2009年8月10日星期一

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NY police divers find man's body in plane wreckage (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 05:50 PM PDT

The wreckage of a helicopter that was hit by an airplane and crashed in the Hudson River is repositioned by a crane on a pier in Hoboken, NJ, Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. Divers hope to pull a plane out of the Hudson River on Monday, but their first priority is to recover the bodies of two remaining victims of the air collision that killed nine people, a chief investigator said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Hudson River divers on Monday found the wreckage of a small plane and one of two victims missing following a midair collision with a sightseeing helicopter that killed nine people.

Failed rescue: 2 beached whales die off Fla. shore (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 04:56 PM PDT

Rescue workers try to keep a baby whale alive after it and its mother beached themselves at Hollywood, Fla. Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. The mother died as workers tried to save the baby. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - Rescuers failed in a frantic bid to save a mother whale and her baby after the pair ran aground off a South Florida beach Monday as hundreds looked on, many in tears. Neither animal survived despite efforts to keep them alive with moist towels and umbrellas to protect their drying skin from the scorching sun.

Riot at crowded Calif. prison as budget cuts loom (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 04:52 PM PDT

An immate uses a mirror to look outside his cell in a Los Angeles prison. A riot at a prison in southern California left 55 inmates hospitalized with serious injuries and more than 200 others with minor injuries, a spokesman for the state prison said Sunday.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AP - Inmates at an overcrowded California prison tore doors from their hinges and broke off toilets and sinks in a four-hour riot that injured 175 people, and many fear the crowding that may have helped escalate the brawl will only get worse with $1.2 billion in budget cuts.

Pope prays for JFK's sister hospitalized in Mass. (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 04:48 PM PDT

Maria Shriver, center, and her daughters Christina and Katherine Schwarzenegger, left, leave Cape Cod Hospital, in Hyannis, Mass., Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009, after visiting her mother Eunice Kennedy Shriver who is in critical condition at the hospital. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP - Pope Benedict XVI is praying for former President John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shiver as she remains in critical condition at a Massachusetts hospital.

Top aide to Blagojevich plans to run for US Senate (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 04:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 10, 2009 file photo, U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., acknowledges his supporters before announcing in Chicago that he will not run for a full term in 2010. When Illinois chooses a new senator next year, voters will decide not only who wins an election but whether history repeats itself. The seat up for grabs has produced three of the nation's four black senators in modern history. It paved the way for Barack Obama to be America's first black president. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - A political rookie who was a top aide to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced Monday that she intends to run for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.

NYC crash brings calls for tighter airspace rules (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 04:15 PM PDT

The wreckage of a helicopter that was hit by an airplane and crashed in the Hudson River is repositioned by a crane on a pier in Hoboken, NJ, Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. Divers hope to pull a plane out of the Hudson River on Monday, but their first priority is to recover the bodies of two remaining victims of the air collision that killed nine people, a chief investigator said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - The collision of a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane over New York's Hudson River has intensified pressure to tighten the rules governing one of the world's most crowded air corridors — a largely unregulated airspace some pilots compare to the Wild West.

Ohio mom of 6 pleads guilty in cancer scam (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 03:56 PM PDT

AP - A mother of six from Ohio has pleaded guilty to conning friends and family out of more than $800,000 by claiming her husband suffered from cancer.

8 cities in US line up for swine flu vaccine test (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 03:41 PM PDT

Carolyn Atherholtz, right, is the first volunteer to receive a shot of H1N1 flu vaccine from research nurse Wendy Nesheim during the first of several clinical trials of a new vaccine conducted by Emory University, Monday Aug. 10, 2009, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)AP - Hundreds of Americans in eight cities are lining up for experimental swine flu shots in a race to get a vaccine out in case the new flu virus regains strength this fall and winter.

47 spend `surreal' 6 hours on grounded plane (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 03:25 PM PDT

FILE -- In a Jan. 30, 2009 file photo Continental Airlines jets are seen parked at the terminal at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Continental Airlines said Tuesday, July 21, 2009 it lost $213 million, or $1.72 per share in the quarter that ended June 30. (AP Photo/Robert Graves/file)AP - What should have been a 2 1/2-hour trip from Houston to Minneapolis had moved into its ninth hour, and the 47 passengers on board had burned through the free pretzels and drinks handed out early in their Friday night flight from Houston.

Ark. lawmakers walk path of prison escapees (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 03:21 PM PDT

Guards patrol a cell block for disruptive prisoners at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction near Varner, Ark., Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Lawmakers retraced the steps of two convicted murders who escaped an Arkansas prison wearing guard uniforms, questioning corrections officials Monday over a perceived culture of complacency at the state's lockups.

Years before caucuses, Iowa ready for a fight (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 03:13 PM PDT

AP - Last year's marathon presidential campaign should have sated even the most intense political junkies, but in Iowa and New Hampshire some are already looking ahead to 2012.

Va. court upholds prisoner abuse conviction (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 03:11 PM PDT

AP - A federal appeals court in Virginia has upheld the conviction of the first American civilian found guilty of mistreating a detainee during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

County north of NYC to market housing to nonwhites (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 02:30 PM PDT

AP - The suburban county just north of New York City agreed Monday to create hundreds of affordable homes in heavily white communities and encourage nonwhites to move in.

New TB policy could disrupt overseas adoptions (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 02:25 PM PDT

This photo provided by Jay Scruggs shows Harper Yue Ye, center, and her adoptive parents Jay Scruggs and Candace Litchford pose for a picture on July 27, 2009 at an adoption office in Guangzhou, China. The couple later learned that they would have to leave China without Harper, who was required by new U.S. regulations to remain behind for tuberculosis testing. (AP Photo/Jay Scruggs, HO)AP - Advocates of international adoption are furious over a new federal policy related to tuberculosis testing that could disrupt plans for families adopting children from China and Ethiopia.

Jury begins deliberation in C-Murder's La. trial (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 02:02 PM PDT

Corey Miller is seen in this undated police handout file photo. Opening arguments are set to start Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 in the Lousiana murder trial of rap artist Corey Miller, known as C-Murder. Miller is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 16-year-old fan Steve Thomas during a brawl at a New Orleans area nightclub in 2002. (AP Photo/Police photo, File)AP - Lawyers for rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller said in closing arguments Monday that testimony by two prosecution witnesses wasn't strong enough to overcome the lack of physical evidence linking the entertainer to the slaying of a teenage fan.

NY man gets 38 years for mutilating acquaintance (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 01:48 PM PDT

AP - A prison inmate was sentenced Monday to 38 years in prison for torturing and mutilating an acquaintance while on probation for a bar stabbing.

Defense: Family dog could've mutilated Texas baby (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 12:55 PM PDT

Katherine Nadal listens to testimony during her trial in Houston, Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. Prosecutors told the jury the evidence doesn't support her claims that the family dog mutilated her son by biting off the infant's genitals. (AP Photo/Nick de la Torre, Houston Chronicle)AP - Prosecutors told jurors on Monday that a Texas woman accused of cutting off her infant son's genitals two years ago was a drug abuser who showed no remorse or concern for her child as he was on the verge of death.

7th NC terror suspect to remain in custody (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 12:23 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 - A seventh suspect from North Carolina who is accused of plotting terrorism overseas is being held until trial after a judge said he was a flight risk and a danger to the community.

Western airstrikes kill fewer Afghan civilians (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 04:15 PM PDT

U.S. forces, center, aim their guns up to a building in which militants took up positions in Pul-i-Alam the capital of Logar province, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug 10, 2009. A half dozen Taliban fighters infiltrated a provincial capital just south of the Afghan capital on Monday and fired rocket-propelled grenades at government buildings, officials said. Two police and three attackers died in the violence. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Fewer civilians were killed by airstrikes in Afghanistan last month even as U.S. and NATO forces pushed deep into Taliban territory, driving clashes and Western casualties sharply higher.

Police questioned health club gunman, released him (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 11:36 AM PDT

FILE - This undated photo released by the Allegheny County Police shows George Sodini who police say opened fire in a women's aerobics class at the LA Fitness in the Great Southern shopping center in Bridgeville, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. Three women were killed before Sodini shot himself, according to police. (AP Photo/Allegheny County Police)AP - The man who carried out a massacre in a women's aerobics class had been questioned a week earlier by police because he matched the description of a man seen pulling what appeared to be a grenade from a computer bag, authorities said Monday.

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