2009年6月17日星期三

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Man bears striking resemblance to missing NY boy (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 04:02 PM PDT

FILE -In this file photo combination Jerry Damman and John Barnes are shown. John Robert Barnes, 54, said Wednesday, June 17, 2009, that pictures he found online led him to believe he could be the 2-year-old boy who vanished more than a half-century ago from a bakery on New York's Long Island. Barnes saw pictures of the missing boy's mother when she was a young adult, thought the woman resembled himself at the same age and started to believe he might be Stephen Damman, who disappeared in 1955. (AP Photo, File)AP - The same chubby cheeks. The same round face and bright, blue eyes. And, most important, the faint scar on his chin.

Guard who returned fire shaken by museum shooting (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:09 PM PDT

Harry Weeks sits in his living room in White Plains, Md., Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Weeks was one of two guards at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum who fired back at a white supremacist accused of fatally shooting Weeks' co-worker on June 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - After retiring from a 27-year career as a D.C. police officer, Harry Weeks thought working security at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum would provide a quieter way to make a living. A typical day involved greeting visitors and analyzing images of handbags as they passed through a magnetometer.

Parents fuming over airline's kid-on-plane mix-ups (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 05:43 PM PDT

Continental Express jets line up outside a terminal at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Two unaccompanied minors traveling from different cities over the weekend, June 13-14, 2009 ended up at the wrong destinations. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - The parents of two young girls who were each placed on wrong flights while flying alone over the weekend are demanding that Continental Airlines make sure such mix-ups don't happen again.

Midwest, Calif. front runners for $8B in rail cash (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:56 PM PDT

RESEND of a graphic that first moved April 16, 2009; graphic shows designated high-speed rail corridorsAP - High-speed rail plans in the Midwest and California appear to be front runners in the race for $8 billion in stimulus cash based on federal criteria released Wednesday that favor projects with established revenue sources and multistate cooperation.

Fraud case intensified before Ind. doc's suicide (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 12:57 PM PDT

This undated photo released by Dan O'Day shows Dr. Phillip Gabriele, left, and Marcella Gabriele. The eye surgeon and his wife were found shot to death Monday, hours before they were scheduled to surrender to authorities on charges of performing unnecessary surgeries on patients, including children, and bilking money from health insurers. (AP Photo/Dan O'Day)AP - In public, ophthalmologist Dr. Philip Gabriele was a "blessing" to patients who counted on him to help them see, an award-winning ballroom dancer and a champion for better eye care.

4 Yellowstone bison killed under disease policy (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 04:54 PM PDT

AP - Four bull bison that migrated out of Yellowstone National Park were killed by state livestock agents Wednesday — the first the government has killed this year under a contentious policy to contain disease.

More than 100 kids sue over parents' deportations (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:10 PM PDT

Estrella Manuel, 2, holds an American flag in her mouth during a news conference in Miami Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Roughly 150 children are suing President Barack Obama to halt the deportations of their parents until Congress overhauls U.S. immigration laws. The U.S.-born children say their constitutional rights are being violated because they, too, will likely have to leave the country if their parents are forced to leave. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - Ronald Soza celebrated his 10th birthday Wednesday with cake and a serenade by more than 100 other children and their parents.

Calif. girl and boyfriend arrested in mom's murder (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 02:42 PM PDT

This undated picture provided by the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office shows Joanne M. Witt of El Dorado Hills, Calif. Authorities have arrested Tylar Witt, Joanne's 14-year-old daughter, and Tylar's boyfriend, Steven Colver, 19, in her alleged murder. (AP Photo/El Dorado County Sheriff's Office)AP - A 14-year-old girl and her boyfriend were arrested Wednesday as suspects in the murder of the girl's mother, who was found stabbed in her northern California home, authorities said.

Teen accused of Fla. cat killings released on bail (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 02:42 PM PDT

Doug Weinman, left, father of Tyler Hayes Weinman who is accused of killing more than a dozen cats in South Florida, walks out of the Miami-Dade County courthouse with his wife Arllette in Miami, Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Judge John Thornton ordered Tyler Hayes Weinman, 18, released after a brief hearing Wednesday morning. Weinman, who appeared in a Miami-Dade County courtroom in a red, jail-issued uniform, will wear an electronic monitoring bracelet while he awaits his trial and will be allowed to attend counseling sessions that were recommended by a doctor after a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - A teenager accused of killing more than a dozen cats in South Florida was released on more than $200,000 bond Wednesday after a judge ruled that he did not pose a danger to himself or the community.

Gravel pit next to Glacier Park gets OK to expand (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 05:15 PM PDT

AP - Environmental regulators in Montana are allowing a gravel pit next to Glacier National Park to expand its operations, with restrictions to limit its noise and dust.

9,200 uncounted vials found at Army biodefense lab (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 02:26 PM PDT

AP - An inventory of deadly germs and toxins at an Army biodefense lab in Frederick found more than 9,200 vials of material that was unaccounted for in laboratory records, Fort Detrick officials said Wednesday.

Doctors signal they'll work with Obama (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:39 PM PDT

President Barack Obama address the American Medical Association during their annual meeting in Chicago, Monday, June 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - The nation's largest group of doctors began their annual meeting as a potential obstacle to President Obama's health care overhaul. After a big pep talk from Obama himself, they ended it Wednesday by signaling they won't close the door on one of his key proposals, a public health insurance plan to compete with private insurers.

Calif. lawmaker seeks apology for Chinese workers (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 02:06 PM PDT

Assemblyman Paul Fong, D-Cupertino, center, answers a questions concerning his Assembly resolution that apologizes for the discrimination against Chinese immigrants, during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Fong's resolution, co-authored by Assemblyman Kevin DeLeon, D-Los Angeles, left, cites the contributions made by the Chinese and expresses California's deep regrets for discrimination, which included the nation's first law limiting immigration, the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - California's Chinese immigrants helped build ships, levees, irrigation systems and the transcontinental railroad. They worked in farm fields and mines and helped develop the abalone and shrimp industries.

Witness: US Rep's bribes hidden as consulting fees (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:28 PM PDT

Former Democratic Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson, center, returns to U.S. District Court with members of his defense team, in Alexandria, Va. on Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Jefferson is facing multiple charges including bribery. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - A Kentucky businessman testified Wednesday he paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in "consulting fees" to the wife of a former Louisiana congressman that were nothing but thinly veiled bribes.

Fans flood Lakers party despite frets over cost (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:12 PM PDT

Los Angeles Lakers basketball fans cheer as the Lakers' NBA world championship parade passes by in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)AP - Tens of thousands of jubilant Los Angeles Lakers fans flooded downtown Wednesday, creating a tidal wave of purple and gold while celebrating the storied franchise's 15th NBA title with a high-energy parade and rally paid for by the city's movers and shakers.

2009 is sweet year for maple syrup producers (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 01:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 23, 2009 file photo, Burr Morse checks the boiling sap in the sugarhouse at Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks in East Montpelier, Vt. This year has proven to be a record-setting year for maple syrup production in Vermont. According to federal data released last week, Vermont produced 920,000 gallons of maple syrup this year. That's a 30 percent increase over 2008 and the highest since the U.S. Department of Agriculture began tracking production in 1944. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Accommodating weather and a boost in the number of maple trees tapped are being credited for a bumper 2009 maple syrup crop.

Schwarzenegger: Higher taxes will be vetoed (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:35 PM PDT

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said that he would veto any budget bill that includes new taxes beyond what he has already proposed, while talking to reporters about the state budget outside his Capitol office in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, June 17, 2009.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday fired off a warning to Democratic lawmakers who are considering raising taxes to solve California's budget problems: Don't even try.

Reflecting pool leaks at King Center repaired (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:15 PM PDT

FILE - In a Tuesday, March 8, 2005 file photo, Winter clouds accent the Martin Luther King, Jr. crypt, reflecting pool and Freedom Hall in Atlanta. The reflecting pool cradling the crypt where Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta, are buried, will be fixed by Thursday, June 18, 2009, which would have been the couple's 56th wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)AP - The reflecting pool cradling the crypt where Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife are buried will be fixed by Thursday, which would have been the couple's 56th wedding anniversary.

Mass. ex-cons get new chance with federal program (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 11:57 AM PDT

AP - Eight participants in a federal program aimed at helping ex-convicts stay off drugs will be honored by their friends and families at a graduation ceremony with a special guest: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr.

Conn. lawmaker won't be charged in woman's death (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:17 PM PDT

AP - A Connecticut legislator will not be charged in the death of woman who fled from his car barefoot on a frigid January night and then died of hypothermia.

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