2009年10月27日星期二

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

NTSB probe: Tire puncture caused Texas bus crash (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 06:01 PM PDT

AP - Federal transportation officials recommended Tuesday that bus drivers take new steps to check tire pressure in the wake of a Texas bus crash that killed 17 people last year, but also criticized federal and state agencies for lax oversight of the motorcoach industry.

Boston cops: Psych patient stabs doc, is shot dead (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:48 PM PDT

Police vehicles are parked outside 50 Staniford Street in Boston, Tuesday afternoon Oct. 27, 2009 after a man stabbed a doctor while being treated at a psychiatric ward on the building's fifth floor. The attacker was fatally shot by an off-duty security guard who saw the attack. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - A man stabbed a doctor while being treated at a psychiatric office at a Boston medical building Tuesday and was fatally shot by an off-duty security guard who saw the attack, police said.

Feds: Chicago men planned to attack Danish paper (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:48 PM PDT

A view of the offices of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in Aarhus, Denmark, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Two Chicago men are charged with plotting terrorist attacks against overseas targets, including at the Danish newspaper that sparked outrage throughout the Muslim by publishing cartoons by Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, depicting the prophet Mohamme in 2005, prosecutors announced Tuesday. David Coleman Headley, 49, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, were charged in separate complaints filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Kaare Viemose)AP - Two Chicago men who were schoolmates in Pakistan plotted terrorist attacks against a Danish newspaper that triggered widespread protests by printing cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, federal prosecutors said Tuesday in announcing charges against the men.

Calif. town rattled by alleged rape of girl, 15 (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:05 PM PDT

Police cars sit parked outside Richmond High School on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, in Richmond, Calif. Authorities are investigating the rape and beating of a 15-year-old girl on school grounds following a homecoming dance last Friday which, according to police, lasted more than two hours and was witnessed by up to 20 people. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)AP - The gang rape and beating of a 15-year-old girl on school grounds after her homecoming dance was horrific enough. But even more shocking, police say, was that up to 20 people watched and did nothing to stop it.

eBay: No auction for suspect in Kan. doc's death (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2, 2009 file photo, Scott Roeder makes his first court appearance via a video link from the Sedgwick County Jail on in Wichita, Kan. Online retailer EBay is blocking an auction to raise money for the defense of the man accused of killing Kansas abortion provider George Tiller. EBay said in a statement Tuesday Oct. 27, 2009 the auction would violate its policy on 'offensive material.' Supporters of Roeder said they wanted to auction off items including an Army of God manual, which is an underground publication for anti-abortion militants that describes ways to shut down clinics, including bombing. (AP Photo/Jaime Oppenheimer, File, Pool)AP - Online retailer eBay said Tuesday it will block an auction planned to raise money for the man charged with killing Kansas abortion provider George Tiller.

Former Memphis mayor is target of federal probe (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:05 PM PDT

AP - Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton may be the target of a federal criminal probe, but his campaign manager says it's not distracting him from making a run for congress.

Deal struck on Great Lakes ship pollution (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:56 PM PDT

AP - Congressional negotiators reached a deal Tuesday that would effectively exempt 13 shipping companies that haul iron ore, coal and other freight on the Great Lakes from a proposed federal rule meant to reduce air pollution.

Twitter user list favors Dems in Calif. gov race (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:16 PM PDT

AP - When people sign up for Twitter, the popular social-networking site presents a list of suggested users to follow, driving significant traffic to sports figures, celebrities, politicians and other prominent posters.

Publisher delays books by guru in sweat lodge case (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:41 PM PDT

FILE - This Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 picture shows the area of the Angel Valley Retreat Center in Sedona, Ariz., where a heart-shaped stone memorial is set up on the site of the sweat lodge tragedy. The December 2009 release of two books by author and motivational speaker James Arthur Ray has been postponed in the wake of three deaths that occurred after an October 2009 sweat lodge ceremony he led in northern Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The release of two books by author and motivational speaker James Arthur Ray has been postponed in the wake of three deaths that occurred after a sweat lodge ceremony he led this month in northern Arizona.

Big brewers battle it out in calorie-cutting (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:36 PM PDT

Bottles of Budweiser Select 55 are seen on a shelf at a grocery store, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, in Des Moines, Iowa. The nation's top brewers are trying to win over drinkers who want to swap beer guts for six-pack abs by putting new beers on a diet. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - How low can beer makers go? Having conquered the beer-belly set, some of the nation's biggest brewers are trying to win over the six-pack-ab crowd with ultra-low-calorie suds.

Fisker to build hybrid cars at idled Del. GM plant (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:47 PM PDT

The Fisker Karma is shown in this undated handout photo from Fisker Automotive released October 27, 2009. Fisker Automotive announced on Tuesday their intention to manufacture the Karma, the world's first production plug-in hybrid car, at the former General Motors Boxwood road assembly plant in Wilmington, Delaware. REUTERS/Fisker Automotive/Handout (UNITED STATES TRANSPORT BUSINESS ENERGY ENVIRONMENT) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Luxury automaker Fisker Automotive is buying a shuttered General Motors assembly plant in Delaware to produce plug-in hybrid electric cars, officials said Tuesday.

Palin paid $1.25M for book by time she left office (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:36 PM PDT

AP - Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported Tuesday that she has received at least $1.25 million for her hugely anticipated upcoming memoir "Going Rogue."

More immigrants cite sexual orientation for asylum (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 01:50 PM PDT

In this photo taken July 23, 2009 Andre Azevedo poses in New York. Azevedo, 39, is a transgender man from Brazil who recently won asylum and now lives in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - For weeks, Nathaniel Cunningham and his boyfriend secretly lived together in rural Jamaica. They showed no affection in public and rarely spoke to neighbors.

Jury convicts teenager in Mich. homeless killings (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:27 PM PDT

AP - A 15-year-old was convicted on Tuesday of beating two homeless men to death in a fading Michigan industrial city and will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Fla. gov says he didn't know Obama was in state (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:04 PM PDT

AP - When Barack Obama came to Florida in February, GOP Gov. Charlie Crist gave him a hug. This time, Crist says he didn't even know the president was in his state.

World Series ticket prices falling in New York (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:41 PM PDT

AP - A rainy forecast is causing online ticket prices to drop for the opening game of the World Series in New York.

Ex-frat members plead guilty in NY hazing death (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 01:56 PM PDT

AP - Two former members of a banned college fraternity at a western New York campus admitted Tuesday they plied a student with so much beer, champagne and vodka during a three-day hazing that the young man died of alcohol poisoning.

Deputy marshal gets 4 years for information leak (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 01:54 PM PDT

Deputy U.S. marshal John Ambrose, center, accompanied by his attorney Francis C. Lipuma, left, leaves federal court in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 after being sentenced to four years in prison for leaking information about a witness in a major organized crime case. Ambrose was convicted in April of what prosecutors call the first security violation in the history of the government's Witness Security Program. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - A federal deputy marshal was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for leaking information about the government's star witness at Chicago's biggest organized crime trial in decades.

Fla. man says Home Depot fired him over God button (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:37 PM PDT

In this undated photo from video, Trevor Keezer is shown in front of The Home Depot in Okeechobee, Fla. Keezer says he was fired from his job as a cashier at The Home Depot in the rural Florida town because he wore an American flag button that read, 'One nation under God, indivisible.' (AP Photo/WPTV NewsChannel 5)AP - A former cashier for The Home Depot who has been wearing a "One nation under God" button on his work apron for more than a year has been fired, he says because of the religious reference. The company claims that expressing such personal beliefs is simply not allowed.

U.S. swine flu vaccine outlook improving, CDC says (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 01:36 PM PDT

Maryann Serratos holds her daughter's doll and medical paperwork as they wait in line for an H1N1 vaccine at Olive Harvey College Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 in Chicago. More than 22 million doses of swine flu vaccine are available now, and most Americans should soon find it easier to get their dose. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - More than 22 million doses of swine flu vaccine are available now, and most Americans should soon find it easier to get their dose, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.

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