2009年11月20日星期五

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Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 02:59 PM PST

Dr. Kernan Manion poses for a photograph in his officer in Hampstead, N.C., Friday, Nov. 20, 2008.  Dr. Manion a psychiatrist was fired after he complained about conditions for his patients at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., In e-mails shown to The Associated Press, Manion had questioned why the clinic, a series of bug-infested trailers with paper-thin walls, was located near a firing range on the 240-square-mile base.  (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)AP - Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.


Teen pleads guilty in violent Border Patrol murder (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 02:37 PM PST

FILE - This undated file image provided by the U.S. Border Patrol shows agent Robert Wimer Rosas, who was shot and killed while patrolling Thursday July 23, 2009 in southeastern San Diego County. Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez pleaded guilty Friday Nov. 20, 2009 to murdering Rosas. (AP Photo/US Border Patrol)AP - A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to murdering a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in head, neck and torso in the mountains east of San Diego.


Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 04:05 PM PST

In this image taken from video Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 and provided by Harpo Productions Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey announces during a live broadcast of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in Chicago that her daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc.)   MANDATORY  CREDIT,  NO SALESAP - For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night.


Former Marine charged in 'Cathouse' star's death (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:10 PM PST

In this photo provided by the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department, David Allen Tyner is pictured in a booking photo dated Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Tyner, 28, surrendered at the Mayes County, Okla., Sheriff's Office on a warrant that included six murder complaints. Tyner has not been formally charged with any crime. (AP Photo/Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department)AP - A former Marine was charged Friday with six counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a burning home, including a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse."


Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 04:27 PM PST

This undated photo provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children shows Shaniya Nicole Davis. Mario McNeill already accused of kidnapping  5-year-old Shaniya Davis faces new charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police said Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Mario McNeill is being charged with first-degree murder and first-degree rape of a child, Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine told reporters at a news conference.  (AP Photo/National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)AP - A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road.


Bond increased for man accused of taping reporter (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:39 PM PST

AP - A judge has increased bond to $100,000 for an Illinois insurance executive accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews.

Measure to change U. of Neb. stem-cell rule fails (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:07 PM PST

NU Board of Regent Jim McClurg of Lincoln, left, takes notes during public testimony Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at the regent's monthly meeting in Lincoln, Neb., regarding the expansion or restriction of embryonic stem cell research as Regent Brad Bohn looks on. The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted down a proposal to restrict the school's rules governing embryonic stem-cell research beyond what the federal government allows.  (AP Photo/Bill Wolf)AP - The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama took office.


Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:39 PM PST

In this Nov. 18, 2009 photo released by NASA, the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Atlantis' payload bay are seen as Atlantis and the station approach each other during rendezvous and docking activities on flight day three. A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work Thursday outside the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word Friday on the birth of a crewman's daughter as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk.


Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:24 PM PST

AP - Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.

SC lawmakers to take up impeachment of governor (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:14 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 13, 2009 South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford attends a meeting in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina lawmakers say they'll formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time  (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.


Pa. university students upset about fitness class (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:52 PM PST

AP - A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

NYC TV newsman guilty of attempted assault on wife (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:19 PM PST

AP - Cable television newsman Dominic Carter, an influential reporter on New York politics, was convicted Friday of an attempted assault on his wife.

Giuliani back in spotlight — but what's the show? (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 12:15 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2009 file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani urges supporters to vote for Republican candidate for New Jersey governor Chris Christie, left, in West Milford, N.J. A spokeswoman for Giuliani insists he still hasn't made up his mind and won't be shy to say so when he does. Christie defeated Gov. Jon S. Corzine and Independent Chris Daggett in the Nov. 3 election.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)AP - Whether he's planning another run for the White House or a bid for senator or governor, or he just misses the spotlight, Rudy Giuliani is suddenly back and talking about the topic that made him a national star — Sept. 11.


Diocese: Pedophile priests should get benefits (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 12:04 PM PST

AP - The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is obligated to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles, church officials argued in a bankruptcy court filing seeking permission to keep making the payments.

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 02:18 PM PST

Allene Diaz (L), 11, and her mother, Christina, wait in line for the H1N1 vaccine in Haltom City, Texas October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiAP - Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.


Lewis returns in Magic's 97-91 win over Bobcats (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 07:03 PM PST

Orlando Magic forward Rashard Lewis, right, backs into Charlotte Bobcats forward Stephen Jackson during the first half of an NBA  basketball game in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)AP - Rashard Lewis had 10 points in his first game back from a suspension and the Orlando Magic beat the Charlotte Bobcats 97-91 Monday night.


Atty seeks psych care for Mo. teen murder suspect (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 03:17 PM PST

This picture provided on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 by the Cole County Sheriff's Department shows Alyssa Bustamante. On Wendesday, Nov. 18, 2009, a judge entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of the 15-year-old-girl charged as an adult in the strangulation and stabbing death of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten. (AP Photo/Cole County Sheriff's Department)AP - A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of severe depression and anxiety, her attorney said.


Planes ready to leave Brunswick, Maine Navy base (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:49 PM PST

In this Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 photo, one of the last remaining P-3 Orion planes heads for a landing at the Brunswick Naval Air Station in Brunswick, Maine. The last plane is scheduled to leave the base the weekend after Thanksgiving and the entire base is scheduled to be closed in 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)AP - The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station.


Robbery motive in deaths of 5 in rural Arkansas (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 04:48 PM PST

AP - Thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for the meager bounty of a set of wheel rims and some flat-screen televisions, police said court documents Friday.

Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 04:26 PM PST

Saipan emergency members carry an injured person on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. A gunman opened fire on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, killing four people before fatally shooting himself, and wounding eight others, a South Korean official said Friday. (AP Photo/Saipan Times via Yonhap)AP - After going on a shooting rampage that left a trail of victims on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, the gunman drove to a scenic, rocky cliff where untold numbers of Japanese men, women and children plunged to their deaths to avoid capture during World War II, according to police and witness accounts.


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