the latest North Dakota stream to rise above its banks.


Women plead not guilty in LA funeral scam case (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:12 PM PDT

AP - Two women accused of staging sham funerals to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in life insurance payments have pleaded not guilty in federal court in Los Angeles.
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