2009年12月31日星期四

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Judge tosses Blackwater case in Baghdad shooting (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:41 PM PST

FILE - In a Monday, July 21, 2008 file photo, Blackwater Worldwide's headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C. U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards charged in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. Urbina said the Justice Department overstepped its bounds and wrongly used evidence it was not allowed to see. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)AP - A federal judge dismissed all charges Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a crowded Baghdad intersection in 2007.

Crowds gather in NYC's Times Square to mark 2010 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 05:30 PM PST

New York City police officer Quinn keeps an eye on the crowd as New Year's Eve festivities begin on Times Square Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Hundreds of thousands of revelers gathered in chilly weather Thursday in Times Square to usher in the new decade as organizers prepared to drop 3,000 pounds of confetti at midnight along with the New Year's Eve crystal ball.

Rush Limbaugh felt pains similar to heart attack (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 02:25 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2008, file photo, radio personality Rush Limbaugh arrives for a screening of Bernard and Doris at the Time Warner Center in New York. A Honolulu television station is reporting that conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was taken to a hospital with chest pains. (AP Photo/Gary He, file)AP - Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh remained hospitalized in Hawaii Thursday after experiencing chest pains similar to a heart attack, according to the guest host on his nationally syndicated radio show.

Mo. trucker's wife charged in killing of Ohio man (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:59 PM PST

AP - A woman accused of helping her husband and stepson torture and kill a 20-year-old Ohio man was charged Thursday with first-degree murder, and prosecutors said she admitted telling her husband how to suffocate the man.

Happy campers arrive early for 2010 Rose Parade (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 03:23 PM PST

Tour guide Carol Cotter, right, looks at the parade theme banner float in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, as volunteers work on floats preparation for the Rose Parade. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Dean Hanson was a happy camper after the annual scramble for curbside seats for the Tournament of Roses Parade.

Washington Times slashes staff; sports section out (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:31 PM PST

The Washington Times building is seen in Washington, on Thursday Dec. 31, 2009. The newspaper reportedly has laid off more than 40 percent of its employees. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - The Washington Times slashed its staff by more than 40 percent and will eliminate its sports section and most local coverage in 2010, shifting its focus to politics, business and investigative reporting.

Colorado's minimum wage becomes 1st in US to drop (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 01:01 PM PST

AP - Colorado's minimum wage will drop slightly in the new year — the first decrease in any state's minimum wage since the federal minimum was adopted in 1938.

After 2-plus decades, Navy destroyer breaks record (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:06 PM PST

FILE - In this May 26, 2009, file photo an Arleigh-Burke-class destroyer is worked on at Bath Iron Works, in Bath, Maine. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer has outlasted every other battleship, cruiser, destroyer or frigate program in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty,files)AP - Cruising through the darkness in rough seas, the USS Ross encountered a rogue wave that smashed into the destroyer's bow, sending a shudder along the entire ship that knocked sleeping crew out of their bunks and damaged the sonar housing.

Montana 3rd state to allow doctor-assisted suicide (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 02:12 PM PST

AP - The Montana Supreme Court said Thursday that nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide, making Montana the third state that will allow the procedure.

Ex-Minn. senator seeks revival in governor's race (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 05:31 PM PST

AP - It took Mark Dayton two tries and many millions from his personal fortune to win one of Minnesota's U.S. Senate seats. After one frustrating term, he couldn't wait to flee Washington.

CDC: Same anthrax strain in drums, sick NH woman (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 02:21 PM PST

Firefighters work to decontaminate items from a campus ministry at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., Tuesday, Dec. 29,2009. New Hampshire's state public health director Dr. Jose Montero said a woman from the state contracted a case of gastrointestinal anthrax and is in critical condition. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - The anthrax spores that infected a New Hampshire woman are the same strain as spores found on an electrical outlet and two drums used at a gathering she attended in early December, medical investigators said.

Travelers' choice: Shed shyness for security? (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 09:13 AM PST

Jessie Shanware gets patted down by a an agent at the security gate at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - As Ronak Ray hunted for his flight gate, he prepared for the prospect of a security guard peering through his clothes with a full body scanner. But Ray doesn't mind: what he gives up in privacy he gets back in security.

Did Americans get any healthier over past decade? (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:52 AM PST

AP - About 10 years ago the government set some lofty health goals for the nation to reach by 2010.

Analysis: 2009 transformed US racial dynamics (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:41 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2009 file photo, Barack Obama, left, joined by his wife Michelle, takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts to become the 44th president of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The dynamics of race were transformed in 2009 because the most powerful person on Earth was no longer white. But despite that potent symbol, and sometimes because of it, race remained a volatile and often divisive subject. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)AP - The year began with a harmonious glow at the inauguration of the first black president, as America marked a stunning victory over its racial demons.

CDC: Fewer states seeing widespread swine flu (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:04 AM PST

A young child is vaccinated against the pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) virus in a vaccination centre in Marseille, December 4, 2009. At least 12,220 deaths from H1N1 flu have been formally confirmed around the globe but the pandemic appears to be declining, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier/FilesAP - Health officials say swine flu was widespread in only four states last week, indicating the fall wave of illness is still declining.

NH gay couples to start New Year with wedding vows (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 08:31 AM PST

In this photo taken Monday Dec. 28, 2009 Jeffry Burr, left, and Neil Blair are seen at their home in Franconia, N.H. The gay couple are already civilly committed, but will finally be legally married Friday, when New Hampshire becomes the fifth state to allow gay couples to wed. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Jeffry Burr and Neil Blair are just hours from their wedding, but there are no typical prenuptial jitters. After all, this is the third time they've exchanged vows.

Once-presidential phrase casualty of word war (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 05:43 AM PST

People shovel snow from the streets during heavy snowfall in Gladbeck, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. Winter has reached Germany with record low temperatures and much snow this weekend. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)AP - In its annual effort to protect the Queen's English, a Michigan university is insisting that "shovel ready" be buried, "tweet" be tossed and all "czars" be banished.

Celebrities are frequent targets of extortion (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 08:45 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2008 file photo, television talk show host David Letterman walks out of The Ed Sullivan Theater during a taping of 'The Late Show with David Letterman', in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)AP - There was no shortage of celebrity secrets for sale in 2009, with John Travolta, David Letterman, Cindy Crawford and others claiming they were victims of extortion.

Texting while driving, smoking target of '10 laws (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 05:21 AM PST

A model smokes backstage before a show during New York Fashion Week in this September 10, 2007 file photo. Methamphetamine use and smoking among U.S. teens has dropped significantly in recent years, but declines in marijuana use have stalled, according to an annual government survey released on Monday. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/FilesAP - Texting while driving, smoking in public and cooking with artery-clogging trans fats will be that much harder under a bevy of state laws set to take effect around the country on Friday.

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