2010年3月22日星期一

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Before health vote, a weekend of ugly discourse (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, March 19, 2010 file photo, a protester is removed by a security officer as President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform at the Patriot Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file)AP - Remember how shocking it was six months ago when Rep. Joe Wilson shouted "You lie!" to the president?

Witness: Michael Jackson doctor interrupted CPR (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 06:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 file photo, Michael Jackson's physician, Conrad Murray, right, arrives for his arraignment at the Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles, where he is expected to face involuntary manslaughter charges in Jackson's death. Murray halted CPR on the dying pop star and delayed calling paramedics so he could collect drug vials at the scene, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press that shed new light on the singer's chaotic final moments. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, FILE)AP - Michael Jackson's doctor halted CPR on the dying pop star and delayed calling paramedics so he could collect drug vials at the scene, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press that shed new light on the singer's chaotic final moments.

FDA warns doctors about Glaxo rotavirus vaccine (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 02:00 PM PDT

AP - U.S. health officials urged pediatricians Monday to temporarily stop using one of two vaccines against a leading cause of diarrhea in babies, after discovering that doses of GlaxoSmithKline's Rotarix were contaminated with bits of an apparently benign pig virus.

ACORN disbanding because of money woes, scandal (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:23 PM PDT

FILE - This file image made Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 from undated hidden-camera video taken from the web site Biggovernment.com, shows ACORN employee Tonja Thompson, right, speaking with Hannah Giles in a hidden-camera video made by James O'Keefe III, and Giles in Baltimore. In the video, Giles and O'Keefe pose as a pimp and prostitute and talk to ACORN employees who give them tax advice. Community activist group ACORN announced Monday March 22, 2010, it is folding amid falling revenues, six months after video footage emerged showing some of its workers giving tax tips to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute. (AP Photo/Biggovernment.com) NO SALES, FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - The once mighty community activist group ACORN announced Monday it is folding amid falling revenues — six months after video footage emerged showing some of its workers giving tax tips to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute.

Opponents take last stand against health care bill (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 05:06 PM PDT

Annamaria Evans stands with a group of activists, legislators and community leaders outside Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., Monday, March 22, 2010. They launched a petition drive Monday to put a measure on the Michigan ballot asking voters whether they want to exempt the state from the federal health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - In a defiant last stand against a newly passed health care overhaul, opponents are trying everything they can to stop it from becoming the law of the land.

Fargo's long-term flood solution: 10 years, $1.3B (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:17 PM PDT

A basketball post sticks out of floodwater from the Red River Monday, March 22, 2010, in Fargo, N.D. The river crested Sunday at about 19 feet over flood stage. It left some back yards, fields, parks and roads submerged, but officials reported no major damage. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - The Red River Valley's battle with major flooding for the second straight year has intensified the push for a solution that doesn't rely on thousands of volunteers and millions of sandbags.

Md. mom who killed 2 girls gets life; froze bodies (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:11 PM PDT

FILE -In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, Renee Bowman, left, is escorted into the Calvert County courthouse in Prince Frederick, Md. Bowman, convicted of killing two adopted daughters and storing their bodies in a freezer, was sentenced to life without parole Monday, March 22, 2010 by Judge Michael J. Algeo in Rockville. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)AP - A Maryland woman was sentenced Monday to life in prison for torturing and killing two of her daughters and storing their bodies in a home freezer.

Testing new MS theory as patients demand care now (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:33 PM PDT

Dr. Carlo Tornatore, left, and Dr. Richard Neville, look over a digital record of Nicole Kane Gurland,at Georgetown University Hospital, in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Under intense pressure from patients, U.S. doctors are cautiously beginning to test a provocative theory that abnormal blood drainage from the brain may play a role in multiple sclerosis — and that a surgical fix might help. If it pans out, the approach could mark a vast change for MS, a neurological disease long blamed on an immune system gone awry. But patients frustrated by today's limited therapies are pushing to have their veins treated now, ahead of the carefully controlled studies needed to prove a link. Some even are heading overseas for the experimental care. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Under intense pressure from patients, some U.S. doctors are cautiously testing a provocative theory that abnormal blood drainage from the brain may play a role in multiple sclerosis — and that a surgical vein fix might help.

NY police agree driver error caused Prius crash (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 02:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 17, 2010 file photo, representatives of Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration examine a crashed Toyota Prius in Harrison, N.Y. Police in suburban New York have completed a two-week investigation into the mysterious crash of a Toyota Prius.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, file)AP - A housekeeper who reported that her boss' Toyota Prius accelerated on its own and wouldn't brake as she hurtled toward a stone wall apparently had her foot on the gas pedal the entire time, according to a police investigation that concluded the driver, not the car, caused the accident.

Calif. moves to ban smoking at all state parks (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 06:03 PM PDT

AP - California lawmakers on Monday moved a step closer to banning smoking at state beaches and parks, following the lead of hundreds of communities nationwide.

Woman says RI officer raped her, came to hospital (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:50 PM PDT

AP - A woman who says she was raped by an on-duty Providence police officer testified Monday that the man came into her hospital room grinning and in uniform after the alleged attack in 2007.

Attorney: Mumbai widow's time in US restricted (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:32 PM PDT

AP - Frumet Teitelbaum lost her husband in the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Now she may not be able to see her kids.

RI gov candidate confronted sex-abuse priest (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 11:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, Republican John Robitaille announces in Warwick, R.I., his campaign for Rhode Island governor. Robitaille learned to lead by confronting the Roman Catholic church in the 1990's for sheltering a priest, the Rev. James Porter, who abused him other victims. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)AP - John Robitaille nearly swerved his car off Interstate 95 when he heard a Boston radio station report that his old classmates had accused a Roman Catholic priest of sexually abusing them as children.

NYC settles jail strip-search suit for $33 million (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 02:01 PM PDT

AP - Two women who claimed they were forced to undergo gynecological exams and thousands of other people who said they were strip-searched in New York City jails have settled a class-action lawsuit with the city for $33 million.

Halliburton, KBR drop court appeal in rape case (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:08 PM PDT

AP - Halliburton Co. and KBR Inc. have withdrawn an appeal asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lawsuit by a former military contractor who says she was raped by KBR co-workers in Iraq.

Vandals strike AZ congresswoman's Tucson office (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:01 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say the Tucson, Ariz., congressional office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was vandalized a few hours after the House vote overhauling the nation's health care system.

Soaring spending reorders Calif. governor's race (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:22 PM PDT

AP - Six-figure donations are rolling in, radio and online ads are running, and researchers are digging for dirt on Meg Whitman, the leading Republican candidate for California governor.

Judge hears lesbian teen's suit to force prom (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 01:36 PM PDT

Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old senior at Itawamba County Agricultural High School, center, flanked by an American Civil Liberties Union legal team, walks to the federal courthouse in Aberdeen, Miss., Monday, March 22, 2010, for a hearing regarding the ACLU's preliminary injunction to force the prom at her high school. McMillen was told by school authorities that she could not wear a tux or bring a same sex date to the prom on April 2. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - Mississippi officials who canceled a prom after a lesbian student asked to bring her girlfriend told a federal judge Monday that there were issues with the event even before that.

Ships skirt Calif. coast to avoid pollution rules (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 07:32 AM PDT

AP - Cargo ships are avoiding the California coast because of tightened air pollution rules, causing problems for Navy missile tests.

New York City taxi scam smaller than first thought (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 12:03 PM PDT

AP - Fewer New York City taxi drivers overcharged their passengers than previously believed because some were likely only fumbling the buttons on the meter for a moment after the trip was over, officials said Monday.

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