2010年8月11日星期三

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Manhunt for fugitive couple shifts to Arkansas (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 03:14 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, Casslyn Welch is shown. Federal agents on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 captured one of two inmates who escaped from an Arizona prison as he walked, armed with a handgun, outside a Wyoming church, and were still hunting for the other fugitive and a suspected accomplice. The other inmate, John McCluskey, as well as suspected accomplice Casslyn Welch, were still on the lam. (AP Photo/Mohave County Sheriff's Office)AP - They fancy themselves a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde who pulled off a brazen prison escape in Arizona and allegedly went on a bloody, multistate crime spree. They dyed their hair and stuck to out-of-the-way places to avoid drawing attention to themselves.

Blagojevich jurors suggest they may be deadlocked (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 05:06 PM PDT

Attorneys for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich from left, Sam Adam and Sheldon Sorosky, right, talk to reporters at the Federal Court building, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)AP - Jurors deliberating for an 11th day in the corruption trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich suggested Wednesday that they may be deadlocked on at least some counts.

Rostenkowski became symbol of power and excesses (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Dan Rostenkowski, a former Democratic chairman for the House Ways and Means Committee, attends a panel discussion at 'To Heal the Nation: The Gerald R. Ford Symposium' February 23, 2001 at the Chapman University Center for Cold War Studies in Orange, CA. The once-powerful congressman was indicted for misusing taxpayer money, pleaded guilty in 1996, and served time in a minimum-security prison in Wisconsin. Rostenkowski received a pardon from outgoing President Bill Clinton in 2000. (Photo by David McNew/Newsmakers)AP - With his rumpled suits and gruff, growling voice, former Rep. Dan Rostenkowski was far more comfortable behind closed doors than in front of the camera or behind a podium.

Atty: Top Detroit cop, subordinate had affair (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 04:54 PM PDT

AP - A female officer who is dating Detroit's recently fired police chief was previously romantically involved with the married and current acting chief, and she has the text messages to prove it.

FBI says 'Granddad Bandit' captured in Louisiana (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 05:04 PM PDT

AP - The man dubbed the "Granddad Bandit" by the FBI and suspected in 25 bank robberies across 13 states was captured Wednesday at his Baton Rouge home after a lengthy standoff that ended peacefully, authorities said.

In La., signs of regrowth seen in oiled marshes (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 03:53 PM PDT

FILE -In this Saturday, June 26, 2010 file photo, a heavily-oiled bird is seen after being rescued from the waters of Barataria Bay, which are laden with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Plaquemines Parish, La. This bay that was the scene of the first startling images of oil-caked birds already has shoots of marsh grass and mangroves growing back. The marsh is healing itself. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Shoots of marsh grass and bushes of mangrove trees already are starting to grow back in the bay where just months ago photographers shot startling images of dying pelicans coated in oil from the massive Gulf oil spill.

Success in space: Astronauts pull off broken pump (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 03:19 PM PDT

In this image taken from video and made available by NASA, astronauts Douglas Wheelock, right, and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, bottom center, work on the International Space Station attempting urgent repairs to restore a crucial cooling system on Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010. The International Space Station has been operating with only half its usual cooling capability ever since an ammonia pump failed one-and-a-half weeks ago. Science research is on hold and unnecessary equipment is off until the pump can be replaced. The cooling system is crucial for keeping electronics from overheating. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Spacewalking astronauts relied on brute force Wednesday to remove a broken coolant pump that has hampered operations at the International Space Station.

Traveler: NY flight attendant's curses drew laughs (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 04:18 PM PDT

AP - Passengers on a plane on which a flight attendant infamously had a meltdown gasped and then giggled after he dropped the F-bomb repeatedly over the loudspeakers, a traveler aboard the flight says.

Tiger Woods has leading role in golf's soap opera (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 03:52 PM PDT

Tiger Woods and caddie Steve Williams make their way up the 18th hole in a driving rain during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - Along the humps and hollows of Whistling Straits, against the magnificent backdrop of Lake Michigan, the stage is set for golf's final major championship of the year, the PGA.

Top Dems to rally around Rangel at NY fundraiser (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 04:41 PM PDT

This video image provided by House Television shows Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. speaking on the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/House Television)AP - Rep. Charles Rangel forged ahead with plans for a fundraising gala on Wednesday night with Democratic luminaries including the governor, presumptive governor and both the state's U.S. senators on the guest list — not bad for a congressman steeping in a tempest of ethics charges.

Iowa teen dies in raging floods as hundreds flee (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 04:42 PM PDT

Residents remove belongings from their home as water from the South Skunk River floods neighborhoods in Colfax, Iowa, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)AP - A 16-year-old girl died Wednesday when raging floodwaters swept three cars off a road near Des Moines, and hundreds had to evacuate their homes as widespread flooding struck Iowa after three nights of rain.

Observing Ramadan? There's an app for that (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 10:28 AM PDT

Jim Otun of Fairfield, N.J. uses his IPad to read the Quran at Zinnur Books in Paterson, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Many Muslims across the country are using new technologies to help them in their islamic beliefs. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)AP - The most ancient traditions of Islam are going high-tech, with a slew of modern offerings for those observing the holy month of Ramadan, which begins this week.

Tropical depression dissipates in the Gulf (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 01:52 PM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows moderate to strong showers and thunderstorms firing up from Wisconsin to Iowa. Farther south, shows clouds and showers associated with Tropical Depression Five are spreading across eastern Gulf of Mexico. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)AP - A tropical depression that was heading for oil spill off Louisiana's coast has dissipated in the Gulf of Mexico.

Pulses quicken as fighters track 'hijacked' plane (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 02:33 PM PDT

Russian Air Force Lt. Col. Sergey Izvekov, left, and Russian Air Force Lt. Col. Oleg Povkh, right, talk to reporters, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, about the conclusion of exercise 'Vigilant Eagle.' The first-time joint U.S.-Russian air exercise had a civilian airplane that was playing the role of a hijacked passenger jet fly from Alaska to an undisclosed location in the Far East and back while being tracked by radar planes from both the U.S. and Russia and was also intercepted and escorted by Russian and U.S.-built NORAD fighter jets. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - A Gulfstream passenger jet at the center of a U.S.-Russian military exercise was about to cross the International Dateline for the second time in three days, and some of the seven passengers seemed dulled by the dash across the Pacific and back.

Agents raid pot operation in Wis. national forest (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 11:37 AM PDT

AP - Several people have been arrested in a raid on a large marijuana growing operation at national forest in Wisconsin, state officials said Wednesday.

Foul play suspected in disappearance of Ariz. boy (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 03:23 AM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, 2-year-old Sylar Newton is shown. Authorities believe skeletal remains found Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, are that of Sylar, who had been missing since July 24 from a Rimrock, Ariz. campground. (AP Photo/Yavapai County Sheriff's Office)AP - A criminal investigation is under way after skeletal remains believed to be that of a toddler reported missing more than two weeks ago were found near a central Arizona campground, authorities said.

2 stranded sightseers rescued from Alaska glacier (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 04:16 PM PDT

AP - Five people on an Alaska glacier were rescued Wednesday, including the last two members of a sight-seeing party stranded for days after their plane crashed.

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