2009年5月14日星期四

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NH governor backs gay marriage (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 02:57 PM PDT

New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch at the State House in Concord, N.H., Thursday, May 14, 2009. New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch says he will sign a bill to make his state the sixth to legalize gay marriage, but only if legislators make some changes. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)AP - Gov. John Lynch said Thursday he will sign a bill to make his state the sixth to legalize gay marriage as soon as the Legislature makes some changes, which legislative leaders immediately said they would back.

Former astronaut withdraws insanity plea (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 03:31 PM PDT

AP - A former astronaut accused of driving 1,000 miles to confront a romantic rival has withdrawn a notice that she would seek an insanity defense.

APNewsBreak: Habitat for Humanity gets $100M gift (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 02:50 PM PDT

This Oct. 6, 2008 photo released by Habitat for Humanity International shows J. Ronald Terwilliger of Atlanta working on a Habitat for Humanity project in Nshavan, Armenia. The housing market may be sputtering, but Habitat for Humanity International is getting a $100 million gift from Terwilliger, a former chief executive of housing developer Trammell Crow Residential Co. and a longtime member of Habitat's board of directors, who said his work has offered him a look at the struggle of poor people to find decent housing. (AP Photo/Habitat for Humanity)AP - The housing market may be sputtering, but Habitat for Humanity International is getting a $100 million gift from an Atlanta businessman who built his fortune developing real estate and is now giving it away piece-by-piece to support affordable housing.

Calif. ordering layoffs to cover $15.4B deficit (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 04:03 PM PDT

AP - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday that thousands of state employees must be laid off and billions of dollars must be slashed from the budget to deal with a deficit that tops $15 billion and could widen again within days.

AP Interview: Gore, volunteers target Congress (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 02:38 PM PDT

AP - Al Gore and a band of environmental volunteers are taking the congressional fight over climate change legislation to the home districts of undecided lawmakers.

SC House nixes mention of gays in date-abuse bill (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 02:20 PM PDT

AP - South Carolina lawmakers want to prevent violence in teen relationships but won't allow a new school program aimed at curbing such abuse to mention gay and lesbian partnerships.

Despite embargo, Cuba imports daiquiris from US (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 04:14 PM PDT

This April 21, 2009, photo shows Richard Waltzer, president of Splash Tropical Drinks in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. His company frequently provides the mixes for the daiquiris and margaritas tourists sip at Havana's legendary Hotel Nacional. Daiquiri mix. Gourmet nuts. Rolls of newsprint. They're not exactly humanitarian aid, yet they are among the items sold to Cuba under an agricultural waiver that was carved out of the decades-old U.S. trade embargo, partly on humanitarian grounds. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - Jugs of daiquiri mix. Gourmet nuts. Rolls of newsprint. Not exactly humanitarian aid, but still among the items sold to Cuba under an agricultural waiver carved out of the decades-old U.S. trade embargo.

Credit Suisse CEO facing his own late fee (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 01:21 PM PDT

AP - Even the chief executive of banking giant Credit Suisse Group is complaining about late fees these days.

After year with cancer, Kennedy focuses on legacy (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 01:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2009, file photo, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., center, with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, and his wife Victoria Reggie Kennedy, walks away after speaking with the media before the cloture vote on the Stimulus Bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Kennedy, who is battling a brain tumor, made his first his appearance since having a seizure in Statuary Hall at the Capitol on Jan. 20, 2009. A year after he was diagnosed with brain cancer, Kennedy has outlived many doctors' predictions since suffering a seizure on May 17, 2008, which led to the diagnosis and treatment. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)AP - Between doctors' appointments, Edward Kennedy has been working the phones, urging Senate colleagues to pass a health care bill. He's trying to finish his memoirs. And he's overseeing the design of a namesake building to stand next to his brother's presidential library.

Notre Dame chief: Obama invite can broaden debate (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 02:36 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama applauds a Barack Obama scholar during the commencement ceremony at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona May 13, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES POLITICS EDUCATION)AP - The University of Notre Dame's invitation for President Barack Obama to speak at Sunday's commencement is an opportunity to broaden the debate on issues important to Roman Catholics, not a step at odds with church teaching, the school's president said in a letter to graduates.

Man convicted in lucrative body parts scheme (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 02:00 PM PDT

Defendant Ernest Nelson looks behind him while awaiting a verdict in his trial in which he is accused of being part of lucrative scheme to buy and sell human body parts donated to a University of California medical school, Thursday, May 14, 2009 in Los Angeles. Nelson, of Rancho Cucamonga, has been found guilty of conspiracy to commit grand theft, grand theft by embezzlement and tax evasion. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - A man was convicted Thursday of carving up cadavers donated to UCLA's medical school and selling the parts to unsuspecting medical research companies in a $1.5 million scheme.

NJ's first day laborer center closes (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 12:53 PM PDT

In this May 13, 2009 photo, day laborer Cesar Garcia, left, 24, originally from Mexico but living now in Passaic, N.J., talks about a day laborers hiring center, background, in Passaic, N.J. Those involved in running the center, which closed recently, say the failing economy, a loss of city support, mismanagement and infighting among organizers contributed to its closing. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)AP - New Jersey's first city-sanctioned day laborer hiring center has closed, a victim of the faltering economy, poor management and a loss of city support, organizers said.

Motives of American who swam to Suu Kyi a mystery (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 11:36 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 and released on Thursday, May 14 by the Myanmar News Agency, American John William Yettaw, center, is shown speaking with U.S. diplomats and Myanmar officials in Yangon. Yettaw has been arrested for swimming across a lake and entering the home of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi last week. Suu Kyi was charged Thursday, May 14, 2009, with violating the terms of her house arrest after the American man swam across a lake to sneak into her home, her lawyer said. (AP Photo/Myanmar News Agency, HO)AP - John Yettaw left his 10-year-old and three teenagers in southern Missouri, visited his former wife in California last month and told her he had to go to Asia to work on a psychology paper about forgiveness. That was bad enough for his ex-wife, but it got worse.

Human-caused wildfires increase in Calif. (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 11:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, May 7, 2009 file photo, a firefighter works to put out a spot fire near Santa Barbara, Calif. Between 2006 and 2008, Southern California was the only region of the U.S. to see a significant jump in the number of wildfires blamed on people. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, file)AP - Embers drifting from a campfire in a canyon ignite a blaze that incinerates 53 homes in Malibu.

GOP Sen. hopeful heard calling Schumer 'that Jew' (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 12:48 PM PDT

AP - A Republican state lawmaker hoping for his party's nod to run for Senate reportedly referred to Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer as "that Jew" during a recent appearance before a Republican group.

Chat buddy charged with fatally stabbing NY woman (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 05:07 PM PDT

AP - Police say they have arrested a man suspected of fatally stabbing his AOL chat buddy after she refused to meet him again in person after an initial encounter.

Outspoken host asks help from a target — Clinton (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 05:05 PM PDT

AP - Right-wing radio host Michael Savage makes Hillary Rodham Clinton a frequent target of his verbal barbs. Now he's asking the secretary of state for help.

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