2010年7月30日星期五

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Ore. district attorney says no Gore prosecution (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:55 PM PDT

Former US vice president Al Gore testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC in 2009. A spokeswoman for former US vice president Al Gore refuted accusations that he groped a masseuse in Oregon in 2006 and said a newly reopened police probe into the matter would clear his name.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AP - Former Vice President Al Gore was cleared Friday of allegations he groped and assaulted a masseuse in a luxury Portland hotel room in 2006, closing a case that could have tarnished the Nobel prize winner's reputation.

Ariz. governor considers changing immigration law (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:28 PM PDT

Arizona Republicans Gov. Jan Brewer, right, answers a question regarding the latest on the new Arizona immigration law as Sen. John McCain listens in at a news conference in Glendale, Ariz., Friday, July 30, 2010. Brewer and McCain held the news conference in the Phoenix suburb to applaud a U.S. Air Force decision to base new F-35 combat jets at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, but the event abruptly ended when the barrage of questions were regarding the immigration law and the next steps the governor was taking in the court battle. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The fight over Arizona's immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the Republican governor who signed it considered changes to address any faults.

Calif. wildfire jumps aqueduct, approaches homes (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT

A fast moving wildfire burns above Elizabeth Lake Road in Leona Valley near Palmdale, Calif. on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Mandatory evacuations were issued for the community of Leona Valley on Thursday evening, Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Matt Levesque said. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - A huge wildfire in the high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles jumped an aqueduct on Friday, rushing toward hundreds of houses as firefighters also tried to keep flames from damaging power lines that bring electricity to Southern California.

Gov: 'Significant progress' in Mich. oil cleanup (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:07 PM PDT

Oil sheen is shown in the Kalamazoo River in Battle Creek, Mich., from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc., Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm says there has been "significant progress" in cleaning up an oil spill in the Kalamazoo River.

12-year-old girl injured on Wis. 'free fall' ride (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:00 PM PDT

AP - A 12-year-old girl at an amusement park plunged more than 40 feet to the ground on Friday, seriously injuring herself when a safety net under a "free fall" attraction failed to catch her.

Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:47 PM PDT

James Lee Witt, right, listens to BP PLC CEO of Gulf Coast Restoration Organization Bob Dudley as he speaks at a news conference to announce Witt's hiring as an advisor to BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill response in Biloxi, Miss., Friday, July 30, 2010. Witt, the former FEMA director under President Bill Clinton, is expected to advise BP through its long-term response and recovery efforts. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen.

Deadly gas explosion destroys building in Calif. (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:17 PM PDT

Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department stand at the site where a suspected natural gas explosion occurred Friday July 30, 2010 in Los Angeles. The explosion collapsed part of the building and hurled two workers into the street, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, fire officials said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - A deadly gas explosion obliterated an industrial building with such violent force Friday that a worker was hurled into the street, car windows were shattered and a survivor had his hair singed in the inferno.

Prosecutors: Smith part of conspiracy to get drugs (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:22 PM PDT

FILE ** Anna Nicole Smith, leaves the U.S. Supreme Court, in this Feb. 28, 2006, file photo taken in Washington. Pre-trial motions are expected to be heard in a hearing Friday July 30, 2010 setting the stage for the trial of two doctors and the attorney boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith, arguing about what evidence will be allowed in court. Jury questioning begins Monday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta,File)AP - In a surprise move, prosecutors in the case of Anna Nicole Smith's doctors and her lawyer-boyfriend say the former Playboy model conspired with the defendants to illegally obtain massive amounts of prescription drugs.

Feds arrest Polish immigrant in NM smuggling case (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:53 PM PDT

AP - An Illinois man faces human smuggling charges after investigators say he placed an ad in a Chicago-area Polish language newspaper, offering to drive illegal immigrants to New Mexico to take advantage of the state's lax driver's license rules.

2 killed in plane crash pulled from Lake Michigan (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 02:54 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by Cessna shows a Cessna 206. A medical transport plane carrying five people to the Mayo Clinic crashed into Lake Michigan on Friday July 23, 2010 and one person was rescued, officials said. The Cessna 206 left Alma, about 150 miles northwest of Detroit, Friday morning en route to Rochester, Minn. (AP Photo/Cessna) NO SALESAP - State police divers on Friday recovered the remains of two of four missing passengers who were on a medical plane that crashed into Lake Michigan last week.

Calif. Rep. Lungren caught speeding while on air (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:43 PM PDT

AP - California Rep. Dan Lungren was forced to cut short a radio interview when he was stopped by police in Virginia for speeding while he was live on the air.

NJ man gets jail for Phillies game vomit-assault (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 25, 2010, file photo, Matthew Clemmens, of Cherry Hill, N.J., looks out a car window as he is driven away from a courthouse in Philadelphia. Clemmens has been sentenced to up to three months in jail on Friday, July 30, 2010, for intentionally vomiting on another spectator and his 11-year-old daughter in the stands at a Philadelphia Phillies game. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)AP - A 21-year-old man who intentionally vomited on a spectator and his 11-year-old daughter at a Philadelphia Phillies game was sentenced Friday to up to three months in jail and community service, which the judge suggested be fulfilled by cleaning ballpark toilets and trash.

South bakes, humidity feels like 100-plus degrees (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:09 PM PDT

Children get a break from the heat by playing in the fountain in the Waterfront Park in Charleston, S.C., on Friday, July 30, 2010. Friday was the eleventh straight day a heat advisory or excessive heat warning had been issued for the South Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)AP - Heat advisories were posted from the Carolinas to the Great Plains as the South continued to roast Friday under temperatures and humidity that made beaches feel more like bakeries.

Mo. Senate race may narrow to Blunt, Carnahan (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:24 PM PDT

AP - He calls her a "rubber stamp" for President Barack Obama and liberal congressional leaders. She "calls bull" on his attempts to represent regular folks, suggesting he's more attuned to lobbyists and corporate interests.

DC Metro crash spurs federal oversight push (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 02:38 PM PDT

AP - Supporters of a bill that would give federal regulators power to force transit agencies to make safety improvements are rallying around a ruling that the lack of federal oversight contributed to the fatal Metro crash in Washington last year.

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Firefighters attack river of flame northeast of LA (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 07:31 AM PDT

A fast moving wildfire burns above Elizabeth Lake Road in Leona Valley near Palmdale, Calif. on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Mandatory evacuations were issued for the community of Leona Valley on Thursday evening, Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Matt Levesque said. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Aircraft and about 500 firefighters attacked a river of flame running through grassy hills northeast of Los Angeles Friday as residents of about 1,000 homes waited to see if the blaze is kept away.

Arizona sheriff not relenting after court ruling (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:19 AM PDT

Angry protesters shout at sheriff's deputies outside the offices of controversial Maricopa county sheriff Joe Arpaio in Phoenix. Several hundred activists marched here Thursday as a new Arizona immigration law went into effect, sparking a tense standoff with riot police in which about two dozen people were arrested.(AFP/Mark Ralston)AP - Lost in the hoopla over Arizona's immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country.

BP hiring former FEMA head for Gulf recovery (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 08:11 AM PDT

File - In this June 16, 2010 file photo, BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley arrive with other BP executives at the White House in Washington DC. The appointment of American oilman Robert Dudley to replace luckless Briton Tony Hayward as CEO is the latest milestone in the waning Britishness of the company once known as British Petroleum. (AP Photo / Susan Walsh, file)AP - BP announced Friday that it is hiring a former Clinton-era emergency management official and his consulting firm to help with the recovery from the massive Gulf oil spill.

Moms work full-time for hikers' release from Iran (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:48 AM PDT

In this photo taken July 26, 2010, Cindy Hickey, left, the mother of Shane Bauer, and Nora Shourd, mother of Sarah Shourd, are seen at Hickey's home in Pine City, Minn., talking about their children and efforts to get them released from prison in Iran. Sarah and Shane and one other friend were hiking when captured and imprisoned on July 31, 2009. Shourd moved to Pine City to work with Bauer's mother on the childrens' release. (AP Photo/Amy Forliti)AP - Cindy Hickey was sitting in her home office last summer, preparing a receipt for a client of her animal physical therapy business when the phone rang. She picked up, then nearly hung up, thinking it was a sales call.

Time to scrap BP brand? Gas-station owners divided (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 08:11 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo made Oct. 25, 2007, the BP (British Petroleum) logo is seen at a gas station in Washington. BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation.

In Rhinebeck with Chelsea: Rocky Horror, cows (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:26 AM PDT

Joy, center, and Gerry Gallagher, of Rhinebeck inspect a sign and photos commemorating Chelsea Clinton's wedding in the window of Pete's Famous restaurant, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y. Chelsea Clinton and her parents have not yet confirmed that the former first daughter's wedding is being held in Rhinebeck Saturday. Still, signs congratulating her hang in shop windows, residents are talking to TV crews and officials are bracing for crowds.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - If some of Chelsea Clinton's wedding guests want to make a weekend of it in Rhinebeck, there's a stage production of "The Rocky Horror Show" on the boards Saturday night and Sunday.

Texas mom in starving case changes plea to guilty (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 07:45 AM PDT

FILE -This July 20, 2009 file photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office shows Abneris Santiago. Opening statements are scheduled to begin Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Dallas for Santiago who is accused of starving three of her children kept locked in a hotel bathroom for as long as nine months. The 31-year-old woman's trial begins one day after co-defendant Alfred Santiago received a 99-year prison term for injury to a child and continuous sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Dallas County Sheriff's Office, File)AP - A mother whose three children were found starving after being shut away in a Dallas hotel bathroom for as long as nine months changed her plea to guilty Friday, bringing her trial to a sudden end.

House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:18 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of smoke at ground zero in New York. A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, July 29, 2010, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts. (AP Photo/Stan Honda, Pool, File)AP - A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.

Prosecutors: Revenge pushed Ark. doctor to bombing (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:46 AM PDT

FILE - This file photo released Aug. 18, 2009, by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office shows Dr. Randeep Mann. Mann's attorneys contend the charges against him are weak, especially since there's no forensic evidence or witnesses to prove Mann set off the explosive. (AP Photo/Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, file)AP - Prosecutors insist that a doctor accused of masterminding a bombing that disfigured the Arkansas State Medical Board chairman was a weapons fanatic bent on avenging the restriction of his medical license.

NM governor considers pardon for Billy the Kid (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:43 AM PDT

Susannah Floyd Garrett, left, and her brother Jarvis Patrick Garrett, grandchildren of frontier lawman Pat Garrett, pose for photos Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the La Posada Hotel in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is considering granting a posthumous pardon to Billy the Kid, angering descendants of Pat Garrett who call it an insult to recognize such a violent outlaw. (AP Photo/Sergio Salvador)AP - The showdown between Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline of the frontier lawman hunting down the notorious gunslinger.

Aspiring police officers train, compete at event (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 02:55 AM PDT

Broward County, Fla., Sherriff's Department police Explorers Jeffery Aylor, right, and Kyle Wuensch, arrest a mock drug dealer played by DEA Special Agent Greg Peckingpugh, left, as they participate in a search and arrest scenario at the Law Enforcement Explorers Conference Thursday July 22, 2010 in Atlanta. The program's best gathered in Atlanta for the conference, which is partly a recruitment tool the help ready the next generation of law enforcement officers. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)AP - Shoot or don't shoot? Eighteen-year-old William Bryant takes a deep breath and gulps before he aims his pistol and shoots a passenger in a van who appears to be reaching for a weapon.

Fed atty: Military secrets sold to pay for HI home (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 10:16 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo released by the FBI shows Noshir S. Gowadia. The attorney for a former B-2 bomber engineer from Hawaii accused of selling military secrets to China says his client designed a cruise missile part for China but did so based on public information. (AP Photo/FBI, File)AP - A federal prosecutor said Thursday a former B-2 bomber engineer helped China design a stealth cruise missile to raise money to pay the $15,000-a-month mortgage on the mansion-like home he built on Maui's north shore.

Air show to go on despite deadly crash (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 08:15 PM PDT

Air Force Col. Jack 'John' McMullen, 3rd Wing commander at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, listens to a question at a news conference Thursday, July 29, 2010. Four airmen were killed when a cargo plane crashed during a training run at an Alaska Air Force base on Wednesday, July 28. Three of the men were in the Alaska Air National Guard and the fourth was on active duty at Elmendorf Air Force Base. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)AP - A popular air show will be held this weekend, days after four people were killed when a military cargo plane crashed at an Anchorage base during a training demonstration for the event, military officials said Thursday.

4th bear caught after deadly MT campground attack (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 07:13 AM PDT

A sign at the entrance of the Soda Butte Campground outside Cooke City, Mont. in this July 29, 2010 photo tells would-be visitors to stay out after a man was killed and two people injured when a bear rampaged through the campground. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)AP - The last grizzly bear believed involved in the fatal mauling of a Michigan man at a campground near Yellowstone National Park has been captured, and Montana wildlife officials are awaiting DNA tests to confirm their suspicions.

Feds OK project to drill under, not on, wild areas (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:29 PM PDT

This image provided by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance shows the Desolation Canyon stretch of the Green River near the eastern edge of the West Tavaputs Plateau where an energy company received federal approval Thursday July 29, 2010 to open one of Utah's biggest natural gas fields by agreeing to use new technology to drill under wild areas, instead of on top of them. (AP Photo/SUWA, Ray Bloxham) NO SALESAP - An energy company received federal approval Thursday to take natural gas from a largely untouched, picturesque region of Utah by agreeing to use new technology to drill under wild areas instead of on top of them.

Immigration skirmish brews in quiet SC town (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 02:11 AM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, July 20, 2010, an immigrant woman participates in a rally in memory of a killed Vietnamese bride in front of the Human Rights Commission in Seoul, South Korea. Young and poor, the Vietnamese woman jumped at the chance to marry a South Korean introduced to her through a matchmaking agency. Eight days after moving to South Korea, 20-year-old Thach Thi Hoang Ngoc was beaten and stabbed to death by her 47-year-old husband, who police said confessed that 'voices' ordered him to kill his young bride. She was never told about his mental illness, police said. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Shin Jun-hee) **KOREA OUT**AP - In a quiet Southern bedroom community of gardens and parks across the country from Arizona, another skirmish in the battle over illegal immigration is brewing.

Company at center of Mich. oil cited for problems (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:03 AM PDT

This July 28, 2010 photo provided by the State of Michigan shows what Michigan officials say is a sheen of oil on Morrow Lake in Kalamazoo County. The lake is a key point where officials had hoped to stop oil from a spill into the Kalamazoo River that has coated wildlife with oil. (AP Photo/State of Michigan)AP - A Canadian company at the center of a huge oil spill in southern Michigan has a history of pipeline problems, including leaks, an explosion and dozens of regulatory violations.

$3M price tag for Clinton wedding not out of the question (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 06:54 PM PDT

Temporary parking regulation signs are posted in front of the Beekman Inn Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Rhinebeck, N.Y. Chelsea Clinton and her parents have not yet confirmed that the former first daughter's wedding is being held in Rhinebeck Saturday. Still, signs congratulating her hang in shop windows, residents are talking to TV crews and officials are bracing for crowds. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Imagine spending $250,000 on flowers. Or $20,000 on a cake. How does $15,000 to $20,000 for toilets sound?

Colo. pot shops face closure under tough new rules (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:22 PM PDT

Jake Browne, general manager of The Releaf Center, a Denver medical marijuana center, smells a marijuana bud in his dispensary on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Releaf Center has 2,600 patients and is prepared to grow enough marijuana to stay in business, but Browne said many dispensaries won't be able to meet the requirement. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - Nearly a fifth of Colorado's medical marijuana dispensary operators could be forced out of business in coming weeks because of new state rules barring some convicted felons from the pot business, federal drug authorities say.

Mass. woman left in recliner dies on 81st birthday (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:11 PM PDT

AP - A woman hospitalized in critical condition after sitting for a month with deep bedsores in a recliner soaked with her waste died Thursday, on her 81st birthday, prosecutors said. Five family members who lived with her face various elderly abuse charges and could see upgraded charges.

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