2009年8月28日星期五

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Political luminaries pay tribute to Kennedy (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 05:11 PM PDT

Joe Kennedy speaks at a Celebration of Life Memorial Service for Sen. Edward Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009 in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - In death as in life, Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy on Friday brought together political rivals — this time to celebrate his life and half-century of service to his country.

AP source: Disc jockey DJ AM found dead in NYC (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 04:57 PM PDT

In this March 18, 2006 photo, celebrity disc jockey Adam Goldstein, also known as DJ AM, spins records at the Moody Blues clothing store opening in Scottsdale, Ariz. A law enforcement official says the celebrity disc jockey known as DJ AM has been found dead in a New York City apartment. .(AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - A law enforcement official says the celebrity disc jockey known as DJ AM has been found dead in a New York City apartment.

Congressman: Gadhafi won't stay in Englewood, NJ (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 04:49 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman said late Friday he's been given assurances from a representative of the Libyan government that Moammar Gadhafi won't stay in Englewood, N.J., when he visits the United States next month to address the U.N. General Assembly, a visit that has sparked angry protests.

Men convicted in Fla. home invasion gang rape (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 04:09 PM PDT

AP - Two men were convicted Friday in the brutal gang rape attack on a woman and her young son in a South Florida housing project and could be sentenced to life in prison.

Air traffic communications briefly crash in Calif. (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 05:11 PM PDT

AP - Air traffic controllers in a major control center in California were reduced to using personal mobile phones to guide dozens of airplanes when the communications system crashed for several minutes Wednesday morning.

Boy goes missing in rough NC surf caused by Danny (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 05:05 PM PDT

A surfer is seen riding the waves in Hither Hills State Park in Montauk, New York, Friday August, 28, 2009. Officials on eastern Long Island are making emergency preparations for Tropical Storm Danny, even though it's expected to weakened considerably before reaching the waters off the New England coast this weekend. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea)AP - People on the East Coast warily eyed the approaching Tropical Storm Danny, which reinforced the dangers of even a weakening storm after a young boy went missing Friday in rough surf.

Police: Detroit man stole woman's car on 1st date (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 04:52 PM PDT

AP - Police in Michigan say a first date went from bad to worse when a Detroit man skipped out on the restaurant bill, then stole his date's car.

Impeachment, resignation calls grow for SC gov (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 03:46 PM PDT

AP - Calls are growing louder for Gov. Mark Sanford to resign over his extramarital affair and questionable travel on commercial, state and private planes.

Ethics probe of SC governor's travel under way (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 03:39 PM PDT

AP - The head of the South Carolina Ethics Commission is confirming that an investigation of Gov. Mark Sanford's travel has been going on for 10 days.

Billboards help FBI name suspect in brazen robbery (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 03:30 PM PDT

Bank robbery suspect Chad Schaffner is shown in this electronic billboard ad seen Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, in Knoxville, Tenn. The public service ad for the FBI appeared on electronic billboards in eight Southern states and quickly tipped off the FBI to the suspect's identity. (AP Photo/Duncan Mansfield)AP - The brazen bank robber didn't bother to hide his face as he threatened tellers with a gun in at least 10 heists from Kentucky to the Carolinas to Tennessee.

Warning on possible pot growers called profiling (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 03:17 PM PDT

AP - A federal warning to beware of campers in national forests who eat tortillas, drink Tecate beer and play Spanish music because they could be armed marijuana growers is racial profiling, an advocate for Hispanic rights said Friday.

Lawsuit: Yankees network's key creator was cheated (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 03:08 PM PDT

AP - A former president of Madison Square Garden has sued New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, saying Steinbrenner reneged on a promise to make him a major part of the Yankees-operated television network after he suggested creating it more than a decade ago.

Fla. governor taps ex-aide to replace US senator (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 02:57 PM PDT

FILE -- In this Aug. 7, 2009 file photo, Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla.,talks with reporters during a news conference in Orlando, Fla., announcing his resignation from the Senate. At his right is his wife, Kitty. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Gov. Charlie Crist is giving Florida a preview of what he'd be like as a senator by picking his former chief of staff to fill the remainder of Republican Sen. Mel Martinez' first term.

Fla. man in credit card data theft accepts plea (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 02:47 PM PDT

AP - A computer hacker accused of masterminding one of the largest cases of identity theft in U.S. history agreed Friday to plead guilty and serve up to 25 years in federal prison for his crimes.

Lynching victim Till's casket to go to Smithsonian (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 02:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 10, 2009 file photo, the original glass-topped casket of lynching victim Emmett Till is seen rusting in a shack at the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill., after it was found by investigators at the cemetery where four workers are accused of digging up bodies to resell plots. On Friday, Aug. 28, 2009, officials from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington and members of Till's family are expected to announce the casket's donation to the museum's planned National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington when it opens in 2015. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - The glass-topped casket that displayed lynching victim Emmett Till's disfigured body to the world and became a rallying point for the civil rights movement is headed to the Smithsonian Institution, Till's family announced Friday.

Doc: I 'got rid of' patient after Katrina (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 02:26 PM PDT

FILE - This July 17, 2006 picture shows an old hurricane evacuation route sign in front of the closed Memorial Medical Center in the uptown area of New Orleans. Louisiana's top prosecutor said Friday, Aug. 28, 2009 he will not reopen a probe into allegations of euthanasia at a hospital crippled by Hurricane Katrina, despite new statements from a doctor that he drugged a terminal patient to 'get rid of her faster.' (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Louisiana's top prosecutor said Friday he will not reopen a probe into allegations of euthanasia at a hospital crippled by Hurricane Katrina, despite new statements from a doctor that he drugged a terminal patient to "get rid of her faster."

GOP blasts Idaho candidate's 'Obama tags' comment (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 02:20 PM PDT

FILE - This Tuesday night Oct. 21, 2008 picture shows Rex Rammell during a debate for the U.S. Senante seat vacated by Sen. Larry Craig at the Brandt Center on the the Northwest Nazarene University campus in Nampa, Idaho. The Idaho Republican gubernatorial hopeful insists he was only joking when he said he'd buy a license to hunt President Barack Obama. Rammell, a long-shot candidate slated to run against incumbent C.L. 'Butch' Otter in the May 2010 Republican primary, made the comment at a rally Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009 in Twin Falls, Idaho where talk turned to the state's planned wolf hunt, for which hunters must purchase an $11.50 wolf tag. (AP Photo/The Idaho Press-Tribune, Mike Vogt)AP - The list of Idaho Republicans condemning a GOP gubernatorial candidate's comments about buying a license to hunt President Barack Obama grew Friday, as party leaders worried the incident would reflect badly on the state.

Kennedy had strong links to Mass. funeral church (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 02:16 PM PDT

A television camera is trained on the facade of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009 where the funeral of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., will take place Saturday. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, last surviving brother in an American political dynasty and one of the most influential senators in history, died at his home on Cape Cod after a year-long struggle with brain cancer. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - The spires of The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help tower above Mission Hill, one of Boston's most culturally diverse neighborhoods, an area filled with the very kinds of people whose causes Sen. Edward Kennedy championed for nearly half a century in the Senate.

Coroner's report: Pastor had gashes to neck, chest (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 02:08 PM PDT

This undated picture provided by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shows Carol Daniels of Oklahoma City. Daniels, the pastor of the Christ Holy Sanctified Church in Anadarko, was discovered Sunday, Aug 23, 2009 inside the church in what the local district attorney described as the AP - The wounds suffered by a pastor killed inside her church indicate that she tried to fight off her attacker before her throat was slashed and she was nearly decapitated, according to a forensics expert who reviewed a preliminary autopsy report on Friday.

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