2009年8月2日星期日

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Sands hid fate of Gulf War pilot lost since '91 (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 05:21 PM PDT

FILE - This a photo of Michael Scott Speicher made aboard the carrier USS Saratoga in June 18, 1990 when he was promoted to Lt. Commander. Speicher, whose jet fighter went down Jan. 17, 1991 over Iraq, has been missing ever since. Officials said Sunday Aug. 2, 2009, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology has positively identified the remains of Captain Michael 'Scott' Speicher, whose disappearance has bedeviled investigators since his jet was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the war (AP Photo/Barry Hull, File) NO SALESAP - Navy pilot Michael "Scott" Speicher was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the Gulf War in 1991 and it was there he apparently was buried by Bedouins, the sand hiding him from the world's mightiest military all these years.

Fire extinguisher goes off on Mich.-to-NY flight (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 05:02 PM PDT

AP - A flight carrying 94 people from Detroit to Rochester, N.Y., has landed safely after a fire extinguisher in the plane's cargo hold went off.

PBS chief welcomes public TV funding under Obama (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 04:48 PM PDT

AP - PBS chief Paula Kerger (KUR'-gur) says budget numbers tell the tale of how public TV is faring under the Obama administration, compared to that of former President George W. Bush.

Boy drowns in Ohio at largest US indoor water park (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 03:49 PM PDT

AP - A 3-year-old boy has drowned at a northern Ohio indoor water park that calls itself the nation's largest.

Wife of Alaska congressman dies in Virginia (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 04:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, stands with his wife Lu Young at election central in Anchorage, Alaska. A spokeswoman for the Alaska Republican says Lu Young died over the weekend at the couple's home in Great Falls, Va. She was 67. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)AP - Lu Young, the wife of U.S. Rep. Don Young, has died. She was 67.

Questions loom about mom in NY crash that killed 8 (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 01:18 PM PDT

In this file photo of Thursday, July 30, 2009, Warren Hance, the brother of Diane Schuler and father to three girls killed in Schuler's minivan, leaves the funeral Mass at Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church in Flora Park, NY. The funeral was for Diane Schuler, Erin Schuler, Kate Hance, Alyson Hance and Emma Hance, all of whom died when Diane Schuler drove the wrong way on a suburban New York parkway, resulting in the crash that killed eight people total. It is unclear why Schuler drove the wrong way for nearly two miles before the crash. One of the few clues state police have is a telephone conversation she had with her brother, Warren Hance about a half-hour before the fatal wreck, indicating she was not feeling well. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)AP - Diane Schuler was a devoted mother admired for her competence, ease with children and sense of humor. Never, her family said, had there been a more responsible and trusted friend or caregiver.

LA tries test to find kids likely to join gangs (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 01:00 PM PDT

Detra Wilson, center, leads a session on video production at the Hollenbeck PAL Center designed to offer kids an alternative to gangs in the Boyle Hights area of Los Angeles, Friday, June 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Philip Scott Andrews)AP - Gang prevention cop Jeff Norat drives a bunch of sullen teens through the gang-riddled streets of a Los Angeles neighborhood, not because they're in trouble with the law — but so they'll stay out of it.

Aryan Nations gone, but stain remains in Idaho (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 01:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 3, 1999 file photo, Richard Butler, center, founder of the Aryan Nations sect, salutes along with other members of the neo Nazi group during a rally in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. The Aryan Nations is long gone from northern Idaho, but its reputation lingers to the chagrin of locals. (AP Photo/Jeff T. Green)AP - The house where Aryan Nations founder Richard Butler lived has been demolished. So has the church where he preached his racist religion. Cows graze where hundreds of white supremacists used to burn crosses in the summer.

King salmon vanishing in Alaska, smokehouses empty (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 01:34 PM PDT

AP - Yukon River smokehouses should be filled this summer with oil-rich strips of king salmon — long used by Alaska Natives as a high-energy food to get through the long Alaska winters. But they're mostly empty.

Black scholar says he's able to joke about arrest (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 12:43 PM PDT

Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., walks with fellow Yale University graduate Tom Milch as Gates arrives at the Martha's Vineyard book festival in Chilmark, Mass., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - Black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Sunday joked about his arrest by a white police officer, but also described receiving death threats and dreaming about being arrested at the White House.

Questions nag farm teen's conviction in old murder (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 09:16 AM PDT

AP - It's been almost 20 years since the crime — a farm wife shot to death in her bed, her husband critically wounded.

Wis. jury: Father guilty in prayer death case (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 05:11 AM PDT

FILE-In this July 2007 file photo, Madeline Kara Neumann, of Weston, Wis., is shown working on chalk art last summer during downtown Wausau's Chalk Fest. Neumann died Sunday, March 23, 2008, after her parents prayed for healing rather than getting medical help for a treatable form of diabetes. (AP Photo/Wausau Daily Herald,Butch McCartney, File)AP - A central Wisconsin man accused of killing his 11-year-old daughter by praying instead of seeking medical care was found guilty Saturday of second-degree reckless homicide.

West Point field training has ethical dimension (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 11:13 AM PDT

AP - Cadets had already fought off an overnight attack by insurgents firing blanks when the morning brought even more simulated problems.

US Marshals seize sanitizer for bacteria problems (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 02:37 AM PDT

AP - Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service have seized all skin sanitizers and skin protectants, including ingredients and components, at Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory's facility in Roy, Utah, the Food and Drug Administration said.

LaGuardia bomb scare leads to mess of delays (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 05:01 AM PDT

Passengers walk toward the main terminal at LaGuardia Airport as it reopens after being evacuated Saturday, August 1, 2009 in New York. The airport was evacuated after a man entered the building with a fake bomb in a bag, police said. The device in the man's bag was a few batteries and wires, but it was not dangerous, police said. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - Air travelers at New York's LaGuardia Airport found themselves in a mess of delays and missed connections Saturday after a homeless man carried a fake bomb into its central terminal, authorities said.

Sen. Franken relishes policy role in new position (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 02:50 AM PDT

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., right, speaks during the committee's markup vote on the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, Tuesday, July 28, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Fellow committee member, Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., a former chairman of the committee, looks on at left. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Just weeks into his Senate term, Al Franken's portfolio compares favorably to any of the Senate's freshman members. He loves policy. He has signed on as co-sponsor to a half dozen bills, asked thoughtful questions of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, and immersed himself in a thorny debate over health care reform.

Budget woes, recession challenge day-labor centers (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 11:26 AM PDT

AP - Until a day-labor center opened nearby, jobseekers in Keenan Strand's north Phoenix neighborhood used to drink from people's hoses, urinate on walls and duck behind bushes to escape triple-digit heat while waiting for work.

20 blind people test drive student-designed car (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2009 02:33 AM PDT

AP - Several blind people were able to get behind the wheel of a new high-tech vehicle designed by Virginia Tech engineering students.

Police: 6 injured by gunfire near Chicago church (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 09:33 PM PDT

AP - Chicago police say six people suffered gunshot wounds when someone fired into a crowd outside a church where mourners were gathered.

Slice of central US safe from recession shrinking (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 10:28 PM PDT

In this photo made Thursday, June 25, 2009, Carl Rupp poses next to a tractor on his form south of Torrington, Wyo. (AP Photo/Ben Neary)AP - Carl Rupp and his neighbors follow the old rancher's creed: "Keep your money in your pocket."

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