2010年5月15日星期六

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BP confident latest try to capture oil will work (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 03:34 PM PDT

Erica Miller, left, Heather Nevell, center and Danene Birtell clean a Brown Pelican Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Buras, La. The bird was rescued after being exposed an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform more than three weeks ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - BP was confident Saturday its latest experiment using a mile-long pipe would capture much of the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, even as the company disclosed yet another setback in the environmental disaster.

Episcopal church ordains its 2nd openly gay bishop (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 04:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated portrait provided by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, the Rev. Mary Glasspool is shown. The Rev. Canon Mary Glasspool, of Baltimore, will be ordained and consecrated on Saturday May 15, 2010, making her the second openly gay bishop in church history and one of the first two female bishops in the Diocese of Los Angeles' 114-year history. (AP Photo/Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, File) NO SALESAP - Seven years after the Episcopal Church caused an uproar by consecrating its first openly gay bishop, it has done the same thing again — only this time with a woman.

BP's own probe finds safety issues on Atlantis rig (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 11:48 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 27, 2010 file photo, a sign for a BP petrol station is seen in London. The company whose drilling triggered the Gulf of Mexico oil spill also owns a rig that operated with incomplete and inaccurate engineering documents, which one official warned could 'lead to catastrophic operator error,' records and interviews show. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)AP - The company whose drilling triggered the Gulf of Mexico oil spill also owns a rig that operated with incomplete and inaccurate engineering documents, which one official warned could "lead to catastrophic operator error," records and interviews show.

Teen girl finishes round-the-world sail in Sydney (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 11:45 AM PDT

Sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson waves as she sails past the finish line at the entrance to Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, May 15, 2010, capping off a nearly 23,000 nautical miles voyage. Watson crossed the finish line of her round-the-world journey Saturday, becoming the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - A 16-year-old Australian who braved boat knockdowns and seven months of solitude on a sail around the world set foot on dry land outside the Sydney Opera House on Saturday and quickly set an earthier goal — getting her driver's license.

Palin joins Arizona gov. to defend immigration law (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 05:29 PM PDT

AP - Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin called on Americans to declare "we are all Arizonans" and support the state's tough crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Calif. agents use award ruse to reel in fugitives (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 05:50 PM PDT

AP - California corrections officials dangled an attractive offer Saturday before hundreds of parolees who have become fugitives: Turn yourself in, get a $200 reward and qualify for an amnesty program.

California woman earns college diploma at age 94 (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Hazel Soares, 94, center, gets her picture taken with some of her classmates before the start of commencement exercises at Mills College, in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, May 15, 2010. Hazel received a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Art History. Soares is believed to be the world's second oldest person to graduate from college. ( AP Photo/Tony Avelar)AP - It's never too late to earn your college degree. Just ask 94-year-old Hazel Soares.

The future of Mount St. Helens 30 years later (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 11:22 AM PDT

**FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH MOUNT ST. HELENS ANNIVERSARY** In this May 7, 2010 photo, a tree stump is shown in front of Mount St. Helens, in Washington state. The volcano erupted violently 30 years ago on May 18, 1980. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - Thirty years after the eruption of Mount St. Helens leveled a forest and rained volcanic ash for miles around, the devastated mountain remains an important center for volcano research and science.

Baltimore violent crime drops as cops narrow focus (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 10:20 AM PDT

In a Friday, March 26, 2010 photo, Baltimore Police Lt. Ian Dombroski patrols in Baltimore. Officers in one of the nation's most violent cities are no longer being told to beef up arrest statistics. The number of arrests has declined the past two years. Yet homicides and shootings are down, too, totals not seen since the late 1980s. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - In a blighted west Baltimore neighborhood, Lt. Ian Dombroski turns his unmarked police car around a corner and sees several men standing outside a liquor store. They scatter immediately.

Killer of 2 California girls gets life in prison (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 02:05 AM PDT

John Albert Gardner III listens during his sentencing, Friday, May 14, 2010 in San Diego. Gardener, a sex offender who admitted murdering two teenage girls, including one who once lived in Illinois, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday after crying as the victims' families denounced him, the legal system and his mother. (AP Photo/Nelvin C. Cepeda, Pool)AP - With the teary-eyed killer looking on, the parents of two slain teenage girls told a California courtroom of the beauty and decency of their children, and then a woman who survived one of his attacks urged the judge to banish him from their world.

Astronauts forced into shorter shuttle survey (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 03:34 PM PDT

Space shuttle Atlantis lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Friday May 14, 2010. Atlantis' 12-day mission will deliver a Russian built storage and docking module to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP - A snagged cable forced Atlantis' astronauts to resort to a more inconvenient and less comprehensive method of inspecting their space shuttle Saturday as they sped toward a weekend rendezvous with the International Space Station.

Michael Jackson doctor helps passenger in distress (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 12:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 5, 2010 file photo, Dr. Conrad Murray, accused of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson appears at a procedural hearing at the Los Angeles Superior Court in downtown Los Angeles. The doctor accused of administering a powerful anesthetic that killed pop star Michael Jackson has helped stabilize a young woman who fell unconscious on a US Airways jet to Phoenix. (AP Photo/David McNew, Pool, File)AP - The doctor accused of administering a powerful anesthetic that killed pop star Michael Jackson helped stabilize a young woman who fell unconscious on a US Airways jet on Saturday.

Univision forum held on Arizona's immigration law (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 12:36 AM PDT

People protest against Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants outside the U.S. consulate in Hermosillo May 14, 2010. Mexican President Felipe Calderon said a law that will come into force in Arizona in July, requiring police to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect is in the United States illegally, was already affecting relations between the two neighbors. He said he would bring Mexico's protest over the law to a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama and in front of the U.S. Congress during an official visit to Washington next week. The sign on the left reads AP - Detractors and defenders of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigration aired their views in a lively town-hall style meeting broadcast nationally Friday night by the Spanish-language network Univision.

Attacks on Asian-Americans lead to racial tension (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 11:44 AM PDT

AP - Mrs. Cheng feels like she's living under siege in her own home.

Officials: 633 NYC cabbies routinely overcharge (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 02:51 AM PDT

AP - A New York City commission says 633 taxi drivers have been routinely overcharging riders, and those drivers could lose their licenses.

Key spill size issue: How much and does it matter? (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 10:04 PM PDT

This image from a video released by BP PLC shows oil spewing from a yellowish, broken pipe 5,000 feet below the surface. The oil looks like steam rushing from a geyser. The video released Wednesday May 12, 2010 gives a not-yet-seen glimpse of the leaking well a mile underwater. The stream occasionally can be seen becoming lighter as natural gas mixes into the gusher. (AP Photo/BP PLC) No SalesAP - Just how much oil is spewing from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico and how important is it to know that? Experts can't agree on either question.

Police: Sheriff's deputy in WA shoots in-laws (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 11:03 AM PDT

Law enforcement officers close off 56th st. NW next to Kopachuck Middle School in the Gig Harbor area as more arrive on the scene to investigate a shooting involving a Pierce County Sheriff's deputy and his family. Authorities in Washington state say a sheriff's deputy has shot his in-laws and barricaded himself in a home with his children Friday May 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Haley - The News Tribune)AP - A sheriff's deputy accused of fatally shooting his wife's parents was found dead in his Gig Harbor, Wash., home early Saturday, after an hourslong standoff with police, authorities said.

Mass. Ph.D. program explores genocide psychology (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 10:13 AM PDT

In this April 28, 2010 photo, Dr. Deborah Dwork, right, a Clark University Professor of Holocaust History and Director of the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, poses with graduate student Cristina Andriani at the center's library and museum at the university in Worcester, Mass. At left is a sculpture titled 'Holocaust Series No. 8 (Without a Trace)' made of train rail and distressed books by artist Joe Nicastri. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - As a clinical psychologist, Cristina Andriani counseled victims of physical and sexual abuse, Vietnam War veterans and cult survivors. As a doctoral candidate, her understanding of trauma is expanding globally as she tries to unravel the psychological underpinnings of genocide.

Man allegedly taking stun gun on plane arrested (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 10:40 PM PDT

AP - Federal authorities arrested a Japanese man Friday after he allegedly tried to board a flight to Tokyo with a stun gun in his carry-on bag.

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