2010年7月11日星期日

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BP happy with new oil-leak effort, but no promises (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 05:16 PM PDT

In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC, the transition spool, top half in yellow, which goes into the wellhead before the new containment cap is placed on top, is maneuvered into the leaking wellhead, bottom, at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Sunday, July 11, 2010. (AP Photo/BP PLC) NO SALESAP - Underpromising with hopes of overdelivering, BP said Sunday that it is making progress on what could prove its most effective effort yet to contain the Gulf oil leak, but cautioned that the verdict could be several days away.

LA police teach Marines how to train Afghan police (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 04:21 PM PDT

AP - A tough-talking, muscular Los Angeles police sergeant steadily rattled off tips to a young Marine riding shotgun as they raced in a patrol car to a drug bust: Be aware of your surroundings. Watch people's body language. Build rapport.

FEC filing shows Palin gave $87,500 to candidates (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 05:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 29, 2010 file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to the crowd at the P.U.R.E. Ministries in Duluth, Ga. Palin has put her money where her mouth is, contributing at least $87,500 to candidates she's endorsed in the last few months. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser, File)AP - Sarah Palin's political action committee contributed at least $87,500 to candidates she's endorsed in the last few months, according to a report filed Sunday with the Federal Elections Commission.

Rev. Schuller retiring from Crystal Cathedral (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 05:16 PM PDT

Sheila Schuller Coleman and her husband, Jim, left, share applause with congregants at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif., as her father Robert H. Schuller, names her senior pastor over the church he led for 55 years, on Sunday July 11, 2010. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Joshua Sudock)AP - The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, founder of Southern California's Crystal Cathedral megachurch and host of the "Hour of Power" televangelism broadcast, announced Sunday he will retire after 55 years in the pulpit and his daughter will take over.

Napolitano meets with Brewer at governors meeting (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 02:18 PM PDT

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks with a reporter about her meeting with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano at the annual meeting of the National Governors Association, Sunday, July 11, 2010, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano met privately on Sunday with her successor as Arizona governor as the Obama administration challenges the state's immigration law.

Technology's disasters share long trail of hubris (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 10:37 AM PDT

In this photo provided by P.J. Hahn, Plaquemines Parish, La. A large fish kill was reported along several miles of the waterways North of Point a la Hache Marina. It is unclear what killed the fish and Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries are investigating. Amongst the dead marine life that was spotted Menhaden or Pogy fish, Gar fish, Sting Rays, Red fish, Mullets and Blue Crabs. (AP Photo/P.J. Hahn) NO SALESAP - It's all so familiar. A technological disaster, then a presidential commission examining what went wrong. And ultimately a discovery that while technology marches on, concern for safety lags. Technology isn't as foolproof as it seemed.

Future of Burr Oak Cemetery uncertain 1 year later (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 05:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 31, 2009 file photo, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart holds a news conference at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill. Burials have resumed at the historic black cemetery that drew national attention after allegations hundreds of graves were dug up in a plot reselling scheme. Relatives still don't have many answers, a year after a desecration scandal at a historic black cemetery near Chicago became public. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)AP - Louella Johnson has spent the last year hoping for answers.

Leader of governors group focuses on college grads (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 11:05 AM PDT

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin speaks during a news conference at the opening of the annual meeting of the National Governors Association, Friday, July 9, 2010, in Boston. Manchin said Friday that 'it's highly likely' that he'll run for the late Robert C. Byrd's Senate seat but will make a decision next week. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP - The incoming head of the National Governors Association said Sunday he will make increasing the number of students who complete college his focus during his scheduled yearlong tenure.

Vt. scrap-wood dinosaur posing modern-day problem (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 05:22 PM PDT

** CORRECTS AGE TO 61 INSTEAD OF 52 ** In this photo taken Friday, July 9, 2010, Brian Boland, 61, a former teacher, hot-air balloon designer and balloon pilot who runs the rural Post Mills Airport in Thetford, Vt., stands with his 'Vermontasaurus,' where the 25-foot tall oddity thrown together with scrap wood now faces opposition from a few neighbors and regulatory challenges from government entities that he fears could force him to dismantle what was built with the help of some area residents as an artistic collaboration.(AP Photo/Alden Pellett)AP - Does a 25-foot-tall, 122-foot-long dinosaur need a permit to avoid extinction?

Struggling states seeking more aid from Washington (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 12:47 AM PDT

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour speaks at the Natural Resources Committee discussion group during the annual meeting of the National Governors Association, Saturday, July 10, 2010, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP - Governors hamstrung by the sluggish economic rebound in their states and bound to balance their own budgets are pressing anew for Washington to step up with more help, some say even if it means adding to the nation's red ink.

2 Hungarian boat crash victims remembered in Pa. (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 12:28 AM PDT

Friends hug each other during a memorial service for Szabolcs Prem and Dora Schwendtner,on Saturday, July 10, 2010 in Philadelphia. Prem and Schwendtner, students from Hungary, died in a collision between a tourist boat and a barge on Wednesday, July 7, on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)AP - Friends silently and solemnly dropped white roses into the Delaware River on Saturday in memory of the two Hungarian students who died when the amphibious tourist boat they were riding was struck by a barge and sank.

LA Grim Sleeper suspect had 4-decade arrest record (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 03:01 AM PDT

**CORRECTS SOURCE** Lonnie David Franklin Jr. appears for arraignment on multiple charges as the alleged 'Grim Sleeper' killer, in Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday, July 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Al Seib, Pool)AP - The suspect in the "Grim Sleeper" killings was arrested at least 15 times for burglary, assaults and other crimes, but avoided prison even though a probation officer urged that he be given the maximum allowed, court and jail records show.

Toyota lashed out at instructor during big recall (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 12:48 AM PDT

In this photo taken April 21, 2010, David Gilbert, an associate professor with the automotive-and-technology program at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill., speaks with reporters at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. Gilbert uncovered possible flaws in Toyota vehicles that was causing some of the world's most popular cars to accelerate suddenly. Electronic messages show that the world's largest automaker tried repeatedly to cast doubt on his findings and even questioned whether he should be employed by the school, which had long been a recipient of company donations. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)AP - It's the kind of publicity any university might dream about: An instructor uncovers a possible flaw that's causing some of the world's most popular cars to accelerate suddenly. His ground-breaking work attracts interest from Congress and reporters worldwide.

Activists keep Nev. horses from going to slaughter (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2010 08:13 PM PDT

AP - With the financial backing of a California winery owner, activists on Saturday purchased almost all 174 horses up for sale at a state-sanctioned auction in Nevada to keep the horses from going to the slaughterhouse.

LAPD bomb squad removes live ordnance from home (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2010 07:26 PM PDT

AP - A Los Angeles Police bomb squad has removed two live Korean War-era military bombs from a house in the Glassell Park neighborhood.

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