2010年3月12日星期五

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Runaway Prius case presents nagging questions (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 05:14 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate agent who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the gas pedal became stuck.

Al-Qaida suspect from NJ worked at 6 nuke plants (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 05:14 PM PST

** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP OF NJME107 OF MARCH 11, 2010 ** This 2002 photo provided by Roman Castro shows Sharif Mobley, 26, at a barbecue in Buena, N.J. The FBI confirmed Thursday, March 11, 2010, that the agency is looking into the case of Mobley, who grew up in Buena and is an alleged al-Qaida member raised in New Jersey who is accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen. (AP Photo/Roman Castro) NO SALESAP - An American seized in Yemen in a sweep of suspected al-Qaida members had been a laborer at six U.S. nuclear power plants, and authorities are investigating whether he had access to sensitive information or materials that would be useful to terrorists.

Reid's wife undergoes surgery after traffic crash (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 04:03 PM PST

This undated image from Senator Harry Reid's Senate website shows Reid, second from left standing, with his family including daughter Lana, left sitting, and wife Landra. Reid's wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday March 11, 2010 after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she and their daughter were riding on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, officials said. Reid's wife, Landra, 69, whose injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, and their daughter, Lana Barringer, 49, were taken by ambulance to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va. The daughter was released from the hospital Thursday night, hospital spokesman Tony Raker said. (AP Photo/US Senate)AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife underwent surgery Friday to stabilize serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan she and their daughter were riding in on an interstate highway.

NYPD: Bar beating suspect in custody (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 04:58 PM PST

This image provided by the New York Police Department and made from a surveillance camera inside a convenience store near a bar shows a man police believe to be the stranger who followed a woman into a New York City bar restroom after she rejected his advances early Thursday March 11, 2010, savagely beat her in a toilet stall and perhaps tried to sexually assault her, according to police. The attack occurred around 2 a.m. at Social, a three-story bar and lounge on Eighth Avenue in midtown Manhattan where the 29-year-old victim, a nurse, had gone with a friend, authorities said. (AP Photo/NYPD)AP - A man suspected of brutally beating a woman in a New York City bar restroom after she rejected his advances was taken into police custody Friday.

NYC: Taxi drivers overcharged riders by $8.3M-plus (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 05:15 PM PST

AP - Thousands of New York City taxi drivers overcharged passengers by more than $8.3 million over the past two years by setting their meters at a rate that was supposed to be used for trips to the suburbs, the Taxi and Limousine Commission said Friday.

Tough choice ahead on settlement for 9/11 workers (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 04:39 PM PST

Construction worker James Nolan, a 9/11 first responder, sits outside the construction site where he is currently working Friday, March 12, 2010, in New York. Nolan, one of thousands of ground zero workers who claim to have been sickened by dust and debris from the World Trade Center, will have 90 days to decide whether to accept a settlement worth up to $657.5 million. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - In the years after the 9/11 terror attacks, 10,000 people who helped clear mountains of debris from Lower Manhattan filed lawsuits blaming New York City for failing to protect them from the toxic dust.

Texas ed board vote reflects far-right influences (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 04:20 PM PST

State Board of Education member Mary Helen Berlanga listens to debate during an SBOE meeting in Austin, Texas, on Friday, March 12, 2010. Earlier in the day, the board voted 10-5 to preliminarily adopt a new, more conservative, social studies curriculum. Berlanga, who voted against the changes, decorated her desk with signage of past minority discrimination.(AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)AP - A far-right faction of the Texas State Board of Education succeeded Friday in injecting conservative ideals into social studies, history and economics lessons that will be taught to millions of students for the next decade.

Woods responders concerned about domestic violence (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 04:22 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2010, file photo, Tiger Woods looks down during a news conference in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The ambulance crew that responded after Woods crashed his SUV would not allow his wife to ride with him to the hospital because they thought it was a case of domestic violence, documents released Friday, March 12, 2010, by the Florida Highway Patrol show. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)AP - The ambulance crew that responded after Tiger Woods crashed his SUV would not allow his wife to ride with him to the hospital because they suspected domestic violence, documents released Friday by the Florida Highway Patrol show.

Ex Edwards aide avoids jail again in sex tape flap (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 03:53 PM PST

Andrew Young, former aide to former Senator John Edwards, is interviewed by the media after a hearing at the Chatham County Superior Court House in Pittsboro, N.C., Friday, March 12, 2010. Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones ruled that Young was not in contempt of court for his accounting of how he handled items that Edwards mistress Rielle Hunter is seeking. (AP Photo/Sara D. Davis)AP - A former aide to John Edwards avoided jail again Friday in a dispute over a tape that allegedly shows the past presidential candidate and his lover in a sexual encounter.

4 incendiary devices found in eastern Texas mail (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 11:15 AM PST

AP - At least four incendiary devices have been found recently in mailboxes or postal processing facilities in eastern Texas, although none posed a danger to the public, authorities said.

Colo. school shooting suspect says he heard voices (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 03:22 PM PST

In this photo provided by Jefferson County Sheriff's Office on Thursday Feb. 25, 2010, Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood is shown. Eastwood is accused of wounding two middle school students at Deer Creek Middle School in Littleton, Colo. on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jefferson County Sheriff's Office)AP - The voices Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood thought were coming from a television box haunted him for years, and he told sheriff's deputies he continued to hear them the day he took a rifle to his old middle school and wounded two students.

Old laws, raids leave Philly bar owners foaming (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 12:24 PM PST

In this Wednesday, March 10, 2010 photo, bartender Sean McGuinness pauses while working at the Resurrection Ale House, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, in Philadelphia. An anonymous complaint that the Philadelphia bar was selling beer that has not been properly licensed with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board led to raids on three upscale bars last week in which police confiscated three quarter-kegs and 317 bottles of beer that believed to have not been properly registered with the state. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - A real brouhaha has beer lovers in the City of Brotherly Love frothing over with anger.

Experts say even Obama getting too many med tests (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 01:30 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama returns to the White House from the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., following a medical exam in Washington. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — even President Obama — are being overtreated. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggests that many Americans are being overtreated. Maybe even President Barack Obama, champion of an overhaul and cost-cutting of the health care system.

Va. man waits 5 months, collects $200M prize (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 12:20 PM PST

AP - For five months, Virginia carpenter Steve Williams lived with a secret worth millions.

Another hassle for Illinois Senate candidate (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 10:12 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, Alexi Giannoulias speaks with reporters while campaigning in Springfield, Ill., for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by President Barack Obama. As Giannoulias' battles with five-term congressman Republican Mark Kirk for the seat, Broadway Bank, Giannoulias' family owned bank and its financial struggles have quickly become the central issue in the race. The fact that Broadway could be on the verge of failure and reports that loans were made to a convicted bookmaker when Giannoulias was the senior loan officer, has given fodder for Kirk's campaign against Illinois' first-term state treasurer Giannoulias. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)AP - The Illinois Democrat running for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat faced a new political hassle after one of his major campaign contributors was arrested on charges of defrauding banks by writing bad checks.

GOP leader's skinny-dip confession stuns Utah (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 03:50 PM PST

This undated image provided by the State of Utah shows Majority Leader Republican Kevin Garn. A late-night confession Thursday March 11, 2010 by Utah's House majority leader, Garn, about sitting nude in a hot tub with a minor 25 years ago has shocked this highly conservative state's political establishment. (AP Photo/State of Utah)AP - A late-night confession by Utah's House majority leader about sitting nude in a hot tub with a minor 25 years ago has shocked this conservative state's political establishment but has not prompted calls from party leaders for him to resign.

Autopsy: Animal fatally mauled teacher in Alaska (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 01:22 AM PST

In this 2009 photo provided by the Lake and Peninsula Borough School District, Candice Berner, an Alaska special education teacher, holds up crab caught on a school district outing. Autopsy results announced Thursday, March 11, 2010, indicate Berner, 32, died March 8, 2010, in an animal attack outside the village of Chignik Lake, Alaska. Based on wolf tracks and other indications at the scene, Alaska State Troopers say Berner likely was killed by wolves but that the kind of animal cannot be determined without additional testing. (AP Photo/Lake and Peninsula Borugh School District, Alaska) NO SALES.AP - A teacher jogging along a rural Alaskan road was killed in an animal attack and authorities say wolves are the chief suspects.

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