2009年8月26日星期三

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Who will succeed Kennedy? Speculative list is long (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 02:27 PM PDT

Edward Kennedy, pictured in 2007, the last of the storied band of brothers whose triumphs and tragedies dominated a generation of US politics, has died after losing his year-long battle with brain cancer.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AP - For the first time in nearly half a century, Massachusetts voters will be handed ballots for the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Edward Kennedy without his name on them.

Kennedy's absence leaves Senate void of dealmaker (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 04:05 PM PDT

Barack Obama(L) with Ted Kennedy(R) of Massachusetts in 2008. It was fitting that President Obama was in Edward Kennedy's beloved home state when the senator died, as the Democratic giant had played a vital role in getting him elected.(AFP/File/Mannie Garcia)AP - In an era of bitter political division, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's death silenced a singular voice of bipartisanship at a time when colleagues are struggling with angry constituents and each other over an elusive plan to overhaul the nation's health care system.

SC gov rebuffs call to quit; vows to finish term (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 05:53 PM PDT

S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford speaks during a news conference in Columbia, S.C. Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. Sanford said Wednesday that Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer's call for him to resign hours earlier was almost like 'heaven on earth.' Sanford's June admission to an affair with an Argentine woman has led to questions about the legality of his travel on state and commercial planes. (AP Photo/Virginia Postic)AP - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford rebuffed his lieutenant governor's call to resign Wednesday, two months after he admitted an affair, saying he will not be "railroaded" out of office.

Pitino: Sex scandal 'pure hell' for family (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 05:04 PM PDT

Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino makes a point during a news conference in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. Pitino said a sex scandal involving a woman accused of trying to extort him has been 'pure hell' for his family and that he's had enough. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - Louisville coach Rick Pitino said Wednesday a sex scandal involving a woman accused of trying to extort millions from him has been "pure hell" for his family, fuming that newly released video of her police interview revived her "total fabrication."

Sale of big-ticket items soar, bolstering economy (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 01:57 PM PDT

A sold sign is posted outside a newly constructed luxury home in Wellesley, Mass., Tuesday Aug. 25, 2009. New U.S. home sales surged 9.6 percent in July, rising for the fourth straight month and beating expectations as the housing market marches steadily back from its historic downturn.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - Consumers and businesses went on a big-ticket spending spree in July, sending home, car and equipment sales soaring by the largest amount in years.

Court: Investigators wrong to seize MLB drug list (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 06:09 PM PDT

AP - A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that agents had no right to seize baseball's anonymous drug-testing results from 2003, an infamous list that tarnished America's pastime and some of its biggest stars.

Kidney transplant between 2 clergy abuse survivors (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 06:11 PM PDT

AP - Phil Saviano and Susan Pavlak led separate lives in different states, both fighting for people who — like them — had been abused by clergy years ago.

Crime story author Dominick Dunne, 83, dies in NYC (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 05:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2008 file photo, celebrity crime writer Dominick Dunne, left, looks at his son Griffin Dunne during O.J. Simpson's trial in Las Vegas. Dunne, who told stories of shocking crimes among the rich and famous through his magazine articles and best-selling novels such as 'The Two Mrs. Grenvilles,' died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, at his home in Manhattan. He was 83. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)AP - Author Dominick Dunne, who told stories of shocking crimes among the rich and famous through his magazine articles and best-selling books including "Another City, Not My Own," about O.J. Simpson's murder trial, died Wednesday in his home at age 83.

Obama asks docs to promote health care fix (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 03:56 PM PDT

Demonstrators wait in line for a town hall meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After spending last week repulsing Republican attacks on the health care reform drive, Barack Obama is now facing a liberal backlash, following reports, denied by the White House, that he is prepared to drop a plan for a government-run entity or AP - The White House is asking doctors to help promote its drive to overhaul health care, marking an effort by President Barack Obama to regain momentum on the issue.

LAPD looking for 3 suspects in Lohan burglary (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 05:04 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 looking for three suspects in the burglary of Lindsay Lohan's home.

Judge: Ky. can't legislate dependence on God (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 05:58 PM PDT

AP - A judge says it's unconstitutional to require the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to acknowledge it can't keep the state safe without God's help.

LA trial in Thai film festival bribery case begins (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 05:29 PM PDT

AP - A filmmaking couple devised an intricate system of bribes to Thai officials in order to land lucrative projects such as the Bangkok International Film Festival, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday during opening statements of their trial.

Sentence of life without parole in Tenn. slayings (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 04:23 PM PDT

AP - The first of four defendants to be tried in the carjacking, rape and murder of a young Tennessee couple was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday by the same jury that convicted him of murder.

Agric. Secretary assesses Calif. water problems (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 03:17 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack promised California farmers Wednesday he'll press for solutions to the water crisis hitting the state's San Joaquin Valley, one of the most prolific farm regions in the world.

Kennedy tributes pour in from Democrats — and GOP (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 03:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 1994 file photo, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., left, and Republican challenger Mitt Romney argue while answering a question concerning welfare during a televised debate Oct. 27, 1994, at Holyoke Community College in Holyoke, Mass. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate, has died after battling a brain tumor. He was 77. Kennedy's family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)AP - President Barack Obama marked Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's death Wednesday by declaring his fellow Democrat "one of the single most effective senators" in U.S. history, praise that was hardly a shock to the partisan senses.

La. man convicted of killing 5 teens after Katrina (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 02:38 PM PDT

AP - A Louisiana man was convicted Wednesday of gunning down five teenagers in a grisly crime that prompted the governor to bring National Guard troops back to New Orleans to help curb violence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Army report: Gaps in training for recovery unit (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 02:22 PM PDT

AP - Soldiers recovering in special Army medical units have faced inconsistent discipline because the military hasn't adopted standards for how they and their commanders should act, according to a military review.

Ted Kennedy: Family senator, patriarch, dead at 77 (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 04:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2004 file photo, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., speaks during an announcement by the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs that it will conduct an extensive oral history of his life and career, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kennedy, has died after battling a brain tumor his family announced early Wednesday Aug. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - In the quiet of a Capitol elevator, one of Edward M. Kennedy's fellow lawmakers asked whether he had plans for a family Thanksgiving away from the nation's capital. No, the Massachusetts senator said with a shake of his head, and mentioned something about visiting his brothers' gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery.

To the moon, NASA? Not on this budget, experts say (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 01:55 PM PDT

In this Aug. 14, 2009 photo, a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida. The final segments of the Ares I-X rocket, including the simulated crew module and launch abort system, were stacked on Aug. 13 on a mobile launcher platform, completing the 327-foot launch vehicle and providing the first entire look of Ares I-X's distinctive shape. The Ares I-X flight test is targeted for Oct. 31. (AP Photo/ NASA)AP - NASA will test the powerful first stage of its new Ares moon rocket Thursday, a milestone in a program that has already spent $7 billion for a rocket that astronauts may never use.

US rep. says Gadhafi should be 'barred' from NJ (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 03:01 PM PDT

AP - Gov. Jon Corzine and New Jersey federal legislators joined an angry chorus of opposition Wednesday to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's expected stay in the state, where 38 victims of the bombing of Pan American Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, lived before their deaths in 1988.

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