2010年5月18日星期二

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Blumenthal denies trying to mislead on Vietnam (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 05:25 PM PDT

AP - Trying to defuse a crisis that could give the GOP a powerful opening, Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal said Tuesday that he "misspoke" in claiming more than once that he served in Vietnam, and he dismissed the furor as a matter of "a few misplaced words."

Piracy suspect pleads guilty in NY court to hijack (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 04:36 PM PDT

Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse, pictured here in 2009, pleaded guilty Tuesday in New York to seizing a US ship in the Indian Ocean last year, but will escape life imprisonment after prosecutors dropped a formal piracy charge.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Chernin)AP - A Somali suspect who became the boyish face of 21st-century piracy by staging a brazen high-seas attack on a U.S.-flagged ship off the coast of Africa pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges he hijacked the ship and kidnapped its captain.

Times Square car bomb suspect appears in NY court (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 05:25 PM PDT

The chief suspect in the attempted Times Square car bombing did not enter a plea Tuesday in his first court appearance since being arrested two weeks ago and he was ordered to remain behind bars. Duration: 00:39(AFPTV)AP - The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square appeared in court Tuesday on terrorism and weapons charges for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago and was quickly led away in handcuffs after being held without bail.

Indiana Rep. Souder says he'll resign over affair (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 05:28 PM PDT

U.S. Republican congressman from Indiana Mark Souder (R-IN) (C), congressman Eliyah E. Cummings (L) and congressman John Shaddeg talk to the press after meeting the deposed king of Afghanistan Mohammad Zahir Shah at the king's residence in the outskirts of Rome in this file image from November 9, 2001. Souder is resigning from Congress after telling colleagues he had an affair with a female aide. AP - Indiana Rep. Mark Souder, an eight-term Republican who promoted abstinence education, said Tuesday he'll resign from Congress after admitting an extramarital affair with a part-time staff member.

Oil spill shuts down 19 percent of Gulf fishing (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 03:48 PM PDT

Shrimper Hung Lee (L) and deckhand Matthew Moreau talk in the early morning light at a marina in Buras, Louisiana May 17, 2010. Both are still shrimping but have taken BP's safety course and are on a waiting list for possible employment. The oil company has hired several local fisherman to hang up their nets and help with clean up efforts of the oil spill along the coast. Energy giant BP said on Monday it was capturing about a fifth of the estimated oil gushing from its ruptured undersea Gulf of Mexico well and hoped to increase that amount before trying to fully stop the flow later in the week. REUTERS/Hans Deryk (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER ENERGY BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT)AP - The sign outside the Pensacola Beach marina says "We're Still Fishing," but that's not really true.

3 members of Midwest militia released from jail (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 02:51 PM PDT

Nine Hutaree Christian Militia members are pictured in a combination photo of these U.S. Marshals handouts released March 30, 2010. REUTERS/U.S. Marshals Service/HandoutAP - Three of nine members of a Midwest militia accused of conspiring to overthrow the government were released from jail Tuesday until trial after prosecutors suddenly backed off an intense effort to keep the entire group behind bars.

Interior secretary acknowledges lax oil regulation (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 05:16 PM PDT

Dr. Erica Miller, a member of the Louisiana State Wildlife Response Team, cleanses a pelican of oil at the Clean Gulf Associates Mobile Wildlife Rehabilitation Station on Ft. Jackson in Plaquemines Parish, La., May 15, 2010. The station has stood up to provide support for animals that may have been affected as a result of the April 20 explosion on Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon. Picture taken May 15, 2010. REUTERS/(U.S. Navy/Justin Stumberg/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ENERGY ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Grilled by skeptical lawmakers, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday acknowledged his agency had been lax in overseeing offshore drilling activities and that contributed to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

US judge orders ex-Nazi in Pa. back to Austria (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 04:25 PM PDT

AP - A U.S. immigration judge has ordered an 85-year-old retired steelworker deported to Austria, or to any other country that will accept him, for serving as an armed Nazi death camp guard during World War II.

Journalist says she confessed in N. Korean prison (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 04:32 PM PDT

AP - An American journalist who was imprisoned in North Korea for months after briefly crossing into the reclusive country while reporting on the sex trade said she told interrogators in a ploy for mercy that she was trying to overthrow the government.

Missionary returns to Idaho after Haiti conviction (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 04:12 PM PDT

U.S. missionary Laura Silsby is seen through the window of a car as she leaves a courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Monday, May 17, 2010. Silsby, the last of 10 Americans detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake, was released after a judge convicted her and sentenced her to the time she had already served in jail. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - The leader of an American group detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti after the January earthquake returned Tuesday to Idaho, deferring questions about her conviction for arranging illegal travel.

US gets China, Russia on board for Iran sanctions (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 04:41 PM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claps as he looks at an object representing nuclear fuel in Tehran April 9, 2010. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/FilesAP - The United States introduced a United Nations resolution aimed at Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program on Tuesday, having won long-sought and pivotal support from China and Russia for new sanctions against its powerful Revolutionary Guard and new measures to try to curtail Iran's military, financial and shipping activities.

Feds: Virginia Tech violated law in 07 massacre (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 03:09 PM PDT

FILE — In this April 16 2008 file photo The family of slain Virginia Tech student Reema Samaha, hold each other as they look over the memorial prior to a memorial ceremony for the victims of the April 16, 2007 shootings on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. Some of the families of students killed in the mass shooting at Virginia Tech are continuing to press for federal legislation to close the so-called gun-show loophole. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - The U.S. Department of Education found that Virginia Tech broke federal campus security laws by waiting too long to notify students during the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, a report released Tuesday said.

Man accused of duping Harvard pleads not guilty (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 01:42 PM PDT

This May 10, 2010 Delaware State Police booking photo released by the Middlesex County, Mass., district attorney's office shows Adam Wheeler, of Deleware, indicted on identity fraud, larceny and falsifying documents from several prestigious schools including Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (AP Photo/Delaware State Police)AP - On paper, Adam Wheeler had undeniably strong credentials to get into Harvard: a perfect SAT score, straight A's at a prestigious prep school and glowing recommendations from four professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Wife of RFK Jr. charged in NY with drunken driving (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 04:03 PM PDT

AP - The wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was charged with drunken driving after a police officer saw her run over a curb outside a suburban school, authorities said Tuesday.

Cloudy 30th anniversary of Mount St. Helens blast (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 12:24 PM PDT

**FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH MOUNT ST. HELENS ANNIVERSARY** FILE - In this July 22, 1980 file photo, Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington State. As the 30th anniversary of the eruption approaches on May 18, 2010, scientists are still learning from studying how the area devastated by the blast continues to recover from the eruption. (AP Photo/File)AP - About 1,000 tourists and other visitors have marked the 30th anniversary of the big eruption of Mount St. Helens at the Johnston Ridge Observatory.

VP Joe Biden's son out of hospital after stroke (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 01:56 PM PDT

In this July 4, 2009 photo, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, is seen with his son, U.S. Army Capt. Beau Biden, at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. Vice President Joe Biden's son was being treated at a Delaware hospital, the White House said Tuesday, though it did not provide information about what might be wrong. Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden was awake and alert and communicating with his parents and wife, who were with him at Christiana Hospital in Newark. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Vice President Joe Biden's son left the hospital Tuesday, a week after suffering what doctors said was a mild stroke.

Astronauts give space station extra compartment (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 01:45 PM PDT

The Space Shuttle Atlantis is backdropped against the Andes Mountains near the border of Argentina and Chile prior to docking with the International Space Station in this photo provided by NASA and taken May 16, 2010. Photo taken May 16, 2010. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - The Atlantis astronauts attached a new Russian chamber to the International Space Station on Tuesday, using a robot arm to drive in the 20-foot-long room that will double as a closet and mini-lab.

APNewsBreak: Va. offshore drilling hits snag (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 01:49 PM PDT

AP - Most of Virginia's coastal waters the government wants to use for oil and gas exploration would interfere significantly with military operations, the Defense Department said in yet another major road block for offshore drilling.

Ex-Obama pastor: 'Obama threw me under the bus' (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 01:00 PM PDT

This copy of a faxed letter dated Feb. 18, 2010, released by Arthur Morrison, shows correspondence to the president of Africa 6000 International, in which Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, calls himself 'toxic' and 'radioactive' to the president in response to a request for him to lobby the administration to help release frozen overseas funds for use in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Arthur Morrison) NO SALESAP - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, said in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that he is "toxic" to the Obama administration and that the president "threw me under the bus."

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