2010年4月6日星期二

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W.Va. mine owner accused of putting safety second (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2010 file photo, Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship speaks in Charleston, W.Va. Blankenship said Tuesday, April 6, 2010 that a carbon monoxide warning at Massey Energy Co.'s sprawling Upper Big Branch mine was the first sign of trouble before a huge underground explosion killed 25 miners on Monday. (AP Photo/Bob Bird, File)AP - The coal mine rocked by an explosion that killed at least 25 workers in the nation's deadliest mining disaster since 1984 had been cited for 600 violations in less than a year and a half, some of them for not properly ventilating methane — the highly combustible gas suspected in the blast.

Black conservative tea party backers take heat (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 03:26 PM PDT

In this Feb. 10, 2010 photo, Fox News political analyst Angela McGlowan announces at the Tupelo, Miss., City Hall, that she is running for the 1st Congressional District as a Republican. Black conservatives are taking heat for their involvement in the mostly white tea party movement, and McGlowan has spoken at several tea party events. (AP Photo/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Thomas Wells)AP - They've been called Oreos, traitors and Uncle Toms, and are used to having to defend their values. Now black conservatives are really taking heat for their involvement in the mostly white tea party movement — and for having the audacity to oppose the policies of the nation's first black president.

Parents reunited with baby pulled rubble in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Junior Alexis and Nadine Devilme sit with their baby, Jenny, during a news conference, Tuesday, April 6, 2010 in Miami Gardens, Fla. The parents of the Haitian baby rescued from the rubble after January's devastating earthquake said Tuesday it was 'a miracle' that the girl survived, addressing reporters a day after their emotional reunion in the U.S. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - The parents of a Haitian baby rescued from the rubble after January's devastating earthquake said Tuesday it was "a miracle" that their daughter survived, addressing reporters a day after their emotional reunion in the U.S.

Wash. man charged with threatening Sen. Murray (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:01 PM PDT

Sen. Patty Murray listens during a forum with unemployed veterans and veteran business owners Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in Seattle. Murray discussed with the veterans the barriers faced in the job market and the unique skill sets vets bring to employers. Murray is preparing to introduce major veterans employment legislation in the Senate. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - A Washington state man has been charged with threatening to kill Democratic Sen. Patty Murray over her support for health care reform, leaving voicemail messages at her office saying she had a target on her back and "it only takes one piece of lead."

Study: Riskier surgeries for back pain raise costs (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 02:13 PM PDT

Graphic illustrates rise in number of costly and complex back surgeries.AP - A study of Medicare patients shows that costlier, more complex spinal fusion surgeries are on the rise — and sometimes done unnecessarily — for a common lower back condition caused by aging and arthritis.

Miss. lesbian student's prom night falls short (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 22, 2010 file photo, Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old senior at Itawamba County Agricultural High School, speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Aberdeen, Miss., following a hearing regarding the ACLU's preliminary injunction to force the prom at her high school after being informed she could not wear a tux or have a same-sex date. McMillen's senior prom was far short of the rite of passage she hoped to experience when she began the legal battle. Millen says she was among seven teenagers who showed up for the dance held last Friday at the Fulton Country Club in Fulton, Miss., where school officials served at chaperones. She said the rest of her classmates attended a party at a community center in nearby Evergreen . (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)AP - Senior prom fell far short of the rite of passage Constance McMillen was hoping for when she began a legal battle to challenge a ban on same-sex dates.

3 plead not guilty in Mass. school bullying case (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 02:15 PM PDT

Judge Judd J. Carhart, right, presides IN Hampshire Superior Court over the arraignment of three Massachusetts teenagers, who waived their rights to appear yet pleaded not guilty through their lawyers, left, Tuesday, April 6, 2010, in Northampton, Mass.. The teens are among several charged in the bullying of Phoebe Prince, 15, who committed suicide in January after what prosecutors call months of threats and harassment. (AP Photo/Carol Lollis, Pool)AP - Three Massachusetts teenagers pleaded not guilty through their lawyers Tuesday in the bullying of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide after what prosecutors call months of threats and harassment.

Gomez introduced as next leader of LA archdiocese (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2008 file photo , Cardinal Roger Mahony officiates during Ash Wednesday services at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. The pope has named Archbishop Jose Gomez of San Antonio, Texas, to take over the Los Angeles archdiocese when its current archbishop retires, putting him in line to become the highest-ranking Latino in the American Catholic hierarchy. Cardinal Roger Mahony, who has been dogged by the clergy abuse scandal during his quarter-century tenure in Los Angeles, turns 75 in February. Under church rules, bishops submit their resignation at age 75. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)AP - Archbishop Jose Gomez's appointment Tuesday to head the Archdiocese of Los Angeles underscores the growing importance of Latinos in the American church and promises to give the nation's largest Roman Catholic diocese an even stronger voice in the immigration debate.

O'Connor: More justices may skip State of Union (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 03:16 PM PDT

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the 2010 Sidney Shainwald Public Interest Lecture at the New York Law School, Tuesday, April 6, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - The first woman to sit on the nation's highest court said Tuesday she wouldn't be surprised if fewer justices attend State of the Union addresses after President Obama criticized a recent ruling at this year's address.

911 call: Gun in Easter fight was 'to prove point' (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:01 PM PDT

In this April 5, 2010 photo released by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office in Columbus, Ohio, is shown Evelyn Burgess. Police say Burgess shot her cousin to death during an argument that started because she didn't think her cousin was dressed properly for Easter dinner. Columbus police Officer Jean Holmes said in court Tuesday, April 6, 2010, that the leg-baring shorts worn by 19-year-old Danielle Pickens sparked a verbal and physical confrontation with 42-year-old Burgess on Sunday at Burgess' home. Police say Pickens walked outside to leave and Burgess shot her in the head with a handgun. Pickens died at a hospital early Monday. (AP Photo/Franklin County Sheriff's Office)AP - A woman who called 911 after a fatal shooting at an Easter party told a police dispatcher she shot a relative after she retrieved a gun to prove a point and it went off.

Inmates: Anthony would drug daughter for sleep (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 03:58 PM PDT

AP - A jail inmate claims a Florida mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter would use drugs sometimes to put the toddler to sleep so that she could go out with friends, according to documents released Tuesday. A second inmate says the woman would use antihistamines on the toddler.

Antenna failure hampers crew's shuttle inspection (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 02:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2006 file photo provided by NASA, space shuttle Discovery, its KU-band antenna at right, approaches the International Space Station. Discovery's astronauts surveyed their ship Tuesday, April 6, 2010 for signs of launch damage, but the job was complicated by the failure of the space shuttle's KU-band antenna. (AP Photo/NASA, file)AP - Discovery's astronauts surveyed their ship Tuesday for signs of launch damage, but the job was complicated by the failure of the space shuttle's big dish antenna.

LA mayor to close most departments 2 days a week (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 01:34 PM PDT

AP - The mayor of Los Angeles says all city departments except police, public safety and those that make money must close two days a week because of a budget crisis.

Va. brings back Confederate month after 8 years (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 02:37 PM PDT

AP - Virginia's governor has brought Confederate History Month back to the state for the first time since 2001.

Better food in schools aim of Colo. senator (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:51 AM PDT

AP - A Colorado senator and a federal official are hitting a public-school cafeteria for lunch to promote a bill to get healthier foods in schools.

In coalfields, work, death in mines is way of life (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 02:23 PM PDT

Mine electrician Terry Holstein, 49, stands outside the Charles B. Jarrell General Merchandise store in Dry Creek, W.Va., on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Holstein worked at the nearby mine where 29 are feared dead in an explosion, but left several years ago because he thought it was unsafe. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)AP - Down the road from the disaster scene at the Upper Big Branch Mine, two unassuming brick buildings stand side by side, hugging the bank of the Big Coal River. One is the Assembly of God Church; the other is the meeting hall of Local 6608 of the United Mine Workers Union.

In Colorado town, voters decide fate of pot tax (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 02:45 PM PDT

AP - Voters were deciding Tuesday whether to make this rural western Colorado town the first in the state to tax medical marijuana.

In down economy, older moms' births still up in US (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 11:52 AM PDT

AP - U.S. births fell in 2008, probably because of the recession, updated government figures confirm. The one exception to the trend was the birth rate among women in their 40s, who perhaps felt they didn't have the luxury of waiting for better economic times.

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