2009年9月13日星期日

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Search for Yale student turns to Conn. incinerator (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 05:15 PM PDT

Authorities detain a truck operator near a Yale University laboratory building in New Haven, Conn., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, as the investigation continues into the disappearance of a Yale graduate student who was supposed to be celebrating her wedding day. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)AP - Investigators sifted through garbage at an incinerator Sunday, looking for clues into the disappearance of a Yale University graduate student who was supposed to be celebrating her wedding day.


'Billboard' bank robbery suspect nabbed in Mo. (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 12:33 PM PDT

AP - A man suspected of robbing banks in five states has been captured in Missouri after someone recognized him from the television show America's Most Wanted.

Sebelius: Swine flu shots may start early October (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 11:56 AM PDT

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius gestures during a briefing about the upcoming seasonal flu season, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)AP - The nation's first round of swine flu shots could begin sooner than expected, with some vaccine available as early as the first week of October, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Sunday.


Borlaug, who saved millions from hunger, dies (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 01:09 PM PDT

File - Norman Borlaug, visiting professor at Texas A&M University,  and the 1970 Nobel Prize recipient, looks over some sorghum tests in this Oct. 30, 1996 file photo taken in one of A&M's teaching greenhouses, in College Station, Texas. The Nobel Prize-winning agricultural scientist has died in Texas at age 95. Texas A&M University spokeswoman Kathleen Phillips said Borlaug died just before 11 p.m. Saturday Sept. 12, 2009 at his home in Dallas. Known as the father of the 'green revolution,' Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in combating world hunger. (AP Photo/Bill Meeks, File)AP - Scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug rose from his childhood on an Iowa farm to develop a type of wheat that helped feed the world, fostering a movement that is credited with saving up to 1 billion people from starvation.


Rare killing stirs remorse in Vermont villagers (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 11:22 AM PDT

AP - Some coins here, a couple of lottery tickets there, a wallet stolen from a parked car, some food taken from a vacant house.

50 million new patients? More primary docs a must (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 11:17 AM PDT

AP - When Dr. Robert Flaherty launched a private practice in 2001, he soon found himself cramming in as many patients as possible to make ends meet, leaving little time to discuss with them the steps they could take to prevent future health troubles.

County wants millions to fix image after ash spill (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 09:11 AM PDT

In this July 8, 2009 photo, a sign is seen near the entrance to the Kingston Fossil Plant in Kingston, Tenn., warning the public to stay out during the cleanup of a massive coal ash spill at the plant. For a Tennessee community that fears being forever linked to one of the country's worst environmental disasters, an estimated $1 billion being spent to clean up a massive coal ash spill that flooded its lakeside homes isn't enough. Roane County leaders want millions more dollars to repair their economy and image after 5.4 million cubic yards of toxin-laden muck breached a holding pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant on Dec. 22. (AP Photo/Duncan Mansfield)AP - For a Tennessee community that fears being forever linked to one of the country's worst environmental disasters, an estimated $1 billion being spent to clean up a massive coal ash spill that flooded its lakeside homes isn't enough.


Tyler Perry has good opening with 'Bad' (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 12:48 PM PDT

From left, singer Mary J. Blige, actors Kwesi Boakye, Taraji P. Henson and Director Tyler Perry attend the premiere of Tyler Perry's 'I Can Do Bad All By Myself', in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)AP - Being bad is good for Tyler Perry, whose latest movie, "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," opened at the top of the box office this weekend with more than $24 million.


Texas city marks anniversary of Hurricane Ike (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 01:45 PM PDT

In this combination photo, at left, a home burns during Hurrican Ike, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008,  in Galveston, Texas. At right, the same scene is photographed Aug. 16, 2009, in Galveston, Texas. (AP photo/The Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool)AP - Mymi Freedman's memories of Hurricane Ike's immediate aftermath still linger, especially in one sense.


Report: FBI probing 'stolen' Jackie Kennedy note (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 03:45 PM PDT

AP - A newspaper reported Sunday that the FBI is investigating a "stolen" handwritten condolence note by Jacqueline Kennedy to Ethel Kennedy that was penned shortly after Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination.

Retired Wisconsin State Journal publisher dies (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 02:08 PM PDT

AP - Martin "Murph" Wolman, a retired publisher of the Wisconsin State Journal who started out selling newspapers on the streets of Madison when he was a boy and moved up through the ranks, died Saturday. He was 90.

Obama deplores shooting of anti-abortion activist (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 10:33 AM PDT

In an August 2002 photo, anti-abortion activist Jim Pouillon, left, has a heated discussion with a Planned Parenthood employee in Owosso, Mich. Pouillon was shot and killed Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 while he was staging a protest across the street from Owosso High School. (AP Photo/The Argus-Press)AP - President Barack Obama is calling the shooting of a Michigan anti-abortion activist "deplorable."


Layoffs lead to fewer corporate blood donors in US (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 07:46 AM PDT

In this Sept. 9, 2009 photo, Tatiana Sepulveda takes donated blood from Adrien Quiles at the Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Fla.  Before the recession hit, Jacksonville's blood bank would pull its buses up to the Anheuser-Busch brewery and pump 300 units of blood from employees. Then came buyouts, retirements and layoffs. During the company's last blood drive, the Blood Alliance only collected about 45 units. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP - Before the recession hit, Jacksonville's blood bank would pull its buses up to the Anheuser-Busch brewery and pump 300 units of blood from employees.


114-year-old NH woman becomes oldest American (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 06:47 AM PDT

AP - A 114-year-old New Hampshire woman who loves the Boston Red Sox, Hershey's Kisses and ice cream is believed to be the oldest American.

Police: Kan. hostage taker to face Colo. charges (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 05:03 AM PDT

This undated photo released by the Kansas Attorney General's Office shows Jesse Dennis Dimmick. 23-year-old Dimmick, who held two newlyweds hostage in their eastern Kansas home Saturday fell asleep and the couple escaped unharmed, authorities said. Officers then stormed the house, where he confronted authorities and they shot him, Topeka Police Capt. Jerry Stanley said. His injuries were not life-threatening. (AP Photo/Kansas Attorney General's Office)AP - A fugitive who eluded police for two days was captured in Kansas after he took two newlyweds hostage in their home, only to fall asleep when they gave him pillows and blankets.


Mich. man leaves town after cops say he was target (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 10:13 PM PDT

This undated booking photo released by the Shiawassee County Sheriff's Office via the Argus-Press shows Harlan Drake. A Michigan prosecutor says Drake has been charged in the shooting deaths of an anti-abortion activist and a business owner and that he planned to kill a third man. (AP Photo/Shiawassee County Sheriff's Office)AP - A real estate agent told he was the third target of a shooting spree that left an abortion protester and a business owner dead said Saturday he fled his home after the violence that claimed two lives in their small Michigan city.


Grizzly bear gets swimming lessons in local pool (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 05:45 PM PDT

AP - A 7-year-old learning how to swim at the local pool is nothing new unless it's an 800-pound grizzly bear taking the plunge.
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