2009年7月30日星期四

Yahoo! News: U.S. News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: U.S. News


Wis. man testifies he expected God to heal child (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 04:45 PM PDT

AP - A central Wisconsin man charged with killing his daughter by praying instead of taking her to a doctor read from the Bible while testifying Thursday that he couldn't seek medical help without disobeying God.

AP NewsBreak: Brother defends accused terror head (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 04:35 PM PDT

This image made from video and provided by CNN shows Sabrina Boyd during an interview with  CNN on Tuesday July 28, 2009 in Raleigh, N.C. A federal indictment unsealed this week says Boyd's husband Daniel is a radicalized Muslim convert who was putting together a team of extremists to wage 'violent jihad' overseas. (AP Photo/CNN)  ONE TIME USE ONLY, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES, IMAGE MUST BE USED IN ITS ENTIRETY, CNN LOGO MAY NOT BE OBSTRUCTED,  MANDATORY CREDITAP - The older brother of a North Carolina man accused of recruiting and training would-be terrorists said Thursday he didn't believe sibling Daniel Boyd intended to wage "violent jihad" abroad.


Black cop at Gates home regrets 'Uncle Tom' label (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 04:34 PM PDT

AP - A black sergeant who was at the home of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. when he was arrested says he's been maligned as an "Uncle Tom" for supporting the actions of the white arresting officer.

Boston police officer apologizes for Gates remarks (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 04:22 PM PDT

AP - A Boston police officer who was suspended for using a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. apologized for his comments and declared he is not a racist.

NY taxpayers to pay donors for stem cell studies (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 03:45 PM PDT

AP - Hanqi Miao said she wanted to donate her eggs to help infertile couples reproduce, but she acknowledged the money is good, too: She said she'll be paid about $5,000.

Woman with baby cut from womb claimed pregnancy (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 04:11 PM PDT

AP - Prosecutors in Massachusetts say the woman found with an infant who had been cut out of her friend's womb had convinced her family and friends that she was pregnant.

Jackson kids to live with grandma, visit mother (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 04:59 PM PDT

FILE-This July 6, 2009 file photo shows Jackson family attorneys L. Londell McMillan, left, and Burt Levitch speaking to the media during a news conference outside the Superior court in Los Angeles. McMillan says in an interview with The Associated Press that word of an agreement between Katherine Jackson and Deborah Rowe, the biological mother of Prince Michael and Paris-Michael would come sometime Thursday July 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Michael Jackson's children will live with their grandmother under an agreement reached with the King of Pop's ex-wife that ensures the youngsters won't have to endure a public fight over who raises them.


Tenn. mayor resigns to focus on congressional race (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 02:22 PM PDT

AP - The first elected black mayor of Memphis has officially resigned after a record 18 years in office to focus on his run for Congress.

2 Ga. officers accused of running check on Obama (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 02:16 PM PDT

AP - Authorities are investigating two Atlanta-area police officers accused of using government computers to run a criminal background check on President Barack Obama.

Miss. judge pleads guilty to lying to FBI agent (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 02:05 PM PDT

AP - A Mississippi judge known for prosecuting a white supremacist decades after a civil rights-era killing has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for lying to an FBI agent investigating corruption.

Ala. ban of wine with nude label is marketing boon (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 01:57 PM PDT

AP - Alabama's ban on a wine that features a nude nymph on the label became a business opportunity for a California vintner who is preparing a marketing campaign to capitalize on being "Banned in Bama."

Army chief: Soldiers to get stress help in basic (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 01:38 PM PDT

Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey, center, sits in on a Battlemind Basic Training class during a tour Thursday July 30, 2009, at Fort Jackson, S.C. The Army's top general says the service will begin a new training program Oct. 1 to help soldiers deal with the stress of combat and to prevent suicides. Seated with the Gen. Casey  is Dr. Amy Adler with Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, left, and Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum, right. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - The Army's top general says basic training will soon include anti-stress programs as part of a broader effort to help soldiers deal with the aftereffects of combat and prevent suicides.


Letter shows SC gov predicting public humiliation (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 04:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 30, 2009 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford talks to Associated Press about his relationship with an Argentine mistress in his Columbia, S.C., Statehouse office. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, file)AP - Less than a month before he traveled to Argentina to see his mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford predicted in a letter to his spiritual adviser that "public humiliation" would follow revelations of his shattered marriage.


Americans spend $34B for alternative medicine (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 03:10 PM PDT

Graphic shows out-of-pocket money spent on alternative medicineAP - Americans spend more than a 10th of their out-of-pocket health care dollars on alternative medicine, according to the first national estimate of such spending in more than a decade.


Warship honors Marine who died protecting comrades (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:53 PM PDT

FILE - This undated family photo shows U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham, who died April 22, 2004, after sustaining a head injury from a shrapnel wound, April 14, 2004, in Iraq. He was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. A Navy destroyer will be christened in his honor Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009, at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. (AP Photo/The Wellsville Daily Reporter, courtesy Dunham family, File) NO SALESAP - Marines flushing out Iraqi insurgents after an ambush came upon a column of vehicles. A van with a father and son. A pickup truck. A tractor. A BMW with a couple of sheiks. And a Toyota Land Cruiser with four young men, all of them insurgents.


Jury starts deliberating in ex-congressman's trial (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:46 PM PDT

Former Democratic Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson, exits U.S. District Court before jury deliberations, in Alexandria, Va., on Thursday, July 30, 2009. Jefferson is facing multiple charges including bribery. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Jury deliberations have started in the corruption trial of a former Louisiana congressman who gained notoriety after FBI agents found $90,000 hidden in his freezer.


Mild season in Tornado Alley frustrates scientists (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:35 PM PDT

Graphic shows the average number of tornadoes by month from 1999 to 2008; includes total number of tornadoes by yearAP - This has been an unusually mild year in Tornado Alley, which is good news, of course, for the people who live here, but a little frustrating to scientists who planned to chase twisters as part of a $10 million research project.


High court asked to review civil rights-era case (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this  Monday, June 4, 2007 file photo, reputed Klansman James Ford Seale is escorted from the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss. A federal appeals court has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to settle a legal dispute over whether Seale should have been tried on a kidnapping charge 43 years after two black men were abducted and slain in rural Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, file)AP - The U.S. Supreme Court should decide whether a reputed Ku Klux Klansman should have been tried on a kidnapping charge 43 years after two black men were abducted and slain in rural Mississippi, a federal appeals court said Thursday.


Brazil police rule Gatti's death suicide (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 03:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this  Tuesday May 22, 2007 file photo, welterweight Arturo Gatti, right, from Jersey City, N.J., and his trainer Micky Ward attend a New York news conference.  A Brazilian police investigation has determined that the death of boxer Arturo Gatti was a suicide and a court has ordered the release of his wife, once suspected of killing him, officials said Thursday, July 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)AP - Boxer Arturo Gatti's death was ruled a suicide by police Thursday and his wife, once suspected of killing the former champion, was released from jail.


ESPN reporter complains of harassment in 911 call (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 11:31 AM PDT

FILE -- This is a July 15, 2009 file photo showing Erin Andrews arriving at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles. ESPN reporter Erin Andrews' attorney and the network say she was surreptitiously videotaped in the nude while she was alone in a hotel room. The blurry, five-minute video was posted on the Internet. It shows a nude blond woman standing in front of a hotel room mirror. It's unknown when or where the video was taken. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)AP - The ESPN reporter surreptitiously videotaped nude in a hotel room expressed frustration at being "treated like Britney Spears" when she called 911 to report paparazzi gathered outside her Atlanta area home.


bnzv