2009年7月11日星期六

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NASA delays space shuttle Endeavour launch 1 day (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 08:07 AM PDT

Space shuttle Endeavour stands ready for launch on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Cananveral, Fla., Saturday, July 11, 2009. Endeavour is scheduled to lift off this evening on a mission to the International Space Station.(AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour's scheduled launch Saturday after nine lightning strikes were reported near the pad.

Relatives search for graves at Ill. cemetery (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 04:36 PM PDT

Grave markers are seen scattered on the floor of a shack at the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill., Friday, July 10, 2009. It is same room that the original glass-topped casket of lynching victim Emmett Till was found rusting by Cook County officials investigating at the cemetery where four workers are accused of digging up bodies to resell plots. The 14-year-old Chicagoan was killed in 1955 after reportedly whistling at a white woman during a visit to his uncle's house in Mississippi. Nearly 100,000 people visited the casket during a four-day public viewing in Chicago. When Till was exhumed in 2005 during an investigation of his death, he was reburied in a new casket. The original casket was supposed to be kept for a planned memorial to Till. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - A constant stream of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up Saturday as officials exhumed one grave in a cemetery where four former employees are accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell plots.

Seemingly indestructible QB's death hard to accept (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:59 PM PDT

The funeral service for Steve McNair is held in Reed Green Coliseum at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss., Saturday, July 11, 2009. McNair, a former NFL quarterback with the Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans, and Baltimore Ravens, was shot to death in Nashville on July 4. (AP Photo/George Clark, Pool)AP - The shocking news spread first via text and cell phone messages on the Fourth of July holiday.

Slain ex-QB McNair mourned as a 'hero,' 'legend' (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 01:33 PM PDT

Mechelle McNair attends the funeral service for her late husband, Steve McNair, in Hattiesburg, Miss., Saturday, July 11, 2009. Steve McNair, a former NFL quarterback with the Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans, and Baltimore Ravens, was shot to death in Nashville July 4. (AP Photo/George Clark, Pool)AP - Titans quarterback Vince Young didn't expect to speak Saturday during his mentor's funeral. He wound up summing up the emotional day with just a few words.

Talks intensify over closing Calif.'s $26B deficit (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:43 PM PDT

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger talks with reporters during a break in budget meeting with Legislative leaders at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, July 10, 2009.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Against a backdrop of IOUs and expanding government furloughs, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders expressed optimism Saturday that they were moving toward a compromise that could end California's fiscal calamity.

Thousands expected at McNair funeral in Miss. (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 07:55 AM PDT

The line of people waiting to pay their last respects to Steve McNair winds down several streets in his hometown of Mount Olive, Miss., Friday, July 10, 2009. McNair, a former NFL quarterback for the Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans, and Baltimore Ravens, was shot and killed July 4 in Nashville, Tenn. McNair will be buried in Mount Olive on Saturday, following a memorial service in Hattiesburg, Miss. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - A capacity crowd of 8,000 was expected Saturday at the funeral for former NFL quarterback Steve McNair on the University of Southern Mississippi campus.

Ex-convicts working to prevent future convicts (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 04:49 AM PDT

Jason Broom shakes hands with Torrence Evans while checking out an east side neighborhood in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, May 28, 2009. Broom, 38, is part of a program named Aim4Peace that sends reformed criminals into some of the city's tensest neighborhoods to calm beefs before they turn violent. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - An argument earlier in the day between teens from rival neighborhoods had Jason Broom worried as he stood in a pothole-riddled parking lot pondering his next move. Broom was released from prison last year after serving time in two killings and is now a conflict mediator on Kansas City's gang-infested east side.

British Airways sends team to check evacuated 747 (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 02:01 PM PDT

AP - British Airways is flying a team of engineers from London to Phoenix to inspect a Boeing 747 that filled with smoke before takeoff, forcing hundreds of passengers to escape on the plane's emergency slides.

Dillinger's Ohio crime spree left out of new movie (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 02:27 AM PDT

File - Not clear which police department took this undated photo of John Dillinger, but it was submitted to the FBI for use in producing fugitive flyers in 1933 or 1934. Dillinger's Ohio escapades aren't part of the new movie 'Public Enemies,' which tells of his life on the run after an escape from an Indiana prison and of his death in Chicago. But his rise from small-town bank robber to America's most wanted man can be traced to a string of holdups during the summer of 1933 and the daring escape that left the Ohio lawman dead.(AP Photo/FBI, File)AP - Before becoming Public Enemy No. 1, gangster John Dillinger pulled off his first bank robbery in a sleepy Ohio town.

Jackson's hometown holds memorial for pop icon (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 04:49 AM PDT

Mary Niven takes picturs outside the boyhood home of Michael Jackson in Gary, Ind., Tuesday, July 7, 2009 as the late pop star is memorialized by thousands in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - This gritty steel-making city where Michael Jackson got his start playing on street corners with his brothers and competing in talent shows said goodbye to the King of Pop with a show that featured experienced homegrown talent, as well as youngsters who hope to follow in his footsteps.

Judge grants delay in Jackson guardianship case (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 07:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 7, 2009 file photo, Paris Jackson, left, Prince Michael Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson II appear on stage during the memorial service for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, Pool)AP - Michael Jackson's mother and ex-wife will have time to reach an agreement over who will take care of the singer's three children.

Scholar: NKorea wants US show of remorse (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 09:28 AM PDT

Actress Lisa Ling, the sister of imprisoned journalist Laura Ling, wipes her eye during a rally at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, July 9, 2009. More than 250 people gathered at a vigil in support of Laura Ling and fellow journalist Euna Lee who were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor by North Korea for entering the country illegally and 'hostile acts.' (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - North Korea wants the U.S. to show remorse for the actions of two American journalists convicted of illegally entering the country, and it might free the women if Washington does so, a scholar who visited Pyongyang said Saturday.

Iconic Hawaii hotel to reopen under new union deal (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 02:44 AM PDT

AP - Despite a dour economy and a Hawaii tourism industry that is in its roughest patch ever, four dozen employees of the iconic Ilikai hotel won their jobs back Friday when their labor union and the property's new owner inked a surprise deal.

Prosecutors: Jailed evangelist 'married' girls (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 08:38 PM PDT

In this photo taken May 4, 2009, a house on property once owned by evangelist Tony Alamo is shown in Dyer, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Jailed evangelist Tony Alamo "married" the underage girls he allegedly forced into sex, exchanging wedding vows and rings, prosecutors said.

Black frat inducts Bill Clinton as honorary member (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 08:16 PM PDT

AP - A historically black fraternity has voted to induct former President Bill Clinton as an honorary member.

Dispute over flag protest erupts in Wisc. village (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 08:31 PM PDT

This photo provided by Susan Willems taken July 5, 2009 shows an American flag being flown upside down, a day after it was removed by local police, in Crivitz, Wis. The flag being flown upside down as a protest in a small northern Wisconsin village was seized by police before a Fourth of July parade. The businessman flying the flag claims police trespassed and stole his property. (AP Photo/Susan Willems)AP - An American flag flown upside down as a protest in a northern Wisconsin village was seized by police before a Fourth of July parade and the businessman who flew it — an Iraq war veteran — claims the officers trespassed and stole his property.

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