2009年10月24日星期六

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Could letting pilots take a nap make flying safer? (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 11:19 AM 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 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - Charles Lindbergh famously fell asleep while crossing the Atlantic, and despite strict federal rules against it, experienced airline pilots say it's not uncommon to sneak a nap inside the cockpit.

Mourners anxiously await capture of girl's killer (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 02:48 PM PDT

Crime scene investigators continue to look for evidence regarding the Somer Thompson murder investigation in a vacant house near the Thompson's home Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, in Orange Park, Fla.(AP Photo/Phil Coale)AP - Dozens of parents, their young children in tow, have filed past the mountainous makeshift memorial for a 7-year-old girl found slain in a landfill some 50 miles from her suburban neighborhood.

Maine girl with 'mermaid syndrome' dies at 10 (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 01:09 PM PDT

In this Dec. 20, 2007 photo, Shiloh Pepin laughs with her parents while sitting on a counter in the family's Kennebunkport, Maine home. Pepin, who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called 'mermaid syndrome,' died Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. She was 10. (AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, Gregory Rec)AP - Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome," and gained a wide following on the Internet and national television, has died. She was 10.

Shuttered girls reformatory recalls horror, haven (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 11:10 AM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 7, 2009, Bobbie Stillman reads in her room at the Beloit Juvenile Correctional Facility in Beloit, Kan. The girl's reformatory closed recently after 121 years. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Many were broken, many were saved here.

Polygamist sect focus of rare trial in Texas town (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 03:06 PM PDT

AP - The first jury trial in more than a decade in the sleepy West Texas town of Eldorado involves an alleged polygamist and an accusation of sexual assault of an underage bride, a far cry from the occasional drunken driving cases that normally occupy the Schleicher County court system.

How does Ore. candidate roll? With MS, on a Segway (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 11:55 AM PDT

In this Oct. 23, 2009 photo, Oregon gubernatorial candidate Bill Bradbury gets around Portland State University on his Segway personal transporter in Portland, Ore. Being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 30 years ago hasn't stopped the Democratic politician from becoming one of the most exuberant and popular figures on Oregon's political scene.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)AP - Bill Bradbury isn't just running for Oregon governor. He's zipping — on a Segway.

Lost keys lead NJ police to burglary suspects (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 10:37 AM PDT

AP - Police in northern New Jersey nabbed three alleged burglars who fled an apartment with just $2 in change and left behind the keys to their getaway car.

Plushenko wins Grand Prix; Weir finishes 4th (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:41 PM PDT

Russia's Evgeni Plushenko performs his free program to win the gold at the Cup of Russia ISU Grand Prix figure skating event in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)AP - Evgeni Plushenko of Russia won gold at the Rostelecom Cup on Saturday after a soaring free skate in his first international event since becoming Olympic champion at the 2006 Turin Games.

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

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 06:45 AM 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..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. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)AP - The mother of the 6-year-old boy once feared missing inside a runaway helium balloon told Colorado sheriff's deputies that the whole saga was a hoax, according to court documents.

Strict Oklahoma abortion laws spark court battles (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2004 file photo, Garlin Newton carries a cross in front of the Oklahoma Capitol in Oklahoma City, in observance of Rose Day, an anti-abortion event. 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. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Haderthauer, File)AP - Abortion rights supporters have challenged two new Oklahoma laws that 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.

Hawaii regulators approve first US tuna farm (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 06:37 AM PDT

AP - Hawaii regulators have approved a Honolulu startup company's plan to build the nation's first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island.

AP interview: Cosby keeps it clean for humor prize (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 07:51 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo from Aug. 19, 2009, comedian Bill Cosby speaks in the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg, Pa., during a news conference. Cosby will be awarded with the 12th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Oct. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - Bill Cosby still thinks America is funny — like the name-calling over health care and the way we drink so much water from plastic bottles that could be toxic — even though he says the nation has some serious problems it needs to tackle.

US swine flu deaths surpass 1,000 (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:52 AM PDT

Catherine Governale holds her son George after receiving two swine flu shots in Culver City Friday, Oct 23, 2009. 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.

Court document ties Young to Alaska corruption (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 01:42 AM PDT

Yamani Koezuna, center, and Scott Tiulana dance with the King Island Dancers during the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage, Alaska Thursday Oct. 22, 2009. Alaska Natives from around the state gather together to discuss issues that affect Alaska Natives. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - Documents filed in federal court directly link U.S. Rep. Don Young to a wide-ranging investigation of corruption in Alaska for the first time.

LA officials unveil $437M police headquarters (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 02:45 PM PDT

AP - The Los Angeles Police Department has been handed the keys to its new headquarters.

Recyclers want more time to dispose of clunkers (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 06:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2009 photo, a crane lifts a flattened car to a shredder at Gershow Recycling Corp. in Medford, N.Y. Cash for Clunkers may be history for car shoppers, but the program's largesse lives on in recycling yards around the country. A torrent of traded-in clunkers have arrived at auto recyclers in the past two months and are still waiting to be drained of fluids, stripped of valuable parts and eventually flattened. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Trade-ins from the Cash for Clunkers program are piling up and auto recyclers are seeking more time to meet the deadline for disposing of all those vehicles.

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