2010年1月11日星期一

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Walmart pulling jewelry cited in AP cadmium report (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:17 PM PST

In this Dec. 17, 2009 photo, Jeff Weidenhamer, professor of chemistry at Ashland University, holds a 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer', charm in Ashland, Ohio. Barred from using lead in children's jewelry because of its toxicity, some Chinese manufacturers have been substituting the more dangerous heavy metal cadmium in sparkling charm bracelets and shiny pendants being sold throughout the United States, an Associated Press investigation shows. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - Federal and state watchdogs opened a new front Monday in the campaign to keep poisons out of Chinese imports, launching inquiries into high levels of cadmium in children's jewelry while Walmart pulled many suspect items from its store shelves.

NJ Legislature approves medical marijuana bill (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:19 PM PST

AP - The Legislature on Monday approved a bill that would allow chronically ill patients access to marijuana for medical reasons.

Some fear Kan. ruling may spur abortion violence (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:08 PM PST

FILE - In this July 28, 2009 file photo, Scott Roeder attends his preliminary hearing in court in Wichita, Kan. Jury selection in the trial of Roeder who is charged with killing Dr. George Tiller, one of the nation's few late-term abortion doctors was delayed Monday Jan. 11, 2010 after prosecutors challenged a judge's decision to allow the defense to build a case for a lesser charge. A hearing was set for Tuesday afternoon to give the defense an opportunity to respond to prosecutors' court filing. (AP Photo/Jaime Oppenheimer, Pool, File)AP - Before the first juror is selected or witness called, a decision allowing a confessed killer to argue he believes the slaying of one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers was a justified act aimed at saving unborn children has upended what most expected to be an open-and-shut case.

Balloon boy's dad dashes into jail without a word (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:08 PM PST

The Laramie County Sheriff's Dept. released this Jan.11, 2010 photograph of Richard Heene taken when he turned himself in to begin serving his 90-day sentence at the Laramie County Detention Center in Fort Collins, Colo. (AP Photo/Laramie County Sheriffs Dept.)AP - There was no last second proclamation of innocence or even a statement to the handful of reporters waiting in the freezing cold for the man who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the balloon boy hoax.

Cold imperils Florida's fish, fruit and veggies (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:08 PM PST

Icicles hang from a chain link fence outside a nursery Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 in Plant City, Fla. Another blast of sub-freezing temperatures hit the area over night. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP - Here's something you don't often see in this town at the heart of the state's $9 billion citrus industry: a sign at the public library that says, "ICE! On sidewalk. Be careful!"

Lawyer: Feds chose torture over trial for detainee (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 03:13 PM PST

FILE - An undated file photo provided by the U.S. District Attorney's office shows Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said Ghailani has no right to keep a pair of Marine and Air Force lawyers who represented him at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, when their superior officers have decided they are needed elsewhere. A judge will hear arguments Monday Jan. 11, 2010, to decide if a Guantanamo Bay detainee's rights were violated when he was held for five years without charges. (AP Photo/File)AP - A lawyer asked a judge Monday to toss out charges against the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be brought to civilian courts, saying he was tortured for 14 hours over five days and denied trial for nearly five years.

TSA: Passenger carries ammo on plane in Milwaukee (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 02:24 PM PST

AP - A passenger inadvertently carried shotgun shells onto a Dallas-bound Midwest Airlines plane at Milwaukee's airport on Monday before he realized his mistake and alerted flight attendants, authorities said.

Worries over Hasan's competence didn't slow career (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 02:29 PM PST

FILE - The 2007 file photo provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. A Defense Department review of the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, has found the doctors overseeing Hasan's medical training repeatedly voiced concerns over his strident views on Islam and his inappropriate behavior, yet continued to give him positive performance evaluations that kept him moving through the ranks. Hasan, 39, stands charged with the premiditated murder of 13 people and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder, Hasan, 39, is accused of killing 13 people on Nov. 5, 2009, at Fort Hood, the worst killing spree on a U.S. military base. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, File)AP - In late December 2004, one of the officers overseeing Army Maj. Nidal Hasan's medical training praised him in an official evaluation as a qualified and caring doctor who would be an asset in any post.

Woman recalls emotional ordeal of gay marriage ban (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST

From left, Paul Katami, Jeff Zarrillo, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier stand together outside a home in San Francisco, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. The two same-sex couples are plaintiffs in a federal court case on California's same-sex marriage ban. The federal trial is scheduled to begin later Monday in San Francisco. It will consider whether the Proposition 8 gay marriage ban approved by California voters in November 2008 is legal. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - One of two lesbians suing California to overturn its ban on gay marriage testified Monday that she and her partner have experienced an emotional roller coaster during the past six years involving their desire to wed.

Boulder film festival to honor Alec Baldwin (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:23 PM PST

AP - Boulder International Film Festival organizers say actor Alec Baldwin will be the featured guest at the sixth annual event.

APNewsBreak: Mark McGwire admits using steroids (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:12 PM PST

This March 17, 2005, file photo shows former baseball player Mark McGwire being sworn in before testifying at a hearing on Capitol Hill on the use of steroids in professional baseball in Washington. McGwire has finally come clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he was apologizing. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Sobbing and sniffling, Mark McGwire finally answered the steroid question. Ending more than a decade of denials and evasion, McGwire admitted Monday what many had suspected for so long — that steroids and human growth hormone helped make him a home run king.

`Spider-Man 4' delayed; Maguire, Raimi out (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:21 PM PST

Actor Tobey Maguire poses for a photo in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. Maguire has being in all three Spider-Man movies. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Tobey Maguire's web-slinging days are behind him.

Fla. lawmaker calls for probe of bogus Woods claim (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:22 PM PST

AP - A Florida lawmaker has called for an investigation into who phoned a hot line with a bogus claim that Tiger Woods' children were being abused.

Trial opens in murder, kidnapping from womb case (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 03:24 PM PST

AP - A woman accused of cutting a baby from a pregnant teenager, killing her, and passing the baby off as her own, had not been pregnant, even though she told her family she was, according to a prosecutor and her doctor.

Mom gets 10 or more years in disabled girl's death (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 02:24 PM PST

AP - Saying the child suffered "severe neglect in every way," a judge sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison Monday for the death of her adopted, quadriplegic daughter, whose starved body was discovered under mothballs in a storage unit.

Super Bowl ad prices fall; still most expensive (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 03:28 PM PST

In this image provided by HomeAway, Beverly D'Angelo, left, as Ellen Griswold, and Chevy Chase, as Clark Griswold, appear in an ad for vacation-rental Web site HomeAway. The ad for the 5-year-old company featuring the quirky traveling family from the movie 'National Lampoon's Vacation' is scheduled to run during this year's Super Bowl. (AP Photo/HomeAway) NO SALESAP - The economic slump appears to have taken a toll on Super Bowl ads, pushing the price down for only the second time in the game's history, though they're still the most expensive on television.

Too much flu vaccine? Shot push this week to tell (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 12:10 PM PST

Edwin Garcia, 5, reacts as he gets a flu vaccination at Carlin Springs Elementary School in Arlington, Va., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. H1N1 flu-shot drives for all ages are scheduled around the country for what's officially dubbed National Influenza Vaccination Week, in hopes of preventing a possible third wave of the epidemic later this winter. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - First there was too little swine flu vaccine. Now could there be way too much?

Jayson Williams pleads guilty in fatal NJ shooting (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 01:43 PM PST

Former NBA basketball star Jayson Williams leaves Somerset County Courthouse in Somerville, N.J., with his wife, Tanya, after pleading guilty on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, to aggravated assault, and will serve at least 18 months in prison for accidentally killing a limousine driver in his bedroom, finally closing one chapter in his troubled post-NBA life. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)AP - Former NBA star Jayson Williams, his personal life in shambles, took responsibility for accidentally shooting his limousine driver to death eight years ago by pleading guilty Monday to assault and agreeing to serve at least 18 months in prison.

NH tax evader gets 37 years on weapons charges (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 01:50 PM PST

AP - A tax-evading man convicted of amassing an arsenal of weapons that he and his wife held during a nine-month standoff with federal authorities was sentenced Monday to 37 years in federal prison in a hearing punctuated by him laughing and chiding the judge and prosecutors.

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