2009年12月28日星期一

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Obama vows to use power to thwart terrorists (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 04:16 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement on health care and climate change at the White House in Washington December 19, 2009. Obama on Monday vowed to track down those behind an attempt to bring down a U.S. passenger airline on Christmas Day as he announced stepped-up measures to ensure U.S. flight safety. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/FilesAP - President Barack Obama on Monday vowed to use "every element of our national power" to keep Americans safe and said the failed Christmas Day plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner was "a serious reminder" of the need to continually adapt security measures against changing terrorist threats.

Better airport scanners delayed by privacy fears (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 05:01 PM PST

FILE - In this June 25, 2003 file photo, Susan Hallowell holds up a side arm that was detected by the 'backscatter' machine at the Transportation Security Administration in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. Stifel Nicolaus analyst David Schick said Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, whole-body imagery systems — rather than standard metal detectors — could be an effective method of strengthening airport security. (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price, file)AP - High-tech security scanners that might have prevented the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a jetliner have been installed in only a small number of airports around the world, in large part because of privacy concerns over the way the machines see through clothing.

Confusion fills skies after attempted bombing (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 05:01 PM PST

Passengers at O'Hare International Airport prepare to go through security Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, in Chicago. Various levels of elevated security and restrictions at airports and aboard airliners led to confusion Monday about what passengers could or couldn't do during flights in the wake of an attempted Christmas Day terror attack when a Nigerian man attempted to ignite an explosive as the Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight prepared to land. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - You are now free to move about the cabin. Or not. After a two-day security clampdown prompted by a thwarted attempt to bomb a jetliner, some airline officials told The Associated Press that the in-flight restrictions had been eased. And it was now up to captains on each flight to decide whether passengers can have blankets and other items on their laps or can move around during the final phase of flight.

Miss. apartment fire kills 6 children, 3 women (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 03:24 PM PST

Chassel Jenkins, in blanket, is comforted by friends after a fire moved through an apartment complex where Chase lived, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, in Starkville, Miss. Nine people, including at least six children, died early Monday in an apartment fire, officials said. The blaze was reported around 4 a.m., according to Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt. He and state Fire Marshal Mike Chaney confirmed the deaths. Hunt said the children ranged in age from 4 months to 6 years. (AP Photo/The Starkville Daily News, Shea Staskowski)AP - Fire gutted an apartment in a rundown complex Monday, killing three women and six children, including several family members taken in because they had nowhere else to go, officials and neighbors said.

Documents in sweat lodge case show past problems (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 04:42 PM PST

This undated photo provided by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office shows the inside of a sweat lodge where three people died after an Oct. 8, 2009 ceremony near Sedona, Ariz. The ceremony was led by author and motivational speaker James Arthur Ray, who sheriff's officials say is the focus of a homicide investigation. (AP Photo/Yavapai County Sheriff's Office)AP - Documents released in the investigation of a fatal sweat lodge ceremony show that people lost consciousness and others suffered broken bones at past events led by self-help guru James Arthur Ray, but Ray largely ignored the medical problems that arose.

AP: Ponzi collapses nearly quadrupled in '09 (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 04:47 PM PST

In a Friday, Dec. 9, 2009 photo, Tom Annis, 63, poses for a picture at his home in Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. Annis is a victim of a Ponzi scheme in which he lost $270K. He was led to believe the men heading the scam were trustworthy through commercials and a talk show held on a Christian radio station. An Associated Press analysis of all 50 states shows that the recession caused nearly four times as many Ponzi scheme collapses in 2009 as there were in 2008. (AP Photo/Jake Roth)AP - It was a rough year for Ponzi schemes. In 2009, the recession unraveled nearly four times as many of the investment scams as fell apart in 2008, with "Ponzi" becoming a buzzword again thanks to the collapse of Bernard Madoff's $50 billion plot.

Couple stranded 3 days after GPS leads them astray (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 05:02 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2008 file photo, a Garmin GPS unit is shown inside a vehicle in Tampa, Fla. The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)AP - A Nevada couple letting their SUV's navigation system guide them through the high desert of Eastern Oregon got stuck in snow for three days when the GPS unit sent them down a remote forest road.

Mom fights to be buried with soldier son (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 01:45 PM PST

This 2008 photo provided by Denise Anderson shows her son, U.S. Army Iraq War veteran Corey Shea, during his deployment in Iraq; Shea was killed in action there in November of 2008, and is buried at the National Veterans Cemetery in Bourne, Mass. While the Veterans Administration only allows surviving spouses and minor children to be buried with their deceased military veteran parents, Anderson is determined not to lose her fight to be buried with her only son in a veterans cemetery. (AP Photo/courtesy of the Anderson Family) -- NO SALES --AP - Denise Anderson lost her only son in the Iraq war. She's determined not to lose her fight to be buried with him in a national veterans cemetery.

Health bills nudge US on long-term care insurance (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009, Rev. Robert Myers, poses with a photo of he and his wife, Bonnie, at the Church of the Holy Comforter in Kenilworth, Ill. Seven years ago, Myers bought long-term care insurance — and he's grateful. Myers' wife, who died in December 2008, needed care as she fought cancer. Most people aren't like Myers. People may want to plan for the future, but they need a nudge to overcome their avoidance and laziness. At least that's the assumption behind a program tucked into the health care overhaul legislation emerging from Congress. The program sets up a voluntary long-term care insurance program that would be run by the government. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)AP - Most people don't buy long-term care insurance. They simply don't want to think about moving into an assisted living center or hiring a stranger to bathe them.

Details sought on Ireland, US clergy abuse cases (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 03:56 PM PST

AP - Victims of clergy sex abuse and a group that tracks pedophile priests called on local Roman Catholic leaders and the Irish government Monday to publicly detail known connections between the clergy abuse scandals in the U.S. and Ireland.

Mom charged in baby's Christmas Eve beating death (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 03:06 PM PST

In this December of 2009 photo released by the Detroit Police Department, Charlotte Wyatt is shown in Detroit. Authorities say Wyatt, a 21-year-old Detroit woman, fatally beat her 2-month-old daughter on Christmas Eve, then joined with the baby's father, boyfriend Leon F. Cole, 26, to hide the death until the next day. Wyatt is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree child abuse and tampering with evidence in the death of Asia Wyatt. (AP Photo/Detroit Police Department)AP - A Detroit woman has been charged with murder, accused of fatally beating her 2-month-old daughter on Christmas Eve and covering up her death. The woman's boyfriend is also charged in the case.

In-flight security rules eased (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 03:19 PM PST

Airport police operate a checkpoint for vehicles entering Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. Aviation security officials worldwide boost safety restrictions on travelers after an attempted Christmas Day terrorist attack on a flight from Europe to Detroit, imposing extra screening and new limits on carry-on luggage. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)AP - In-flight security rules have been eased after a two-day clampdown, airline officials familiar with the matter said Monday.

Mass. fires: Set by thrill-seekers or villain? (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 01:43 PM PST

The remains of a house fire on 17 Fair St. is seen Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009, in Northampton, Mass. A father and son died in the house fire early Sunday morning as firefighters struggled to put out more than a half dozen blazes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP - A string of suspicious fires that destroyed three homes and killed two men have many residents on edge, wondering whether they were set by thrill-seekers or someone bent on causing harm.

Warden at troubled Va. women's prison to step down (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 12:49 PM PST

AP - The warden at Virginia's largest women's prison is retiring amid allegations the prison discriminated against gay inmates and denied others access to religious services.

Suspect in Md. girl's kidnapping held without bond (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 01:07 PM PST

This undated picture provided on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services shows Thomas J. Leggs Jr. of Salisbury, Md. The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office has charged Leggs, a registered sex offender, in the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl who is still missing. (AP Photo/Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services)AP - A judge ordered a convicted sex offender held without bond Monday on charges he kidnapped an 11-year-old Maryland girl whose body was found on Christmas Day.

Sheen's wife claims he held knife to her throat (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 03:59 PM PST

In this Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, picture, actor Charlie Sheen, right, and wife Brooke Mueller arrive at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. A woman who identified herself as the wife of Charlie Sheen said in a 911 call to Aspen police that the actor threatened her with a knife and that she feared for her life. Police released the audio of the call on Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, three days after Sheen was arrested on suspicion of menacing, second-degree assault and criminal mischief. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Charlie Sheen's wife has told Aspen police the actor pinned her on a bed, put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her after she said she wanted a divorce.

Times Square shredder offers good riddance to 2009 (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 12:58 PM PST

Tom Tompkins with the Times Square Alliance shreds Tiger Woods headlines Monday, Dec. 28, 2009 in New York's Times Square. Need to say good riddance to bad memories from 2009? Head to Times Square, where organizers of New York City's New Year's Eve celebration are setting up shredders on Monday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Want to forget 2009? Shred it.

Fewer law enforcement officers died on job in 2009 (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 03:35 PM PST

Graphic shows the number of police deaths by year sinceAP - Law enforcement deaths this year dropped to their lowest level since 1959, while the decade of the 2000s was among the safest for officers — despite the deadliest single day for police on Sept. 11, 2001.

No trial, but Nev gov's divorce damage may be done (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 02:09 PM PST

AP - Gov. Jim Gibbons smiled when the judge presiding over what promised to be a salacious and sensational four-day divorce trial asked if Gibbons' settlement with the first lady was fair and equitable.

Wild horse roundup to begin in Nevada amid protest (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 01:28 PM PST

FILE - This Oct. 5, 2009 file photo released by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management shows wild horses after a BLM roundup at the Caliente Complex near Panaca, Nev. A federal advisory panel meeting in Nevada on Monday Dec. 7, 2009 is trying to decide whether to back a proposal to relocate thousands of wild horses from Western rangeland. The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management maintains as many as 25,000 of the horses need to be removed from public lands because of what the agency views as an over population of the animals suffering from a lack of forage. (AP Photo/Bureau of Land Management, Ben Noyes, File)AP - A two-month capture of about 2,500 wild horses from public and private lands in northern Nevada began Monday amid protests that the roundups are unnecessary and inhumane.

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