2009年8月23日星期日

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Plane hit by 3 cars after Calif. freeway landing (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 04:14 PM PDT

Firefighters try to separate a car from a plane on U.S. Highway 101 about one mile northeast of the Santa Barbara Calif. Airport on Sunday Aug. 23, 2009. The Federal Aviation Administration says the small airplane was struck by a car after making an emergency landing on a Santa Barbara freeway. FAA spokesman Ian Gregor says the Piper PA-24 was bound for Santa Barbara Airport Sunday when it made an emergency landing on the southbound side of the freeway. (AP Photo/Kevin Corbett)AP - Authorities say a small airplane was struck by three vehicles just after it made an emergency landing on a California freeway.

Outed blogger who trashed model is angry at Google (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 04:09 PM PDT

AP - A blogger who called a magazine cover model offensive names on a Web site says Google failed to protect her right to privacy.

NY vigil marks 20 years since Yusuf Hawkins murder (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 03:32 PM PDT

AP - In 1989, after a white mob attacked and killed a black teenager in Brooklyn, the Rev. Al Sharpton led black demonstrators down streets where angry whites confronted them, yelling obscenities and throwing bricks and watermelons their way.

Insurance adjusters look at Ky. prison after riot (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 03:03 PM PDT

In this Aug. 21, 2009 photo, multiple fires burn at Northpoint Training Center, a medium-security men's prison near Burgin, Ky., in Mercer County, as inmates riot. Inmates set fire to trash cans and other items inside a central Ky. prison, and damage to some buildings was so extensive that officials were busing many of the facility's 1,200 prisoners elsewhere, police said Saturday. (AP Photo/The Advocate-Messenger, Clay Jackson)AP - Officials said Sunday that investigators and insurance adjusters have started probing what's left of a Kentucky prison in the wake of a fiery riot that injured 16 people and forced 700 inmates to be relocated.

Dead soldier's family reacts to Iraq cruelty probe (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 01:55 PM PDT

AP - When Adrian Wilhelm learned that his son committed suicide just four days into his deployment in Iraq, he knew right away that the facts didn't add up.

ND's longest-serving inmate paroled after 40 years (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 04:14 PM PDT

In this Aug. 20, 2009 photo, convicted murderer James LeRoy Iverson , 70, poses in Bismarck, N.D. Iverson, North Dakota's longest-serving prison inmate, was paroled this month after serving 40 years for the murders of two Grand Forks women. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)AP - During the 40 years convicted murderer James LeRoy Iverson watched from his prison cell window, he saw a field transform from a nesting ground for geese to a Walmart Supercenter site.

Ind. money manager faces more trouble at home (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 02:29 PM PDT

FILE - A Aug. 31, 2008 file photo obtained by The Associated Press shows investment manager Marcus Schrenker. Schrenker, who pleaded guilty in June to federal charges of intentionally crashing his plane to fake his death and flee financial ruin is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 in Pensacola, Fla. (AP Photo/File)AP - Authorities say the troubled Indiana money manager who tried to fake his own death in a plane crash to avoid financial ruin had built his investment businesses on the backs of people he knew — acquaintances, a friend of 10 years and even his own aunt.

Medical robot makes rounds at Texas Army hospital (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:22 AM PDT

In this Monday, Aug. 17, 2009 photo, Dr. Kevin Chung moves a medical robot, nicknamed the 'Chungbot,' into position to be re-charded, at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. The robot is controlled with a laptop and joystick and wirelessly transmits images and sound between the user and the patient, allowing for follow-up from around the world or quick diagnosis from a far-off specialist. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - Staff Sgt. Juan Amaris laid in intensive care recovering from life-threatening burns when he got a peculiar visit from his doctor. Dr. Kevin Chung — rather, a 5-foot-tall camouflage-clad robot with Chung's face on a monitor — rolled in to check on him.

Air Force test fires missile from Calif. coast (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:20 AM PDT

AP - The Air Force says it has successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, firing it to targets in the Pacific Ocean.

2 French teens killed in California van crash (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:56 AM PDT

AP - Two French teenagers were killed and five other French nationals were injured when the driver of their van fell asleep, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and roll over, the California Highway Patrol said Sunday.

Beetles, wildfire: Double threat in warming world (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 12:52 PM PDT

In this Aug. 6, 2009 photo, the spruce bark beetle, 6 millimeters (.25 inch) long, which has devastated the forests of southwest Yukon, aided by warmer summers that speed up its reproductive process and warmer winters that don't kill off beetle larvae as in the past, is shown by Rob Legare, forest health expert with the Yukon Forest Management Branch . Scientists warn that global warming will spur insect infestations and wildfires in the world's northern forests. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - A veil of smoke settled over the forest in the shadow of the St. Elias Mountains, in a wilderness whose spruce trees stood tall and gray, a deathly gray even in the greenest heart of a Yukon summer.

Trading White House for Martha's Vineyard rental (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 01:47 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, with daughter Sasha, center, walk to board Air Force One heading for a week of vacation in Martha's Vineyard off Cape Cod, Mass., Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The first family settled in Sunday for their vacation on Martha's Vineyard not long after Hurricane Bill scampered away, leaving behind big waves and heavy rip currents for the Obamas.

AP Analysis: Martinez departure part of GOP schism (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 08:14 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2009 file photo, Senate Banking Committee member Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., listens during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. As he resigns from the Senate, Martinez leaves behind only four Hispanic Republicans in Congress, compared to 21 Democrats, and a sense that the national Republican Party is close to writing off the nation's fastest growing demographic. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)AP - Florida Sen. Mel Martinez's resignation closes the latest chapter in the Republican Party's tumultuous, decade-long effort to woo the nation's Hispanic voters.

Police probe burglary report at Lohan's LA home (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 02:34 PM PDT

Actress Lindsay Lohan's home is shown in Los Angeles, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Police are investigating a possible break-in at Lohan's home reported early Sunday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Police are investigating a reported burglary at Lindsay Lohan's home in the Hollywood Hills. Los Angeles police Officer Norma Eisenman says the possible break-in was reported to police early Sunday.

Pitt, Tarantino's 'Basterds' earns glorious $37.6M (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 02:31 PM PDT

In this film publicity image released by The Weinstein Co., Brad Pitt is shown in a scene from, 'Inglourious Basterds.' (AP Photo/The Weinstein Co., Francois Duhamel)AP - The war effort by Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt has paid off as their history lesson "Inglourious Basterds" claimed victory at the box office with a $37.6 million debut.

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