2009年8月14日星期五

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Guillermo now Category 2 storm in the Pacific (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:00 PM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 01:15 PM EDT shows a small low pressure system over the southeastern Caribbean Sea. This system has a low chance of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next couple of days. Meanwhile, three tropical waves are affecting the remainder of the Caribbean Sea and Central America. Elsewhere, Tropical Depression Two, located to the west of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands, may develop into a tropical storm as it treks westward over the next couple of the days. Another large area of showers and thunderstorms between the Cape Verde Islands and Africa may slowly develop during the next few days. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)AP - Hurricane Guillermo has strengthened into a Category 2 storm far out in the Pacific.

Investor alleges she was Madoff's 20-year mistress (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:55 PM PDT

Accused swindler Bernard Madoff enters the Manhattan federal court house in New York, March 12, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonAP - Bernard Madoff's decades-long fraud might not have been his only secret. A new book says he had a two-decade affair with one of his investors.

Civil rights figure's son will seek Ala. pardons (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:35 PM PDT

FILE - This May 3, 1963 file photo shows a 17-year-old civil rights demonstrator being attacked by a police dog during protests in Birmingham, Ala. The mayor of Birmingham, Larry Langford, is issuing a blanket pardon for thousands of people who were arrested in the Alabama city during civil rights protests in the 1960s. Langford announced the pardon during a City Council meeting Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Bill Hudson, file)AP - The son of a late civil rights leader said Friday that he plans to seek pardons on behalf of his father, who was arrested many times while helping organize the Montgomery bus boycott and protests against segregation in Birmingham.

Police: NY man left ailing mom on floor for 2 days (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:34 PM PDT

AP - A nursing home worker let his ailing mother lie on the floor of their home for two days, stepping over her when he had to and not calling 911 until she was malnourished and dehydrated, police said Friday.

Texas 'fight club' defendant sentenced to 3 years (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 10, 2009 file photo, the sign near the main entrance to the Corpus Christi State School, is shown in Corpus Christi, Texas where police alleged that disabled residents were forced into 'fight-club'-style battles by the employees hired to care for them. The first of six former employees charged in connection with orchestrated late-night fights among residents at a state facility for the developmentally disabled goes on trial this week. (AP Photo/Paul Iverson, File)AP - A man convicted of helping run what police called a "fight club" that set developmentally disabled residents of a state-run center against each other was sentenced to three years in prison Friday.

NY shopkeeper who defended store recounts shooting (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:13 PM PDT

AP - The sidewalk outside the Harlem store still was smeared with blood Friday, and the glass on the door still was blown out.

Lynndie England DC lecture canceled after threats (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:23 PM PDT

file - In a June 17, 2009 file photo, Lynndie England, former Army reservist and the face of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, is pictured in Keyser, W.Va.. The Library of Congress Professional Association has canceled a lecture by England scheduled for Friday, Aug. 14, 2009 because of threats and possible protests generated by her visit. England had been scheduled to discuss her biography Friday as part of a veterans forum on Capitol Hill.(AP Photo/Vicki Smith)AP - A lecture by the woman who became the public face of the Abu Ghraib scandal was canceled Friday at the Library of Congress after threats caused concerns about staff safety.

Welcome to Philly, Michael Vick, and watch out (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:34 PM PDT

New Philadelphia Eagles quarteback Michael Vick looks toward his mentor former NFL coach Tony Dungy during a news conference as he is introduced in Philadelphia, on Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. Vick was introduced a day after signing a one-year deal with an option for a second year with the football team. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Michael Vick picked a tough place for a second chance.

Ala. gov signs bill for new tax to rescue county (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:03 PM PDT

AP - Alabama Gov. Bob Riley approved a new tax Friday to help rescue the state's most populous county from a severe budget crisis, a move that should put 1,000 laid-off county workers back to work.

Phelps to be cited for expired driver's license (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:38 PM PDT

A Cadilliac Escalade belonging to Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps sits on a tow truck near the collision site in Baltimore on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009. Michael Phelps was driving the SUV that collided with another car in Baltimore Thursday night, but the Olympic gold medal swimmer was not injured, police said. The female driver of a Honda Accord was 'shaken up' and taken to a local hospital as a precaution, police said. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP - Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps was driving with an expired, out-of-state license and told police he drank a beer about an hour and 15 minutes before he was involved in an accident, Baltimore police said Friday.

Ky. ambulance driver charged with murder in crash (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:54 PM PDT

AP - A grand jury charged a Kentucky ambulance driver with murder and driving under the influence in a crash that killed a patient being taken to the hospital last year.

Jury convicts Texas mom of mutilating infant son (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:53 PM PDT

Katherine Nadal listens to opening statements 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 - A Houston mother was convicted Friday of mutilating her infant son by cutting off his genitals two years ago during an attack she blamed on the family dog.

You're Bob Dylan? NJ police want to see some ID (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:29 PM PDT

AP - Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by police in a New Jersey shore community when a resident called to report someone wandering around the neighborhood.

Manson follower known as 'Squeaky' out of prison (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 1975 file photo, Lynette Fromme sits in a U.S. Marshal's auto in Sacramento, Calif. Frome, the Charles Manson follower convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford, was released Friday, Aug. 14, 2009 from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars, a prison official said. (AP Photo/Walt Zeboski, Pool)AP - Three decades after basking in the national spotlight as "Squeaky" the infamous Charles Manson disciple who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford, the now 60-year-old woman slipped quietly out of a federal prison Friday after being released on parole.

Judge to rule Oct. 2 on moving Drew Peterson case (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 8, 2009, file photo, former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant Drew Peterson yells to reporters as he arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill. The Judge assigned to the case is asking potential Will County Jurors to fill out questionnaires Thursday, Aug.14, 2009, even though Peterson wants his trial moved . Peterson has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his third wife Kathleen Savio. He's also a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Hundreds of potential jurors in the murder trial of former police officer Drew Peterson were asked to fill out questionnaires Friday, although no trial date has been set and Peterson wants the trial moved.

Gary, Ind. paid airfare for Jackson's father (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:33 PM PDT

FILE -In this July 10, 2009 file photo, Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson's father, waves to the crowd as he arrives on stage at a memorial service for pop star Michael Jackson at the Steel Yard Stadium in Gary, Ind. Jackson's Father and the Illinois-based musical group the Chi-Lites charged the city of Gary $5,000 to attend the memorial for the pop singer. (AP Photo/John Smierciak, File)AP - The mayor of Gary, Ind., said Friday his cash-strapped city paid $5,000 to fly Michael Jackson's father and seven other people out from Los Angeles to attend a July memorial for his son in the pop star's hometown.

Man pleads guilty to smuggling cigarettes abroad (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:30 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say an American has pleaded guilty to smuggling more than 27 million cigarettes from the U.S. into some European Union countries.

Texas sheriff accused of incompetence, suspended (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:28 PM PDT

AP - A Texas sheriff has been suspended amid allegations he filed false reports and was incompetent in hiring and supervising his staff.

DJ makes waves as NY Senate 'creative director' (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:14 PM PDT

AP - Christopher Sealey has spent days in his young life as a marketing guru for liberal causes and many of his nights as a DJ or clubbing in Manhattan in ensembles that would cost an average New Yorker a month's pay.

Settlement reached in Rhode Island tent city (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:25 PM PDT

Judy McGill closes her tent in an area where a camp has sprung up under a bridge in Providence, R.I. Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. State authorities say the campers are trespassing on land owned by the transportation department, and want to shut down this and another nearby tent city. (AP Photo/Eric J. Shelton)AP - Residents of a tent city in East Providence agreed on Friday to leave their spot under an I-195 bridge in three and a half weeks, but they said they are not happy about it and might still try to fight it.

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