2009年5月17日星期日

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Assistant principal is 1st NYC swine flu death (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 05:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 15, 2009 file photo, Anita Seeratan, 13, an 8th grader at the Susan B. Anthony middle school, holds up a copy of the 2005 yearbook open to the page with the photograph of assistant Principal Mitchell Wiener, in New York. A hospital official said Sunday May 17, 2009 that Mitchell Wiener has become the first New York City death linked to the swine flu virus. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)AP - A school assistant principal who was sick for several days with swine flu on Sunday became the city's first death linked to the virus.

Obama calls for understanding in Notre Dame speech (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 04:27 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers his commencement address during commencement ceremonies at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., Sunday, May 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - President Barack Obama strode head-on Sunday into the stormy abortion debate and told graduates at America's leading Roman Catholic university that both sides must stop demonizing one another.

Stuck bolt, dead battery bedevil Hubble repairs (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 03:37 PM PDT

In this image from NASA TV, astronaut Mike Massimino works to remove a bolt keeping a hand rail attached to a scientific instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. The bolt was one of four keeping the hand rail attached, preventing Massimino from getting inside to start the repairs. (AP Photo/NASA TV)AP - Spacewalkers' specially designed tools couldn't dislodge a balky bolt interfering with repairs Sunday at the Hubble Space Telescope. So they took an approach more familiar to people puttering around down on Earth: brute force.

AP IMPACT: Stress map outlines recession's stories (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 03:35 PM PDT

In this photo taken on May 12, 2009, Bruce and Marjean Paul are shown with their vintage 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 car in Shakopee, Minn. Bruce, a vintage car mechanic, was laid off and became unemployed for the first time since the Nixon administration. Marjean lost her job on the same day. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - Through the voices of its people, the map shouts.

WTC emergency drill evokes memories of Sept. 11 (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 01:46 PM PDT

Emergency responders push out simulated victims of a train explosion on a wheeled platform that follows the tracks during a drill in New York, Sunday, May 17, 2009. The drill simulated an explosion on a commuter train in an underground tunnel and involved more than 800 first responders. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)AP - It was an emergency drill, yet the scene of hundreds of firefighters, police officers and other first responders hustling around the World Trade Center site Sunday evoked the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.

'Rockefeller' lawyers prep for kidnapping trial (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 11:50 AM PDT

AP - Lawyers in the upcoming kidnapping trial of a German national accused of kidnapping his daughter in Boston are filing their list of witnesses and questions they want to ask potential jurors.

Bird, Spielberg honored at Boston U commencement (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 05:51 PM PDT

Former Boston Celtics player Larry Bird, center, bends down to receive an honorary degree from Boston University Trustee Sid Feltenstein during Boston University's graduation ceremony, Sunday, May 17, 2009, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)AP - Former Boston Celtics basketball star Larry Bird and film director Steven Spielberg were feted Sunday at Boston University with honorary degrees.

More colleges generate sweat electricity in gym (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 12:22 PM PDT

In this photo taken Monday, May 11, 2009, students and faculty exercise on elliptical machines while producing electricity that is routed into the power grid, at the University of Oregon student recreation center in Eugene, Ore. The school is the latest in a string across the country to trim its carbon footprint by modifying exercise machines with new technology to produce power than can be routed into the grid. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)AP - As she pedaled an elliptical exercise machine at the University of Oregon, Wen Lee's face lit up like the light bulbs she was powering.

Nearly 40 protesters arrested at Notre Dame (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 04:30 PM PDT

An unknown protester is arrested for being on campus and protesting President Barack Obama giving the commencement address at Notre Dame line the streets in South Bend, Ind. Sunday, May 17, 2009. There were about 200 protesters, for and against the invitation. (AP Photo/Eric Y. Exit)AP - Nearly 40 people were arrested Sunday as they tried to enter the University of Notre Dame to protest President Barack Obama's appearance at commencement, police said.

Delaware diver dies in waters off NJ (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 11:44 AM PDT

AP - A Delaware man diving off the coast of New Jersey died shortly after he was found unconscious in the water this weekend.

'Angels & Demons' wins box office from 'Star Trek' (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 12:30 PM PDT

In this film publicity image released by Columbia Pictures/Sony Entertainment, Tom Hanks and Ayelet Zurer, right, are shown in a scene from, 'Angels & Demons.' (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures/Sony, Zade Rosenthal)AP - "Angels & Demons" took the box office from "Star Trek" by earning $48 million in its first weekend of release.

NY prison play canceled amid dispute with unions (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 12:03 PM PDT

AP - The show won't go on after all.

ID of boy buried in NM playground still a mystery (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 11:48 AM PDT

AP - Two days after the body of a small boy was found buried in the sand at a city park playground, stymied investigators focused Sunday on trying to find the child's relatives.

Iowa town seeks status as video gamers' mecca (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 11:48 AM PDT

Ryan Miller, of Ottumwa, Iowa, plays a pinball game at a local video arcade, Wednesday, May 13, 2009, in Ottumwa, Iowa. Ottumwa city officials announced in April plans to develop what they're calling the International Video Game Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - For a brief shining moment in the 1980s, Ottumwa was the unlikely hot spot of the fledgling video game industry as gamers around the globe flocked to this sleepy Iowa city and its video game arcade for a series of landmark tournaments.

Ex-cop's mouth could compound his legal troubles (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 10:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 8, 2009 file photo, former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant Drew Peterson yells to reporters as he arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., for his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his former wife Kathleen Savio. In his first media interview since being arrested, Peterson defended his cavalier attitude after his arrest on charges of killing his third wife. Speaking by phone from the Will County Jail, Peterson told NBC's Matt Lauer on the Friday, May 15, 2009, 'Today' Show that he deals with stressful situations with humor. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Drew Peterson might not take the stand if he goes to trial on charges alleging he killed his third wife, but his words could still play a big role as prosecutors try to put him away.

US scholars planning Islamic college (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 10:37 AM PDT

AP - A group of American Muslims, led by two prominent scholars, is moving closer to fulfilling a vision of founding the first four-year accredited Islamic college in the United States, what some are calling a "Muslim Georgetown."

Ohio scraps new license plate design, citing cost (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 09:28 AM PDT

AP - Ohio officials have scrapped a plan to issue standard license plates with a new design in an effort to help drivers save money.

Suspect killed, cop wounded in SoCal shooting (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 10:14 AM PDT

AP - A man armed with a semiautomatic handgun was killed early Sunday in a shootout with police and one officer was wounded in the leg, authorities said.

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