2009年5月9日星期六

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Most Santa Barbara fire evacuations being lifted (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 05:02 PM PDT

An aircraft drops retardant in the mountains high above Santa Barbara, Calif., where fire crews worked to complete a containment barrier around the western flank of the Jesusita wildfire on Saturday, May 9, 2009.  (AP Photo by Eric Parsons)AP - Thousands of evacuees began returning home Saturday as a blanket of cool, moist air flowing in from the ocean brought a dramatic change, taming the wind-driven wildfire that had burned 80 homes along the outskirts of town.


Prof wanted in killings found dead in Ga. woods (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 04:33 PM PDT

In this Aug. 11, 2006 photo provided by the University of Georgia, George Zinkhan is seen. Athens authorities on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 released new sketches of a University of Georgia professor suspected of killing his wife and two others outside a community theater last month. (AP Photo/University of Georgia, Robert Newcomb)AP - A professor wanted for killing his wife and two other people at a community theater two weeks ago was found dead in the north Georgia woods Saturday, his body covered in brush and dirt, officials said.


Cleanup begins after Midwest storms killed 6 (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 04:32 PM PDT

Friends and family members of Jim and Marsha Beggs try to contact them after inspecting damage of their home north of Carl Juction, Mo., which was hit by high winds Friday morning, May 8, 2009. Many cities in southwest Missouri were without power after severe thunderstorms rocked the area.(AP Photo/Mike Gullett)AP - Residents of the Midwest cleared away wreckage Saturday following a wave of powerful storms that splintered homes, knocked out power to thousands and killed six people.


NASA clears Atlantis for Monday launch to Hubble (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 04:37 PM PDT

STS-125 Commander Scott Altman waves to photographers before boarding one of the Shuttle Training Aircraft early Saturday May 9, 2009 at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility  in Cape Canaveral, Fla.  Seven astronauts are making final preparation for their 12-day mission on the space shuttle Atlantis that includes the fifth and final servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP - NASA has cleared space shuttle Atlantis for a Monday launch to the Hubble Space Telescope.


Texas boy, 7, dies after shot in mistaken trespass (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 12:22 PM PDT

These May 7, 2009 booking photos released by the Liberty County, Texas, Sheriff's Office show Gayle and Sheila Muhs who have been charged with shooting four people, including a 7-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl, who they mistakenly thought were trespassing on their property Thursday night. The victims were off-roading near Dayton, Texas, when the couple opened fire, according to officials. (AP Photo/Liberty County Sheriff's Office)AP - A 7-year-old boy who was allegedly shot in the head by a couple who thought he and three other people were trespassing on their property died Saturday, authorities said.


5 years on, gay marriage debate fades in Mass. (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 12:28 PM PDT

Demonstrators wave flags in support of gay marriage in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston, Massachusetts, July 12, 2006. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiAP - Twenty years after he met the love of his life, nearly five years after their wedding helped make history, it took a nasty bout of pneumonia for Gary Chalmers to fully appreciate the blessings of marriage.


NH toddler left alone on school bus for 45 minutes (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 12:27 PM PDT

AP - A 3-year-old New Hampshire boy was left alone on a school bus this week when the driver did not notice the youngster after delivering other kids to preschool.

Cell phone ban may follow Mass. trolley crash (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 04:13 PM PDT

Passengers wait on benches following the evacuation of Government Center MBTA station in Boston, Friday, May 8, 2009.  Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority general manager Dan Grabauskas says the collision occurred at 7:18 p.m. One trolley was stopped between Park and Government Center stations at a red signal when it was hit by the second trolley.   (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)AP - The head of the Boston-area transit authority said Saturday he'll ban all train and bus operators from even carrying cell phones on board after a trolley driver told police he was texting his girlfriend before a collision Friday.


Texas man jailed 83 days for skipping jury duty (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 12:30 PM PDT

AP - A man arrested for allegedly failing to appear for jury duty was released Saturday after spending 83 days in jail, a length of detention that a judge called "unacceptable."

Gas explosion injures 6 RI firefighters, 1 officer (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 11:47 AM PDT

AP - A driver hit a natural gas line at an apartment building and set off a gas explosion that injured six Rhode Island firefighters and a police officer.

Demjanjuk offers no clues to possible surrender (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 12:47 PM PDT

Vera Demjanjuk, center, opens the door for immigration agents who were serving an order to surrender for John Demjanjuk, Friday, May 8, 2009, in Seven Hills, Ohio. John Demjanjuk's German attorney on Friday challenged a Munich arrest warrant charging the suspected Nazi death camp guard with 29,000 counts of accessory to murder, in the hope of keeping him from being deported from the U.S. The last-minute legal challenge comes as options for the 89-year-old Ohio resident seem to be running out, with the U.S. Supreme Court declining Thursday to hear Demjanjuk's appeal to stop his deportation to Germany.  (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - Possibly days away from his deportation to Germany, suspected Nazi guard John Demjanjuk and his family are offering no clues about the 89-year-old's response to a government notice asking that he surrender to U.S. immigration authorities.


Food stamp rule frustrates police in North Dakota (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 01:52 PM PDT

AP - John Schweitzer swiped his credit card, bagged his groceries and walked out of a Wal-Mart without his wallet. When he returned a moment later, it was gone.

Rescue shuttle at launch pad for Hubble trip (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 03:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 17, 2009 file photo, space shuttles Atlantis, left, and Endeavour stand on their launch pads at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Endeavour will be available in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary during the upcoming Atlantis  mission, slated to launch Monday, May 11, to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.  (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)AP - In what's expected to be the last time ever, both of NASA's shuttle launch pads are occupied. Atlantis is on one, primed for a flight this coming week to the Hubble Space Telescope. Endeavour sits on the other a mile away for a mission no one wants.


Costly Superfund dredging set for Hudson River (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 09:30 AM PDT

AP - People look funny at David Mathis when he takes a dip off his dock in the Hudson River. Health officials have long warned people not to eat fish caught from this slow-flowing stretch south of the Adirondacks and swimming here is unthinkable to many.

Notre Dame to pay some police bill for Obama visit (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 11:02 AM PDT

AP - The University of Notre Dame has agreed to pay some of the costs local police departments will face for helping provide security during next weekend's visit by President Barack Obama.

Swine flu is windfall for some tourist spots (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 02:23 PM PDT

A woman, wearing a face mask as a precaution against swine flu, walks next to a mural at a metro station in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Mexico's Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens said the swine flu outbreak has cost the Mexican economy at least $2.2 billion, he also said the government will implement a $1.3 billion stimulus package, aimed primarily at small businesses and the tourism industry, the sectors hardest hit by the epidemic. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - The cruise Zenaiva Cervantes booked was to stop in sun-drenched beach cities on the Mexican Riviera. The cruise she took? That landed her in Seattle, where she pulled her arms tightly to her chest as she debarked on a damp, 50-degree morning.


`Star Trek' boldly goes to $31M at box office (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 12:34 PM PDT

Nathan Clukey, left, and Edwin Roque-Rivera talk while waiting in line to see the first public showing of 'Star Trek' in IMAX at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 7, 2009.  'Star Trek' opens in theaters Friday, May 8 but some theaters began showing the film as early as 7 PM Thursday.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - "Star Trek" has gone to warp speed at the box office with $31 million in domestic ticket sales after just over a day in theaters.


97-year-old Michigan woman assaulted in apartment (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 08:59 AM PDT

AP - Authorities in Michigan say a man posing as a home health care worker sexually assaulted a 97-year-old woman.

Barack, Miley move up; baby names Emma, Jacob rule (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 01:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 23, 2009 file photo, U.S. singer and actress Miley Cyrus arrives for the British Premiere of the film ' Hannah Montana',  at a Leicester Square cinema, in London. Barack and Miley moved up, but the classics still rule. Emma is the top baby name for girls, Jacob for boys. Miley, as in popular teen singer Miley Cyrus, moved up 152 spots to No. 127. But her stage name, Hannah — as in Hannah Montana — fell from No. 9 to No. 17.  (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, FILE)AP - Barack and Miley move up, but the classics still rule. Emma is the top baby name for girls, Jacob for boys.


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