2010年7月13日星期二

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

BP to begin slowly choking off Gulf oil geyser (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT

In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC at 18:17 CDT, a new containment cap, top, is lowered over the broken wellhead at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Monday, July 12, 2010. Deep-sea robots swarmed around BP's ruptured oil well Monday in a delicately choreographed effort to attach the tighter-fitting cap that could finally stop crude from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico nearly three months into the crisis. (AP Photo/BP PLC) NO SALESAP - In a potentially pivotal moment in the Gulf crisis, BP was preparing Tuesday to begin closing valves in a slow and methodical process that could finally choke off the geyser of crude at the bottom of the sea after three gloomy months and up to 180 million gallons spilled.

Neighbor: NM gunman didn't raise voice with victim (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 12:11 PM PDT

AP - The neighbor of a woman who was shot and wounded by her boyfriend during a domestic violence confrontation in New Mexico said Tuesday she never heard the man raise his voice around her or the couple's twin sons.

Alleged 'Barefoot Bandit' returns to the US (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:19 PM PDT

Colton Harris-Moore, the teenage fugitive police have dubbed the 'Barefoot Bandit,' is escorted shackled and handcuffed by Bahamian authorities to the court building in Nassau, Tuesday July 13, 2010. Harris-Moore, who was captured following a high-speed boat chase on Sunday in Eleuthera island, pleaded guilty to a minor offense in the Bahamas and is expected to be deported soon to the U.S. to face prosecution. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)AP - The American teenager who police call the "Barefoot Bandit" was extradited back to the United States on Tuesday, just hours after he pleaded guilty to a minor offense in the Bahamas.

Yankees owner George Steinbrenner dies at 80 (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:17 PM PDT

** THIS CORRECTS THE YEAR THE PHOTO WAS MADE TO 1988 ** FILE - This Feb. 28, 1988, file photo shows New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner flanked by manager Billy Martin, left, and vice president and general manager Lou Piniella, right, at spring training in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A person close to George Steinbrenner says the Yankees owner died Tuesday morning, July 13, 2010 . (AP Photo/Bill Cooke)AP - He was baseball's bombastic Boss. He rebuilt the New York Yankees dynasty, ushering in the era of multimillion-dollar salaries and accepting nothing less in return than World Series championships. He fired managers. Rehired them. And fired them again.

4-time Texas lotto winner rich with money, mystery (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:12 PM PDT

In this July 9, 2010 photo, the $40 million Extreme Payout, a $50 scratch-off ticket, is shown at the Times Market in Bishop, Texas, where Bishop native Joan Ginther, who now lives in Las Vegas, won $10 million last month. (AP Photo/Steve Nurenberg)AP - The odds that Joan Ginther would hit four Texas Lottery jackpots for a combined nearly $21 million are astronomical. Mathematicians say the chances are as slim as 1 in 18 septillion — that's 18 and 24 zeros.

NAACP resolution condemns racism in tea party (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 17, 2008 file photo, Ben Jealous, the newly elected president of the NAACP, makes remarks outside the NAACP headquarters in Baltimore. Jealous has blasted the tea party during the NAACP's annual convention in Kansas City, saying it's dividing the country and 'represents a small and dying demographic.' A vote is expected Tuesday July 13, 2010 on a resolution that condemns racism within the tea party movement. Local tea party organizer Alex Poulter says he's seen no evidence of racism in the movement. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)AP - Leaders of the country's largest civil rights organization accused tea party activists on Tuesday of tolerating bigotry and approved a resolution condemning racism within the political movement.

Opponents pack hearing on mosque near ground zero (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:26 PM PDT

Developer Sharif El-Gamal speaks to reporters during a Landmarks Commission hearing on proposal to build a mosque near the World Trade Center site, Tuesday, July 13, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Dozens of opponents and some supporters of a mosque planned at a building near ground zero attended a raucous hearing Tuesday about whether the building should be designated a city landmark and protected from development.

List of alleged illegal immigrants mailed in Utah (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:06 PM PDT

AP - A list containing the names and personal information of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants has been mailed around Utah, terrifying the state's Hispanic community.

Judge permits US trial of 1st Guantanamo detainee (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:26 PM PDT

FBI handout image from 2004 shows Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. A US court has said a man accused of involvement in attacks on US embassies in Africa can face trial, rejecting the former Guantanamo Bay detainee's claim that his rights were violated.(AFP/FBI/File)AP - The first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be prosecuted in a civilian court was cleared for trial Tuesday by a judge who said a lengthy interrogation and detention were not grounds for dismissal because they served compelling national security interests.

Study: Many docs don't blow whistle on colleagues (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 01:44 PM PDT

Dr. A. Clark Gaither is seen at his family medical practice office in Goldsboro, N.C., Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Reporting a problem doctor can trigger important changes. Twenty-one years ago, a colleague smelled alcohol on Gaither's breath and anonymously reported him to the head of the residency program. The now-sober Dr. Gaither is grateful. 'I wish I knew who reported me,' he said. 'I'd like to give them a big ol' hug and thank them for saving my life.' (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Your doctor could be drunk, addicted to drugs or outright incompetent, but other physicians may not blow the whistle.

Candidate was entrusted with vital military duties (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 01:57 PM PDT

AP - When the U.S. led an air campaign over Kosovo more than a decade ago, the Pentagon summoned a squadron of radar-jamming Prowler jets to help keep the skies safe for American bombers.

More cops charged in post-Katrina bridge shootings (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:13 PM PDT

AP - Four more New Orleans police officers have been charged in the deadly shootings of two people in Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath and could face the most serious punishment yet — the death penalty — for the killings that have brought down a string of other officers.

Prosecution rests in Blagojevich corruption trial (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this photo taken July 7, 2010, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at the federal building in Chicago for his corruption trial. July 7, 2010. Federal prosecutors have spent five weeks showing that Blagojevich spewed a river of profanity while lavishing money on his wardrobe and ducking his job as governor of Illinois. But will jurors believe he was a racketeer who schemed to sell or trade Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat for personal gain? (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Federal prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich, after presenting more than five weeks of testimony from some of the ousted Illinois governor's closest associates and wiretap tapes secretly recorded by the FBI.

NYC court tosses FCC's fleeting expletives policy (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:21 PM PDT

AP - A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a government policy that can lead to broadcasters being fined for allowing even a single curse word on live television, saying it is unconstitutionally vague and threatens speech "at the heart of the First Amendment."

'Octomom' doc accused of implanting 7 embryos (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:17 PM PDT

AP - The fertility doctor of "Octomom" Nadya Suleman implanted too many embryos in one patient, resulting in the death of a fetus, and failed to refer another woman to a cancer specialist after finding cysts on her ovaries, the state licensing board said.

GOP group challenges policy on gays in military (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:51 PM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses a news conference in Brussels June 11, 2010. Gates urged gays and lesbians on Thursday to fill out a Pentagon survey before any possible repeal of the ban on openly gay people serving in the military.REUTERS/Thierry Roge/FilesAP - President Barack Obama's remarks that the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy weakens national security shows it should be declared unconstitutional, a lawyer for the nation's largest Republican gay rights group told a federal judge Tuesday.

Case of kids found on Facebook revives disputes (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 06:26 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Wednesday, June 9, 2010, City of Montclair Police Department detective Debbie Camou shows resident Prince Sagala's Facebook's page in Montclair, Calif. Sagala requested help from police to find track her kidnapped children to Florida after she found her missing daughter's Facebook page. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Prince Sagala has pined for her son and daughter since her estranged husband took them and fled to Mexico 15 years ago — but she never gave up hope that she would see them again.

Quick guilty plea in 'Barefoot' case in Bahamas (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:14 PM PDT

Colton Harris-Moore, the teenage fugitive police have dubbed the 'Barefoot Bandit,' is escorted shackled and handcuffed by Bahamian authorities to the court building in Nassau, Tuesday July 13, 2010. Harris-Moore, who was captured following a high-speed boat chase on Sunday in Eleuthera island, pleaded guilty to a minor offense in the Bahamas and is expected to be deported soon to the U.S. to face prosecution. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)AP - The American teenager who police call the "Barefoot Bandit" pleaded guilty Tuesday to a minor offense in the Bahamas and was quickly deported to face prosecution for a string of break-ins and plane thefts across the United States.

Idaho cops catch up with alleged condiment vandal (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 02:20 PM PDT

AP - Police have arrested a 74-year-old woman who is accused of repeatedly dumping maple syrup, corn syrup, ketchup and mayonnaise into a library book drop in Idaho's capital city.

'Scuse me? Hendrix bandmate sues over '03 release (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:45 AM PDT

In this Monday, July 12, 2010 photo, Lonnie Youngblood plays a saxophone as he stands in his home in Lodi, N.J. In the mid-1960s, after briefly playing in Youngblood's band, Jimmy James eventually went back to using his real last name and conquered the music world as Jimi Hendrix, while Youngblood fronted a series of rhythm and blues bands that toured with James Brown, Sam and Dave, Jackie Wilson and other '60s legends. In 1969, at the peak of Hendrix's popularity, the two men recorded several songs in a New York studio. The tunes recorded during those two or three days are the subject of a lawsuit Youngblood filed this spring that claims one of the songs, 'Georgia Blues,' was included on a 2003 compilation without his permission and without crediting him as its author. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Lonnie Youngblood was a hotshot sax player on the New York club circuit in the mid-1960s when he crossed paths with Jimmy James, a young musician who was turning heads with his dazzling virtuosity on the electric guitar.

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