2009年10月2日星期五

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DA: Man charged in Letterman plot was deep in debt (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:26 PM PDT

Robert J. Halderman appears in State Supreme Court in New York, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, for an arraignment on an attempted grand larceny charge. Halderman, a CBS producer, pleaded not guilty to trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million in a plot that spurred the TV host to acknowledge sexual relationships with women who worked on his show. AP Photo/Pool, Marc A. Hermann)AP - A CBS newsman who prosecutors said was desperate and deep in debt was charged Friday with trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million in a plot that forced the late night comic to acknowledge having sex with some of the women who have worked for him.


Gate splits border community, unites it in disdain (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:15 PM PDT

A person is shown standing near the U.S.-Canadian border in Derby Line, Vt., on Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Border officials say gates in Derby Line, Vermont and Stanstead, Quebec, are necessary to stem the tide of smugglers and illegal aliens who take advantage of unguarded streets, which run perpendicular to the border and through both communities. (AP Photo/Alison Redlich)AP - For decades, the towns of Derby Line, Vt., and Stanstead, Quebec, have functioned as one community.


The joke's on Letterman after on-air confession (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2008 file photo, television talk show host David Letterman walks out of The Ed Sullivan Theater during a taping of 'The Late Show with David Letterman', in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)AP - So a late-night talk show host, married and a dad, walks on stage and admits to workplace hanky-panky. The punchline? He has long reveled in mocking politicians for their sexual trespasses.


Bible verses banned from Ga. school football field (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:12 PM PDT

AP - When the Warriors of Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High take the field Friday night, the football team won't be running through the cheerleaders' usual banner bearing a Bible verse.

Polanski agreed to $500,000 payment in civil suit (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:04 PM PDT

Director Jan Kounen, seen here in September 2009, has withdrawn his Cannes-premiered movie about Coco Chanel from the Zurich film festival in protest at the arrest of filmmaker Roman Polanski, the organisers said Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/C.J. Lafrance)AP - Film director Roman Polanski agreed to pay his sexual assault victim $500,000 to settle a lawsuit 15 years after he fled the United States, according to court documents provided to media outlets Friday.


Todd Palin resigns from oil job on North Slope (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:12 PM PDT

In this July 25, 2009, Todd Palin, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, holds their son Trig at the governor's picnic in Anchorage, Alaska. Todd Palin resigned as a production operator for oil giant BP PLC effective Sept. 18. 2009 to spend time with his family. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - The husband of former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has quit his oil field job on the North Slope. Todd Palin's resignation as a production operator for oil giant BP PLC comes almost two months after his wife stepped down as Alaska governor and shortly before the release of her highly anticipated memoir in a deal rumored to be worth millions.


Second City winds up fourth in Olympics bid (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:14 PM PDT

A Chicago 2016 supporter reacts during the announcement from the 121st International Olympic Committee on the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Chicago, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago was eliminated after the first vote in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - So much for Da Games.


Ill. man charged in slaying of ex-wife's family (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT

Tazwell County Emergency Service and Disaster Agency members look for a weapon or clues in a soybean field in Beason, Ill., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, after five members of a family were found slain in their home. A search is still under way for a suspect. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)AP - An Illinois man was charged with first-degree murder Friday in the slayings of five members of his ex-wife's family, while his stepmother defended him as a gentle man not capable of the crime.


Soldier gets 3-year prison term for kidnap hoax (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:27 PM PDT

AP - A Fort Hood soldier who tried to fake his kidnapping by a Mexican drug cartel after he went AWOL was sentenced Friday to three years in prison and dishonorably discharged.

Texas jury convicts handyman of 2 slayings in '07 (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:57 PM PDT

AP - A handyman accused of killing six people in a cross-country spree was convicted Friday in two of the deaths, and could face the death penalty.

Bloomberg has spent $64.8 million on 3rd campaign (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:25 PM PDT

AP - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent $64.8 million of his own money in his bid for a third term and, since midsummer, has been spending campaign cash at a rate of $15,000 per hour.

Second City winds up 4th in Olympics bid (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:46 AM PDT

A Chicago 2016 supporter reacts during the announcement from the 121st International Olympic Committee on the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Chicago, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago was eliminated after the first vote in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Thousands of people stood in bewildered silence in downtown Chicago on Friday after the International Olympic Committee eliminated the city from the race for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the first round of voting.


Tropical Storm Olaf moving north in the Pacific (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:00 PM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 at 02:00 PM EDT shows clear skies over the West as little precipitation is noticed in the region. A swirl of clouds off Baja California is associated with Tropical Storm Olaf. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - Tropical Storm Olaf is weakening slightly as it moves north in the Pacific far off Mexico's coast.


Experts: NJ voting buffer zone ruling won't stand (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 01:35 PM PDT

AP - A court decision that bars exit polling within 100 feet of New Jersey polling places is unlikely to stand because federal courts around the country have consistently rejected such restrictions, according to legal and polling experts.

39 indicted in bribery probe of DC taxi industry (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 01:07 PM PDT

AP - Thirty-nine people connected with the Washington, D.C., taxicab industry have been indicted on bribery charges.

McNair to suicidal youths: Live to see better days (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:45 PM PDT

In this frame grab taken from video released by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Development Disabilities, NFL quarterback Steve McNair is shown in a public service announcement that urges young people thinking about suicide to call a hotline and 'live to see better days.' The video was made shortly before McNair's mistress killed him and then herself. (AP Photo/Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Development Disabilities)AP - Shortly before former NFL quarterback Steve McNair's mistress killed him and then herself, he recorded a public service announcement that urges young people thinking about suicide to call a hotline and "live to see better days."


Wyclef Jean to attend Berklee College of Music (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 01:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 22, 2009, file photo, Wyclef Jean arrives at the 26th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Los Angeles. Jean has announced that he is going back to school to earn a degree from Berklee College of Music. The former frontman for The Fugees before going solo said Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 the school has a flexible program tailored for him that includes on-campus classes and online courses. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)AP - Wyclef Jean (ZHAHN') is going back to school to earn a degree from Boston's Berklee College of Music.


Expert: Ploy in Tenn. baby abduction used before (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:52 PM PDT

Maria Gurrolla answers questions at a news conference at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. Gurrolla said her newborn son was taken from her home Tuesday by a woman who stabbed Gurrolla multiple times when Gurrolla answered the door. Gurrolla said the woman claimed to be an immigration agent. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - The search for a Tennessee newborn whose mom says he was kidnapped by a woman posing as an immigration agent entered its fourth day Friday, and a missing child expert said similar ploys have been used in other abductions.


Report rejects whistleblower in Ala. ex-gov case (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:56 PM PDT

AP - A Justice Department investigation finds no basis for whistleblower allegations against the team that prosecuted former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman for bribery.

Jeff Luers back in custody after mistaken release (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:28 PM PDT

AP - Self-proclaimed anarchist Jeff Luers was released Friday after years in prison for setting trucks ablaze in an environmental protest — but he was back in custody within hours.
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