2010年8月25日星期三

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Mosque developer claims a classic NYC background (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2010 file photo, Sharif el-Gamal, developer of the planned Cordoba House and mosque in lower Manhattan, comments on a speech by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg during a dinner in observance of Iftar at Gracie Mansion in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, Pool, File)AP - Eight years ago, Sharif El-Gamal was just another ambitious striver from Brooklyn, casting about for career leads and dreaming of a grander future in real estate.

Homeless man arrested after Ore. fire burns homes (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:51 PM PDT

Lisa Jones, right with mask, gives information to a firefighter Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010, while standing in the rubble of her home in Ashland, Ore. The house was one of 11 destroyed Tuesday by a fast-moving wildfire. A homeless man was in jail on charges he started it. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)AP - Families looked for valuables, pets and mementoes Wednesday in the ashes of 11 homes destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire while a homeless man accused of starting the blaze sat in jail.

Tiger Wood's ex-wife breaks silence on divorce (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:23 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by People Magazine, Elin Nordegren is shown on the cover of People magazine's Sept. 6, 2010 issue. Tiger Woods' ex-wife said she has 'been through hell' since her husband's infidelity surfaced but she never hit him, according to an interview released Wednesday. Nordegren told People magazine she and Woods tried for months to reconcile the relationship. In the end, a marriage 'without trust and love' wasn't good for anyone, she said. (AP Photo/People Magazine) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALESAP - Elin Nordegren said she never had an inkling.

Alaska GOP Sen. Murkowski in jeopardy (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:08 AM PDT

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R) Alaska, stays upeat with supporter Kirk Wickersham as returns show her trailing her primary opponent Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Michael Dinneen)AP - Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski fought to save her job Wednesday, locked in a stunningly tight Republican primary race against a political novice backed by Sarah Palin and tea party activists. The outlook was far brighter for another incumbent, Sen. John McCain, who won handily in Arizona.

Eggs from Iowa farms could come to table near you (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:54 PM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 20, 2010, file photo shows Wright Egg facilities near Galt, Iowa. Spokeswomen for Wright Egg Farms and Hillandale Farms, at the heart of a massive egg recall, said their hens are still laying several million eggs a day. Those eggs are being sent to facilities where their shells are broken and the contents pasteurized to rid them of any salmonella. Then they can be sold as liquid eggs or added to other products. Food processors buy eggs that have been removed from their shells to make mayonnaise, ice cream, omelet mixes and other products. (AP Photo/Nirmalnedu Majumdar, File)AP - Millions of eggs from the Iowa farms at the heart of a massive salmonella recall are not destined for the garbage but for a table near you.

Marines faults Navy in Calif. crash that killed 9 (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:58 PM PDT

AP - A Navy air traffic controller showed "fundamental misunderstandings" of the job before a collision between a Coast Guard plane and a Marine helicopter killed nine people last year, according to a Marine Corps report released Wednesday.

Finances of NY heiress, 104, at center of probe (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:40 PM PDT

AP - The 104-year-old heiress to a Montana copper mining fortune — now a recluse in a New York hospital room — is at the center of a criminal investigation into her fortune and welfare, two people familiar with the probe told The Associated Press.

Marines pour resources into mental health care (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:20 PM PDT

Graphic shows the increase of mental health care professionals at three Marine facilities for 2007 andAP - They have been in harm's way for years in two countries, in a branch of the military where toughness and self-reliance have been especially prized for generations. Now the Marines are struggling against an enemy that has entrenched itself over nearly a decade of war: mental illness.

Man held without bail in NYC cab driver stabbing (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:40 PM PDT

This undated photograph provided by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance shows taxi driver Ahmed H. Sharif in a hospital in New York. A drunken passenger riding in a New York City taxi cab attacked the driver after asking him if he was Muslim, police said. Sharif was treated for cuts to the throat, upper lip, forearm and thumb. (AP Photo/New York Taxi Workers Alliance) NO SALESAP - A college student who did volunteer work in Afghanistan was charged Wednesday with using a folding tool to slash the neck and face of a New York City taxi driver after the driver said he is Muslim.

Oops! Error might have cost NJ an education grant (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:58 PM PDT

AP - HADDONFIELD, N.J. — For anyone who's ever entered the wrong number on a tax return and been denied a refund, or accidentally overtipped, here's some consolation: A silly error on New Jersey's application for the highly competitive Race to the Top education grants might have cost the state $400 million.

Author of disputed CIA book kills self on accident (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:46 PM PDT

This 2007 photo provided by Potomac Books Inc. shows Roland Haas. Police in west Georgia say the Army Reserve intelligence officer who wrote a 2007 memoir claiming he'd been a CIA assassin has died after accidentally shooting himself. (AP Photo/Potomac Books, Linda Edmonds) NO SALESAP - To his wife and friends, Roland Haas was a patriotic hero who secretly risked his life for the U.S. government during the Cold War, yet critics denounced him as a "James Bond wannabe" who fabricated a memoir claiming he had been a CIA assassin.

Indiana man charged in Pa. Facebook stalking case (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:28 PM PDT

This undated photo submitted by the Westmoreland County Prison shows Travis Allen Davis. Davis, of New Castle, Ind., is facing stalking charges after he allegedly set up a Facebook account using the name of a woman he raped to persuade a Pennsylvania woman to come back to him. (AP Photo/Westmoreland County Prison)AP - An Indiana man created a Facebook page in the name of an ex-girlfriend he raped in Ohio, then used it to stalk a more recent ex in Pennsylvania and threaten to distribute a secretly filmed video of them having sex if she didn't return to him, police said.

Tropical Storm Earl forms in the open Atlantic (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:45 PM PDT

Hurricane Danielle heading westward in the open Atlantic Ocean in a satellite image taken August 24, 2010. REUTERS/NOAAAP - Tropical Storm Earl has formed in the open Atlantic Ocean, but the system is far from land.

Colorado authorities recapture four-time escapee (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:15 PM PDT

AP - An inmate who made his fourth escape by fleeing a maximum-security prison in northeast Colorado surrendered Wednesday in a rural home where he had been holding a woman hostage, a prison official said.

Egg recall has some changing buying, eating habits (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:27 AM PDT

Chickens are shown at Springfield Farm, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, in Sparks, Md. The farm in northern Baltimore County gets about 1,400 eggs each day from its 2,000 laying chickens, a cross between Rhode Island Reds and Rhode Island Whites. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - From a breakfast cafe in Denver to the Little Italy that is Boston's North End, one ingredient is a staple in every major city and the thousands of diners, bakeries and home kitchens in between: the egg.

Signs of a mixed recovery along hurricane highway (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 06:10 AM PDT

An empty foundation is seen along the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast on Highway 90 in Gulfport, Miss., Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, five years after the storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - A mother of four feels trapped in the same New Orleans public housing complex from which she was rescued when flood waters ravaged the city. Ninety miles to the east on U.S. 90, an elderly couple in Biloxi, Miss., are resigned to life in a government-issued cottage surrounded by vacant lots where friends once resided.

Reputed mobster linked to Fla. scam admits guilt (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:42 PM PDT

AP - A reputed Italian mobster linked to a massive Ponzi scheme pleaded guilty Wednesday to money laundering conspiracy charges brought after the FBI recorded him agreeing to destroy evidence and hide cash from the $1.2 billion fraud scam.

Dan Quayle's son wins congressional primary (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:11 AM PDT

Congressional candidate Ben Quayle and his wife Tiffany Quayle leave the Arizona Republican headquarters Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - The son of former Vice President Dan Quayle won the Republican primary for an Arizona congressional seat after a provocative campaign that had no shortage of drama.

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