2009年9月3日星期四

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Fire prompts evacuations, but crews make progress (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:42 PM PDT

A burned car sits among the remains of a home destroyed by the Station Fire in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Firefighters brought a sprawling wildfire near Los Angeles under greater control Thursday, despite a flare-up in a remote canyon that prompted about 25 nearby residents to be evacuated.

Fire chief shot by cop in Ark. court over tickets (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:41 PM PDT

In this Sept. 1, 2009 photo, Crittenden County Sheriff's Department Chief Investigator Thomas Martin discusses a Jericho, Ark., officer involved shooting in West Memphis, Ark. It was just too much, having to return to court twice on the same day to contest yet another traffic ticket, and Fire Chief Don Payne didn't hesitate to tell the judge what he thought of the police and their speed traps. The response from cops? They shot him. Right there in court. (AP Photo/Tim Rand)AP - It was just too much, having to return to court twice on the same day to contest yet another traffic ticket, and Fire Chief Don Payne didn't hesitate to tell the judge what he thought of the police and their speed traps.

RI governor: State to lay off 1,000 workers (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:27 PM PDT

AP - Gov. Don Carcieri warned Thursday he will lay off 1,000 state workers after a judge blocked him from shutting down government to save money, but he signaled a willingness to cut a deal with state employee unions that could save jobs.

Jackson entombment far from cameras, public (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:12 PM PDT

A Glendale police officer patrols the outside perimeter of the Forest Lawn Memorial Parks & Mortuaries in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday Sept. 3, 2009. Michael Jackson is scheduled to be interred in the Great Mausoleum, where he will be joining Hollywood legends such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - Michael Jackson will share eternity with the likes of Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields, entombed alongside them in a grand marble mausoleum that will be all but off-limits to adoring fans who might otherwise turn the pop star's grave into a shrine.

Garrido victim in Nevada case: 'Don't let him out' (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 02:51 PM PDT

AP - A Nevada woman who was abducted and raped in 1976 by California kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido said Thursday she believes he deserves the death penalty, although his crimes wouldn't qualify him.

Vt. teen sentenced to prison in 'sexting' case (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 03:41 PM PDT

AP - An 18-year-old pleaded guilty to reduced charges Thursday in Vermont's first "sexting" case, in which he allegedly directed two teenage girls to videotape or photograph themselves performing sex acts and send him the results.

Miss. school bus hero's mom not surprised at feat (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:20 PM PDT

AP - The mother of a Mississippi high school football standout says she wasn't surprised to hear he wrestled a loaded gun from a 14-year-old girl on school bus.

American Airlines cleared in bias lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 03:19 PM PDT

AP - A judge on Thursday ruled in favor of American Airlines in a lawsuit by five men of Iraqi descent who claimed their nationality caused a captain to cancel a flight to Chicago in 2007.

DNA testing for NY wrong-way driver's toothbrush (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 02:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo released by the Schuler family, Diane, left, and Daniel Schuler pose for a photo on their wedding day. The body of Diane Schuler who killed herself and seven other people by driving a minivan the wrong way on a parkway and crashing into an SUV will be exhumed for testing in an attempt to counter findings that she was drunk, a family lawyer said Tuesday Sept. 1, 2009. Attorney Dominic Barbara said Tuesday night on CNN's 'Larry King Live' that Diane Schuler could have suffered a minor stroke brought on by an abscess in her mouth. (AP Photo/Schuler Family, File)AP - DNA will be extracted from a toothbrush used by a wrong-way driver who caused a deadly crash to help determine whether tests that found she was drunk were valid, a private investigator said Thursday.

1.3 million to lose jobless benefits by year's end (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 01:10 PM PDT

In this photo made Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, job seekers look for opportunities at a job fair at New Birth Enterprise in Miami. Unemployment benefits are expected to run out by the end of the year for more than 1.3 million Americans unless Congress or individual states authorize another extension. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - Jobless since January, Donald Money has already moved in with his elderly parents, stopped going to the movies and started using less of his prescription medication so it will last longer.

Police: Garrido was arrested in 1972 rape case (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:42 PM PDT

Phillip Garrido is seen with his court appointed attorney, Susan Gellman, during his arraignment on 29 felony counts stemming from the abduction of Jaycee Dugard,11, in 1991, in the El Dorado Superior Court in Placerville, Calif., Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. Garrido pleaded not guilty on charges including forcible abduction, rape, sexual assault and false imprisonment.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Another allegation of sexual abuse emerged Thursday against kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido, when Antioch police disclosed he was arrested nearly 40 years ago on suspicion of drugging and raping a 14-year-old girl.

Donations pour in for Ga. slaying victims' family (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 03:16 PM PDT

An undated photo provided by the Toler family shows Russell 'Rusty' Toler Sr., right, with son Michael Toler, left. The two were among seven people killed in a mobile home in Brunswick, Ga. on August 29, 2009. An eighth person later died at a hospital and the lone survivor, a young child, remains in critical condition. (AP Photo/ via Toler Family)AP - While grieving a family slain in a Georgia mobile home, relatives of the victims have been grappling with another problem — how to pay for so many funerals at once.

Spacewalk performed despite approaching space junk (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:11 PM PDT

In this Tuesday Sept. 1, 2009 photo provided by NASA, astronaut Nicole Stott, Expedition 20 flight engineer, participates in the STS-128 mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 35-minute spacewalk, Stott and astronaut John 'Danny' Olivas unseen, mission specialist, removed an empty ammonia tank from the station's truss and temporarily stowed it on the station's robotic arm. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Two astronauts stepped out on a spacewalk to install a new tank of space station coolant Thursday as a large piece of orbiting junk headed their way.

AG Holder says Hispanic lawyers' influence growing (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:42 PM PDT

AP - The head of the Justice Department told Hispanic lawyers, judges and others Thursday that their influence on the legal profession is greater than ever.

Mo. man pleads guilty killing 3 at Texas farmhouse (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 02:56 PM PDT

AP - Robin Doan awakened to her mother's screams and gunshots as she lay in bed inside her family's Texas Panhandle farmhouse. A few moments later she saw a bright flash. A man had fired an AK-47 at her bed, but somehow the bullet missed her.

Even charred landscape offers clues about wildfire (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:40 PM PDT

In this Wednesday Sept. 2, 2009 photo, U.S. Forest Service investigators are shown at the site at an area believed to be the point of origin for the wildfires, just north of Los Angeles. Deputy incident commander Carlton Joseph said Wednesday that the fire was human-caused, but it's not known specifically how it was started or whether it was accidental or arson. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - A streak of soot on a rock. Singed bark on a tree. Charred plants and grasses.

4th person pleads guilty in national ID theft ring (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 02:47 PM PDT

This artist rendering shows Shonya Michelle Young, 38, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., right, U.S. Magistrate Judge William Turnoff , center, and public defense attorney A. Dorsainvil in federal court in Miami, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. A sophisticated identity theft ring that counted Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's wife among its victims didn't stop at stealing money electronically. Authorities said Tuesday it also sent Young wearing a variety of wigs into bank branches to drain their accounts in person. (AP Photo/Shirley Henderson)AP - A fourth person has pleaded guilty in a $2.1 million identity theft ring in which Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's wife was a victim.

Ex-Texas death row inmate freed; AG drops charges (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 01:32 PM PDT

AP - An inmate once on death row in Texas was a free man Thursday, nine months after his conviction was overturned in the 1985 bombing deaths of three people on Thanksgiving.

Cross-country motorcycle ride honors Flight 93 (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 01:05 PM PDT

Hank Kinzey who rode from Detriot, Mich., stands next to his motorcycle as he and other riders gather at Newark Liberty International Airport Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, in Newark, N.J., as they prepare to ride cross-country to San Francisco, following the intended flight path of United Flight 93. The plane crashed in Shanksville, Pa, September 11, 2001, after passengers and crew diverted the hijacked airplane from its intended target Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Relatives of the victims of Flight 93 — the United Airlines jetliner that crashed in Pennsylvania as passengers wrestled with hijackers on Sept. 11, 2001 — are honoring their loved ones with a cross-country motorcycle ride.

LA offers Skid Row homeless leniency on citations (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 01:14 PM PDT

Elmer Bacahona, 38, holds his ticket while waiting in line at the Midnight Mission on Skid Row in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 30, 2009. About 200 residents of sidewalks and shelters came to clear their infractions in a new city program that allows homeless people to get their citations dismissed in exchange for four hours of community service per ticket. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Some 200 homeless people wait outside a Skid Row shelter, clutching citation slips for minor offenses: jaywalking, sitting on a curb, pushing around shopping carts.

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