2009年11月27日星期五

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Secret Service: officers didn't verify crashers (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 04:23 PM PST

This photo released by the White House Nov. 27, 2009, shows President Barack Obama greeting Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, at a State Dinner hosted by Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that the uninvited Virginia couple managed to slip into the dinner. (AP Photo/The White House, Samantha Appleton)AP - The Virginia couple who crashed a presidential dinner met President Barack Obama in the receiving line, the White House said Friday, as a "deeply concerned and embarrassed" Secret Service acknowledged its officers failed to check whether the couple was on the guest list.

Police chief: Woods' wife helped after accident (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 04:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2009 file photo, Tiger Woods, from the United States, lines up a putt during the third round of the Australian Masters golf tournament at the Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. Authorities say Woods has been seriously injured in a car wreck in Florida. The Florida Highway Patrol says the PGA star hit a fire hydrant and a tree as he pulled out of his driveway early Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, in his 2009 Cadillac sport utility vehicle. Woods was taken to Health Central Hospital. His condition was not immediately known, though the news release said his injuries were serious. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill, File)AP - Tiger Woods was injured early Friday when he lost control of his SUV outside his Florida mansion, and a local police chief said Woods' wife used a golf club to smash out the back window to help get him out.

Body of trapped Utah spelunker won't be recovered (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 04:56 PM PST

This undated family photo provided Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009, shows John Jones holding his daughter Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Dawn Jones. John Jones, 26, of Stansbury Park, died Thursday after he became stuck upside-down in Nutty Putty Cave, a popular spelunking site about 80 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah. (AP Photo/Jones Family) NO SALESAP - The popular Utah cave where a 26-year-old medical student died earlier in the week will be closed permanently and his body will not be removed, state and county officials said Friday.

Signs of life in stores as holiday shopping begins (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 02:01 PM PST

Shoppers wait in the check out line during a Black Friday sale at Nebraska Furniture Mart Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 in Kansas City, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - The nation's shoppers took advantage of deals on toys and TVs with some renewed vigor in stores and online on Black Friday after a year of concentrating their spending on basic necessities.

4 relatives shot dead at Fla. Thanksgiving party (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 02:58 PM PST

This undated photo provided by Jim Sitton via WPTV shows Makayla Sitton, 6. Four people including a child in bed were shot to death during a family Thanksgiving gathering Thursday night, Nov. 26, 2009 in Jupiter, Fla., and a manhunt was under way across South Florida early Friday for Paul Michael Merhige, 35, a relative suspected in the slayings. (AP Photo/ Jim Sitton via WPTV) NO SALESAP - A Florida man opened fire on his family after Thanksgiving dinner, killing his pregnant sister, 6-year-old cousin and two other relatives before speeding off and initiating a statewide manhunt, police said Friday.

DA: Walmart peaceful year after deadly NY stampede (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 04:52 PM PST

AP - Crowd control at all Walmart stores in New York appeared to be smooth Friday, a year after a security guard was crushed to death by a stampede of shoppers.

Lawsuit filed over Buckley family trust fund (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 01:00 PM PST

AP - Six children of the sister of the late conservative columnist William F. Buckley are accusing their father of stealing money from a trust fund their mother set up using some of the Buckley family fortune.

Space shuttle Atlantis, 7 astronauts back on Earth (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 01:53 PM PST

Birds scatter as the space shuttle Atlantis touches down on Kennedy Space Center's Runway 33 Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The shuttle completed an 11-day mission to the international space station. (AP Photo/Bruce Weaver, Pool)AP - Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth touchdown Friday to end an "amazing" flight that resupplied the International Space Station.

Mass. woman sees image of Jesus on her iron (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 10:54 AM PST

In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 residue is seen on the bottom of an electric iron at the home of Mary Jo Coady, in Methuen, Mass. Coady says an image of Jesus Christ that she sees in the pattern on the bottom of the iron, which she first noticed on Sunday, has reassured her that 'life is going to be good.' (AP Photo/The Eagle-Tribune, Grant Morris) MANDATORY CREDITAP - A Massachusetts woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work says an image of Jesus Christ she sees on her iron has reassured her that "life is going to be good."

Nader noncommittal to Conn. Senate run (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 04:42 PM PST

Vic Lancia, left, of the Connecticut Green Party, carried a sign urging Ralph Nader to enter the 2010 Senate race, while attending a book-signing by Nader, who was pushing his new book, 'Only the Super Rich Can Save Us!' at the Noah Webster Library in West Hartford, Conn., on Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Nader later declined to say whether he's willing to be a candidate when queried by reporters. (AP Photo/George Ruhe)AP - Consumer activist and Connecticut native Ralph Nader said Friday he is "absorbing" the reaction he's receiving about a possible bid for the U.S. Senate, saying he wants to first gauge the level of grassroots support before making a decision.

White House says uninvited dinner couple met Obama (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 02:50 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) greets Michaele Salahi (C) and her husband Tareq (R) during a state dinner for India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) at the White House in this official White House photo taken November 24, 2009 and released November 27, 2009. The Salahi's penetrated layers of security to enter the White House this week without an invitation. REUTERS/Samantha Appleton-The White House/Handout (UNITED STATES POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - A White House official says the Virginia couple who attended a state dinner without an invitation met President Barack Obama in the receiving line.

Food stamps estimate raises debate over 'poverty' (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 11:09 AM PST

In this photo taken Nov. 23, 2009, Lisa Zilligen, 28, serves lunch to her three children, Miles, 20 months, Olivia 6, left, and Danielle, 8, in her home in Chicago. Zilligen, a single mother and full-time student at Loyola University has been getting food stamps for the past several months; sometimes the allotment runs out before the end of the month and the family ends up visiting a food pantry. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - The estimate was startling, and made headlines around the country: Almost half of all U.S. kids will be on food stamps at some time during childhood.

NYC mayor spent a record $102M to win a 3rd term (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 02:57 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 picture, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg leaves the voting booth after casting his ballot in New York. Bloomberg spent at least $102 million to narrowly win a third term, breaking his previous records for the most expensive self-financed political bid in U.S. history, according to a report released Friday by his campaign. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent at least $102 million to narrowly win a third term, breaking his previous records for the most expensive self-financed political bid in U.S. history, according to a report released Friday by his campaign.

Americans give thanks, see parades, feast in space (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:47 PM PST

The Kermit the Frog balloon floats through Times Square during Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)AP - Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to hundreds of thousands of revelers eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie.

Olmsted's 1895 Pa. steel town seeks green rebirth (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 08:02 AM PST

In this photo made on Oct. 15, 2009 banners showing the famed architect Frederick Law Olmsted, known as the father of American landscape architecture, line the streets in Vandergrift, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - Imagine: It's 1895. A steel baron hires New York's Central Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted to build a town in western Pennsylvania where mill workers can live, work and play. By the turn of the century, Vandergrift's rounded buildings and roads flow along the contours of the Kiskiminetas River.

Christian church, Native American tribe reconcile (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 02:46 PM PST

The Rev. Robert Chase delivers a statement by the Collegiate Church during a healing ceremony entitled the Healing of Turtle Island,Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 in New York. Collegiate Church, one of the oldest surviving institutions of the early Dutch settlement of New York is publicly acknowledging publicly its role in helping to relegate Native Americans to the margins of society. Chase told the Lenape: 'We consumed your resources, dehumanized your people and disregarded your culture.' (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - Members of one of America's oldest Protestant churches officially apologized Friday — for the first time — for massacring and displacing Native Americans 400 years ago.

Horse industry closely watches Dubai debt crisis (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 02:29 PM PST

This Sept. 12, 2005 photo shows one of the big buyers during the 2005 September Yearling Sale, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, center, with John Ferguson, bloodstock advisor, right, and his wife Princess Hava. The debt crisis in Dubai was being closely monitored Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 by buyers and sellers of high-end racehorses, but there was no immediate indication Dubai's ruler would scale back his enormous financial ties to the industry in the United States and elsewhere. The family of the emirate's ruler, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has been among the highest spenders at major American thoroughbred auctions dating to the 1980s, often paying millions of dollars for top bloodstock even during market downturns such as the current one. (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Pam Spaulding)AP - The debt crisis in Dubai was being closely monitored Friday by buyers and sellers of high-end racehorses, but there was no immediate indication Dubai's ruler would scale back his enormous financial ties to the industry in the United States and elsewhere.

FBI: Ex-doctor in Ohio admitted making pipe bombs (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:13 PM PST

AP - A former doctor who practiced medicine in Ohio and West Virginia has admitted to making pipe bombs that were part of an arsenal seized at his apartment after two explosions, federal agents say.

Signal fading on radio traffic reports (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:51 PM PST

In this Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 photo showing traffic watcher Mike Nolan working at his computers doing his radio traffic report from his home studio in Corona, Calif. For more than 20 years, Nolan was known to radio listeners as the 'eye in the sky.' He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, spying the worst traffic in the nation. These days, he sends his reports from his home office in suburban Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic.

Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 09:23 AM PST

Dennis Rwomwiyhu stacks a pallet of food at the Food Lifeline warehouse Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, in Seattle. Across the country, food banks are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that increasingly supplies their goods. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that increasingly supplies their goods.

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