2009年9月25日星期五

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Witness: Census worker's hanging body naked, bound (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:15 PM PDT

Graves dot a hillside at the Hoskins Cemetery in rural Clay County near Manchester, Ky., Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. It was near this cemetery census worker Bill Sparkman was found dead earlier this month. (AP Photo/\Ed Reinke)AP - A part-time census worker found hanging in a rural Kentucky cemetery was naked, gagged and had his hands and feet bound with duct tape, said an Ohio man who discovered the body two weeks ago.

In 2 bomb cases, FBI let sting operation play out (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 03:53 PM PDT

At left: an undated photo released Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows Michael C. Finton. At right: an undated photo released by the Dallas County Sheriff shows Hosam Maher Husein Smadi. Two men unconnected to each other or to the investigation that has spawned recent national terrorism warnings are in federal custody after attempting to detonate what they thought were bombs outside an Illinois courthouse and a Texas skyscraper, authorities said. (AP Photo)AP - As Hosam Maher Husein Smadi prepared to remotely detonate what he believed was a powerful bomb underneath a Dallas skyscraper, his comrade-in-arms, who was actually an undercover FBI agent, offered him earplugs, authorities say.

Biden visits Ga. storm victims; more rain expected (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:20 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden consoles Evelyn Brummage, of Austell, Ga.,who lost everything recent flash flooding, while touring a Red Cross disaster relief center set up in Marietta for victims of the flood, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)AP - Vice President Joe Biden on Friday pledged the federal government would help Georgia recover from the severe weather that swept through the Southeast, even as rain and the threat of more flooding was forecast for the weekend.

Retired AF officer convicted in China spying case (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 04:21 PM PDT

AP - A jury has convicted a retired Air Force officer on charges of selling classified information on U.S.-China military relations to a Chinese agent and lying to the FBI about it.

Bomb plot suspect transferred from Denver to NYC (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 03:35 PM PDT

File - Terrorism suspect Najibullah Zazi arrives at the offices of the FBI in Denver for questioning in this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo. Zazi plotted for more than a year to detonate homemade bombs in the United States, an indictment charged Thursday Sept. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)AP - A Denver airport shuttle driver accused of plotting a bomb attack in New York City on Sept. 11 is in custody in New York.

Police: TV contestant killed actress girlfriend (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:28 PM PDT

AP - A self-proclaimed preacher who was on the TV beauty pageant "The Sexiest Bachelor in America" will be arraigned next week for allegedly torturing and murdering his girlfriend, an ex-adult movie actress.

Obama: G20 brought economy back from brink (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:48 PM PDT

President Barack Obama answers questions during a press briefing at the conclusion of the G-20 summit, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - World leaders on Friday issued sweeping promises to fix a malfunctioning global economic system in hopes of heading off future financial meltdowns. President Barack Obama said actions taken so far "brought the global economy back from the brink."

Civil liberties groups: Police overreacted at G-20 (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:30 PM PDT

People watch riot police confront protesters at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh during the G20 Summit, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/ Philip Scott Andrews)AP - Police used all the nonlethal tools at their disposal to thwart protesters at the Group of 20 summit this week, firing bean bags, hurling canisters of smoke and pepper spray, using flash-bang grenades and batons and deploying a high-tech sound-blasting device meant to push back crowds.

Man pleads guilty in Vt. in border child porn case (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:28 PM PDT

AP - A Vermont man pleaded guilty Friday to charges he had child pornography on his laptop computer when he entered the United States from Quebec nearly three years ago.

Lawyer: Sept. 11 conspirator deserves new trial (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:23 PM PDT

FILE -Zacarias Moussaoui is shown in this August 2001 file photo. A lawyer for Zacarias Moussaoui has told a federal appeals court in Virginia on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 that the Sept. 11 conspirator is entitled to a new trial. His lawyer told a three-judge panel Friday that the plea was unconstitutional because his trial lawyers had to undergo a national security background check, which restricted Moussaoui's right to choose counsel. (AP Photo/Sherburne County, Minn., Sheriff's Office, File)AP - Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui's guilty plea was invalid because he was denied potentially helpful evidence and was restricted in choosing his own counsel, his lawyer told a federal appeals court Friday.

NH WWII pilot gets wish for final B-24 flight (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:19 PM PDT

World War II pilot Bernerd Harding, 90, smiles inside the cockpit of a B-25 in Laconia, N.H., Friday, Sept. 25,2009. Harding was a pilot when he was shot down 65-years ago while flying a bombing mission over Germany. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - World War II pilot Bernerd Harding feels he finally has completed his mission — 65 years after his B-24 airplane was shot down over Germany.

Ex-mayor in Miss. pleads guilty in Katrina case (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:14 PM PDT

AP - A former Gulfport mayor was sentenced to probation Friday in a plea deal on charges that he defrauded a program to help Hurricane Katrina victims rebuild their homes, allowing him and his wife to walk out of court with no prison time.

Elizabeth Smart may face alleged abductor in court (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 01:57 PM PDT

AP - Elizabeth Smart would tell a court the former street preacher accused of abducting her was motivated by sex, not religion, if she is allowed to testify at his competency hearing, a federal prosecutor said Friday.

'Michael Jackson Tapes' details star's obsessions (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 01:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 25, 2001 file photograph, pop icon Michael Jackson, center, and Rabbi Schmuley Boteach, pose with a child and an unidentified man at the Loew's Metroplex theatre in Newark, N.J., at the kickoff of Jackson's' Heal The Kids' program designed to promote quality time between parents and children. A new book, 'The Michael Jackson Tapes,' by Boteach, Michael Jackson's former spiritual adviser says the pop superstar feared the ravages of old age and appeared to be abusing prescription drugs and cosmetic surgery nearly a decade before his death. (AP Photo/Warren Westura, File)AP - Pop superstar Michael Jackson feared the ravages of old age, sought the company of sycophants and appeared to be abusing prescription drugs and cosmetic surgery nearly a decade before his death, according to a new book by a former adviser.

Father of the late Tim Russert dies in NY at 85 (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 01:31 PM PDT

AP - The father of the late "Meet the Press" moderator Tim Russert has died in Buffalo, N.Y. He was 85.

Ex-con pleads guilty to selling gun in McNair case (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 01:00 PM PDT

AP - A convicted murderer has pleaded guilty to selling the gun that was used to kill ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair.

1 Gadhafi tent down in NY, 1 up in Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 12:11 PM PDT

A tent used by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is photographed Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 in Bedford, N.Y. The tent pitched by the Libyan government on Donald Trump's suburban New York City estate has been put back up a day after it was taken down. Bedford officials arrived at the home Thursday evening with a stop-work order and a criminal summons after learning the tent was up again. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Moammar Gadhafi's Bedouin-style tent, which brought a camel-themed tapestry and four days of consternation to a leafy New York suburb, was last seen Friday being bundled into a U-Haul.

Biden swears in Kirk, successor to Sen. Kennedy (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:29 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden, right, administers the Senate oath to Sen. Paul G. Kirk Jr., D-Mass., left, as Gail Kirk, center, looks on during Kirk's mock swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Former Democratic Party chairman Paul G. Kirk Jr. stepped in Friday as the temporary replacement in the Senate for his longtime friend, the late Edward Kennedy.

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