2009年7月15日星期三

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What you talkin' bout, Willis? Sears Tower renamed (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:24 PM PDT

This combo of photos from March 12, 2009, top, and Monday, July 13, 2009, show pedestrians walking past the Sears Tower in Chicago. The bottom shows the granite marker outside the building covered in black in preparation for the building's name being changed to Willis Tower during a formal ceremony on Thursday, July 16. The London-based Willis Group Holdings got the naming rights as part of its lease agreement with the real estate investment group that owns Sears Tower. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Sports fans have dealt with it for years: a favorite team sells the naming rights to its stadium in a lucrative, if unsentimental, money grab.

Witness: No help needed to make pastor a `demon' (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:18 PM PDT

Evangelist Tony Alamo, right, is led from the federal courthouse in downtown Texarkana Ark. Tuesday July 14, 2009 following opening statements in his trial. Alamo is charged with taking underage girls across state lines for sex. (AP Photo/Texarkana Gazette, Evan Lewis) MANDATORY CREDITAP - A woman who says she was a child bride of evangelist Tony Alamo told jurors Wednesday that the minister had so many partners that he had to schedule when he would have sex with them.

Somali man's family says he's not a terrorist (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:14 PM PDT

This undated photo provided Wednesday, July 15, 2009 by the Washington County Jail in Stillwater, Minn., shows Abdifatah Yusuf Isse. Isse is one of two men accused of supporting terrorism in a grand jury indictment unsealed Monday, the first charges in an investigation into the disappearances of several young Somali men who activists believe were recruited from the Minneapolis area by radical elements in Somalia. (AP Photo/Washington County Jail)AP - Prosecutors portray a 25-year-old Minneapolis man accused of waging jihad in Somalia as a would-be terrorist who went so far as to help build a training camp.

Police say suspects in Fla. murders didn't expect cameras (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 03:43 PM PDT

Ashley Markham, lower right, offers support to her Aunt Julie Tittle, thrid left, as, from left to light, lawyer Chrystal Collins-Spencer, uncle Ed Brock, Rick Tittle, and Blue Markham attend during a news conference in Pensacola, Fla. on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Mari Darr~Welch)AP - The accomplice assigned to turn off surveillance cameras before an elaborate, deadly break-in at a sprawling Florida Panhandle home never did, but the seven people accused in the crime apparently did not know that, authorities said Wednesday.

Kirk to run for Obama's old Ill. Senate seat (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 03:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 11, 2009, file photo Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., right, talks with House Minority Whip Roy Blunt of Mo. before a health care news conference. Kirk will announce Monday, July 20, 2009, he is running for the Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama and presently held by Roland Burris, an Illinois Republican told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Republican Rep. Mark Kirk will announce Monday he's running for the Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama that has been mired in controversy since Illinois' former governor was accused of trying to sell it, an Illinois Republican told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Army: Soldiers in slayings faced intense combat (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:40 PM PDT

Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, the Army's surgeon general, speaks at a news conference about a report studying combat stress and its relation to crimes at home, outside of Fort Carson, Colo., Wednesday, July 15, 2009. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Carol Lawrence)AP - The psychological trauma of fierce combat in Iraq may have helped drive soldiers in a single battle-scarred Army unit to kill as many as 11 people after their return home, the military said Wednesday.

States awash in stimulus money to weatherize homes (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 03:51 PM PDT

This March 20, 2009 photo shows Cade Gunnells, weatherization coordinator for three counties in central Alabama, pointing out insulation that was added to the home of Charles and Janice Uptain in Montgomery, Ala. Ready or not, states are getting a tenfold boost in federal money to weatherize drafty homes, an increase so huge it has raised fears of waste and fraud and set off a scramble to find workers and houses for them to repair. (AP Photo/Jamie Martin)AP - Ready or not, states are getting a tenfold boost in federal money to weatherize drafty homes, an increase so huge it has raised fears of waste and fraud and set off a scramble to find workers and houses for them to repair.

TripAdvisor warns of hotels posting fake reviews (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 01:56 PM PDT

AP - The hotel review may sound too good — citing obscure details like the type of faucets — or perhaps one stands out as the only negative rating of an otherwise popular location.

Police: 'Fight Club' inspired NYC Starbucks blast (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:29 PM PDT

Patrons sit inside a Starbuck's in the New York neighborhood of Harlem on Monday Dec. 10, 2007. Increasingly, Harlem's commercial and cultural backbone, 125th Street, has seen many of its black-owned businesses forced out by high rents and replaced by branches of national chain brands like Starbucks. Harlem is the historic capital of black American culture, but like many New York neighborhoods, it is rapidly changing and old-timers worry that redevelopment will wipe out mom-and-pop stores and affordable housing, along with the area's distinct character. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - A 17-year-old mimicking Brad Pitt's "Fight Club" character, who plans attacks on corporate America, was arrested for masterminding a pre-dawn blast outside a Starbucks Coffee shop on Memorial Day, police said Wednesday.

From Amish to vampires, Christian fiction expands (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:25 PM PDT

Author Lynn Austin, right, signs her latest book 'Through Waters Roar' for a fan during a Christian Retail Convention in Denver, Colo., on Monday, July 13. 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - The Christian book business, optimistic that a little literary escapism might be an antidote for readers in hard times, is turning to bonnets, buggies and bloodsuckers.

Summer camps: Swine flu isn't taking a vacation (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 01:43 PM PDT

Alexandra Ward, 13, center, plays with her sister Julia, 4, and brother Kellis, 9, at a park near their home in Loveland, Colo., on Wednesday, July 15. 2009. The three were at a summer camp in Greeley, Colo., that was closed because of the swine flu. While regular flu all but disappears in the summer, swine flu continues to spread, and dozens of summer camps have sent kids home early or canceled sessions after suspected outbreaks. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - Summer camps are contending with more than bug bites and poison ivy this year: They're on the lookout for swine flu.

Space shuttle blasts off after month's delay (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:40 PM PDT

Space shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Wednesday July 15, 2009. Endeavour's seven member crew are on a 16-day mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - After more than a month's delay, space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts thundered into orbit Wednesday on a flight to the international space station, hauling up a veranda for Japan's enormous lab and looking to set a crowd record.

Iowa city hopes slaughterhouse sale turns its luck (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 03:29 PM PDT

AP - Life in Postville wasn't easy before federal agents raided the area's largest employer and detained 389 people on immigration charges.

Dave Chappelle show draws thousands in Oregon (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 01:22 PM PDT

AP - Thousands of people who learned through text message, Twitter and word-of-mouth that comedian Dave Chappelle would hold a free show filled a downtown Portland square late Tuesday and early Wednesday.

Judge allows video of interrogation as evidence (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 11:30 AM PDT

AP - A judge will allow a recording of a police interrogation to be used as evidence in the murder trial of a Washington woman accused of killing her four daughters.

Fire breaks out on roof of Dallas high-rise (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:05 PM PDT

Smoke and fire pour out from a high-rise apartment complex, Wednesday, July 15, 2009, in southwest Dallas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - A fire broke out on the roof of a high-rise apartment building west of downtown Dallas on Wednesday, but no serious injuries were reported.

SC Governor Sanford skips state meetings for trip with wife (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 12:39 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 24, 2009 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford tearfully admits to having an affair during a news conference in Columbia, S.C. Sanford has cleared his schedule this week to take a personal trip with his wife, three weeks after announcing his extramarital affair with an Argentine woman, his office announced Wednesday, July 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford headed out of state Wednesday for personal time with his wife, as the two try to reconcile, and skipped a meeting with a top economic adviser ahead of what's expected to be more bad economic news including rising joblessness.

Ill. cemetery owner denies involvement in scheme (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 10:27 AM PDT

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart shows a portion of the 55,000 requests that have been sent by families for information about burial plots at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill., during a news conference, Tuesday, July 14, 2009, in Bridgeview, Ill. The cemetery's records are in such bad shape officials are fearful that they will never be able to bring complete closure to the hundreds of confused and angry family members that are looking for answers at the historic suburban Chicago cemetery after four people were accused of digging up graves and reselling plots in a moneymaking scheme. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - The owner of a suburban Chicago cemetery that's been closed by authorities amid allegations that workers dug up bodies and resold plots says he had nothing to do with the alleged wrongdoing.

Miami firm sues Turks and Caicos (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 09:13 AM PDT

AP - A Miami company that arranged medical care for seriously ill people from the Turks and Caicos Islands is now suing the government there for $16 million over claims it stopped paying bills for the company's services.

Death of Fla. girl Caylee Anthony still captivates (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 07:59 AM PDT

This undated file photo released by the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Orlando, Fla. on Friday, July 18, 2008, shows Caylee Marie Anthony. The story of Casey Anthony and her little girlCaylee has become a soap opera of sorts over the last year, with plot twists and turns, and a colorful cast of supporting characters. (AP Photo/Orange County Sheriff's Office, File)AP - It's easy to forget 2-year-old Florida toddler Caylee Anthony was slain after all the plot twists and turns in her story.

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