2010年1月16日星期六

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

For $65, tourists get peek at Los Angeles gangland (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 01:27 PM PST

In this Jan. 10, 2010 photo, former gang member Alfred Lomas talks with reporters during a 'LA Gang Tours' tour of Los Angeles. Only miles from the scenic vistas and celebrity mansions that draw sightseers from around the globe, but a world away from the glitz and glamour, a bus tour is rolling through the dark side of the city's gang turf. Passengers paying $65 a head sign waivers acknowledging they could be crime victims as they put their fate in the hands of tattooed ex-gang members who say they have negotiated a cease-fire among rivals in the most violent gangland in America. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)AP - Only miles from the scenic vistas and celebrity mansions that draw sightseers from around the globe — but a world away from the glitz and glamour — a bus tour is rolling through the dark side of the city's gang turf.

JFK terminal is evacuated after security breach (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 04:20 PM PST

Passengers wait to be re-screened due to a security breach at Terminal 8 of JFK airport Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 in New York. A terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport was evacuated Saturday after a security breach, officials said. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - A busy terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport was evacuated Saturday after a passenger opened a restricted door and set off an alarm, officials said.

NYC crews sent to Haiti draw on 9/11 experience (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 11:42 AM PST

In this undated photo released by the New York City Police Department, NYPD Deputy Inspector Robert Lukach speaks with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly moments before a joint deployment to Haiti by 80 NYPD Emergency Service officers and New York City Firefighters. Lukach is the leader of the NYPD component of the joint NYPD-FDNY Urban Search and Rescue team that will search for trapped survivors of the earthquake in Haiti. (AP Photo/NYPD)AP - When the twin towers came down on Sept. 11, 2001, deputy police inspector Robert Lukach was there, working on the pile, digging through the rubble for survivors.

Denver Post owner plans prepackaged Ch. 11 filing (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 08:40 AM PST

FILE - In this April 26, 2006 file photo, Dean Singleton, CEO of MediaNews Group Inc., leaves the San Jose Mercury News in San Jose, Calif., The holding company for the MediaNews Group family of newspapers that includes The Denver Post, Affiliated Media Inc., says it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - The holding company for MediaNews Group Inc. newspapers, including The Denver Post and San Jose Mercury News, says it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Ratings soaring for O'Brien (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 04:46 PM PST

FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo provided by NBC, Conan O'Brien makes his debut as the host of NBC's 'The Tonight Show' in Universal City, Calif. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY, ARCHIVE OUT, NO SALESAP - Conan O'Brien's ratings are soaring as he nears a bitter exit from NBC's "Tonight" show, his ridicule of his network executives apparently resonating in a country filled with the unemployed.

Spanish lawmaker's photo used for bin Laden poster (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 02:04 PM PST

This digitally enhanced image taken from the U.S. Department of State's web site rewardsforjustice.net, shows what Osama bin-Laden could look like today. (AP Photo/U.S. State Department)AP - A Spanish lawmaker was horrified to learn that the FBI used an online photograph of him to create an image showing what Osama bin Laden might look like today.

Portland high-rise to get 250-foot-tall trellises (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 10:29 AM PST

This computer generated architectural image provided by the U.S. General Services Administration shows a series of 250-foot-tall trellises designed to shade the west side of the 18-story Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building in Portland. The green wall concept is familiar to anyone who has planted a deciduous tree or used a vine-covered trellis on the west side of the house: In the summer the leaves provide cooling shade; in the winter, the bare limbs and stems admit comforting light. (AP Photo/U.S. General Services Administration)AP - They haven't figured out yet how to get the pruning done, but architects and federal officials plan one of the world's most extensive vertical gardens in downtown Portland — what amounts to a series of 250-foot-tall trellises designed to shade the west side of an 18-story office building.

Survivors of Hudson crash toast to anniversary (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 03:09 AM PST

Capt. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger, kneeling foreground right, pilot of the US Airways flight that had a water landing in New York's Hudson River last year, poses for a photo with passengers and crew on the anniversary of the incident, in New York, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - They looked like they were posing for an eclectic class picture: dozens of smiling faces, everyone carefully lined up. As cameras clicked, the survivors of US Airways Flight 1549 cheered and laughed loudly enough to remind everyone that they had made it.

Police: Ky. census worker had told of suicide plan (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 10:10 PM PST

FILE - In this undated 2008 photo, Bill Sparkman speaks to a 7th grade class during a lesson about sound waves. An eastern Kentucky census worker found naked, bound and hanging from a tree had told a friend he intended to kill himself and that he had chosen the time, place and method to do it, police records show. Those records about the death of Bill Sparkman were released Friday to The Associated Press by the Kentucky State Police. (AP Photo/The Times-Tribune, File)AP - An eastern Kentucky census worker found naked, bound and hanging from a tree had told a friend he intended to kill himself and that he had chosen the time, place and method to do it, police records show.

N. Dakota school's mascot fight goes into overtime (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 01:33 PM PST

AP - Some University of North Dakota officials were hoping that a long-running dispute over the school's Fighting Sioux nickname would be settled this week. Now it appears it could continue for several months.

Junior Gotti says he may write true crime stories (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 09:06 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2006, file photo, John 'Junior' Gotti Jr. exits Manhattan federal court in New York, after his third trial ended in a mistrial. The federal government has decided not to seek a fifth racketeering trial against John 'Junior' Gotti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)AP - Now that the government has given up trying to put him in prison, John "Junior" Gotti says he may leave New York and try his hand at writing true crime stories.

Suspicious airplane passenger questioned in Mich. (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 08:31 PM PST

United Express flight 6036, from Chicago to Traverse City, Mich., sits on the north-south runway at Cherry Capital Airport Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, after a call about suspicious activity aboard caused an investigation. Police say a passenger on board a plane en route to northern Michigan was acting suspiciously, and the crew asked police to meet the aircraft when it landed. (AP Photo/John L. Russell)AP - Police questioned a passenger on a small commercial plane that flew from Chicago to a northern Michigan resort town on Friday after the crew reported he was acting suspiciously.

Lawyer plans to leave Blagojevich defense team (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 08:56 PM PST

FILE - In this April 21, 2009, file photo, ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is seen leaving federal court in Chicago. The former Illinois governor told Esquire magazine in its February issue that he's 'blacker than Barack Obama' and that he was a real person in a political arena dominated by phonies. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, file)AP - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY'-uh-vich) may be losing a lawyer.

Biden: Haiti relief will remain a priority for US (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 07:33 AM PST

AP - Vice President Joe Biden says rebuilding Haiti in the wake of a devastating earthquake will remain a priority for the U.S. long after the story fades from media headlines.

Coakley hopes for historic win in Kennedy seat bid (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 04:16 AM PST

Former President Bill Clinton, left, clasps hands with Martha Coakley, right, candidate for the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., at the conclusion of a campaign rally in Boston, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - For much of her campaign, Martha Coakley steered clear of the Kennedy mystique, methodically crafting a low-key campaign to fill the late Edward Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat the way the seasoned prosecutor would build a case in court.

Federal Judge Florence Cooper dies in California (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 08:28 PM PST

This undated image provided by the U.S. District Court shows District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, who presided over such high-profile cases as the Winnie the Pooh copyright dispute, died Friday Jan. 15, 2010 in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 69.(AP Photo/U.S. District Court)AP - U.S. District Court Judge Florence Marie Cooper, whose reputation for brilliance and fairness made her a star of the federal judiciary, died Friday of lymphoma. She was 69.

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