2010年1月20日星期三

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Brown: Mass. victory sends 'very powerful message' (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:00 PM PST

U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass., speaks at a news conference at a hotel, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in Boston. Brown was elected 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 - Republican Scott Brown, fresh from a stunning Massachusetts Senate victory that shook the power balance on Capitol Hill, declared Wednesday that his election had sent a "very powerful message" that voters are weary of backroom deals and Washington business-as-usual.

Va. shooting suspect charged with murder (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:01 PM PST

Murder suspect Christopher Speight, center, is led out of State Police headquarters in Appomattox, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Speight is accused of killing eight people and leading police on an overnight manhunt. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - A man suspected of shooting eight people to death in Virginia has been charged with murder.

Texas man charged in deaths of 5 family members (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:19 PM PST

In this photo provided by the Austin County Sheriff's Office is an arrest picture of Maron Thomas, 20, of Bellville, Texas, who is a suspect in the shooting deaths of five family members at their home in rural Austin County, Texas. Thomas was charged with capital murder in the deaths, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Austin County Sheriff's Office)AP - A 20-year-old Texas man has been charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of five family members, including a 2-year-old niece who also was decapitated.

Report: Judge shouldn't lose job for closing court (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:38 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2009 file photo, Judge Sharon Keller waits for her trial to begin at the Bexar County Courthouse in San Antonio. According to a report released Wednesday Jan. 20, 2010, Keller should not lose her job for closing her court before a death-row inmate could file a final appeal. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - An embattled Texas judge who closed her court before a death-row inmate could file his final appeal should not lose her job or receive any further punishment beyond the "public humiliation" she has faced, a judge presiding over her ethics trial said in a report released Wednesday.

More evacuations ordered as new storm hits Calif. (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:58 PM PST

Los Angeles police and firefighters evaluate the rapidly-rising creek in Blanchard Canyon as rain continues to fall in the afternoon Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Several inches of rain have fallen and more rain is predicted as a series of storms move through California. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - A third powerful Pacific storm pounded California with heavy rain and snow Wednesday, forcing evacuations of hundreds of homes below wildfire-scarred mountains, shutting a major interstate and unleashing lightning strikes on two airliners.

Judge: Ex-Detroit mayor owes $300K within 90 days (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:25 PM PST

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick appears during his restitution hearing in Detroit, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David Groner ruled that Kilpatrick must pay back more than $300,000 to the city of Detroit within 90 days. Groner made his ruling in harsh terms, telling Kilpatrick he again had not been 'honest with the city.' The judge told the former mayor that his conduct was 'reprehensible' and that he showed 'contempt.' Kilpatrick agreed to pay $1 million in restitution in late 2008 as part of pleas in two criminal cases, but later requested that his monthly payments be reduced. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick lied again to the citizens of the city he once led, a judge said Wednesday as he ordered the disgraced official to pay more than $300,000 in restitution within 90 days or face further punishment.

Ice storm snarls traffic in nation's midsection (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:57 PM PST

Shawn Munyon, of Des Moines, Iowa, scrapes ice off the windshield of his truck, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in Des Moines, Iowa. A storm moving across the nation's heartland on Wednesday brought freezing rain to Iowa, which turned into ice as soon as it hit the road, power lines and trees. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - A storm brought freezing rain and ice to the nation's midsection on Wednesday, causing widespread power outages and forcing school closures in several states, and contributing to at least one traffic fatality in South Dakota.

Muslim scholars critical of US policy can return (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 02:29 PM PST

In this Dec. 2, 2009 file photo, Islam expert Tariq Ramadan arrives for a meeting with a Parliamentary panel at France's National Assembly in Paris. Ramadan is one of two prominent Muslim scholars who has cleared the way for the return to the United States by the U.S. State Department, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 who was once accused of having ties to terrorism. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)AP - Two prominent Muslim scholars once accused of having ties to terrorism can reapply to travel to the United States now that the State Department has concluded they pose no danger to the country, federal spokesmen said Wednesday.

Teen held in afternoon rape along busy Ohio street (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 02:48 PM PST

AP - A 15-year-old boy has been charged in Ohio in the rape of a woman along a street in broad daylight as cars drove past.

Real-life 'Law & Order' DA joins NYC law firm (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 01:27 PM PST

AP - "Law & Order," meet "The Practice."

UN climate report riddled with errors on glaciers (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:07 PM PST

FILE - This Feb. 1, 2005 file photo shows an aerial view of the Siachen Glacier, which traverses the Himalayan region dividing India and Pakistan, about 750 kilometers (469 miles) northwest of Jammu, India. A U.N. warning that Himalayan glaciers were melting faster than any other place in the world and may be gone by 2035 was not backed up by science, U.N. climate experts said Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, an admission that could energize climate change critics. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, file)AP - Five glaring errors were discovered in one paragraph of the world's most authoritative report on global warming, forcing the Nobel Prize-winning panel of climate scientists who wrote it to apologize and promise to be more careful.

Faith groups step in as abstinence funds dry up (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 01:12 PM PST

Dance instructor James Brothers, center, helps participants with their ballroom dancing during the Purity Ball at the Seventh-day Adventist Madison church in Nashville, Tenn. on Jan. 16, 2010. The dance features a vow to abstain from sex until marriage and offer tips on 'appropriate' touching between the sexes. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)AP - Jeiel Ballard and his girlfriend, both 16, are dressed up in their best attire, ready for a night of dancing and fun.

Runaway Ohio girl to remain free of Muslim parents (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:47 AM PST

AP - A runaway teenage girl from Ohio who converted from Islam to Christianity has reached a court settlement that allows her to remain free of her Muslim parents.

Paralyzed man accuses Ohio hotel of discrimination (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:33 AM PST

AP - An Ohio man paralyzed from the waist down is suing a hotel, accusing management of discrimination for refusing to give him a room because he can't control his bowels and soiled linens during a previous visit.

Experts: Haiti at risk for another big aftershock (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 01:59 PM PST

A member of a US rescue team searches for survivors at a bank in Port-au-Prince on January 12. Canada on Wednesday raised the number of Canadians confirmed killed in last week's 7.0 earthquake in Haiti to 13 and lowered the number of its missing nationals to 543.(AFP/MINUSTAH/File/Marco Dormino)AP - Haiti can expect more aftershocks in coming weeks, and while the usual pattern suggests they will become weaker and less frequent, another one as strong as Wednesday's jolt is certainly possible, scientists say.

3 weeks after gay marriage law, NH takes up repeal (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:04 AM PST

AP - Three weeks after the state legalized gay marriage, opponents on Wednesday asked a House committee to repeal the law.

9 foreign-language films advance in Oscar race (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:12 AM PST

AP - Nine foreign-language films are on the short list in this year's Oscar race.

Texas vet school joins few with own blacksmith (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:45 AM PST

Ferrier Jason Wilson-Maki's horse nibbles on his hat as he files down his hoof at Texas A&M's large animal hospital Friday, Dec. 18, 2009 in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - After surgeons removed pieces of bone and realigned the horse's leg by bolting it together, they turned their patient over for a custom shoe-fitting to a man most often seen working in a cowboy hat and leather chaps.

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