2010年4月2日星期五

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Napolitano tours RI floods as state pleads for aid (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:28 PM PDT

Theresa Arena rests against the door as she surveys the flood damage in her grandmother-in-laws home in Cranston, R.I., Friday, April 2, 2010. Floodwater from the Pawtuxet River was 4 feet high on the first floor. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)AP - U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano took a helicopter tour over still-flooded Rhode Island on Friday, witnessing waterlogged shopping malls and homes with people's possessions laid out to dry in their yards, as residents and officials in the already economically troubled state pleaded for her to secure more federal aid.


AP: Vatican waited years to defrock Arizona priest (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:14 PM PDT

AP - The future Pope Benedict XVI took over the abuse case of an Arizona priest, then let it languish at the Vatican for years despite repeated pleas from the bishop for the man to be removed from the priesthood, according to church correspondence.

SF crime lab scandal strains justice system (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office shows Deborah Madden, a former San Francisco police crime lab technician suspected of stealing drug evidence. Suspicions of a crime at the San Francisco crime lab started cropping up in December.  Madden's sister reportedly found a vial of cocaine from the lab at her home and alerted officials she feared her sibling might be stealing drugs used as evidence. Later, an internal audit revealed small amounts of cocaine were missing from the lab. Then, other technicians also acknowledged they suspected someone was stealing evidence and noticed tampering. (AP Photo/San Mateo County Sheriff's Office via the San Francisco chronicle, file)AP - SAN FRANCISCO — The first hint of scandal at the San Francisco crime lab came in December when officials received a tip that a technician might be stealing cocaine used as evidence.


Feds: Homes with Chinese drywall must be gutted (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 05:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, a large chunk of Chinese drywall from the Alfonso Sanchez home in Davie, Fla. leans against the wall. New federal guidelines released Friday, April 2, 2010, say thousands of U.S. homes tainted by Chinese drywall won't be safe unless they are completely gutted.(AP Photo/J Pat Carter, file)AP - Thousands of U.S. homes tainted by Chinese drywall should be gutted, according to new guidelines released Friday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.


Thousands of vets missing out on better benefits (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT

Retired soldier Orin Higgins holds his military ID card in Mountain Grove, Mo., in a Monday, March 29, 2010 photo. Higgins was initially discharged from the Army with no medical benefits after injuring his back, but successfully appealed to the Physical Disability Board of Review for higher disability rating. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)AP - Only a fraction of wounded veterans who could get better benefits have applied in the two years since Congress, acting on concerns the military was cutting costs by downplaying injuries, ordered the Pentagon to review disputed claims.


4 dead, 3 hurt in blast, fire at Wash. refinery (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 04:41 PM PDT

A Tesoro Corp. refinery, including a gas flare flame that is part normal plant operations, is shown Friday, April 2, 2010, in Anacortes, Wash. An overnight fire and explosion at the refinery killed at least three people working at the plant. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - A Washington state oil refinery hit by a deadly blast and fire early Friday was recently fined for safety violations amid what federal watchdogs call a troubling trend of serious accidents at refineries.


3 adults, 3 children dead in Minneapolis fire (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 05:26 PM PDT

Firefighters lay a hose while battling a blaze on the second floor of a building that houses McMahon's Pub in south Minneapolis, Minn on Friday morning April 2, 2010. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Sennott)AP - A fire swept through a two-story Minneapolis building that housed several apartments and an Irish pub Friday, killing six people, including three children, authorities said


Militia's influence appears limited to close group (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 01:28 PM PDT

This photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows David Brian Stone Sr., 44, of Clayton, Mich. The changes in David Brian Stone's personal theology destroyed his marriage, his former wife says, and prosecutors claim they later led him to hatch a plot to kill police officers and spark an uprising against the government. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshall)AP - The leader of a self-proclaimed group of "Christian warriors" had lofty ambitions: Set up chapters around the U.S., stockpile a massive cache of weapons and even establish his own country as he prepared to battle the Antichrist, authorities say.


US Jewish leaders denounce Catholic sermon (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 02:58 PM PDT

AP - American Jewish leaders on Friday denounced a Vatican official's likening of anti-Catholicism during the church's escalating abuse crisis to "collective violence" against Jews, but predicted it would not deal a severe blow to the two faiths' often-strained relationship.

'Dynasty' oil tycoon John Forsythe dead at 92 (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 04:03 PM PDT

FILE - In a Saturday, Jan. 30, 1983 photo, actor John Forsythe celebrates after accepting the Golden Globe Award for best actor in a dramatic television series, 'Dyanasty,' in Hollywood, Calif. Forsythe, the actor who made his fortune as TV's affable 'Bachelor Father' and the scheming oil tycoon in 'Dynasty,' died late Thursday, April 1, 2010 in Santa Ynez, Calif.  said publicist Harlan Boll. He was 92. (AP Photo/McClendon, File)AP - John Forsythe, the handsome, smooth-voiced actor who made his fortune as the scheming oil tycoon in TV's "Dynasty" and the voice of the leader of "Charlie's Angels," has died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 92.


Fla. chef has 9 reasons his octopus tastes better (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 04:40 PM PDT

This photo, taken April 2, 2010, in Tarpon Springs, Fla., shows the 9-legged octopus found in a seafood shipment by Hellas Bakery and Restaurant head chef Emmanuel Psomas. He says it's the first 9-legged octopus he's seen in his 40 years as a chef. (AP Photo/Tamara Lush)AP - Nineopus. Novopus. Freak of nature. Whatever you want to call it, the nine-legged octopus probably had a leg up on all the other creatures in the Gulf of Mexico — until it was caught and found its way to Hellas Bakery and Restaurant in Florida.


FBI probes Alabama lawmakers on bingo casino bill (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 02:57 PM PDT

AP - The FBI is investigating possible public corruption involving Alabama lawmakers' handling of a bill that could legalize electronic bingo casinos.

NYC study: 50 native plants disappearing (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 02:17 PM PDT

This undated photo of Celastrus Scandens, commonly known as American Bittersweet, was released by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Friday, April 2, 2010 in New York. A 20-year-long study by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, has identified the plant as one of species native to New York City that has been in a slow decline. Once common across the eastern two thirds of the U.S., the native version of the plant is still around, but it has vanished from many areas now dominated by its hardier, faster-breeding Asian cousin, the Oriental Bittersweet. (AP Photo/Brooklyn Botanic Garden) **NO SALES**AP - Oriental Bittersweet was an exotic foreigner still found mostly in East Asia when the New York Botanical Garden planted its first specimen in 1897.


Spacewoman power: 4 women in orbit at same time (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 10:25 AM PDT

Three female astronauts that will fly aboard space shuttle Discovery, from left, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, mission specialists Stephanie Wilson and Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, April 1, 2010. Discovery is scheduled to launch April 5 on a mission to the International Space Station.(AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Space is about to have a female population explosion.


FBI warns letters to governors could stir violence (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 04:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2010 file photo, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm delivers her State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature, in Lansing, Mich. The FBI is warning police across the country that Guardians of the free Republics ,an anti-government group's call to remove governors from office could provoke violence by others. Governors whose offices reported receiving the letters included Jennifer Granholm of Michigan, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Chet Culver of Iowa and Jim Gibbons of Nevada. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)AP - The FBI is warning police across the country that an anti-government group's call to remove governors from office could provoke violence. The group called the Guardians of the free Republics wants to "restore America" by peacefully dismantling parts of the government, according to its Web site. It sent letters to governors demanding they leave office or be removed.


Florida doctor's sign warns away Obama supporters (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 01:51 PM PDT

In this March 31, 2010 photo. a sign is seen posted on the office door of Dr. Jack Cassell, a Mount Dora, Fla. urologist. The notice on Dr. Jack Cassell's Mount Dora practice says, 'If you voted for Obama, seek urologic care elsewhere.' Changes to your healthcare begin right now, not in four years.  Cassell told the Orlando Sentinel on Thursday he wasn't questioning patients or refusing care, because that would be unethical. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Deirdre Lewis) NO SALESAP - A central Florida urologist has posted a sign on his office door warning supporters of President Barack Obama to find a different doctor.


Authorities release 911 call in Disney bus crash (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 12:03 PM PDT

AP - Emergency officials have released a recording of a 911 call made moments after a 9-year-old boy was killed by a Walt Disney World bus in Florida.

White House signals improving relations with China (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 10:44 AM PDT

President Barack Obama waves from Air Force One upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, April 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - The White House is signaling an improvement in relations between the U.S. and China amid news that the Chinese leader will attend a nuclear security summit in Washington later this month.


Ark. governor shows not all incumbents are toxic (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:51 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, March 23, 2010, photo, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe is interviewed in his Little Rock, Ark., campaign headquarters. While Democrats and incumbents are on the defensive across the nation this election year, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe finds himself in an unusual position. He's both a Democrat and an incumbent and serving in a state where his party's national agenda is especially unpopular, yet he has remained blissfully untouched by the angry climate. Meanwhile, those woes have turned his Arkansas colleague, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, into one of the most endangered incumbents on the ballot this fall. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - At a time when many incumbents — especially Democratic ones — are in political peril across the country, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe finds himself in remarkably good shape.


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