2009年12月20日星期日

Yahoo! News: U.S. News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Hospital: Actress Brittany Murphy dies at age 32 (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 04:10 PM PST

In this Dec. 1,2009 photo provided by PictureGroup showing Brittany Murphy arriving at the 'Across the Hall' Premiere in Beverly Hills, Calif. A Los Angeles hospital spokeswoman says actress Brittany Murphy has died. She was 32. (AP Photo/PictureGroup, Gregg DeGuire)AP - Brittany Murphy, the actress who got her start in the sleeper hit "Clueless" and rose to stardom in "8 Mile," died Sunday in Los Angeles. She was 32.

Gonzalez's 6-yard TD leads Falcons past Jets 10-7 (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 01:32 PM PST

New York Jets' Braylon Edwards celebrates after catching a 65-yard touchdown pass during the first quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)AP - The Atlanta Falcons' offense kept stalling in the cold of the Meadowlands until finally busting through the New York Jets' top-ranked defense at the end.

Storm crawls into New England, leaving mess behind (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 04:10 PM PST

Telescope viewers are covered in snow overlooking Lighthouse Beach Sunday in Chatham, Mass. Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, during the first major snowstorm of the season. (AP Photo/Julia Cumes)AP - A fierce weekend storm dropped record snowfall and stranded travelers up the coast from Virginia to New England, but its timing helped minimize headache-inducing work commutes and left many with the prospect of a very white Christmas.

NYC's flagship Macy's store reopens after fire (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 04:44 PM PST

Fire department vehicles are seen outside of Macy's flagship store at New York City's Herald Square, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, after it was evacuated earlier due to an escalator fire. The fire occurred in an escalator between the third and fourth floors, said Elina Kazan, a Macy's spokeswoman. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)AP - Hundreds of holiday shoppers were evacuated from the flagship Macy's store at Herald Square on Sunday after a fire in an escalator spread smoke through the building.

Judge mulls pivotal issues in Kan. abortion trial (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:22 PM PST

In this July 28, 2009 file photo, Scott Roeder, left, attends his preliminary hearing in court in Wichita, Kan. Roeder, 51, is charged in the death of Dr. George Tiller. (AP Photo/Jaime Oppenheimer, Pool)AP - A judge is weighing a critical legal question in the case of a man who confessed to killing one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers: Can the man claim at his trial that the slaying was justified to save the lives of unborn children?

Loophole lets mentally ill Texas juveniles go free (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:23 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by Jan Henry, her husband, Todd Henry is shown playing a guitar in Tyler, Texas. Todd Henry, a special education teacher for the Tyler, Texas school district was fatally stabbe dy by a student at the school on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Jan Henry, File)AP - A 16-year-old former juvenile detainee is accused of stabbing a high school teacher to death with a butcher knife. Another teen was convicted of killing a roofer during a 30-minute robbery spree.

Health Care bill faces key Senate test vote (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 04:13 PM PST

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at a news conference where he was joined by Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Senate Democrats confidently advanced heath care legislation Sunday toward a make-or-break test vote in a push for Christmas-week passage. Republicans vowed to resist what they appeared unable to stop.

Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:15 PM PST

AP - A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim.

At 100, Boy Scouts say they're still `essential' (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 09:31 PM PST

In this Oct. 3, 2009 photo Tenderfoot Scout Bradley Corr, 11, right, and his father, Troop 29 committee member Warren Corr, walk a wooded trail at Boy Scout camp at Camp Minsi in Pocono Summit, Pa. As the Boy Scouts of America heads toward its 100th anniversary in February, its first century adds up to a remarkable saga, full of achievement, complexity and contradiction. On one hand, no other U.S. youth organization has served as many boys, an estimated 112 million over the years. On the other hand, in both the courts and the public arena, the BSA has doggedly defended its right to discriminate, excluding gays and atheists from its ranks, and overriding requests from some local units to soften those policies. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - A fifth-generation Boy Scout, 11-year-old Brad Corr is steeped in all the lore and tradition: the Scout Oath and Scout Law, campcraft and community service, the daily doing of good deeds.

What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 09:20 PM PST

In this Dec. 10, 2009 photo, Carol McKenna, 68, speaks during an interview in Pembroke Pines, Fla. If McKenna believes the claims of the insurance industry and many Republicans, she and her husband are among the most at risk to be hurt by Congress' health proposals. If Democrats are telling the truth, they be among those with the most to gain. She refrains from any worry, or any premature celebration. She simply believes, 'It'll work out.' (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What's in it for me?

Evangelical church opens doors fully to gays (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 09:59 PM PST

This Dec. 11, 2009 photo shows the Rev. Mark Tidd sitting in the Highlands Church in Denver. Tidd is an outlaw pastor of sorts. His community, less than a year old, is the rare example of an evangelical Christian church guided both by the Apostle's Creed and the belief that gays and lesbians can embrace their sexual orientations as God-given and seek fulfillment in committed same-sex relationships. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - The auditorium lights turned low, the service begins with the familiar rhythms of church: children singing, hugs and handshakes of greeting, a plea for donations to fix the boiler.

Prison population to have first drop since 1972 (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:53 PM PST

AP - The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other.

Report: Kevin Jonas, ex-hairdresser marry in NY (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 08:02 AM PST

FILE - In this June 12, 2009 file photo, musician Kevin Jonas of the music group The Jonas Brothers performs on ABC's 'Good Morning America' show in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - A report says the oldest sibling of pop group the Jonas Brothers and a former hairdresser have married at a French-style chateau in suburban New York.

Facing prison, Astor's son bares private life (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 08:55 PM PST

In this March 30, 2009 file photo, Anthony Marshall, center, arrives at Manhattan criminal court in New York with his wife Charlene. Marshall, philanthropist Brooke Astor's only son, is facing prison for looting his mother's millions, and he's making a surprisingly personal approach to stay free. Anthony Marshall's sentencing is set for Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, but he's trying to get a judge to throw out the part of his October conviction that requires at least a year behind bars. His lawyers say any prison time could kill the ailing 85-year-old. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)AP - Anthony Marshall has had a life of privilege and pain as philanthropist Brooke Astor's only child.

Too cold for nude protest, NYC bikers switch gears (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 07:54 PM PST

Heather Loop, center, leads protestors down Bedford Avenue in the Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, to protest the removal of a bicycle lane. Dozens of protestors biked through an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood Saturday. Loop says the lane was removed because the neighborhood's Hasidic Jews 'can't handle scantily clad women.' (AP Photo/Robert Mecea)AP - Bicyclists who planned to go topless to protest the removal of a Brooklyn bike lane switched gears Saturday, pinning plastic breasts to their jackets as they rolled into a snowstorm.

Against nudity ban, Ore. gallery takes it all off (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 05:08 PM PST

AP - A city council member in an Oregon town noted for its Shakespeare festival and its occasional dustups over public nudity plans a showing in his art gallery of nude portraits and conceptual art involving naked people.

Calif. city's police to wear head-mounted cameras (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 07:49 PM PST

AP - San Jose police are testing head-mounted cameras to record interactions with the public.

Fear of violence grows in mountaintop mining fight (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 06:30 PM PST

FILE - This Tuesday June, 23, 2009 file photo, Massey Energy miners protest in Sundial, W.Va. Tension has been building for months as activists mount sometimes brazen acts of civil disobedience to stop the uniquely Appalachian form of strip mining that is gaining closer scrutiny from regulators, policy makers and the public. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, File)AP - It was the slap heard 'round the coalfields: Cordelia Ruth Tucker, wearing the fluorescent-striped shirt of a miner, strode past West Virginia state troopers and into a stream of marchers protesting mountaintop removal mining to deliver an audible smack.

发贴者：iwvck2 时间 17:08 0 条评论

bnzv