2010年7月7日星期三

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More triple-digit heat brings misery to the East (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:10 PM PDT

Con Edison employee John Leach takes a break from restoring power to a building to drink some water in New York, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Leach said the outage was most likely caused by the the high energy demand that accompanies the heat wave. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - It's blistering. Scorching. Steamy. Brutal. Baking. Torrid. Ovenlike. It's run-out-of-adjectives hot. "A volcano — that's what it feels like to me," said Wayne Reid, mopping his brow and swigging bottled water after walking three blocks to a New York subway station Wednesday morning. He was dressed for the heat — already a sticky 90 degrees and headed into triple digits — in shorts and a tank top, but it didn't matter.

Barge hits tourist duck boat in Philly; 2 missing (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:44 PM PDT

A duck boat crew member is pulled from the Delaware River after a tourist boat carrying 37 people overturned when a barge hit it, leaving two people unaccounted for and the extent of injuries unclear after a frantic rescue effort in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Terri Ronna)AP - An amphibious sightseeing boat that stalled in the Delaware River was knocked over by an oncoming barge Wednesday, spilling 37 people overboard and leaving two passengers unaccounted for after a frantic rescue effort.

Enforcement at heart of Ariz. immigration lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:34 PM PDT

Hispanic community members, some from Phoenix, hold hands in prayer to protest against SB1070, Arizona's immigration law, during a vigil in front of the White House in Washington Wednesday, July 7, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - On paper, Arizona's controversial new immigration law is not that different from the federal version.

Arrest made in LA serial killing of 10 people (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:31 PM PDT

Donnell Alexander, right, stands at the intersection of Harvard Blvd. and 81st Street with other onlookers outside the scene of a Los Angeles Police crime scene investigation on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, in Los Angeles. Alexander's sister, Monique, was murdered in 1988. A law enforcement official says police made an arrest in the so-called 'Grim Sleeper' serial killings in which a man is believed to have killed 11 people since 1985. (AP Photo/Adam Lau)AP - A former police mechanic suspected of killing 10 people and stumping detectives for more than two decades was finally arrested Wednesday after police used DNA from his son to track him down.

Cold War remix: Spy suspect swap appears in works (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:28 PM PDT

A passenger reads the Daily Telegraph newspaper, featuring a front page interview with the ex-husband of accused Russian spy Anna Chapman, on the underground in London July 2, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorAP - U.S. and Russian officials met secretively on two continents Wednesday in a likely prelude to one of the largest swaps of accused spies in decades, a Cold War remix showing the high-stakes race for covert intelligence between East and West endures in the new century.

Police: Man suspected in Mo. abduction shoots self (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:58 PM PDT

FILE - This file photo provided by the Missouri State Highway Patrol shows 4-year-old eastern Mo. girl Alisa Maier, who was playing with her brother Monday, July 5, 2010 when a black four-door passenger car pulled up and took her away. The FBI says witnesses late Tuesday July 6, 2010 saw what they thought was a little boy wandering around a suburban St. Louis car wash. It turned out to be Maier. (AP Photo/Missouri State Highway Patrol, File)AP - Police say a man suspected in this week's abduction of a 4-year-old Missouri girl has shot himself after being approached by authorities.

US: NYC subway bomb plot linked to British cell (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 02:14 PM PDT

Thus undated handout photo provided by the FBI shows Adnan Shukrijumah. Authorities believe that Shukrijumah met with one of the would-be suicide bombers in a plot to strike the New York subway system last year. Intelligence officials believe Shukrijumah, 34, is one of the top candidates to be al-Qaida's next head of external operations, the man in charge of planning attacks worldwide. The U.S. has offered up to $5 million for information leading to his capture. (AP Photo/FBI)AP - A failed plot to set off bombs in the New York subway system last year was part of a larger al-Qaida terrorist conspiracy that included a similar attack planned in England, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday.

Coast Guard: 3 dead after copter crash off Wash. (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:11 PM PDT

AP - A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crashed a few hundred yards off the coast of Washington state on Wednesday, killing three of four crew members on board.

Enviro groups stunned that govt ignoring 27K wells (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:04 PM PDT

In this undated photo released by the California State Lands Commission, a nearshore wellhead is excavated off California. In state waters, California has resealed scores of its abandoned wells since the 1980s, but in federal waters, the official policy is out-of-sight, out-of-mind. Neither industry nor government checks for leaks at the more than 27,000 oil and gas wells abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico since the late 1940s. Abandoned wells are known sometimes to fail both on land and offshore. It happens so often that a technical term has been coined for the repair job: 're-abandonment.' (AP Photo/California State Lands Commission)AP - Leading environmental groups and a U.S. senator on Wednesday called on the government to pay closer attention to more than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico and take action to keep them from leaking even more crude into water already tainted by the massive BP spill.

1 worker killed in Ohio sauerkraut plant collapse (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT

AP - A concrete roof partially collapsed Wednesday at a sauerkraut factory in northern Ohio, killing one worker and injuring three, authorities said.

Diabetics eye obesity surgery to tame blood sugar (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:35 PM PDT

Cristina Iaboni poses for a portrait in her home in Bethany, Conn., on Saturday, June 12, 2010. Iaboni, a diabetic, has found a doctor who is testing weight loss surgery on diabetics who are merely overweight or a tad obese in an attempt to curb the chronic disease. Scientists in recent years have discovered that diabetes all but disappeared in some obese patients soon after the operation. Many were able to achieve normal blood sugar and ditch their medications. (AP Photo/Thomas Cain)AP - For nearly a decade, Cristina Iaboni tried to tame her diabetes the usual way, through daily shots of insulin and other medicine.

Under the sand, BP oil hidden from easy cleanup (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:54 PM PDT

Oil cleanup workers use absorbent booms to collect oil and tar balls in Orange Beach Ala., Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Oil washed ashore with the tide overnight, leaving an ugly stain that brought out dozens of BP workers to clean.(AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - There's a dirty secret buried under Gulf of Mexico beaches after cleanup workers scrape away the oil washing ashore.

Lawyers to seek Peterson's release during appeal (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 8, 2009 file photo, former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant Drew Peterson arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill. for his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his former wife Kathleen Savio, who was found dead in an empty bathtub at home. Prosecutors said Wednesday July 7, 2010 that Peterson's trial on charges of killing his third wife will be delayed while they appeal a judge's decision to exclude some hearsay evidence. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Former police officer Drew Peterson's trial on charges of killing his third wife will be delayed and he could be released from jail while prosecutors appeal a judge's decision to exclude evidence considered crucial to the case, attorneys said Wednesday.

Study: Pot prices would plummet if Calif legalizes (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:01 PM PDT

AP - Legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in California would sharply drive down prices for the drug, causing more people to use pot while possibly undercutting the tax windfall that supporters have touted, according to a study published Wednesday.

Ex-Mich. congressman pleads guilty to obstruction (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 02:51 PM PDT

Former Republican Rep. Mark Deli Siljander, center, his wife Nancy, left, and members of his legal team leave the federal court house in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Siljander who is accused of accepting stolen funds to lobby on behalf of a charity with alleged ties to terrorism pleaded guilty to two charges Wednesday including obstruction of justice, but prosecutors said more serious charges would likely be dropped.(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - A former Michigan congressman accused of accepting stolen funds to lobby on behalf of a charity with alleged ties to terrorism pleaded guilty Wednesday to two charges including obstruction of justice, but prosecutors said more serious charges would likely be dropped.

Psychologists face Guantanamo abuse claim (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:30 PM PDT

AP - Two Army psychologists helped perpetrate abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay including sleep deprivation and sexual humiliation, according to complaints filed Wednesday by human rights groups trying to have the psychologists' state licenses revoked.

Men charged in Calif. police booby trap attacks (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:44 PM PDT

This image provided by the Hemet Police Department shows Nicholas John Smit who was arrested Friday July 2, 2010, being held on a suspicion of making a booby trap and assault on a police officer with intent to commit murder. (AP Photo/Hemet Police Department)AP - Two men were charged Wednesday with attempted murder after a seven-month string of failed assassination tries against police officers in a small Southern California town.

Heat wave hits National Zoo in DC (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 01:34 PM PDT

Tian Tian, one of the National Zoo's pandas, appears to wipe his face while eating a fruit popsicle on a warm summer day at the zoo in Washington, on Wednesday, July 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - As the eastern U.S. swelters under intense heat, even animals at the zoo are turning to popsicles and air conditioning.

US Senate hopeful in SC wants an action figure (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 02:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 9, 2010 file photo, South Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Alvin M Greene, holds his own personal copy of his campaign flyer he used to show people he campaigned in Manning, S.C. Alvin Greene earned the nickname 'turtle' in high school — a quiet, withdrawn boy who was smart when he applied himself but rarely took a chance and tried to put himself in comfortable situations. Nearly four weeks ago, the 32-year-old unemployed military veteran turned South Carolina's political scene upside down when he won the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat. And unlike that high school student, he's taking a big chance: running against powerhouse Republican Sen. Jim DeMint. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - Unconventional U.S. Senate hopeful Alvin Greene has an idea about how to get South Carolinians back to work: start selling action figures of himself.

Magnitude-5.9 quake strikes Southern California (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

AP - An earthquake has been felt in the Los Angeles area.

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