2010年2月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Army chief: Soldiers home more between deployments (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:28 PM PST

AP - Soldiers are getting to spend more time at home between combat deployments as the U.S. military draws down in Iraq and the Army grows in size, the service's chief of staff said Friday.

Student hangs noose at San Diego campus library (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:27 PM PST

AP - Anger boiled over on the University of California San Diego campus Friday, where students took over the chancellor's office to protest the hanging of a noose in a campus library.

Bam! Bam! Bam! 3rd blizzard this month smacks East (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:16 PM PST

Sweetie, a four-month-old Welsh Terrier, enjoys a romp in the snow as a winter storm passes through Hoboken, N.J., Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)AP - A slow-moving winter storm smacked the Northeast on Friday, unleashing heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds as it knocked out power to more than a million homes and businesses. It turned Maine beachfront streets into rivers and piled on the misery in places hit by three major blizzards in less than a month.

Shows to go on at SeaWorld, king of orca business (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:14 PM PST

Jim Atchison, right, President & CEO of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, speaks during a news conference at the killer whale underwater viewing area of SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. SeaWorld will restart its killer whale shows this weekend after Tilikum, the largest orca in captivity, dragged a trainer to her death in the water at the Orlando park. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)AP - Shamu is big business at SeaWorld, which owns more killer whales than anyone else in the world and builds the orca image into its multimillion-dollar brand, and the killing of a trainer this week won't change that.

Police: Man in gunbattle preferred death to prison (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:48 PM PST

Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer, left, and Cal Fire Chief Keith Larkin, right, console Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims after a news conference about officers who were shot in a standoff near Minkler, Calif. on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Justin Kase Conder)AP - The California man who authorities say killed one law enforcement officer and wounded two others in a gun fight at his mobile home was a paranoid private security guard who kept a gun collection and told his wife he would rather die than go to prison.

NY Gov. Paterson drops election bid under pressure (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:14 PM PST

New York Governor David Paterson, accompanied by his wife Michelle, raises his hand to swear an oath during a news conference in New York, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. Paterson abruptly dropped his election bid Friday under pressure from Democrats concerned about his faltering agenda and criticism of his handling of a domestic abuse case involving a trusted aide. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Less than a week after declaring he would seek a full four-year term, New York Gov. David Paterson abruptly dropped his election bid Friday under pressure from fellow Democrats concerned about his faltering agenda and his handling of a domestic abuse case involving a trusted aide.

Police: Mistakenly released inmate caught in W.Va. (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST

In this undated photo released by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Raymond Taylor is shown. Maryland's Commissioner of Correction J. Michael Stouffer said Thursday night Feb. 25, 2010, that 26-year-old Raymond Taylor of New York, who was serving three life sentences for attempted murders, pretended to be another inmate and was mistakenly released from custody. (AP Photo/Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services)AP - A man serving three life terms conned his way out of a Baltimore prison with help from his cellmate, an extraordinary escape that raised questions about Maryland's procedures for releasing inmates.

Iceberg breaks in Antarctica not where expected (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:14 PM PST

In this satellite image released by Commonwealth of Australia, a 97-kilometer (60 mile) long iceberg known as B9B, right, is about to crash into the Mertz Glacier Tongue, left, in the Australian Antarctic Territory on Jan. 7, 2010. The collision created a new 78-kilometer (48 mile) long iceberg. (AP Photo/Commonwealth of Australia)AP - With the dramatic crash of an iceberg against a glacier that dislodged a massive new chunk of ice, the mysterious continent of Antarctica once again did the unexpected.

Police: Wis. boy found OK; mom, 2 brothers killed (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:09 PM PST

AP - Police said a 6-week-old boy whom they feared was in danger was found abandoned but safe outside a church Friday afternoon, hours after his mother and two young brothers were found dead after a suspicious fire in their home.

Infatuated man kills Wash. teacher outside school (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:14 PM PST

Teachers and staff members react after after a special education teacher at Birney Elementary School in Tacoma Wa., was shot and killed Friday February 26, 2010. The suspect in the shooting was fatally shot by Pierce County sheriff's deputies shortly after. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Dean J. Koepfle)AP - A man apparently infatuated with a special education teacher he knew from college shot and killed her as she walked into her elementary school Friday, shortly before students began arriving.

Ex-hospital head pleads not guilty in molest case (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:01 PM PST

Claude Edward Foulk, the 62-year-old former executive director of the state's largest mental health facility in Napa, Calif., is arraigned Friday, Feb. 26, 2010 in Long Beach Superior Court on a charge of child molestation. Prosecutors have filed 35 felony counts pertaining to one victim, a Long Beach foster child who moved in with Foulk at the age of ten and who was allegedly molested by Foulk for more than a decade. (AP Photo/ Brittany Murray, Pool)AP - The former head of one of the nation's biggest state mental hospitals pleaded not guilty Friday to molesting an adopted foster son and was ordered held on $3.5 million bail at the same time that prosecutors detailed abuse allegations involving five other boys, including another foster son.

Bakery voluntarily pulls lemon Girl Scout cookies (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:46 PM PST

AP - They promise to entice the senses with a "hint of cinnamon-ginger spice" and a "refreshingly zesty lemon creme filling," but some batches of Lemon Chalet Creme Girl Scout cookies didn't quite turn out that way.

California puts 11 office buildings up for sale (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 03:46 PM PST

AP - California has put the "for sale" sign on 11 state office buildings, including the San Francisco Civic Center and the Ronald Reagan State Building in Los Angeles, as a way to raise cash to shrink the budget deficit.

Stroke study finds neck stents safe, effective (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:01 AM PST

Graphic shows how carotid artery stents help prevent strokesAP - People at risk of a stroke because of narrowed neck arteries can be safely treated with a less drastic option than the surgery done now, the largest study ever done on these treatments concludes.

Red Cross president Gail McGovern has cancer (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 02:24 PM PST

FILE - In this March 18, 2009 file photo, Gail J. McGovern, the chief executive officer and president of the American Red Cross, speaks during an interview in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)AP - Gail McGovern, the president and CEO of the American Red Cross, has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer but expects to make a full recovery, she said Friday.

Police, Penn St. target St. Patty's Day lookalike (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:40 PM PST

In this Feb. 24, 2010 photo, the Lion's Den bar is seen in State College, Pa. An unofficial holiday created by a Penn State student to celebrate St. Patrick's Day early has turned into an excuse for needless drinking, critics say. Now police along with student and community leaders are pushing back, and even at least one bar, the Lion's Den, is closing Saturday in hopes of taming the event known as 'State Patty's Day.' (Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Bars served green beer. Stores sold green shirts and party hats. Revelers took to the streets at dawn.

Online debate rages over white group's step win (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:22 PM PST

In this photo provided by Sprite, members of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority from the University of Arkansas compete in the Sprite Step Off National Finals Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, in Atlanta. Eighty teams from fraternities and sororities at forty universities participated in the competition which featured a grand prize of $100,000 in scholarships, triumphing in the largest prize pool ever of $1.5 million in scholarships. After days of controversy over Zeta Tau Alpha group's win in a step competition, sponsor Coca-Cola said Thursday Feb. 25, 2010, the second-place team Alpha Kappa Alpha will share top honors. (AP Photo/Sprite, John Amis)AP - Visit any of the nation's more than 100 historically black colleges or universities and you'll see clusters of men and women engaged in the rhythmic clapping and foot stomping routines known in black Greek circles as "stepping."

Legal troubles aside, ex-Detroit mayor lives large (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 11:22 AM PST

This March 11, 2008 file photo shows former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick giving his State of the City address in Detroit. Michigan corrections officials have asked a judge to issue an arrest warrant charging Kilpatrick with violating his probation, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)AP - If ever a public figure should be down for the count, it is Kwame Kilpatrick.

Mistake kept woman in Louisiana jail for months (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:25 PM PST

AP - A homeless, mentally ill woman has been released from a Louisiana jail after a clerical mistake kept her there for six months.

Detroit art museum opening Islamic gallery (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 11:51 AM PST

AP - In the heart of the largest concentration of Muslims in the U.S., the Detroit Institute of Arts this weekend is opening a new permanent gallery of Islamic art showcasing exhibits including a rare 15th-century Quran of a Mongol conqueror.

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