2009年6月16日星期二

Yahoo! News: U.S. News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Possible threats spur $20M bond for Tiller suspect (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 03:12 PM PDT

FILE- This undated booking photo originally released Tuesday, June 2, 2009 by the Sedgwick County Jail shows Scott Roeder, who is suspected in the shooting death of abortion provider George Tiller. Fears that Roeder could plan new attacks are behind a judge's decision last week to raise his bail to US$20 million, up from $5 million. (AP Photo/Sedgwick County Jail)AP - A judge took possible threats made by the man accused of killing abortion provider George Tiller seriously enough that he raised his bond to $20 million from $5 million, according to a transcript released Tuesday.

Miami priest in photo scandal weds girlfriend (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 03:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, May 28, 2009 picture, Rev. Alberto Cutie, left, reads a statement as his girlfriend Ruhama Canellis, right, looks on during a news conference at the Trinity Cathedral Church in Miami. The telegenic Miami priest who left the Catholic Church amid an uproar over published photos of him kissing his girlfriend on the beach has married the woman. Miami-Dade County court records show Cutie married Ruhama Canellis in Coral Gables on Tuesday, June 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - A telegenic Miami priest who left the Catholic Church amid an uproar over published photos of him kissing his girlfriend on the beach made the relationship official Tuesday, marrying the woman he was involved with for about two years.

Calif.: Site broke labor law by taping octuplets (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 11, 2009 file photo, Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets, leaves her home in Whittier, Calif. California authorities slapped an online site Tuesday June 16, 2009 with four child-labor law violations for videotaping two of Nadya Suleman's octuplets without safeguards to protect their health and welfare. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)AP - California authorities slapped an online site Tuesday with four child-labor law violations for videotaping two of Nadya Suleman's octuplets without safeguards to protect their health and welfare.

Mich. man claims to be NY boy who vanished in 1955 (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 02:48 PM PDT

Jerry Damman talks about his son Steven Damman who disappeared from outside a Long Island, New York, bakery more than 50 years ago, Tuesday, June 16, 2009, on his farm near Newton, Iowa. A Michigan man has come forward to claim that he was the missing boy, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - More than 50 years ago, a mother left her stroller outside a Long Island bakery and returned minutes later to find her 2-year-son had vanished.

Vegas paper gets subpoena to ID online commenters (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 03:34 PM PDT

AP - A Nevada newspaper says it has been served a federal grand jury subpoena seeking information about readers who posted comments on the paper's Web site.

Indiana soldier's rare `Federalist' copy nets $80K (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:41 PM PDT

Indiana National Guard Capt. Nathan Harlan, 35, of Granger, Ind., checks the status of his book up for auction in Columbus, Ind., Sunday, June, 14, 2009. The soldier's rare leather-bound first edition copy of volume one of 'The Federalist' has sold for $80,000. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)AP - A soldier's rare leather-bound first edition copy of volume one of "The Federalist" sold for $80,000 at auction Tuesday, bringing him an unexpectedly large profit before his upcoming second deployment to Iraq.

AP IMPACT: Funds to shut nuclear plants fall short (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 02:53 PM PDT

This June 9, 2009, photo, shows dry cask storage units of nuclear fuel at Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in Vernon, Vt. More than half of the nation's 104 nuclear reactors are not saving enough to pay for their dismantling and removal of radioactive materials when they stop operating, according to documents and interviews. Regulators are expected to release a report later this week that will describe shortfalls at 30 of the nation's 104 nuclear plants and ask operators for details about how they plan to resolve the problem. Entergy Corp. is seeking a 20-year license extension for Vermont Yankee, and is hoping to have enough money in the fund to decommission the plant in the 2030s. for the NRC. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - The companies that own almost half the nation's nuclear reactors are not setting aside enough money to dismantle them, and many may sit idle for decades and pose safety and security risks as a result, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Watergate planner Hunt's FBI file released (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 01:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this in this Jan 8, 1973 file photo, E. Howard Hunt, left arrives with two unidentified men to the the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. Watergate break-in planner Hunt sought a presidential pardon by saying he thought the infamous burglary had been authorized by Attorney General John Mitchell, according to FBI documents released two years after his death. (AP Photo, File)AP - Watergate break-in planner E. Howard Hunt sought a presidential pardon by saying he thought the infamous burglary had "executive authorization," according to FBI documents released two years after his death. He died without getting a pardon.

Ohio teen who killed over video game gets 23 years (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:33 PM PDT

Daniel Petric looks back at his family sitting in the court room before being sentenced by Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 in Elyria, Ohio. Petric was sentenced Tuesday to 23 years in prison for crimes rooted in his obsession with video games with violent themes. (AP Photo/David Richard)AP - A northeast Ohio teen who shot and killed his mother and wounded his minister father was sentenced Tuesday to 23 years to life in prison for crimes rooted in his obsession with video games with violent themes.

Barrel art nets arrest, notoriety for NC student (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 03:56 PM PDT

A May 31, 2009 handout photo released by Joseph Carnevale shows a sculpture made of traffic barrels by Carnevale in Raleigh, N.C.. Carnevale says he didn't have a grandiose point to make when he chopped up orange-and-white traffic barrels and turned them into a massive statue of a hitchhiking roadside monster. But the North Carolina college student has become a celebrity artist of sorts since city police charged him with possession of stolen goods. And now, the construction company whose barrels he took wants to keep the statue. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Joseph Carnevale)AP - When Joseph Carnevale chopped up three stolen orange and white traffic barrels from a construction site to create a massive sculpture of a roadside monster thumbing a ride, the North Carolina college student said he saw it as a form of street art.

Detroit council's Conyers snarled in bribes probe (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:16 PM PDT

AP - City Council member Monica Conyers, the wife of a prominent congressman, sought political support from Baptist pastors and prayers from constituents Tuesday as her re-election bid collided with a corruption probe involving cash bribes handed over in fast-food parking lots.

Ex-congressman on trial over freezer cash, bribery (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 01:59 PM PDT

Former Democratic Louisiana congressman William Jefferson, left, waves to members of the media while walking toward U.S. District Court with his wife Andrea Jefferson, in Alexandria, on Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Jefferson is facing multiple charges including bribery after federal agents found $90,000 in cash in his freezer.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - The infamous $90,000 in cash found in the freezer of a former Louisiana congressman accused of taking bribes is evidence of nothing more than a failed FBI sting, a defense lawyer told jurors Tuesday.

Digital newspaper archive hits 1M pages online (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 01:47 PM PDT

Both printed copies and digitized copies of historic newspapers are seen on display at the Newseum in Washington, Tuesday, June 16, 2009, as The National Endowment of the Humanities and the Library of Congress announce their one millionth digitized newspaper page on their 'Chronicling America' website at the Newseum. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - "Flying Machine that will Work: Ohio Boys have Solved a Big Mechanical Problem," reads a headline from the Palestine Daily Herald in Texas.

New US climate report dire, but offers hope (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 03:17 PM PDT

AP - Rising sea levels, sweltering temperatures, deeper droughts, and heavier downpours — global warming's serious effects are already here and getting worse, the Obama administration warned on Tuesday in the grimmest, most urgent language on climate change ever to come out of any White House.

Report: Drier South, warmer North, and more bugs (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 03:02 PM PDT

AP - The new climate change science report by the federal government looks at effects of global warming on specific U.S. regions and forecasts what's to come:

Judge: OK for Gitmo inmate to use military attys (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 11:53 AM PDT

File photo shows leg shackles at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Abu Zubaydah, an accused top Al-Qaeda operative, AP - Military lawyers can defend a Guantanamo detainee in federal court against charges that he participated in the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa, a federal judge said Tuesday, as long as the lawyers' superior officers approve.

Report says terrorism finance laws hurt charities (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 11:53 AM PDT

AP - Federal laws targeting the financing of terrorism are vague and have given the government unchecked power over American Muslim charities, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a new report.

Military academies say applications jump 10-40 pct (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 11:46 AM PDT

AP - Applications have surged at the nation's three top military academies as tough economic times coincide with stepped-up recruiting efforts by the Army, Navy and Air Force schools, making the prospect of free college and a steady job look sweeter.

Young Arkansas siblings found dead in car trunk (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 12:53 PM PDT

AP - A young brother and sister were found dead in the trunk of their family's car about an hour after they slipped out of their mother's view on a hot afternoon.

Okla. paramedic wants trooper's gun and badge (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 09:56 AM PDT

In this image taken from video provided by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Trooper Daniel Martin, left, gets in an altercation with paramedics after the ambulance failed to get out of his way quickly enough as he approached with his sirens on, in Oklahoma City on May 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Highway Patrol)AP - The paramedic who scuffled with an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper while a patient waited inside the ambulance says the trooper should lose his badge.

发贴者：iwvck2 时间 17:02 0 条评论

bnzv