2010年8月14日星期六

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8 shot, 4 fatally, outside Buffalo, NY, restaurant (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 03:18 PM PDT

Unidentified women react at the scene of a multiple fatal shooting that happened in the early morning hours in front of the City Grill bar and restaurant in Buffalo, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/ David Duprey)AP - Eight people leaving a party at a downtown Buffalo restaurant were shot early Saturday, four of them fatally, including a Texas man who had returned to his hometown to celebrate his first wedding anniversary, police said.

For Idaho refugees, a job search ends in Oregon (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 02:23 PM PDT

In this photo taken July 23, 2010, Frank Toledo, left, explains to Abdi Abdullahi, right, how cows at Threemile Canyon Farms are milked during a tour with new workers in Boardman, Ore. There is little the International Rescue Committee, an Idaho-based refugee agency, can do to prepare its Third World clients for the vastness of the operation that is Oregon's largest dairy. But the 93,000-acre complex has provided steady jobs in a recession that makes it difficult for even highly educated refugees fluent in English to get hired. (AP Photo/Jessie L. Bonner)AP - On the road to Threemile Canyon Farms, Achut Shiwakoti stared out at the neat rows of corn and fields of fresh mint, his father anxiously nudging him to translate as their new workplace came into view.

Slain Okla. couple's family hopes fugitives caught (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 02:08 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by family members shows Gary and Linda Haas of Tecumseh, Okla. Authorities have linked Arizona prison escapees and their accomplice to the couple's murder on a remote ranch near Santa Rosa, N.M. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Haas family, File) NO SALESAP - Lost in the Bonnie and Clyde tale of Arizona fugitives on the run for two weeks is the grisly slaying of an Oklahoma couple whose bodies were found in a burned-out travel trailer on a remote ranch in eastern New Mexico.

Sheriff: Human remains found in Nevada mine shaft (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 12:55 PM PDT

AP - Searchers have found human remains believed to be those of two missing miners at the bottom of a gold mine shaft in northern Nevada, authorities said Saturday.

Hundreds kiss in NYC in honor of end of WWII (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Couples kiss in New York's Times Square, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, on the 65th anniversary of VJ Day. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Hundreds of couples donned sailor hats and nurse's caps and smooched in Times Square on Saturday to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Stabbings suspect unlikely to return to Mich. soon (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 02:34 PM PDT

Elias Abuelazam, 33, attends an extradition hearing in Fulton County Superior Court on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, in Atlanta. Abuelazam, an Israeli citizen, is suspected in several stabbing attacts in Michigan, Ohio and Virginia. He was arresting at Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport before boarding a flight to Israel.(AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser, Pool)AP - Police in Michigan said Saturday they'll use the time it takes to return a man suspected in a three-state stabbing spree that left five men dead to work out logistics and address concerns for his safety.

Final plug on Gulf oil leak at least days away (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 04:01 PM PDT

National Incident Commander Thad Allen, left, speaks at a news conference next to a subsurface monitoring map of the Gulf of Mexico where he urged that crews must move forward with the drilling of the Deepwater Horizon relief well in the Gulf of Mexico in Schriever, La., Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Standing with Allen is U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Paul Zukunft. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - The government official overseeing the Gulf oil spill response said Saturday he wants additional tests done before ordering BP to finish drilling a relief well that will help plug the runaway well for good.

Sacred artifacts returned to Northern Calif. tribe (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 02:50 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian in Suitland, Md., shows condor feathers ornately decorated for the Yurok Tribe’s Jump Dance. White deerskins, condor feathers and head dresses made of bright red woodpecker scalps are among more than 200 sacred artifacts that are once again in the possession of a Northern California Indian tribe. The Yurok Tribe celebrated the item's return this past week among the largest repatriation of Native American sacred objects ever from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. (AP Photo/ Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian) NO SALESAP - White deerskins, condor feathers and head dresses made of bright red woodpecker scalps are among more than 200 sacred artifacts that are once again in the possession of a Northern California Indian tribe.

Feds asked to probe breach in Utah immigrant list (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 03:58 PM PDT

AP - Advocacy groups have asked federal officials to investigate last month's distribution of a list of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants in Utah.

Ramp collapses under weight of cement truck in LA (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 05:06 PM PDT

AP - A loaded cement truck was upended when a ramp it was backing up collapsed under its weight in downtown Los Angeles.

Brown, couples urge speedy return to gay marriages (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 06:31 AM PDT

A man who identified himself as Richard prepares a sign in opposition to gay marriage Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, outside City Hall in San Francisco. A federal judge put gay marriages on hold for at least another six days in California, disappointing dozens of gay couples who lined up outside City Hall hoping to tie the knot Thursday. Judge Vaughn Walker gave opponents of same-sex weddings until Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. to get a ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on whether gay marriage should resume. Gay marriages could happen at that point or be put off indefinitely depending on how the court rules. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - The attorneys who successfully sued to strike down California's same-sex marriage ban have joined Attorney General Jerry Brown in urging a federal appeals court to quickly allow gay marriages to resume in the state.

AP Enterprise: More immigrants getting licenses (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 08:51 PM PDT

In this photograph taken Aug. 11, 2010, Carlos Hernandez, 31, watches his 2-year-old daughter play near his apartment building in Burien, Wash. Hernandez, an undocumented immigrant, moved from Arizona to Washington state after a new strict new immigration law was approved. Many illegal immigrants have left Arizona for New Mexico and Washington state because those states provide driver's licenses and identification without proof of citizenship or residency. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)AP - Carlos Hernandez packed up his family and left Arizona after the state passed its sweeping immigration crackdown. The illegal immigrant's new home outside Seattle offered something Arizona could not: a driver's license.

Smile! Aerial images being used to enforce laws (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 09:17 AM PDT

This screen grab taken from Google Earth shows a satellite image of the area around Riverhead, N.Y., center. On New York's Long Island, it's used to prevent drowning. In Greece, it's a tool to help solve a financial crisis. Municipalities update property assessment rolls and other government data with it. Some in law enforcement use it to supplement reconnaissance of crime suspects. High-tech eyes in the sky — from satellite imagery to sophisticated aerial photography that maps entire communities — are being employed in creative new ways by government officials, a trend that civil libertarians and others fear are eroding privacy rights. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - On New York's Long Island, it's used to prevent drownings. In Greece, it's a tool to help solve a financial crisis. Municipalities update property assessment rolls and other government data with it. Some in law enforcement use it to supplement reconnaissance of crime suspects.

Man who claims TV credentials is NY rape suspect (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 12:02 AM PDT

AP - He has been accused of raping a Russian tourist in a New York City park, lurking on another woman's fire escape and harassing a third woman when she turned down a date.

Plastic jar removed from Fla. bear cub's head (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 11:50 AM PDT

In this July 31, 2010 photo released by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, two black bear cubs, one with a jug on its head, run along a roadway in Ocala National Forest, Fla. The black bear cub in Florida affectionately known as 'jarhead' can finally enjoy a good meal. The clear plastic container was removed from the 6-month-old cub's head after being stuck for at least 10 days. The cub poked its head into the jar when digging through trash in a neighborhood in central Florida. Biologists say the cub was days away from death because the jar made it impossible to eat or drink. The team had to tranquilize the mother bear and then grab the cub to remove the jar from the bear's head. (AP Photo/Ocala National Forest, Cathy Connolly) NO SALESAP - A black bear cub in Florida affectionately known as "jarhead" can finally enjoy a good meal.

NTSB: Ted Stevens' plane had danger alert system (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 09:41 AM PDT

National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Deborah Hersman appears at a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, to discuss the plane crash Monday near Dillingham, Alaska which took the lives of five people, including former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens. The float plane that crashed in southwest Alaska this week was equipped with technology meant to alert the pilot if he was headed dangerously toward terrain. But Hersman said that it still isn't clear whether the system was on or working at the time of the crash. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)AP - The plane that crashed into an Alaskan mountainside and killed former Sen. Ted Stevens and four others was outfitted with an alert system that warned pilots of dangerous terrain.

South Dakota man dies after donating part of liver (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 06:48 PM PDT

This photo taken Feb. 7, 2008, provided by the Arnold family, shows brothers Ryan Arnold, left, and Chad Arnold at a family cabin in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Ryan Arnold, 34, died Aug. 2 after donating part of his liver to Chad. Ryan Arnold went into cardiac arrest two days after the surgery and then fell into a coma. Chad is recovering well. Live donor liver transplants have be temporarily halted at The University of Colorado Hospital in Denver. (AP Photo/ Arnold Family) NO SALESAP - A Colorado hospital said Friday that it has temporarily suspended live donor liver transplants while it investigates the death of a South Dakota man who donated part of his liver to his brother.

Aftershocks hit Guam area after large earthquake (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 05:04 PM PDT

AP - A flurry of earthquakes as powerful as magnitude 6.6 have struck in the Pacific Ocean off Guam, hours after a large temblor hit the region.

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