2009年12月7日星期一

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Powerful snowstorm snarls traffic across the West (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 04:48 PM PST

University of Nevada Reno student David Tidwell slides down a hill on the UNR campus as his friends watch on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Over a foot of snow has fallen from the storm that started early Monday morning. All public schools and the university were closed because of the weather. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Andy Barron)AP - A large and powerful storm howled across the West with snow and strong winds Monday, snarling traffic, closing schools and threatening to spawn mudslides in wildfire-devastated Southern California.

Mullen expects casualties to rise in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 04:48 PM PST

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discusses the Afghansitan mission with soldiers at Fort Campbell, Ky. Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey)AP - The nation's highest-ranking military officer told soldiers and Marines Monday that the insurgency in Afghanistan has grown in the last three years and he expects casualties to rise next year as additional U.S. troops pour into the war.

US plan to round up wild horses draws opposition (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 02:58 PM PST

In this Sunday, July 13, 2009 photo, a helicopter pilot rounds up wild horses from the Fox & Lake Herd Management Area in Washoe County, Nev. Dozens of wild horse advocates plan to go before a federal advisory panel here on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 to try to persuade public land managers to change their plan to relocate thousands of free-roaming mustangs from the West to preserves elsewhere. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)AP - One of most stirring symbols of the American West — mustangs thundering freely across the range — could be heading east.

Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST

This undated file photo provided by Virgin Galactic shows placement of the center beam during SpaceShipTwo's construction inside the Scaled Composites plant at the Mojave Airport in Mojave, Calif. SpaceShipTwo is slated for rollout Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, in the Mojave Desert(AP Photo/Virgin Galactic)AP - The sleek, bullet-shaped spacecraft is about the size of a large business jet — with wide windows and seats for six well-heeled passengers to take a ride into space.

Gas line explodes at Ill. factory; debris kills 1 (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 05:00 PM PST

AP - A gas line exploded Monday at a technology plant in northern Illinois, sending aloft debris that killed a man at a nearby highway rest area.

Pearl Harbor attack remembered 68 years later (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 02:38 PM PST

AP - Dozens of survivors of Pearl Harbor on Monday solemnly remembered those who died in the Japanese aerial assault 68 years ago as a top Navy commander said their bravery laid the foundation for the subsequent U.S. victory in World War II.

Police find body of Wi. man wanted in 4 homicides (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 03:49 PM PST

AP - Police on Monday found the body of a man wanted in two double homicides in Wisconsin in the car of one of his victims, a coroner said.

School teaches the finer points of maple syrup (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 04:51 PM PST

Debra Hartford of Thurston and Peters Sugarhouse in West Newfield, Maine, reacts after sampling a foul tasting batch of maple syrup during a class for syrup producers, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in Skowhegan, Maine. Students got firsthand experience learning what makes syrup good - and bad - at a two-day syrup grading school. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - Tasting maple syrup is a lot like tasting wine. Sniff the aroma, take a sip, hold it on your tongue and savor it for a moment to register the sensation.

Trooper sought blood results after Woods crash (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 04:48 PM PST

In this photo taken on Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 and released by the Florida Highway Patrol on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, front end damage to Tigers Woods' vehicle is shown in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Florida Highway Patrol)AP - A Florida trooper who suspected Tiger Woods was driving under the influence sought a subpoena for the golfer's blood results from the hospital he was taken to after crashing his SUV, but prosecutors rejected the petition for insufficient information, according to a police report released Monday.

Ex-Detroit mayor denies threat to prosecutor (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 03:48 PM PST

AP - Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick denied in court Monday that he made threats to a prosecutor during a jailhouse telephone call to his wife while he was serving time following a text-messaging sex scandal that led to his resignation.

Historic EPA finding: Greenhouse gases harm humans (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 04:48 PM PST

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson makes announcement on climate during a news conference in Washington, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. The EPA took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans' health.

Experts: Colon cancer deaths could make big drop (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 05:05 PM PST

AP - Colon cancer deaths could drop dramatically in the next decade because of better screening and treatment, according to an optimistic new prediction by top researchers.

Ohio killer awaits fate as 1st execution on 1 drug (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 03:18 PM PST

In this undated file photo released by Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Kenneth Biros is shown. Biros was convicted of killing Tami Engstrom in February 1991. The condemned Ohio killer could become the first person in the country put to death with one dose of an intravenous anesthetic if his execution proceeds Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. The execution method, which replaces the faster-acting three-drug process could propel other states to eventually consider the switch. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, File)AP - A condemned killer scheduled to become the first person in the U.S. put to death with a single drug — in an execution that could take longer than previous procedures — arrived Monday at the Ohio death house.

Texas prisoner captured after week on the run (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 02:49 PM PST

AP - A convicted sex offender who was the subject of a weeklong manhunt after pulling off a daring escape during a prison transfer was captured Monday after authorities received several phone tips, including one from a salesman who recognized the inmate outside his business.

Parolee charged in killing of Pittsburgh-area cop (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 02:51 PM PST

AP - A parolee wearing an electronic ankle bracelet fatally shot a man at his home over a $500 drug debt, then walked outside and opened fire on a patrol car, killing an officer awaiting backup, authorities said.

Reality series `Basketball Wives' set for VH1 (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 02:15 PM PST

AP - A VH1 reality series that promises an inside look at the lives of NBA players' wives and girlfriends is set to air early next year.

Pulitzer Board elects Politico co-founder (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 01:37 PM PST

AP - The Pulitzer Prize Board has elected its first member representing a primarily online news organization, keeping in step with the board's recent decision to allow entries from more online sites.

NY judge declares mistrial in NJ blogger trial (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 11:49 AM PST

FILE - In this Monday, June 22, 2009 file photo, Harold 'Hal' Turner, of North Bergen, N.J., leaves Hartford Superior Court in Hartford, Conn., after he was arraigned on a charge of inciting violence against state lawmakers. When three federal appeals court judges in Illinois upheld local handgun bans this year, blogger Hal Turner went on the offensive. Turner, a fierce gun control opponent, called the judges 'cunning, ruthless, deceitful scum.' Then he declared that they 'must die' — words that helped land him in federal court facing criminal charges of threatening to assault or kill a judge. Closing arguments at his trial were scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, 2009 in Brooklyn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)AP - A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case against a New Jersey blogger accused of making death threats against three federal judges in Chicago because they wrote a ruling supporting gun control.

Conn. chimp's owner won't be charged over attack (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 02:42 PM PST

FILE - This Oct. 20, 2003 file photo shows Travis, a 10-year-old chimpanzee, sitting in the corner of his playroom at the home of Sandra and Jerome Herold in Stamford, Conn. A Connecticut prosecutor does not plan to charge Sandra Herold, the owner of a chimpanzee that mauled and blinded a woman in February. (AP Photo/The Stamford Advocate, Kathleen O'Rourke, File) MANDATORY CREDITAP - A Connecticut woman who owned a chimpanzee that mauled and blinded a woman won't be charged because there's no evidence she knowingly disregarded any risk the animal posed, a prosecutor said Monday.

Analysis: With election near, Gov. Crist changes (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 01:22 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2009 file photo President Barack Obama looks on as Florida Gov. Charlie Crist introduces him at a town hall meeting to discuss the economy, at the Harborside Event Center in Fort Myers, Fla. Crist, a populist Republican, is trying to convince people he's a conservative now that his opponent in the Senate primary, former House Speaker Marco Rubio, has cut into Crist's lead with a conservative message. And Crist, ever the political chameleon, isn't letting a record of flat-out contradictions stop him from reinventing himself yet again. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - A sure sign that it's election season: Gov. Charlie Crist is changing again.

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