2009年9月11日星期五

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Prosecutors: Gunman with grudge kills 2 in Mich. (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:36 PM PDT

A Shiawassee County Deputy photographs the scene of a shooting at the intersection of North Street and Whitehaven Drive near Owasso High School in Owosso, Mich. Friday morning, Sept. 11, 2009. Michigan authorities say an anti-abortion activist was slain near Owosso High School and another man was fatally shot at a business in a neighboring community in crelated incidents. (AP Photo/The Argus-Press, Anthony Cepak)AP - A man carrying grudges against several people set off on a shooting spree Friday morning, authorities said, killing an abortion protester outside a high school because he didn't like the activist holding a sign with graphic images of a fetus in front of students.

Nation marks 9/11 with acts of volunteerism (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT

A New York City Police Dept. officer plays the trumpet over ground zero during the the eighth anniversary commemoration ceremony of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists attack, in New York, Friday Sept. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/G.N. Miller, Pool)AP - The selfless spirit that helped mend a stricken nation eight years ago was renewed. Volunteers marked 9/11 Friday by tilling gardens, writing letters to soldiers, setting out flags — and, at ground zero, by joining the somber ritual of reading the names of the lost.

Arizona driver dons monkey masks to elude tickets (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:26 PM PDT

This photo-enforcement picture released by the Arizona Department of Public Safety, taken in July 2009, shows someone wearing a monkey mask and driving a Subaru belonging to Dave VonTesmar on a Phoenix-area freeway. VonTesmar is accused of wearing monkey and giraffe masks on Phoenix-area freeways to get out of more than 90 tickets issued to him through the state's photo-enforcement program. (AP Photo/Arizona Department of Public Safety)AP - A driver has racked up dozens of speeding tickets in photo-radar zones on Phoenix-area freeways while sporting monkey and giraffe masks, and is fighting every one by claiming the costumes make it impossible for authorities to prove he was behind the wheel.

Yale offers 10K reward in student's disappearance (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:14 PM PDT

Members of Yale security are seen in front of the New Haven, Conn., building where missing graduate student Annie Le had her laboratory, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. The building is the last place Le was seen prior to her disappearance on the morning of September 8. (AP Photo/Thomas Cain)AP - Investigators searching for a Yale graduate student who disappeared days before her wedding reviewed security-camera footage and checked the blueprints of the building where she was last seen as the university offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts.

3 guilty pleas expected in Mo. in dogfighting case (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:49 PM PDT

AP - At least three eastern Missouri men arrested in a multistate federal crackdown on illegal dogfighting are expected to plead guilty next week in federal court.

Lawsuits: Philly police staged raids to rob shops (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:08 PM PDT

AP - City police officers working for an elite anti-drug unit regularly robbed and harassed bodega owners during sham raids, civil-rights lawyers charge in several federal lawsuits against the officers and the city.

Hurricane season has been a dud — so far (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:01 PM PDT

Graphic shows number of hurricanes, tropical storms and depressions by yearsAP - It may be tempting the weather gods just to point this out, but this has been a dud of a hurricane season so far.

Newly elected Baptist president seeks unification (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:04 PM PDT

Rev. Julius Scruggs of Huntsville, Ala., gives praise after winning the election for president of the National Baptist Convention USA meeting in Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Scruggs defeated challenger Rev. Henry Lyons, of Tampa, Fla., in the contest. (AP Photo/Lance Murphey)AP - The newly elected president of one of the country's largest Baptist denominations says he's seeking unification following an election in which his opponent went to court to challenge the group's voting process.

Healthy Minnesota offers Obama model for nation (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:37 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama will be in one of the nation's healthiest states Saturday, where most people have health insurance, medical care tends to be cost-effective and providers like the Mayo Clinic have made a name far beyond the Upper Midwest.

Marines take risks with deadly trust-building game (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:06 PM PDT

In an undated photo provided by the family of Lance Cpl. Patrick Malone, Malone is seen. North Carolina-based Cpl. Mathew Nelson has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after shooting Malone to death in a game intended to show the comrades trusted each other. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Malone Family)AP - Lance Cpl. Patrick Malone was relaxing on his bunk at an Iraqi combat base when a direct superior interrupted his late-night movie.

When someone is raised female and the genes say XY (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 04:04 PM PDT

FILE -- In this Monday Aug. 17, 2009 file photo South Africa's Caster Semenya pauses after competing in a Women's 800m semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin. The IAAF said Friday Sept. 11, 2009 it has received the results of gender tests on South African runner Caster Semenya but is still reviewing them and will not issue any final decision until November. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)AP - It's the birth defect people don't talk about. A baby is born not completely male or female. The old term was hermaphrodite, then intersex. Now it's called "disorders of sexual development." Sometimes the person with the problem doesn't even know it and finds out in an all too public way.

SC gov finds fewer friends in fight to keep office (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:34 PM PDT

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford addresses the media at a news conference at the State House in Columbia, South Carolina September 10, 2009. 61 South Carolina House Republicans recently asked Sanford to resign after earlier reports this year surfaced about his affair with a mistress in Argentina, and investigations of his government and private, travel. REUTERS/Joshua Drake (UNITED STATES POLITICS)AP - Republican Gov. Mark Sanford is no stranger to going it alone — and nearly three months after calling his mistress his "soul mate," he's been virtually marooned.

Heckling of president is rare in American history (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:32 PM PDT

Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., center, listens during President Barack Obama's speech on health care to a joint session of Congress , Wednesday, Sept., 9, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Some 150 years ago, a congressman from South Carolina, angered by a speech on slavery, entered the Senate chamber and beat a senator from Massachusetts into unconsciousness with a metal-topped wooden cane.

World honors 9/11 heroes, but divided over war (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:42 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, center, speaks during a rain-soaked ceremony at the Pentagon, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, honoring those who perished in the 2001 terror attack at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - On the day to remember the terror of 9/11, the war it spawned in Afghanistan sowed fresh divisions.

Fred weakens to tropical storm in Atlantic (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:52 PM PDT

This September 9, 2009 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite handout image shows Hurricane Fred located west of the Cape Verde Islands. Hurricane Fred in the Atlantic and Tropical Storm Linda in the Pacific both lost strength over the open sea and were forecast to continue to weaken Friday, forecasters said.(AFP/NOAA-HO/File)AP - Forecasters say Fred has weakened to a tropical storm in the middle of the Atlantic, while Tropical Storm Linda was expected to dissipate soon in the Pacific.

Some Pa. shops close doors to Pagan festival (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:22 PM PDT

AP - In the rolling hills of deeply religious rural Pennsylvania sits Stoudtburg Village, a tiny hamlet modeled on a German town. On weekends, tourists come here to visit shops on the ground floors of closely set three-story houses painted bright colors on pedestrian-only streets.

Annie Leibovitz buys back copyright to her photos (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:24 PM PDT

FILE - American photographer Annie Leibovitz arrives at Buckingham Palace in London, in this March 27 , 2007 file photo. The deadline for the celebrity photographer to repay a $24 million loan passed Tuesday night Sept. 8, 2009 without word from either involved party. Leibovitz risked losing the lucrative copyright to her images if she didn't pay back the loan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth/pool, File)AP - Annie Leibovitz has won an extension on a $24 million loan in a financial dispute that threatened her rights to her famous images, the two sides said in a joint statement Friday.

US chief justice says he, Sotomayor must get along (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:16 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said Friday it's vital he and new Justice Sonia Sotomayor get along well because they could spend the next quarter century working together in close quarters.

House plans to admonish Rep. Wilson over outburst (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 04:39 PM PDT

Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C. speaks to reporters outside of his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Democratic leaders are planning a House vote early next week to admonish Republican Rep. Joe Wilson if he does not apologize on the House floor for yelling "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's health care address to Congress.

Ark. man missing 5 years nabbed at Ala. airport (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:02 PM PDT

AP - An Arkansas man suspected of faking his death on the Mississippi coast five years ago to avoid paying court-ordered restitution was arrested at a small Alabama airport where FAA records show he was the manager.

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