2010年5月1日星期六

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Gulf oil spill swiftly balloons, could move east (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 04:33 PM PDT

Seagulls and other birds fly past oil booms that were placed in preparation of the looming oil spill from last week's collapse and spill of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, Saturday, May 1, 2010, along the North Shore south of Venice, Louisiana. Wildlife in the region is vulnerable to the looming oil spill from last week's collapse and spill of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - A sense of doom settled over the American coastline from Louisiana to Florida on Saturday as a massive oil slick spewing from a ruptured well kept growing, and experts warned that an uncontrolled gusher could create a nightmare scenario if the Gulf Stream carries it toward the Atlantic.

In SC, simple diversions blunt downturn's impact (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 11:08 AM PDT

In a Tuesday, March 9, 2010, youngsters in a Marion, S.C. youth league find something more interesting on the diamond than snagging fly balls during a practice. Marion Mayor Rodney Berry says that registration for recreational sports is up, despite the Great Recession. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)AP - In Marion, a tobacco town bypassed by the four-lane highway but not the Great Recession, more worshipers are kneeling at church, youth baseball rosters are thicker and the public library seems as busy as the local employment office.

Anger over Ariz. immigration law drives US rallies (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 02:56 PM PDT

People make their way north on Broadway Street during a march and rally for federal immigration reform and a protest against Arizona's controversial immigration law, in Los Angeles Saturday, May 1, 2010. Activists said outrage over Arizona's controversial immigration law 'awakened a sleeping giant' Saturday as rallies demanding federal immigration reform kicked off in cities across the country. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)AP - Angered by a controversial Arizona immigration law, tens of thousands of protesters â€" including 50,000 alone in Los Angeles â€" rallied in cities nationwide demanding President Barack Obama tackle immigration reform immediately.

Mass. water main break affects Boston, suburbs (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 04:16 PM PDT

Water surges from the ground at the site of a water main break, Saturday, May 1, 2010, in Weston, Mass. Water to 2 million people in Boston and more than two dozen suburbs is temporarily unsuitable for drinking after the break in a pipe that connects a major suburban reservoir to the city. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP - A "catastrophic" break Saturday in a 10-foot wide steel pipe that had been installed in recent years rendered water in Boston and more than two dozen of its suburbs undrinkable, forcing Gov. Deval Patrick to declare a state of emergency.

Jury deadlocks in Ark. beauty queen death (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 12:14 PM PDT

AP - The second trial in the death of a 19-year-old Arkansas beauty queen ended Saturday with a mistrial after jurors deadlocked.

Ark. tornadoes kill woman; drowning also reported (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 03:03 PM PDT

Stephanie Cooper wipes sweat from her face while helping clean up after a tornado moved through the area in Scotland, Ark., Saturday, May 1, 2010. Leveled homes, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees were scattered across central Arkansas on Saturday after several tornadoes ripped through the state, killing a woman and injuring two dozen others, authorities said. (AP Photo/Russell Powell)AP - Leveled homes, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees were scattered across central Arkansas on Saturday after several tornadoes ripped through the state, killing a woman and injuring two dozen others, authorities said.

'Greeter' becomes face of fight vs. Wal-Mart (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 11:47 AM PDT

In this April 28, 2010 photo, Wal-Mart employee Betty Dukes stands in front of a Wal-Mart in Pittsburgh, Calif. As a 'greeter,' the cheerful Betty Dukes is one of the first employees customers usually see as they walk through the front doors of the Wal-Mart store here. As the first 'named plaintiff' in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, the ordained Baptist minister also is the face of the largest gender bias class action lawsuit in U.S. history, one that could cost the world's largest private employer billions. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - As a "greeter," the cheerful Betty Dukes is one of the first employees customers usually see as they walk through the front doors of the Wal-Mart store here.

17 caught in search for Ariz. deputy's attackers (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 11:42 AM PDT

Law enforcement officers from different agencies gather to coordinate the search for a suspect that shot a Pinal County Sheriff's deputy Friday April 30, 2010 in the desert southwest of Stanfield, Ariz. Pinal County sheriff's Lt. Tamatha Villar says the deputy suffered a superficial wound to his abdomen after being shot with an AK-47 assault rifle.(AP photo/Casa Grande Dispatch, Oscar Perez)AP - Authorities have captured 17 suspected illegal immigrants in southern Arizona as they continued their manhunt Saturday for smugglers who they say shot and wounded a sheriff's deputy in a remote desert area 50 miles south of Phoenix.

Lawyers flock to Gulf Coast for oil spill lawsuits (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 10:37 AM PDT

FILE- This April 21, 2010 aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip shows the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burning. Teams of lawyers from around the nation are mobilizing for a gargantuan legal battle over the massive Gulf Coast oil spill, filing multiple lawsuits in recent days that together could dwarf the half-billion dollars awarded in the Exxon Valdez disaster two decades ago. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Teams of lawyers from around the nation are mobilizing for a gargantuan legal battle over the massive Gulf Coast oil spill, filing multiple lawsuits in recent days that together could dwarf the half-billion dollars awarded in the Exxon Valdez disaster two decades ago.

Minn. officer killed in ambush, sets off manhunt (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 04:26 PM PDT

** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT ** A suspect lies dead in an intersection in St. Paul, Minn., Saturday, May 1, 2010. The manhunt is over for a second suspect in St. Paul after he surrendered following the killing of a suburban police officer as he was sitting in his patrol car. Department of Public Safety spokesman Andy Skoogman says the second man surrendered in St. Paul and is in police custody. The first suspect was shot and killed by police earlier Saturday. (AP Photo/St. Paul Pioneer Press, Chris Polydoroff) ** MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE OUT **AP - A suburban St. Paul police officer was killed during an ambush Saturday, setting off a massive manhunt that ended with one suspect dead and another in custody, authorities said.

Climate bill could be harmed by Gulf spill (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 01:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 20, 2006 file photo, Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope is shown during an interview, in San Francisco. A historic environmental protection bill is in danger after a massive oil spill put a new focus on the perils of offshore drilling, a feature that was supposed to win wider support for the legislation. Carl Pope, chairman of the Sierra Club, said the authors of the bill will have to come up with a new formula to attract support from moderate Democrats, independents and Republicans. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)AP - A historic environmental protection bill is in danger after a massive oil spill put a new focus on the perils of offshore drilling, a feature that was supposed to win wider support for the legislation.

Census workers get ready for door-to-door count (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 04:31 PM PDT

In this April 29, 2010 photo, census employees, including Joseph Mintz, seated, and Lesley Rubinger, far right, assemble after a training course in New York. Census workers will spread out across the country, knocking on doors to count the millions of people who haven't filled out and mailed in their census forms. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - It sounds simple enough. Knock on some doors, ask some questions, get some answers.

English-only ad draws national debate to Alabama (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 09:47 AM PDT

AP - An "English-only" ad by a candidate in the Alabama governor's race has drawn the state into the national debate over immigration stoked by a tough new Arizona law and generated an Internet crowd for the political scion running in a crowded Republican field.

Kennedy cousin Skakel's appeal to challenge lawyer (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 04:23 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 25, 2007 file photo, attorney Michael Sherman enters a court building in Stamford, Conn., where he attended a hearing in Michael Skakel's request for a new trial. Sherman was Skakel's attorney during a trial in 2002 when Skakel was convicted in the 1975 killing of Martha Moxley. (AP Photo/George Ruhe, File)AP - Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel turned to attorney Mickey Sherman more than a decade ago to defend him against a murder that had haunted his wealthy family for a quarter-century. Now Skakel, the nephew of Ethel Kennedy, is turning against Sherman, saying the media-savvy attorney blew the trial.

GAO: Census has computer problem (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 05:44 PM PDT

AP - A computer system that the Census Bureau needs to manage its door-to-door count of the U.S. population remained buggy and prone to crash a day before enumerators were set to begin their work, government officials said Friday.

Lawyers flock to Gulf Coast for oil spill lawsuits (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 10:15 AM PDT

FILE- This April 21, 2010 aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip shows the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burning. Teams of lawyers from around the nation are mobilizing for a gargantuan legal battle over the massive Gulf Coast oil spill, filing multiple lawsuits in recent days that together could dwarf the half-billion dollars awarded in the Exxon Valdez disaster two decades ago. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Teams of lawyers from around the nation are mobilizing for legal battles over the massive Gulf Coast oil spill, filing at least 26 potential class action lawsuits.

DA says Manson follower Davis not fit for parole (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 07:10 PM PDT

AP - The LA County district attorney asked the California governor Friday to reverse a parole board decision recommending the release from prison of Bruce Davis, a former Charles Manson follower who participated in two killings.

Hawaii governor to decide on civil unions (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:23 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful at the Vatican. The Vatican moved Sunday to calm the waters after a British official document suggested the pope should open an abortion clinic and bless a gay marriage during his visit later this year.(AFP/File/Vincenzo Pinto)AP - Whether same-sex civil unions become legal in Hawaii is now up to Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, whose office was flooded Friday with phone calls and e-mails from gay rights and religious groups after the bill won approval in the waning moments of the legislative session.

Climate bill could be harmed by Gulf spill (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 08:58 AM PDT

AP - A historic environmental protection bill is in danger after a massive oil spill put a new focus on the perils of offshore drilling, a feature that was supposed to win wider support for the legislation.

OJ Simpson acquittal suit arrives at Newseum in DC (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:52 PM PDT

AP - The suit O.J. Simpson wore on the day he was acquitted of murder has been delivered to the Newseum in Washington, D.C., where it will be part of a display focusing on the trial that was viewed by millions.

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