2010年7月1日星期四

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Judge sets bail for 1 in Russian spy case (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:10 PM PDT

Artist's rendering of, from left, Patricia Mills, Michael Zottoli, and Mikhail Semenko, standing, at their appearance in federal court in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, July 1, 2010. The three northern Virginia residents are accused of being foreign agents for Russia. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)AP - A judge has granted bail to one person accused of spying for Russia and denied bail to two others after a prosecutor warned the defendants had plenty of helpers in the U.S. to help them flee.

Police explain reasons for reopening Gore case (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2009 file photo, former Vice President Al Gore speaks during the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Phoenix. Oregon authorities are reopening an investigation into a massage therapist's allegations that former Vice President Al Gore groped her at a hotel four years ago. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)AP - Police explained Thursday why they reopened a sexual assault investigation into Al Gore, saying an extra review was needed because detectives looking into the matter last year failed to notify high-ranking officials of their decision to drop the case.

AZ cops expect scrutiny of immigration enforcement (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:05 PM PDT

This image provided by the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board shows a still image taken from a training video designed for the enforcement of the new immigration law 1070 for Arizona law enforcement officials. The hour-long video and supporting paperwork will be sent to all 170 Arizona police agencies.(AP Photo/Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board)AP - Police enforcing Arizona's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law are allowed to consider if a person speaks poor English, looks nervous or is traveling in an overcrowded vehicle.

Remnants of Alex drench northern Mexico, 2 die (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 02:47 PM PDT

A man works in front of a damaged house after Hurricane Alex hit the area in what is known as Playa Bagdad, about 22 miles (37 km.) east of Matamoros, northeastern Mexico, on the border with Texas,Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hurricane Alex ripped off roofs, caused severe flooding and forced thousands of people to flee coastal fishing villages.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - The sprawling remains of Hurricane Alex drenched much of northern Mexico on Thursday, paralyzing the major city of Monterrey. At least two people were killed when dry rivers roared to life and highways turned into rushing streams.

BP spill hits a somber record as Gulf's biggest (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:05 PM PDT

FILE - In a Saturday, June 12, 2010 photo, crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala. BP's massive oil spill became the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, July 1, 2010, based on the highest of the federal government's estimates. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)AP - BP's massive oil spill became the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday based on the highest of the federal government's estimates, an ominous record that underscores the oil giant's dire need to halt the gusher.

Insanity ruling for Texas mom who dismembered baby (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 03:36 PM PDT

AP - A San Antonio woman who told authorities the devil made her mutilate and dismember her newborn was found not guilty by reason of insanity Thursday, in a deal that sends her to a state mental institution rather than to face a trial and possible prison sentence.

Ex-Justice Dept lawyer says whites' rights ignored (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 03:23 PM PDT

AP - Witnesses described an ugly scene: Two members of the New Black Panther Party threatening white voters the day Barack Obama was elected president, flinging insults like "white devil" and "you're about to be ruled by the black man, cracker."

New rules bring online piracy fight to US campuses (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 02:10 PM PDT

AP - Starting this month, colleges and universities that don't do enough to combat the illegal swapping of "Avatar" or Lady Gaga over their computer networks put themselves at risk of losing federal funding.

4 Coast Guard members charged in SD boat collision (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 03:32 PM PDT

AP - The Coast Guard filed criminal charges Thursday against four members of the service involving the collision of one of its patrol boats and a civilian craft that killed an 8-year-old boy and injured five other people on San Diego Bay.

Artists design sheep wagon for the 21st century (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:09 PM PDT

AP - Colorado artists want to makeover the rustic sheep wagons used by immigrant workers across the West, suggesting the portable homes be spruced up to look like futuristic space vehicles with gardens and solar panels.

Cyprus hunts for alleged Russian spy paymaster (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 03:53 PM PDT

Undated handout photo released from the Cyprus police on Thursday, July 1, 2010, showing alleged Russian spy Christopher Robert Metsos, 54, who they are looking for after he skipped bail and vanished. Metsos, who identified himself as a Canadian citizen, is wanted in the US on charges that he supplied money to a spy ring that authorities say operated under deep cover in America's suburbs. Metsos was arrested Tuesday in Cyprus as he tried to board a flight for Budapest, Hungary, but a Cypriot judge freed him on euro27,000 (US$33,000) bail, and he has now gone missing but is thought to still be on the Mediterranean island. (AP Photo/Cyprus Police, HO)AP - Russian money and influence have long made a splash on this Mediterranean resort island where a suspected spy paymaster vanished after being allowed to walk free on bail.

Mayor Daley lays out strict gun rules for Chicago (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:05 PM PDT

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley speaks during a news conference, Thursday, July 1, 2010 in Chicago. Daley introduced what the city says is the most comprehensive gun ordinance in the United States. Daley said the ordinance would include a ban on gun shops in the city and prohibit guns from anywhere except inside the owner's home. That would mean owners couldn't bring a gun into a garage, yard or porch. The ordinance would bar gun ownership for anyone convicted of a violent crime or with two or more convictions for drunken driving. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - With the city's gun ban certain to be overturned, Mayor Richard Daley on Thursday introduced what city officials say is the strictest handgun ordinance in the United States.

Prosecutor: Officer lost control in train shooting (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 02:00 PM PDT

Protesters carry a banner outside a Los Angeles Courthouse on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Closing arguments have begun in the trial of a former San Francisco Bay area transit police officer accused of murdering, Oscar Grant, an unarmed black man in an altercation on a train platform last year. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - A former San Francisco Bay area transit officer should be convicted of murder because he lost control and intentionally shot an unarmed black man on a train platform, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday.

Nets, Knicks woo NBA superstar LeBron James (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 03:24 PM PDT

Free agent basketball player LeBron James, left, is driven out of the IMG building in downtown Cleveland, after meeting with representatives of the New Jersey Nets and the New York Knicks basketball teams on Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason Miller)AP - It's a flirtatious courtship, media frenzy and global event rolled into a package unprecedented in sports history.

Parents urge Ore. stepmother to 'cooperate fully' (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 03:13 PM PDT

FILE -- In a June 11, 2010 file photo Terri Horman and Kaine Horman, the father of missing 7-year-old Kyron Horman, stand together at a press conference at Brooks Hill Historical church in Portland, Ore. Court documents show Kaine Horman filed a petition Monday June 28, 2010 to dissolve his marriage to the boy's stepmother. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens/file)AP - The biological parents of a missing Oregon boy pleaded Thursday for his stepmother to cooperate with investigators.

Organizers: Wash. legal pot measure won't qualify (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 03:38 PM PDT

AP - An initiative to legalize marijuana for adults in Washington state will not qualify for the fall ballot, an organizer said Thursday.

Lawmakers pass $20M settlement for kidnapped girl (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:05 PM PDT

People Magazine's cover shows freed kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard on the cover in 2009. California lawmakers on Thursday approved a 20-million-dollar compensation payout to Dugard, who was held imprisoned by a paroled sex offender for nearly two decades before being freed last year, state officials said.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP - California lawmakers approved a $20 million settlement Thursday with the family of Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped as a girl and held captive in a secret backyard for 18 years by a paroled sex offender.

Protesters end sit-in at closing Cleveland church (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 03:42 PM PDT

AP - Carrying U.S. and Hungarian flags, parishioners ended a 16-hour sit-in at a Cleveland Catholic church that is closing after police told them Thursday they would be trespassing if they did not leave.

Mo. governor flies while cutting others' travel (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:17 PM PDT

In this Wednesday, June 30, 2010 photo, Gov. Jay Nixon taxis to the runway as he leaves the airport in Jefferson City, Mo. en route to several different stops around the state. While cutting more than $1 billion from the budget, eliminating 2,500 state jobs and halving school busing aid, Nixon has racked up tens of thousands of miles on state airplanes — and billed the costs to the agencies he is cutting. In fact, a month after announcing travel cuts for state employees, Nixon increased his own airplane travel. (AP Photo/Julie Smith)AP - As part of his plan to shrink government, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered state employees to travel less, and he sliced their per-mile payment.

Des Moines neighborhood waits as dam gates lowered (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 01:59 PM PDT

Deer are caught in water flowing from the Saylorville Lake spillway, Thursday, July 1, 2010, in Des Moines, Iowa. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers slowly lowered an inflatable dam Thursday to release some of the water that's been building in the lake threatening to overflow and flood the downtown Des Moines neighborhood of Birdland. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Crews wearing life jackets walked a vulnerable levee near downtown Des Moines on Thursday looking for signs of trouble as the Des Moines River continued to rise.

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