2009年10月23日星期五

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Pilots missed Twin Cities by 150 miles — but how? (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 05:18 PM PDT

The flight recorders from Northwest flight 188, that overflew the Minneapolis-St Paul International/World-Chamberlain Airport, are displayed at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) headquarters in Washington, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. At left is the Cockpit Voice Recorder, the Flight Data Recorder is at right. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - Were the pilots distracted? Catching up on their sleep? Federal investigators struggled to determine what the crew members of a Northwest Airlines jetliner were doing at 37,000 feet as they sped 150 miles past their Minneapolis destination and military jets readied to chase them. Unfortunately, the cockpit voice recorder may not tell the tale.

Police find body of missing 9-year-old Mo. girl (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 05:33 PM PDT

An undated photo provided by the Cole County Sheriff's Department shows Elizabeth Olten, who went missing near her home on Route D near St. Martins, just west of Jefferson City Wednesday evening, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Cole County Sheriff's Department)AP - The body of a missing 9-year-old girl was found in a wooded area near Missouri's capital city on Friday, two days after she was last seen walking from a neighbor's home, police said.

Slain Fla. girl's mom vows to find unknown killer (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 03:57 PM PDT

Diena Thompson, center, mother of Somer Thompson, shows her emotion at a candle-light vigil for her daughter, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, in Orange Park, Fla. Somer Thompson was murdered earlier in the week.(AP Photo/Phil Coale)AP - Somer Thompson was last seen alive walking along the sidewalk in front of a vacant house, and authorities said Friday that they're searching for anyone who saw what happened to the 7-year-old after that.

Affidavit: Mom told deputies balloon saga was hoax (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 03:49 PM PDT

Larimer County Sheriff Department officers remove several boxes and a computer while executing a search warrant on the Richard Heene home Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 in Fort Collins, Colo. (AP Photo/Will Powers)AP - The mother of the 6-year-old boy once feared missing inside a runaway helium balloon admitted the whole saga was a hoax, according to court documents released Friday.

Fed plan to police bank pay unlikely to curb risk (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 03:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2009 file photo, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Financial Services Committee. The Federal Reserve for the first time would police banks' pay policies to ensure they don't encourage employees to take reckless gambles like those that contributed to the financial crisis, according to a proposal unveiled Thursday, Oct. 22. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file)AP - It's the boldest idea yet to rein in Wall Street recklessness: Put the Federal Reserve in charge of policing not just the nation's banks, but also how much their employees are paid.

Ohio prof who pioneered study of pop culture dies (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 03:36 PM PDT

AP - Ray Browne, an Ohio university professor who was credited with coining the phrase "popular culture" and pioneering the study of things such as bumper stickers and cartoons, has died. He was 87.

DA: 'Outrageous' conduct in deadly NYC wreck (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 03:28 PM PDT

AP - A mother accused of drunkenly causing a high-speed wreck managed to pull her own 11-year-old daughter from the mangled, overturned car as another girl lay dying on the roadside, prosecutors said Friday.

Balloon boy dad was evasive when asked by friend (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 02:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, Falcon Heene, 6, front, is guided back to a news conference by his mother, Mayumi, outside the family's home in Fort Collins, Colo.. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)AP - The father at the center of a runaway balloon investigation grew evasive when a friend asked him whether the saga that gripped millions was a hoax, the friend said.

Priest found slain in rectory of his NJ church (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 05:13 PM PDT

AP - A Roman Catholic priest was found slain Friday morning in his clerical robes in the rectory of his northern New Jersey parish, and authorities warned that a killer was on the loose.

Suits set table for tussle over NYC eatery's name (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 01:44 PM PDT

AP - Since it opened 75 years ago in a building that once housed sheep, Central Park's Tavern on the Green restaurant has enjoyed a savory spot in the city's culinary lore.

Cell phone calls failed to reach wayward pilots (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 02:05 PM PDT

Graphic shows path of Northwest AirlinesAP - Minneapolis airport police say controllers tried to contact the pilots of a wayward Northwest Airlines jetliner by radio, data message and cell phone after it failed to land as scheduled.

Strict Oklahoma abortion laws spark court battles (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:53 PM PDT

AP - Two new laws being challenged in the Oklahoma courts would give the state some of the strictest abortion laws in the country by forcing women to answer questions about race and their relationships, and to listen to a doctor talk them through an ultrasound.

US swine flu deaths surpass 1,000 (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 02:26 PM PDT

Carol Lagoni checks her arm after receiving an H1N1 swine flu shot Friday Oct. 23, 2009 in Culver City, Calif. Public demand for the new swine flu vaccine has caused long lines and frustration in several parts of the country. But worries about flu has also prompted record interest in seasonal flu vaccine as well. About 60 million people have been vaccinated already — an unprecedented number for October. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - More Americans have been vaccinated against seasonal flu this fall than ever before by this time of year, federal health officials said Friday.

Indian college president faces backlash on tuition (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:52 PM PDT

AP - Linda Sue Warner had big ambitions when she arrived in 2007 as president of Haskell Indian Nation University, the only four-year college operated by the federal government for American Indians. Now she wonders whether those ambitions could cost her the job.

State Dept IG: Exchange programs need closer watch (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 01:27 PM PDT

AP - The nation's foreign exchange student programs need better federal oversight, the State Department's internal watchdog concludes in a new report following a scandal in which students were placed in shoddy homes in Pennsylvania.

Fla. insurer reverses course on toxic Chinese drywall (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 10:52 AM PDT

James and Maria Ivory, right, and attorney David Durkee are seen at the Ivory home in Punta Gorda, Fla. on Wednesday, October 14, 2009. The Ivory's dreams of a relaxing retirement on Florida's Gulf Coast were put on hold when they discovered their new home had been built with Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes. It got worse when they asked their insurer for help. Not only was their claim denied, but they've been told their entire policy won't be renewed. (AP Photo/J. Meric)AP - Florida's public insurance company reversed course this week and said it will cover a couple's Gulf Coast retirement home, after previously telling the homeowners their policy wouldn't be renewed because of the home's tainted Chinese drywall.

1 dead, 8 injured in helicopter crash on Navy ship (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 09:24 AM PDT

AP - An Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed on a Navy ship during training, killing one service member and injuring eight, the Navy said.

Arson-related heart attacks murder? DA says yes (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 09:01 AM PDT

This undated image provided by the San Bernardino County District Attorney's office shows Rickie Fowler. A grand jury indicted Rickie Fowler on Tuesday Oct. 20, 2009, on five counts of murder for a 2003 wildfire in Southern California that destroyed about 1,000 homes and was linked to a half-dozen heart attack deaths. (AP Photo/San Bernardino County District Attorney)AP - Retired accountant James McDermith's mad dash to retrieve a camper and pack it with belongings as a wildfire chewed closer to his home six years ago may have cost him his life. But it wasn't the flames or smoke that got him.

Women take a seat in Transportation Hall of Fame (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 08:22 AM PDT

This 1909 photo released by the Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum shows Alice Ramsey driving a 1909 Maxwell automobile with Nettie Powell, Margaret Atwood and Hermine Jahns on their route between New York and San Francisco. Bad roads, bad weather, flat tires, breakdowns. A lot of Alice Ramsey's challenges during her New York City-to-San Francisco drive in 1909 could be any traveler's. But she was the first woman to make such a trip. And 100 years later she'll take a permanent place in a new hall of fame dedicated to women in transportation. (AP Photo/ Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum)AP - Bad roads, bad weather, flat tires, breakdowns. A lot of Alice Ramsey's challenges during her New York City-to-San Francisco drive could be any traveler's.

FAA investigators may be focusing on balloon call (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 02:58 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, investigators with the Adams County Sheriff's Department are seen at the scene where a balloon landed in a plowed field east of Hudson, Colo. The Colorado parents who reported their 6-year-old son had floated away in a giant spaceship-shaped balloon could be in hotter water for making a phone call than for losing the saucer, aviation experts say. That's because The Federal Aviation Administration has few rules for the release of unmanned balloons, rockets and kites. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)AP - The parents who reported last week that their 6-year-old son may have been on board a giant, runaway balloon could potentially be in more trouble with the Federal Aviation Administration for making a phone call than for setting loose the saucer-shaped craft, aviation experts say.

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