2010年1月17日星期日

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Globe nominees mix wild fantasy, harsh reality (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:32 PM PST

Emily Blunt, left, and John Krasinski arrive at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - Far-out fantasy and ripped-from-the-headlines reality are in the running at Sunday night's rain-drenched Golden Globes, Hollywood's first major film honors that will help sort out the Academy Awards picture.

Filipino WWII veterans still waiting for payments (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 12:25 PM PST

In this Jan. 13, 2010 photo, Norma Sotio gestures while talking about her husband Gaudencio Sotio at her home in Waipahu, Hawaii. Her husband passed away Jan. 10, 2010 at the age of 84. Sotio, a Filipino World War II veteran and a Purple Heart Medal recipient, helped America fight the Japanese during World War II in the Philippines. He was hoping to collect a lump sum settlement in lieu of a pension that U.S. Government has promised but has not full-filled. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)AP - Gaudencio Sotio injured his left leg fighting to expel the Japanese military from the Philippines during World War II. Though Filipino, he was fighting under the command of the United States, which had colonized his homeland in the early 1900s.

Man in JFK alarm scare is released without bail (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:51 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 man who walked through a restricted door and set off an alarm at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport while returning from Haiti has appeared in court and has been released without bail.

Gravel beaches trapping oil from 1989 Exxon spill (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 12:24 PM PST

In this 2008 photo provided by Temple University, Temple engineering students dig one of numerous wells along the beach in Alaska. Over a total of six weeks during summers from 2007 to 2009, Michel C. Boufadel, chairman of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and his team dug about 70 pits between 3-feet and 5-feet deep on six beaches. An estimated 20,000 gallons of crude remain in Prince William Sound, even though oil remaining after the nearly 11-million-gallon Exxon Valdez oil spill had been expected to biodegrade and wash away within a few years. (AP Photo/Temple University)AP - An engineering professor has figured out why oil remains trapped along miles of gravel beaches more than 20 years after the Exxon Valdez tanker disaster in Prince William Sound.

4 Miss. college students killed in Ala. motel fire (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 03:08 PM PST

AP - A fire swept through a two-story motel in central Alabama, killing four Mississippi college students who were trapped in their room, officials said Sunday.

Turner's bid for park bison stokes wildlife debate (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:03 AM PST

FILE - In this April 29, 2003 file photo, a bison on the Ted Turner property near Oshkosh, Neb, looks at passing cars from behind a fence. With 88 bison from Yellowstone National Park facing possible slaughter, billionaire Ted Turner has swept in and offered to hold the animals for five years on his sprawling Montana ranch while a new home for them is found. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)AP - With 88 bison from Yellowstone National Park facing possible slaughter, billionaire Ted Turner has swept in and offered to hold the animals for five years on his sprawling Montana ranch while a new home for them is found. But Turner, ever the shrewd businessman, won't do it for nothing. The media mogul says he will care for the bison only if he can keep up to 90 percent of their offspring.

Obama makes last-ditch attempt to save Senate seat (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:21 AM PST

Massachusetts State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, right, campaigns with former Massachusetts Gov. Paul Cellucci, left, outside the Kenmore Diner in Worcester, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Brown is running against Democrat Martha Coakley and Joseph Kennedy, a Libertarian who is running as an independent, in a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - President Barack Obama was making a last-ditch attempt Sunday to save a Democratic-held Senate seat in Massachusetts — and an important 60th vote for his health care plan — as the top Senate Republican called the shockingly close race a verdict against the bill no matter who wins.

Analysis: Missteps, mood turn Mass. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 03:08 PM PST

Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, speaks at a rally in Worcester, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling applauds at left. Brown is running against Democrat Martha Coakley and Joseph Kennedy, a Libertarian who is running as an independent, in a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - A Republican's surprising nimbleness, his opponent's missteps and shifting political winds in this "bluest of blue" Democratic states have turned a sure thing into an even bet.

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

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 07:47 PM 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.

Filmmaker: Movie about balloon dad could clear him (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 10:10 AM PST

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, Steven Barber, a documentary filmmaker who is making a film on Richard Heene, poses for a photo at his home in Venice, Calif. Heene admitted in court that he wrongly sent authorities on a wild goose chase across Colorado to save the son he thought was aloft in a runaway balloon. Barber, a 48-year-old filmmaker says he still believes Heene really thought his son was in the balloon as it spun wildly through the skies on Oct. 15. Barber plans to releases the documentary 'Balloon Boy: Guilty Until Proven Innocent' later this year. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Once Richard Heene admitted in court that he wrongly sent authorities on a wild goose chase across Colorado to save the son he thought was aloft in a runaway balloon, friends and supporters seemed to take off just about as fast as that balloon.

'Avatar' passes 'Star Wars' with $491.8M in US (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 10:40 AM PST

FILE - In this file film publicity image released by 20th Century Fox, the character Neytiri, voiced by Zoe Saldana, right, and the character Jake, voiced by Sam Worthington are shown in a scene from, 'Avatar.' Cameron's 'Avatar' has shot past 'Star Wars' to become the No. 3 movie on the all-time domestic box office charts. Next stop: 'The Dark Knight.' Cameron's science-fiction saga took in US$41.3 million over the weekend, raising its domestic total to US$491.8 million. Worldwide, 'Avatar' has grossed US$1.5 billion. (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, File)AP - James Cameron's "Avatar" had a $41.3 million weekend to shoot past "Star Wars" as the No. 3 movie on the all-time domestic box office charts. Next stop, "The Dark Knight."

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

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 10:21 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.

Plug being pulled on decades-old navigation system (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:05 AM PST

In this photo made Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, a GPS unit on a lobster boat displays Loran coordinates, in Portland, Maine. The Loran-C radio navigation system, that for decades had been the preferred choice for millions of mariners, has become obsolete and is being shut down. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - The plug is being pulled on a radio navigational system that for decades was the preferred choice of mariners in waters off the U.S.

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