2010年1月29日星期五

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Toyota says new gas pedals are en route to dealers (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 05:22 PM PST

A Toyota dealer is seen in Kamp-Lintfort, western Germany, Friday Jan.29, 2010. Toyota's still-expanding recalls over faulty gas pedals and an unprecedented decision to stop selling and building some of its top-selling models in the U.S. are costing the carmaker dearly: industry analysts are already forecasting its market share will sink to its lowest since 2006. Japanese Trade Minister Masayuki Naoshima sounded a note of alarm Friday about the tarnished reputation of Toyota Motor Corp., the nation's iconic automaker. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)AP - Toyota said it began shipping gas pedal parts to its dealers Friday for use in fixing the millions of cars and trucks recalled because of accelerators that could become stuck.

APNewsBreak: Crystal Cathedral makes deep cuts (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 05:20 PM PST

AP - The Southern California megachurch founded by televangelist Robert H. Schuller Sr. is selling property, laying off workers and pulling its signature TV program "Hour of Power" from some markets to offset a nearly $8 million drop in revenue.

Heavy snowfall buries southern Plains, heads east (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 05:25 PM PST

A car is that couldn't get traction on a small hill is pushed out of the way of traffic in Oklahoma City, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. A winter storm knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses and stranded travelers across Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP - Southeastern states were bracing Friday for overnight snow and icy roads from a storm that has toppled Midwestern power lines, closed major highways, buried parts of the southern Plains in heavy ice and snow and left tens of thousands of people in the dark.

Body in backyard is missing Fla. lottery winner's (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 05:23 PM PST

*RETRANSMIT TO UPDATE CAPTION** FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Polk County Sheriff's Office shows Abraham Shakespeare, 43, a truck driver's assistant who lived with his mother and who was reported missing Nov. 9, 2009. A body found buried in a backyard in Plant City, Fla., was identified Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, as missing Florida lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's office said the remains were identified through fingerprints, but a cause of death likely won't be known until Monday.(AP Photo/Polk County Sheriff's Office)AP - Winning $30 million in the Florida Lottery should have been the best thing that ever happened to Abraham Shakespeare. But with his newfound wealth came a string of bad choices and hangers-on who constantly hit him up for money. Nine months ago, he vanished. Friends and family hoped he was on a beach somewhere in the Caribbean. On Friday, detectives confirmed that a body buried under a concrete slab in a rural backyard was his.

Man accused in Colo. train threat denies charges (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

Ojore Lutalo, 64, from Elizabeth, N.J., talks about his arrest during an interview in Denver on Friday, Jan. 29, 2009. He denies making any kind of threats while aboard an Amtrak train where he was arrested Tuesday in La Junta, Colo. Passengers on the train alerted authorities after hearing the man mention al-Qaida and make threats in a cell phone conversation.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - A man pulled off an Amtrak train after passengers reported hearing him talk about al-Qaida and make threatening statements is well known among prison rights advocates after spending more than 20 years in solitary confinement.

Push to send FEMA trailers to Haiti stirs backlash (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 02:44 PM PST

FILE - In this March 2, 2007 file photo, some of about 20,000 mobile homes and travel trailers owned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency sit at the Hope Municipal Airport near Hope, Ark. The trailer industry and lawmakers are pressing the government to send Haiti thousands of potentially formaldehyde-laced trailers left over from Hurricane Katrina, an idea denounced by some as a crass and self-serving attempt to dump inferior American products on the poor. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - The trailer industry and lawmakers are pressing the government to send Haiti thousands of potentially formaldehyde-laced trailers left over from Hurricane Katrina — an idea denounced by some as a crass and self-serving attempt to dump inferior American products on the poor.

Edwards' ex-mistress wants 'private' tape returned (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 29, 2006 picture, Rielle Hunter, background left, holds a video camera as former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards campaigns in Portsmouth, N.H. Hunter, the ex-mistress of the two-time presidential candidate John Edwards wants a 'very private and personal' videotape back from a campaign aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents obtained Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - The ex-mistress of two-time presidential candidate John Edwards wants a "very private and personal" videotape back from a campaign aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents.

Music world celebrates ahead of its big event (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:32 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2009 file photo, music mogul Clive Davis arrives to his pre-Grammy party in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - From parties to rehearsals to gift suites, Grammy-related activities were taking over L.A.'s weekend scene in advance of Sunday night's awards show at Staples Center. Here's a tour around town:

Hawaii kills same-sex civil unions bill (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 03:37 PM PST

AP - Hawaii lawmakers declined to vote Friday on a bill that would have allowed same-sex civil unions, effectively killing the measure.

'Who Dat' got the rights to famous Saints cheer? (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 03:49 PM PST

A sign outside of PJ's Coffee shop in the central business district shows the city's furor over the NFL's fight with small businesses over the trademark 'Who Dat?' in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)AP - Who owns "Who Dat?"

Taylor's son rejects Liberians' torture claims (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 03:40 PM PST

AP - The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Friday rejected as "propaganda" claims by Liberians and the U.S. government that he oversaw widespread torture and human rights abuses while head of an elite paramilitary unit in his father's government.

Man charged in NJ weapons case remains in custody (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:05 PM PST

Lloyd Woodson, 43, of Virginia, stands during a court appearance Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, in Somerville, N.J. Superior Court Judge John Pursel set his bail at $75,000 after authorities seized a cache of weapons and ammunition including rifles, a grenade launcher and a night vision scope from a motel room where he was staying. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - A former Virginia man accused of having a cache of weapons and a map of an Army base in his New Jersey motel room appeared briefly in court Friday for the second time this week.

Walmart pendants recalled as Disney bans cadmium (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 03:26 PM PST

FILE - This undated file photo released by chemistry professor Jeff Weidenhamer of Ashland University, shows a 'The Princess and the Frog' necklace purchased at a Walmart in Mansfield, Ohio in Dec. 2009. Federal consumer safety regulators are announcing a recall of 'The Princess and The Frog' movie-themed children's pendants, citing high levels of the toxic heavy metal cadmium. Friday's recall affects about 55,000 items, sold exclusively at Walmart stores. The voluntary recall by FAF Inc., of Greenville, R.I., comes several weeks after an Associated Press investigation reported high levels of cadmium in the pendants and other children's metal jewelry imported from China. (AP Photo/Jeff Weidenhamer, Ashland University, File) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALESAP - Federal consumer safety regulators on Friday announced the recall of "The Princess and The Frog" pendants sold at Walmart stores because of high levels of the toxic metal cadmium, an unprecedented action that reflects concerns of an emerging threat in children's jewelry.

50 officers gave chase in Phoenix officer killing (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 03:16 PM PST

Golbert, Az. Police Lt. Eric Shuhandler is seen in an undated photo provided by the Gilbert, Az., Police Dept. Schuhandler was shot and killed during a traffic stop Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, and two suspects were wounded after a 50-mile high-speed chase that ended in a shootout, authorities said Friday. (AP Photo/Gilbert Police Dept.)AP - With a police lieutenant mortally wounded and his alleged assailants fleeing in a work truck, more than 50 law officers carried out a wild midnight pursuit through the Phoenix suburbs in search of the suspects.

Genealogist: Obama, Mass. Sen.-elect Brown related (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 08:56 AM PST

FILE - This combination of 2 file photos shows President Barack Obama, left and Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown. Genealogists said Friday Jan. 29, 2010 that the Democratic president and the newly elected senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown, are 10th cousins. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Elise Amendola, File)AP - It was bad enough that President Barack Obama lost his filibuster-proof margin in the U.S. Senate to a Republican. Now it turns out he also lost it to a relative.

Hand pain halts Willie Nelson's NC show (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:50 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, musician Willie Nelson performs with his band during the Farm Aid Concert event in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Kyle Ericson, file)AP - Singer and guitarist Willie Nelson canceled a North Carolina concert because of a bum hand about an hour after several band and crew members were busted for allegedly possessing moonshine and marijuana.

iPhones keeping ski resorts honest on snow reports (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 07:23 AM PST

JJ Toland, communications director for the Sugarbush ski resort, holds the maple sap bucket used for measuring snowfall in Warren, Vt., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Economists Jonathan Zinman and Eric Zitzewitz, skiers who took offense to a fluffed-up claim, studied snow reports from 2004 to 2008 and compared them to area government weather stations. They found that ski resorts across the U.S. and Canada reported more fresh snow — 23 percent more, on average — on skier-coveted weekends than during the week. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Ever hit the slopes only to find 4 inches of fresh snow instead of the 8 inches you were promised? That may be because ski areas have exaggerated their snowfalls on weekends to entice skiers, according to a study by two Dartmouth College professors.

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