2010年6月19日星期六

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Record number of Indian-Americans seeking office (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 06:23 PM PDT

Manan Trivedi who is running for Congress in Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District makes campaign calls in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. A new wave of Indian-American candidates are running for high-profile office across the country. At least eight children of Indian immigrants are running for Congress, governor or attorney general — the most ever. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Meet Reshma, Surya, Manan, Raj, Ami, Ravi, Nimrata and Kamala — a new wave of Indian-American politicians. At least eight children of Indian immigrants are running for Congress or statewide office, the most ever. The star of this trend is Nikki Haley, born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa, who is favored to win the election for governor of South Carolina.

BP CEO's yacht outing infuriates Gulf residents (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 06:26 PM PDT

Workmen installing casing in the relief well on the floor of the Development Driller 11, Saturday, June 19, 2010, at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the the coast of Louisiana. (AP Photo/Peter Andrew Bosch, Pool)AP - BP chief executive Tony Hayward took a day off Saturday to see his 52-foot yacht "Bob" compete in a glitzy race off England's shore, a leisure trip that further infuriated residents of the oil-stained Gulf Coast.

Man shoots 4 people, self at fast food restaurant (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 06:22 PM PDT

AP - A man carrying two guns walked inside a Southern California fast food restaurant and shot four people who were eating lunch together, killing two — including an 8-year-old boy — before turning the gun on himself, police said Saturday.

A victory as Army mounts anti-suicide campaign (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 07:27 AM PDT

In this April 27, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Army Cpl. Joe Sanders, left, and Spc. Albert Godding pose for their photo at Fort Polk, La., after Godding received a Meritorious Service Medal for preventing Sanders' suicide in 2008. The Army created a suicided prevention task force in March 2009 and launched mandatory training that teaches soldiers to watch each other for indications of suicidal behavior. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Zach Morgan)AP - Army Spc. Joseph Sanders was despondent over the breakup of his marriage and feeling alone in the oppressive heat of an Iraqi summer when he turned his rifle on himself and pulled the trigger.

RI school to alter policy that banned soldier hat (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 12:14 PM PDT

Lt. Gen. Reginald Centracchio, adjutant general emeritus of the Rhode Island National Guard, left, presents David Morales, 8, from Coventry, R.I., with a challenge coin during an appearance on WPRO-AM's John DePetro radio show in East Providence, R.I., Friday, June 18, 2010. Morales created the hat he is wearing to honor American troops to fulfill an assignment in his second-grade class at Tiogue School in Coventry. School officials told him he could not wear the cap he decorated, saying it violated the district's no-weapons policy because the toy soldiers were carrying tiny weapons. Centracchio gave David the challenge coin as well as a certificate that allows David to call himself a brigadier general. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)AP - The superintendent of a Rhode Island school district that banned a second-grader's homemade hat because it displayed toy soldiers with tiny guns said Saturday he will work to change the policy to allow such apparel.

Records: Girl's killer 'calm, calculating' (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 05:57 AM PDT

Melissa Huckaby, 29 wipes away tears after watching a multimedia presentation of Sandra Cantu's life shown before Huckaby was sentenced in the San Joaquin County Courthouse in Stockton, Calif. on Monday, June 14, 2010. The Sunday school teacher who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering Sandra Cantu, an 8-year-old neighbor girl in Northern California, made a tearful apology to the victim's family Monday as she was sentenced to prison for the rest of her life. (AP Photo/Pool, Cindi Christie)AP - Sunday school teacher Melissa Huckaby evidently planned the gruesome killing of an 8-year-old girl, taking care to place the child's lifeless body into a suitcase, according to newly released case documents.

Calif. university will allow media at Palin event (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 05:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 14, 2010 file photo, Sarah Palin flashes a thumbs up towards her husband Todd as she begins to address a crowd during a stop of the Tea Party Express on Boston Common in Boston. After months of requests from reporters, a California university on Friday, June 18, 2010 agreed to allow members of the media to attend a fundraiser next week featuring Sarah Palin. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)AP - After months of requests from reporters, a California university has agreed to allow members of the media to attend a fundraiser next week featuring Sarah Palin.

Officials: Harvard student will not be deported (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 06:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this June. 11, 2010 file photo, undocumented Harvard Student Eric Balderas, 19, poses for a photograph in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass. Balderas, an undocumented Harvard University student, is no longer facing deportation to Mexico after being detained nearly two weeks ago by immigration authorities at a Texas airport, officials said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said late Friday, June 18, 2010 that they would not pursue the deportation of Eric Balderas. Balderas was detained June 7 after he tried to use a university ID card to board a plane from San Antonio to Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)AP - An undocumented Harvard University student is no longer facing deportation to Mexico after being detained nearly two weeks ago by immigration authorities at a Texas airport, officials said.

Storms nail Midwest, kill 1, damage skyscraper (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 03:51 AM PDT

Missy Kern looks at her salvaged wedding album with her daughter Ashley, 6, as her husband Scott makes a phone call Friday June 18, 2010 in Wadena, Minn. with volunteers in the background clearing debris from the trees. Tornadoes that were part of a turbulent system that fueled twisters across the state, ripped through Wadena Thursday night. Officials said 34 people were treated at Wadena's hospital for storm-related injuries, but as of Friday morning only one remained hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening. Kern sought shelter in a nearby Wal-Mart with his two children while his wife was away. Their mobile home was completely destroyed in the tornado and their bathtub and appliances were thrown more that 50 yards into the trees behind them. (AP Photo/The Forum, Michael Vosburg)AP - Severe thunderstorms sweeping through the Midwest have killed a motorist in Michigan, shattered windows in an iconic Chicago skyscraper and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people.

Big-party fatigue shows in quirky candidate labels (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 05:40 PM PDT

AP - Fed up with the established political parties? In Washington state, so are some of the candidates.

Family of slain teen says they'll leave California (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 10:09 PM PDT

AP - The father of slain California teen Chelsea King said Friday that he and his family are leaving the San Diego area and moving back to Illinois four months after the disappearance of their 17-year-old daughter and the subsequent discovery of her body and her killer.

Arizona seeks dismissal of lawsuit over new law (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 10:06 PM PDT

Activists prepare protest banners on the eve of a major rally to demonstrate against Arizona's tough new immigration law, in Phoenix, on May 2010. US President Barack Obama's administration intends to file a lawsuit against Arizona over the state's controversial new immigration law, according to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AP - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's office has filed a motion to dismiss another lawsuit that seeks to overturn the state's new immigration law.

Record number of Indian candidates seeking office (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:29 AM PDT

Manan Trivedi who is running for Congress in Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District makes campaign calls in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. A new wave of Indian-American candidates are running for high-profile office across the country. At least eight children of Indian immigrants are running for Congress, governor or attorney general — the most ever. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Meet Reshma, Surya, Manan, Raj, Ami, Ravi, Nimrata and Kamala — a new wave of Indian-American politicians.

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