2010年7月18日星期日

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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

BP, feds clash over reopening capped Gulf oil well (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 04:03 PM PDT

Oil cleanup workers skim for oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Perdido Pass in Orange Beach, Ala., during a heavy rain storm Sunday, July 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - BP and the Obama administration offered significantly differing views Sunday on whether the capped Gulf of Mexico oil well will have to be reopened, a contradiction that may be an effort by the oil giant to avoid blame if crude starts spewing again.

Temporary cap in place — now what for the Gulf? (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 10:30 AM PDT

FILE - This June 26, 2010 file photo shows Plaquemines Parish Coastal Zone Director P.J. Hahn rescuing a heavily oiled bird from the waters of Barataria Bay, which are laden with oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in Barataria Bay, La. After three long months, the bleeding from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been finally, mercifully stanched. But in so many ways, the prognosis remains uncertain. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)AP - After three long months, the bleeding from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been finally, mercifully stanched. But in so many ways, the prognosis remains uncertain.

Argument led to deadly Wash. state park shooting (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 02:44 PM PDT

AP - A shooting at a state park near Seattle that left two dead and four wounded stemmed from an argument between two groups, one of which was celebrating a birthday party, investigators said Sunday.

Oakland pot-growing plan worries small bud tenders (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 01:44 PM PDT

This computer image provided by Gropech shows a plan for a marijuana growing operation. The Oakland City Council is considering licensing and taxing four industrial-scale medical marijuana growing plants. Gropech, one of the companies interested in running one of the sites, had an architect prepare drawings of what its 50,000 square foot warehouse would like once it was outfitted with lights, irrigation systems and other equipment. (AP Photo/Gropech)AP - After weathering the fear of federal prosecution and competition from drug cartels, California's medical marijuana growers see a new threat to their tenuous existence: the "Wal-Marting" of weed.

NYC City Hall renovation targets dangerous decay (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 01:44 PM PDT

In this July 14, 2010 photo, two construction hard hats rest on a table under the peeling ceiling of New York's City Hall Council Chamber. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - After rotting trusses, faulty wiring and sagging ceilings were discovered in New York's City Hall, the nearly 200-year-old national landmark is undergoing a major renovation that will displace the City Council and other operations for at least a year.

Wis. Boy Scout dies from rock bridge fall in Utah (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 01:09 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say an 18-year-old Boy Scout from Wisconsin has died after falling 100 feet from a rock formation in Utah.

First family wraps up packed Maine holiday (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 10:20 AM PDT

Chief Tim Chase (L), commanding officer of the US Coast Guard station, stands next to US President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia and Sasha (R) as they visit the Bass Harbor Head Light lighthouse during the first family's weekend vacation in Bar Harbor, Maine.(AFP/Yuri Gripas)AP - President Barack Obama and the first family said goodbye to Maine on Sunday after an energetic weekend vacation along the Atlantic coast.

Treating HIV also prevents its spread, study finds (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 04:38 AM PDT

An HIV patient receives a supply of antiretroviral drugs at a prison clinic in Jakarta. A major expert panel has recommended ahead of the start of the world AIDS conference that patients with HIV start antiretroviral drugs at an earlier stage of infection.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AP - Provocative new research shows that treating people with the AIDS virus can provide a powerful bonus: It cuts the risk that they will infect others.

Ex-Gov. Blagojevich likely to testify this week (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 11:08 AM PDT

In this June 7, 2010 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich smiles as he arrives at the federal building in Chicago, Wednesday, July 7, 2010, for his corruption trial. After promising for a year and a half to take the witness stand, Rod Blagojevich is likely to testify in his own defense at his federal corruption trial this week in a long-awaited duel of wits and wills with federal prosecutors. Unlike in his TV interviews, Blagojevich is going to be under oath. And the grilling he gets from government attorneys about charges that he sought to sell or trade President Barack Obama's former Senate seat is guaranteed to be tougher than anything he faced on the talk show circuit. The trial is set to begin Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - After promising for a year and a half to take the witness stand, Rod Blagojevich is likely to testify in his own defense at his federal corruption trial this week in a long-awaited duel of wits and wills with federal prosecutors.

Evidence of abduction found for missing SoCal teen (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 08:09 PM PDT

This image provided by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department shows Norma Lopez, who has been missing since July 15, 2010 after returning from a class. Personal items belonging to 17-year-old Norma Lopez and signs of a struggle were discovered by investigators in a field the girl often used as a shortcut, a Riverside County sheriff's deputy said. (AP Photo/Riverside County Sheriff's Department)AP - Deputies and detectives on Saturday searched for a Southern California teen girl missing for a third day, and authorities said evidence points to an abduction.

Strong aftershocks shake Alaska island region (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 04:17 PM PDT

AP - A series of strong aftershocks in Alaska's Aleutian Islands region Sunday followed a powerful earthquake that shook the remote area, but officials said there were no immediate reports of damage or injury.

Iroquois passport dispute raises sovereignty issue (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 08:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 26, 1940 picture, Iroquois Indians who were born in Canada march through the main street of Buffalo, N.Y., carrying signs protesting that the U.S. pilgrim fathers were not required to be fingerprinted. They registered as aliens. Chief George Nash, right, was born on the Grand River, Ontario, Canada. An American Indian lacrosse team's refusal to travel on passports not issued by the Iroquois confederacy goes to the heart of one of the most sensitive issues in Indian Country — sovereignty. The rights of Native nations to govern themselves independently has long been recognized by federal treaties, but the extent of that recognition beyond U.S borders is under challenge in a post-Sept. 11 world. (AP Photo, File)AP - An American Indian lacrosse team's refusal to travel on passports not issued by the Iroquois confederacy goes to the heart of one of the most sensitive issues in Indian Country — sovereignty.

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