2009年11月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Tight economy forces some to stay home for holiday (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:39 PM PST

Security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport are short Wednesday morning, Nov. 25, 2009. Millions of Americans got an early jump on their Thanksgiving travel Wednesday, with many opting to drive or take trains and buses instead of shelling out more money for flights amid a sour economy still hitting household budgets hard. (AP Photo/Dorie Turner)AP - There's still family, turkey and football, but one Thanksgiving tradition is taking a hit this year. Millions of Americans are spending the holiday at home, saying the poor economy has made it unaffordable to hit the road or board a plane.

Mom of teen set on fire: Son focused on recovery (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 09:35 AM PST

Valerie Brewer speaks about the recovery of her son Michael, 15, who was burned over 65 percent of his body after being doused with rubbing alcohol by a group of bullies, during an interview at Jackson Memorial hospital in Miami Wednesday Nov 25, 2009. (AP Photo/David Adame)AP - In the days after 15-year-old Michael Brewer was set on fire by a group of teens, his mother, Valerie Brewer, sat at his hospital bedside and worried.

Year after NY stampede, Black Friday gets makeover (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:36 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2008 file photo, Nassau County Police examine the front of the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, N.Y. where Jdimytai Damour, a temporary Wal-Mart worker, died after a throng of unruly shoppers broke down the doors and trampled him moments after the Long Island store opened for day-after-Thanksgiving bargain hunting. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has issued new guidelines this year seeking to prevent another tragedy. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, file)AP - Victoria Rogers had originally planned to make an early stop the day after Thanksgiving last year at the Walmart store in Valley Stream on Long Island. Her last-minute decision against it might have saved her life.

Ex-CNN host Lou Dobbs weighs Senate run in NJ (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:39 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Lou Dobbs, left, speaks with Bill O'Reilly during taping a segment for Fox News channel's 'The O'Reilly Factor,' in New York. Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as 'an intermediary step' that could lead to a run for the White House. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)AP - Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possible White House bid — a congressional matchup that would pit one of illegal immigration's biggest critics against a champion for immigrant rights.

Vicki Kennedy describes husband's cancer battle (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:05 PM PST

In this photo taken Nov. 20, 2009 and released by Harpo Productions, Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, right, talks with Vicky Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, in her first television interview since her husband's passing during taping of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show.' The episode will air on Wednesday, Nov. 25. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions Inc., George Burns)AP - The widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was dying of brain cancer he had been "in training" to make sure he had enough strength to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration.

Activist group posting 573,000 9/11 pager messages (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:40 PM PST

This screen grab from Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 shows the Wikileaks.org home page. An activist group called Wikileaks has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001. The group says some of the messages were sent by federal and local officials, but most appear to be from regular people, including frantic New Yorkers trying to reach loved ones in and around the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Wikileaks.com)AP - An activist group has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001, from "Second World Trade Center tower collapses" to "I'm ok & love you..xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox."

Drywall investigation expands into US products (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 02:21 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, a piece of Chinese drywall leans against the wall of a home in Davie, Fla. A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)AP - A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring.

CDC: Swine flu vaccine safe; no big problems seen (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:32 PM PST

A nurse holds up a bottle of the vaccine against H1N1 influenza at a hospital in Guanajuato November 25, 2009. Guanajuato has received 23,400 doses and will start with the vaccination programme for patients and workers most at risk on November 26. REUTERS/Mario Armas (MEXICO POLITICS HEALTH)AP - There's no evidence that the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects, U.S. health officials said Wednesday, in their first report on the safety of the new vaccine.

Shuttle Atlantis leaves space station, headed home (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:39 AM PST

This image from NASA TV shows the Space Shuttle Atlantis doing it's fly around passing behind the Russian segment of the International Space Station shortly after undocking from the International Space Station early Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. The Poisk can be seen at right. The shuttle is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday morning. The (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station early Wednesday and headed home with one astronaut eager to hold his newborn daughter for the first time and another who's been away from her young son since the summer.

Lambert says he got carried away, but not sorry (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 02:03 PM PST

Singer Adam Lambert appears on CBS's' 'The Early Show' in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)AP - Adam Lambert admits he got carried away with his sexually charged American Music Awards performance, but he's offering no apology.

Search crew working to free man stuck in cave (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:23 PM PST

AP - Rescuers chipped away with air-powered tools in a narrow tunnel Wednesday to free a man trapped upside down about 150 feet below ground in a popular Utah cave.

Ga. nurse anesthetist accused of abusing patients (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 03:11 PM PST

In this undated photo released by the Cobb County police, Paul Patrick Serdula, is seen. Police say an Atlanta area nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and they say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims. Serdula, who worked in dental and medical offices across the Atlanta area, was arrested Monday night on child molestation and sodomy charges. (AP Photo/Cobb County Police)AP - A metro Atlanta nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and police say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims.

Free to good home: Carrier USS John F. Kennedy (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:05 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday March 22, 2008, file photo, the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy makes it's way up the Delaware River near Philadelphia guided by tug boats. The U.S. Navy plans to donate the retired aircraft carrier as a museum or memorial. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek, File)AP - The U.S. Navy plans to give away the retired aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy for a museum or memorial.

Curbing global warming saves lives, studies say (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:41 PM PST

VIDEO: The effects of climate change on the Himalayan region. Originally filed: 280809. Duration: 01:26.(AFPTV/Greenpeace)AP - Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too, new research suggests.

Colonial-era skull to get military burial in Conn. (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 08:25 AM PST

AP - A Colonial-era skull believed to belong to a Revolutionary War soldier is set to be reburied in Connecticut with full military honors.

Pro-immigration reform PACS growing in influence (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 11:00 AM PST

In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 photo, Immigration attorney Ira Kurzban is shown in his office in Miami. Kurzban co-founded Immigrants List, the nation's first major pro-comprehensive reform PAC. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - Two fledgling political action committees that support allowing some illegal immigrants to become citizens are raising more money than their immigration-control counterparts, signaling a possible fundraising shift ahead of next year's congressional races.

Authorities: Hanged Ky. census worker killed self (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 06:37 AM PST

Kentucky State Police Capt. Lisa Rudzinski shows how 'fed' was written from the bottom up as she answers questions regarding the death of Kentucky census worker Bill Sparkman Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, at the Kentucky State Police Central Forensic Laboratory in Frankfort, Ky. The Kentucky census worker found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with 'fed' scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)AP - When an eastern Kentucky census worker was found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest, suspicion fell on the hardscrabble Appalachian area where bad news seems like a way of life.

Salvation Army's iconic kettles now credit ready (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 11:37 AM PST

Seth Trumbley, 6, of Colorado Springs, Col., prepares to drop a few coins into a Salvation Army red kettle on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The city is one of 30 nationwide to add card readers for donations with credit or debit cards as fewer shoppers carry cash. But so far, most donors continue dropping change or small bills in the kettles. (AP Photo/Kristen Wyatt)AP - There could be less jingle in the Salvation's Army's hallmark red kettles this season. The charity is testing kettles that take debit and credit cards.

Honolulu police posting DUI mug shots on Internet (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:48 AM PST

AP - Mug shots of drunken driving suspects are landing on the Honolulu Police Department's Web site, creating a virtual wall of shame long before suspects get their day in court.

Gay marriage momentum stalls in liberal NY, NJ (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:50 AM PST

In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 Drew Grande, of Manchester, N.H., left, Nicole Wilson, of Providence, R.I., center, and Josh Atwood, of Hampden, Maine, right, participate in a candlelight vigil in front of the Statehouse, in Providence. The vigil, sponsored by several groups that support equal rights for same-sex couples, was meant to draw attention to a failed bill that would have given equal rights to same-sex partners following the death of a partner or loved one. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - The state-to-state march to legalize gay marriage across the left-leaning Northeast has lost more momentum since a major setback three weeks ago at the ballot box in Maine.

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