2009年8月5日星期三

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US journalists 'home and free' after NKorea pardon (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 04:41 PM PDT

Former Vice President Al gore, center, hugs Laura Ling as former President Bill Clinton looks on at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. Ling and Euna Lee, the two American journalists freed by North Korea, returned home to the United States on Wednesday for a jubilant, emotional reunion with family members and friends they hadn't seen since their arrests nearly five months ago. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Two American journalists held captive in North Korea since March endured meals of rice with rocks, more than four months of isolation and the constant fear they would be sent to a gulag.

Psychologists repudiate gay-to-straight therapy (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 04:41 PM PDT

FILE - In a Wednesday, July 20, 2005 file photo, Alan Chambers, President of Exodus International, answers a question during an interview inside a conference center, near Black Mountain, N.C. Chambers, describes himself as someone who 'overcame unwanted same-sex attraction.' The American Psychological Association declared Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2009 that mental health professionals should not tell gay clients that they can become straight through therapy or other treatments. Instead, the APA urged therapists to consider multiple options — that could range from celibacy to switching churches — for helping clients whose sexual orientation and religious faith conflict. (AP Photo/Alan Marler, File)AP - The American Psychological Association declared Wednesday that mental health professionals should not tell gay clients they can become straight through therapy or other treatments.

Gunman at Pa. health club was bitter over women (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 04:43 PM PDT

In this undated photo made available Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 on George Sodini's blog, http://georgesodini.com/20090804.htm, George Sodini is shown. A person close to the Allegheny County coroner's office says the gunman in the fitness center shootings was George Sodini who lived in Carnegie, Pa., just a few miles from the health club. In a Web site posted under his name, Sodini wrote rambling messages about his hatred of women and how he was tired of being rejected by them. He ended by writing, 'Death Lives!' (AP Photo/http://georgesodini.com/20090804.htm)AP - George Sodini seethed with anger and frustration toward women. He couldn't understand why they ignored him, despite his best efforts to look nice. He hadn't had a girlfriend since 1984, hadn't slept with a woman in 19 years.

Fla. Newlywed arrested in alleged plot on husband (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 04:44 PM PDT

This undated picture made available by the Palm Beach County Sherrif's Office shows Dalia Dippolito. The South Florida woman was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 for allegedly hiring an undercover police officer to kill her husband of six months, authorities said. Dalia Dippolito, 26, was charged with solicitation to commit first-degree murder and taken to the Palm Beach County jail, a Boynton Beach Police Department spokeswoman said. (AP Photo/Palm Beach County Sherrif's Office)AP - A South Florida woman was arrested Wednesday for allegedly hiring an undercover police officer to kill her husband of six months, authorities said.

Parole for Manson follower, would-be Ford assassin (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 04:33 PM PDT

AP - The Charles Manson follower convicted of attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford is set to be released from a Texas federal prison later this month after serving more than 30 years behind bars.

Shooter's online rants were like trees in forest (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 03:14 PM PDT

In this undated photo made available Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 on George Sodini's blog, http://georgesodini.com/20090804.htm, George Sodini is shown. A person close to the Allegheny County coroner's office says the gunman in the fitness center shootings was George Sodini who lived in Carnegie, Pa., just a few miles from the health club. In a Web site posted under his name, Sodini wrote rambling messages about his hatred of women and how he was tired of being rejected by them. He ended by writing, 'Death Lives!' (AP Photo/http://georgesodini.com/20090804.htm)AP - In hindsight, it seems so obvious. We look back at the creepy online ramblings of a tortured soul like George Sodini and realize we should have known all along of the horrors to come.

Do the crime, pay for the time, as in $90 a day (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 03:26 PM PDT

This undated photo released by the Metropolitan Corrections Center shows a jail cell at the facility in New York. In New York, GOP Assemblyman James Tedisco introduced a bill that would charge wealthy criminals $90 a day for room and board at state prisons. Dubbed the 'Madoff Bill,' after billion-dollar Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, the legislation is designed to ease the $1 billion annual cost of incarcerating prisoners. (AP Photo/The Metropolitan Corrections Center)AP - A one-night stay? Ninety dollars. Need to see a doctor? Ten bucks. Want toilet paper? Pay for it yourself.

Soldier who refused deployment gets month in jail (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 03:28 PM PDT

FILE -In this July 2007 file photograph taken in Orlando, Fla., provided by Victor Agosto, U.S. Army Spc. Victor Agosto is shown while on leave from a 13-month tour in Iraq. Agosto a Fort Hood soldier is scheduled to be sentenced to military jail for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan. Agosto, pleaded guilty and faces up to 30 days in jail and an other-than-honorable discharge. Agosto didn't flee as other objectors have, but stayed on base. (AP Photo/ Victor Agosto)AP - A Fort Hood soldier who refused to deploy to Afghanistan over his beliefs that the war violates international law was sentenced Wednesday to a month in jail.

Abdul's 'Idol' exit shakes up TV's top-rated show (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 04:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 6, 2008 file photo, Randy Jackson, left, Paula Abdul, center, and Simon Cowell are seen on stage at the 'Idol Gives Back' fundraising special of 'American Idol' in Los Angeles. Fox said Tuesday Aug. 4, 2009, Abdul has decided against returning to 'American Idol' as a judge. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)AP - Say what you want about Paula Abdul, but give her this: She makes for great television, especially at her own wacky expense.

Oregon man wins national Scrabble competition (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 04:36 PM PDT

David Wiegand, 35, of Portland, OR (right) makes a play in his 2009 National SCRABBLE(R) Championship victory against Malaysia's Nigel Richards, 42, current World and previous National SCRABBLE(R) Champion. 500 word wizards aged 10-92 played for 5 days in Dayton, OH. Photo Credit: Patricia Hocker, National SCRABBLE(R) Association. (PRNewsFoto/National SCRABBLE Association, Patricia Hocker)AP - An Oregon man is $10,000 richer after winning the 2009 National Scrabble Championship in Ohio.

Shooting outside NY home leaves 2 dead, 3 wounded (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 04:24 PM PDT

A shooting outside of this house at 72 Hirschbeck Street in Buffalo, N.Y. left two people dead and three others wounded Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. The shootings happened just hours after police and community members rallied for safer streets. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)AP - A shooting outside a home in a blighted neighborhood left two people dead and three others wounded early Wednesday, just hours after police and community members rallied for safer streets.

Cohort testifies against Georgia terror suspect (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 03:51 PM PDT

AP - A few weeks ago, Syed Haris Ahmed sought to convince a federal judge his talk of terror attacks was just boastful online chatter. He apparently failed and was convicted of plotting to support terrorist groups.

Teen SC bomb plotter agrees to 10 years in prison (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 03:50 PM PDT

AP - A South Carolina teen admitted to plotting to blow up his high school Wednesday, and prosecutors agreed to ask for a 10-year prison sentence.

Former congressman convicted in freezer cash case (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 04:11 PM PDT

Former Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson and his wife Andrea leave federal court in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - A former Louisiana congressman was convicted Wednesday of taking bribes in a case in which agents found $90,000 in his freezer.

DA: NY engineer let passenger drive crowded train (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 02:22 PM PDT

AP - A Long Island Rail Road engineer and the passenger he allegedly let drive a train carrying almost 400 riders during rush hour at speeds of up to 80 mph are facing reckless endangerment charges. The engineer has also been charged with official misconduct.

Judge raises questions in NC terror prosecution (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 03:04 PM PDT

RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP Sabrina Boyd, right, the wife of terror suspect Daniel Boyd, is shielded by her son Noah Boyd outside the Terry Sanford Federal Building and Courthouse following a hearing in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. A federal judge has ordered six terrorism suspects detained until trial, saying each is a flight risk and a danger. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - A federal judge ordered six North Carolina men accused of plotting holy war to remain in custody Wednesday but raised scathing questions about the strength of the case federal prosecutors are pushing.

San Diego Zoo panda gives birth to 5th cub (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 02:54 PM PDT

This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows a new panda birth, upper right, captured Wednesday Aug. 5, 2009 via a closed-circut camera in the birthing den in the zoo in San Diego. It was the fifth birth for mother, Bai Yun. The sex of the mostly hairless, pink newborn, which is about the size of a stick of butter, will not be known for some time, and it will be approximately one month before the iconic black-and-white coloration of a giant panda becomes visible. (AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Ken Bohn)AP - Prized San Diego Zoo panda Bai Yun gave birth Wednesday to her fifth cub after a 130-day pregnancy that zookeepers said ended with an apparently pleasant labor.

Hurricane Felicia intensifies over the Pacific (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 01:45 PM PDT

This NOAA satellite image shows Hurricane Ike in 2008. Weather experts on Wednesday reduced the number of projected hurricanes in the north Atlantic this season to four, two of them major hurricanes with winds above 178 kilometers (111 miles) per hour.(AFP/NOAA/File)AP - Hurricane Felicia is continuing to gain strength far out in the Pacific.

3 in court over fatal beating outside Phils game (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 03:19 PM PDT

AP - Two groups, who were thrown out of a stadium bar after arguing over a spilled beer, coincidentally parked in the same area and ended up tangling again, with fatal consequences, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

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