2009年5月7日星期四

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Conn. students warned to stay in after shooting (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 05:16 PM PDT

Investigators videotape the crime scene in front of the Broad Street Book Store, near the Wesleyan University campus, where a gunman killed junior Johanna Justin-Jinich inside the store, in Middletown, Conn., on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. (AP Photo/George Ruhe)AP - Wesleyan University students were told to stay in their dorms and the city's only synagogue closed Thursday as police warned that the man wanted in the shooting death of a woman at a bookstore may be bent on killing other students and Jews.

Supreme Court denies alleged Nazi guard's deportation plea (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 04:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2005 file photo, John Demjanjuk arrives at the federal building in Cleveland for an immigration hearing. A German lawyer for suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk is seeking to block his client's deportation from the United States, a spokesman said Monday May 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)AP - Alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk lost his bid Thursday to get the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his deportation to Germany, where an arrest warrant accuses him of 29,000 counts of accessory to murder during World War II. The legal case spans more than three decades.

Calif. wildfire imperils Santa Barbara; homes lost (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 04:17 PM PDT

A home is threatened by a wall of flames Wednesday, May 6, 2009, near Santa Barbara, Calif. Dozens of homes have been destroyed by the wildfire raging in the hills above Santa Barbara, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday as firefighters prepared for another round of howling winds and torrid temperatures. (AP Photo/Keith D. Cullom)AP - Paradise is not lost, but it's in flames — again.

Peterson indicted on murder charge in wife's death (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 04:47 PM PDT

FILE - This Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008 picture shows Former Bollingbrook, Ill. police officer Drew Peterson in New York. Peterson says he's considering an offer to appear as an employee at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch near Reno for an HBO adult series called 'Cathouse.' (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)AP - Authorities say former Illinois police sergeant Drew Peterson has been indicted on a murder charge in the death of his third wife.

Storms hit Ala. for 2nd day; tornado traps family (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 02:38 PM PDT

A member of the Montgomery Fire Dept. Heavy Rescue Squad climbs to a car to check for signs of life Thursday, May 7, 2009 after it was swept into a drainage ditch from the parking lot about 1/4 of a mile away in Montgomery, Ala., when torrential rains caused flash floods. A deputy sheriff tried to pull the driver from the vehicle before it was swept away. No one was found in the car after flood waters receded. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - Torrential rains and flooding left one person dead Thursday in central Alabama, and lawmakers had to evacuate the statehouse after the basement filled with four feet of water and collapsed a wall.

Attacks on homeless become hate crime in Md. (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 03:52 PM PDT

AP - Maryland granted a new safeguard to its most downtrodden residents Thursday, becoming the first state in the nation to extend hate-crimes protection to homeless people.

Feds ready to build virtual fence along border (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 03:59 PM PDT

AP - Federal officials plan to start construction within weeks on a new "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border that they say could almost completely cover the nearly 2,000-mile frontier within five years.

Ex-soldier convicted in Iraq rape, 4 slayings (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 04:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, July 13, 2006 file photo, Mohammed al-Janabi, the uncle of the girl allegedly raped and killed by American soldiers, displays death certificates and ID's on his niece's grave, in Mahmoudiya, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. A prosecutor in Paducah, Kentucky, on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, told jurors the slaying of an Iraqi family, including a teen daughter who was raped, was premeditated and asked the panel to convict former Pfc. Steven Dale Green, 24, of Midland, Texas, of crimes that could bring him the death penalty. Green is being tried in a civilian court because he was discharged from the Army before being charged.(AP Photo/Ali al-Mahmouri, File)AP - A federal jury convicted a former soldier Thursday of raping and fatally shooting a 14-year-old girl after killing her parents and younger sister while he was serving in Iraq.

Colorful Miss. mayor dies days after primary loss (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 02:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2009 file photo, Jackson, Miss. Mayor Frank Melton, foreground, is held on the shoulder by his attorney John Reeves, background, and a friend, as he leaves the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss. A city spokeswoman said Thursday May 7, 2009, that Melton, the indicted mayor of Mississippi's largest city, has died less than two days after he lost his bid for a second term in office. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, file)AP - Right or wrong, Frank Melton did things his way.

Jury convicts Texas mom of 9 of endangering kids (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 04:45 PM PDT

AP - A mother of nine who was arrested after authorities found a dead fetus stored in the refrigerator of her trash-strewn home was convicted Thursday of child injury and child endangerment.

Flu overhyped? Some say officials 'cried swine' (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 05:09 PM PDT

FILE - A Monday, May 4, 2009, file photo of Irma Melancon helping to clean one of the classrooms of Audubon Charter School in New Orleans, Monday, May 4, 2009. School officials closed the school for cleaning after one case of swine flu was confirmed by state officials. . The school is closed for swine flu sanitizing. Schools shut down, parties were canceled and working parents stuck at home with healthy kids and over abundance of hand sanitizer. All for an outbreak that seems no worse than a mild flu season. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)AP - Did government health officials "cry swine" when they sounded the alarm on what looked like a threatening new flu? The so-far mild swine flu outbreak has many people saying all the talk about a devastating global epidemic was just fear-mongering hype. But that's not how public health officials see it, calling complacency the thing that keeps them up at night.

Government to condemn land for Flight 93 memorial (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 01:31 PM PDT

FILE-- In this Sept. 11, 2006 file photo, flags attached to angels in memory of the 40 passengers and crew of United Flight 93 who perished on Sept. 11, 2001 are seen in Shanksville, Pa. The government will begin taking land from seven property owners so that the Flight 93 memorial can be built in time for the 10th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks, the National Park Service said. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)AP - One man inherited property that his grandfather bought during the Depression. A Lutheran pastor owns a cottage where he planned to retire with his wife. Two others own businesses.

Opponents challenging new Maine gay marriage law (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 02:21 PM PDT

Maine Gov. John Baldacci signs a gay rights marriage bill in his office at the State House in Augusta, Maine, on Wednesday, May 6, 2009.( AP Photo/Office of Gov. Baldacci, Dan Cashman)AP - Couples anxious to wed under Maine's new gay marriage law may have a long wait. A formal challenge to it has been filed, setting into motion plans for a possible public vote that could be months or more than a year away.

Elizabeth Edwards: Rebuilding trust a slow process (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT

This photo taken March 28, 2009 and provided Tuesday, May 5, 2009 by Harpo Productions Inc., shows talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, second from right, with former presidential candidate John Edwards, his wife Elizabeth and daughter Emma Claire Edwards at their home in Chapel Hill, N.C., for a taping of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show.' The show will air nationally on Thursday, May 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc., George Burns)AP - Elizabeth Edwards said rebuilding trust with her husband after his admitted affair was "a slow process" during an interview aired Thursday on "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

7 Pa. ACORN workers charged in voter probe (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 01:54 PM PDT

This combo of photos released by the Allegheny County Police shows seven Pittsburgh-area ACORN workers that are charged with either forging, illegally soliciting or illegally filling out voter-registration cards in the lead-up to the 2008 election. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. announced the charges at a news conference Thursday, May 7, 2009. Those charged are, from top left, Bryan Williams, 22, of McKeesport, Pa., Pittsburgh residents Ashley Clarke, 21, Eric Jordan, 19, Eric Jones, 20, and Mario Grisom, 28, Latasha Kinney, 27, of New Kensington, Pa., and Alexis Givner, 23, of West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/Allegheny County Police)AP - Seven Pittsburgh-area ACORN workers were charged with falsifying voter registration forms, with six accused of doing so to meet the group's alleged quota system before last year's general election.

Dodgers' Ramirez suspended for 50 games for drug violation (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 04:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 17, 2009 file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers' Manny Ramirez during batting practice before playing against the San Francisco Giants in a baseball game in San Francisco. Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball, becoming by far the highest-profile player ensnared in the sport's drug scandals. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)AP - Manny Ramirez joined a growing lineup of All-Stars linked to drugs Thursday, with the dreadlocked slugger banished for 50 games by a sport that cannot shake free from scandal.

Boy, 16, pleads guilty to taking beaten man's bike (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 02:04 PM PDT

AP - A 16-year-old boy charged with attacking a bicyclist has pleaded guilty to larceny in a deal with Michigan prosecutors.

Wreckage of Easter crash hits 3 Atlanta families (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 01:31 PM PDT

AP - Easter Sunday was supposed to be a day to rejoice. It didn't feel that way to Morris Johnson, whose 6-year-old daughter died in a grisly three-car crash, or to Kathy Smith, who lost her daughter, her son-in-law and two grandchildren.

HBO: Drew Peterson not welcome on brothel show (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 01:50 PM PDT

AP - HBO says there's no chance Drew Peterson will appear on a reality television show set in a Nevada brothel.

NY mom says she was wrong to leave kids on curb (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2009 10:20 AM PDT

AP - The suburban mother who ordered her bickering daughters out of her car and drove off without them said Thursday that she made a mistake. A charge against her is likely to be dismissed.

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