2010年2月22日星期一

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NYC terrorism suspect pleads guilty in bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 05:07 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2009 file photo provided by the New York City Police Department, Najibullah Zazi, center, is escorted off an NYPD helicopter by U.S Marshals after being extradited from Denver, Colo. Zazi admitted Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 to a plot to bomb the New York City subways, saying he agreed to conduct an al-Qaida-led 'martyrdom plan' against the United States because of the U.S. involvement in his native Afghanistan. (AP Photo/New York City Police Department, File)AP - A former airport shuttle driver accused of buying beauty supplies to make bombs for an attack on New York City subways pleaded guilty Monday, admitting he agreed to conduct an al-Qaida-led "martyrdom operation" because of U.S. involvement in his native Afghanistan.

To some, suicide attack on IRS made pilot a hero (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:54 PM PST

Investigators stand by the remains of a small air plane, bottom left, on the ground level floor of a destroyed building in Austin, Texas, Saturday Feb. 20, 2010. Authorities said that shortly after taking off from Georgetown Municipal Airport, Thursday, Joseph Stack flew his small airplane into the building where several Internal Revenue Service employees worked. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - Flames were still shooting from the building when the suicide pilot who crashed his plane into the IRS office in Austin was being hailed in some corners as a hero who struck a courageous blow against the tyranny of the U.S. tax code.

Mascotless Ole Miss to vote on Col Reb successor (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 01:47 PM PST

In this Nov. 28, 2009 photo, Ole Miss mascot Col. Reb roams the stands of football games, as he did among Ole Miss supporters during last year's Egg Bowl game against Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss. Formerly the on-field mascot, the longtime symbol of the university was nixed in 2003 as part of the University of Mississippi's ongoing move to distance itself from reminders of a Confederate past. Students will vote Tuesday on a new mascot. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - Colonel Reb shall not rise again. That much is certain.

Del. doctor indicted in child sex abuse scandal (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:32 PM PST

FILE - This file photo released Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 by the Delaware State Police shows Dr. Earl Bradley. A Delaware grand jury returned a sweeping indictment Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 against the pediatrician accused of serial molestation in what could be one of the worst child sex abuse cases in the nation's history. The 160-page indictment returned by a Sussex County grand jury charges Bradley of Lewes, Del. with 471 counts of sexual crimes against 103 children. (AP Photo/Delaware State Police, File)AP - A Delaware grand jury returned a sweeping indictment Monday against a pediatrician accused of serial molestation in what could be one of the worst child sex abuse cases in the nation's history.

Authorities: Tour bus rollover in Fla. kills 2 (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:49 PM PST

AP - A bus carrying senior citizens on a cultural tour was struck by a car and rolled over Monday on a rural Florida highway, killing two people and critically injuring three others, authorities said.

Experts: School can track laptops less intrusively (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:12 PM PST

Harriton High School is shown in Bryn Mawr, Pa., Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. A family alleges in a federal lawsuit that the suburban Philadelphia school district used school-issued laptop webcams to spy on students at home, potentially catching them and their families in compromising situations. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - School officials in Pennsylvania who admit remotely activating student webcams to locate missing laptops could have used far less intrusive methods such as GPS tracking devices, technology and privacy experts say.

3 NYC police officers acquitted in sodomy case (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 05:07 PM PST

Michael Mineo, center, listens as Rev. Al Sharpton, right, makes remarks at the National Action Network Headquarters Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, after a New York City police officer accused of a sodomy attack against Mineo in a subway station was acquitted Monday along with two other officers who had been accused of covering it up. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - A New York City police officer accused of sodomizing a drug suspect in a subway station was acquitted Monday after defense attorneys spent weeks chipping away at the credibility of the accuser, a self-professed gang member who admitted to smoking pot regularly. Two colleagues were acquitted of a cover-up.

Md. mom convicted of killing kids found in freezer (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 05:07 PM PST

FILE -In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, Renee Bowman, left, is escorted into the Calvert County courthouse in Prince Frederick, Md., for sentencing. Bowman, accused of killing two of her adopted daughters and keeping their bodies in a freezer for months, pleaded guilty to severely abusing a third girl. Bowman, 44, was found guilty Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, of two counts of first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree child abuse. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)AP - A Maryland woman who adopted three children despite a troubled past was convicted Monday of murdering two of the girls, whose bodies were stored in a freezer as the woman continued collecting payments meant to help with their care.

Police: SC man killed mother with sword in dispute (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 01:59 PM PST

AP - A South Carolina man killed his mother with a sword after the two argued late Sunday night in the home they shared in a rural hamlet, police said.

Suit alleges Conn. plant ignored safety procedures (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:03 PM PST

This Feb. 7, 2010 cell phone photo released by the Stratton Faxon law firm on behalf of Timothy Hilliker shows a gas-fueled torch heater at the Kleen Energy Systems plant in Middletown, Conn. A lawsuit filed by by Hilliker and co-worker Harold Thoma alleges there was a breakdown in safety procedures, including the use of torch heaters, at the time of the blast as workers purged a natural gas line. Six workers were killed and 20 were injured. (AP Photo/Timothy Hilliker)AP - Two workers injured in a power plant explosion filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that proper safety procedures were not followed, and an attorney said that included live electricity running through the site, workers welding and a gas-fueled torch heater running when the blast happened.

Students return to Ala. university after shooting (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 02:39 PM PST

Meagan Warner, right, gets a hug from students from nearby Oakwood University as she walks into the Shelby Center at the University of Alabama Huntsville campus on Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, in Huntsville, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)AP - There was no easing back into classes at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Monday: Many students and teachers had to return to the building where three professors were gunned down more than a week ago.

Shinseki: US will fix broken VA disability system (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 07:43 AM PST

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, second from left, leaves a veterans discussion panel at the Charleston Vet Center in Charleston, W. Va., Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. Shinseki said he's making it a top priority in 2010 to tackle the veterans disability claims backlog that has veterans waiting months, even years, to get financial compensation for their injuries. From left are Charleston Vet Center team leader Jesse Coulter, Shinseki, Shinseki's Chief of Staff John Gingrich, and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va. (AP Photo/Bob Bird)AP - Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said he's making it a top priority this year to tackle the backlog of disability claims that has veterans waiting months — even years — to get financial compensation for their injuries.

A diploma mill's trail leads to Wisconsin inmate (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 12:32 PM PST

This Nov. 10, 2004 photo released by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections shows prison inmate Kenneth Shong. The convicted con man imprisoned in Wisconsin worked with associates outside the walls to operate a suspected diploma mill that was recruiting students for at least two years until authorities uncovered the scheme, The Associated Press has learned. Kenneth Shong, 44, helped to run 'Carlingford University' while he was behind bars, according to interviews and documents obtained by AP through the state open records law. Prison authorities uncovered the scheme in late 2008, but Carlingford's Web site was taken down only this month after AP interviewed its designer. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Department of Corrections)AP - A lifelong con man imprisoned in Wisconsin worked with associates outside the walls to operate a suspected diploma mill that was recruiting students for at least two years until authorities uncovered the scheme, The Associated Press has learned.

Marijuana use by seniors goes up as boomers age (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 01:08 PM PST

Perry Parks, 67, takes a puff of marijuana at his home in Rockingham, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. The retired Army pilot suffers crippling pain from degenerative disc disease and arthritis before turning to marijuana, which he first had tried in college, and was amazed how well it worked for the pain. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana.

Plea closes case of shocking Conn. hit-and-run (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 12:54 PM PST

FILE - SECOND OF TWO - This May 30, 2008 file image taken from a surveillance video and provided by the Hartford Police Department shows Angel Arce Torres, 78, lying in the street after he was struck by one of two cars that were racing down Park Street in Hartford, Conn. He died a year later at the age of 79. Luis Negron pleaded guilty to manslaughter for Torres' death Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, in Hartford Superior Court. (AP Photo/Hartford Police Dept., File)AP - A Hartford man pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in a hit-and-run that sparked outrage and soul-searching because a video showed bystanders ignoring the victim.

Video, shoe prints implicate church fire suspects (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:18 PM PST

In this photo provided by the Smith County Sheriff Department, Jason Robert Bourque, 19, of Lindale, Texas is shown. Bourque and Daniel George McAllister were arrested in a series of east Texas church fires that authorities believe were intentionally set. (AP Photo/Smith County Sheriff Department)AP - Investigators say convenience store video and shoe prints helped them to link two suspects to two church fires in east Texas.

Pa. girl's 25-year-old case lends hope to others (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 07:15 AM PST

This image provided by The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children shows a copy scan of the original mailer flier of then 8-year-old Cherrie Mahan when she vanished 25 years ago Monday, Feb. 22, 1985 from a bus stop near her western Pennsylvania home. She's still missing. But her picture became the first printed on direct mail fliers sent to tens of millions of homes. (AP Photo/ho/The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children )AP - Cherrie Mahan was 8 when she vanished from a bus stop near her home. A picture of the smiling, brown-haired girl would be the first featured on direct-mail fliers like those now sent weekly to tens of millions of U.S. homes with a simple message — Have You Seen Me?

In rare night landing, space shuttle back on Earth (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:08 AM PST

Space shuttle Endeavour returns to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, after a 14-day mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts closed out the last major construction mission at the International Space Station with a smooth landing in darkness that struck many as bittersweet.

Plastic bags in US — to pay or not to pay? (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:51 AM PST

A woman carries her purchases, without a bag, as she leaves a store in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. By carrying purchases she did not have to pay 5-cents for the plastic bag. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - For decades the standard question at U.S. grocery store check-out counters has been "Paper or Plastic?" But since January, consumers in the U.S. capital have faced a different question: "Will you pay 5 cents for a bag?"

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