2009年6月11日星期四

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For accused museum shooter, a downward spiral (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 04:53 PM PDT

Washington police investigator George Klein Jr. examines bullet strikes in one of the doors of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2009, a day after a shooting left a security officer dead and the gunman wounded. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - James von Brunn carried a lifetime of hatred and an aging rifle to the entrance of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, authorities say, and was met with a simple act of kindness: a security guard opening the door for him. Critically injured in a hospital bed Thursday, the 88-year-old white supremacist was charged with murdering Steven T. Johns, the black guard.

Holocaust shooting signals race turmoil, some say (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 04:34 PM PDT

AP - Crazies. Lone nut jobs. Isolated loonies. Those are frequent descriptions of people like James von Brunn, the 88-year-old white supremacist accused of opening fire at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and killing a black guard.

Blogger surrenders on Conn. lawmaker-threat charge (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 01:56 PM PDT

This photo provided by State Capitol Police shows Harold 'Hal' Turner in Hartford, Conn. Thursday, June 11, 2009. Turner of North Bergen, N.J., was charged with one count of inciting injury to persons or property for using his blog to incite readers 'to take up arms' against Connecticut lawmakers, Sen. Andrew McDonald and Rep. Michael Lawlor. (AP Photo/State Capitol Police)AP - A New Jersey blogger who urged readers to "take up arms" against Connecticut lawmakers and who suggested government officials should "obey the Constitution or die" surrendered Thursday on a charge of inciting violence.

NM: Pilot, student died in police chopper crash (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:52 PM PDT

AP - The pilot of a state police helicopter and the student hiker he was rescuing were killed when the aircraft crashed on a snowy mountain near Santa Fe, officials said Thursday.

Police: We weren't chasing car before Philly crash (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 03:09 PM PDT

A women holding a child steps out onto her front steps to look over the accident scene in north Philadelphia on Wednesday June 10, 2009, where a car fleeing a robbery scene and being chased by police Wednesday night jumped a curb and crashed into a crowd, killing three young children and gravely injuring a woman, authorities said. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)AP - A car that jumped a curb and crashed into a crowd, killing a woman and three young children, was fleeing a police officer who had tried unsuccessfully to stop the driver but who got stuck in traffic and couldn't give chase, the police commissioner said Thursday.

Iowa woman's photo sparks push for new cloud type (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 01:40 PM PDT

This June 20, 2006 photo provided on Monday, June 8, 2009 and taken by Jane Wiggins from a downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa office building shows what may become the first new cloud type to be recognized by scientists since 1951. (AP Photo/Jane Wiggins)AP - Looking out the 11th floor window of her law office, Jane Wiggins did a double take and grabbed her camera. The dark, undulating clouds hovering outside were unlike anything she'd seen before.

Official wanted vests for Holocaust museum guards (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 08:33 AM PDT

Pat Sadowski, ex-wife of accused Holocaust Museum shooter James von Brunn, momentarily speaks to reporters outside her home in Homosassa, Fla., Thursday, June 11, 2009. Despite von Brunn's tirades, his ex-wife was surprised by the charges against him. 'He was a fine man and very much of an American,' said Pat Sadowski. She said von Brunn hasn't been a part of her life since their divorce more than 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)AP - A union official says he asked for protective vests for guards at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum two years ago, but they never got them.

Convict stages son's bar mitzvah in NYC jail (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:43 PM PDT

AP - The young boy read from the Torah during his bar mitzvah, his guests enjoyed a catered kosher spread and the proud father returned to his cell.

Debate for Calif lawmakers: Budget or blueberries? (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:29 PM PDT

AP - What budget crisis?

Ex-NYC police officer sentenced to prison (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 09:55 AM PDT

AP - A former New York City police officer convicted of shooting an unarmed man to death while off duty has been sentenced to one to three years in prison.

Life-saving lad lauded by Maine lawmakers (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:41 PM PDT

AP - When a lobster trap rope pulled Lester Drisko Sr. into the chilly waters off the coast of Maine and then entangled him last month, his 8-year-old grandson didn't panic.

Clinton condemns Holocaust museum shooter (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 08:15 AM PDT

AP - A union official says he requested that U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum guards be equipped with protective vests during contract negotiations two years ago, but they were never issued.

AMA wary of Obama call for public health insurance (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 01:33 PM PDT

AP - The American Medical Association, the nation's largest doctors group, is wary of President Barack Obama's call for public health insurance. It doesn't want government meddling in their jobs.

Neighbors are forcing neighbors into foreclosure (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 12:11 PM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, May 22, 2009, Lacey Pilat, left, and her husband, Steven Pilat pose outside their home in Irving, Texas. Thousands of Americans who have more or less kept up with their mortgages are still in danger of losing their homes because they made a fateful trade-off in this shaky economy -- they let their homeowner association dues slide. The couple is Among those who have been threatened with foreclosure after Lacey, lost her job catering lavish corporate parties and nearly lost the house. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - Thousands of Americans who have generally kept up with their mortgages are still in danger of losing their homes because they made a fateful trade-off in this shaky economy — they let their homeowner association dues slide.

Swine flu may have been spreading in August (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 09:50 AM PDT

AP - As early as last August, the swine flu virus may have been spreading among people — long before it was first recognized in April, scientists reported Thursday.

1 year after Iowa floods, many still wait for help (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:13 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 17, 2008 file photo, piles of water destroyed items line the streets in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A hole in the government's disaster relief net has left more than 1,000 households still waiting to learn the fate of their damaged homes on the anniversary of one of the most destructive floods in U.S. history. For many, the emergency cash they received is long gone and their long-term assistance has yet to kick in, leaving them holding mortgages for homes they can't live in and 'hanging on by their fingernails.' (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)AP - Jaylynn Banks and her family have moved four times since the Cedar River burst its banks last June and flooded a huge swath of Cedar Rapids, including their neighborhood.

Federal agents begin assessing NC explosion site (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:52 PM PDT

Investigators survey the wreckage during recovery operations Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at ConAgra Foods Inc., in Garner, N.C. Authorities say they have found a third body inside a Slim Jim factory in North Carolina a day after an explosion wrecked the building. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chris Seward)AP - At least half of a sprawling Slim Jim processing plant was damaged in a fatal explosion, and parts of the building may need to be removed before federal investigators can go inside, officials said Thursday.

Holocaust museum: security training stopped attack (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 04:33 AM PDT

AP - The director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum says their security training helped save lives when guards quickly shot an elderly gunman who opened fire with a rifle.

ASA plane makes emergency landing in Atlanta (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:04 PM PDT

AP - A Delta Air Lines spokeswoman says a small Atlantic Southeast Airlines jet made an emergency landing at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport after the landing gear malfunctioned.

Slain security guard remembered as 'teddy bear' (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 06:02 PM PDT

In this image provided by the U.S. Holocaust Museum, museum guard Stephen T. Johns, is seen. Johns was killed Wednesday, June 10, 2009, in Washington, when an elderly gunman opened fire at the museum. (AP Photo/U.S. Holocaust Museum)AP - As an elderly white supremacist approached the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, security guard Steven T. Johns unknowingly held open the door — a final act that friends and family said Thursday was typical of his kindness for others.

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