2009年5月21日星期四

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Ex-soldier spared death sentence for Iraq murders (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 04:09 PM PDT

Doug Green, left, brother, and David Green, right, uncle of former 101st Airborne Division Pfc. Steven Dale Green walk back to the federal court building from a lunch break with defense team member Heather Canfield Thursday May 21, 2009 in Paducah, Ky. Green, a former Fort Campbell soldier, is charged with crimes that include killing a family in Iraq and raping a 14-year-old girl who was among those killed. (AP Photo/ Daniel R. Patmore)AP - An ex-soldier convicted of raping and killing an Iraqi teen and murdering her family was spared the death penalty Thursday and will serve a life sentence after jurors couldn't agree unanimously on a punishment.

NYC terror case latest of many homegrown plots (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 04:09 PM PDT

David Williams also known as Daoud is led by police officers from a federal building in New York, early Thursday, May 21, 2009, after being arrested on charges related to a bombing plot in the Bronx. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea)AP - The four men were ex-convicts who envisioned themselves as holy warriors, ambitious enough to concoct a plot to blow up synagogues and military planes, authorities said. But they were amateurs every step of the way. They had trouble finding guns and bought cameras at Wal-Mart to photograph their targets. One was a convicted purse snatcher, another smoked marijuana the day the plot was to be carried out.

NM mom charged with killing son on the playground (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 04:51 PM PDT

Albuquerque Police provided this undated photo of Tyruss 'Ty' Toribio, Police said Thursday, May 21, 2009, that Tiffany Toribio, 23, the mother of the 3-year-old boy found buried at a playground, told investigators she suffocated him, had second thoughts and brought him back to life, then changed her mind and suffocated him again. .(AP Photo/Albuquerque Police)AP - A mother playing with her children at a park spotted a little black sneaker sticking out of the sand underneath the playground equipment. Figuring a youngster had lost his shoe, she bent down to pick it up. It was strangely heavy.

Attorney: 5 fired Ala. police followed training (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 02:36 PM PDT

This image taken from video provided by the Birmingham, Alabama Police Department shows a Birmingham police officer, center, preparing to beat an unconscious suspect ejected from a car after a chase, bottom right corner, Jan. 23, 2008 in Birmingham. Five Birmingham police officers were fired Wednesday, May 20, 2009 for beating Anthony Warren, an attack captured on a patrol car videotape that didn't surface publicly for a year. (AP Photo/Birmingham Alabama Police Department)AP - An attorney for five Birmingham police officers who were fired after being shown on videotape beating an inert suspect said Thursday they thought the man was conscious and armed.

2 kids inside California home as parents killed (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 04:54 PM PDT

This image provided by Silva and Silva Photography shows Brock and Davina Husted, who were both stabbed to death Tuesday in their beach front home in Ventura, Calif., according to reports Thursday May 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Silva and Silva Photography)AP - An intruder dressed in black and wearing a motorcycle helmet barged into a Southern California beach home and stabbed a pregnant woman and her husband to death as their two children were in other rooms, authorities said Thursday.

SC AG has not prosecuted any prostitution cases (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 02:17 PM PDT

Susan Haynes, mother of Philip Markoff, sits in court before a procedural hearing for Markoff Thursday, May 21, 2009, in Boston. Markoff, a former Boston University medical student accused of killing a 25-year-old masseuse he met through Craigslist, did not appear at the brief hearing. (AP Photo/Pat Greenhouse, Pool)AP - The South Carolina attorney general engaged in a verbal and legal battle with Craigslist over possible prostitution-related charges said Thursday he has never handled a single such case in more than six years as the state's top prosecutor.

Authorities locate SC mother, 555-pound son in Md. (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 04:11 PM PDT

This is an undated family photo provided by The Greenville County Sheriff's Office of Alexander Draper of Travelers Rest, S.C. who is missing Thursday, May 21, 2009. Authorities are searching for his mother Jerri Gray who failed to make a scheduled court appearance on May 19, 2009. The judge has ordered the 555 pound teen be taken into protective custody because of medical neglect and Gray's failure to appear in court. (AP Photo/The Greenville County Sheriff's Office)AP - A 555-pound South Carolina teen who disappeared with his mother after she was accused of neglecting his health was found with her Thursday at a laundry in Baltimore, authorities said. Paramedics checked Alexander Draper, 14, before turning him over to the Maryland Department of Social Services, police said.

SC gov. sues state attorney general over stimulus (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 03:05 PM PDT

AP - First, South Carolina's governor refused to accept federal stimulus money for his state's struggling schools. Then the Republican vetoed a state budget that required him to take it.

Autopsy inconclusive on body in Illinois river (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 04:50 PM PDT

AP - An autopsy performed Thursday on a headless, armless skeleton found along the Des Plaines River yielded inconclusive results, leaving questions about whether the badly decomposed body was one of two women whose disappearances have drawn national media attention.

5 dead when boat goes under edge of barge at night (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 03:40 PM PDT

AP - Louisiana officials say five men who planned to take part in a weekend fishing tournament died when their 24-foot aluminum boat ran under one end of a barge.

On stand, Scrushy attacks former HealthSouth CFOs (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 03:01 PM PDT

AP - Fired HealthSouth Corp. CEO Richard Scrushy kept up his attacks Thursday on five former finance chiefs who linked him to a huge fraud, putting the blame squarely on them for the accounting swindle.

Detroit tries to turnaround failing school system (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 12:31 PM PDT

AP - Just like the auto companies that fuel this city, struggling Detroit schools are undergoing a painful restructuring to avoid complete failure and bankruptcy.

Porn star: panel to explore possible Senate run (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 12:19 PM PDT

AP - Porn star Stormy Daniels says she's formed a committee to explore a possible run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Louisiana Republican David Vitter and will begin raising money for a potential campaign.

Mass. face transplant patient wants 'normal life' (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 11:49 AM PDT

Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, right, helps James Maki, 59, down from the podium, as Dr. Elof Eriksson, left, looks on during a news conference Thursday, May, 21, 2009. Pomahac lead the surgical team during the April 9, 2009 surgery on Maki, who was disfigured in a Boston subway accident in 2005. Maki is the recipient of the second face transplant in the United States. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)AP - The Massachusetts man who received the nation's second face transplant asked for a mirror four days after the operation.

Mich. man gets life, no parole for Wis. killings (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 04:28 PM PDT

AP - A Michigan man who killed three teens in a shooting rampage at a popular swimming spot on the Wisconsin border last summer showed no remorse as he was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole.

Tests show more swine flu immunity in older folks (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 11:48 AM PDT

AP - New test results show what scientists have suspected — people in their 60's and older have signs of greater immunity to the new swine flu virus.

Fla. rep: Find vets exposed to unclean equipment (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 04:36 PM PDT

AP - The Department of Veterans Affairs must do a better job of finding and testing veterans who may have been exposed to contaminated medical equipment at the Miami VA hospital, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said Thursday.

Atlantis astronauts warily eye landing-day weather (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 12:56 PM PDT

This image provided by NASA shows the Hubble Space Telescope after it's release from the Space Shuttle Atlantis Tuesday May 19, 2009 as the two spacecraft continue their relative separation after having been linked together for the better part of a week. During the week five spacewalks were performed to complete the final servicing mission for the orbital observatory. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - With storms threatening to delay their return to Earth, the Atlantis astronauts took a break from landing preparations Thursday to update a Senate panel on their triumphant Hubble Space Telescope repairs.

Latino gang accused of targeting blacks near LA (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 04:44 PM PDT

An unidentified Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy carries weapons confiscated in what was reported to be the largest gang take down in U.S. history, before a news conference Thursday May 21, 2009 in Lakewood, Calif. The arrests of dozens of gang members and associates charged in federal racketeering and drug-trafficking indictments, results from a Federal racketeering indictment and involves attacks on law enforcement and racially motivated attacks on African-Americans. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - A Latino street gang waged a racist campaign to eliminate the city's black residents through attempted murders and other crimes, according to federal racketeering indictments unsealed Thursday.

Officials: 5 dead in Louisiana boating accident (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2009 11:16 AM PDT

AP - Louisiana officials say five men in town for a fishing tournament died when their 24-foot aluminum boat ran under one end of a barge.

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