2009年4月22日星期三

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Martin claims 3rd pole of season (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 06:37 PM PDT

Mark Martin sits in the garage at the end of a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto racing practice Friday, April 17, 2009 in Avondale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Jason Babyak)AP - Mark Martin won his third pole of the season Friday, taking the top spot at Phoenix International Raceway.

Sheffield hits 500th home run (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2009 09:35 AM PDT

New York Mets' Gary Sheffield (10) celebrates with teammates after hitting his 500th home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Friday, April 17, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - Gary Sheffield hit his 500th home run Friday night to become the 25th player in major league history to reach the milestone, belting a drive to left off Milwaukee's Mitch Stetter leading off the seventh inning.

Money manager says he 'snapped' in letter to AP (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT

FILE - A Aug. 31, 2008 file photo obtained by The Associated Press shows investment manager Marcus Schrenker, 38. Schrenker, whose ill-fated flight from ruin was halted when investigators interrupted his suicide attempt at a Florida campground. A troubled Indiana money manager accused of trying to fake his death in a Florida plane crash tells The Associated Press in a letter that he 'snapped.' (AP Photo/file)AP - A troubled Indiana money manager accused of trying to fake his death by parachuting from his plane to escape financial ruin told The Associated Press in a letter that he "snapped," never got help and then "it all came crashing down around me."

Police: NY man beat, asphyxiated family in hotel (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by Loyola College in Maryland shows student Stephanie Parente. Parente, along with her parents and sister, were found dead Monday April 20, 2009, in a Towson, Md. hotel. (AP Photo/Loyola College)AP - A New York tax attorney's investment dealings are being investigated by the FBI after he beat and asphyxiated his wife and daughters in a Maryland hotel room, then answered a call from his daughter's college roommate before killing himself, authorities said Wednesday.

Report: Ala. killer left note explaining spree (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo obtained Wednesday, March 11, 2009 by the Associated Press shows Michael McLendon, who fatally shot 10 people before killing himself March 10, 2009, in Dothan, Ala. A letter released by investigators shows that McLendon wanted people to pay for making him and his mother suffer. In the letter obtained by the Dothan Eagle, 28-year-old Michael McLendon wrote that he fatally shot his mother while she slept because she was sick, perhaps with lung cancer. He wrote that he killed her dogs, too, because she wanted to die with the animals. (AP Photo, File)AP - The man who killed 10 people during last month's shooting spree in south Alabama left a letter for relatives, writing that he wanted people to pay for making his mother and him suffer, according to a report published Wednesday.

Animal rescue groups settle over shelter makeover (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT

AP - An animal rescue group that won a $1 million makeover it claimed was never delivered has settled with the popular pet Web site that offered the prize, and is using the undisclosed sum to build a new shelter, the groups said Wednesday.

Prosecutors beefed up charges against scrawny teen (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT

FBI agents escort Somali pirate U.S. officials identify as Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse into FBI headquarters at 26 Federal Plaza, Monday, April 20, 2009, in New York. Muse is the sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of commercial ship captain Richard Phillips. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP - When U.S. prosecutors brought piracy charges against a teenager from Somalia, they dusted off a law that has been on the books since George Washington was president and used only sparingly since then.

Soldier leaps again after skydive instructor dies (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT

In a photo provided by the Golden Knights Parachute Team, Pfc. Daniel Pharr exits an aircraft with Army Parachute Team member Ssg. Joe Abeln on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. The jump marked Pharr's first parachute jump since an instructor he was tied to died in mid-air. (AP Photo/Sfc. Eric Heinsheimer, Golden Knights Army Parachute Team)AP - Pfc. Daniel Pharr decided he'd tempt fate just once more to honor the parachute instructor who was tethered to him and died as the pair floated toward the ground a couple of months ago.

Beaten NY student unconcerned with Serbian suspect (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT

Bryan Steinhauer reacts during a news conference in New York, Wednesday April 22, 2009 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Steinhauer spoke publicly for the first time since he was beaten into a coma in upstate New York last May, allegedly by a man who fled to his native Serbia. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)AP - A New York college student beaten into a coma in a case that reached the highest levels of the U.S. government said Wednesday that although he's now speech-impaired, he doesn't hate the young Serb facing trial in the vicious attack.

Texas boy, 12, charged with murder of thrown baby (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT

AP - A 12-year-old suspended from school for fighting killed a 10-month-old baby by throwing him to the floor at a home where several young children were unsupervised, officials said Wednesday.

AP: Viacom CEO compensation $28M in 2008 (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 06:13 PM PDT

Boston University medical student Philip Markoff stands during his arraignment in Boston Municipal Court, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, in Boston. Markoff has been ordered held without bail on charges that he fatally shot a masseuse he had lured to his hotel through Craigslist. (AP Photo/Mark Garfinkel, Pool)AP - Viacom Inc., the media conglomerate controlled by billionaire Sumner Redstone, awarded compensation in 2008 to Chief Executive Philippe Dauman valued by The Associated Press at $27.9 million, up 7 percent from a year ago, a securities filing showed Friday.

Ala. coffee shop customers pick up other's tabs (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 06:02 PM PDT

Boston University medical student Philip Markoff stands during his arraignment in Boston Municipal Court, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, in Boston. Markoff has been ordered held without bail on charges that he fatally shot a masseuse he had lured to his hotel through Craigslist. (AP Photo/Mark Garfinkel, Pool)AP - Some customers at Starbucks shops around the Birmingham area have been getting an extra ingredient with their coffee: Kindness. Customers at shops in eastern Birmingham, Hoover and Vestavia Hills are paying it forward by anonymously picking up the tabs of others.

FBI: Marine back in US to face NC murder charge (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 05:49 PM PDT

In this April 10, 2008 file photo, Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean, left, is presented by police in Morelia, Mexico. Laurean, accused of killing a pregnant colleague in North Carolina and fleeing to Mexico will be returned to the U.S. this week, federal authorities said Thursday. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini, File)AP - A Marine who fled to Mexico shortly before he was charged with killing a pregnant colleague in North Carolina returned to the U.S. on Friday.

Colo. man convicted of murdering transgender woman (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:46 PM PDT

Allen Andrade, right, sits with his attorney Annette Kundelius before the start of closing arguments in his trial for the murder trial of Angie Zapata on Wednesday April 22, 2009 in Greeley, Colo. Andrade is charged with murder and a bias-motivated crime in the death of 18-year-old Angie Zapata, a transgender woman. (AP Photo/Eric Bellamy, Pool)AP - A man who claimed he snapped before killing a transgender woman was swiftly convicted of first-degree murder and a hate crime Wednesday for savagely beating the woman with a fire extinguisher.

CIA objections slowed torture memos release (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 10:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 15, 2009 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder addresses a dinner marking the opening of the West Point Center for the Rule of Law at West Point Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. Seeking to move beyond what he calls a 'a dark and painful chapter in our history,' President Barack Obama said Thursday, April 16, 2009, that CIA officials who used harsh interrogation tactics during the Bush administration will not be prosecuted. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, FILE)AP - Four former CIA directors opposed releasing classified Bush-era interrogation memos, officials say, describing objections that went all the way to the White House and slowed release of the records.

Lawyer in salmonella lawsuits tours Texas plant (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:10 PM PDT

AP - A lawyer said he found leaks and places where animals could get in when he toured a Texas plant Wednesday that belongs to a company linked to a deadly nationwide salmonella outbreak.

Wis. school district sued over church graduations (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:12 PM PDT

AP - A group of students and parents sued Wednesday to stop a Wisconsin school district from continuing to hold high school graduations in a Christian megachurch.

Ala. college president accused of plagiarism (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:05 PM PDT

AP - The president of Jacksonville State University, whose use of a ghostwriter for newspaper columns caused a stir two years ago, now has been accused of plagiarizing his doctoral dissertation at the University of Alabama.

Backyard refineries blamed for fires, explosions (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 02:25 PM PDT

AP - Trying to live green and beat high gasoline prices, some enterprising Americans are turning cooking oil into biodiesel in their garages. Problem is, some of these do-it-yourselfers are burning down the house.

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