2009年8月9日星期日

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7 bodies pulled from Hudson after midair collision (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 06:24 PM PDT

The wreckage of a helicopter is lifted by crane from the Hudson River and placed on a boat as seen from Hoboken, N.J., Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. Divers recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a fifth body Sunday as investigators searched the Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair, killing nine people. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Divers pulled a helicopter and four more bodies out of the murky Hudson River on Sunday in their search for victims, wreckage and explanations from a midair collision of a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane that killed nine people.

NY crash a tragedy for families from Pa., Italy (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 05:26 PM PDT

This photo provided by Larry Falkow of The APTS Magazine shows Steven Altman, at the Pennsylvania Capitol Conference in Harrisburg, Pa. Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Altman, 60, of Ambler, Pa., was piloting a small plane when it collided with a helicopter over the Hudson River Aug. 8, killing all nine people aboard both aircrafts. (AP Photo/The APTS Magazine, Larry Falkow)AP - For an Italian family, it was supposed to be a joyous occasion — the celebration of 25 years of marriage. For a Pennsylvania family, it was a flight to the New Jersey shore that included a passing view of one of the world's most renowned skylines.

About 250 inmates injured in riot at Calif. prison (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 04:19 PM PDT

AP - A California state prison near Los Angeles remained on lockdown Sunday after a riot sent 55 prisoners to hospitals and injured more than 250 inmates in all, prison officials said.

Car fleeing Calif. police hits pickup, killing 7 (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 03:15 PM PDT

AP - A stolen car fleeing from police ran a stop sign and slammed into a pickup in California's Central Valley, killing four young children in the truck and all three people in the car, police said Sunday.

AP IMPACT: Busts of corrupt US border police rise (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 02:55 PM PDT

AP - Corruption along the U.S.-Mexican border takes many forms.

Crash over Hudson River exposes crowded airspace (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 02:16 PM PDT

The wreckage of a helicopter is lifted by crane from the Hudson River and placed on a boat as seen from Hoboken, N.J., Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. Divers recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a fifth body Sunday as investigators searched the Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair, killing nine people. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Flying a small plane above the Hudson River can feel like ducking into a crowded, urban canyon — with towering skyscrapers on each side and more than a dozen helicopters and planes all buzzing lower than the nearby Empire State Building.

AP INVESTIGATION: SC gov's plane use questioned (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 06:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 30, 2009 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford talks to Associated Press in his Columbia, S.C., Statehouse office. Sanford used state aircraft for personal and political trips, often bringing along his wife and children — contrary to state law regarding official use, an Associated Press investigation has found, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, file)AP - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford used state aircraft for personal and political trips, often bringing along his wife and children — contrary to state law regarding official use, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Wait for sex and marriage? Evangelicals conflicted (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 03:09 PM PDT

Jay and Megan Mkrtschjan hold their month old son Seth, Monday, Aug. 3, 2009 in Wheaton. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - When Margie and Stephen Zumbrun were battling the urge to have premarital sex, a pastor counseled them to control themselves. The couple signed a purity covenant.

Were NC terror suspect's stories an exaggeration? (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 02:12 PM PDT

FILE - In an undated photo provided by the Department of Justice, Daniel Patrick Boyd is shown. Authorities believe Boyd used tales of fighting the Soviets alongside the mujahedeen to recruit followers into a North Carolina terrorism ring, but U.S. officials in the Middle East while Boyd was there doubt his stories. (AP Photo/Department of Justice)AP - Daniel Patrick Boyd used tales of fighting the Soviets alongside the mujahedeen to recruit followers into a North Carolina terrorism ring, authorities believe, and U.S. officials who were in Pakistan at the time doubt his stories.

Church says God will hold Pa. gunman accountable (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 04:58 PM PDT

Friends and family attend the funeral for Elizabeth Gannon at St. Margaret of Scotland church in the Pittsburgh suburb of Green Tree, Pa., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. Gannon, Heidi Overmier and Jody Billingsly were killed by a man who went on a deadly shooting rampage at a Pittsburgh-area health club on Tuesday, Aug. 4.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - If prayers were said Sunday for the soul of the gunman who killed three women at a Pennsylvania health club, they were not by the parishioners of a church where he apparently sat quietly for many years: Tetelestai Church doesn't pray for the dead.

Shriver getting well wishes from Special Olympians (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 01:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 10, 2006 file photo, Eunice Shriver Kennedy, founder of Special Olympics, attends an event at U.N. Headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/David Karp, file)AP - Well wishes from Special Olympians and their families have poured in for founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who remained in critical condition Sunday at Cape Cod Hospital.

Felicia weakens to tropical storm near Hawaii (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 03:05 PM PDT

This image provided by NOAA taken at 11 p.m. EDT Saturday Aug. 8, 2009 shows Hurricane Felicia about 760 miles east of Hilo Hawaii. Felicia is moving toward the west at 15 mph with maximun sustained winds near 85 mph and is expected to contiinue for the next couple of days on this track according to the National Hurricane Center. Felicia is a Category 1 hurricane. Several beach parks on Hawaii's Big Island will be closed beginning Sunday afternoon because of Hurricane Felicia, which is expected to increase wave heights as it approaches land, Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/NOAA)AP - Hawaii braced for Tropical Storm Felicia on Sunday, taking no chances even though the storm weakened rapidly as it slipped toward the islands.

New police chiefs aims to tame Detroit streets (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 01:07 PM PDT

Detroit Chief of Police Warren Evans, center, and George Chester of the Special Response Team, question a suspect in Detroit, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. Evans once had his eyes set on taming scandal-plagued Detroit City Hall as mayor. Now, he's simply focused on bringing law and order to streets he has called the 'wild, wild West.' To do that, Detroit's newest police chief — who has raised cattle, owns horses and considers himself sort of a cowboy — spends a couple evenings each week on patrol after tackling budget, manpower and other issues in one of America's poorest and most violent cities. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Warren Evans once thought he might tame scandal-plagued Detroit City Hall as mayor. As the new police chief, he's focused on bringing order to streets he has called the "wild, wild West."

Iowa group to renovate Frank Lloyd Wright hotel (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 01:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2005 file photo, the Park Inn Hotel, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is shown in Mason City, Iowa. Last month the city council agreed to post the hotel on eBay for $10 million, the estimated restoration cost, not with any intent to sell, but with hopes of attracting Wright aficionados interested in donating to the cause. Long neglected, last standing Frank Lloyd Wright hotel will get $18 million renovation by the group Wright on the Park Inc. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)AP - Frank Lloyd Wright enthusiasts are claiming victory in their effort to restore the architect's last standing hotel, a northern Iowa landmark that has fallen apart over the past few decades.

Health-care outbursts foreshadow a hot August (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 04:58 AM PDT

Supporters of health care reform rally outside the office of U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., in Miami, Friday Aug. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - Loud outbursts, hot tempers and pleas for civility at town hall meetings around the country Saturday foreshadowed a long, hot August as Democratic lawmakers returning home faced resistance to proposals to reform the nation's costly health care system.

Survey: Gas prices nationwide jump 16 cents (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 12:30 PM PDT

Pumps draw petroleum from oil wells in California. Oil prices declined Friday as a stronger dollar muted the impact of better-than-expected jobs data in the United States, the world's biggest energy-consuming nation.(AFP/GETTY IMAGES/File/David McNew)AP - The U.S. price of gasoline jumped nearly 16 cents a gallon during the past two weeks to $2.64.

Roethlisberger accuser allegedly bragged about sex (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 03:57 AM PDT

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger scrambles during the two-minute drill practice at their NFL football training camp in Latrobe, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - The woman suing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for alleged sexual assault has been accused of bragging about having consensual sex with him to a co-worker.

2 killed in crash with Christian band's tour bus (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 10:52 PM PDT

AP - The Christian rock band MercyMe canceled a show Saturday in the St. Louis area after its tour bus collided with a car in northeastern Indiana, killing two passengers in the car and the pregnant car driver's unborn baby.

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