2009年11月17日星期二

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Relatives of Mo. family doubt sex abuse claims (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:19 PM PST

This combination of undated photos released by the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department and the Marion County Sheriff's Office shows, from left to right on the top row; Jared Leroy Mohler, 48, of Columbia, Mo., David A. Mohler, 52, of Lamoni, Iowa, Burrell Edward Mohler Sr., 77, of Independence, Mo., and from left to right on the second row; Burrell Edward Mohler Jr., 53, of Independence, Mo., Roland Neil Mohler, 47, of Bates City, Mo. and Darrel Wayne Mohler of Silver Springs, Fla. (AP Photo/Lafayette County Sheriff's Dept./Marion County Sheriff's Dept.)AP - If the tales they told police are true, a group of children in rural Missouri grew up in a house of horror, where some were raped by relatives, then told to write down their memories in little glass jars and bury them in the ground.

Slain NC girl's aunt says mother was neglectful (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:51 PM PST

Crystal Weichett holds her daughter Callie during a candle light vigil for 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis whose body was found near Sanford, N.C., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. For a week, authorities feverishly searched for a 5-year-old girl across central North Carolina, only to find her body Monday off a rural road following accusations the girl's mother offered her for sex. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)AP - The aunt of a 5-year-old girl whose body was found off a rural North Carolina road said Tuesday that she had a hard time letting the girl live temporarily at her mother's house because she believed the woman neglected her children.

Cleveland seeks survivors of 'house of horrors' (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:05 PM PST

Surrounded by sheriff's deputies, Anthony Sowell is arraigned on rape, kidnapping, attempted murder and felonious assault charges Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, in Cleveland. A search of Sowell's home after his arrest Sept. 22, led to the discovery of the remains of 11 women on the property. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)AP - Now that most of the bodies found at the home of a suspected serial killer have been identified, Cleveland is turning its attention to the living — to any women who might be reluctant to come forward after encounters with a man now charged with murder and rape.

Probe continues in Chicago BOE president's death (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:55 PM PST

AP - Divers returned to the Chicago River and investigators scoured cell phone records Tuesday as police declined to call the death of the city's school board president a suicide a day after an autopsy concluded he shot himself in the head.

Fact check: Guantanamo detainees and U.S. prisons (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:31 PM PST

This is an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center near the Mississippi River Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 in Thomson, Ill. Federal officials are at the prison in northwest Illinois that the government might buy to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - As the Obama administration considers a plan to move Guantanamo Bay detainees to prisons on U.S. soil, including possible sites in Illinois and Michigan, proponents and critics are spinning the facts.

Woman pleads guilty, apologizes in Smart abduction (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:06 PM PST

Elizabeth Smart kidnapper, Wanda Barzee, walks to a car following a hearing in federal court, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Barzee plead guilty to kidnapping and illegal transportation of a minor across state lines for the 2002 kidnapping of Smart with her partner, Brian David Mitchell. (AP Photo/Colin Braley)AP - Seven years after she was abducted at knifepoint, Elizabeth Smart finally has an apology — and a guilty plea — from one of her kidnappers.

Astronauts inspect space shuttle in case of damage (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:18 PM PST

In this photo provided by NASA, guests at NASA's Kennedy Space Center view the launch of space shuttle Atlantis in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Space shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew began the 11-day STS-129 mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle will transport spare hardware to the outpost and return a station crew member who spent more than two months in space. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts scoured their ship Tuesday for any signs of launch damage while pursuing the International Space Station.

NY ex-lawyer ordered to prison in terror case (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:38 PM PST

FILE - This Oct. 16, 2006 file photo shows Lynne Stewart speaking to the media and her supporters outside Manhattan federal court following her sentencing in New York. A federal appeals court on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 upheld the conviction of the disbarred civil rights lawyer convicted in a terrorism case, forcing her to surrender immediately and requiring a judge to consider whether her prison sentence of a little over two years was too lenient. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, file)AP - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a disbarred civil rights lawyer and ordered her to begin serving her sentence while a judge reconsiders whether he was too lenient in giving her more than two years in prison for passing information between suspected terrorists.

NYC political anchor takes bizarre fall from grace (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:44 PM PST

AP - Big political names abound in New York: Mario Cuomo. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Rudy Giuliani. And for political climbers seeking a stage in the media, a platform to join or displace the powerhouses, the man to go through for years was Dominic Carter — until last month.

Texas A&M remembering fatal '99 bonfire collapse (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:31 PM PST

AP - The bonfire collapse at Texas A&M University killed Carolyn Adams' daughter, Miranda. A decade later, Adams said she's grateful her daughter and the 11 other Aggies killed haven't been forgotten.

SC lawmaker: Rendezvous not enough to impeach gov (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:26 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 13, 2009 South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford listens to remarks during the Budget and Control Board meeting in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - A top South Carolina lawmaker says the embattled governor should not face impeachment simply because he secretly left the state in June — a trip he took to see his Argentine lover.

Army helps vets with `invisible wounds' find jobs (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:22 PM PST

In this Oct. 14, 2009 photo, Richard Martin, a wounded Iraq War veteran, works in his office at Northrop Grumman in Clearfield, Utah. Martin suffers from TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) from several blasts during his deployment and uses headphones in his work to help his concentration as well as block out unexpected noises. Martin also sticks post-it notes to his walls, and utilizes a blackberry to help remember tasks related to his work. Army officials say many new veterans suffering from PTSD and brain injuries struggle to find and keep a civilian job. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)AP - Richard Martin keeps a rearview mirror on his desk to prevent co-workers from startling him in his cubicle. The walls are papered with sticky notes to help him remember things, and he wears noise-canceling headphones to keep his easily distracted mind focused.

5 indicted in scam targeting agencies in 4 states (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:52 PM PST

AP - A federal grand jury in West Virginia has linked five more people to an international scam that allegedly tricked government agencies in several states into paying at least $3.3 million to bogus companies with names that sounded like legitimate firms.

Md. city aims for balance with Dred Scott plaque (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:21 PM PST

Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Robert Bell, center, applauds after unveiling a plaque honoring Dred and Harriet Scott during a ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, in Frederick, Md. City officials placed the plaque about the Supreme Court's 1857 Dred Scott decision affirming slavery near a statue of Roger Brooke Taney, the onetime Frederick lawyer who wrote the inflammatory opinion. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - More than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming slavery, a Maryland city unveiled a plaque Tuesday to educate visitors about the opinion and the local man who wrote it — and to quell a local controversy.

Don't blame fast food: Mummies had heart disease (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:22 PM PST

This undated photo provided by Dr Michael I. Miyamoto shows the mummified remains of Djeher, who lived in the Ptolemaic Era (304-30 BCE), entering a CT scanner tube set up outside of the Egyptian National Museum of Antiquities in Cairo. A team of researchers using CT scans, a type of X-ray, have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies. The subjects were from 1981 B.C. to 334 A.D. (AP Photo/Dr. Michael I. Miyamoto)AP - You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies.

Study: New device boosts heart failure survival (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:43 PM PST

In this Nov. 13, 2009 photo, Leonor Ortiz Childers, 46, plays with her children, 3-year-old twins Miranda and Javier, right, and 18-month-old twins Julian and Ava, left, in Durham, N.C. Leonor developed heart failure suddenly when she had to be treated for breast cancer while pregnant with her second set of twins. The HeartMate II heart pump has kept Leonor alive for a year without the need of a heart transplant. (AP Photo/Sara D. Davis)AP - For the first time, a miniature heart pump shows the potential to become a widely used, permanent treatment for many older people with severe heart failure. But can we afford it?

Gay couples blast federal Defense of Marriage Act (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:37 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2009 file photo, Ed Grandis, left, and Juan D. Rondon, hug after a bill allowing same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia was introduced at a city council meeting in Washington. A measure to let voters decide whether to ban same-sex marriages in D.C. cannot go on the ballot because it would violate a city human rights law, the Board of Elections and Ethics ruled Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009. The D.C. City Council is expected to approve gay marriage next month, but opponents wanted voters to weigh in. The elections board said allowing residents to vote on a ban would conflict with the city's 1977 Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - Gay married couples suing the government over a federal law that doesn't recognize same-sex unions say there is "no legitimate or plausible" reason for having a federal definition of marriage that excludes gay couples.

Lawmaker: What if terrorists took NYC mayor's kid (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:34 PM PST

AP - An Arizona congressman who believes it's a security risk to prosecute suspected Sept. 11 terrorists in Manhattan apologized Tuesday for suggesting New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's family could be in danger with such a high-profile case in town.

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