2009年11月1日星期日

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Future of GOP and moderate Republicans uncertain (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 06:13 PM PST

FILE - This combination image of Oct. 2009 file photos shows Congressional candidates in New York's 23rd district, from left, Democrat Bill Owens, Conservative Party Dan Hoffman, and Republican Dierdre Scozzafava. Scozzafava is endorsing Democrat Bill Owens. Scozzafava said Democrat Bill Owens would be better at building on the legacy of Republican John McHugh, who previously represented the 23rd Congressional District. (AP Photo/File)AP - In a Republican Party struggling to find its identity, the surprise withdrawal of the chosen GOP candidate for a New York congressional race — forced by a rising conservative upstart — renews a lingering national debate: Are moderates welcome in today's Grand Old Party?

Obama community college proposal may not be enough (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:54 PM PST

Students move through the entrance to Ivy Tech Community College during a class change in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. With droves of displaced workers competing with traditional students looking for an education bargain, community colleges in many parts of the country are jammed. Yet President Barack Obama wants an additional 5 million students to graduate from community colleges by 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - Arthur Call commutes three hours roundtrip to his anatomy class at community college because similar courses on campuses closer to his Indianapolis home are packed this semester.

No word yet when Bay Bridge will be open again (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 05:24 PM PST

An oil containing boom has been set up near Treasure Island and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. The U.S. Coast Guard says an oil tanker has leaked fuel into San Francisco Bay, creating a slick at least a mile long. Coast Guard Petty Officer Melissa Leake says the Panamanian-flagged Dubai Star began leaking bunker fuel during a fuel transfer Friday morning. (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels)AP - Another briefing and still no word on when the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be open to traffic again.

Internet believers: Pastors open online churches (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:55 PM PST

In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, Brian Vasil, the Internet pastor for the Flamingo Road Church in Cooper City, Fla., chats with attendees from around the world as he prepares to deliver a sermon Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - Church volunteers greet visitors entering the lobby. The worship band begins its set and a pastor offers to pray privately with anyone during the service.

Colorado county copes with methane mystery (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:19 PM PST

In this photograph taken on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, the sign and fire extinguisher were put up near a water well owned by Ben and Melanie Bounds after a build up of methane blew the roof off the couple's water well shed on the land outside of Walsenburg, Colo. Area residents are experiencing problems with their wells since drilling for natural gas started around the southeast Colorado community. (AP Photo/Judith Kohler)AP - Bernice and Jerry Angely like to show visitors the singed T-shirt a friend was wearing when their water well exploded and shot flames 30 feet high.

Police: NJ mom stabbed son, self over custody fear (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 03:41 PM PST

AP - A New Jersey mother whose inability to understand English apparently misled her to believe that her children would be taken away stabbed her 8-year-old son with a steak knife, then tried to kill herself, police said.

Ohio coroner: 6 bodies found were homicide victims (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 03:03 PM PST

This undated photo released by the Cleveland Police Department shows Anthony E. Sowell. Police in Cleveland have arrested Sowell, a convicted rapist after they found as many as six bodies at his house. (AP Photo/Cleveland Police Department)AP - Six women whose badly decomposed bodies were found at the home of a convicted rapist were all victims of homicide, the coroner's office said Sunday.

Search for Calif. crash survivors now recovery (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 02:04 PM PST

This undated image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows from left: Petty Officer 2nd Class Carl P. Grigonis, 35, from Mayfield Heights, Ohio, navigator; Petty Officer 2nd Class Monica L. Beacham, 29, from Decaturville, Tann., radio operator; Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason S. Moletzsky, 26, from Norristown, Pa., air crew; and Petty Officer 3rd Class Danny R. Kreder II, 22, from Elm Mott, Texas, drop master.. The C-130 and the Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter collided at 7:10 p.m. Thursday Oct. 29, 2009 as the Coast Guard was conducting a search operation for a missing boater. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard)AP - The search for nine people missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter over the Pacific Ocean is now a recovery mission, officials said Sunday.

Anguish over California teen suicides spurs action (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:37 PM PST

Students at Henry M. Gunn High School pose for a photo on the school campus in Palo Alto, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. The students created a student-run support group ROCK, also known as 'Reach Out. Care. Know.' after the three Gunn students who committed suicide. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)AP - Grim news hit this university town in late October just two days before a PTA forum on teenage stress: Another Palo Alto teen had died after stepping in front of a commuter train, the fourth such suicide in less than six months.

San Fran's latest battle royale: parking meters (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:15 AM PST

A parking meter is seen near San Francisco's financial district Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority, facing an over $125 million operating deficit, is proposing to extend the operating hours of parking meters until midnight, and all day on Sunday. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - This city's most popular neighborhoods are night owls, streets that come alive when the restaurants and pubs set the mood and light their candles. But try parking in these hot spots: no fun.

Defections, court fights test Scientology (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:12 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2004 photo, confetti rains down as U.S. actor Tom Cruise, left, embraces leader of the Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, during the official opening of a new Scientology church in central Madrid. The Church of Scientology is going through a difficult season. The church's most recent setbacks - a fraud conviction in France last week and several high-profile defections - have the controversial group on the defensive amid signs of a declining membership in the U.S. (AP Photo/Paul White)AP - The Church of Scientology is going through a difficult season.

NYC man pursues insanity defense in doctor slaying (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 10:46 AM PST

AP - David Tarloff lives in a deeply troubled inner world.

American Meb Keflezighi wins NYC Marathon (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 02:01 PM PST

Meb Keflezighi (R) heads through Central Park toward the finish line to win the 2009 New York City Marathon, after passing Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (L), November 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chip EastAP - That day in Central Park two years ago was shaping up as a triumphant symbol of the resurgence in American distance running Meb Keflezighi helped inspire.

As jobs vanish, factory towns slow to see stimulus (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 03:19 PM PST

Employees, Kenny Mooney, Bob Williams, and Matthew Kuticka, who work for JLA Construction of Repbulic, Mo., work on a retaining wall that is part of an overpass being constructed over Highway 71 south of Lamar, Mo, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. The overpass, part of the national stimulus package, will allow traffic on Highway 126 to pass over busy 71. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)AP - Many communities hit hardest by job losses, those built around dying factories and mills, have been slowest to see relief from President Barack Obama's stimulus plan, underscoring how hard it is for Washington policymakers to create lasting work in areas that need it most.

Govt says swine flu vaccine catching up to demand (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 08:33 AM PST

AP - A senior adviser to President Barack Obama says the government will catch up to the demand for swine flu vaccine within a week.

Officer killed, trainee hurt in Seattle shooting (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:16 PM PST

A Homicide detective arrives on the scene where a female Seattle police officer was killed in the line of duty on Saturday October 31, 2009 in the Leschi Neighborhood. This was likely the city's first killing of an officer in the line of duty since 2006. It was the first officer shot to death on duty since 1994. (AP Photo/Seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo) MANDATORY CREDITAP - Seattle police searched for clues Sunday in a shooting that killed a police officer and injured a trainee, marking the city's first officer killed in the line of duty since 2006.

Ariz. jails Iraqi driver after daughter run down (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 05:54 AM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Peoria Police Department, Faleh Almaleki is seen. Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter in Arizona with his car because she was becoming 'too Westernized,' has been arrested in Georgia, authorities said Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Peoria Police Department)AP - An Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter with his car because she was becoming "too Westernized" was returned to Arizona Saturday to face aggravated assault charges.

No Philly transit union strike during World Series (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:23 PM PDT

A man walks to the SEPTA Pattison subway station, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - The Philadelphia transit system's largest union agreed Saturday not to go on strike as contract talks continued hours before the start of Game 3 of the World Series, Pennsylvania's governor and the city's mayor said.

No trick: 2,000 kids knock on White House door (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:22 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hand out candy at the White House, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 in Washington, on Halloween. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fruit mixes to more than 2,000 trick-or-treaters, marking their Halloween at a White House event partly aimed at honoring military families.

Girl shot dead after Calif. school football game (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:01 PM PDT

Friends and classmates of Wilson High School junior, Melody Ross, 16, gather on Ximeno Ave. between 7th and 10th Street adjacent to their high school to mourn Ross's death on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. The night before, Ross and friends were leaving the school's football game versus cross town rivals, Poly, when Ross was unintentionally struck by a stray bullet. (AP Photo/Diandra Jay - Press-Telegram)AP - Police were searching Saturday for a person who shot and killed a 16-year-old girl and wounded two men when firing into a crowd following a football game at a high school in Southern California.

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