2009年7月20日星期一

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Spacewalk No. 2 unfolds on 40th moon anniversary (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:27 PM PDT

In this image from television space shuttle Endeavour astronaut David Wolf is shown beside the robotic arm outside the international space station during a spacewalk Monday, July 20, 2009. This is the second spacewalk in three days exactly 40 years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. (AP Photo/NASA TV)AP - The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex celebrated the 40th anniversary of man's first moon landing with their own spacewalk Monday, heading outside to stockpile some big spare parts.

Teen fighting $25,000 fine for NH mountain rescue (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken April 28, 2009, Scott Mason grimaces as he gets ready to go to the hospital in Pinkham Notch, N.H. New Hampshire plans to fine the Massachusetts teenager for the cost of rescuing him from Mount Washington in April. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)AP - A Massachusetts teenager says he will fight the $25,000 fine by New Hampshire for the cost of his mountain rescue.

Lawmakers: SC gov's pricey seats need closer look (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:31 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, who once criticized other state officials for costly travel, charged the state more than $37,600 for one first-class and four business-class flights overseas since November 2005, expense records show. Other state employees flew in the back of the plane at a fraction of the price, according to the documents. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - South Carolina legislators say Gov. Mark Sanford's travel spending needs scrutiny, following an Associated Press review that showed he was booked on pricey flights despite laws that say state employees must travel as cheaply as possible.

Obama meets astronauts; no promise of moon or Mars (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:26 PM PDT

A boy plays with a robot toy in front a painting of an astronaut walking on the moon at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The United States this week marks the 40th anniversary of the historic first moon walk, with President Barack Obama kicking off events by meeting with the crew of the Apollo 11 mission.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AP - The same question that could have been asked 40 years ago moments after Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon is still being asked today: Now what?

US offers $50M in rewards in drug war offensive (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:13 PM PDT

AP - The Department of State offered up to $50 million Monday for information leading to the arrests of 10 top Mexican drug suspects accused of key roles in a violent organization estimated to have sold more than $1 billion worth of drugs in the United States.

Miss. shows Katrina recovery at govs' convention (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 02:51 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Friday, July 17, 2009, Steve Kuljis, a 59-year old mechanic who has lived most of his life in the Point Cadet community of Biloxi, Miss., says that his blue-collar neighborhood, obliterated by Katrina's winds and storm surge, is struggling to rebuild. One of the few businesses to rebuild is the Fleur De Lis Society, a social club. Empty lots, fragmented house foundations, 'for sale' signs and precious few rebuilt houses, are the only indications that a thriving community existed. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - Governors attending their national convention on Mississippi's Gulf Coast have seen signs of Hurricane Katrina recovery — glitzy casinos packed with tourists, new condominium towers rising along the beach, the major expansion of a bustling state port.

Family of captured soldier wants privacy in ordeal (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:26 PM PDT

Blaine County Sheriff Walt Femling, left, reads a statement on June 20, 2009 outside of the Wood River Sheriff's office in Hailey, Idaho that was released by the family of Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Seelig)AP - The Pentagon said Monday that troops are "sparing no effort" to find an American soldier captured by the Taliban as his family pleaded for privacy and residents in his hometown tied yellow ribbons on trees along Main Street in a show of solidarity.

Md. man kidnapped woman, robbed bank she worked at (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 02:46 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge has sentenced a man prosecutors say kidnapped a Maryland bank manager and her two children, then held one of the kids hostage while she withdrew thousands of dollars.

San Diego judge orders seals out of the pool (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:57 PM PDT

AP - A judge on Monday gave the city 72 hours to begin chasing harbor seals out of the Children's Pool at La Jolla beach or face heavy daily fines, ruling firmly for humans in a years-long battle over who should win exclusive use of the cove.

Suit accuses Mavericks owner of diverting profits (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:53 PM PDT

FILE -- This is a July 13, 2009, file photo showing Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban looking at the scoreboard while eating popcorn and watching his team from the sidelines during an NBA summer league basketball game in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch, File)AP - Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is accused of wrongfully diverting millions of dollars from the NBA franchise's home arena to help make up for cash shortfalls incurred by the team, according to a lawsuit filed by a company controlled by the team's former owner.

Woman: Alamo asked, 'Think I'm a dirty old man?' (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday July 17, 2009 file photo, evangelist Tony Alamo is led from the federal courthouse in downtown Texarkana, Ark. (AP Photo/Texarkana Gazette, Tanner Spendley, file) MANDATORY CREDITAP - A former follower of evangelist Tony Alamo told federal jurors at his sex-crimes trial Monday that the preacher lashed out at her when she grimaced at the sight of a 9-year-old girl rubbing his thighs.

Black scholar's arrest raises profiling questions (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:52 PM PDT

AP - Police responding to a call about "two black males" breaking into a home near Harvard University ended up arresting the man who lives there — Henry Louis Gates Jr., the nation's pre-eminent black scholar.

Ex-NFL star Vick released from federal custody (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:50 PM PDT

Former Atlanta Falcon quarterback, Michael Vick, left, leaves federal court after a visit to the parole office in Norfolk, Va., Monday, July 20, 2009. Vick ended his federal dogfighting sentence Monday, freeing him to lobby for a return to the field. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - Suspended NFL star Michael Vick ended his federal dogfighting sentence Monday, freeing him to lobby for a return to the field.

Afghan blast kills 4 GIs in deadliest month for US (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:15 PM PDT

File photo shows two US soldiers stopping a truck near the heavily fortified prison at the main American military base in Bagram, Afghanistan. A US military review has called for overhauling the troubled US-run Bagram prison in Afghanistan because US officials are concerned that abuses and militant recruiting within local prisons are helping strengthen the Taliban, The New York Times reported.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AP - A roadside bomb killed four American troops in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, driving the July death toll for U.S. forces to the highest monthly level of the war.

Ill. deputy accused zapping 3 kids with stun gun (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:28 PM PDT

AP - A sheriff's deputy zapped three children with a stun gun at an Illinois emergency youth shelter, threatening to sodomize one of them before choking a fourth child and throwing her in a closet, according to a federal civil-rights lawsuit.

Same-name couple to wed after Facebook meeting (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:04 PM PDT

AP - This October, Kelly Hildebrandt will vow to share her life with a man who already shares her name.

Justice Dept. relocating some operations to SC (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 11:48 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. Department of Justice is relocating some of its U.S. attorney operations from Washington to South Carolina under a 20-year lease agreement with the state's flagship university, officials announced Monday.

Saying `sorry' pays off for U. of Michigan doctors (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 11:18 AM PDT

Dr. Joan Reede, right, and her mother Tommye Reede, who was a medical malpractice victim, pose together for a portrait in Hull, Mass. on Friday, July 10, 2009. According to Dr. Reede, patients and their families can find great relief and comfort when a doctor promptly admits an error. She learned this personally when her mother nearly died from a medical error in 1998. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper)AP - When a treatment goes wrong at a U.S. hospital, fear of a lawsuit usually means "never daring to say you're sorry."

Minneapolis struggles with rise of Somali gangs (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 09:42 AM PDT

** In an undated photo provided by the family, Ahmednur Ali is shown. Ali, a 20-year-old college student and youth volunteer is one of the seven Somali men under the age of 30 murdered in a ten-month period in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ali family)AP - Ahmednur Ali's family fled the chaos and violence of their East African homeland Somalia in the 1990s, eventually making their way to Minnesota like thousands of their compatriots.

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