2010年5月11日星期二

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BP: 2nd box on its way to Gulf oil spill site (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 01:35 PM PDT

The logos of Transocean and BP Plc are seen on the derrick of the Development Driller III, which is drilling the relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, May 11, 2010. REUTERS/Gerald Herbert/Pool (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ENERGY BUSINESS)AP - A BP spokesman says a second, smaller oil containment box known as a "top hat" is being brought to the site of a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico.

VP Biden's son has mild stroke, in Philly hospital (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2008 file photo, then-Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., front, is seen with his son Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. In a statement Tuesday, May 11, 2010, the White House says Vice President Joe Biden's son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, is being treated at a Delaware hospital. The White House says Biden is awake and alert and communicating with his parents and wife, who are with him, but provided no information on Biden's symptoms or possible illness. He is hospitalized at Christiana Hospital in Newark. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)AP - Vice President Joe Biden's older son, the Delaware attorney general, had a mild stroke Tuesday and was transferred to a Philadelphia hospital, where he was alert and talking with family.

Disputed Mojave cross honoring US war dead stolen (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:04 PM PDT

This undated photo taken by Henry and Wanda Sandoz and made available Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, by the Liberty Legal Institute shows the memorial known as the 'Mojave Cross', on an outcrop known as Sunrise Rock in the Mojave National Preserve, in Calif. Authorities say the 7-foot-tall cross that sparked a U.S. Supreme Court dispute has been stolen. The National Park Service says someone cut the metal bolts holding the metal-pipe cross to the top of Sunrise Rock and made off with it Sunday night, May 9, 2010 or before dawn on Monday. (AP Photo/Liberty Legal Institute, Henry and Wanda Sandoz) NO SALESAP - A cross erected on a remote Mojave Desert outcropping to honor American war dead has been stolen less than two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed it to remain standing while a legal battle continued over its presence on federal land.

Corps defends actions during Tenn. flooding (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:45 PM PDT

This May 7, 2010 photograph provided by Gaylord Entertainment shows residue from floodwaters on the benches and sidewalk outside the Grand Ole Opry house in Nashville, Tenn., after floodwaters receded. (AP Photo/Gaylord Entertainment) NO SALESAP - The release of water from a dam upstream of Nashville during historic flooding has prompted a U.S. Senate inquiry into whether the public was adequately warned about rising waters downstream.

Body found in Utah likely that of missing boy, 4 (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:38 PM PDT

Investigators with the Weber County Sheriff's Office carry a blue bag down a mountain trail near the Powder Mountain Ski Resort in Eden, Utah following an all-day search for a missing 4-year-old boy from the nearby town of Layton, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Ethan Stacy was last seen in bed by his mother in their apartment late Monday night. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)AP - The body of a boy who matches the description of a missing 4-year-old child has been found in a Utah canyon and his mother and stepfather are in custody, police said Tuesday.

Forecasts warned of tornadoes days in advance (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 03:18 PM PDT

Araceli Gonzalez holds her son Javier as she looks over the damage to the mobile home in which two of her children live with their father in Seminole, Okla., Tuesday, May 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP - Days before deadly tornadoes raked the Plains, forecasters warned people that big storms were on the way and that they would be large and powerful. Scientists even predicted almost to the hour when the twisters might strike.

Mine regulator holds emergency response meeting (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 02:50 PM PDT

Assistant Labor Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Joe Main testifies at the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on work place safety on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 27, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Recent disasters have revealed shortcomings with the mining industry's ability to respond to disasters, the head of the nation's top mining regulator said Tuesday.

Several states stay off charter-school bandwagon (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:14 PM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, Christina Williams, left, drives her sleeping son Stephen Herb, 12, to school in Sandpoint, Idaho, where he is in the 6th grade, from their home in Clark Fork, Idaho. Williams drives about 140 miles roundtrip each day to her son's charter school. 'It's killing my poor little car, but it is so worth the drive to me,' said Williams. 'He was not getting the education he needed.' (AP Photo/Young Kwak)AP - In her small timber town in northern Idaho, Christina Williams enrolled her son in the closest public school because she had few other choices near her home.

Mother of Va. lacrosse player praises victim (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 03:55 PM PDT

In this handout provided by Media Relations University of Virginia, shows Yeardley Love in this undated photo. Police have arrested 22-year-old George Huguely of Chevy Chase, Md. and have charged him with first-degree murder of Love. Police Chief Tim Longo said during a news conference that 22-year-old Yeardley Love's body was found early Monday, May 3, 2010 in her Charlottesville apartment by a roommate. Longo says police were originally responding to a possible alcohol overdose, but quickly discovered it was something worse. (AP Photo/Media Relations University of Virginia)AP - The mother of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player charged with killing a member of the women's team described the victim Tuesday as a "sweet wonderful young woman with a limitless future."

NYPD commissioner: NYC bomb suspect 'homegrown' (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 02:41 PM PDT

A boy looks through the main gate of the ancestral home of the family of Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-American held in New York on suspicion of driving a bomb-laden car into Times Square, in Mohib Banda, in Pakistan's north western Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province, May 5, 2010. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodAP - The suspected driver in a failed car bombing of Times Square fits the profile of a recent wave of "homegrown" terrorists threatening America, New York police officials warned Tuesday.

Appeals court refuses to delay Blagojevich trial (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:48 PM PDT

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich arrives for a court hearing at the Dirksen Federal Building on April 21 in Chicago, Illinois. Blagojevich, accused of trying to sell President Barack Obama's former Senate seat, has subpoenaed the state's senior US senator, the lawmaker's office said Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AP - A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected the latest defense efforts to delay former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impending corruption trial and at least one attorney said the team would take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Agents for actress ask judge to nix ankle monitor (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 03:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2009 photo, Fernanda Romero arrives at the 'Los Premios MTV 2009' at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif. Romero is scheduled to be arraigned Monday, May 10, 2010, in Los Angeles on charges that she had a phony marriage. Romero and 28-year-old Kent Ross are accused of marriage fraud. Each could face up to five years in federal prison if convicted. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Agents for a Mexican-born actress accused of having a sham marriage say her court-ordered ankle monitor is hurting her career.

Dead dolphins wash up on coast; oil's role unclear (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 01:23 PM PDT

A pod of Bottle Nose dolphins swim under the oily water of Chandeleur Sound, La., Thursday, May 6, 2010. Oil giant BP PLC's oil rig exploded April 20, in the Gulf of Mexico killing 11 workers. It sank two days later, and oil is still pouring into the gulf.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Federal wildlife officials are treating the deaths of six dolphins on the Gulf Coast as oil-related even though other factors may be to blame.

Moms of 3 Americans jailed in Iran wait for visas (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 06:09 AM PDT

FILE - This combination of undated file photos released by freethehikers.org shows, from left; Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd. The mothers of the three Americans jailed since July, 2009 are preparing to spend a tough Mother's Day without them. (AP Photo/freethehikers.org, File) NO SALESAP - The mothers of three American hikers jailed in Iran already have their bags packed, ready for the moment they get an all-clear to travel and see them for the first time in nine months.

Reporter: Iran seeking to frighten protesters (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 09:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2009 file photo released by the semiofficial Iranian Fars News Agency, Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari attends a news conference after his trial in Tehran, Iran. Bahari said Tuesday, May 11, 2010, that the Iranian government is attempting to frighten people from protesting or reporting on the June 12 anniversary of the disputed presidential elections by sentencing him in absentia to 13 years in prison and 74 lashes. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Hossein Salehi Ara, File) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENTAP - A Newsweek reporter said Tuesday that the Iranian government is attempting to frighten people from protesting or reporting on the June 12 anniversary of the disputed presidential elections by sentencing him in absentia to 13 years in prison and 74 lashes.

Man arraigned in officer's shooting death (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 12:12 PM PDT

FILE This Aug. 13, 2006 file booking mug released by the Michigan Department of Corrections shown Jason Gibson, also known as James Everet.. Authorities charged Gibson, Tuesday May 11, 2010 in the shooting death of a Detroit police officer and wounding of four others, and he is expected to be arraigned in his hospital bed, a prosecutor said. (AP Photo/Michigan Department of Corrections, File)AP - Authorities charged a suspect Tuesday in the shooting death of a Detroit police officer and wounding of four others.

Miami-Ohio sorority suspended after wild formal (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 12:11 PM PDT

AP - Miami University of Ohio has suspended a sorority for a year after a lodge owner complained about damage and unruly behavior at a spring formal including guests urinating in sinks, men scrambling over the bar for drinks, and couples caught having sex.

Philly neighborhood scars unhealed from 1985 bomb (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 11:45 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, April 20, 2010 photo, Connie Renfrow and her husband Gerald Renfrow are seen during an interview with the Associated Press in a back ally near their Osage Avenue home in Philadelphia. Their house was one of scores rebuilt after police dropped a bomb on the block in 1985 in an attempt to arrest members of the militant group MOVE. The reconstructed homes were so shoddy that officials offered buyouts. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Gerri Bostic lost all her material possessions 25 years ago when police dropped a bomb on her block, killing five children and six adult members of the militant group MOVE and incinerating 61 row homes.

Nation has high college remedial education rate (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 09:20 AM PDT

In this photo made Wednesday, April 21, 2010, teacher Lizette Foley teaches a preparatory math class at Broward College in Davie, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - Professor Derron Bowen teaches high school math to college students, patiently chalking equations on the board on basic arithmetic topics such as the speed of a driver on a 20-hour trip.

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