2010年6月7日星期一

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Well cap captures more oil, but outlook's gloomy (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 06:28 PM PDT

Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill floats on the water as the sky is reflected in sheen on Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana Monday, June, 7, 2010.  (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - The cap on the blown-out well in the Gulf is capturing a half-million gallons a day, or anywhere from one-third to three-quarters of the oil spewing from the bottom of the sea, officials said Monday. But the hopeful report was offset by a warning that the farflung slick has broken up into hundreds and even thousands of patches of oil that may inflict damage that could persist for years.


NJ men accused in terror plot appear in court (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 06:28 PM PDT

This courtroom sketch shows, from left, Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, Chester Keller, of the Federal Public Defenders office, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, as they appeared in Federal Court a brief hearing today, Monday June 7, 2010 in Newark, N.J.  (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)AP - Two New Jersey men accused of trying to join a terrorist group in Somalia intended to commit acts of violence even though their plans appeared haphazard, a federal prosecutor said Monday.


Searchers for missing Ore. boy flooded with tips (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 04:50 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, Kyron Horman is seen. The FBI has joined an expanding search for Horman,  a 7-year-old Oregon boy who vanished after his stepmother left him at his Portland elementary school on Friday morning. (AP Photo/Multnomah County Sheriff's Office) NO SALESAP - Twenty-two state, local and federal agencies are following up on more than 1,200 tips in the search for a 7-year-old Portland boy who has been missing for four days.


Detroit hit man pleads guilty to 8 murders (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:40 PM PDT

**FILE** In this April 21, 2008 photo, Vincent Smothers, 27, attends his arraignment in 36th District Court in Detroit. Smothers, an admitted Detroit hit man charged with killing a police officer's wife pleaded guilty Monday June 7, 2010 to second-degree murder. Smothers admitted in Wayne County Circuit Court on Monday that he killed 47-year-old Rose Cobb on Dec. 26, 2007. He says he was hired to kill her by Cobb's husband, David Cobb. Cobb was never charged and hanged himself in September 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - A self-described hit man who once told police "I kill people for money" pleaded guilty Monday to eight murders, including the contract killing of a Detroit police officer's wife.


Obama to high school grads: 'Don't make excuses' (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:48 PM PDT

President Barack Obama greets valedictorian Cindy Lee  after he delivers the commencement address for Kalamazoo Central High School, the winner of the 2010 Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge, at Western Michigan University Arena in Kalamazoo, Mich., Monday, June 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Don't mimic Washington by making excuses, President Barack Obama advised graduating high school students on Monday night as he urged them to take responsibility for failure as well as success.


Police: Sword-wielding porn actor wanted to kill (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 06:29 PM PDT

This undated picture provided by the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 shows Stephen Hill. Police searched Wednesday for the porn actor suspected of killing one colleague and injuring two others with a sword that was used as a movie prop at a production studio where the suspect had been living. Hill attacked his colleagues during a small social gathering late Tuesday at Ultima DVD Inc.'s distribution and production center in Van Nuys section of Los Angeles according to police. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Police Department)AP - A porn actor who plunged off a cliff to his death as officers tried to arrest him on murder and attempted murder charges was aiming to kill or hurt as many people as possible when he went on a sword-wielding rampage last week at an adult film company's production facility, a police detective said Monday.


Ohio tornado survivors finding hope amid rubble (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:08 PM PDT

An American flag flies nears a tornado damaged house in Lake Township, Ohio, Sunday, June 6, 2010. Authorities say tornados and thunderstorms that swept through the Midwest overnight killed a number of people in Ohio, destroyed 50 homes and damaged a high school gymnasium where graduation was to be held Sunday. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Nathaniel Lender scampered in flip-flops across a plywood floor that was the only part of his house not ripped away by a tornado.


1 missing after natural gas line blast in Texas (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 06:28 PM PDT

Locates a massive gas line explosion in Texas.AP - A large natural gas line in north Texas erupted Monday after utility workers accidentally hit the line, sending a massive fireball into the air and leaving one worker missing hours after the blast, officials said.


Clam boat pulls up canisters off NY, crew sickened (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 06:24 PM PDT

AP - A fishing boat dredging for clams off New York's Long Island pulled up 10 canisters, including one that broke open and released an unidentified chemical that caused two crew members to blister and struggle to breathe, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday.

Mo. father sentenced to life for incest, murder (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 04:34 PM PDT

AP - A 49-year-old man who fathered four children with one of his daughters, including one who died after not receiving medical treatment after becoming ill, was sentenced Monday to spend the rest of his life in prison.

Trained noses to sniff out Gulf seafood for oil (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:03 PM PDT

William Mahan of the University of Florida demonstrates how to smell for seafood contamination as he moves the air across a bowl of shrimp at NOAA's seafood inspection program in Pascagoula, Miss. Thursday, June 3, 2010. NOAA's Fisheries Service and the the International Food Protection Training Institute are providing seafood sensory training to help inspectors develop skills in sensory detection for taint in seafood exposed to oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The two day course is being held at the National Seafood Inspection Lab. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)AP - William Mahan bends over a bowl of raw shrimp and inhales deeply, using his left hand to wave the scent up toward his nose. Deep breath. Exhale. Repeat. He clears his palate with a bowl of freshly cut watermelon before moving on to raw oysters. Deep breath. Exhale. Repeat.


US military detains soldier linked to Iraq video (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 02:39 PM PDT

This frame grab image from the classified footage allegedly shows Reuter's photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen (C) before being fired upon. Bradley Manning reportedly said he had leaked other material to Wikileaks, including separate video of a 2009 air strike in Afghanistan, and a classified Army document evaluating Wikileaks as a security threat.(AFP/Wikileaks.org/File)AP - The Army has detained a 22-year-old soldier in Baghdad in connection with the leak of a military video that shows Apache helicopters gunning down unarmed men in Iraq, including two journalists, defense officials said Monday.


Judge: Be ready for openings in Blagojevich trial (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:36 PM PDT

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, speaks to members of the media as he enters the Federal Court building Monday, June 7, 2010 in Chicago, for the third day of jury selection in his federal corruption trial. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - The judge in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich ended the questioning of potential jurors Monday and told attorneys to be ready with their opening statements the next day.


LA haze begins to clear as pot dispensaries close (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:15 PM PDT

A man who did not want to be identified leaves the Los Angeles City Clerks office Monday, June 7, 2010, after city officials say they won't take any action against medical marijuana collectives until they tally how many of them have defied a new ordinance ordering them to close. Monday was the deadline for hundreds of dispensaries to close or face possible civil fines or criminal charges. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - The haze is lifting in Los Angeles.


Police: Gunman kills 4 women but doesn't shoot men (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 04:06 PM PDT

This handout image provided by the Hialeah Police Dept. June 7, 2010, shows Gerardo Regalado. Regalado shot and killed his ex-girlfriend outside a Hialeah, Fla. restaurant where she worked Sunday June 6, 2010. He then shot six other women inside the restaurant, killing three. Regalado was found dead of an apparent suicide a few blocks away. (AP Photo/Hialeah Police Dept)AP - A gunman shot and killed his wife outside a South Florida restaurant where she worked, then targeted women inside and killed three others before committing suicide, police said Monday.


Ill. budget crisis attracts overdue debt broker (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 11:42 AM PDT

In this June 2, 2010 photo, Na-Tae Thompson, the co-executive director of the non-profit True Star Foundation, who is waiting on $75,000 from cash-strapped Illinois, poses for a photograph in Chicago. Alpharetta Industries, a Georgia company entering the debt brokering business is hoping to profit from the state of Illinois' failure to pay its bills for months at a time by arranging for struggling vendors to sell their overdue paper at a discount. True Star is one of the few takers among the thousands of organizations in Illinois trying to stay afloat during the crisis. 'At the end of the day it was better to have some money than no money,' said Thompson. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - For some businesses, Illinois' budget crisis is a disaster. For others, it's an opportunity.


Overtreated: More medical care isn't always better (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 06:43 AM PDT

In this photo taken May 4, 2010 a CT is performed on a patient at Cook County Stroger Hospital in Chicago. Americans get the most medical radiation in the world, even more than folks in other rich countries. The U.S. accounts for half of the most advanced procedures that use radiation, and the average American's dose has grown sixfold over the last couple of decades. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - More medical care won't necessarily make you healthier — it may make you sicker. It's an idea that technology-loving Americans find hard to believe.


Lawyer: Sheen to plead guilty to misdemeanor (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:20 PM PDT

FILE -- In a March 15, 2010 file photo,  Charlie Sheen enters Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen, Colo. to attend a hearing on domestic violence charges.  Sheen is expected to appear in an Aspen Colorado court Monday June 7, 2010  for a hearing related to domestic violence allegations.  (AP Photo/David Zalubowski/file)AP - Charlie Sheen could work at a Colorado theater company by day and spend his nights in jail under a deal reached with prosecutors that calls for him to plead guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in his domestic abuse case, an attorney said Monday.


Dutch murder suspect shows different faces on TV (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:31 PM PDT

Joran Van der Sloot (C) of the Netherlands is escorted by Peruvian police officers at the police headquarters in Lima June 5, 2010. Chile on Friday deported to Peru Van der Sloot who is wanted for the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in Lima and has been linked to the 2005 disappearance of an American teenage girl in Aruba.        REUTERS/Pilar Olivares    (PERU - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Joran van der Sloot can be charming, angry, deceitful, tearful. The young Dutchman has been all that and more, playing out his troubled drama on TV over the five years since he came under suspicion in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba.


Accused Shawn Johnson stalker enters insanity plea (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2009 file photo, former olympian and Dancing With The Stars celebrity Shawn Johnson smiles as she responds to a reporters questions before the start of the second day of the women's competition at the U.S. gymnastics championships in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, file)AP - A man accused of stalking Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on Monday on the eve of his trial.


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