2009年12月24日星期四

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Storm turns holiday travel dangerous in Midwest (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 05:36 PM PST

A stranded passenger sleeps at Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport in Minneapolis on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Hannah Foslien)AP - A blustery storm spread snow and ice across the heartland Thursday as Americans rushed to get home for the holidays, grounding flights, stranding drivers on white-knuckle highways and forcing churches to cancel Christmas Eve services.

Senate OK's health care bill in victory for Obama (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 06:12 PM PST

Victoria Kennedy, widow of Sen. Ted Kennedy hugs Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 24,2009, as Sen. Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn, looks on at center, after the Senate passed the health care reform bill. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - In an epic struggle settled at dawn, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed health care legislation Thursday, a triumph for President Barack Obama that clears the way for compromise talks with the House on a bill to reduce the ranks of the uninsured and rein in the insurance industry.

Coast Guard suspends NJ search for 2 Va. fishermen (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 05:50 PM PST

AP - U.S. Coast Guard crews on Thursday searched the frigid Atlantic Ocean in vain for two men missing after their fishing boat was hit by a large wave and sank off the state's southern coast.

Boy, American dad arrive in US from Brazil (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 05:48 PM PST

U.S. David Goldman, top, followed by his 9-year-old son Sean, gestures as he boards a plane at the Galeao airport, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. Brazilian relatives handed the boy over to his father after Brazil's Supreme Court ordered it this week after five years of court rulings and appeals over the custody of the child. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - A father and son played with toys and puzzles and rested on a quiet nine-hour flight from Brazil to Florida, a peaceful conclusion Thursday after a tumultuous reunion that brought a five-year custody battle spanning two continents to an end.

FAA proposes maximum fine in balloon boy case (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 03:52 PM PST

Richard Heene, center, looks up as he sits in the courtroom with his wife Mayumi, right, and attorney David Lane, left, before he and his wife were sentenced in connection with the balloon boy hoax on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009, in Fort Collins, Colo. (AP Photo/Rich Abrahamson, Pool)AP - The FAA says it is seeking the maximum $11,000 fine against the man behind the balloon boy hoax on grounds that he operated a balloon in a hazardous manner.

Prisons: Madoff had dizziness, high blood pressure (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 12:59 PM PST

FILE - In this March 10, 2009 file photo, disgraced financier Bernard Madoff exits Manhattan federal court in New York. Bernard Madoff has been moved from a North Carolina federal prison to a prison medical facility Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/David Karp, file)AP - The federal Bureau of Prisons says dizziness and hypertension were responsible for the hospitalization of Bernard Madoff.

New fees stain welcome mat for filmmakers in NYC (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 02:30 PM PST

FILE- In this May 7, 2008 file photo, Danny DeVito films a scene from the feature film 'When in Rome' on Madison Avenue in New York. On Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009, New York City began imposing a $3,200 fee to film in city buildings, which the city says will affect only about 5 percent of filming done citywide. (AP Photo/Darla Khazei, File)AP - Higher fees for film production companies choosing to work in some New York City buildings have taken effect with no clear word on whether it will tarnish the city's popularity as one of Hollywood's favorite backdrops.

Search of car turns up gift-wrapped marijuana (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 04:38 PM PST

AP - Some people won't be getting the Christmas presents they were expecting. Missouri troopers seized about 20 pounds of marijuana from a car this week — some of it in luggage, and some in boxes wrapped as Christmas gifts.

NORAD tracks Santa's sleigh for a high-tech Ho Ho (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 05:50 PM PST

AP - Even Santa Tweets.

Sex offender charged in Md. girl's disappearance (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 04:35 PM PST

AP - Police in Maryland were searching Christmas Eve for a missing 11-year-old girl last seen wearing fuzzy Christmas pajamas, and they have charged a registered child sex offender in her disappearance.

Obama asked to halt wild-horse roundup in Nevada (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 06:07 PM PST

AP - Sheryl Crow and other wild-horse advocates on Thursday called on President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to block a major roundup of mustangs set to begin Monday in Nevada.

Tug grounds on same reef as Exxon Valdez tanker (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 03:32 PM PST

AP - A tugboat put in service to help prevent another oil spill disaster in Prince William Sound ran aground on the same reef as the Exxon Valdez 20 years ago in what remains the nation's worst oil spill.

Calif. authorities searching for drive-by shooter (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 02:21 PM PST

AP - Law enforcement authorities in Northern California are stepping up patrols as they investigate a series of drive-by shootings in a Sierra foothills community.

Little boy's big legacy teaches others how to live (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 06:23 AM PST

This undated photo released Dec. 15, 2009, by Mike Stanton shows his son, 4-year-old Danny Stanton. Danny died of a seizure 14 days before Christmas and left a Chicago community grieving but with a lasting legacy about how to live life. (AP Photo/Mike Stanton)AP - The disarming smile of a 4-year-old boy with a buzz cut brightens an otherwise drab newspaper page, where whole lives are summed up in three inches of tiny newsprint.

Mich. Muslims join Jews for Christmas Day Mitzvah (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 01:11 PM PST

AP - Many Jews consider Christmas Day an opportunity to serve their community while Christian neighbors celebrate their holiday. This year, what's also known as Mitzvah Day in southeast Michigan is getting an added boost from Muslims.

Jewish advocacy group questions Carter's apology (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 03:01 PM PST

FILE -In this Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001, file photo, Former President Jimmy Carter, center, listens to a speech by Former President of Costa Rica Rodrigo Carazo Odio, right, at the opening of the Joan B. Kroc Institute For Peace and Justice on the campus of the University of San Diego, in San Diego. Carter is offering the Jewish community an apology for any of his 'words and deeds' that may have upset them. Carter writes in an open letter to the Jewish community this week in 2009, that he hopes the new year will bring peace between Israel and its neighbors. He says 'we must not permit criticisms for improvement to stigmatize Israel.' (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - Former President Jimmy Carter's apology to the Jewish community has sparked a debate among Jewish groups, as some reacted with skepticism while others sought to wait before gauging the Georgia Democrat's attempt to heal an often strained relationship.

Call 2009 the Year of the Bad Decision in SC (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 12:31 PM PST

AP - Marc Torchi burned some yard debris and thought firefighters put it out. Four days later, the most costly wildfire in South Carolina history swept toward Myrtle Beach.

The year on campus: Change and hard times (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 12:14 PM PST

AP - For higher education, 2009 was a time of lofty goals and harsh realities, of major policy shifts in Washington and financial struggle on campuses nationwide.

Friends pack apartment with gifts in holiday prank (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST

AP - A Chicago man could be unwrapping the hundreds of Christmas gifts spread around his apartment for days, even weeks.

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