2009年7月16日星期四

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Disney World bus crash hurts 12 at Fla. theme park (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 04:02 PM PDT

A busload of visitors heads to EPCOT theme park past a monorail that was parked and idle at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Sunday, July 5, 2009. The park's monorail transit system was shut down after two monorail trains crashed early Sunday morning killing one train's operator, emergency officials said. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Officials say two buses have collided at Walt Disney World, leaving a dozen visitors with minor injuries.

Calif. teen youngest to sail solo around world (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 03:35 PM PDT

Zac Sunderland arrives at Marina del Rey in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 16, 2009. The Southern California teenager became the youngest person ever to sail solo around the world when he arrived at Marina del Rey, the place he departed from 13 months ago. (AP Photo/Philip Scott Andrews)AP - A 17-year-old Californian Thursday became the youngest person to sail around the world alone.

AMA endorses House Democrats' health care bill (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 04:09 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a rally for New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine in Holmdel, New Jersey, July 16, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueAP - The American Medical Association on Thursday endorsed a liberal health overhaul bill that includes a public insurance option, a bold step for a traditionally conservative group with a checkered past on health reforms.

Wife of ex-GOP Rep. Pickering claims he had affair (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 03:31 PM PDT

AP - The estranged wife of former U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering claims in a lawsuit that the Mississippi Republican had an affair that ruined their marriage and derailed his political career.

Jumbo squid invade San Diego shores, spook divers (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 04:07 PM PDT

This March 2005 image provided by the National Marine Fisheries Service shows a beak of a Humboldt squid, also known as a jumbo flying squid, exposed before dissection at the laboratory of the National Marine Fisheries Service in San Diego. The rare squid have returned to the area wreaking havoc on local divers. (AP Photo/National Marine Fisheries Service)AP - Thousands of jumbo flying squid — aggressive 5-foot-long sea monsters with razor-sharp beaks and toothy tentacles — have invaded the shallow waters off San Diego, spooking scuba divers and washing up dead on tourist-packed beaches.

Ex-senator says Obama should be glued to his seat (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 03:17 PM PDT

AP - Former U.S. Sen. Zell Miller criticized President Barack Obama's recent travels overseas, telling a group of mostly Republican lawmakers Thursday that the White House Chief of Staff needs to put "Gorilla Glue" on Obama's chair to keep him in the Oval Office.

5 officers hurt, 2 suspects dead in NJ shootout (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 03:03 PM PDT

A detective from the Hudson County Prosecutors Office examines evidence on a pick-up truck parked on Reed Street in Jersey City on Thursday July 16, 2009. Five Jersey City police officers were shot, two critically wounded in an early morning shootout in New Jersey's second-largest city. Two suspects were also killed in the shootout, which stemmed from police surveillance of two armed robbery suspects in Jersey City, authorities said. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)AP - A running gunfight that erupted during a police stakeout of two armed robbery suspects ended Thursday morning with two suspects dead and five officers shot, two of them critically.

Jumbled bones at Ill. cemetery may be hard to ID (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 04:13 PM PDT

A file cabinet filled with disintegrating burial records from the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill., is shown at 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 - Human remains strewn amid overgrown weeds have deteriorated into jumbled bones. Paper records in a rusted metal cabinet have dissolved into dust.

NASA lost moon footage, but Hollywood restores it (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 04:11 PM PDT

This NASA file image shows Apollo 11 U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the Moon, next to the Lunar Module AP - NASA could put a man on the moon but didn't have the sense to keep the original video of the live TV transmission.

Recession billboards ask Americans to lighten up (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 02:32 PM PDT

Cars drive by a billboard appearing along Interstate 95, with the statehouse at left background, in Providence, R.I. Thursday, July 16, 2009. The 'Recession 101' campaign, which started in Rhode Island this month, was funded by an anonymous East Coast donor who was depressed about the way the country was reacting to the economy's tailspin. It's appearing on over 1,000 billboards across America. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - "Interesting fact about recessions ... they end."

NASA dusts off forgotten artifacts in new exhibit (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 02:30 PM PDT

AP - The spacesuit was one of three made for the last man to set foot on the moon, but Doug Fisher found it balled up and forgotten at the bottom of a cardboard box.

Economy means more help needed to flee hurricanes (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 02:08 PM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 28, 2005, file photo, show Thain Moser, right, and her fellow Greenbriar Nursing Home residents sit aboard the school bus in Slidell, La., before being evacuated to a shelter a few miles north. St. Tammany Parish ordered that all nursing facilities nine miles or less from Lake Pontchartrain must be evacuated to higher ground because of Hurricane Katrina's approach. Because of the recession, the nation's coastal communities are stepping in to make hurricane preparations for people who can't afford to get ready on their own. (AP Photo/Mari Darr-Welch)AP - Extra evacuation buses. More storm shelters. A guide to doing hurricane preparation on a budget.

Girl 'married' at 8 says Alamo found her 'cute' (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 04:26 PM PDT

Evangelist Tony Alamo, center 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 said evangelist Tony Alamo "married" her when she was 8 years old told federal jurors Thursday that he sexually assaulted her repeatedly until she dodged security cameras and roving guards to escape from his compound in 2006.

Exchange student neglect leads to calls for reform (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 02:48 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Nemesia Lago dated Sept. 2008, Carlos Villareal stands near the Statue of Liberty in New York. (AP Photo/Courtesy Nemesia Lago)AP - During his year as a foreign exchange student in the United States, 18-year-old Carlos Villarreal lived not with a welcoming family, but with two ex-convicts in a seedy house that smelled of dog feces and where the food was labeled "DO NOT TOUCH." He left 14 pounds lighter.

$14 million DUI award restored in Washington state (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 04:17 PM PDT

AP - The Supreme Court in Washington state on Thursday unanimously reinstated a $14 million award to a family who sued a tavern and a bartender after one of the bar's customers drove away from the establishment and collided with their car, leaving a 7-year-old-boy a paraplegic.

Sears Tower renamed Willis Tower in ceremony (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 12:47 PM PDT

Joseph Plumeri, right, chairman and CEO of London-based insurance brokerage Willis Group Holdings, and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, left, unveil the name Willis Tower in the lobby of the old Sears Tower during the official renaming ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2009, in Chicago. The country's tallest building and one of the world's iconic skyscrapers was renamed after Willis Group Holdings as part of its deal to lease 140,000 square feet of space in the tower. The 110-story skyscraper had been called the Sears Tower since its opening in 1973. Its original tenant, Sears Roebuck and Co., moved out in 1992. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - The Sears Tower, one of the world's iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the U.S., was renamed the Willis Tower on Thursday in a downtown ceremony, marking a new chapter in the history of the giant edifice that has dominated the Chicago skyline for nearly four decades.

Dolores weakens to tropical depression in Pacific (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 02:22 PM PDT

A woman helps push a pedicab in knee-deep floodwaters due to continuous rain storms brought by Tropical storm AP - Forecasters say Dolores has weakened to a tropical depression over the Pacific Ocean and is expected to lose even more strength into the evening.

Va. paper expresses regret for backing segregation (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 12:08 PM PDT

AP - A Virginia newspaper expressed regret Thursday for supporting a systematic campaign by the state's white political leaders to maintain separate public schools for blacks and whites in the 1950s.

Loose ends still need tying in Fla. couple deaths (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 04:46 PM PDT

Guests arrive at Liberty church to attend the viewing service for Byrd and Melanie Billings, Thursday, July 16, 2009, in Pensacola, Fla. The Billings were slain in an apparent robbery attempt at their home on July 9.(AP Photo/Phil Coale)AP - A woman charged in the slayings of a wealthy Florida Panhandle couple hid a safe stolen from their home in her backyard, according to an arrest report released Thursday.

US gets conviction in 1st economic espionage trial (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 03:57 PM PDT

AP - A Chinese-born engineer's conviction in the United States' first economic espionage trial could be an important step to stop the flow of critical trade secrets to China, experts say.

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