2009年5月31日星期日

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Kan. abortion doc killed in church; suspect held (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 04:59 PM PDT

The body of Dr. George Tiller is removed from the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kan., Sunday, May 31, 2009. The attorney for  Tiller says the late-term abortion provider was shot and killed at his church in Wichita (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - Dr. George Tiller, one of the nation's few providers of late-term abortions despite decades of protests and attacks, was shot and killed Sunday in a church where he was serving as an usher.


Foreclosures add to hurricane hazards (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 03:09 PM PDT

In this  May 19, 2009 photo, Mike Manikchand, a 22-year-old pharmacy student, poses in front his duplex in Lehigh Acres, Fla. Manikchand  took advantage of the dismal housing market and bought the foreclosed duplex for a low price but now, looking at the empty house around him, he wonders what will happen if a hurricane slams into southwest Florida this year.  (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - Mike Manikchand points toward his neighbors — a half-dozen empty, foreclosed-upon homes, sitting on weed-strewn yards — and he wonders: What will happen if a hurricane slams into southwest Florida this year?


Fla.'s 'Father Oprah': Church is about forgiveness (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 04:58 PM PDT

Alberto Cutie's girlfriend Ruhama Buni Canellis enters the Church of the Resurrection as Police Captain Sanchez looks on in Biscayne Park, Fla. on Sunday May 31, 2009.  (AP Photo/C.M. Guerrero, Pool)AP - A popular Miami priest nicknamed "Father Oprah" said Sunday that "church is about forgiveness" during his first sermon since leaving the Roman Catholic Church to become Episcopalian amid an uproar over published photos of him kissing his girlfriend on the beach.


Abortion foes fear backlash to Tiller's murder (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 01:42 PM PDT

A Merriam, Kan. home where a suspected gunman in the shooting death of Dr. George Tiller is believed to have lived Sunday, May 31, 2009.  (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Anti-abortion leaders voiced concern Sunday that the Obama administration and other Democrats may try to capitalize on the murder of Dr. George Tiller to defuse the abortion issue in upcoming Supreme Court confirmation hearings.


Specter: Not guaranteed free ride in Dem primary (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 11:57 AM PDT

AP - Sen. Arlen Specter said Sunday he did not seek and was not given any assurance that he would not face a primary challenge when he made the decision to leave the Republican party to rejoin the Democratic party.

Trial looms for suspect in alleged jihad plot (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 09:57 AM PDT

AP - Armed with a handheld video camera, a Georgia university student drove with a friend in April 2005 to Washington, D.C., and captured scenes of the Capitol, the Pentagon and other locations.

Immune therapies finally working against cancer (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 09:19 AM PDT

In this Wednesday May 27, 2009 photo, Dr. Patrick Hwu, left, talks with his cancer patient Hilde Stapleton during an examination at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Stapleton has been receiving an experimental treatment for melanoma. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - First there was surgery, then chemotherapy and radiation. Now, doctors have overcome 30 years of false starts and found success with a fourth way to fight cancer: using the body's natural defender, the immune system.


Lawyer: Pa. abduction hoax mom free on bail (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 09:02 AM PDT

Bonnie Sweeten, who claimed she and her daughter had been kidnapped but instead turned up at Walt Disney World, is escorted out of a courthouse in Richboro, Pa., Friday, May 29, 2009. Sweeten waived her extradition rights in Orlando, Fla. to face charges of filing a false report and identity theft in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - A Pennsylvania woman accused in an abduction hoax that ended in Florida and involved her 9-year-old daughter is staying with relatives following her release from a county prison, her lawyer said.


Calif. gay marriage opponents gear up for rallies (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 04:26 AM PDT

Chip Garcia Coakley leads marchers walking to a Meet in the Middle 4 Equality rally in Fresno, Calif. on Saturday, May 30, 2009 to protest the California Supreme Court decision to uphold Proposition 8 which bans gay marriage in the state Constitution. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)AP - Hundreds of gay marriage supporters marched in rural, conservative California, but before the dusty roads could clear, opponents of same-sex couples planned to take to the streets to renew their resolve.


After crash, has twilight come to the Sun Belt? (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 08:10 AM PDT

FILE - In this  Feb. 17, 2009 file photo, a foreclosure sign sits outside a home for sale in Phoenix. Arizona has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)AP - We first heard the term decades ago: The "Sun Belt" was just starting a run of phenomenal growth — and no wonder. It conjured a sunny state of mind as well as a balmy place on the map.


First couple's NY date: a campaign promise kept (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 08:07 AM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama depart John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York early Sunday, May 31, 2009 after a Saturday night in Manhattan for a private dinner and a Broadway play. The Obamas attended a performance of 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone', the August Wilson drama that chronicles the struggles of African-Americans in the early 20th century. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama made good on a campaign promise to his most important supporter Saturday night — his wife, Michelle.


Pixar goes `Up' with $68.2 million debut weekend (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 04:19 PM PDT

In this image released by Disney/Pixar Films, animated characters Russell, left, and Carl Fredricksen are shown in a scene from the film, 'Up.'  (AP Photo/Disney/Pixar)AP - The animated action comedy "Up" took flight with a $68.2 million opening weekend, maintaining a perfect box-office track record for Pixar Animation, whose 10 films all have been commercial and critical hits.


Prince Harry plays polo on 1st official trip to US (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2009 10:17 PM PDT

Britain's Prince Harry races in the gym during a tour of the Harlem Children's Zone school in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Saturday, May 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Lucas Jackson, Pool)AP - Prince Harry reminded New Yorkers on Saturday how much his mother had loved their city, then climbed onto a pony for a rousing game of polo to raise money for impoverished children in Africa.


Foreclosed homes a problem during hurricane season (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 08:17 AM PDT

This May 19, 2009  photo shows a model home with an overgrown yard in Lehigh Acres, Fla. This community and others in southwest Florida, at the epicenter of the nation's housing crisis, are awash in thousands of vacant, foreclosed homes. As hurricane season approaches, the failure to put up special shutters, batten down garage doors and otherwise secure these homes could send heavy debris flying into neighboring structures, causing extensive damage and endangering residents. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - Mike Manikchand points toward his neighbors — a half-dozen empty, foreclosed-upon homes, sitting on weed-strewn yards — and he wonders: What will happen if a hurricane slams into southwest Florida this year?


Police nightmare in NY: shooting fellow officer (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2009 10:19 PM PDT

Rev. Al Sharpton, left, marches with supporters and members of his National Action Network along 125th street in the Harlem section of the borough of Manhattan in New York on Saturday, May 30, 2009 demanding an investigation into the shooting of NYPD officer Omar J. Edwards on Thursday, who was shot to death by a fellow NYPD officer. (AP Photo/David Karp)AP - It's a police officer's nightmare scenario: Confronting someone who appears to be an armed suspect and opening fire, only to discover that person was actually an officer not in uniform.


Some antidepressants may risk breast cancer return (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 07:46 AM PDT

AP - Breast cancer survivors risk having their disease come back if they use certain antidepressants while also taking the cancer prevention drug tamoxifen, worrisome new research shows.
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