2010年1月2日星期六

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Muslim-Hindu punk rock bands part of new movement (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:41 AM PST

This Dec. 15, 2009 photo shows drummer Imran Malik and guitarist Basim Usmani of the Muslim Hindu punk band The Kominas, rehearsing in Wayland, Mass. From the basement of this middle-class home tucked in the woods west of Boston, The Kominas have helped launched a small, but growing, South Asian and Middle Eastern punk rock movement that is attracting children of Muslim and Hindu immigrants and drawing scorn from some traditional Muslims who say their political, hard-edged music is 'haraam,' or forbidden. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Artwork from the Punjab state of India decorates the Ray family home. A Johann Sebastian Bach statue sits on a piano. But in the basement — cluttered with wires, old concert fliers and drawings — 25-year-old Arjun Ray is fighting distortion from his electric guitar.

Lessons of a weekend of free health care (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:28 AM PST

This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows Daniel Drake waiting for doors to be opened at a clinic held by Remote Area Medical at Union County High School in Maynardville, Tenn. Drake drove 3 hours from his home in Soddy Daisy, Tenn. to have dental work done. Remote Area Medical is a nonprofit organization, whose volunteers offer free health care to the uninsured, the underinsured and the desperate. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)AP - The two-hour drive is done, but Hannah and Jack Hurst leave the Honda's engine running.

Cities, counties take back corporate tax breaks (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 09:37 AM PST

FILE - In this May 6, 2009 file photo, teacher Carrie Cox from Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Ill., protests along with other teachers opposing Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's budget cuts and new pension plan during a rally across the street from the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. As the recession drags on, municipalities struggling to fix roads, fund schools and pay bills increasingly are rescinding tax abatements to companies that don't hire enough workers, lay them off or close up shop. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)AP - Cash-strapped communities have a message for corporations that promised jobs in return for tax breaks: A deal's a deal.

Pioneering plaintiff wants DC's 1st gay marriage (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:43 PM PST

In this photo taken, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, Craig Dean, hold a photo of himself with his late partner, Patrick Gill, during an interview at Dean's home in Socastee, S.C. Dean and Gill sued the city in 1990 for the right to be legally wed. They lost their landmark case five years later, and Gill died of AIDS in 1997. (AP Photo/Willis Glassgow)AP - Craig Dean's first wedding was attended by thousands, and as he recited his vows, gay couples behind him on Constitution Avenue echoed their own.

Smoke smell sends NYC-bound jet back to Boston (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 09:26 AM PST

AP - A New York-bound plane has returned safely to Boston's Logan International Airport after a pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit minutes after takeoff.

Cop group's card played role in Times Square scare (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 07:18 AM PST

A police parking placard is displayed in the dashboard of a suspicious van that was parked in Times Square, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009 in New York. No explosive devices were found inside the van Wednesday afternoon, and the area was reopened to traffic about two hours after the incident began. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - An identification placard in a van that caused a security scare in Times Square a day before the city's massive New Year's celebration wasn't supposed to be used as a parking permit, according to a fraternal group for police officers and other law enforcement buffs that issued the card.

Clinton foundation draws eclectic donor list (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:40 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2006 file photo, former President Bill Clinton, right, listens as Microsoft chairman Bill Gates speaks during their conversation session at the 16th World Aids Conference in Toronto. A donor list released on New Year's Day by the William J. Clinton Foundation shows that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave to the former president's charity. (AP Photo/Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)AP - Former President Bill Clinton's charity drew an international roster of donors last year, ranging from Norway and Oman to foreign lotteries, businessmen and celebrities, a contributor list released under an ethics promise by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton showed.

Colorado nurse rests after harrowing ordeal (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:54 AM PST

AP - A nurse who was allegedly kidnapped by her ex-fiancee and escaped three days later at a Wyoming hotel was home safe with family Saturday, but she remained traumatized by the ordeal and has not yet spoken with family about it, her mother said.

Poster child for recession shows signs of recovery (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 04:31 PM PST

In this photo taken Nov. 18, 2009, recreational vehicles are ready sales at International RV World in Elkhart, Ind. There's a ray of hope in Elkhart, the Indiana city that was turned into a poster child for the recession. Heartland Recreational Vehicles of Elkhart announced recently that it would immediately begin hiring 200 production workers. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)AP - When Ed Neufeldt introduced Barack Obama at a speech in Elkhart County in February, the new president promised the laid off RV worker would find a job.

Limbaugh: Tests show no ailments after chest pain (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 03:57 AM PST

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, right, speaks during a news conference as Joana Magno, MD chief of the Dept. of Cardiovascular Diseases at The Queen's Medical Center looks on in Honolulu, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. Limbaugh was rushed to the hospital after experiencing chest pains similar to a heart attack Wednesday during a vacation. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Conservative talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh said Friday tests showed nothing was wrong with his heart after he was hospitalized with chest pains.

Survivor of 1906 SF quake dies at age 107 (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:47 PM PST

(Left Photo) A view of the ruins of the Hearst Newspaper Building after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fires. (Right Photo) A view of the Hearst Building seen from the corner of Geary and Kearny Streets in 2006. The woman believed to be the oldest survivor of the devastating 1906 San Francisco fire and earthquake has died at the age of 107, a newspaper reported on Saturday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)AP - Jeanette Scola Trapani, one of the oldest survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, has died at age 107.

Fire kills 5, destroys Palm Springs mobile home (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:27 AM PST

AP - A 30-year-old mother, her three children and a 32-year-old man were killed in a fire that engulfed a mobile home on New Year's Day.

Tobacco-rich NC bans smoking in bars, restaurants (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:43 PM PST

In this Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 photo, David Brathcher, from Durham, smokes a cigarette at Satisfaction Restaurant & Bar in Durham, N.C. The restaurant sits inside a former tobacco warehouse. The health dangers of secondhand smoke finally won out over smokers' rights and North Carolina's rich tobacco history, as the Legislature approved a smoking ban in restaurants and bars in 2009 after years of failure. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - In dozens of states, Gary Richards wouldn't have been able to light up a Marlboro before tucking into his meat-lover's pizza, as he did at Satisfaction Restaurant & Bar this week. But in North Carolina, the nation's leading tobacco producer, limits on indoor smoking have lagged behind those in much of the country.

Airport pat-downs often ineffective security stop (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 05:53 PM PST

Passengers are searched before boarding their plane at Roissy airport, North of Paris, Wednesday Dec. 30, 2009. Controls in French main airports have been reinforced following a plane bomb plot by a Nigerian man who was able to carry a concealed explosive device onto a U.S. bound airplane. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - With all the screening technology at U.S. airports, the last line of defense is still the human hand: the pat-down search.

Missouri house fire kills 5, including 3 children (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 06:50 PM PST

AP - Authorities say five people, including three children, were killed in a New Year's Day house fire in northern Missouri.

Solar showdown in Calif. tortoises' desert home (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:45 PM PST

AP - On a strip of California's Mojave Desert, two dozen rare tortoises could stand in the way of a sprawling solar-energy complex in a case that highlights mounting tensions between wilderness conservation and the nation's quest for cleaner power.

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