2010年1月9日星期六

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News


Floridians, tourists face wind chill, flurries (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 04:15 PM PST

Teresa Husen of Stockholm, Sweden walks with her children Edwin, left, and Elvira, right,  as a cold rain falls in Miami Beach, Fla, Saturday Jan. 9, 2010.  A cold front brought rain and falling temperatures to South Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - Mark and Barbara Willard were at home in Wickford, England two weeks ago checking the weather forecast on the Internet before packing for their trip to Orlando — sunny and 70 degrees.


Warnings about accused Del. pediatrician surface (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 10:45 AM PST

FILE -In this file photo released Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 by the Delaware State Police, Dr. Earl Bradley is shown. Gov. Jack Markell plans to order an independent review of Delaware's handling of investigations of a Lewes pediatrician suspected of sexually abusing more than 100 patients over several years.  Bradley was the subject of police investigations in 2005 and 2008, but the state's medical licensing board says it was never notified until his arrest last month. (AP Photo/Delaware State Police, File)AP - Dating back almost a decade, there were complaints and investigations involving Dr. Earl Bradley, a well-known Delaware pediatrician who authorities say may have molested more than 100 children.


Relatives: Drifter slain in Mo. had drug scheme (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:02 AM PST

This Dec. 22, 2009 photo released by The Vandalia Leader shows crime scene tape surrounding a semi truck after the body of James McNeely was found inside it in Laddonia, Mo. Eight people, including two juveniles, have been charged in the death of McNeely whose stripped, tarp-wrapped corpse was discovered hard-frozen in a refrigerator-freezer trailer of the abandoned truck in rural northeast Missouri. (AP Photo/The Vandalia Leader, Kory Barsé)AP - The last time Hubert McNeely saw his nephew James alive, the young man was visiting him in Columbus, Ohio, and going on about a scheme to sell drugs with his new friends from Missouri.


Police say Anchorage officer shot several times (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 02:06 PM PST

AP - An Anchorage police officer was shot several times as he sat in his parked patrol car early Saturday in an apparent drive-by shooting, a police spokesman said.

Gumby animator Art Clokey dies at 88 in California (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 03:17 PM PST

FILE - Art Clokey, the creator of 'Gumby,' poses with a stuffed version of his creation to mark its 50th anniversary at an exhibit of Gumby artwork and paraphernalia at the Lynn House Gallery in Antioch, Calif., in this May 14, 2005 file photo. Clokey, whose bendable creation became a pop culture phenomenon through countless satires, toys and revivals, died Friday Jan. 8, 2010 at age 89. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron, File)AP - Animator Art Clokey, whose bendable creation Gumby became a pop culture phenomenon through decades of toys, revivals and satires, died Friday. He was 88.


Is Washington's orca baby boom a fluke? (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:34 AM PST

In this Jan. 3, 2010 photo released by Orcanetwork.org, J47, a baby orca whale, swims alongside J35, it's mother, near Vashon Island, Wash. in Puget Sound. A little over a year after researchers feared a drop in the region's orca population meant disaster, the number of the endangered killer whales has bounced back with six new babies and no whales lost. (AP Photo/Orca Network/ESA/NMFS #781182400, Jeff Hogan)AP - A little over a year after researchers feared a drop in the Northwest's endangered killer whale population meant disaster, the number of orcas has bounced back with six new babies and no whales lost.


Hawaii can't afford Congressional election (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 02:25 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, Hawaii residents wait in line at the McKinley High School polling station to cast their votes on election day in Honolulu. Hawaii can't afford to hold a 2010 election to replace one of its two representatives in the U.S. House, raising the possibility that more than 600,000 residents could go without representation. The state election office has only $5,000 left to last the rest of the year, far short of the $1 million a special election would cost. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman, File)AP - Cash-strapped Hawaii can't afford to pay for an election to replace a congressman who is planning to step down next month to run for governor, potentially leaving 600,000 urban Honolulu residents without representation in Washington.


Lesson 1 for prosecutors-turned-guvs: Compromise (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 12:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2009 file photo, former U.S. Attorney and New Jersey Gov.-elect Chris Christie, right, listen as Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell answers a question in Fairless Hills, Pa. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat and former district attorney and mayor of Philadelphia, is widely credited with overseeing a fiscal renaissance in the nation's fifth-largest city. He butted heads with the city's powerful labor unions over his cost-cutting efforts.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)AP - Chris Christie built his reputation putting elected officials in prison.


911 call reporting Casey Johnson's death released (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 03:14 PM PST

AP - Socialite Casey Johnson was already dead when an ambulance was called to her Los Angeles home, according to the woman who made the 911 call.

Lesbian lawmaker in Utah carries baby for gay men (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 12:28 PM PST

AP - Rep. Christine Johnson will serve an additional role when the Utah Legislature convenes this month. The lesbian lawmaker announced she's a surrogate mother, carrying a baby for two gay men.

CBS chief: Prime-time Leno great for us (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 02:38 PM PST

FILE - In this July 22, 2006 file photo, Conan O'Brien listens to a question as he talks about the show at the Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)AP - The failed Jay Leno experiment was great for business — at CBS.


Genentech says FDA approves Actemra arthritis drug (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 02:34 PM PST

AP - Biotechnology company Genentech Inc. says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its new drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

Friends: Suspect meant no harm at Newark airport (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 02:27 PM PST

Haisong Jiang, 28, is shown being escorted out of the Port Authority Police building at Newark Airport in Newark, N.J., early Saturday Jan. 9, 2010. Jiang, believed to have breached security to bid his girlfriend goodbye, triggering the shutdown of a busy Newark Airport terminal that led to snarled flights worldwide, was arrested in New Jersey and faces a trespassing charge and a fine of up to $500, punishment a senator says should be much harsher. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)AP - Friends described the man charged with breaching security at Newark Liberty International Airport as a romantic who just wanted to see his girlfriend off properly.


Charlie Sheen tapes first show since felony arrest (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 02:13 PM PST

FILE- This May 21, 2006 file photo, shows actor Charlie Sheen as he arrives for the screening of the film 'Platoon,'at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, southern France. A Colorado judge has ruled, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, that Sheen must appear in person at a hearing in Aspen on allegations he threatened his wife with a knife. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)AP - Charlie Sheen is back at work at "Two and a Half Men," and his producer said Saturday that the audience at the actor's first show taping since his arrest on felony charges was "incredibly supportive."


Friend: Suspect meant no harm at Newark airport (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 10:45 AM PST

AP - A friend describes the man charged with breaching security at Newark Liberty International Airport as a romantic who just wanted to see his girlfriend off properly.

Analysis: Obama's buck-stopping goes only so far (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 02:23 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - He says "the buck stops with me," but nearly a year into office, President Barack Obama is still blaming a lot of the nation's troubles — the economy, terrorism, health care — on George W. Bush.


Report: Grand jury apparently probes gate-crashers (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 12:35 AM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009  file photo, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, arrive at a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington. A federal grand jury has convened to investigate whether fraudulent statements were made to government officials, apparently in the probe of how a Virginia couple got into a White House state dinner without an invitation. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)AP - A federal grand jury has convened to investigate whether fraudulent statements were made to government officials, apparently in the probe of how a Virginia couple got into a White House state dinner without an invitation.


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