2010年1月7日星期四

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

High-stakes gay marriage trial to begin in Calif. (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:57 PM PST

Supporters of gay marriage unfurl a rainbow flag before hearing the New Jersey Supreme court decision on same-sex marriage in front of the Supreme court building in Trenton, New Jersey, October 25, 2006. REUTERS/Tim ShafferAP - The national debate over same-sex marriage will take center stage in a California courtroom next week at a closely watched federal trial that could ultimately become the landmark case that determines whether gay Americans have a right to marry.

Restaurant food has more calories than advertised (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:09 PM PST

FILE-This July 18, 2008 file photo shows a McDonalds drive-thru menu in New York printed with calorie counts for each food item. Calorie counters beware: Some chain restaurant food and frozen supermarket meals can be more fattening than the nutrition labels indicate, according to researchers. (AP Photo/Ed Ou, File)AP - Dieters can't believe everything they read: The food at many popular chain restaurants and in the freezer section of the supermarket may contain a lot more calories than advertised.

4 killed in crash on snow Ohio road are identified (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:49 PM PST

Vehicles travel in white out conditions caused by blowing snow on Interstate 80 west of Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. A storm system with sub-freezing temperatures and high winds is traveling through the Midwest. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - The four people killed when a tractor-trailer swerved into oncoming highway traffic and collided with a small bus transporting disabled passengers have been identified.

Reports: Jay Leno's future on NBC up in the air (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2009 file photo, Jay Leno speaks during the panel for 'The Jay Leno Show' at the NBC Universal Television Critics Association summer press tour in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - The future of "The Jay Leno Show" was in question Thursday, even as NBC defended its prime-time talk-show star amid Web site reports the program will soon be cancelled or shifted into late night.

Ark. doc charged in bombing pleaded for Rx rights (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST

FILE - This photo released Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009 by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office shows Dr. Randeep Mann. A grand jury on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 indicted Mann in the 2009 car bomb attack that wounded the head of Arkansas Medical Board. (AP Photo/Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, file)AP - A doctor accused of setting off a bomb that severely wounded the head of the state medical board had pleaded with the panel to reinstate his permit to prescribe narcotics, saying he was unfairly targeted and that his life and business had gone downhill as a result of their decision.

Maine woman avoids prison for killing of husband (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:54 PM PST

Amber Cummings, center, is hugged by supporters as she leaves Waldo County Superior Court, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, in Belfast, Maine. Cummings was released after receiving a 8-year suspended sentence for killing her husband after years of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. The killing lead to the discovery of her husband's Nazi memorabilia, radioactive materials and instructions for building a dirty bomb. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty).AP - A woman who shot her white supremacist husband while he slept — leading to the discovery of Nazi memorabilia, an arsenal of weapons and bomb-making materials in their home — won't have to go to prison for killing the man she said subjected her and their daughter to years of extreme abuse.

Missing Utah woman's husband appears to be moving (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:33 PM PST

The gated community where Joshua Powell, the husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell, is reportedly visiting his father, Steven Powell, is shown Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, in South Hill, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - Police say it appears the husband of a missing Utah woman is moving out of the couple's Salt Lake City home.

Push to split away from Fulton County raises race (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST

Milton High School in Alpharetta, Ga. is seen in a 1970 photo. A bill sponsored by Georgia state Rep. Jan Jones, an Alpharetta Republican, would amend the Georgia Constitution to allow the return of Milton County. (AP Photo/Journal Constitution, Robert Connell)AP - In the cradle of the Civil Rights movement, a new secession effort is under way that would break off Atlanta's predominantly white, wealthy suburbs to the north from poorer, black neighborhoods in the south.

2 ex-Blackwater guards charged in Afghan killings (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:16 PM PST

Members of the US private security company Blackwater aboard a Hughes 500 helicopter in Baghdad in 2006. Four US senators have voiced AP - Two former Blackwater contractors were arrested Thursday on murder charges in the shootings of two Afghans after a traffic accident last year, according to a federal indictment.

Report: Sex abuse high at 13 juvenile centers (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:27 PM PST

AP - Nearly one out of every three youths at 13 juvenile detention facilities have reported some type of sexual victimization, according to a government study issued Thursday that found widespread reports of youth sex abuse at correctional centers.

Conn. police: Ex-Bush lawyer tried to kill wife (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:13 PM PST

John Michael Farren, 57, of New Canaan, Conn, is arraigned in state Superior Court in Norwalk, Conn, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. Farren, a onetime top attorney to former President George W. Bush is accused of trying to kill his wife at their Connecticut home by beating her with a flashlight and choking her. Farren, 57, is charged with strangulation and attempted murder. (AP Photo/Stamford Advocate, Kerry Sherck) MANDATORY CREDITAP - An attorney who worked in both Bush administrations was charged Thursday with trying to kill his wife by beating her with a flashlight and choking her two days after she delivered divorce papers.

Man charged with posing as Secret Service agent (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:47 PM PST

AP - A man posing as a U.S. Secret Service agent flashed a fake badge and credentials to con his way past security at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, demanding to meet Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, federal authorities said.

Suspect in St. Louis plant shooting believed dead (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:15 PM PST

A member of the St. Louis Fire Department pushes a person on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance outside ABB Inc.,Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, in St. Louis. Police were called to the scene after a gunman with a rifle walked into the business and began shooting. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - A disgruntled worker embroiled in a pension dispute with his company showed up at the plant and opened fire Thursday, killing three people and wounding five before apparently killing himself.

Astronomers: We could find Earth-like planets soon (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:09 PM PST

This image made from video provided by NASA shows an artist's rendition of what an Earth-like planet might look like. A top NASA official and other leading scientists say that within four or five years they should discover the first Earth-like planet located in a spot outside our solar system where life could develop, or may have already. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Astronomers say they are on the verge of finding planets like Earth orbiting other stars, a key step in determining if we are alone in the universe.

AG: Governor can pardon dead man exonerated by DNA (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:05 PM PST

FILE - In this April 8, 2009 file photo, Ruby Cole Session, right, is embraced by Texas Gov. Rick Perry during a meeting in his reception room in Austin, Texas. The state attorney general said Thursday, that Perry can pardon Mrs. Session's son, Timothy Cole, who died in prison while serving time for a rape he did not commit. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, FILE)AP - With a pardon for her dead son finally possible, the mother of a Texas man wrongly convicted of rape said she knows what to do now: take flowers to his grave and share the news.

4 dead in bus-truck crash on Ohio highway (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:10 PM PST

AP - The Ohio Highway Patrol says a tractor-trailer jackknifed, swerved into oncoming highway traffic and collided with a small bus transporting disabled passengers, killing four adults in the bus.

Ex-Speaker Newt Gingrich praises GOP Chair Steele (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:19 PM PST

AP - Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is praising Michael Steele in his first year as chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Couple's goodbye hug led to Newark airport breach (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:00 PM PST

Port Authority police look on as travelers walk through a terminal Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, at Newark Liberty International Airport, in Newark, N.J. A security breach at the airport on Sunday evening forced major delays and grounded flights for hours. The Transportation Security Administration said a man who caused the security breach at the airport, left about 20 minutes after he walked the wrong way through a security checkpoint. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Call it the airport embrace felt around the world.

Blackwater settles civil lawsuits over Iraq deaths (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:34 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2008 file photo, Mohammed Farhan, a relative of Ibrahim Abid, who was killed when guards employed by security company, Blackwater, opened fire at a Baghdad square more than a year ago, visits his grave in Baghdad, Iraq. The security firm formerly known as Blackwater has reached a settlement in a series of federal lawsuits in which dozens of Iraqis accused the company of cultivating a reckless culture that allowed innocent civilians to be killed. Plaintiffs' attorney Susan Burke filed a motion in federal court late Wednesday, Jan 6, 2010 requesting the cases be dismissed. The seven lawsuits cited a pattern of illegal activity, including several killing such as the 2007 shooting in Iraq's capital that left 17 Iraqis dead and strained relationships between Washington and Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - The security firm formerly known as Blackwater has reached a settlement in a series of federal lawsuits in which dozens of Iraqis accused the company of cultivating a reckless culture that allowed innocent civilians to be killed.

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